Daily Archive: Friday, March 2, 2007

I’m sincere when I mention that today I’m a victim of saturation, mental burn-out.

A man who allegedly sold a woman’s car which was given to him to drive and kept the money for himself was yesterday granted $50,000 bail by Acting Chief Magistrate Cecil Sullivan.

A woman and her reputed husband who allegedly had large amounts of cocaine and cannabis in their possession at a hinterland location were yesterday refused bail by Acting Chief Magistrate Cecil Sullivan.

A man who allegedly conspired with two others to plant narcotics on another man was yesterday placed on $75,000 bail by Acting Chief Magistrate Cecil Sullivan.

“Guyana is an island surrounded by land”. Recent public references to the development of Guyana remind one of this statement.

The global demand for processed timber products is at a peak and Guyana is well-positioned to capitalise on that market according to a paper produced in February by the Guyana Forestry Commission.

There exists an understandable anxiety among some Cricket World Cup Bed and Breakfast registrants over what they perceive to be uncertainties associated with guest bookings for the period of the Super Eight leg of the tournament in Guyana.

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With the start of the 2007 Cricket World Cup now a little more than two weeks away the various last minute preparations for hosting an unspecified number of visitors – no one appears, at this stage, to have any clear idea as to how many guests we can expect – appear to be kicking into high gear.

A white elephant is a supposedly valuable possession whose upkeep exceeds its usefulness, and it is therefore a liability.

The use and application of information and communication technologies (ICTs) in re-engineering the way government provides services to citizens has been explored at some length.

The operations of local peanut butter manufacturers are to come under closer scrutiny by the Food and Drug Department following the detection of the foodborne illness in several varieties of Peter Pan peanut butter imported from the United States.

Samples of foods and water on which tests were conducted by the Food and Drug Department during 2006 were found to contain various levels of contamination while quality control deficiencies were detected in all categories of pharmaceuticals tested by the department.

Notes 1 – Interim results 2 – Prospective EPS: earnings per share for 12 months period to the date the latest financials have been prepared.

The newly-formed, Guyana Canoe Federation (GCF) headed by Maurice Amres has major plans for the sport locally, including the preparation of a team that will one day compete at the Olympic Games under the Golden Arrowhead.

Minister of Culture, Youth and Sport Dr. Frank Anthony yesterday urged hundreds of secondary school students to show discipline as they compete for supremacy in the 2007 inter-secondary schools FUTSAL (football) tournament.

Former world champion Gairy “Superman” St. Clair is set to take on a Brazilian on the T.J.

The Guyana Squash Association (GSA) commenced their Toucan Industries Inc. Mashramani Junior Squash tournament at the Georgetown Club on Tuesday night with some interesting matches.

Guyana’s Gajanand Singh is grabbing the headlines in Trinidad and Tobago as he continues to lead the way for W-Connection Wanderers in the Eastern Credit Union cricket league.

Colin France and Trenace Lowe copped two titles each when play in the doubles competitions of the National Sports Commission/Guyana Table tennis Association (GTTA) got underway at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall on Wednesday.

Manager of the Trinidad and Tobago cricket team, Omar Khan, says that Guyanese players playing in the domestic cricket league in Trinidad, have enriched league and their presence has lifted the standard and quality of the league.

Dear Editor, Recent submissions in the media have dictated that the Regional Democratic Council of Region 10 be more forceful in exposing the ineptitudes of this Regional Administration, since it would appear that these officers are adamant in managing the affairs of the people of this Region by excuse and deceit.

Dear Editor, According to a (GINA) release President Bharrat Jagdeo, referring to the City Enhancement exercises, said inter alia, “we are trying to clean up the mess in this country that has been left unattended by the City Council for a very, very long time.”

Dear Editor, Lately I have been noticing, to my chagrin, the post game antics of our Guyanese cricketers Shivnarine Chanderpaul and Ramnaresh Sarwan.

Dear Editor, There will be an eclipse of the Moon early tomorrow evening, March 3, 2007.

