Daily Archive: Tuesday, July 1, 2008

A pupil of a Region Two (Pomeroon/Supenaam) school, CV Nunes Primary, has gained the top place at the 2008 National Grade Six Assessment with a score of 558 marks.

Guyana’s first president Arthur Chung was yesterday laid to rest at the Seven Ponds in the Botanical Gardens with full military honours just after noon, following a state funeral at the National Cultural Centre.

The police have received reports of the sighting of escaped high-profile prisoner Jermaine “Skinny” Charles at undisclosed rural location and are responding to leads, a high-ranking police officer revealed yesterday.

Police are looking to the Director of Public Prose-cutions (DPP) for advice on pronouncing definitively on the Woolford Avenue shooting incident involving Magistrate Gordon Gilhuys.

The Guyana Police Force on Sunday clarified that it was looking for two watchmen for information in relation to the Lindo Creek murders and not two members of the Joint Services.

George Arokium, the owner of the Lindo Creek Mining Camp who had discovered the burnt remains of eight miners on June 21, said he had received no notification that his miners should vacate the area.

“I leave everything in the name of the Lord but what I know is what is done in darkness must come to light,” were the words of Yonette Torres whose 17-year-old son was one of the eight miners whose burnt remains were discovered at Lindo Creek, Berbice River two Saturdays ago.

The Small Business Development Finance (SBDF) Trust was able to fund 532 micro and small loans valued at over $104 million last year, which in turn created and sustained over 1,110 jobs and a surplus of $6.8 million to the trust, according to the Chairman’s report.

A pedestrian was struck and killed while crossing the Number 45 Village, Corentyne road on Sunday after he reportedly tried to cross from behind a parked truck.

Dear Editor, I gather from recent reports that the government is contemplating the reintroduction of government owned buses for passenger transport in Guyana.

A Skeldon man is nursing a gunshot wound to the groin after a man with whom he had had an altercation on the No 63 Beach access road discharged a firearm at him.

Dear Editor, Allow me to express my deepest condolences to the family and relatives of those hard-working miners, slaughtered on June 21, 2008, at the Lindo camp location.

A fire believed to be the work of an arsonist destroyed a home at Bartica yesterday and police have since arrested a man with ties to the building.

Economist Dr Clive Thomas says the Value Added Tax (VAT) was poorly timed and too high and is surprised that government has not yet seriously considered a reduction given the phenomenal yield of the tax as against the promise that had been made of it being revenue neutral.

Dear Editor, Mr Mohamed Alli in his letter of 7.6.08 titled ‘Sport needs to be revitalized at Leonora’ quotes from the Moyne Commission report.

The private sector and investors from the Diaspora are inextricably tied together A recently retired Guyanese friend of mine who currently resides in Georgia just returned home from a two week visit to Guyana. 

As a budding archaeologist the country’s top student, Yogeeta Persaud of CV Nunes Primary School knows she has to work hard if she hopes to one day win a scholarship that would see her achieving her lifelong goal.

By Calvin Roberts World Cup football and rain played havoc when the Georgetown Football Assoc-iation (GFA) made attempts to kick off their first division season a few weeks ago.

Dear Editor, There is a joke which has been published in many regional newspapers, although I do not think it has reached Guyana yet.

Dear Editor, Many thanks to you for publishing my letter in your Friday, June 27 issue highlighting the inefficiency and lackadaisical attitude of the Guyana Water Inc (GWI) in fixing a damaged water main next to my property at Lots 1-4 Continental Park, East Bank Demerara.

By Calvin Roberts Camex Restaurants Incorp-orated, owners of Church’s Restaurant chain, yesterday presented to president of the Flying Ace Cycle Club in Berbice, Randolph Roberts a cheque for $94,000 as sponsorship for the club’s upcoming Caricom Day 40-mile cycle road race.

The joint parliamentary opposition parties have collected 8,000 signatures calling on Caricom leaders to recommend to President Bharrat Jagdeo that he address a number of issues affecting the country.

Minister of Agriculture Robert Persaud says tackling challenges in the fishing industry is “a constant battle that we must not let off,” and he encouraged fishermen to take full advantage of the prospects aquaculture offers, especially in the light of the threats the country faces from climate change.

The Guyana Football Federation (GFF) has called to practice a 29-member squad for Guyana’s upcoming participation in the Caribbean Football Union Youth Cup Boys under-17 Qualifiers to be hosted in Trinidad and Tobago in August.

Dear Editor, I am a Guyanese living in the USA and I have been shocked by the three mass murders that have occurred in Guyana in the past six months. 

Dear Editor, I really don’t get what is the big deal about the cartoon portraying Mr Obama as a black man who wants to play a game of basketball.

It was a historic day in the history of football in Guyana when the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) obtained official equipment sponsorship for the Golden Jaguars, so it is safe to say that they (GFF) gained a lot during the recently concluded Guyana/ Suriname 2010 World Cup qualifier.

There are opportunities for investment in the Caribbean that can benefit both the Caribbean and African-American communities, Saint Lucia Prime Minister Stephenson King said in a recent address at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, in Harlem.

Dear Editor, At long last, the Government of Guyana, or at least the Ministry of Health seems to have recognised the contribution which alcohol use makes to increase levels of domestic violence and road accidents.

The Guyana Tourism Authority (GTA) and Tourism ministry recently awarded several “safarians” for participating in Safari 2008 which Minister Manniram Prashad said he hopes will become an international event.

Caribbean junior girls’ champion Michelle John will depart Guyana sometime this week for Halifax, Canada to participate in the Pan Am Youth qualifying championships.

Fogarty’s Father’s Day winners: Fogarty’s handed over hampers to the winners in its Father’s Day Promotion on Thursday.

Dear Editor, I refer to the letter by J Kadaru entitled, ‘There should be a moral education programme in the schools’ (SN, 21.6.08).

Guyana Red Cross expanding mandate organisation as a bridge to bigger successes in their lives.

– Leslie Black says AAG has no respect for its athletes By Kiev Chesney Middle and long distance coach Leslie Black has came out swinging at the Athletics Association of Guyana (AAG), blaming the body for what he sees as poor administration which he maintains is responsible for Guyana not producing  world class athletes despite the obvious talent.

The Carifesta Secretariat said rehabilitation works it had undertaken at a number of host sites and on access roads to the sites are near completion.

By Calvin Roberts Continental Cycle Club’s Alonzo Greaves along with Roraima’s Darren Allen and Tyrone Hamilton will depart these shores on Wednesday for the island of Anguilla where they will  represent Guyana in the John T Memorial 80-mile cycle road race on Sunday.

The Guyana Fire and General Insurance Company (GuyFlag) recently settled a court case with the Avinash branch stores, which won a $43.7M court judgment against it in the High Court earlier this year, over a flood claim they had refused to pay out.

Long before the Lusignan, Bartica and Lindo Creek massacres, the Government Information Agency in September 2007 had reported Lieutenant Colonel Jawahar Persaud of the Guyana Defence Force as expressing satisfaction with the maturity with which the Joint Services had been able to coordinate their operations.

Dear Editor, The June 2008 newsletter of the Global Initiative to End All Corporal Punishment of Children reported that “Costa Rica is about to join the list of countries that have achieved equal legal protection from assault for children by prohibiting all corporal punishment.