Guyana News

Students and teachers of Lachmansingh Primary School at Bush Lot, West Coast Berbice on Thursday had a “ball” as they tramped behind a music system through the village to celebrate Mashramani.

The Canadian-owned company IAMGOLD announced last week that the proven gold reserves in the Rosebel mine in Suriname has increased by 19% from 3.2 million ounces to 3.8 million ounces, according to the Suriname daily de ware Tijd.

The International Labour Organisation (ILO) is hosting a training workshop aimed at building the capacity of officials who prepare reports on the application of international labour standards.

UNESCO Secretary-General Dawn Braithwaite said it was time that raising funds for something as important as education and training for persons with disabilities stop depending on the hosting of special events.

The Guyana Islamic Relief Organisa-tion (GIRO) recently handed over another container of medical supplies worth in excess of $300M to public institutions, particularly the Georgetown Public Hospital, the organization said in a press release.

A national budget for children is expected to be established this year as part of a work plan for 2007 as outlined by a government and United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) project.

BK International has told the police that the Dominican Republic firm, to which a consignment of bunker fuel was headed when the vessel turned back two weeks ago, owes it some US$402,000 and as a result the company ordered the captain and crew to return to Guyana with the fuel.

Police yesterday were seeking three other persons in connection with the TT $5.3 million cocaine seizure last week in Trinidad.

The Working People’s Alliance (WPA) has re-launched the Dayclean Newspaper, in a bid to stimulate “a real public dialogue” on national issues.

The four persons, including two teenagers, accused of killing a 30-year-old fisherman on Mashramani Day appeared at the Vreed-en-Hoop Magistrate’s Court yesterday on a joint murder charge and were remanded to prison.

Two brothers have been charged with evading customs duties in connection with a quantity of frozen chicken, believed to have been smuggled into the country and which has been seized by Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA).

Pele, led by goals from senior national players Nigel `Powers’ Codrington and Shawn `Fatso’ Bishop, came from behind to defeat defending champions Fruta Conquerors to win the Annual Mayor’s Cup football title Sunday night.

Well over a decade ago the report of the West Indian Commission headed by Sir Shridath Ramphal was presented to the Caricom heads of government.

Dexter Solomon scored a brilliant 95 not out to pace Ascension Secondary School to a 117-run victory over St Josephs High School in the Georgetown Secondary Schools final at the Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC) ground yesterday.

Dwain Dick is the new men’s singles champion of the annual Mashramani table tennis tournament sponsored by the National Sports Commission/ Guyana Table Tennis Associa- tion.

Guyanese businessman Shaheed Khan, yesterday pleaded not guilty to 18 additional charges brought against him by the US Government when he appeared before Justice Dora Irizarry in a New York court.

Dear Editor, Now that Buddy’s hotel is open for business, I hope both the proprietor and the government come clean with the public at the opportune time on how much money was hauled in by the hotel and casino operations so that the public can know if government would be getting back its multimillion-dollar ad-vance, as President Bharrat Jagdeo boasted would happen.

Dear Editor, The observances of Hindu Festivals in India are similar to those in Guyana and NY with some differences.

Dear Editor, I would like to commend Ms. Miranda La Rose, on her outstanding piece of journalistic work with regard to the report on the Casique Hotel at Providence.

Dear Editor, The pictures gracing the front page of of the Guyana Chronicle on February 24 and 25 are emblematic of what has been, lamentably, an inexorable slide towards decadence in a country that used to have the right to lay claim to being one of the the last bastions of morality in the Caribbean area.