Daily Archive: Saturday, March 10, 2007

Justice BS Roy handed down a million dollar judgment at a recent sitting of the Commercial Court.

The prosecutor was unable to provide police statements to defence counsel representing Swiss House boss Farouk Razac and his wife Carolan Lynch and so the arms trial case was put off until Monday.

A contractor who allegedly duped two persons into believing he had plots of land at Kitty to sell and obtained $1.5 million from them was yesterday refused bail by Acting Chief Magistrate Cecil Sullivan.

The reputed wife of a fisherman who was discovered dead on his kitchen floor was yesterday charged with his murder and refused bail by Acting Chief Magistrate Cecil Sullivan.

Shawn Smith who was on trial for killing SIMAP employee Lennox Stuart three years ago at Duncan Street, Campbellville was freed in the High Court yesterday after the judge upheld no-case submissions.

A man who claimed that frustration made him repeatedly attack his wife and forced him to escape from police custody was yesterday sentenced to two years, six months in prison by Acting Chief Magistrate Cecil Sullivan.

A Guyana Human Rights Association (GHRA) study on sexual violence released this week, titled ‘Getting Serious: Detecting & Protecting Against Crimes of Sexual Violence in Guyana’, reveals that sexual violence against girls is most prevalent among under 16s and that young Amerindian girls between the ages of 12 and 16 years old are the most vulnerable in the country.

Berbice retained their title with a four-wicket win against Demerara in the Castrol final round, inter-county under-15 cricket match at the Police Sports Complex ground yesterday.

Director of Sport Neil Kumar is offering to find sponsorship so the Guyana Table Tennis Association (GTTA) can stage the annual national championships.

The Athletics Associa-tion of Guyana (AAG) met on Monday with affiliated clubs and schools at ‘Olympic House’, Queenstown to discuss a number of issues namely the poor number of entries for this week’s National Youth and Junior Championships slated for the Enmore Community Centre Ground tomorrow, registration and affiliation, drug testing and the International As-sociation of Athletics Federation’s (IAAF), new Coaches’ Str-ucture.

The games are more than a week away but the bragging has already begun!

Neil Reis ruled the roost when the Flying Ace Cycle Club staged its Annual 20-mile Mountain Bike and six-mile BMX Road Races for cyclists in Berbice recently.

Charles `Kassa’ Hope copped first place when the Critchlow Labour College held its Mashramani table tennis teachers’ knockout tournament last Thursday while another Hope, Kajel won the students’ category.

The Guyana Cricket Board yesterday called up 26 players to participate in two trial matches today and tomorrow at the Demerara Cricket Club ground in preparation for the regional competition.

Approximately 20 of the country’s top golfers are participating in the Suriname Open Golf tournament known as the RBTT (Suriname) N.V.

Nine schools copped victories when play in the Chico Sweets/Smalta inter-secondary schools futsal tournament continued Thursday night at the National Gymnasium.

Kitty `A’ and Campbellville `B’ will clash today in the opening encounter of the Camptown Football Club’s super-six round robin/knockout inter-block tournament.

Dear Editor, I had forgotten about the sounds that bother and bewilder people visiting Guyana from the developed countries – until I read about the barking dog chorus late at night.

Dear Editor, It is with great joy and enthusiasm that I pen this letter after speaking to Mr.

Dear Editor, It has been known for some time now, thanks to the services of Mr.

Dear Editor, I like to welcome Digicel to Guyana and wish them all success.

Dear Editor, It was reported in the newspaper that the Water Users Associations (WUAs) have, in the main, failed to function as expected and many of the secondary channels are now completely clogged with aquatic weeds and silt and can neither irrigate nor drain rice fields.

Dear Editor, I applaud Vincent Alexander’s attempt to defend the ‘name’ of President Forbes Burnham through constructive debate, rather than through diatribe.

Dear Editor, Of all the letters that Mr. Eusi Kwayana has ever written in these columns, letters which stand out from the mass of mediocrity to which we are often subjected, his letter, “Pandit Gossai is involved in court proceedings concerning the affairs of a Florida Mandir,” (SN, 6/3/2007) constitutes a precipitous descent into vindictiveness and cheap sensationalism, unworthy of this revered veteran.

Dear Editor, Now that International Women’s Day has come and gone, I now submit my two bits.

Dear Editor, In his letter captioned “Burnham did not satisfy the criteria of a dictator,” (07.03.08), Mr.

