Articles published on Tuesday, September 16, 2008
— ministry baulks at lacquering floors A team began testing the air quality at the University of Guyana (UG) Turkeyen Campus on Friday, after the Education Ministry agreed to have that exercise undertaken, but the testers fled soon after when they found asbestos material on the ground.
Alpha “the Hammer” United stamped their authority on Sunburst Camptown with a 2-0 win to capture the Alpha United 16-team Carifesta X Football final last Sunday at the National Stadium at Providence.
Union leader Lincoln Lewis was forced to flee his Cummings Lodge residence on Sunday night after three unknown men tried to break in.
– ministers call on city to employ proper management The fires at the Princes Street landfill have been brought under control, Local Govern-ment Minister Kellawan Lall said yesterday, but nominal equipment will remain at the site in case of any reoccurrences of fire and smoke.
– Boxers say expect gold fest in IndiaPresident of the Guyana Amateur Boxing Association (GABA) Affeze Khan was all smiles yesterday afternoon after he was successful in securing in-transit United States visas for his four boxers.
– contractor correcting technical issues Technical problems, which arose earlier this month, have seen the commissioning of the $181 million Skeldon sugar factory pushed back, possibly to early October, GuySuCo Chief Executive Nick Jackson said yesterday.
Action in the Georgetown Football Association’s (GFA) Cellink Plus Premier League competition will continue tonight at the Tucville playfield from 18:00hrs (6:00pm).
– says Wayne Dover “We worked very hard and stuck to the game plan and that’s what brought this victory.”
Dear Editor, Congratulations to the management of GPL for revising its position on the Francis Carryl arbitration ruling.
– court told A Norton Street man who allegedly stole a gold and diamond chain and cell phones from a woman was remanded to prison yesterday when he appeared before Magistrate Melissa Robertson-Ogle at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.
– PNCR refuses to attend The Office of the President (OP) yesterday aborted a special presidential briefing for the parliamentary opposition parties on Guyana’s stand on the Cariforum/EU Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA).
A 36-year-old man who allegedly stole a car worth $1.9 million was remanded to prison when he appeared before the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court yesterday.
Dear Editor, Are we debating, are we quarrelling, or are we arguing whether or not it was unwise for the PNCR not to participate in Carifesta X?
In another entertaining evening at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall, Old Fort High Flyers pulled ahead of all challengers the top of the table in the senior division as the Noble House Goals Galore Indoor Hockey Competition continued Friday night.
Linesmen attached to Cummings Electrical running new power lines along Cane View Avenue, South Ruimveldt yesterday afternoon.
Negotiations between the Linden Hospital Complex and the Guyana Public Service Union were at a deadlock yesterday, despite interventions by several officials.
Dear Editor, NCN in Sunday’s newscast was most insensitive in revealing the sexual health status of one of the alleged rapists in the Linden hospital matter.
Local athletics coach Leslie Black, who coaches Alika Morgan yesterday reported that two Guyanese athletes outshone Caribbean long distance champion Pamenos Ballentyne over the week-end in Trinidad and Tobago.
The lifeless body of a 54-year-old man was yesterday afternoon found at the Lusignan Sideline Dam, East Coast Demerara (ECD).
Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson-Ogle last week remanded to prison a Sophia teen charged with simple larceny.
Overload: These three youngsters, photographed in Hunter Street, Albouystown, might have been beating the minibus blues yesterday afternoon.
Dear Editor, In Wayne Brown’s latest write-up on the race for the White House (Sunday, September 14), he mentions that, “The polls are inherently unreliable in a couple of areas.
Two three-day seminars will be conducted with primary school teachers from numerous schools throughout Guyana by Uwe Menzel who is a sports scientist and coach and a member of the German Olympic Sports Confederation (GOSC).
Heritage month celebrations: Residents of Region One celebrating Amerindian Heritage Month at Mabaruma on September 2.
The prosecution in the Roger Khan drug trial is asking Justice Dora L.
Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson-Ogle granted $170,000 bail to a truck driver accused of forging a driver’s licence.
Dear Editor, It is unfortunate that Mr Clinton Urling finds humorous the lofty praise used by Guyanese-Americans in describing the Democratic Convention speech of NY Senator Hillary Clinton in a letter captioned ‘Why does Hillary have to be on the ticket before “Guyanese” will vote for Obama?’
Queen’s College ‘old boy’ Charles S Ramson was recently admitted as a barrister-at-law of the Honourable Society of Lincoln’s Inn (London) for the Bar of England and Wales.
Twice in five months, the Federative Republic of Brazil dispatched high-level national security delegations to Guyana and other regional states.
Alika Morgan, Janella Jonas, Letitia Myles and Carlwyn Collins had nothing short of an excellent day as they were victorious in each event they competed in at the 2008 National Youth/Junior Championships at Enmore Sports Club ground on Sunday.
