Daily Archive: Tuesday, October 21, 2008

– face was tightly bound; bandits escape with over $1M Bandits struck at a Canal Number Two, West Bank Demerara home early yesterday morning, tightly trussing the three female occupants, including an elderly woman, who died during the course of the hour-long incident.

– victim shot, injured in separate incident Gunmen attacked Meadow Brook Gardens residents, in two separate incidents last night, wounding one resident and losing one of their own.

Guyana signed the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) in Brussels yesterday, five days after 13 other Cariforum countries and the European Union inked the new trade deal.

– patient rights charter on the cards Health Minister Dr. Leslie Ramsammy has criticised the way some medical professionals treat their patients, saying hospitals across the country are overlooking little details that are essential to the quality healthcare.

– chairman says allegations baseless Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU) President Colwyn King yesterday accused the Board of President’s College of irregularities and financial mismanagement, setting off a war of words with Chairman David De Groot, who dismissed the allegations as baseless.

Why the global financial crisis is not as bad as you think Conventional wisdom says the external shocks of the global financial crisis do not bode well for Guyana: they herald adverse effects for the country’s goods sector; threaten the inflow of remittances and foreign investment; and the resulting social tensions could see an increase in crime.

Mechanical failures at the Onverwagt and Canefield power stations have caused the more than two weeks of extensive  power outages in Regions Five and Six but every effort is being made to return the situation to some amount of normalcy.

Magistrate Gordon Gilhuys was yesterday placed on self-bail on six traffic offences he allegedly committed while being involved in a motor accident earlier this month.

Story and photos by Shabna Ullah Fed-up with the frequent, unscheduled blackouts and water shortages that have been plaguing Berbicians for almost one month, staff of the Fort Wellington Hospital and field workers of the Blairmont estate downed tools yesterday.

Truck driver to face charges -renewed calls for road safety The truck driver involved in the Amelia’s Ward accident that killed TV reporter Akila Jacobs will face dangerous driving charges.

The Guyana Power and Light (GPL) has seen slight adherence to its conservation drive but hopes that the campaign could be sustained and become a culture for Guyanese.

The government of Canada will in the future become a major investor in Guyana, Canadian High Commissioner Charles Court told a group of local entrepreneurs yesterday, urging them to look to exporting agriculture and aquaculture products to that country.

– cart off equipment, clients’ hair extensions Beauticians attached to the North American Salon on Robb Street are counting their losses after unknown persons broke into the building over the weekend and carted off more than $1.5 million in items, which included their equipment, appliances and a generator.

– WICB sets new standards for team selection Selection to the West Indies team will be based in future primarily on stringent statistical standards presently well beyond the capacity of all but a couple of players.

-elated on winning First leg of IAAF South American 10K in Suriname By Rawle Toney Guyana’s top female distance athlete Alika Morgan is enjoying a wonderful year in athletics.

There is a group of people in Guyana who are suffering in silence as they are scorned and discriminated against; some even face physical abuse.

-says commercialising entity should be an option Agriculture Minister Robert Persaud said consideration should be given to allowing the Guyana Hydrometeorological Service Depart-ment to take on a more commercial role.

Medal of Service (MS) awardees William France and Dennis Burns will lead a four-member team to the ING-sponsored New York City marathon to be held on November 2, in the United States of America.

General Manager of the Guyana Rice Development Board (GRDB) Jagnarine Singh said he expects the Rice Festival set for next month to be a “mega event” which will showcase how the industry became one of the pillars of Guyana’s economy.

It was a day of action from the opening race to the last at the Norman Singh Memorial Turf Club, Number 6 Village, West Coast Berbice, last Sunday.

Dear Editor, The nurses and staff of the Mabaruma Hospital in Region One are very much concerned about the completion of the new hospital.

Karatekas from the Guyana Karate College (GKC) and the Young Men’s Christian Association (YMCA) face a stiff assignment this weekend when Masters Teriyuki Okazaki and Frank Woon-A-Tai grade them for their respective promotions.

More than 100 children from the Shaheed Boys and Girls Orphanages and from jamaats across the region were feted at a special Eid festival.

Dear Editor, In the run-up to the elections in the USA, the pundits constantly remind all who would listen that one of the challenges faced by Barack Obama is his need to convince the American people that he could be “presidential”.