Dear Editor, Is the Vishnu Bisram who wrote that letter titled “Have we been better off as a republic?”

Dear Editor, The latest American opinion poll out over the weekend shows former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani ahead of his rivals for the Republican nomination as well as ahead of his Democratic rivals to win the Presidency.

Dear Editor, March is another memorable month for Africans. March 25th 1807 (200 years ago) the British Government abolished the slave trade in its empire.

The World Cup Cricket is around the bend and along with it the fever and hype-up in anticipation of the excitement and other lucrative gains.

Come April 7 Guyanese are promised a pageant with a difference, which would move away from the event just being a night of competition among young women to the audience being be treated to a fashion show in addition to the delegates modelling fantasy costumes in the form of a swimsuit.

Being poor is something many people in Guyana could probably relate to given that a considerable number of them struggle to make ends meet, and find it extremely hard to pay their bills and eat properly in the same month.

Hi Everyone, I say bake, you say float. I say muffin, you say fried dumpling.

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Three young people have come together to be the voices and creative talent behind a song and video that form a major part of an HIV and AIDS campaign that champions abstinence and faithfulness to one’s married partner.

Who will be the next Face of Shabeau? The Caribbean magazine is scouting for a face to grace its cover and be the official face of Shabeau for one year.

Last week we began looking at children’s stages of development, as a way of understanding their behaviour to help in avoiding confrontations that result in the need for punishment.

Marine turtles spend their lives migrating great distances. They are born on sandy beaches, but whilst they are still quite young, they begin a long journey in search of a suitable place to feed and grow.

In a dramatic swoop, US drug agents working with Trinidad authorities yesterday afternoon seized Guyanese businessman Peter Morgan at Piarco International Airport, just days after an indictment was unsealed in a New York court charging him with three counts of drug conspiracy.

A minibus driver last evening suffered at the hands of angry Albouystown residents after he lost control of the vehicle and it ripped away the front of one house, the entire eastern side of another and seriously injured a four-year- old child.

Police yesterday said that some of the spent shells found in the wake of the brutal assault by gunmen on four households at Lesbeholden, Black Bush Polder on Monday matched those retrieved in a similar assault at Bel West, Canal #2 Polder, West Bank Demerara last year.

A gunman yesterday shot and injured a clerk of the Beacon Foundation at its Quamina and Carmichael streets location.

Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) Chairman Dr Steve Surujbally says work is ongoing to develop plans for national registration and local government elections.

Education Minister Shaik Baksh said he has noted with concern the recent upsurge of intolerable behaviour in schools and will soon implement several new measures to curb it including a ban on all cellular phones among the student population countrywide.

The Guyana Public Service Union (GPSU) paid tribute on Thursday to women on the occasion of International Women’s Day and lamented that women vendors at a local market are being prevented from earning a living.

Caricom and the Organization of American States (OAS) at their fourth meeting in Georgetown last week hailed the stronger working relationship between them and underscored the contributions that both have made towards institutional strengthening in Haiti.

A school which houses a multi-purpose centre was recently commissioned at Whitewater to allow children from hinterland communities greater access to education, the Government Information Agency (GINA) said in a press release.

The Inter Religious Television Channel recently elected persons to serve on its executive at a meeting hosted at the Bahai National Centre.

Eleven Suzuki Grand Vitaras are up for grabs in Sol Guyana Inc Shell ‘Power Up and Win’ promotion which was launched on Thursday at the Bel Air Service station.

The United States Embassy says the visa inquiries telephone services at its Consular Section has resumed normal operating hours.

The Guyana National Stad-ium at Providence is basically ready for the Super Eight world cup matches at month end and the eight-acre parking lot would be completed in time.

The People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) will be hosting a series of activities to honour the memory of party founder and President Cheddi Jagan on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of his death.

Heads of State and government of the Rio Group members have indicated that they would support the initiative to fight hunger and poverty tied to innovative financing mechanisms.

Guyana could become the next South American country blazing the agro-energy trail – albeit on a smaller scale – as a pilot bio-diesel project is set to go commercial.

The long awaited installation of new traffic lights at some 50 junctions across the city will not be finished in time for the cricket world cup games and the authorities may have to resort to giving priority to the route leading to the stadium at Providence.

The Region Nine village Karasabai held a wreath-laying ceremony to mark the tenth death anniversary of President Cheddi Jagan.

A man accused of stealing two big bunches of plantains and a bag of eddoes was remanded to prison when he appeared at the Leonora Magistrate’s Court on Thursday.