Daily Archive: Friday, July 25, 2008

Republic Bank customer Ganesh Bijlall sits behind the wheels of his new car acquired through the ‘Deals on Wheels’ promotions.

A pile driving exercise went wrong a few days ago when one of the logs fell on a dragline and the fence of the Mothers Union Day Care Centre on Robb Street.

By Zoisa Fraser A 35-year-old scrap metal dealer was fatally shot yesterday afternoon on Brickdam by one of two bandits who had seconds before snatched a bag containing some $2 million from his wife.

Venezuelan Ambassador to Guyana Dario Morandy Figuera yesterday related the importance his government  attached to South American neighbours Guyana and Brazil towards the establishment of the South American Security Council through which he says “the south would be more united and equal.”

By Miranda La Rose The controversial Court of Appeal (Amendment) Bill to provide for appeals by the state through the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) to as far as the Caribbean Court of Justice was referred to a special select committee after four hours of debate in Parliament with the government using its majority.

A policewoman may face disciplinary action for behaving disorderly because she was not adjudged the winner of a “pyjamas competition” held at a disco at Belladrum on Sunday night.

Bandits yesterday robbed a diamond dealer and one of his employees at gunpoint of a quantity of gold and diamonds and $2M in cash at their Church Street business place.

Results from the DNA samples taken by Jamaican sleuths from the relatives of the eight miners murdered at Lindo Creek are expected in another two weeks after the tests are done in Kingston.

Dear Editor, With reference to the letter captioned ‘The NA Town Council has only seven serving members’ (SN 18.7.08), I am surprised that a letter of such nature was published without first seeking clarification from the council.

Dear Editor, The access bridge to Good Hope, East Coast Demerara, which is home to thousands, has been in a state of disrepair for a very long time, and this precarious situation is of growing concern to residents. 

Yet another taxi driver was the victim of a robbery and attempted car-jacking after he picked up three men who requested a drop off at ‘C’ Field, Sophia.

Dear Editor, My husband and I went on a holiday to the US and I had to return home earlier than planned as I became ill. We

Bus service suspended In the wake of heavy rain, the Linden-Lethem road has badly deteriorated forcing the major bus service on that route to suspend its operations.

The government yesterday tabled a bill to enable tax concessions to two subsidiaries of Queens Atlantic Investments Inc (QA11) at the Sanata Complex and to remedy oversights in the principal legislation.

Dear Editor, Will we ever know how prisoner, Edwin Niles, now deceased, was able to secure seven .22 rounds of ammunition, while he was out working at Camp Ayanganna under the supervision of the prison authorities?

The Lyken/Newburg Funeral Home is launching a website that will allow online funeral arrangements and other services.

From Calvin Roberts @ Lester Vaughn Secondary School, Cane Garden, St.

Dear Editor, One letter captioned ‘Many countries use the Bell 206’ written by Mr D Persaud in the SN (24.7.08) caught my attention.

Liberalization talks have gone on for long enough! The absence of liberalization in the Guyana telecommunications sector continues to stifle economic growth and put national security at risk according to outgoing Digicel (Guyana) Chief Executive Officer Mark Linehan.

Cocaine flattened neatly in plastic was yesterday morning discovered by Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) ranks at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport, Timehri hidden in the walls of a suitcase.

-Forde can no longer clutch unqualified status as a result By Kiev Chesney Overseas-based Guyanese athlete Adam Harris will be attending the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympic Games as Guyana’s only qualified male athlete, the Guyana Olympic Association (GOA) has revealed.

Dear Editor, I have looked at the television reports by NCN and by Mr Moseley of President Jagdeo’s meeting with Guyanese in Antigua.

The “occupant” of a  bus shed is now a patient of the Georgetown Public Hospital, after he was chopped about his body.

The Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) is seeking to play a critical role in helping to develop “risk-mitigation measures” that would help to encourage investors to buy into the regional food security programme, according to the Institute’s Representative in Guyana, Ignatius Jean. 

A car proceeds with caution in the vicinity of the fallen transformer at Chapel and Norton streets, Lodge yesterday.

Weather permitting, golfers will tee off in the Neal and Massey 40th Anniversary sponsored tournament tomorrow at the Lusignan Golf Course.

Republic Bank (Guyana) Limited will open the doors of its new branch at Camp and Robb streets on August 4.

Dear Editor, I agree with the sentiments of Pastor Kwesi Oginga of the elder statesmanship values encased in the existence of Eusi Kwayana (SN July 24).  His

Professional Guard Services (PGS) Inc presented its 2nd Quarterly Awards for the year at a ceremony hosted at Kirkpatrick’s Garden Room in Meadow Brook Gardens.

