Articles published on Wednesday, November 19, 2008
– Prashad to negotiate with bakers Managing Director of the National Milling Company (NAMILCO) Bert Sukhai has announced that the price of flour will decrease from today, as a consequence of falling wheat prices on the international market.
American, Canadian companies continue search for missing aircraft Hope is still alive for the rescue of the three men on board the US chartered aircraft that went missing more than two weeks ago, as the two companies for which the men work have vowed to continue searching the interior location where the plane went missing with no “end date” in sight.
An accident involving a speeding minibus on the Wellington Park Public Road has left a 17-year-old girl dead; the driver is in police custody.
A 22-year-old West Demerara woman is nursing a gunshot wound to the breast, which was reportedly inflicted by an ex-boyfriend last evening.
– irate drivers complain Commuters, especially vehicle owners, are experiencing long delays at the Rosignol and New Amsterdam Ferry Stellings as only one vessel has been plying the route since last Friday.
Five persons have so far been held over the death of 35-year-old Rickford Barker whose battered body was discovered in a cemetery at Soesdyke, East Bank Demerara last Saturday, while several others are being sought, Commander of `A’ Division Leroy Brumell said yesterday.
President Bharrat Jagdeo on Monday approved a $15M fund for the campaign to eliminate domestic violence.
A three-man arbitration panel has been named to resolve the dispute between the Mayor and City Council and the Guyana Labour Union (GLU) over the increase in wages and salaries for 2007 and 2008 and will commence deliberations shortly.
– Jagdeo tells civil society groups Saying the region needs to resist playing to outside interests, President Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday urged civil society leaders to stay focused on the immediate threats like climate change, food security and the underperformance of boys in schools.
The focus on making exams emanating out of Caribbean Council of Examinations (CXC) internationally competitive was one of the main themes at the 17th Council for Human and Social Development (COHSOD), which concluded yesterday.
Leaving a scaffold up against the building proved to be a mistake for GT&T as unknown persons used it to gain entry into the upper flat of the Lot 69 Brickdam office in the wee hours of yesterday morning and escape with a computer monitor.
More than 200 testing sites are expected to be operational throughout Guyana during this week as the National AIDS Programme Secretariat (NAPS) attempts to test some 10,000 person for HIV and AIDS for this period.
The Clerical & Commercial Workers’ Union (CCWU) is calling on its members to support the national week of testing by getting tested.
The Guyana Power and Light (GPL) Inc has halted its retrenching exercise of employees of its Transmission and Distribution (T&D) and Generation department.
Miserable, deplorable, impetuous, immature and indisciplined would best describe the Guyanese batsmen shot selection following their 37-run defeat by defending champions Jamaica in their West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) President’s Cup match at the Guyana National Stadium, Providence yesterday.
A $28.5M pump at Anna Regina is among the drainage structures the Agriculture Ministry is rehabilitating in keeping with its goal of ensuring food security.
Lights for Christmas! The three mobile generators rented by the Guyana Power and Light (GPL) to boost power supply during the Christmas season arrived in the country from Miami yesterday.
– police, army probing The Guyana Defence Force has launched an investigation into the disappearance of a pistol and a quantity of ammunition from one of its vessels and so far several officers and ratings from the Coast Guard Division have been questioned.
Alika Morgan among early winners By Rawle Toney The 48th Annual National School’s Track and Field, Cycling and Swimming Championships got started in the mining town of Linden yesterday with some of Guyana’s prominent athletes in the field of cycling and athletics starting in admirable fashion.
Dear Editor, I am a young teacher – I started teaching just six years ago − but it feels as if I’ve been teaching for sixty years!
Dear Editor, Daylight Saving Time (DST) has been practised since Roman times.
– Agri ministry The Agriculture Ministry said it took every precaution to ensure there was no health risks posed to its staff from repairs being done at some of its offices.
Imran Khan and Christine Sukhram ran out winners of the Guyana Open Smirnoff Golf championships at the Lusignan Golf Course last week-end.
