Daily Archive: Sunday, October 21, 2007

Magistrate Gordon Gilhuys on Friday remanded to prison a man accused of fatally stabbing another over a borrowed knife.

There is clearly some move to balance the negative image of the late President Forbes Burnham by recalling his positive achievements.

A workman-like half century from Kieron Pollard helped to guide Trinidad and Tobago to a four-wicket victory over Guyana in their final preliminary round match of the Regional KFC limited overs competition at the National Stadium, Providence yesterday.

Revenge could not have come any sweeter for the Guyana male basketball team which stunned the French Guiana side 64-60 in front of their home crowd at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall on Friday night.

The new coach for the West Indies team, the ninth in the 15 years since the post was first established in 1992, was to have been chosen by the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) at its meeting at the Turtle Beach Hotel here yesterday.

The History Division of the Department of Social Studies of the School of Education and Humanities of the University of Guyana has recently published a book on the history of Guyanese cricket by one of its members Professor Winston Mc Gowan.

The Guyana Amateur Powerlifting Federation (GAPF) will stage its senior powerlifting championships today at the Critchlow Labour College auditorium.

Fruta Conquerors secured a hard-fought 1-0 victory over defending champions Alpha United in the feature match of a triple header in the Georgetown Football Association (GFA) Premier League competition on Friday at the Georgetown Football Club (GFC) ground.

Dear Editor, A few years ago, when my friend and colleague Walter Jordan, sought to berate us out here to “come back and put our shoulders to the wheel” instead of commenting on issues from here, I responded pointing out that a small group of five of us had then ‘shouldered’ more than 250 collective years in developing and being developed in Guyana, as against less than 50 collective years ‘over here’.

Dear Editor, While watching the news on television recently I witnessed Mrs.

Dear Editor, Five women have found precious time recently to pen their views and disgust, to varying degrees, on verbal abuse against women: Naicelis Williams ‘Women are regularly subjected to vulgar remarks and obscene suggestions’ (Stab News 07.10.07), Sharmillah (Penny) Narine ‘I don’t mind cat calls from men’ (Stab.

Dear Editor, After hearing the concerns being raised about Buju Banton by SASOD Guyana, I felt compelled to reach out directly to the Guyanese community to bring an alternate perspective and help clear up the negative propaganda being circulated about a very important artist.

Dear Editor, The tree at “Conversation Tree Junction” has all but ceased to exist with just a few old dead or dying logs.

Dear Editor, I refer to Dr Suresh Narine’s letter (Virulent criticism in the media is not the way to go, Drs.

In this week’s column I shall continue the discussion started last week on governance.

Demerara Distillers Limited 30 June 2007 Interim Report Demerara Distillers Limited’s 2006 financial statements showed that cash and cash equivalents stood at an all time low.

The gap between the Caribbean and Europe over the text of a regional Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) is narrowing.

Of all the expressions of unconsolable loss I have read concerning the death of anyone greatly loved, the following lament by Henry James, the novelist, when his older brother, William James, the scientist and philosopher, died is the most heartfelt: “I sit heavily stricken and in darkness – for from far aback in dimmest childhood he had been my Elder Brother; and I still, through all the years, saw in him, even as a small timorous boy yet, my protector, my backer, my authority and my pride.

Oswald Hussein staged a sensationally dramatic entry into the top echelons of Guyanese art when he achieved a memorable victory in the National Visual Arts Exhibition of 1989.

I noticed recently I can’t see clearly up close. Why is that?

Breast cancer is a cancer of the glandular breast tissue. Worldwide, breast cancer is the fifth most common cause of cancer death (after lung cancer, stomach cancer, liver cancer, and colon cancer).

The month of October is designated Credit Union Month. October 15 is designated Credit Union Day.

Ivan Crandon, former chairman of the Police Service Commission, president of the Guyana Legion and a military veteran of World War II, died on 27 September, aged 80.

It is claimed that it all began in the Bible with a man and a woman in a garden, and ended up with the kind of revelation with which we are all only too familiar.

The King’s Plaza Hotel, the Tower Hotel and the Ocean Spray Hotel are the venues for the 2007 National Chess Championships which begin on Saturday and go until the third week in November.

