Articles published on Tuesday, October 7, 2008
The signing of the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) between Cariforum countries and the European Union (EU) is expected to go ahead in Barbados next week, despite the ACP summit’s Accra Declaration which calls for a troika to meet with high level EU stakeholders on the EPA by the end of this month.
Lawyers for businessman Barry Dataram have filed habeas corpus proceedings on his behalf as he remained in custody after his arrest on Saturday night.
– want fired, suspended colleagues reinstated Permanent employees of Bosai Minerals Guyana Inc at Linden resorted to industrial action yesterday calling for a review of the snack allowance and the reinstating of workers who were fired, suspended and given warning letters.
A taxi driver escaped with his life yesterday after two men boarded his car pretending to be passengers, but robbed, gun-butted, stabbed, shot at him and took his car, which was later recovered.
– disrupts water supply Unscrupulous miners are again wreaking havoc in Mahdia, Region Eight (Potaro-Siparuni) dredging up sections of the Salbora road and the regional administration believes that the mining officials in the area are turning a blind eye to the situation.
Magistrate Nyasha Williams-Hatmin yesterday set October 21 for the continuation of the New Building Society (NBS) multi-million dollar fraud case after lawyers submitted that they were going to withdraw their High Court proceedings so that the matter can proceed.
– Former WICB corporate secretary Tony Deyal gives evidence before London International Court of Arbitration on behalf of DIgicel In an ironic twist to the latest row afflicting West Indies cricket, Tony Deyal has given evidence before the London International Court of Arbitration (LICA) on behalf of Digicel in its case against the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) over the scheduled 20/20 match for US$20 million between the Stanford Superstars and England.
The news of his mother being found has not brought relief to Sylvester Medor who recently came to Guyana in search of her, but was forced to leave with no clue as to where she was; now, he says, he is unable to sleep.
Students on the East Coast, West Coast and East Bank Demerara will benefit from a three-day exhibition to bring about more awareness of fire prevention in commemoration of Fire Prevention week.
– Season to resume after funeralBy Rawle Toney Following the death of 21-year-old Courts Pacesetters player Kevin Worrell on Sunday, the Georgetown Amateur Basketball Association (GABA) has promised to have affiliated club members properly insured.
Day 3: Mirrors and reflections Over the last few years, Olympia Small-Sonaram has earned quite the reputation for herself, built on barely there creations and a flair for the outlandish that usually sets tongues wagging.
Dear Editor I read with interest the statement published by the DPP, Shalimar Ali-Hack, blaming the police for deficient statements which led to her recommendation that no charges be laid against Magistrate Gordon Gilhuys in the shooting of policeman Mark George.
A 33-year-old man who stole a mattress from the Georgetown Public Hospital compound was sentenced to nine months imprisonment when he appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.
Dear Editor, It is not often that I write letters to the editor, particularly when it does not concern the media.
– semifinals and finals at Bourda The Guyana Cricket Board (GCB)/Gafsons Industries Limited (Gafoors) national first division 20/20 cricket competition was launched with a simple ceremony at the Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC) pavilion yesterday, and the semifinals and finals will be played at the same venue.
Dear Editor, My profound sympathy to the parents, other relatives, friends and members of the basketball community on the sudden passing of Kevin Worrell (SN October 6, 2008).
All roads lead to Rising Sun for Annual Agriculture Month Rodeo “It will be a day full of fun and vaqueros from throughout the country will be on show,” said Inshan Habibula, president of the Rising Sun Rodeo Committee.
Today, organised labour seeks to bring attention to the plight of families and calls for action at national, regional and global levels to respect citizens’ rights and put social protection systems in place.
Who knew that bringing sexy back, or at least the feel of it, would involve chains, rubber and mirrors?
Guyana’s Alika Morgan and Kelvin Johnson placed first and third in their respective categories when they competed in the annual Prime Minister Baldwin Spencer’s birthday 10K run in Antigua on Sunday.
Dear Editor, Reuters’ SN Oct 2, 08 news item reveals scientific findings about the disease HIV which they claim has its origins in Africa and might have been around since the beginning of the 20th century.
There will be a new junior Chess champion of Guyana when the Guyana Chess Federation (GCF) stages it national senior and junior championships following the completion of a qualification tournament which begins on Sunday to arrive at the eight competitors in each category.