Dear Editor, I have noticed newspapers advertisements from time to time published as follows: ” The Adoption Board, Ministry of Labour, Human Services and Social Security, Stabroek, Georgetown (Names of Parents) whose last known address was given as (address) is (sic) asked to contact the Adoption Board.

Dear Editor, Please permit me to express my view on a certain question in order to have some clarification and some degree of closure if possible.

Dear Editor, What a remarkable sight it is to see traffic lanes in Mandela Avenue properly demarcated allowing for a safer and regulated flow of pedestrian and vehicular traffic.

Dear Editor, I have learnt with some degree of concern of the happenings at an Executive Meeting of the Guyana Cricket Board held on Wednesday 7th February, 2007 at the Board’s office in Georgetown.

Dear Editor, I wish to commend Kumar Persaud for his letter titled “I have a dream” (07.02.27).

Dear Editor, I congratulate Stella on her column in Kaieteur News, Sunday February 25 in which she made four basic points about the forced removal of the vendors from outside Stabroek Market.

Dear Editor, The year 2007 marks the bi-centennial of the abolition of the trade of African captives.

Charging that drug trafficking and money laundering were pumping billions into the local construction sector, the US government yesterday again blasted the government here for not succeeding against major traffickers and warned that in some cases drugs were being traded for weapons.

Over $200 million went up in flames at midnight on Wednesday when two buildings which housed Dharry’s Furniture Store and Echo and another store at Rose Hall, Corentyne were gutted.

Foreign ministers and representatives of the 20-member Rio Group were last evening in discussions on the Draft Declaration of Turkeyen and the group’s statement on human and social issues ahead of the substantive 19th Summit.

A gun was drawn on a student at the North Georgetown Secondary School, leading outraged parents to pull their children from classes until security is improved.

Scholarships for Guyanese students to study medicine, the dredging of the Mahaica, Mahaicony and Pomeroon rivers and offers of additional fuel supplies are among areas of cooperation being pursued with Venezuela.

By noon yesterday, hotels had confirmed bookings for over 150 guests attending the 19th Summit of the Rio Group today and tomorrow.

The Guyana Police Force (GPF) has announced traffic diversions along some roadways to facilitate dignitaries attending the Rio Summit.

There will be top notch cellular phone connection for those who are connected with the Guyana Telephone & Telegraph (GT&T) company in time for Cricket World Cup as the company’s GSM facility at the Providence Stadium will be up and ready by March 15, according to GT&T’s Chief Executive Officer Joe Singh.

The PNCR-1G and the AFC have been advised to meet to resolve a row over the opposition nominees for a parliamentary delegation that will undertake a study of the Nebraska Legislature in the US.

The Guyana International Conference Centre (GICC) at Turkeyen is ready for its first international conference – the 19th Meeting of the Rio Group – scheduled for tomorrow and from which the Turkeyen Declaration is expected to flow.

Representatives from the three major religions have joined forces with two non-governmental organisations and a United States Agency for International Development (USAID)-funded group to promote abstinence as a means of staving off HIV/AIDS.

(BBC) Barbados has topped the Latin American and Caribbean region in a tourism survey of 124 nations.

The British High Commission has introduced a Biometrics Programme as a prerequisite to processing visa applications which are now to be submitted online.

The Guyana Power and Light (GPL) says that nine persons were arrested in the Diamond Housing Scheme following a series of raids after residents’ frequent complaints of voltage fluctuations.

The Kids First Fund said six of the nine children being treated at the Frontier Lifeline Hospital have undergone surgery while two of the remaining three were scheduled to have their procedures on Wednesday.

The United States Peace Corps said another 33 community health and education volunteers will arrive in the country by May 31.

The Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA), Timehri will be closed to commercial flights at varying periods beginning from 1 pm today, to accommodate the incoming presidential flights for the Rio Summit, which opens today.

Venezuela’s President Hugo Chavez is expected to arrive in Guyana this afternoon at the head of a large delegation that would include Venezuela’s ambassador-designate to Guyana.

Police from the Narcotics Branch destroyed two marijuana camps that were found this week, while roadblock interceptions also yielded finds.