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Last week, the column entertained the thoughts of a guest contributor, Dr Nicholas Waldron, on a very current issue which is provoking a furore, some of which is uninformed.

As Guyanese mules continue to be held abroad and a family was recently granted asylum in Canada because of threats from a drug lord, the government’s much-vaunted drug master plan which promised witness protection and other innovations has barely inched out of the starting blocks.

The West Ruimveldt area between Sunflower and Cactus streets remained without electricity yesterday for a third day running, and nearly 500 households are affected, including legitimate customers.

Thirteen-year-old Stephen Phillips still has a rough road ahead of him in his quest to learn to walk again but he is not letting this prevent him from getting back into the classroom.

Figures provided by the police traffic department show that road fatalities are up by a whopping 44% this year compared to last year.

The Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) is still to receive a response from the Guyana government on its reasons for the withdrawal of state advertising from the Stabroek News more than four months after first making a written request.

Almost five months after the alleged drug deal conversation between Senior Police Superintendent Steve Merai and a city businessman surfaced the police remain tightlipped about the investigation.

The Ministry of Tourism, Industry and Commerce is yet to announce what steps will be taken regarding the waiver on the Common External Tariff (CET) for extra-regional cement imports, which comes to an end this month.

A Better Hope man who was chopped several times and then hit with pool balls and a brick on Wednesday at a rum shop in Montrose, East Coast Demerara is clinging to life at the Georgetown Public Hospital.

The Ministry of Agriculture is collaborating with Region Seven farmers to promote sustainable farming as it continues to work with and in hinterland communities to reduce obstacles to agricultural development.

Almost one week after a blue and white Piper Seneca aircraft disappeared from an airstrip in Anna Regina investigators say they are still working on all possible leads to locate it.

The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) says it has no legal responsibility to participate in the appointment of scrutineers by the opposition Parliamentary political parties.

Guyana Defence Force Coast Guard Petty Officer and final year Electrical Engineering student Jason Benjamin was yesterday elected President of the University of Guyana Students Society (UGSS).

President Bharrat Jagdeo on Wednesday received Letters of Credence from Barbados High Commissioner to Guyana John Williams at the Office of the President.

Members of the Government Pensioners’ Association of Guyana (GPAG) last week voiced concerns about issues affecting them at a programme held to mark their 58th anniversary celebration.

The Region Eight Regional Democratic Council (RDC) was given a boost recently when Minister Kellawan Lall handed over a computer system and an all-terrain vehicle to the community.

Toshaos and senior councillors from more than 100 Amerindian communities are expected to participate at a training session during the one-week National Toshaos Conference slated to begin tomorrow.

Unoccupied house lots overgrown with bush pose a security threat and those persons who have not built on the land may have their lots repossessed.

The Alliance for Change (AFC) is calling for measures to be put in place to avoid major road fatalities like the recent one that claimed ten lives in Linden.

The businessman who was attacked by two pit bulls while he was jogging near Well Road, West Ruimveldt earlier this month has been discharged from hospital but he still cannot use his hands.

Fifty-eight youths last week completed a six-month Youth Entrepreneurial Skills Training Programme which will equip them with the skills to seek employment, create their own businesses and pursue further studies in their desired fields.

Parents have not been asked to buy beds for students to attend the Port Kaituma Secondary School in Region One (Barima/Waini), Regional Executive Officer Mary Williams said in response to a claim by two PNCR-1G Members of Parliament.

A Guyanese-owned restaurant was among four Queens, New York eateries which were fined for falling afoul of new trans fat rules.

The Dental Council has announced the names of the dentists legally registered to practise dentistry in Guyana.

More than 100 persons benefited from eye care services when the Ministry of Health hosted an outreach clinic at Leguan last week.

A New Amsterdam (NA) woman walked away with $80,000 in groceries during a one-minute shopping spree on Wednesday after she was selected a winner in the Inner Circle Scotiabank Credit Card promotion.

Republic Bank this week as part of its programme `The Power to make a Difference’ made substantial donations to a number of organisations.