Daily Archive: Sunday, February 11, 2007

As was reported in The Scene in our edition yesterday, two of Aubrey Williams’s five murals which face the tarmac at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport, Timehri, have been mutilated in order to accommodate the design imperatives of the restructured terminal.

Barbados continued their dominance of Guyana by securing a comfortable six-wicket win in the final round of the KFC Cup regional one day tournament played at the Georgetown Cricket Club, Bourda, yesterday.

Trinidad and Tobago businessman Symdeo Gosine injected an undisclosed amount of cash into the Guyana Football Federation’s (GFF) coffers on Friday, and pledged to continue making monetary contributions every month.

A big upset occurred yesterday at the National Park during the 35-lap feature cycle race when 14-year-old Christopher Holder defeated reigning ‘champ’ Marlon ‘Fishy’ Williams who managed a third place finish.

Kings and Berbice All-Stars recorded walkover victories Friday night to advance to the quarterfinals of the 2007 Next Level Entertainment (NLE) nationwide first division tournament at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.

Horse racing action returns to the Ryan Crawford Memorial Turf Club and Sports Facility in Corentyne Berbice this afternoon when an eight-race meeting will be held.

Dear Editor, Guyana Water Inc. wishes to respond to the letter by Mr.

Dear Editor, Guyana Water Inc. wishes to respond to the letter by Ms.

Dear Editor, Bonita Harris’s letter on the 1st death anniversary of her “beloved partner” Ronald Waddell captioned “My partner Ronald Waddell was murdered one year ago” (07.01.30) was a grim reminder of our present state of affairs and the manner in which we are “progressing.”

Dear Editor, A survey conducted by the NACTA polling organization in Trinidad shows that civic groups and civic-minded individuals enjoy greater respect and popularity than the regular run of the mill “traditional” politicians.

Dear Editor, The Guyanese people are not surprised that the PR Dept of the State of Barama within Guyana sees that its interests are threatened and has therefore put its Public Relations Dept in full gear.

Veselin Topalov, Levon Aronian and Teimour Radjabov finished in a three-way tie for first place in the CORUS Chess Tournament which took place in Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands, from January 13-28, 2007.

I read that I should check my child’s eyes yearly. She sees everything clearly.

I was fortunate to work at the Public Buildings for four years, and as part of my Nostalgia series to preserve my memories of my beautiful Guyana, I am compelled to share this insight of the workings of the government during the period of our evolution towards independence.

Today, we will conclude the tapeworm saga. You have been tuning in, same time/same newspaper, to the many episodes of this true-life drama.

(The Arts Journal, Vol 2, No.2, March 2006, Guest Editor Gemma Robinson, (General Editor, Ameena Gafoor), Georgetown : The Arts Forum, 142p) The two most recent issues of The Arts Journal, together, make an emphatic statement about the motivating ambitions of this literary periodical and where it is today.

I find it blisteringly hot at present and almost too hot to finish this piece of writing, but thankfully the discipline of it prevents me dozing off.

Prenatal care is the care that is given to you while you are pregnant.

Sugar has always been an intensely political commodity. Financial fortunes and the fate of governments have been determined by its rise or fall.

Introduction Guyana is a poor country. Average GDP capita is less than US$1,000.

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Roy Dookun and I were honoured the other night to receive awards from the Guyana Olympic Association for our contribution in the past to the sport of lawn tennis.

Last week’s column examined the first two causes of poverty according to the PRSP in relation to the forestry sector, namely (i) poor economic policies, and (ii) poor governance.

BioCapital, Brazil’s second largest producer of bio-diesel, is currently awaiting word from the Guyana government on a proposal to invest US$300 million to acquire lands and establish a distillery for the production of ethanol for local consumption and for export.

Mrs Janet Jagan, the matriarch of the People’s Pro-gressive Party, has called for a reversal of the decision to withdraw government advertisements from the Stabroek News.

Two student gangs connected to the Wisburg Secondary School, Linden, are engaging in acts of violence which are causing teachers and parents considerable anxiety.

A Lethem businesswoman was on Friday evening robbed of money and over $300,000 in jewellery by three armed men who are believed to be Brazilians and a photograph left behind by one of the men has been positively identified by Brazilian police as that of a known criminal who is wanted for a series of murders and armed robberies in that country.

A single parent and her two children who had made the streets their home may soon have a better future following the intervention of the Minister of Human Services and the efforts of citizens.

More than three months after President Bharrat Jagdeo met with representatives of opposition parliamentary political parties to discuss the furthering of a framework for enhanced political cooperation, the representatives are disappointed that there has been no further discussion.

A Non Pareil man was reported to have been shot several times during a robbery in the East Coast Demerara village yesterday.

Guyana’s ambassador to Venezuela Dr Odeen Ishmael has dismissed as “totally untrue” an allegation in the Venezuelan media he had been summoned by the Venezuelan Foreign Ministry to a meeting following the publication of an interview and an opinion piece, or that he had been involved in clandestine negotiations with the Venezuelan Foreign Minister on the Guyana-Venezuela border controversy.

Workers of the now disbanded BWIA have all been paid a severance package plus gratuity and about 60% of them have been re-employed.

Guyana and Brazil are working towards having a single motor vehicle insurance policy that could be used not only between the two countries but in all Mercosur (Southern Common Market) states in keeping with Brazil’s membership of Mercosur.

In the obituary for Cecil Griffith which appeared on page 11A in last week’s Sunday Stabroek, we gave his date of birth as October 29, 1928.

The Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) said the well which supplies Mocha is functioning as normal and there would be no disruptions.