Dear Editor, Permit me to extend my congratulations to the MYL/Anna Catherina Masjid for a wonderful display for the Eid-ul-Fitr celebrations.
Heavenly Light B defeated Heavenly Light A in the final of the Network Deliverance Ministry’s Inter-Church Futsal football competition at the National Gymnasium Saturday evening.
Dear Editor The news in Guyana gives several impressions. One, that our hard working President is more a one-man show than he should be.
Dear Editor, Some months ago, the Traffic Department introduced the radar gun in its campaign to curb speeding on our roads.
Queen’s College students took the majority of the top prizes at the National Awards Ceremony held on Friday at the National Cultural Centre.
Sunburst Camptown conquers Fruta Conquerors in ‘Battle of the Juices’– GDF arrests GFC By Kizan Brumell Football fans witnessed two thrilling victories by the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) and Sunburst Camptown on Sunday in the Georgetown Football Association’s (GFA) GT&T Cellink Plus Premier League competition at the Tucville Playfield.
Gov’t appeals $125M High Court award to Toucan Suites owner Government has appealed the $125M High Court ruling of Justice Jainarayan Singh Jr.
Jockey Colin Ross guided his steed Sequin to a comfortable victory and the $250,000 first prize over the rest of the field in one of three feature races held at the Anjue and Hamlet Park, Branch Road, Mahaicony, East Coast Demerara as part of their second anniversary celebrations Sunday.
Ten years after he was evicted from land he used for rice farming, businessman Keshwar Ramlall was awarded a $7.5 million judgement, against the government, for compensation and losses he suffered.
Dear Editor, I write in tribute to a notable West Indian Clyfee Madhu who recently passed away.
Three 17-year-old Barticans who allegedly robbed a man of a cellular phone worth $9,000 were remanded to prison when they appeared before the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court yesterday.
Dear Editor, The editorial in the Guyana Chronicle on October 6, 2008 “The Convenience of Opportunism” raised some interesting concerns, among other things.
Devon Clements, Sasenarine Sukhdeo, Assad Fudadin and Richard Ramdeen hit half centuries in the fund-raising Twenty20 cricket match contested among four teams at the Rose Hall Community Centre (RHCC) ground, Canje Sunday.
A scuffle between two fishermen over a bag of fish after they had been drinking together resulted in one being stabbed in the abdomen on Tuesday about midnight at the Anna Regina seashore in Essequibo.
Come October 16, a wide spectrum of partners from throughout Caricom will come together in Barbados to plan civil society’s response to the chronic diseases epidemic in the region.
Dear Editor, I refer to an article in the Malaysian Star Newspaper highlighting the first Clinton Global Initiative meeting outside of USA in Hong Kong later this year.
– Dr. Anthony, Keith Booker to meet teams The visiting English cricket team led by former Guyana wicket-keeper Monty Lynch will today take on a Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport cricket team in a friendly limited overs encounter at the Carifesta Sports Complex Ground.
A fisherman who is accused of indecently assaulting a ten-year-old girl was remanded to prison yesterday when he appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.
Sir George Alleyne, Chancellor of the University of the West Indies (UWI), will receive the Science of Peace Award and deliver a lecture on ‘Peace, Pandemics and Pluralism’ on October 17 in Barbados.
by Shashi Tharoor Shashi Tharoor, an acclaimed novelist and commentator, is a former Under-Secretary- General of the United Nations.
Hostile fast bowling by former national under-19 fast bowler Shevon Marks led Rose Hall Town Bakewell ‘A’ to a crushing 10-wicket victory over Nigg in a third round match of the Berbice Cricket Board of Control (BCBC)/New Building Society (NBS) sponsored, second-division tournament recently.
In one of the most egregious examples of asymmetrical warfare in modern times, the United States of America, the world’s most powerful state, invaded Grenada, one of the world’s weakest mini-states, almost exactly twenty-five years ago on Tuesday 25 October 1983.
“Oh God, I guilty, I guilty, I is a shoplifter,” Damion James cried out as he entered the courtroom last Friday at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.
Dear Editor, Guyana Lottery Company has every right to its decision with respect to an unclaimed prize.
