Articles published on Wednesday, March 19, 2008
Cummings Lodge Second-ary School rose to the challenge in the Georgetown conference final to defeat number-two seed Central High school 78-67 and be crowned Georgetown champions of the inaugural Guyana Secondary Schools Basketball Association’s (GSSBA) tournament.
Lugard Mohan of the Georgetown Masters proved that he was indeed a basketball master when he produced an effective 24-point performance to lead his team to a 100-84 victory against the Georgetown Pioneers in the Bryden’s Second Division Basketball League held at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall on Saturday evening.
A 35-year-old man was sentenced to two years imprisonment after he pleaded guilty to a charge of break and enter and larceny before Magistrate Melissa Robertson-Ogle in the Georgetown Magistrate’s court.
A 28-year-old man was sentenced to two years imprisonment after he admitted stealing from his mother when he appeared at the Vreed-en-Hoop Magistrate’s Court yesterday.
A 38-year-old man who stole a case of razor blades worth $110,000 was yesterday jailed for nine months after he declined the offer of a $25,000 fine when he appeared before the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.
Water has been restored to Mayor and City Council (M&CC) entities that were disconnected last week and the municipality and Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) have agreed to another meeting on April 1, where there would hopefully be “an exchange of cheques”.
The Consular Section at the US Embassy will be closed from Thursday through Monday due to the local holidays, a press release said.
The PPP says it welcomes the decision to establish a standing Parliamentary Committee on Security at the recently held stakeholders’ meeting.
The Georgetown hospital is today launching a project to improve diabetic foot care following a $15M grant from the Canadian Cooperation Fund.
Small businesses in Guyana overall account for 50 percent of private sector investments and young entrepreneurs would be more encouraged if there is a change in the business culture to facilitate information sharing among businesses.
More than 100 persons benefited from free medical check-ups and drugs at Bush Lot, West Berbice on Sunday when members of the Guyana Islamic Trust (GIT) organised a medical outreach in observance of Islam Awareness Week.
Guyanese need to be better educated on the initiatives and opportunities available for small businesses and more work should be done to bridge the link between young entrepreneurs and the policies governing the sector.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ and UNICEF’s work plan for 2008 will focus on a range of areas including ensuring universal access to birth registration services is.
A family at Chester Village, West Coast Berbice is disturbed that they would have to spend in excess of $500,000 to repair their three combine engines after persons tried to sabotage them recently.
A Guyana Water Incor-porated (GWI)-contracted disconnection team was yesterday attacked and robbed by bandits who brandished handguns and cutlasses in a section of the Mc Doom, East Bank Demerara community.
Police say there is no need to carry out any ballistics tests on the weapon that was found at an abandoned camp at Bucktown, Wismar, Linden, which was the likely hideout of the men who slaughtered 12 persons at Bartica.
The Environmental Com-munity Health Organiza-tion (ECHO) says it is concerned about the packaging of various products being sold at local stores.
The Minister of Labour said yesterday that the administration wants development aid donors to allow a greater level of Guyanese input into the design of programmes.
Auer lei Dos Santos, the 31-year-old Brazilian miner who was robbed early Monday morning, said yesterday that he and his wife were asleep while the bandit searched through their belongings.
Pirates last Thursday intercepted a fishing vessel moored in the Berbice River and robbed the four-member crew of their engine, water pump and valuables including money before beating them with a cutlass.
Local police are in contact with overseas agencies capable of conducting DNA testing so they could definitively pronounce on whether the corpse found on the highway last week is that of missing hotel owner Roselaine Hall.
Two men were remanded on a joint charge of robbery under arms when they appeared before Magistrate Hazel Octive-Hamilton in the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court yesterday.
Region Four councillors representing the PNCR-1G, AFC and Justice For All Party (JFAP) yesterday voted in favour of a directive for administrative officers to exercise fair play, transparency and equitableness in the dissemination of material to all media houses but PPP/C councillors abstained.
Dear Editor, The issue of denial of state ads to Stabroek News is back in the news not only in Guyana but around the Caribbean region as well.
Dear Editor, I just read a report in your newspaper that a woman assaulted a cop in the station compound.
Dear Editor, I refer to a letter by Mr Ivelaw Whittaker, Public Relations and Press Officer of the Guyana Police Force captioned “The actions taken by the police are not linked to any political direction or control” (08.03.16).
Dear Editor, I have listened to various statements about rising food prices both internationally and locally and I believe that the Government now needs to issue licences for more persons to import flour especially.
Dear Editor, A dramatic increase in the price of local commodities in Region #2 which stretches from Pomeroon to Supenaam is making it hard for the residents to cope with the escalation in the cost of living.
Dear Editor, I recently visited the Lethem Immigration Office to have my passport renewed.
Dear Editor, The letter columns of the Guyana Chronicle are usually infested with letters defending the Government and in the edition of 18/3/2008 there were two in relation to VAT which show how little the defenders really know.
Dear Editor, I still welcome Lt Oliver Hinckson’s offer to find a way to open communication between the gunmen and official society, and was to learn later that he had been charged sedition or some such absurdity.
Dear Editor, Dr. Luncheon’s statement is a welcome assurance to our citizens that they can vote using their old ID cards.
Guyana’s Neil McGarrell had a fine all-round performance Saturday night as he led Trinidad Ceramic MerryBoys to the Carib Sunday League cricket crown in the twin-island republic.
GEORGETOWN, Guyana – The fun filled Digicel/Soctiabank Cricket Experience kicked off yesterday in Guyana at the Merriman’s Mall opposite the Bourda Cricket Ground.
GEORGETOWN, Guyana – Upon his arrival in the Caribbean, when asked about his team’s batting relying heavily on himself and senior team mate Kumar Sangakkara, Sri Lanka captain Mahela Jayawardene agreed but said that his team includes “some exciting youngsters who have come through the system”.
City sides Western Tigers and the Guyana Defence Force, led by a double strike each from Edmonson Gomes and Jerome Richardson, easily disposed of West Demerara’s Pouderoyen and Uitvlugt by 3-1 margins respectively as the annual Mayor’s Cup football tournament kicked off on Sunday with a double header at the Tucville Playfield.
The Palmville Sports Promotions Group national pools championships will commence tomorrow with the winner of the Open male category set to receive a first prize of a whopping one million dollars.
A century from Tillakartne Dilshan and a five-wicket haul from left-arm spinner Rangan Herath added to the Guyana Cricket Board’s (GCB) President’s XI misery as the touring Sri Lankan cricketers continued their build-up ahead of Saturday’s first test against the West Indies.
A huge rock concert on the Colombia-Venezuela border has signaled the end of the apparent threat of military conflict which seemed to overshadow the relations between the three countries over the last few weeks.
The three men who were allegedly caught smuggling gold into Suriname, appeared yesterday before Chief Justice Ian Chang after attorney-at-law Nigel Hughes filed a writ of habeas corpus.
A West Demerara man was remanded on charges of unlawful possession of firearm and ammunition when he appeared before Magistrate Hazel Octive-Hamilton yesterday.
A 47-year-old Uni-versity of Guyana lecturer was placed on $400,000 bail after he pleaded not guilty to a charge of causing death by dangerous driving when he appeared before Principal Magistrate Melissa Robertson-Ogle in the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.
A man accused of stealing a bag of boulanger from a farmer was fined $15,000 with an alternative of six months imprisonment by Magistrate Melissa Robertson-Ogle yesterday.
Unsubful. Ungroupthink. Undoublespeak We were woken from a dream…the golden wheat fields of the Ukraine stretched out across the steppe; we bumped along the rutted road, the family’s belongings lurching in the rickety cart.
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