Daily Archive: Sunday, January 14, 2007

Partly owing to the contretemps over the Gambling Prevention (Amendment) Bill which seeks to legalize casinos, the Health Facilities Licensing Bill perhaps did not receive quite the same degree of publicity last week which it otherwise might have done.

THE West Indies’ third most capped player, and the second in line to the captaincy, has expressed one opinion on the team’s final preparations for the World Cup, now only two months away.

Director of Sport Neil Kumar has said that this would be a huge year for the development of sport in Guyana, but he questioned the capacity of some organizations to adequately utilize facilities if Government were to make that investment.

Pepsi Sonics Basketball club will host its inaugural Pepsi Sonics “Dare For More” Invitational Third Division Competition on January 28th and 29th at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.

Legends recorded a rare victory Friday night over the Pepsi Sonics, while Ravens dominated Scorpions in the feature game of the double -header at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.

Dear Editor, Is there not a Consumption Tax on gasoline, reflected in the price motorists pay at the pumps?

Dear Editor, During the discussion that followed IDS’ presentation on the VAT to the relevant Parliamentary Sub-Committee, Messrs.

Dear Editor, Those parents and others who are seeking for corporal punishment to be abolished should first take a look within their homes and see whether or not they are contributing to the kind of behaviour that warrants corporal punishment, which means whipping, or other disciplinary measures that will help the child or children put away unacceptable behaviours.

Dear Editor, A few days ago Mr. Gouveia and Mr Brian James were discussing tourism and how Iwokrama fits into this.

Dear Editor, I refer to the reported comments of two government officials in the Stabroek News of 1/11/07.

Dear Editor, A recent Supreme Court ruling in India relating to judicial review of parliamentary actions has relevance for Guyana and the rest of the Commonwealth.

Dear Editor, There were three major revelations this week as the casino gambling debacle unfolded.

Dear Editor, Musing on the VAT yielded some sharable ideas on how it could have been played out with imagination, compassion, and foresight.

A consumer asked “Why have consumers been misled? We were told that the cost of living would not rise, that food prices would remain the same.

One of the interesting elements of African poetry is the way it has journeyed in Africa, in Europe and through the diaspora around the world through originality, imitation, modern, identity consciousness, back to imitation to become an influence on the originality of a major contemporary literary movement.

The debate was already raging when I joined the small group downtown, well-wishers of chess who enjoy discussing the literature of the game, and the people who play it.

I did say last week that we would move into the discussion on tapeworms.

Why do my eyes sometimes look red in photographs? The back of the eye contains two layers, the choroids, which is made up of blood vessels and is red, and the retina, which is made of nerve fibres and is much thinner and is transparent.

I am often asked to give an opinion on the health of a fern called Polypodium aureum, popularly known as Breadfruit fern (because the shape of the leaves is similar to those of the Breadfruit tree).

I suppose it is inevitable that every person should drastically over-estimate his or her importance.

Introduction Following on from last week’s article I would like to highlight Nigel’s Supermarket for being the first supermarket I have visited since the implementation of VAT for which the majority of sticker prices were VAT inclusive.

Last Monday in Washington, Jos

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One of the police constables shot on Friday afternoon during a bid to locate the nine prisoners who had hours before staged a daring escape from the Mazaruni Prison, is still in a serious condition and may have to be flown overseas for further treatment.

The shooting of four servicemen who were part of the initial search party after Friday’s Mazaruni Prison break was found to be the result of friendly fire, Director of Prisons Dale Erskine said yesterday.

President Bharrat Jagdeo said that government would review the situation with regard to the Value Added Tax (VAT) transition in light of the complaints surfacing and may be making adjustments this week to ease the burden on consumers.

With the right support-financial and otherwise-the six-storey Buddy’s Interna-tional Hotel with several entertainment facilities is likely to be ready for an official opening by mid-February, after being under construction for just 13 and a half months.

Amid concerns that a huge windfall will be made from the sale of the Linden bauxite operations by IAMGOLD, the government is mulling the separation of a key asset before it blesses a deal between the Canadian miner and the Chinese company Bosai Privatisation Unit Head Winston Brassington said on Friday that the government, as a 30% stakeholder, was discussing the proposal by IAMGOLD to sell Omai Bauxite Minerals Inc (OBMI) to Bosai Minerals Group Company Ltd.

The 13-year-old mother who made the news two weeks ago when her five-day-old baby was kidnapped is being offered a second chance as efforts are being made to have her admitted to a school where she will be taught a trade so as to be able to provide for herself and child in the future.

The business community is spending millions of dollars to beautify downtown Georgetown in time for Cricket World Cup (CWC) and littering will be the biggest focus.

Only a small number of people turned out yesterday in the rain for the march against the Value Added Tax (VAT) and the rise in expenses that they face as a result.

A family at Number Two Village, West Coast Berbice is still traumatized after six masked gunmen stormed their home and carted off nearly $300,000 worth of gold jewellery, $15,000, sneakers valued at $7,000 and a landline telephone.

The PPP has labelled the call by the PNCR-1G for a countrywide shutdown in protest over the two recent controversial bills laid in Parliament and the Value Added Tax (VAT) “irresponsible and reckless”.