Daily Archive: Tuesday, March 27, 2007

Bill is back in town. In stereo! As soon as I get on the Carib-bwee plane, the stories start coming * A big hello to Minister Rohee who was on the flight.

Principal Magistrate Melissa Robertson-Ogle yesterday refused bail to an East Bank business contractor accused of having carnal knowledge of a teenaged girl on two separate occasions at Timehri.

Once upon a time, before the Cold War had ended, Professor Bernard Lewis of Princeton attended an academic conference in Rome at which a group of historians tried to settle the question of whether historians should try to predict the future.

A mouth-watering clash between two teams which have dominated world cricket in different eras takes place today at the Sir Vivian Richards stadium in Antigua.

“The stadium looks pretty good, we just have to see how the pitch behaves.”

“It has been great so far,” was the response from Sri Lankan captain Mahela Jayawardene at a press conference held at the Providence stadium yesterday.

The scene was embarrassingly incongruous. Against the backdrop of Sabina Park’s spanking new US$25 million, five-storey northern stand and its 70 corporate boxes, ground staff in the middle were busy mopping up water from the expansive blue covers – with a couple of inadequate, manual sponge-rollers, large slabs of foam rubber, brooms, spades and buckets.

Rain yesterday prevented the South African cricket team from having net sessions at the stipulated practice venue the Everest Cricket Club ground.

Linden finally found the chemistry they were searching for in games one and two to prevent a clean sweep in the third game of the male tournament Sunday night at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.

Eight matches are carded for today when the Chico Sweets National Sports Commission /Smalta Cup Inter-Secondary Schools Football Tournament continues at the National Gymnasium.

Dear Editor, It seems that the pandit and the persons responsible for the noise nuisance emanating from the Hindu Temple located close to our house at Mon Repos are so above the law that I have to write to the newspapers again.

Dear Editor, As someone with an interest in Guyanese affairs, I usually have to perambulate for the truth among the Guyana Chronicle, Kaieteur News and Stabroek News.

Dear Editor, Please permit me to comment on the inappropiate designation given to a member of staff of the Balwant Singh’s Hospital by John “Slingshot” Drepaul in his letter captioned “I send thanks to the many Guyanese who helped me recover after my unfortunate injury during Mash” (07.03.23).

Dear Editor, Following the publication of my letter captioned “My cell phone only worked for one day (07.03.18) in which I complained about the problems I encountered with the management of Digicel, I met the company’s Sales Director Mr.

Dear Editor, Does the government’s stance on the withholding of State-funded advertisements from Stabroek News extend to the publication of Special Supplements?

Dear Editor, Vishnu Bisram should continue his role as a commentator.

Dear Editor, The overwhelming majority of respondents of an opinion survey conducted by NACTA in Trinidad say they have lost faith in the judiciary in the light of the recent outcome of two high-profile cases in which the government suffered reversals.

Dear Editor, Mr. Trevor Atkinson’s defence of Barama, a logging company in Guyana for many years in his letter captioned “Omai also made no profit” (07.03.17) attempts to justify Barama’s zero profits.

Dear Editor, The question of an Indian security dilemma has been raised by Guyanese Indian rights activists on many occasions.

Dear Editor, I recognise that the detractors are at work again; having not gained any attention the last time, they have certainly not let up.

Amid persistent rain and concerns about Guyana’s preparedness, work continued in and around the Providence Stadium yesterday as the race to be ready for tomorrow’s Super Eight match continued.

Trinidad and Tobago could be ready to extradite Guyanese businessman Peter Morgan to the US to face three drug indictments within 60 days, authorities in that country have said.

Two men including the bodyguard of a Belgian diamond dealer who was robbed at gunpoint earlier this month of $90 million in diamonds appeared yesterday before Principal Magistrate Melissa Robertson-Ogle and were refused bail.

In a bizarre attack early yesterday morning, a gang of some 20 men robbed and assaulted a family of four on Sheriff Street in full view of many onlookers but no one attempted to render assistance.

British High Commissioner to Guyana Fraser Wheeler has said that former New York police commissioner Bernard Kerik’s advisory position with government would not affect the UK’s assistance to the Guyana Police Force.

Two armed bandits on Sunday robbed a woman of a quantity of gold jewellery valued at $100,000 during a daylight attack on Martin Street, Rose Hall Corentyne.

The Caricom Operations, Planning and Co-coordinating Staff (COPACS) has asked Guyana to increase its security at hotels and venues where the teams and other officials are expected to stay during the Super Eight matches here.

The Irish cricket team invaded Bourda just after 10 am yesterday for their first training/practice session on local soil before clashing with England on Friday at Providence and though there were light showers they made the most of it.

Angry relatives of Guyanese Natasha Ramen, the Grove woman who was killed by an accused rapist, also a Guyanese, are blaming prosecutors for her gruesome murder.

The School of Education and Humanities at the University of Guyana is hosting a lecture on the history of West Indies cricket from today at the National Library.

Less than a week after the Ministry of Agriculture launched an initiative to give impetus to the beekeeping industry as part of its agricultural diversification programme, bees invaded a primary school on the Essequibo Coast.

The Guyana Water Inc (GWI) says Central Georgetown customers will receive water at reduced pressure as the company is relying on its wells located in Vlissengen Road and Church Street for supply.

School will be closed from today, three days before it was scheduled to be closed for the Easter holidays, a Government Information Agency (GINA) release said yesterday.

Twenty-nine-year-old June Ann James who was hit in the head by a speeding route 41 minibus on Aubrey Barker Road on two Mondays ago, died on Sunday while receiving treatment at the Georgetown Hospital.

Many turned up at the National Cultural Centre yesterday to commemorate the 200th anniversary of abolition of the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade and left touched having ‘walked’ the path of history.