Daily Archive: Tuesday, June 3, 2008

– The West Indies came out on the wrong end of several umpiring decisions yesterday and face an uphill task to save the second test Garth Wattley St John’s Catches, they say, determine matches.

By Tony Cozier in St. John’sThere have been innumerable umpiring errors that have altered the course, if not determined the outcome, of Test matches down the years.

Local martial arts expert Troy Bobb gained his fifth title at the United States Karate Alliance National Champion-ships which was held from March 27-30 in Albuquerque, New Mexico in the USA.    

The Golden Warriors won the under-13 category, while the Rockers won the under-17 category of the Scotia Bank junior hockey tournament which concluded on Sunday at the National Gymnasium.

– time for education has passed The time for education has passed and sanctions will be applied to errant miners, Prime Minister Samuel Hinds reiterated yesterday, while calling for a partnership between the media and the mining industry to “transform” the sector and its operations.

Dear Editor, Over the past three months, every day the Guyana Water Inc (GWI) underground sewerage system in New Market Street (between Main and Carmichael Streets) has been overflowing leaving raw sewage floating in the gutters.

– had been receiving death threats following alleged theft of cell phone A 14-year-old Plaisance Community High School student Mark Kirpaul died on Saturday last after ingesting a poisonous substance following countless death threats from an unknown person.

`We are not living a champagne life’ By Calvin Roberts Technical Director of the Guyana national football team now preparing for its first World Cup qualifying match against Suriname, Trinidadian Jamaal Shabbaz, yesterday appealed to corporate Guyana for financial assistance to aid the team’s preparation.

Dear Editor, A Dangerous Dogs Act (DDA) was introduced in 1991 with great haste by the UK Parliament following a number of serious injuries to children. 

GT B/ballers send both visitors packing; U-20 punish Linden by 31; Seniors brush off NA by 22 Georgetown dominated the first night of the Georgetown Amateur Basketball Federation’s Inter Sub-Association Senior and U-20 Championships Sunday night at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall, recording mammoth victories against their New Amsterdam and Linden Association counterparts by a combined margin of 53 points.

Dear Editor, What has never happened in the 15 years and more than I’ve been residing in Cumberland Village happened last Sunday.

– area flooded after he left sluice open to have a ‘drink’While some sections of East and West Berbice experienced flooding owing to heavy rainfall, residents of Yank Dam, D’ Edward Village were affected because of the negligence of the sluice operator who was immediately dismissed.

A 75-year-old pedal cyclist died after he was struck down by a minibus on the Corentyne public road around 8.40 am yesterday.

Dear Editor, Rather than perpetuate the issue by seeking to obdurately justify the executive’s right to criticize the judiciary, it would have been better if the Office of the President had let its disassociation from the Home Affairs Minister’s criticism of the recent decision by the acting Chief Justice to grant bail to a double homicide accused awaiting trial for eight years, be the end of the matter.

By Kiev Chesney Wang Jin, wife of the Chinese Ambassador to Guyana, Zhang Jungao, paid a visit and actively participated in one of the training sessions of the Guyana Wushu Association yesterday afternoon at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.

MMC security guards yesterday shot a man as he attempted to flee from them after they found him in possession of items he had stolen from a Bel Air residence.

Dear Editor, On May 27, Mr Rickey Singh made a vitriolic attack on me in the Stabroek News, in response to my letter criticizing the editor-in-chief/publisher, Mr David de Caires, and his newspaper for pursuing an anti-black agenda.

 – GBTI business forum told By Miranda La Rose The local private sector can benefit from several opportunities including trade in goods and services; use of the natural environment for filming; value-added on fishery products, organic fruits, and knowledge in engineering and architecture.

The nationwide Kazak dominoes competition organized by the Guyana National Dominoes Federation (GNDF) and sponsored by beverage giants Banks DIH Limited under its Kazak brand, has reached the play-off stage.

Dear Editor, I have seen some comments in response to your editorial of May 18 captioned ‘Normality?’

By Nigel Williams The Guyana Government has withdrawn its endorsement of a number of micro projects being funded by the European Union (EU), frustrating more than 30 groups across the country, and putting in jeopardy close to $200M, which was set aside for the programme.

Dear Editor, Mr Vishnu Bisram in his usual sit-on-the-fence style in a letter captioned ‘Polls show Republicans have a good chance of holding on to the White House’ (SN, 1.6.08) states, “according to an average of the latest polls, about 60% of Americans prefer the Democrats to control the House and the Senate…” Without naming who conducted the polls, Bisram gives the impression as though his ‘polling’ entity was part of that process.

By Calvin Roberts Once again, the heavy rainfall associated with this time of the year has prevented any play in the two semifinal matches of the Berbice Cricket Board of Control (BCBC)/TELENEC-sponsored 2007 50 overs a side first division semifinal matches that were scheduled for last weekend.

The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of the National Assembly yesterday lambasted the Guyana Police Force and the Ministry of Home Affairs for the practice of contract splitting to avoid adjudication by the Departmental Tender Board.

Dear Editor, When the sacred inner urge and ability to think deeply and extract from the inexhaustible  treasures of divine wisdom are reflected in the utterances and posturings of parliamentarians in the National Assembly, then and only then, should their images and speeches be transmitted.

By Calvin Roberts An impressive spell of medium-fast bowling from national all-rounder Christopher Barnwell, who took 5-12, enabled Demerara Cricket Club (DCC) to inflict a thrashing on West Demerara’s New Line Cavaliers and claim the $50,000 first prize and a trophy in a specially-arranged Twenty20 cricket match at the Banks DIH Thirst Park ground Friday night.

The Ministry of Health has taken a major step towards addressing the serious mental health problem in Guyana by training health workers countrywide to deal with persons who may experience mental problems owing to substance abuse.

Dear Editor, I was there at the National Park forty-two years ago when the British Union flag was taken down and our own Golden Arrowhead was hoisted by our own Major Robert Roberts.

After racing out to a perfect 4-0 start in the Guyana Squash Association’s Farfan and Mendes senior team tournament, the competition finally caught up with the Shorties but not in time to deny them the title.

Meusa wins men’s singles Paul Meusa defeated Colin France 3-2 on Friday to claim the men’s singles title of the Guyana Table Tennis Association (GTTA) and National Sports Commission (NSC)-sponsored  In-dependence tournament at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.

Caribbean sugar producers have projected a production of 560,000 tonnes of sugar for crop 2007-2008 after noting that adverse weather conditions have negatively affected sugar production.

Last month’s rural rape-murders have again highlighted how low the level of human security is, particularly for women and girl children, in certain areas of this country.

(This article was received from Project Syndicate, an international not-for-profit association of newspapers dedicated to hosting a global debate on the key issues shaping our world.)

Dear Editor, I wish to thank and congratulate the USAID Guyana Democratic Consolidation and Conflict Resolution (GDCCR) for the training I received in basic mediation.

All gone: Fire, suspected to be electrical in origin, yesterday destroyed a two-storey wooden building at Lot 17 North Friendship, East Coast Demerara.