Guyana will receive US$200,000 ($40M) from the Forest Carbon Partner-ship Facility (FCPF) to prepare its Readiness Plan (R-Plan) for combating tropical deforestation.

By Ravendra Kishore Guyana’s junior welterweight boxer Akeem Alexander became the first of seven Guyanese boxers to reach the semi-finals of the Junior Caribbean Amateur Boxing Championships currently being held in Trinidad.

Dear Editor, After the state withdrew ads from your newspaper, a cross-section of persons express-ed public disapproval of the action.

By Karen Abrams More than 700,000 Americans lost their homes to foreclosure in 2006, around 1,300,000 in 2007 and a projection of 2,000,000 in 2008 as 400,000 adjustable rate mortgages are scheduled to rise to higher interest rates each quarter in 2008.

Rawle Lucas is a Guyanese-born Certified Public Accountant and Assistant Vice President of the Lending Services Division.

By Ravendra Kishore Leading group three racer Ryan Rahaman plans to extend his championship point’s lead when he takes on a strong field this coming Sunday at the South Dakota Circuit in the third race meet of the year dubbed the `Ultimate Race of Champions.’

Dear Editor, In reference to Mr Mohamed Sattaur’s letter in SN of July 19 (‘Guyanese can stand tall anywhere in the world because of Dr Jagan’s victories’), I would like to point out that he failed to respond to any of the points on President Cheddi’s legacy which I raised.

The Unity businessman who discharged several rounds at his neighbour’s house while threatening to kill the occupants, yesterday morning turned himself in at the Mahaica Police Station and up to press time last evening was still in custody.

Beekeeper Linden Stewart holds up a honeycomb from which he will extract honey.

-28 players in training, final 12 will be named in 10 weeks By Kiev Chesney Guyana’s quest to successfully defend their male basketball championship title this November at the Inter Guiana Games (IGG) in French Guiana will be aided this year by a relatively large pool of players who have begun training according to President of the Georgetown Amateur Basketball Association (GABA) Chris Bowman.

Roraima ground handling staff willing to talk with GCAA – Gouveia The Guyana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) is continuing its investigation into the July incident in which a passenger on a Delta Airlines flight to Georgetown activated the aircraft’s emergency landing chute to exit though GCAA Director Zulficar Mohamed told Stabroek Business earlier this week that the pace of the investigation is being hampered as a result of difficulties associated with getting witnesses to the incident to come forward.

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has provided the necessary safety guidelines to the Ministry of Education for the removal of asbestos material at the University of Guyana, according to Executive Director of the agency, Doerga Persaud.

Dear Editor, I attended the ‘Unforgettable Tour’ performance of Bollywood legend Amitabh Bachchan in Trinidad Sunday evening featuring Amitabh, his wife Jaya Bhaduri, their son Abhishek, his wife Aishwarya Rai, actress Preity Zinta, actor Riteish Deshmusk and others. 

Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson-Ogle yesterday remanded to prison a woman who allegedly had in her possession 1 kilogramme, 35 grammes of cocaine for the purpose of trafficking, when she appeared at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.

A 27-year-old man, who assaulted a police officer, was given the choice of paying $40,000 in fines or imprisonment when he appeared before the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court yesterday.

The Apex-funded second annual exhibition Martial Arts tournament held last weekend saw Black Hawks walking away with the lion’s share of the trophies and medals with host Harpy Eagles also excelling.

Dear Editor, An observation was brought to my attention yesterday. The Guyana Times front page lead was captioned ‘Mining Camp Killings…Weeping relatives give DNA samples- appeal for justice.’

In his most recent ‘The view from Europe,’ David Jessop, one of the more astute external observers of regional affairs, pulls no punches in stating the growing view that a “dysfunctional regional integration process” now prevails in Caricom.

A few days ago Stabroek Business interviewed the Country Representative of the Inter-American Insti-tute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) Ignatius Jean about the work of IICA in Guyana and about the role of the organization in supporting the current regional response to the global food crisis.

By Andre Griffith We promised to look at an interesting case of IT Governance in action in one of our public agencies this week.  

Doesn’t look like much fun! These two girls braved the tall grass in this Bel Air Park playground yesterday to take advantage of the swings set up there.

A US-based Guyanese was recently arrested at JFK Airport trying to smuggle 13 singing finches, popularly known as Twa Twa, hidden inside hair curlers, according to the New York Daily News.

Our governments and food Now, ‘Heroes’ and ‘Unions’ by A.A. Fenty And “Carifesta Considera-tions”.