Daily Archive: Wednesday, August 6, 2008

Friends to the very end; Satyanand Singh, called Sachin, and Wajeed Shaw died together early yesterday morning when the car they were in smashed into a concrete culvert at Little Diamond, East Bank Demerara.

There was no motion tabled at the just-concluded PPP Congress calling for a third term to extend President Bharrat Jagdeo’s tenure in office as reported in the Kaieteur News (KN) yesterday and a third term for Jagdeo is not an issue, PPP General Secretary Donald Ramotar says.

-Two others planned Demerara Bank Limited (DBL) opened its second branch in Berbice on Monday, this time at Number 78 Village, Corriverton, with promises of maintaining its policy of providing services of an “exceptional nature” and to “work with everyone.”

The Guyana Defence Force (GDF) is planning to resuscitate its mounted branch at Annai, North Rupununi following concerns raised by members of the community regarding the potential emerging threats from increased traffic over the Takutu Bridge at Lethem.

-Hospital The administration of the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPHC) yesterday said they were forced to place Natasha Vieira, the young woman who was killed at the institution over the weekend, in the Observation Ward after their efforts to have her placed in a home failed.

Dear Editor, The results of a mid-July opinion poll conducted by the North American Caribbean Teachers Association (NACTA) has found widespread disenchantment with the PPP/C government and little confidence among the population in the ability of the disciplined forces to reign in crime. 

-following death of man In the wake of the death of a St.

Leader of the Opposition, Robert Corbin has submitted a motion calling for the National Assembly to give due recognition to the late President, Linden Forbes Sampson Burnham for his “extraordinary and outstanding career as a Guyanese leader”.

Vergil Leacock, the man who fell off of a pick-up he and others had been allegedly using to steal fuel at Aroaima died of a crushed chest bone, a post-mortem examination has found.

An East La Penitence woman died in the emergency room of the Georgetown Public Hospital on Monday while undergoing treatment for injuries she received when a bed frame fell on her.

A 16-year-old girl was killed yesterday morning after she was hit by a car on the Barnwell Public Road, East Bank Essequibo.

The nude and decomposing body of a male of Indo-Guyanese descent was found in a pasture at Number 69 Village yesterday around 1:30 pm in a clump of bush.

-Today’s scheduled start of Group `B’ matches of the Digicel Caribbean Cup football tournament has been postponed to Friday because of the non-arrival of team Dominica The staging of the Group `B’ matches of the Digicel Caribbean Cup among  hosts Guyana, Suriname and Dominica, already affected by a lack of planning by the  Guyana Football Federation (GFF) suffered another setback yesterday with the news that the Dominica team had encountered flight problems and would be unable to arrive in time for this evening’s scheduled match against Guyana.

The convicted prisoner who managed to escape while he and other inmates were playing steel pan at the airport remained at large up to press time last evening despite searches by prison authorities.

The Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club (RHTYSC) recently held its 11th annual cricket academy under the sponsorship of beverage giants Banks DIH through its Sprite soft drink at the Club’s Area ‘H’ pavilion.

New sluice for De Willem The National Drainage and Irrigation Authority (NDIA) yesterday signed contracts for major drainage and irrigation works to be undertaken in Regions 2,3,4 and 5 at a cost of $268.4M.

Relatives of injured dancer Andrea Roach are fervently hoping for a miracle that would put her back on her feet after an MRI scan showed she had sustained serious injuries to her back resulting in paralysis.

Great Memories of the Jagdeo Stables, won the Banks DIH feature `C’ class and lower event when the Port Mourant Turf club held its grand eight event Emancipation horse race meet on Sunday.

Joseph ‘Reds’ Perreira of the Reds Perreira Foundation yesterday made a donation of two rugby balls on behalf of the Foundation to the Guyana Rugby Football Union (GRFU) at Guyana Olympic House.

By the end of this month the new reference laboratory handed over to the Guyana Government recently, is expected to open its doors and some of its important functions would be testing for the HIV virus in infants under 18 months and research and surveillance, according to its Director, Dr Colin Roach.

Dear Editor, Permit me to draw the public’s attention to the continuing situation of rivalry and disunity to which we are constantly being drawn by the two main political parties, when it comes to national celebrations.

The Amerindian Peoples’ Association (APA) recently submitted a short report to UN Independent Expert on Minority Issues, Gay McDougall detailing its concerns about the impact of mining on Amerindian communities, education in hinterland communities and the shortcomings of the Amerindian Act.

Dear Editor, It would be interesting to learn whether the Economic Services Committee had expected to receive a dissertation on the future of the sugar industry and the prospects for the Skeldon Project from the Minister of Agriculture, when it invited GuySuco to appear.

Joseph ‘Reds’ Perreira of the Reds Perriera Foundation in the boardroom of the Georgetown Cricket Board (GCB) yesterday made a personal donation of cricket equipment to the Martindale School in the Pomeroon.

A Domestic Violence Unit has been established by the Ministry of Human Services and Social Security to oversee the implementation, monitoring and evaluation of the National Policy on Domestic Violence.

Dear Editor, I refer to the letter in Stabroek News on  July 24, 2008 captioned ‘A host of mechanisms were in place to prevent multiple voting in 2006’ in which the nameless writer attempted to make a case for the validity of the list used in the 2006 elections.

When Guyana’s Golden Jaguars oppose Dominica in their first match of the Digicel Caribbean Championship Friday at the Guyana National Stadium at Providence, they will be putting all challenges behind them and focusing  on a victory.

– Suriname’s First Secretary Charlo Doedel says he is totally in the dark about football arrangements made by the Guyana Football Federation for his country’s national side who are scheduled to arrive in Guyana this morning and has requested help from Director of Sport Neil Kumar It seems as if the incompetence of the Guyana Football Federation knows no bounds.

-Jeffrey Last month’s collapse of the world trade talks could jeopardize so-called `carve outs’ that would allow Caribbean countries to impose higher tariffs to protect their domestic markets. 

The University of Guyana’s Centre for Communication Studies under the auspices of UNESCO will be hosting a consultation on the state of journalism education and practice in Guyana at  the new conference room of the National Library on Church and Main streets on August 12 and 13.

Dear Editor, The spell checker seems to have been overzealous in the Sunday Stabroek report captioned, ‘Adaptation to climate change will cost billions,’ (Aug.

Dear Editor, The calls for the resignation of GFF president Colin Klass have certainly captured my interest.

The Doha talks have ended, not unexpectedly without a successful conclusion.

-Teams arriving this weekend President of the Guyana Squash Association (GSA) said that the preparations for the Southern Caribbean Senior Squash Champion-ships are in ‘trim shape’ for the tournament which will be stage in Guyana from August 17th -24th.