Daily Archive: Monday, November 19, 2007

Do you eat healthy foods? Do you pay attention to whether foods are low in fat and sugar?

In the Diaspora (this is one of a series of fortnightly columns from Guya-nese in the diaspora and others with an interest in issues related to Guyana and the Caribbean) The desires of many Guyanese to head north-yearning for the perceived opportunities of security and wealth in Brooklyn, Queens, Toronto, London, and the like, reflect the influence of how the thrust of American and European economic might have shaped the consumer realities and political imaginaries of many Guyanese.

This article was received from Project Syndicate, an international not-for-profit association of newspapers dedicated to hosting a global debate on the key issues shaping our world.

Now that new leadership is in place in the Guyana Defence Force the environment has been created for a fresh approach in the way the army interfaces with the public on matters of national interest.

Essequibo were waging a spirited fight back on the third day of their Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) Senior Inter-County four-day cricket match against Berbice at the Demerara Cricket Club (DCC) ground, reaching 186-5 in their second innings at the close of play.

When the Guyana National Stadium at Providence was announced as the venue for the 2007 National School’s Championships, fans were elated by the positive initiative and predicted that the championships could turn out to be the best ever.

The National Milling Company (Namilco) has pumped $1.5 million into this year’s Fruta Conquerors Football Festival which kicks off next Friday at the Tucville ground.

Former Berbice opening batsman Balram Samaroo highlighted the third round of the Berbice zone matches of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) Carib Beer/Pepsi sponsored Twenty20 first division cricket competition continued on Friday when five of the six scheduled matches were played.

Renaissance Under-17 footballers saved their best for last when they hammered Santos 4-0 at the Tucville ground as the Georgetown Football Association (GFA) De Sinco tournament ended with four matches at two venues on Saturday.

Dear Editor, Digicel advertised that GT&T is charging 225 % more on calls to the USA than some other countries.

Dear Editor, I refer to Mr Tajpaul Gainda’s letter captioned ‘Two of these were wanted men.’

Dear Editor, I read two letters by Alicia Martin and Kimberely James in the Guyana Chronicle.

Dear Editor, The school bags that our children tote to school seem to be too heavy for them to carry comfortably without endangering their health.

Dear Editor, I read Diane Lee’s letter captioned ‘Police should not question children in the presence of alleged abusers’ (16.11.07) about child abuse in Guyana.

Dear Editor, In August of 2008 the people of Guyana will once again be given the opportunity to host the Caribbean Festival of Creative Arts (Carifesta).

Dear Editor, According to rule 3((a)ii) of the Guyana Trades Union Congress’s constitution a criterion for becoming an affiliate is the submission of a copy of the union’s balance sheet and its annual returns and a copy of its current Collective Labour Agreement.

Dear Editor, I listened attentively to the Acting Police Commissioner’s press presentation and instantly agreed in principle with many of the ideals of policing he eloquently advocated.

Dear Editor, I read with accustomed interest your editorial of November 4, headlined ‘Municipal drama’ addressing some of the problems attending that modern-day enigma operating under the official name of The Mayor and Councillors of the City of Georgetown.

A 23-year-old man was early yesterday morning stabbed to death allegedly by a woman with whom he had a relationship for the past two years.

On his way to do an errand for his mother, a 24-year-old mason died after the car that he was driving was involved in an accident on the Bagotstown, East Bank Demerara highway yesterday afternoon.

Presidential Adviser on Empowerment Odinga Lumumba and his driver Trevor Hollingsworth yesterday remained patients of the High Dependency Unit of the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH), where they had been admitted following a crash at Hope, East Coast Demerara on Saturday evening.

The joint services team which flew into the Cuyuni region on Friday to investigate the incursion by the Venezuelan military on Thursday has returned to Georgetown and has submitted a report which is being studied by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

While President Jagdeo has challenged those who claim that the economy is tainted with drug money to provide the evidence, Professor of Economics Clive Thomas has argued in his weekly Sunday columns ‘Guyana and the wider world’ and in an interview with Stabroek News that a considerable amount of economic wealth derives from organized crime, and has offered possible scenarios to arrive at a figure of how much it is worth.

Guyana will be making a formal approach to Suriname to discuss piracy issues as fishermen need to be protected while conducting activities at sea, President Bharrat Jagdeo says.

Government intends to challenge the High Court ruling by Justice William Ramlal that no person can hold the offices of chancellor and chief justice simultaneously, President Bharrat Jagdeo has stated.

A telethon for 29-year-old Reena Sultan, who is suffering from end stage renal disease, has been organised for tomorrow night from 21:30hrs on MTV Channel 14 and an appeal is being made to Guyanese to give all they can to save the life of the mother of one.

Region Six teachers proposed to Education Minister Shaik Baksh a revision of the syllabus to allow low achievers at the National Grade Six Examination (NGSE) to spend six years in secondary school, when he met them on Friday.