Daily Archive: Tuesday, January 15, 2008

As with its state of unreadiness at the onset of the catastrophic flood of 2005, the Civil Defence Commission’s capacity to cope with an aviation calamity in this country is practically non-existent.

Leon Cort, a footballer of Guyanese parentage, who plays for Crystal Palace has been signed by Stoke City for a record 1.2m pounds (US$2.4m) Sky Sports website reported yesterday.

Compliments of GT&T, P&P Insurance Brokers, Lifetime Real Estate, Camille’s Enterprise, Trophy Stall, RHTY&SC and Demerara Power Company Barbados romped to their second consecutive outright win in the 2008 regional Carib Beer Series competition by inflicting an innings and 57 runs defeet over Guyana at the Kensington Oval, Barbados, yesterday.

Regional long distance sensation Alika Morgan and training partner Janella Jonas, stole the top two spots at the Fatum Wisselbeker Bigi Broki Waka 10 Km last week in Suriname.

The year 2007 was a challenging one for swimming, but there were also some positive developments, according to the Guyana Amateur Swimming Association (GASA).

Dear Editor, Many have raised harsh and uncalled-for criticisms against President Bharrat Jadgeo and his government, arguing that only Parliament has the right to approve the distribution of ‘scrutineering funds’; and that any non-parliamentary approval would be unconstitutional.

Dear Editor, Beware! There is a brotherhood out there. They emerged in 1992 since the soil was made fertile for democracy to flourish in Guyana.

Dear Editor, What a roll call of film musicals in “Nostalgia 370” by Godfrey Chin in your features in Sunday Stabroek of 13th January.

Dear Editor, The statement articulated by Mr. Al Creighton about the evident lack of self-belief in the University of Guyana (SN.08.01.12) is a frank assessment of the current perceptions of the institution, it is also an opinion I share and one which underscores a dismal reality among the student populace and the country at large.

Dear Editor, The Kaieteur News of Saturday January 12, 2008 reports a case of torture of a child in police custody in Berbice.

Dear Editor, There is much talk about our country’s literacy level as is evident in the discussions in the daily newspapers and academic circles.

Dear Editor, I wish to applaud the Minister of Education for making possible a day of public consultation on our local university.

Dear Editor, Those dear barrel-loving, belly-filling Guyanese who seem to be quite ambivalent on the issue of the torture of arrested crime suspects are in dire need of a basic primer in human rights education.

Dear Editor, Isn’t it ironic that the accountant at Parliament is fired for the loss of Minister Manniram Prashad’s October $321,000 salary but senior government officials, contractors and friends of the government are allowed to keep their jobs, promoted and given more contracts though millions of dollars were lost in scams, corruption and bad projects?

Dear Editor, Events taking place in other countries within the region, especially Jamaica and Trinidad & Tobago, should serve to guide our actions here in Guyana.

Dear Editor, I was driving west along Regent street, when I obeyed the traffic light at the junction of Regent Street and Ave.

Dear Editor, I refer to Samantha Ali’s letter captioned “The male labour leaders talked a lot but achieved little” (08.01.10).

Dear Editor, Freddie Kissoon writes “First, there is no such thing as political science.

Dear Editor, I refer to the letter captioned “I was not impressed with the service at this restaurant” (08.01.12).

Dear Editor, I refer to Mr. Roy Ramroop’s letter captioned “Some other issues that concern the workers” (08.01.11).

Some Guyana Power and Light (GPL) employees yesterday resorted to strike action after the company began meeting some of the workers it intends to sever as part of a rationalisation programme, which starts today.

Police have released the three men who were arrested following the abandonment of a boat with three weapons last Wednesday at Mahaicony, East Coast Demerara.

Plans are being made to improve security at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court after an allegedly mentally ill man holding a toy gun ran into the Chief Magistrate’s Court while it was in session and instructed everyone to “freeze”.

Citizens Bank Guyana Inc’s profit before tax for last year of $247.1 million was affected by its acceptance of the terms of government’s settlement for the Guyana Mining Enterprise (Guymine) US$20 million bonds.

If last year’s Carib Soca Monarch competition, that saw the end of a two-year reign preceded by wildly entertaining competitive battles is anything to go by, then this year is shaping up to be just as good or better.

Dominica has joined ALBA (Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas), having ratified its February 2007 decision to sign onto the agreement, Venezuela’s President Hugo Chavez has announced.

A teenager, who police found walking with a shotgun on his shoulder and wild meat in a bag, was remanded to police custody pending sentencing after he admitted that he had no license for the firearm.

Two Guyanese are among the four outstanding Caribbean men and women named as the winners of the 2008 Anthony N Sabga Caribbean Awards for Excellence (ANSCAFE).

Five men are in custody after police on Sunday intercepted over four kilos of cocaine in a suitcase at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) that was being processed for an outbound flight to the US.

A 57-year-old man, who was stabbed in the neck while drinking at a shop on Sunday, is currently nursing injuries at the city hospital.

After being threatened with a dismissal, the prosecution in the 2006 Kaieteur News killings case, which is being heard in the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court, yesterday called a witness but he only had less than five minutes of evidence to give before the matter was adjourned.

A 32-year-old fisherman who was allegedly found in a boat that had a quantity of ganja in the bow was remanded to prison when he appeared at the Vreed-en-Hoop Magistrate’s Court yesterday.

After two years of trying to raise funds for her daughter to travel to Miami for an operation, a Barbadian mother decided to look closer to home and ended up in Guyana at the Caribbean Heart Institute (CHI), where the medical intervention was done on Saturday.

A Guyanese-born oncologist is the driving force behind a cancer care programme set up in Grenada with a $1 million donation from telecommunications giant Digicel.

A 31-year-old peacemaker was fatally stabbed when he intervened to part a fight between two men at White Water Village, North West District (NWD) on Sunday.

Over $4 million worth in items were donated to 15 schools, two orphanages and four non-governmental organizations in East Berbice when the Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club (RHTYSC) launched its 2008 “Anti-drug and Pro-Education Campaign.”

Students and teachers of primary and secondary schools in the upper Corentyne area were happy to receive 15 photocopiers worth over $9 million from the Rotary Club of Corriverton on Saturday.