Daily Archive: Monday, February 19, 2007

As the Cricket World Cup (CWC) draws nearer, have you decided if you will go?

It has been argued many times before that fundamental change in the way the police force conducts itself will come only when the sweeping reforms of the Disciplined Forces Commission and other such bodies are implemented.

Progressive Youth Club (PYC) edged 2006 national inter – club relay champions, Royal Youth Movement (RYM) by 12 points yesterday at the Police Sports Club ground, Eve Leary to regain the title they held in 2005.

Nicholas Narain defeated Turhan Mohabeer Saturday night to cart off the Category `A’ singles title when the Bounty farm handicap squash tournament concluded at the Georgetown Club on Camp Street.

Shemroy Barrington with two half centuries and skipper Stephen Jacobs with a 11-wicket match haul yesterday engineered an exciting four-wicket, come-from-behind win for Malteenoes Sports Club in their semi-final clash of the Guyflag three-day first-division competition against Everest at Camp Road.

The performances of the national football team in the recent regional fixtures make as compelling an argument as local football has ever made for a far greater measure of national attention to the sport.

Dear Editor, It is now approximately 3-1/2 weeks since I reported an overflowing gully at Lot 4 Norton Street, Wortmanville.

Dear Editor, As a follow up to my letter captioned “The illegal crossing has been going on for years, Mr.

Dear Editor, I have observed that the Government is moving to revamp the Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) which was established in May 2002.

Dear Editor, The residents of Kwawani need to start questioning their leaders about decisions and representations they are making on their behalf.

Dear Editor, The growing emphasis on agricultural development makes it useful to examine the status of ingredients used in the manufacture of stockfeed.

Dear Editor, The T.O.K. performance at the Digicel Experience concert held on Wednesday 14 February, 2007 at the National Park left much to be desired.

Dear Editor, I fully support the appointment of Mr. Kerik as security advisor to the President.

Dear Editor, After reading George Orwell’s ‘Animal Farm’ I was moved to comment that Cuba is a typical example.

Dear Editor, President Jagdeo is clever when, at the Caricom summit in St.

Twenty-year-old Janelle Marshall died early yesterday morning in Wismar when the truck she was travelling in crashed into a store before hitting a lamp pole on Burnham Drive and injuring the other three passengers.

The pilot who landed his aircraft at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport, Timehri last Tuesday and then disappeared for four days returned to remove the plane on Saturday and has now been identified as a reserve Major of the Jamaican Defence Force.

On the night of February 17, 2007, the man known as ‘Mighty Rebel’ sang his way to a history-making fifth calypso monarch crown.

Approaching two years since government unveiled a much-heralded drug strategy master plan, with promised innovations such as wiretapping legislation and an enforcement post near the Orinoco Delta, the administration is yet to appoint a coordinator and the National Anti-Narcotics Coordinating Secretariat (NANCOS) is still to be set up.

Eleven-year-old Ottey Simon is amazing doctors with her upbeat attitude and energetic spirits while undergoing last-chance chemotherapy to treat the growing tumour that has been threatening to take over her face.

By Miranda La Rose Though in principle the Guyana government has accepted the need for a better governance mechanism within Caricom, it has certain reservations based on what it perceives to be the technocratic nature of the proposed Caricom Commission, Minis-ter of Foreign Trade and International Cooperation, Dr Henry Jeffrey says.

Security reform and the increasing crime rate topped the budget debate presentation by PNCR-1G Parliamen-tarian Deborah Backer who sang a rhyme highlighting the gun problem facing the country.

Health workers in Region Five were overjoyed after the district was honoured by the Ministry of Health for being the “best performing region in the management of Maternal & Child Health delivery services.”

As the allocations in the budget were scrutinized on Friday opposition parliamentarians queried various allocations to ministries, in particular an increase in contracted staff at the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport.

The steering committee of the Inter-Religious Organisation (IRO) said its inaugural annual general meeting (AGM) for the establishment of its television station will be held on March 7.

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently coordinated a tree labelling exercise for ten different types of trees along some popular city streets and is encouraging businesses to sponsor such exercises.

The Guyana National Bureau of Standards (GNBS) two Saturdays ago seized a number of weighing devices from fish vendors at the Meadow Bank wharf, East Bank Demerara, during an early morning inspection.

Police in Berbice are set to lay charges today against Dorset Mc Cammon, the man who allegedly fatally shot a policeman two Saturdays ago at the Carib Soca monarch contest in New Amsterdam.

The National Association of Agricultural, Commercial and Industrial Employees (NAACIE) has congratulated the government and BOSAI on the deal for the bauxite company at Linden as the continuation of operations is important to the country.

A 28-year-old man who allegedly abducted a young girl and later fondled her was on Friday remanded to prison by Acting Chief Magistrate Cecil Sullivan.

Two bandits, one armed with a gun, robbed Randani Rampersaud as she sold in the Skeldon Market on Saturday.

A 61-year-old man on Saturday night collapsed while singing chowtals at a religious function and was pronounced dead at the Georgetown Public Hospital.

Chief Justice Carl Singh on Saturday convened what he termed ‘a troubleshooting exercise’ where magistrates were given the chance to thrash out matters affecting the proper functioning of the Magistrate’s courts.

The Guyana Power and Light (GPL) says it is concerned that when the high voltage power lines in Sophia burst and fell the squatters dwelling on Engineering Dam could have been injured.

Proprietor of the Celina Atlantic resort, Bernard Yhun, says that he is being victimized.