Founder of the Kids First Fund (KFF), Varshnie Singh, said the organization is looking to raise US$73,696 to take ten more children to India for life-saving surgeries.

Alpha United are still one point ahead of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) in the Georgetown Football Association (GFA) organized Guyana Telephone and Telegraph (GT&T) Cellink Plus Premier League competition after the completion of Saturday night’s matches.

-NCN humbled by East Bank XI Rangers XI humiliated Regal XI by nine wickets to claim the Guyana Softball League (GSL)/Banks DIH-sponsored 15-overs-a side competition while the National Communications Network (NCN) team was humbled by an East Bank Select XI in the first game Saturday night at the Banks DIH Thirst Park ground.

The National Milling Company (Namilco) said its employees recently donated over 20 units of blood to the National Blood Transfusion Service.

Dear Editor, We can divide up the people of the world into various categories involving race, creed, geographic location, height, gender, etc.

“Thanks to the democratic revolution of 1992, we have a legal aid system,” former director of the Georgetown Legal Aid Clinic Miles Fitzpatrick said at the recent launch of the ‘Guyana Legal Aid Clinic’ in Berbice.

A soggy outfield caused by heavy rains the previous day prevented any play in the final of the Berbice zone of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB)/Neal and Massy sponsored 40-overs-aside nationwide first division competition at the Rose Hall Canje ground on Sunday.

Dear Editor I was extremely shocked last Saturday when I learnt of the untimely demise of Lallman Lallbeharry of Craig Village, East Bank Demerara.

The Santa Rosa Primary School, where the tragic death of nine-year-old Tenesha De Souza occurred when she fell into a pit latrine, will soon have nine flush toilets compliments of the school’s parents and public-spirited citizens.

The New Amsterdam United Football (NAUF) has teamed up with a number of football enthusiasts in the Berbice area to arrange  fundraising activities to meet heart surgery  expenses for Seon Springer.

Dear Editor, The Eliasch Review is now available to the public.

Dear Editor, Reference is made to the news item Gov’t to finance Cubana monument –Finance Minister SN 2008/10/17 Again, like the Santa Rosa school toilet fiasco, I really do not care who erects the monument or where.

A 26-year-old man sustained a fractured jaw and other head injuries after he was attacked and robbed by a gang on the Leonora Public Road on Friday night.

Guyana’s National under-21 hockey team competing in this year’s Junior Pan-American Hockey Championships in Trinidad and Tobago is continuing to struggle.

Digicel celebrated Word Food Day 2008 by providing meals for 60 residents at the Dharm Shala in addition to a monetary donation to assist with administration costs.

Guyana’s 2008 Junior Cycling Champion Neil Reece put on a terrific display at the Flying Ace Cycle Club’s  Cycling and Athletics Track Attack meet which was held at the Skeldon Community Centre ground on October 12.

Christmas wishes: Republic Bank rewarded the first nine customers whose loans were approved in its “Make All Your Wishes Happen Christmas” Loan Campaign $10,000 each.

Dear Editor, As a resident of Stevedore Housing Scheme it is unbelievable that in these modern times when hygiene is considered one of the most effective means of removing Environmental Pollution, organizations such as the Mayor and City Council (M&CC) have failed to observe the most important element in sanitation.

Dear Editor, I think a response by the Police is necessary stemming from the publication of the letter ‘Answer the 911 phone’ in the last Sunday Stabroek.

– Nouriel Roubini is Professor of Economics at the Stern School of Business, New York University, and Chairman of RGE Monitor (www.rgemonitor.com)

Free medical checkups will be available to Berbicians all this week, compliments of the Organization for Social and Health Advancement for Guyana/Caribbean (OSHAG).

Milerock FC still in commanding lead Bakewell Top XX, Amelia’s Ward United, Netrockers and Silver Shattas all drew their matches when the Upper Demerara Football Association (UDFA) Ministry of Sports, Coca Cola First Division League continued on Sunday at the Mackenzie Sports club ground in Linden.

Milerock FC still in commanding lead Bakewell Top XX, Amelia’s Ward United, Netrockers and Silver Shattas all drew their matches when the Upper Demerara Football Association (UDFA) Ministry of Sports, Coca Cola First Division League continued on Sunday at the Mackenzie Sports club ground in Linden.

The Suriname government is working hard to polish the international image of its national army.