Articles published on Wednesday, August 20, 2008
Stolen vaults, rifle recovered Police have arrested another man fingered in the February 17 Bartica massacre and have recovered two metal vaults and a brief case containing documents which were identified as belonging to the CB&R mining company which was robbed on the night of the killings.
The casual visitor and tourist to Guyana hoping to get around for Carifesta and long after can now grab a detailed pocket guide of the country that catalogues everything from where to eat upscale or less pricey to what is happening entertainment-wise daily.
Four stamps were yesterday launched by the Guyana Post Office Corporation in honour of the upcoming Carifesta X celebrations.
Human Resources Director, Jairam Petam yesterday told Stabroek News that GuySuCo suffered a 2,000-tonne production loss due to the recent industrial action by sugar workers on four Demerara and Berbice estates.
Guyana’s log exports to China continue to increase despite a government policy to ensure value-added exports.
The man, who was arrested in connection with the loaded gun that was found in the possession of a Camp Street prisoner, has been released on station bail, a senior police source said yesterday.
Lack of birth certificates key problem The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) registered a total of 430,746 persons during the house-to-house registration exercise but the initial problem of persons not having birth certificates remained, leaving nearly 34,000 out of the exercise.
An interim injunction was yesterday granted against state television NCN Channel 11 from broadcasting the Olympics.
The new Guyana Marketing Corporation (GMC) has deployed mobile units to several communities in order to ensure that consumers can buy sugar at affordable prices.
Five people are now patients at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH) after they were injured during an accident in which the truck they were travelling in collided with one owned by Barama Company on Monday afternoon, some 100 miles from Buck Hall, Essequibo River.
Guyana National Industrial Corporation’s (GNIC) wicketkeeper/batsman Dexter Solomon has been chosen to lead Georgetown in the Demerara Cricket Board (DCB) under-17 inter- association two-day competition that is set to commence tomorrow.
By Iana Seales The Bahamian festival of Junkanoo which explodes with colour and feverish rhythms is Carifesta bound and will erupt at the Grand Market at the Sophia Exhibition site in three days as part of the island chain’s cultural presentation.
Barbados’s Combermere Secondary School (CSS) started their tour of Guyana on a winning note when their under-15 team defeated a Guyana National Industrial Corporation (GNIC) under-15 side by 99 runs at GNIC, Woolford Avenue yesterday.
-Harris knocked out of 200m in first round Adam Harris failed to advance in the men’s 200m yesterday when he clocked 21.36s and placed sixth in the first round to end Guyana’s quest for an Olympic medal at the 29th Olympiad in Beijing, China.
Persons desirous of attending Friday’s Opening Ceremony of Carifesta can collect their tickets from today at the Carifesta Secretariat in Middle Street, Georgetown.
Dear Editor, I appreciate the efforts made by the Ministry of Culture to ensure that Carifesta runs smoothly, they need to consider the logistics for visitors – whatever their number – who come to visit from overseas, and their chances of getting tickets relatively easy.
After capturing Guyana’s first ever gold medal at the Junior Carifta Swimming Champio-nships this year Jessica Stephenson has her sights set on competing at the 2012 London Summer Olympic Games.
As part of this year’s Carifesta X celebrations which will run from August 22-31, there will be workshops and master classes.
-Jeffrey, only Guyanese to advance to male quarter-finals Reigning national and St.
Dear Editor, Mr Krishna Nand Prasad with a sweeping brush accuses all Guyanese of being dishonest when it comes to acquiring US non-immigrant visas and believes that the US Embassy has a justifiable system for issuing B1/B2 visas (SN ‘US Embassy has reason not to trust Guyanese visa applicants,’ 19.8.08).
By Troy Peters Veteran Rifle Shooting administrator Neville Denny was presented with the Distinguished Service Award by the Guyana National Rifle Association (GNRA) in tribute to his contribution to the sport in Guyana and the West Indies at an impressive ceremony last Saturday at Police Officers Mess, Eve Leary.
– GCB President President of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) and Vice-President of the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) Chetram Singh was loud in praise for the West Indies Triangular Tournament in Canada and the ICC Cham-pionship Trophy 2008 in Pakistan, selectee Leon Johnson and Stanford Twenty/ 20 squad member Lennox Cush when he spoke exclusively to Stabroek Sport recently.
An unlicensed driver who drove a vehicle without the owner’s consent, smashing it into a lamp post and ending up in a trench was fined a total of $65,000 or three months imprisonment when he appeared before the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court yesterday.
By Andre Haynes Betsy Karim likes to say that she hasn’t pursued art seriously, though if her work is anything to go by you could say art has been pursuing her seriously.
When Guyana’s first world champion Andrew ‘Sixhead’ Lewis steps into the ring against Howard ‘Battersea Bomber’ Eastman on October 5 at the Guyana National Stadium, Providence, he is out to prove to all and sundry that he is not over the hill.
-It’s all up to Nicolette for Guyana After the morning session of day two of the individual round of the 2008 Cellink Plus Southern Caribbean Championships, all of the Guyanese competitors have been eliminated except one, Nicolette Fernandes.
Two men who allegedly attempted to murder a man and assaulted his wife were remanded to prison when they appeared at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court yesterday.
Dear Editor, I reply to Messrs Carter, Haynes and Thompson’s comments on my analysis of the Bell 206 BIII helicopter’s suitability to Guyana and the quality of the decision to purchase them.
Dear Editor, It was with great sadness that I received the news of my grandfather, John Emanuel Nestor’s death via your website.
Hints of pre-1989 times have characterized the international atmosphere over the last week, as the United States fully responded to Russia’s intervention into South Ossetia and Abkhazia, populated by Russian citizens and persons of non-Georgian descent, and then into wider zones surrounding those areas.
Guyana National Rifle Association (GNRA) `A’ team was triumphant in the annual Queensway-sponsored Handgun shooting competition held on Sunday at the Timehri Rifle ranges.
Guyana’s most successful squash player in recent years Nicolette Fernandes qualified for the women’s final of the 2008 Cellink Plus Southern Caribbean Squash Championships with an easy semi-final win over Cherie-Ann Parris last night at the Georgetown Club squash courts.
Magistrate Hazel Octive-Hamilton yesterday refused bail to a 31-year-old clothes vendor who allegedly robbed a man of items worth just over $1.2 million, including one handgun.
