Daily Archive: Sunday, December 2, 2007

The year 2007 is not ending very well for President Jagdeo.

Despite the recent pronouncement that the current, no pun intended, blackout will continue for the holidays, Christmas is looking bright for the national cricket team.

Guyana’s Everest Hikers men and Georgetown Cricket Club women are on course to secure places in the final after four sessions of the play in the Diamond Mineral Water Indoor Hockey Festival at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.

Britany Van Lange and Henk Lowe of Dorado Speed Swim Club are the individual point leaders after three days of competition in the Guyana Amateur Swimming Association’s National swimming Championships at the Castellani Pool.

Ian ‘Dumb boy’ Jackson outsprinted the youthful Enzo Matthews to win the 4th stage from Supenaam to Charity and back to Suddie in the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports HIV/AIDS Awareness five-stage ‘Tour de Guyana’ cycle road race yesterday.

Guyana’s top rugby referee instructor Terrence Grant, just back from an International Referees Educators Course in Canada, is now on a mission to improve the level of officiating here.

The Guyana Secondary School Basketball Assoc-iation (GSSBA) season has quickly become the highpoint of all young basketball enthusiasts countrywide, with players improving drastically every week and playing as though there are in the NCAA final four.

Fruta Conquerors, Uprising, Mocha Champs and Silver Shatters were all sent packing in the latest matches of the NAMILCO knockout Football Festival and the stage is now set for two intriguing matches this the evening at the Tucville Playfield under lights.

Dear Editor, I refer to the letter captioned “Is the Bar association asleep?”

Dear Editor, The Guyana Forestry Commission (GFC) wishes to clarify some inaccuracies contained in a letter by Parmanand Bhanu captioned “Some of the proposed regulations for sawmill operations are impractical and costly” (07.11.11).

Dear Editor, The Stabroek News editorial of November 11, 2007 captioned `Thunder King’ painted a dismal picture for both humans and animals during the upcoming Christmas Season.The

Dear Editor, Guyanese rice producers can expect increased rice prices as global rice output and reserves have hit all-time lows since 1983 – 1984.

Dear Editor, I support Vijay Singh’s argument that “Successful exporting of fruits and vegetables demands a lot of organization (SN Nov 28th).

Dear Editor, I refer to a letter by Rudolph Mahadeo captioned “Cows being let loose to graze in New Diamond Housing Scheme (07.11.28).

Dear Editor, Based on Mr. Ellis’ response in his letter captioned, “Breaking into the East Indian voting bloc is difficult because of their greater cultural cohesion”, it is clear in his mind that the PPP has done an outstanding job in ensuring continued victory.

Dear Editor, Over the years and during my membership of the Consumer Movement of Guyana (GMOG) I have written a number of articles on the deteriorating road transportation environment and made oral and other submissions to the powers that be.

The age of modern drama in the Western world was ushered in some 130 years ago and we are still in that ‘age’ today.

Over the years, during every whelping season, I am confronted with requests from anxious pet owners, whose mother dogs have deposited litters which they have abandoned soon after birth.

During the expiring moments of the National Chess Championships, Kriskal Persaud needed to win both of his games on the final day to establish beyond doubt that he would capture Guyana’s most prestigious board-game title.

Recently a question was asked as to why it was that residents in West Indian Islands usually praised their countries while Guyanese were in the habit of ‘bad talking’ Guyana?

What is 20/20 vision? We measure visual acuity with a standardized chart called a Snellen Eye Chart.

M any of you will now have poinsettias in the home or the office .

How is a great poem created? It is mystery. It is like asking for an explanation of a square cut by Gary Sobers or a cover drive by Rohan Kanhai.

Last week I listed the 12 different pillars on which the Global Competitiveness Index is based.

One of the more striking developments over the last eighteen months or so has been the rise and rise of investment interest in the Caribbean region.

When I first met J A (Tony) Downes, he was the youngest recruit, as a Booker cadet, into the early ranks of personnel officers of the then Bookers Sugar Estates.

By any measure, William de Weever Wishart (1873-1955) was one of this country’s most outstanding citizens.

This week we will conclude our three-part series on heart disease.

A 42-year-old woman and her two children were yesterday morning found burnt to death at her Patentia, West Bank Demerara (WBD) home after she had earlier told neighbours that she would kill herself and burn the house down.

The three bandits who were shot dead on Friday evening have now been identified.

Two men, one of whom was armed, injured an East Coast Demerara woman last evening during a failed robbery attempt outside the Igloo Ice-cream parlour on Camp Street.

Trinidad and Tobago (T&T) flour company National Flour Mills (NFM) is set to increase its flour prices by 15% from December 3, but the local flour mill claims it is being prevented from increasing its prices due to dumping by NFM.

The Iwokrama Centre for Rainforest Conservation and Development has received US$90,000 in royalties since commercial activities began at the site in January, and the operating company is expecting certification by the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) next year.

Resentment, an inability to trust, emotional trauma and depression are some of the psychological scars carried by children who suffered sexual molestation at the hands of family members.

Prime Minister Samuel Hinds said a lifestyle of abstinence, faithfulness and condomising was the approach to stop the spread of HIV/AIDS and urged Guyanese to preach it.

A book containing a selection of Godfrey Chin’s Nostalgias will be launched at the Sidewalk Caf

Come next pension day, Kitty pensioners will have fresh water to drink as they wait their turn in the queue at the post office, compliments of the Kitty Women’s Institute.