Daily Archive: Sunday, October 14, 2007

A 39-year-old food vendor was allegedly murdered on Sunday last after he reportedly refused to pay the sum of money requested by a man he allegedly had a sexual relationship with and who has now been charged with murder.

Since the 1st November 2006 the Government of Guyana has withdrawn advertisements for some 29 government ministries, agencies and state owned corporations from the Stabroek News.

The Guyana Press Associa-tion (GPA) has issued a call for management and staff of all media houses to join Stabroek News in its peaceful picket between 8:30 and 9:30 am outside the Common-wealth Finance Ministers meeting tomorrow at the Guyana International Con-ference Centre, Liliendaal, East Coast Demerara.

Last Sunday two letters were published in this newspaper about GuyExpo, one of which was from Dr Joyce Jonas.

Well the plot surrounding this year’s Kashif and Shanghai football tournament is thickening.

A last ditch effort by Georgetown Amateur Basketball Association (GABA) president Chris Bowman to save himself and his executive from a no-confidence resolution might be too little too late.

Rugby lovers can follow the progress of their teams throughout the semi-finals and finals of the Rugby World Cup via DirecTV which is broadcasting the games live.

Guyana’s weightlifters are cutting it tight for their participation in the Criollo Cup Weightlifting championships this week in Puerto Rico.

If you are a lover of the sport of dominoes, then the place to be today will be the Blue Moon Disco Uitvlugt, West Coast Demerara, where the country’s best domino players will face off in a one-day country-wide aggregate domino competition.

Dear Editor, I have read the letters in the press by Janet Bulkan and Howard Bulkan, constantly attacking the Government and the Guyana Forestry Commis-sion, accusing them of being corrupt, inefficient and not transparent.

Dear Editor, I am tempted to salute the response to my letter captioned “The National Gallery monitors, repairs and maintains both works and building on an ongoing basis” (07.09.21).

Dear Editor, Approximately two years ago, GT&T constructed an imposing telecommunication building at 7-Mile community Mahdia.

Dear Editor, I am out of the country at this time, and so would not be in place to give coverage of your public protest at the Commonwealth Finance Ministers Meeting.

Dear Editor, Global warming and the environment are topical issues today.

Dear Editor, It was surprising to learn from a letter in the ‘Chronicle’ headed “Speaking on issues affecting all poor women”, that some food items carried VAT.

Dear Editor, After reading Naicelis Williams’s letter captioned “Women are regularly subjected to vulgar remarks and obscene suggestions” (07.10.07), I couldn’t help but agree with her position.

Dear Editor, This is the straw that breaks the camel’s back.

The current issues associated with the recent mauling of a citizen by a Pit Bull have promoted all sorts of emotions – some rational, others way off the radars of logic and scientific facts.

Recap In last week’s column I introduced the political economy of Guyana as the fourth distinctive feature of the state as it is presently being reconstituted into what I have termed a “vehicle for criminal enterprise.”

Introduction This time of year could be said to be earnings season for Guyana: the deadline for interim results ending 30 June looms and those companies with September year-ends start publishing their full-year results.

Cancer varies with the individual. The treatment and effectiveness of the treatment varies between patients even with the same type of cancer.

It is time to pull article 29 from its hiding place in the latest Constitution of Guyana (2002) and let all sporting organizations, all those who give assistance to sporting events, all Insurance Companies and other business places know that it is illegal to discriminate against women.

Language is what most distinctly differentiates man from animal. In his journey from slime to stars language has been the one essential tool that has accompanied man all the way.

What may be called Indian theatre in Guyana has had recent periods of ascendancy with more activity and more positive signals than in previous years.

A fundamental change is taking place in the global role of agriculture.

My child is blind and I was told he should learn braille.

You would hardly believe that the petunia could be a close relative of the potato, tomato, and tobacco, but it is a fact.

The ‘Chess In Schools’ programme, which has been assiduously promoted by this column and vigorously supported by Dr Frank Anthony, Minister of Culture, Youth and Sport and Neil Kumar, Director of Sport, is quickly becoming a reality.

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Confirm him or let him go is the clarion call by some opposition Members of Parliament and leading private sector officials as government continues to prevaricate over the appointment of Henry Greene to the substantive post of Commissioner of Police.

Manmohan Singh became the first man to have heart bypass surgery in Guyana when the Caribbean Heart Institute’s (CHI) medical team successfully completed the operation yesterday at the Georgetown Public Hospital.

A Laing Avenue man died after his motorcycle collided with a car at the corners of D’Urban and Lime streets early yesterday morning.

Ex-New York Police Com-missioner Bernard Kerik will likely face new federal charges, some linked to a meeting at Walker’s, a bar in Tribeca in lower Manhattan, New York, allegedly attended by Kerik and city officials, the New York Daily News reported on Friday.

The Alliance for Change (AFC) has joined a petition against the Forest Bill 2007 since it is doubtful that the legislation is adequate for the protection and management of forest resources and for proper due diligence on forest sector investors before a decision is made.

The Agriculture Ministry in its drive to diversify Guyana’s agricultural base is advocating crop insurance while exploring avenues for increased production of non-traditional crops.

Tragedy struck twice for a New Market Street family yesterday when the hearse carrying the remains of their dead relative was involved in a smash-up on Main Street and the woman’s body was flung out of the coffin and onto the road.

Minister of Finance Dr Ashni Singh yesterday issued a clarion call for clear statements on climate change and stressed the need for pension fund reform as he declared open a gathering of finance officials from eastern and southern Africa.

A survey of spectators who visited Guyana during the six Super Eight CWC 2007 matches estimated that the average visitor spent US$191 per night; and 97.2% of spectators felt that security at the cricket stadium was adequate.

Luggage woes continued yesterday for participants and foreign journalists here for the Commonwealth Finance Ministers Meeting and at least two other Liat passengers.

The Public Utilities Commission (PUC) will today visit Hague Back, Cornelia Ida and De Kinderen/Met-en-Meer-Zorg for a first-hand look at the water supply situation there.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Thursday that both Guyana and Suriname have committed to accept as final, binding and non-appealable and to fully comply with the Award of the Arbitral Tribunal which was established under the United Nations (UN) Convention on the Law of the Sea to determine the maritime boundary between the two states.