Daily Archive: Saturday, October 13, 2007

Charges laid against businessman Shairaz Ali, owner of Two Brothers Gas station, for the possession of illegal fuel have been dismissed.

The history of the United States of America, as is the case with most of the countries around the world, is replete with stories of migration.

“It’s now history, both countries have accepted the ruling,” said Suriname’s Minister of Education and Community Development Edwin T.

The first edition of the Caribbean Boxing Classic which will showcase the region’s top pugilists to the rest of the world has been postponed.

Through superb batting and bowling from opener Sewnarine Chattergoon and fast bowler Esaun Crandon, the Ramnaresh Sarwan-led Guyana KFC team proved too strong for the Rest Team defeating them by 89 runs in their second practice game at the National Stadium, Provid-ence, yesterday.

Local golfers will tee off today in the Neal and Massy Guyana Group sponsored Golf tournament at the Lusignan Golf Course.

Led by an aggressive knock of 41 off 44 balls by West Indies all-rounder Darren Sammy, the Windward Islands swept aside a Guyana Cricket Association [GCA] XI to record their second win in as many practice games at the GCC ground, Bourda, yesterday.

The National male and female hockey squads have stepped up preparation for next month’s inaugural PAHF Caribbean Hockey Cup in neighbouring Trinidad and Tobago next month and the female squad could be named by early next week.

With unbeaten points leaders Uprising on 19 points enjoying a healthy five-point lead over Fruta Conquerors and Santos respectively, both of whom are on 14 points, the winner of the Georgetown Football Association (GFA) Chubby U-13 League competition can be decided today when the leaders take on Pele in one of four matches at the Tucville ground.

Dear Editor, I want to join in expressing thanks to the US medical ship that was here recently.

Dear Editor, I thank the Honourable Manzoor Nadir,Minister of Labour,for providing a response to my letter captioned “Lack of information causes accident” (KN 07.10.09).

Dear Editor, It is sad to see such a horrific accident on the Linden Highway causing many lost lives.

Dear Editor, It is so sad that Sharmillah Narine thinks it is okay for women to be called names and have horrible things said to them whilst they are walking on the streets.

Dear Editor, I read a letter by Sean Adams where he asked what reasonable progress is.

Dear Editor, Please permit the publishing of my reaction to the internal squabbling in the PNCR.

Dear Editor, I was up Berbice on 2007-10-08 where I went into the lotto office in New Amsterdam, I think it was Charlotte Street, to collect the numbers for the daily millions plus on 2007 – 10 – 06.

Dear Editor, Although the ruling PNM has an unassailable lead for November 5 general elections, the opposition can win the elections if they were to form an electoral accommodation.

Dear Editor, “Boom bye bye [gun shot sounds] Inna batty bwoy [gay boy] head Rude bwoy no promote no nasty man Dem haffi dead” These are some of the infamous lyrics of Jamaican dancehall singer, Buju Banton, who is slated to perform in Guyana under the auspices of the GT Entertainment Group.

Dear Editor, Friday 12 October was African Holocaust day which ACDA and other African organizations commemorated at the Sea Walls.

Dear Editor, Mr. Al Creighton has an interesting section in his letter to the Stabroek News of Thursday, October 4.

If Sonia Noel needed any reassurance her designs rocked the recent Guyana Fashion Weekend, she got it on Sunday last and from two of the Caribbean’s hottest and newest glamour-filled fashion weekends- in the US Virgin Islands and St.

There seems to be a resurgence of sorts of the negative campaign against skinny Guyanese women, and in case anyone is wondering, the crusade was initiated a long time ago.

Hi Everyone, there’s a school of thought that if something has been tried, tested and proven to be successful, one should not tamper with it.

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Fourteen ladies and men will be strutting their stuff and peeling their clothes off

Thirty-five years ago the first ever Caribbean Festival of Arts (CARIFESTA) was held in Guyana.

It is being promoted as the biggest reggae show ever to hit Guyana, a claim that could be disputed if it weren’t for the fact that the persons bragging are the ones who gave us the huge, hyped and unforgettable Beres Hammond/Maxi Priest concert two years ago.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – A new fund being developed by the World Bank would pay developing countries hundreds of millions of dollars for protecting and replanting tropical forests, which store huge amounts of carbon that causes climate change.

The New Building Society (NBS) $69M fraud case yesterday took a dramatic turn as four more persons appeared in court in the matter and charges were reinstituted against three former senior managers so that they will appear together with the quartet.

Guyana is to record its first two open-heart surgeries today at the Caribbean Heart Institute (CHI) which had promised to pioneer the major medical intervention this year.

On Monday the first set of patients will be able to access the East Bank Demerara Regional Hospital which was officially opened by President Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday at Diamond.

The World Bank’s Board of Directors on Thursday approved a US$3.8M ($760M) grant to support governmental efforts to reduce Guyana’s vulnerability from catastrophic flooding.

Stabroek News yesterday announced that it would be staging a peaceful picketing exercise on Monday outside the meeting of the Common-wealth Finance Ministers at the Guyana International Conference Centre, Turkeyen in relation to the withdrawal of advertisements by the Guyana Government.

The Guyana Power and Light (GPL) will from today embark on a massive disconnection drive to further cut commercial losses and it acknowledged that it was walking a “thin line” on generation but that 10 MWs of relief power should be available on November 19.

Some delegates for the Commonwealth Finance Ministers Meeting (CFMM) have found themselves without their luggage after arriving here on LIAT flights.

The Guyana Human Rights Association (GHRA) has expressed dissatisfaction that many serious issues with human rights implications remain unresolved, often for years.

The driver of the Linden bus involved in the horrific crash on Wednesday night which claimed the lives of 10 persons has told relatives he had not seen the log-filled truck which he slammed into as he was blinded by the headlamps of an approaching vehicle.

A 10-year-old boy who was returning home from the shop after purchasing alcoholic beverages during school hours was among 85 truants picked up during a three-day “Operation Care” campaign in Region Five.

Jamaica is to continue to import rice from Guyana and officials from the island nation have no intention of importing extra regional rice at the expense of CARICOM and Guyana supplies.

The police are investigating the circumstances under which a man was found with a gunshot wound in the chest last night at Agricola, East Bank Demerara.

The capacity of the University of Guyana (UG) health sciences faculty has received a boost through sustained provision of assistance under the Canadian International Development Agency’s funded Public Health Strengthening in Guyana Project (PHSG).

Government intends to improve farming areas including the front lands of Black Bush Polder (BBP) and to redevelop agricultural activities by constructing a $250M drying floor, in the area.

President of the Central Isla-mic Organisation of Guyana (CIOG) Fazeel Ferouz said in an Eid-Ul-Fitr message that the holy month of Ramadan was a training ground to reawaken everyone physically, morally and spiritually.

The People’s Progressive Party in extending Eid Mubarak greetings observed that the month of fasting served as a reminder that “millions of our brothers and sisters are still suffering in the world.”

The great faith of Islam has contributed much to Guyana’s religious diversity and is an integral part of our cultural landscape, the Alliance For Change (AFC) says.

The Inter-religious Organisa-tion of Guyana says that the month of Ramadan is a period of tremendous sacrifices to enhance the spirituality of the individual which in reality is for the betterment of all mankind.

The Guyana Islamic Forum in extending Eid Mubarak greetings observed that those who kept the fast were “given the chance to ride on the path of saintliness” and the period of fasting and the abstention from normally acceptable human behaviour could only help in developing godly characteristics in man.