Daily Archive: Tuesday, February 16, 2010

A HIV counsellor/tester was yesterday afternoon discovered dead, lying in a crouched position on the floor of his office at the Parika Health Centre with suspicious marks around his neck.

-slams silence on tax reform, investment plan PNCR-1G MP Winston Murray yesterday criticised the government’s 2010 budget as big on spending but short on good policies, saying the measure of its worth is the impact it makes on the lives of ordinary citizens.

A Guyanese man, who became the first black man to appear regularly on British television, recently died in London at age 90, according to a BBC news report.

-complainant refuses to testify Four soldiers, who were accused of robbing a Region One mining camp last May, were freed after the virtual complainant (VC) declined to give evidence against them.

– in bid to avoid other vehicle Several persons were awaiting treatment at the Georgetown Hospital yesterday afternoon after the bus they were travelling in slammed into a street light pole in a bid to avoid a collision with another vehicle.

Beginning March 2, Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) will begin a national disconnection campaign, targeting those who have not paid their bills.

Police yesterday searched the home of a ‘drug lord’ at Ithaca, West Berbice and intercepted a fibreglass boat and an engine that was reportedly used to transport illegal drugs.

-Health Ministry urges good hygiene Following a slight increase in diarrheal illnesses since the start of the year, Health Minister Dr Leslie Ramsammy is urging the public to adopt good hygiene practices to curb incidences.

The second phase of the creation of a playfield for the children of the Shaheed Boys and Girls Orphanages is progressing at the girls’ home at Oleander Gardens.

A 37-year-old GUYOIL driver is now a patient in the Intensive Care Unit at the Georgetown Public Hospital after his vehicle was hit by a car, whose occupants abandoned it and fled the scene on Valentine’s Day.

Joseph Barker was yesterday remanded to jail after he pleaded not guilty to possession of a firearm and ammunition.

-Westford Faced with criticisms such as corruption and abuse of power, Public Service Minister Jennifer Westford yesterday said the government is taking steps to deal with the problem.

The thirty-five Community Health Workers (CHWs) who graduated last Friday at the West Demerara Regional Hospital  will help to modernise services and boost staff capacity in the health sector.

-Singh Although the National Insurance Scheme (NIS) projects increased expenditure over the next three years, according to Finance Minister Dr.

-But B/dos complete 58-run victory By Marlon Munroe Half centuries from West Indies middle-order batsman Shivnarine Chanderpaul and Zaheer Mohammed spared Guyana’s blushes but Barbados completed a 58-run win over the homesters at the  Albion Community Development Centre ground yesterday.

The Muslim Youth Organisation will be in a better position to keep their ground and surroundings in tip top shape after receiving a donation of a Craftsman grass cutter from members of the Guyanese community in the United States of America.

Renovation works have been completed on the Harpy Eagles Boxing Gym and the administrators of that institution, in collaboration with the Guyana Amateur Boxing Association (GABA), will stage an eight-bout boxing card that will include the nation’s best amateur boxers.

The Leewards Island completed a 53-run victory over the Windward Islands early in the second session of the final day under glorious sunshine at the Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC) Ground, Bourda as round five of the WICB four-day, first class cricket competition concluded.

GuySuCo will pay sugar workers an Annual Production Incentive (API) of 6 days pay for last year.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados,  CMC – Standings after the fifth round of the WICB Regional first-class competition  yesterday: Tabulate under: Teams; M=Matches; W=Wins; L=Losses; D=Draws; PTS=Points TEAMS                 M      W      L      D     PTS 1 Jamaica            4        4      0      0     48 2 Barbados          5       3       0      2      45 3 CCC                     5       2       3       0      24 4 Leewards         4       1        2       1      22 5 T&T                    4       1        1       2      21 6 Windwards     4      1          3       0     16 7 Guyana            4      0         3        1       7

– Pollydore drops 45 points in two games The Retrieve Raiders and Victory Valley Royals dominated play over the weekend in the Linden Amateur Basketball Association (LABA) under-19 championships which got underway last Friday at the Mackenzie Sports Club Hard Court.

Two British women were arrested at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport yesterday with cocaine in the wigs they were wearing as they were preparing to board the same flight.

Pele and Camptown football clubs booked their seat in the semi—final round of the DeSinco Under-19 Football Competition on Saturday when they defeated their opponents Riddim Squad and Uprising.

– moves to curb cash transactions Scotiabank yesterday un-veiled its Small Business Banking (SBB), a suite of products, which promises to help proprietors grow their businesses.

The Ministry of Housing and Water is embarking on an initiative to promote home ownership by professionals and low-income persons, revealing that it expects to allocate about 5,500 house lots this year.

Dear Editor, The verbal furore that has arisen over the decision to house the offices of the soon to be established Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) in the compound of the Castellani House is very puzzling, and the authors who have castigated this move seem to have conveniently forgotten a few salient points.

William Walker secured his first victory this season when he emerged winner of the Elisha Bacchus sponsored Medal Play Golf tournament Saturday at the Lusignan Golf Club, East Coast Demerara.