Dear Editor, As much as I applaud the government for its efforts to revamp the sex laws in Guyana, the recent declaration by the Ministry of Human Services to expand the definition of rape to include, apparently, other acts of sexual misconduct or assaults, thereby making them subject to a proposed life imprisonment sentence for rape, is very troubling.
A man who allegedly robbed another man of a quantity of cash and a cell phone was remanded to prison yesterday when he appeared before Magistrate Nyasha Williams-Hatmin at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.
Dear Editor, Congratulations to SN for another article on alcohol use in Guyana.
It’s back to the road for local cyclists when the ninth annual Demerara Distillers Limited (DDL) Diamond Mineral Water sponsored 50-mile cycle road race pedals off at 9:00 am this Sunday from Wales Police Station to Bushy Park and back to Demerara Harbour Bridge for the finish.
After a two-week break following the Ministry of Health (MOH)/ Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport (MCYS) organized National AIDS Programme Secretariat (NAPS) sponsored Riding for Life 2, cyclists will be back in action this Friday night when national cycling coach Hassan Mohammed wheels off a 16-card programme at the Everest Cricket Club ground.
Dear Editor, I couldn’t help but chuckle a laugh to myself, though it is a serious issue, when I read a story in your Tuesday edition (November 18) about a man being beaten by some “drink mates” because he didn’t want to stop playing a song that they did not like.
A man who is accused of unlawfully assaulting another man was granted bail yesterday when he appeared before Magistrate Nyasha Williams-Hatmin at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.
A fire gutted a one-flat home at the Tuschen New Housing Scheme, East Bank Essequibo yesterday leaving a man homeless.
Dear Editor, I was intrigued by Mr Zephyr’s letter headed ‘Hail to the Chief’ and the comments which followed it.
Barbados became the first team to officially occupy one of four semi-final spots on offer as the penultimate round of the Regional One Day Tournament (the President’s Cup) ended last evening.
Guyana’s health sector was recently boosted with a donation of medical supplies valued about US$275,000 from Project Hope, an NGO working on the USS Kearsarge during its medical mission.
After seven rounds, Ronuel Greenidge and David Khan in the senior category and Taffim Khan in the junior category are the leaders of the National Closed Chess championships which is being run off by the Guyana Chess Federation.
Dear Editor. Because of the pain being inflicted on him by the GPL Brother Roshan Khan asked, “What are the gods doing to us now?”
Dear Editor, I wish to share Jimmy Ramnarayan’s sentiments (‘Sister Carmeline will be missed,’ SN November 15) on Sister Carmeline of the Missionaries of Charity.
Its beginning to look a lot like… Digicel staff getting into the mode yesterday as they decorated a small Christmas tree.
The Guyana Badminton Association’s junior team returned from participation at the Suriname Junior International championships from November 13-17 with four gold, five silver and 10 bronze medals.
An oral health fair; which is a part of the Ministry of Health’s calendar of events for oral health month, began at the North Ruimveldt Multilateral School yesterday morning.
The Governments of the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) are now in the process of undertaking public consultations on an initiative towards transformation of the present organization into an OECS Economic Union by 2009.
Six teams will vie for the three remaining spots in the final stage of the International Football Federation’s (FIFA) World Cup qualifiers when the final matches of the CONCACAF semi-final round are contested today.
From Sqezy to cash! Over the next few weeks Sqezy customers can get a chance to walk away with cash but only if they enter into the Ansa McAl’s new promotion “Easy Deal or Sqezy deal” The competition began on October 23 and as a result of the first drawing – November 14, held at the Bounty Supermarket three persons walked away with US currency in varying amounts.
Minister of Agriculture Robert Persaud assured farmers at Moblissa that efforts are being made to settle outstanding issues regarding access to land for cultivation.
Thursday, October 23, 2008, should be declared the darkest day in the history of our nation.
by Ban Ki-moon WASHINGTON, DC – The world does not need to be reminded of the urgency of this historical moment.
