Daily Archive: Friday, March 9, 2007

I’ll quite understand if I am considered as being “too late”; coming in only now “after the fact”.

The case against Navin Prashad who is charged with causing the death of a University of Guyana student on Carifesta Avenue was put off until next month.

Two cousins who admitted that they broke into the home of another man and stole items were remanded to prison yesterday at the Leonora Magistrate’s Court pending sentencing.

This 19th Summit of the Rio Group was really the one that should have taken place in 2005 in Argen-tina.

It used to be one of Georgetown’s most popular hotels and “hang out joints” during the ’60s and ’70s and come March 15 the Penthouse Hotel will be making a “comeback.”

With the start of Cricket World Cup 2007 now a matter of days away stores in Georgetown are reporting brisk sales of official CWC souvenirs.

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Now that there are several new and renovated hotels and guest houses in Georgetown and its environs the problem of the scarcity of the skills necessary to enable these institutions to provide a high standard of service is staring us even more squarely in the face.

I served in the United States Air Force for over 16 years including a stint in the first Iraq war and when I had to give briefings on leadership to younger officers, I often used one of our phrases in the Air Force, “level flight – rising terrain” If you were flying an aircraft at a level flight and there was rising terrain, obviously you will crash.

The Guyana Bank for Trade and Industry Limited (GBTI) made a profit after tax for the year 2006 of $506m making 2006 one of the most profitable years for the Bank.

The Caribbean Media Corporation (CMC) has issued a CMC widescreen rights licensing checklist for persons planning to show cricket matches in 2007, including Cricket World Cup matches.

The Forest Producers Association (FPA) is claiming that some of its members have been required to pay millions of dollars to the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) based on the incorrect levying of VAT charges.

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

Ronald Bulkhan returned a gross 92 to end with a net 66 from a 26 handicap to win the Daewoo Farm Supplies Ltd golf tournament last weekend at the Lusignan Golf Club.

Twenty wickets fell on the first day as Berbice passed Demerara’s paltry first innings score of 80, then crumbled for 101 in the final round match of the Castrol inter-county under-15 two-day cricket competition at the Police Sports Complex ground yesterday.

Royston Crandon will receive the Cricketer of the Year award when Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club (RHTYSC) hosts its annual award ceremony on Sunday at the J.

The Neal and Massy National First Division 40-over cricket competition will continue this weekend with 10 second and third round matches for teams in Berbice.

The Guyana Football Federation (GFF) will hold its annual awards and presentation ceremony tomorrow at the Georgetown Club, beginning at 7pm.

Dear Editor, In your article on GPL disconnections, March 8, you quoted GPL officials as saying that disconnections are being carried out for arrears up to December 2006.

Dear Editor, Since my letter on the 12th December 2006 concerning the condition of the roads in Kara Kara and Rainbow City, some amount of work has been done to some of the roads but I really cannot understand what sort of plan was used to carry out this project.

Dear Editor, Where should the ambulance at the Skeldon Hospital be housed in the night.?

Dear Editor, Wikipedia the free encyclopedia says that a memorandum of understanding (MOU) is a legal document describing a bilateral agreement between parties.

Dear Editor, A company calling itself Prestige Motors Inc. (Co. No.

Dear Editor, Having seen your imposing headline to the expansive letter by Mr.

Dear Editor, I enjoyed the cultural extravaganza staged at the National Culture Centre to welcome our eminent visitors to the Rio Summit.

Dear Editor, There was the death anniversary this week of my hero, Dr Cheddi B Jagan who died on March 6, 1997.

Dear Editor, Ronald Samaroo was remanded to prison for 21 days pending sentence on an indecent language charge on the 5th February at Suddie magistrate’s court.

Dear Editor, This is in response to the media frenzy surrounding the appointment of Shri Prakash Gossai to a position in the Office of the President of Guyana.

Dear Editor, Kindly allow me to respond to the many contributors on the question of the leadership of the PNCR.

Dear Editor, When Eusi Kwayana referred to Pandit’s Gossai’s “supposed” appointment in the Office of the President, what derogatory message did he wish to convey?

Dear Editor, The last state visit by a Guyanese head of state to the Middle East was in November 1996 when the late President Cheddi Jagan visited Syria, Lebanon, the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait and Bahrain.

Dear Editor, I write specifically in relation to the School Board of the Anna Regina Secondary (Multilateral) School, Order No.

President Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday told the top brass of the Guyana Defence Force not to allow criminals and drug lords to take over the country and launched a broadside against the US on a number of fronts.

A police inspector testifying in the trial of Swiss House boss, Farouk Razac and his beauty queen wife said that during the raid at the businessman’s house, Razac said that he was keeping the weapon that was found to combat wanted man Rondell ‘Fineman’ Rawlins if he should attack.

By Johann Earle The United States Southern Command yesterday handed over a newly completed disaster response warehouse to the Civil Defence Commission (CDC) to serve Guyana and countries in the region suffering from natural and other disasters.

Chief of Staff of the Guyana Defence Force, Edward Collins yesterday told the opening of the Army Officers Conference that all of the hard work of the joint services would come to naught if they did not recover the stolen AK-47 rifles which were spirited out from Camp Ayanganna last year.

A strike by workers has caused a total shutdown at the La Bonne Intention (LBI) sugar estate and this action has since spread to the estate at Enmore where workers downed tools two days ago over what they call the “wrongful dismissal” of a colleague.

The National Agricultural Research Institute (NARI) recently sold 25 Boer goats to farmers countrywide to improve the local breeding stock under a public/private sector initiative.

Caricom Secretary-General Edwin Carrington says that Caricom shares with the Rio Group deep concerns over rising crime in the region and the need for security cooperation.

Representatives of the Canadian Exploration company ExxonMobil met President Bharrat Jagdeo on Tuesday to finalise offshore drilling arrangements in anticipation of a favourable outcome of the ongoing territorial dispute between Guyana and Suriname.

A Fisheries Advisory Committee (FAC) was officially launched on Friday, and this is said to signal government’s commitment to the effective management and sustainable development of the country’s fisheries resources.

Gunmen last Friday afternoon robbed a Belgian diamond dealer outside the New Courtyard bar on Main Street of a bag of diamonds and some $350,000 in cash.

Even as an investigative committee is looking into several issues affecting the Wisburg Secondary School, there has been another violent incident there.

Regional Executive Officer of Region Ten Henry Rodney has invited tenders for work to be done on a number of teachers’ buildings in the Berbice River.

Remedial work to a section of the Vreed-en-Hoop Com-munity High School (CHS) has restarted after being stalled for some time and the teachers are calling for the work to be completed quickly so that classes can return to normal.Meanwhile,

The 38-year-old driver accused of causing the death of a 47-year-old cattle farmer by driving in a dangerous manner on the West Coast Demerara was released on bail when he appeared at the Leonora Magistrate’s Court yesterday.

Investigations are continuing into the suspected murder of a Zeelugt fisherman and his reputed wife is still in custody while detectives are said to have made a breakthrough in the case.

Businesses whose Value Added Tax (VAT) returns claim a refund can uplift the refund application forms from the VAT and Excise Tax building at Albert and Charlotte streets.

The only son of Vibert Parvatan, Director of Laparkan Trading died in Canada five days after he had left Guyana where he had attended his uncle’s funeral.

The Heads of State and Government of the Rio Group recently reaffirmed their support for what they referred to as the “legitimate rights” of the Argentine Republic in the sovereignty dispute with the United Kingdom over the Falkland Islands question.