Articles published on Thursday, September 11, 2008
Jagdeo says will only sign if forced to Guyana was the lone holdout at a pivotal meeting in Barbados yesterday on a controversial regional trade deal with the European Commu-nity (EC) and President Bharrat Jagdeo restated that he would only sign if forced to do so through the imposition of damaging tariffs on the country’s exports.
‘Shortman’, other attorney also charged Federal authorities in the US yesterday arrested Robert Simels, the attorney for drug-indicted businessman Roger Khan, for allegedly attempting to tamper with key witnesses expected to testify in the upcoming trial and the complaint said Simels offered money for the `neutralizing’ of a witness but pleaded for the witness’s mother not to be killed.
-Baksh Minister of Education, Shaik Baksh yesterday announced that the hosting of extra lessons on the premises of public schools will soon be prohibited.
– ‘child-friendly infrastructure’ needed Minister of Amerindian Affairs, Pauline Sukhai, says she “suspects” that some schools in Guyana still use pit latrines because the country is still developing economically and “still grappling with removing ourselves from the level of a developing country and moving towards a higher level… which is a challenge to the government.”
Denmor cited in case study ‘Denmor Garments head: `I remember eating salt and rice many days and living in a little hut with a thatched roof and going to school without any shoes on my feet.
Residents in the vicinity of the Princes Street dumpsite may be faced with ongoing woes as the only solution thought of so far is to mobilize equipment to tackle sporadic fires which have generated noxious smoke that has blanketed parts of the city.
Contractor blacklisted After a week’s delay in the scheduled re-opening of school, followed by the subsequent suspension of classes due to insanitary conditions, sessions at the Stella Maris Primary School finally got underway yesterday.
The Central Rupununi Heritage Sports Committee (CRHSC) will this week run off their 10KM race as part of the Amerindian Heritage Month celebrations.
An outpouring of support and assistance for 23-year-old Ovena Braithwaite and her family has left her happy and looking at life anew.
Pre-tournament favourites Everest Hikers dominated their first match of the Noble House sponsored Goals Galore Indoor six-a-side hockey tournament on the opening night Monday at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.
Eleven packets of cocaine were discovered in a container on a ship that was headed for China but docked in Jamaica after travelling from Guyana, Capitol News reported last night.
The New GPC Inc. will sponsor Saturday’s Medal Play Golf tournament at the Lusignan Golf Course.
Minister of Housing and Water, Harrinarine Nawbatt is being considered for the post of Guyana’s ambassador to Brazil, Head of the Presidential Secretariat, Dr.
A double from Shem Porter enabled Flamingo to defeat Black Pearl 3-1 in a fixture of the Georgetown Football Association (GFA) Banks Beer division-one league competition on Tuesday afternoon at the Camptown ground.
The Network Deliverance Ministry will stage its third annual inter-church five-a-side Futsal football competition from Saturday to October 4.
Pacer Yougindra Harrinarine bagged 6–17 from eight overs against Skeldon to lead Port Mourant into the semi-final of the 2008 Berbice Zone Neal and Massy 40-overs-a-side first division cricket competition.
Dear Editor, With reference to garbage dumping in the city, the recent report in Stabroek Business with comments by the Private Sector Commission (PSC) is timely.
Dear Editor, On the August 30 at approximately 3 pm we took our mother and a male friend to eat at Popeye’s restaurant.
The East Coast Demerara Football Sub-Association (ECDFA) Ansa Mc Al Limited Premier League competition kicks-off today from 5pm at the Plaisance Community Centre Ground.
“He was an excellent teacher, very knowledgeable, thorough and patient,” was the way in which patron of the Guyana Karate College Varshnie Jagdeo bid farewell to her former sensei Ian Fung.
Dear Editor, At any festival such as Carifesta X there are many inherent benefits to the host country, which in the short or long term may outweigh the accounting or economic cost of the event.
Celebrating the Sugar Patrimony – Tales from the Sugar Estates Part 1 By Lloyd F Kandasammy The estate represents a complex dynamic of social, cultural and economic strata in Guyana’s rich and distinguished heritage.
Dear Editor, I was delighted to read in the Stabroek News of Monday, September 8, that the civil society organization, the Georgetown Rotary Club, had combined with government to help alleviate one of the major problems in the Kuru Kuru community.
Fifteen-year-old Jamally Odle was a shining star on a dull day as Essequibo held on for a draw against defending champions Berbice in their second round fixture of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB)/Clico sponsored 2008 two-day under-17 Inter-county championship at the Rose Hall Canje ground yesterday.
Most Common Immigrant Visa Delays Installment Sixty-FiveThe Guyanese diaspora has established itself as a vibrant immigrant community in the United States as well as other countries.
A 58-year-old cattle farmer yesterday appeared at the Blairmont Magistrate’s Court charged with the murder of Marlon Fraser which occurred at Ithaca Savannahs on Saturday, a police press release said.
Following is a message from the Minister of Culture, Youth and Sport, Dr.
A 17-year-old lad who allegedly robbed another of just over $113,000 in cash and jewellery was refused bail when he appeared before the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday.
Dear Editor, A few months ago animal lover Noreen Gaskin called to ask if I knew of a loving home for an elderly Dachshund.
This year’s US presidential debates begin in a fortnight. In the abstract they ought to redirect the race towards the “issues” – health insurance, affordable energy, withdrawal from Iraq and Afghanistan, the economy – and lessen the current partisan bickering, but the history of televised presidential debates (there have been nine series since Richard Nixon first took on John F.
