Daily Archive: Monday, October 1, 2007

In the Stabroek and Kaieteur newspapers this week, columnist/political scientist Freddie Kissoon and historian Nigel Westmaas have raised some welcome and provocative remarks on our relation to history, and specifically the tragedy of Guyana’s pasts.

How do you dispose of your plastic bags and plastic bottles?

One of three men implicated in the $100M cocaine-in-fish glue bust back in May, on Thursday denied ownership of the boxes that CANU ranks seized from a locked area in the house, saying he had no access there.

Magistrate Yohhahnseh Cave on Friday further remanded to prison a teenager accused of murdering a former presidential guard, on his second appearance at the Sparendaam Magistrate’s Court.

In his opening address at GuyExpo 2007 where he spoke feelingly about his vision for Guyana, President Jagdeo adverted to three areas in which he desired a partnership with business.

A determined batting display from national middle-order batsman Travis Dowlin led Demerara to a two-wicket victory over Berbice in the final of the Guyana Cricket Board/El Dorado-sponsored limited-overs Inter-County championship at the National Stadium Providence ground yesterday.

The 2007 Berbice Cricket Board/TELENEC limited overs first-division round robin competition commenced Saturday with three first round matches which resulted in wins for Scottsburg United, Albion Community Centre and Blairmont Community Centre.

Dear Editor, “Indeed new and evolving threats to our nation demand new and evolving initiatives to conquer them, if we apply old remedies we will have the same old results.”

Dear Editor, I have made several complains to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the police at the Anna Regina Police Station about an ongoing dust and noise nuisance from a cement bond at Cotton Field, Essequibo Coast.

Dear Editor, I am very happy to see that you have given space to Ms Bulkan to highlight the practices of Barama.

Dear Editor, Now the People’s National Congress Reform Biennial Congress is finished, what next?

Dear Editor, I read a statement issued by the PNCR on the Karan Singh re-appointment or perhaps more appropriately re-call for the position of Managing Director of the GWI.

Dear Editor, Sanctions, trade embargoes, the freezing of assets, etc, are some of the strategies employed by the UN and USA against governments that seem not to conform to the dictates of the USA.

Dear Editor, It took seven years to get justice; it was a hard and tedious task.

Two weeks after two Buxtonian men alleged they were brutally beaten and burnt by members of the joint services while in their custody, Home Affairs Minister, Clement Rohee yesterday said that the government does not support the torturing of any citizen and assured that the allegations are being investigated.

Postal worker, Germin Forde, who was shot dead early Friday morning in New Amsterdam by bandits, may have been killed because he recognised one of the attackers and called the person by name, a police source said yesterday.

The Clerical and Commercial Workers’ Union (CCWU) and the Union of Agricultural and Allied Workers (UAAW) recently brought a number of concerns regarding the Value Added Tax (VAT) to the attention of the VAT Commissioner.

Six deportees have secured jobs through the local organisation, Juncata Juvant, established some five months ago to help to re-integrate ex-convicts into society.

Tuition fees for Guyanese attending the University of the West Indies (UWI) are now comparable to fees paid by those from countries that contribute to it and relations between UG and UWI have progressed over the past two years with both institutions set to benefit, UWI Vice-Chancellor Nigel Harris says.

Barbadian investors are upbeat about Guyana, saying that the market has been good to them but one potential investor is calling on government to establish an export guarantee scheme especially for natural resources.

The hearing aid lab at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) has a capacity to produce about 100 hearing aids per month but only makes about 15 since not many persons know of the facility.

A total of seven families on Thursday benefited from a donation by the Guyana Relief Council (GRC).

An investigation into the spraying of pesticides at the Skeldon Estate during which workers were affected has found that while there was poor planning by the field department, there was no “significant physical symptoms among the patients treated”.

Pardoned treason accused Mark Benschop has started a clean-up project in the city with youths from depressed communities.

Government’s objective to accelerate the country’s agricultural development is moving forward with more than $70M being invested to re-open large lands for farming activities at the Cozier agricultural scheme, Region Two (Pomeroon/Supenaam), the Government Information Agency (GINA) reported.

BOSAI Minerals Group Guyana Inc. has donated $100,000 to the Rotary Club of Georgetown Central to assist the club in its charitable work in communities.