Guyana News

Georgetown and Upper Demerara trounced their opponents on Sunday to set up a much-anticipated clash for supremacy in the final of the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) Guyflag inter-association football tournament.

For the first time ever, the Annual Bartica Regatta will feature boat races that will involve female competitors.

Brian Lara backed his team to rebound from adversity and hit the nail on the head when West Indies began their World Cup in the best possible way yesterday.

Secretary to the Guyana Defence Board Dr Roger Luncheon last Thursday accepted the keys to a huge warehouse constructed at a cost of US$350,000 and containing disaster relief supplies valued at US$250,000 from USA Ambassador Mr David Robinson in the presence of visiting Commanding General, US Army South, Brigadier General Purl Keen at Camp Stephenson, Timehri.

A man who allegedly robbed his uncle of over $1.3 million in jewellery and other items six years ago was yesterday granted $75,000 bail by Acting Chief Magistrate Cecil Sullivan.

A man who allegedly threatened another with a firearm was yesterday refused bail by Acting Chief Magistrate Cecil Sullivan at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.

Several labourers yesterday removed the brand name Lux from over 1,200 gross of soap bars which had been imported from China and falsely bore the trademark belonging to British company Unilever PLC.

Customs Patrol Officer Keon Pryce has denied being involved in the irregular release and escorting of a truckload of seized polar beer and suspects being held at the Leonora Police Station and he gave a statement yesterday to the police.

Attorney-General Doodnauth Singh says businessman Peter Morgan, who was arrested in Trinidad last Friday, would likely be one of the 14 Guyanese the US Govern-ment had indicated it wanted to extradite two years ago to face drug trafficking charges.

Dear Editor, On February 22, 1967, the Bookers/Wales Estate, Cane Farmers’ Pilot Scheme(1956-1967) was transformed and renamed the Belle Vue Cane Farmers’ Marketing Co-op Society’, Registered # 967 and this Co-op Society was presented with their first rules and a copy of the Guyana Co-op Society Act, which the co-op are using to this day.

Dear Editor, It has been a pleasure to see the great strides being made.

Dear Editor, I read in Stabroek News of the March 2, 2007, excerptsfrom the US Drug Report on Guyana.

Dear Editor, Dionne Warwick in her wonderful song “What the World Needs Now is Love” tells us that we don’t need anymore mountains, oceans, rivers, and valleys, since we have enough to last till the end of time, but “love sweet love” is what we need to make the world a better place.

Dear Editor, I refer to my letter captioned “The beleaguered fishermen have got little help” (07.03.08).

Dear Editor, The lunar eclipse of March 3 took place as scheduled, but it was mostly invisible from Georgetown because of the clouds on the horizon and of the haze higher up, which only allowed the moon to be seen as it emerged from shadow.

Dear Editor, President Bharrat Jagdeo’s pathetic public protestations against the recent US narcotics report on Guyana may have won a few nods of approval and a scattering of sympathizers, but at the end of the day, he is the President of a country that is a major transshipment point for illicit drugs, with its spin off effects on money laundering and gun running.

Dear Editor, Recent events in three of our schools, confirm how rapidly Guyana continues its free fall into an amoral morass.

Dear Editor, I noticed Mr Vishok Persaud’s purported response captioned “I signed a letter of intent with BMW since December 2005 to establish Prestige Motors” (07.03.11) to the letter captioned “The company that got the contract to import the BMWs is part owned by Mr Reepu Daman Persaud’s son” (07.03.09).

Dear Editor, The government in its haste to spruce up the city and its environs in preparation for CWC has embarked on a number of civil works whose execution are unlikely to achieve their desired purpose, inevitably resulting in a waste of scarce taxpayers dollars.

Minister of Foreign Affairs Clement Rohee yesterday presented in the National Assembly, three bills to facilitate security assistance to Guyana during Cricket World Cup 2007.