Daily Archive: Saturday, August 16, 2008

Stepped up security at prison Prison officers at the Georgetown Prisons yesterday afternoon discovered a prisoner with a .38 revolver and eight matching rounds of ammunition in his possession, sparking an intense lockdown and search.

Five were trapped under tray of truck One man was killed and nine others injured when a truck transporting diesel, oil and other items, toppled over along the Mahdia trail trapping five men beneath its tray.

-after botched holiday travel plans Upset parents of over 200 students studying in Cuba erupted in anger yesterday while some were reduced to tears after learning that flight arrangements for their children were not properly made and their children may not make it home for the holidays.

Bandits broke into the Aubrey’s Grocery Store at Bush Lot, West Berbice after midnight yesterday and were in the process of carting off over $500,000 worth in items when vigilant residents caused their activity to be thwarted.

The mentally ill patient who reportedly started Wednesday’s fire in the Georgetown Public Hospital’s Male Psychiatric Ward is still in police custody and efforts are being made to have him committed to the mental hospital in Berbice.

A Camp Street prisoner who was receiving treatment in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH) died on Wednesday night.

The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) says it is conducting an audit to determine and quantify the outstanding tax liability of Demerara Distillers Limited (DDL), adding that it was empowered by a recent court decision to re-assess the company regarding Consumption Tax for the years 2001–2006.

Steps being taken for 24-hr crisis service Guyana Water Inc (GWI) CEO Karan Singh yesterday confirmed that there was a chlorine leak at the Shelter Belt on July 27 due to damaged tubing and acknowledged that the public should not have been kept in the dark about the matter.

Dominican Republic confirms Free tickets for the upcoming Carifesta X celebrations will be made available from Monday, according to Minister of Culture, Youth and Sport, Dr.

Sherwin Glen, the handcuffed convict who escaped from the Wales Magistrate’s Court on Thursday moments after he was sentenced to prison, turned up at the Wales Police Station several hours later in the company of a relative.

A bandit escaped from police, even though he was apparently shot after robbing a man on Church Street yesterday.

Caribbean identity to make the cut at film festival Three dozen pieces for screeningA glimpse into the future perhaps, the CARIFESTA Film Festival will survey the work of the filmmakers who are examining the Caribbean identity in the final frontier of creative expression in the region.

Meeting cancelled Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) Human Resources Director, Jairam Petam yesterday said that while workers at Rose Hall estate had returned to work those at Wales, LBI and Enmore were still on strike.

A day filled with excitement and lots of fun is expected when insurance giants Colonial Life Insurance Company (CLICO) runs off its second ‘Day of Races’ at the Kennard Memorial Turf Club (KMTC) on  August 24 from 13:30hrs.

The Plaisance/Industry market on the  East Coast is being rehabilitated at a cost of $7M, utilizing funds provided by  the Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development, the Government Information Agency (GINA) reported.

Technical Director of the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) and the man in charge of Guyana’s Golden Jaguars, Trinidadian Jamal Shabazz, has expressed confidence in his charges, stating that they will rise to the occasion in the next round of matches of the 2008 Digicel Caribbean Championships (DCC) billed for his homeland.

Dear Editor, I promised myself that I would not write this letter nor make any public disclosure concerning my previously proposed involvement in Carifesta X.

– Sport minister promises Aquatic Centre soon Competitors in the Guyana Amateur Swimming Associa-tion (GASA)  Goodwill Swimming Championships at  Castellani Pool, Home-stretch Avenue,  were urged yesterday by Minister of Sport Dr.

Eight Caribbean countries participated in the first annual ‘Fashion Has No Borders’ fashion show held in Canada recently, and according to reports the designers took the event “by storm.”

Dear Editor, From time to time I’ve had to be critical of sections of our police force, heightened by my unhappy experience at the CID Headquarters, earlier this year.

Smith, Wickham and Lowe come through for the home-Suriname  takes early lead Team Guyana emerged from the first day of the 2008 Goodwill Championships yesterday at the Castellani Pool with six individual medals compliments of Linden Wickham, Alan Lowe and Noelle Smith.

– Strike Again occupy third spot Better football from Guyana Beverages Inc.

Dear Editor, While the artistic and some infrastructural preparations are laudable, Guyana is not ready for Carifesta X because of endemic discourtesy by public transportation providers, ie, taxi, hire-car and mini-bus operators; garbage pile-ups around the city; numerous vagrants, insane people and drug addicts who roam the streets and sleep there each night; flash-flooding in Georgetown due to short spells of rain, eg, the night of August 13, 2008 that left several city streets flooded; frequent short and long duration blackouts for several weeks now; and nightly gambling around the Stabroek Market area in the full view of police vehicular patrols that often stop but do nothing to stop this illegal activity.

Roast Breadfruit Have it once and you’ll want more Hi Everyone, The flesh is soft and creamy yellow with notes of natural sweetness and that of the butter melted into it.

Dear Editor, The thirty-five persons who sit in the PPP’s central committee met on Tuesday (33; two didn’t turn up) to put the direction of the party in the hands of a body called the executive committee, a fifteen person unit.

– continued sponsorship promised Manager of Public Relations and Operations at Demerara Bank Limited Shawn Gurcharran yesterday handed over a  $395,000 cheque to  Secretary of the Berbice Cricket Board Angela Haniff as sponsorship for the 40-overs Second Division Cricket Competition in Berbice which should bowl off in another few days.

Dear Editor, A very low key presentation by our new Minister of Amerindian Affairs, shown on GTV 11, heralded the promotion of this year’s annual Amerindian Heritage Month celebrations.

Visa to Florida a sore point   for Caribbean players   – Chetram Singh Details about the format of the Regional One-Day Tournament scheduled to be held in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA were ironed out last evening during discussions when  a high level team from the United States Cricket Association (USCA) met with their West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) counterparts in Antigua.

China rocked China stepped into the world’s spotlight with a spectacular ceremony to open the 29th Olympiad last week Friday.

West Berbice snatches first innings points from NA/Canje West Berbice snatched first innings points from New Amsterdam/Canje as action in the Berbice Cricket Board of Control (BCBC) sponsored 2008 Leslie Amsterdam Memorial Under-17 Inter-Zone cricket competition got underway on Thursday.

From hosting house parties and small bar-b-ques, Kerwin Bollers and Rawle Ferguson have moved on to become two of the hottest and best-known names on Guyana’s entertainment scene.

Dear Editor, I do not believe any of the other two major rivers in Guyana shelter such beauty and charm through the scenery and communities than the Essequibo River.

Arrested development, besides being the name of a music group and a television series about a dysfunctional family, is unfortunately the state of life of the poor and vulnerable in this country, particularly women and children.