Daily Archive: Sunday, November 25, 2007

In our Wednesday edition we reported that last Sunday, a minister of government entered a bar in Montrose, East Coast Demerara, at about 1 am.

Guyanese international central midfielder Shawn Beveney stands on the threshold of creating history by becoming the first local footballer to play professionally in the United Kingdom.

A fine spell of spin bowling from Sauid Drepaul along with incisive fast bowling from Rayon Griffith restricted Berbice to 243-8 in their first innings in reply to Demerara’s 378-7 declared, placing Demerara in a strong position to claim first innings points in the Guyana Cricket Board’s Inter-County final at the Police Sports Club ground, Eve Leary, yesterday.

SO here we go again. The West Indies set out today on their latest overseas tour, to Zimbabwe and South Africa, under a new captain and coach and a reinstated manager, The captain is Chris Gayle, the ninth in the dozen years since the start of the sickening slide from their extended domination of world cricket, the coach is the Australian John Dyson, also the ninth in that time even though he will make a belated entrance, and the manager is Clive Lloyd, the iconic skipper during the most glorious period of West Indies cricket history.

The Guyana senior selectors yesterday shortlisted a squad of 34 players to participate in two trial matches for possible selection on the national team to participate in the regional Carib Beer four-day competition set to commence on January 4 with Guyana opposing Trinidad and Tobago at Guaracara Park.

President of the Georgetown Football Association, Troy Mendonca said yesterday the time was ripe for football to have its own ground.

The Guyana Amateur Swimming Association (GASA) began its annual national swimming champions yesterday at the Castallani Pool with several record-breaking performances heating up the four-day competition.

Junior rider Enzo Matthews, in a time of one hour, 25 minutes and 57.2 seconds won the feature 35-lap race in the Grace Foods International 11-race Cycle programme yesterday at the National Park.

Close to 800 participants are expected to compete in the Annual Physically Challenged Day of Sports organized by the Rotary Club of Georgetown today at Thirst Park.

After the initial hiccup with rain putting a damper on its opening round matches, the Guyana Secondary Schools Basketball Association’s (GSSBA) league tournament has taken off with a number of exciting match-ups.

The Guyana Badminton Association (GBA) will run off the Guyana Classic International Junior Tournament between Guyana and Barbados early next month.

Dear Editor, The President is surrounded with advisors and selected officials who continue to embarrass him and the country.

Dear Editor, A minister’s son killed a young student and the `settlement’ of the charge was accepted by the police, the DPP and the courts.

Dear Editor, I’ve noticed with interest the diverse points of view (expressed in letters to the editor) on the impact (or not) of Guyana’s participation in the November 1, 2007 trade fair/seminar in Miami.

Dear Editor, I read in the GRA corner of the paper about this new TIN registration all individuals need to have.

Dear Editor, For the last week or so I have observed small groups of women gathered on the Atlantic shore behind the wall near the sluice at Plaisance beach.

Dear Editor, I write to fulfil a long overdue promise to publicly congratulate Minister Priya Manickchand for her courage and commitment displayed in tackling the scourge of sexual violence at this most precarious time.

Dear Editor, I was excited when I saw the headline in the Stabroek News edition of Wednesday October 7 “Public transport system policy being developed-Benn.”

Do nations compete? There has been a long-standing, ongoing controversy in the literature as to whether nations compete internationally, or is it the case that only individuals, firms, business units, and enterprises located within national boundaries compete with each other internationally?

T he Last of the Redmen by Michael Gilkes will take its place, with The Legend of Kaieteur and Miriamy, at the summit of Guyanese cultural achievement on the stage.

In the concluding paragraph in his article entitled ‘Competition in the CSME needs a National Quality Infrastructure’ Dr Chatterpaul Ramcharan referred to the need for Guyanese manufacturers to overcome their reluctance and resistance and implement a quality management system which complies with the ISO 9001 international standard for the smaller enterprises which cannot reach the quality management system demanded of larger enterprises.

One of America’s most interesting and most modernist playwrights, Edward Albee, wrote a drama called The American Dream in which he directs one of his characteristic satirical gazes at the great ideal that he names in his title.

Being able to see though the fog of war and to think forward to a future beyond, is what sets apart great statesmen and women.

Republic Bank (Guyana) Limited September 30,2007 Annual Report It comes as somewhat of a shock that Republic Bank (Guyana) Limited’s (RBL) full year earnings increased just $59M over the $1,036M earned in the first three quarters of the financial year.

Life-style changes are an important part of any treatment regimen for the prevention of heart disease.

My baby looks as if he has crossed eyes. Will he grow out of it?

A talk given by Stanley Greaves to students of the Critchlow Labour College in Georgetown, Guyana on Tuesday, October 2, 2007.

It is hard to believe that the rain forests of the Amazon can be very dry places.

The National Chess Champion-ships come to a close today with the final two rounds being played at the Ocean Spray Hotel on Vlissengen Road.

We have reached the stage where the pups have been born, and we must now care for them during this harrowing period of their first few weeks of life.

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Several beer garden operators in the Stabroek Market area were arrested yesterday and a substantial quantity of unlicensed liquor seized during a two-hour operation by Customs Officers aided by scores of heavily armed police ranks.

The body of a 16-year-old boy who was believed to have drowned was discovered in a section of the Lamaha Canal commonly known as ‘the Blacka’ early yesterday morning.

International airlines servicing Guyana are almost fully booked for this season, from December 15 through to the New Year, and at least one is trying to put on extra flights.

Minister of Foreign Affairs Rudy Insanally has dismissed a statement by the President of the Venezuelan Frontiers Studies Institute that the destruction of two Guyanese-owned dredges in the Cuyuni occurred in Venezuelan territory because it was in Venezuela’s “Reclamation Zone.”

Demand for the packaged ‘Demerara’ branded sugar produced by the Guyana Sugar Corporation (Guysuco) has outstripped production, with the 7000 tonnes of packaged sugar this year unable to satisfy the market demand.

The Working People Alliance (WPA) said Venezuela’s recent incursion into Guyana’s territory must be condemned and resisted forcefully by government given that the attack was reckless, irresponsible, unprovoked and destructive.