Guyana News

The Irish cricket team invaded Bourda just after 10 am yesterday for their first training/practice session on local soil before clashing with England on Friday at Providence and though there were light showers they made the most of it.

Twenty-nine-year-old June Ann James who was hit in the head by a speeding route 41 minibus on Aubrey Barker Road on two Mondays ago, died on Sunday while receiving treatment at the Georgetown Hospital.

School will be closed from today, three days before it was scheduled to be closed for the Easter holidays, a Government Information Agency (GINA) release said yesterday.

The Guyana Water Inc (GWI) says Central Georgetown customers will receive water at reduced pressure as the company is relying on its wells located in Vlissengen Road and Church Street for supply.

Less than a week after the Ministry of Agriculture launched an initiative to give impetus to the beekeeping industry as part of its agricultural diversification programme, bees invaded a primary school on the Essequibo Coast.

Many turned up at the National Cultural Centre yesterday to commemorate the 200th anniversary of abolition of the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade and left touched having ‘walked’ the path of history.

Do you think that the ICC CWC should have cancelled the World Cup because Bob Woolmer was murdered?

According to a press release, the tournament attracted over 90 entrants from the Guianas (French Guiana, Suriname and Guyana).

After trying more combinations than a persistent bank robber, the West Indies finally cracked the code and found a pair of effective new ball bowlers in time for the World Cup.

Having lost confidence in the Local Organising Committee (LOC) for the World Cup and appointing its own management for the stadium, it is quite likely that the International Cricket Council-Cricket World Cup Inc (ICC-CWC) will have ongoing concerns about preparedness within and without the stadium for the games and so should all Guyanese.

Dear Editor, First I must say, hats off to the Guyana government in attempting to host one of the largest sporting events in the world, also in trying to spruce up Guyana for this event.

Dear Editor, In a letter which appeared in Stabroek News on March 20, 07, Mrs Matthias, an Assistant Commissioner at the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) implied that computers use toner cartridges and ink cartridges and therefore the VAT legislation specifically categorizes these computer items as zero-rated.

Dear Editor, I travelled with Malali from Adventure to Parika on February 23.

Dear Editor, The Yogyakarta Principles on the Application of International Human Rights Law in Relation to Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity will be launched on Monday, March 26, 2007 by a group of 29 international human rights experts.

All journalists foreign and local checking in to the Accreditation Centre at the Providence Stadium for the International Cricket Council’s Cricket World Cup 2007 tournament received a media advisory concerning the challenges of operating at the new stadium.

Harrinarine Chattergoon’s XI defeated Carlos La Rose’s XI in the second trial match for the national U-15 cricketers who are preparing for the regional U-15 tournament.

The Gandhi Youth Organization (GYO) on Friday presented club member Kevin Singh with a complete cricket kit in recognition of his selection to the Guyana under-15 team.

ELMINA, Ghana (Reuters) – Two hundred years after Britain’s abolition of the slave trade, Africans marked the anniversary yesterday with a sombre ceremony recalling the suffering of their ancestors and the lasting scars of slavery.

A cargo vessel that was busted early last week off the coast of Panama with over 43,000 pounds of cocaine making it the biggest maritime cocaine bust in history was in Guyana a few weeks ago, a report in the Associated Press has said.

More than three years after 11-year-old Nordex Wilkin-son went missing family members are still waiting for closure, since even though they are almost sure she is dead they want confirmation of this so they can move on with their lives.