Articles published on Thursday, July 10, 2008
By Iana Seales Expected to appear in court today on a polar beer valuation charge, Joshua Safeek of Fidelity Investments yesterday accused the GRA of conducting a campaign against him because he was exposing corruption within it and he denied that his company ever bribed customs officials.
By Sara Bharrat A 14-year-old boy who was hit by a motor vehicle on the Back Road on Tuesday afternoon has not been seen since by his family.
By Zoisa Fraser The three-man Trinidadian forensic team that arrived here on Tuesday to assist the Guyana government with investigations into last month’s killings at Lindo Creek was unable to get to the site, contrary to what the Ministry of Home Affairs had said.
(Editorial reprinted from yesterday’s Jamaica Observer) We are intensely supportive of the concept of and necessity for Caribbean integration.
By Donald Duff The West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) is at it again and this time they have managed to get the backs up of their major sponsor Digicel.
Miners not satisfied security needs being met Despite consultations at the highest level with the security services, gold and diamond miners are not satisfied that their security needs are being met.
By Calvin Roberts @ Combermere School Ground, Bush Hall, Barbados Compliments of: Ansa McAl Limited, Cummings Electrical, P&P Insurance, Lifetime Realty, Hanes (Guyana) Limited and Cellular Planet Dalton Polius with 4-48 and an unbeaten 24 along with Kerron Cottoy who took 5-9, helped the Windward Islands capture first innings points from defending champions Guyana at the end of the first day of their second-round fixture of the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB)/TCL-sponsored 2008 regional Under-19 tournament at the Combermere Secondary School ground, Bush Hall, Barbados yesterday.
Digicel, proud sponsor of West Indies Cricket, welcomes the Stanford 20/20 initiative scheduled to take place in Antigua in November between the West Indies and England.
-but moving to also buy from overseas bodies Minister of Health, Dr Leslie Ramsammy yesterday strongly defended direct drug purchases from the New Guyana Pharmaceutical Corporation (NGPC) as compliant with a Cabinet decision but he also announced that his ministry will request a renewal of a decision which would also allow procurement from several international suppliers.
Minister of Health, Dr. Leslie Ramsammy says everything is in place for Guyana’s first kidney transplant surgery scheduled for Saturday with the US medical team scheduled to arrive in the country today.
By Kiev Chesney Veteran point guard Shelroy Thomas imposed his will during the final minute of the game to claim a 40-38 points win for his Kwakwani side against Mackenzie High School (MHS) in a match of the National Sports Commission/Pepsi National Schools’ Basketball Festival yesterday at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.
After conducting a search on a motor vehicle in Mon Repos, East Coast Demerara the police discovered fifteen 9mm rounds and two 12-gauge cartridges in the vehicle.
After a brief hold-up due to the poor state of grounds as a result of the inclement weather the Berbice Football Association (BFA)/ Coca Cola tournament is set to resume Sunday with three matches.
The Supply, East Bank Demerara man, who reportedly killed his wife in a fit of rage on Sunday before hiding the body underneath a bed, will be charged with murder shortly.
Having captured an unparalleled 15 titles at the Caribbean Area Squash Associations (CASA) Junior Championships the Guyana Squash Association (GSA) has placed their trust in a 13-member squad to make it 16 overall and third consecutive title this year.
A Jamaican working in the logging industry at Silver Hill was high in praise of the surgeon at the Linden Hospital Complex (LHC) for saving his “manhood”.
The annual Teach Them Young cycling programme conducted by National Cycling Coach Hassan Mohammed will kick off on Monday at the National Park.
Priya Ali, the child who was injured in the three-vehicle smash-up at Land of Canaan, East Bank Demerara on Sunday night, is still fighting for her life as she lies unconscious in her Intensive Care Unit (ICU) bed at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH).
Dear Editor, I am a resident of Micobie Amerindian village which is located in Lower Potaro, Tumatumari, Region No 8.
Food For The Poor (Guyana) Inc. will today present a quantity of cricket gears to a number of cricket clubs on the East Bank of Demerara.
Prime Minister Samuel Hinds on Friday commissioned a solar-powered electricity system that has been installed in 66 buildings at the Demerara River village of Muritaro.
In a must-win situation, the Guyana Under-19 rugby team managed to pull off a win against Trinidad and Tobago in the North American West Indies Rugby Association’s (NAWIRA) Under-20 Rugby World Trophy 2008 Qualifier on Monday at the Garrison Rugby Playfield in Barbados.
Cites Mahaicony Rice Mills GRA Commissioner-General Khurshid Sattaur says businesses are obligated to submit their records for audit as VAT refunds will not be paid unless records have been verified.
Dear Editor, With reference to the article ‘Health Ministry looks at legislation to ban smoking in public places’ published in the July 6 issue of Kaieteur News, I would like to state that my position is in support of the full banning of smoking in public places.
The mother of 15-year-old Sheliza Khan, whose battered and nude body was found on the Hope Estate Road early last month, is calling out for justice for her daughter.
Corentyne District defeated New Amsterdam/Canje District by 71 runs to take the last available semi-final berth of the inter-district leg of the Republic Bank Ltd.
Dear Editor, Here are some excerpts from a biographical sketch of Barack Obama.
-larceny accused tells court A man who claimed “a lil boy” stole items and placed them in his bag was refused bail, while another was granted his pre-trial freedom when the two appeared before Principal Magistrate Melissa Robertson-Ogle yesterday.
Bank of Guyana (BOG) managers with 156 games hold a slim overall lead going into the final leg of the three-way aggregate Dominoes against Neal and Massy (N&M) and Republic Bank Ltd.
The alleged accomplice of the bandit who was fatally shot on Brickdam on July 1 was yesterday remanded when he appeared before Magistrate Hazel Octive-Hamilton to face a charge of robbery under arms.
Dear Editor, Why is there no recycling plant for plastic bottles in Guyana?
Magistrate Hazel Octive-Hamilton placed two men on remand when they appeared before her yesterday on separate charges of robbery under arms and unlawful discharge of a firearm.
A post-mortem examination conducted on the body of Mehaboob ‘Papo’ Alli, the 57-year-old fisherman of Canal Number One, who died shortly after he was hit in the chest by a person living near him, determined that he died from cardiac arrest.
Dear Editor, It is rather unbelievable and embarrassing nationally that the president of the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) Mr.
Dear Editor, When you read that someone Guyanese born occupies a prominent position in a big company, this grabs your attention and makes you full of pride at the achievement of one of your fellow nationals. Newton
Political love is a dangerous undertaking, especially in America. The consoling fiction that any candidate’s private virtues will ensure unwavering constancy to their putative ‘core principles’ is tenable only if you don’t read the papers.
Dear Editor, It is a real shame what some of the officers of the AAAG are doing to the athletes of this country.
The achievements of women descended from the 19th century Chinese Immigrants – (Part 2)By Cecilia McAlmont and Margery Kirkpatrick Introduction In the previous article, a brief account of what was called “the Chinese Experiment”, the implications of the immigrants and their descendants becoming Creole, and one female immigrant, Loo Shee, her descendants and their achievements were discussed.
Dear Editor, “What then is the recourse of the small nation at odds with the great one?”
A 35-year-old man was remanded when he appeared before Principal Magistrate Melissa Robertson-Ogle on a charge of unlawful and malicious wounding.
The Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport will be hosting its second annual Children’s Taxidermy Summer camp at the Guyana National Museum.