A clothes vendor was not required to plead to the indictable charge of robbery under arms when he appeared before Magistrate Hazel Octave-Hamilton yesterday.

Dear Editor, I live in La Grange, West Bank Demerara. Currently myself and my family are having a rather difficult time enjoying the evening or sleeping early.

GENT, Belgium, CMC – Bahamians were hot at the Flanders indoor meet, where the veteran Chandra Sturrup and Shamar Sands posted wins on Sunday.

PROVIDENCE, Guyana, CMC – A career-best spell of bowling from Tamar Lambert propelled tournament leaders Jamaica to a tense 29-run victory over Combined Campuses & Colleges in the WICB regional first-class championship yesterday.

The 46 children, who were displaced because of Saturday’s fire at the Care Centre for Children in Hadfield Street, are said to be slowly recuperating from the traumatic experience.

Dear Editor, Going to do business at the Republic Bank, Linden branch would require a mountain of patience, except by chance you are lucky to be there on one of those odd days where it appears as if there is a virtual conspiracy on the part of customers to stay away.

HALLE, Belgium (Reuters) – Two commuter trains crashed head-on near Brussels during the morning rush hour yesterday, killing at least 18 people.

Dear Editor, Have you noticed that Guyanese calypso and soca songs seem to have no permanency and are rarely heard much after Mashramani celebrations are over?

A Stanleytown, New Amsterdam man was yesterday sentenced to four years imprisonment after he pleaded guilty to trafficking in narcotics.

KOLKATA, India, (Reuters) – Virender Sehwag and Sachin Tendulkar hit centuries in the final test as India fought  to level the series against South Africa and hold on to their  number one ranking.

RIYADH (Reuters) – The United States believes Iran’s Revolutionary Guards are driving the country towards military dictatorship and should be targeted in any new UN sanctions, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said yesterday.

Dear Editor, The crux of the issue, as put forward by Speaker of the House Ralph Ramkarran, is not overseas voting, but rather, the very serious consideration of violating the provisions of the constitution of Guyana.

LAUDERHILL, Florida, CMC – Shivnarine Chanderpaul has been appointed head coach of American College Cricket.

Dear Editor, I think it will be difficult for Guyanese taxi owners to change the colour of their vehicles to one uniform shade.

LONDON, CMC – Chris Gayle is in line for another major award to be announced on Friday.

ABUJA (Reuters) – Acting President Goodluck Jonathan ap-pealed to Nigerians yesterday to stop putting adverts in newspapers to congratulate him on his new role.

Muslims will start celebrating the Islamic month of Rabi-ul-Awwal today by preparing for Youmun Nabi on February 27.

By Peter R. Ramsaroop, MBA When you want fuh swim river, you gat fuh plunge inside fuss.

MELBOURNE, Australia,  CMC – Guyana’s former world champion Gairy St Clair is booked to fight for the World Boxing Organisation (WBO) Oriental/Africa light welterweight title against Australian Lance Gostelow next month.

School of the Nations’ Berbice campus has raised over $62,000 for relief efforts for Haiti.

Dear Editor, Gabrielle Jamela Hosein (‘In the Diaspora’ SN, February 15) has given the best analysis of Trinidadian politics since the 2007 election.

LONDON (Reuters) – The use of full-body scanners at British airports may breach human rights laws, the country’s equality commission said today, potentially undermining the latest weapon against terrorism.

(Antigua Sun) – The long queues of non-nationals on Redcliffe Quay stretching to St Mary’s Street hoping to renew their status will be a thing of the past, the cabinet approves a number of recommendations put forward by a committee set up to review immigration issues.

Dear Editor, I pen this letter with the intention that the relevant authorities will intervene in regard to the high fares charged by minibus and taxi operators along the Mahaicony Main Branch Road.

President Bharrat Jagdeo, Minister of Home Affairs Clement Rohee and Commissioner of Police Henry Greene all took time to talk about the country’s war on drugs in their respective addresses to the Guyana Police Force’s Annual Officers Conference last week.

Bicycle gymnast: This schoolboy put on a road show yesterday afternoon, climbing onto the crossbar of his moving bike in Meadow Brook Gardens, in the vicinity of the Mayor’s residence yesterday afternoon.

PARIS, (Reuters) – A French judge has issued an international arrest warrant against American rider Floyd Landis for suspected hacking into an anti-doping laboratory computer, French anti-doping agency head Pierre Bordry told Reuters yesterday.

Achim Steiner is Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme, which co-hosts the IPCC.

– after six-month pilot later this year Finance Minister Dr Ashni Singh announced the introduction of a digital speech recording system in the Supreme Court and the Court of Appeal later this year as part of a pilot project set to run for six months.

MARJAH, Afghanistan – US Marines leading one of NATO’s biggest offensives against the Taliban in the eight-year war are facing fierce resistance in some areas, including heavy gunfire, snipers and booby traps, US officials said yesterday.

Heads visiting Haiti Canadian Prime Minister, Stephen Harper, was due to arrive in Haiti yesterday for a two-day tour.