Articles published on Sunday, December 23, 2007
The prosecution in the drug case against Guyanese businessman Roger Khan, has informed the court that it would shortly be providing information seized from computers and other items belonging to two US-based Guyanese jailed for narcotics offences as well as the unredacted version of the statements made by Khan during the March 16, 2006 meeting he had with US officials at Ocean View Hotel.
The government has sent a letter to Mr Ignacio J Alvarez, the Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights setting out its position on the withdrawal of government advertisements from the Stabroek News.
The two Colombians and a Venezuelan who were held by the Guyana Police Force in connection with an airstrip near Orealla in Corentyne and other matters, were deported to their respective countries last week.
Topp XX led by a Collie `Hitman’ Hercules double, showed a partisan Linden crowd why they were five-time champions with a convincing 4-0 victory over tournament debutants Monedderlust Football Club of West Berbice, Friday night in the feature game of the 18th Annual Kashif and Shanghai football tournament at the Mackenzie Sports Club ground.
In just seven years, Theodore Henry has managed to become one of the most decorated and travelled local rugby player.
The death of Ian Hercules, Public Relations Officer (PRO) of Banks DIH has shocked the sporting community and two organizations in which he served have paid tribute to the hardworking communications specialist.
Four days before the first of their three Tests against South Africa, the West Indies should have been engaged yesterday in their last chance for meaningful match practice against the strong opposition of South Africa ‘A’ in East London.
The Annual Presentation of Awards of the Guyana National Rifle Association will take place today at Police Officers Mess at Eve Leary starting at 2 pm.
Dear Editor, I wish to commend the Commissioner General and Officials at the Customs & Trade Administration for coming up with a simplified form for the clearance of imported personal effects items.
Dear Editor, As an earlier commentator on the shameful Kellawan Lall issue, I consider it my duty to point out two quite blatant errors on his part appearing in his ridiculous charge of vilification levelled against your newspaper and in his own shameless words.
Dear Editor, The Honourable Minister of Home Affairs, Mr Clement Rohee, whose ministerial portfolio includes civilian law enforcement, appears not to be setting the right example on seat-belt use.
Dear Editor, Like other traditional festivities, Christmas and the New Year are eagerly awaited and enthusiastically celebrated among the large Guyanese population in NYC.
Dear Editor, On Tuesday, December 18, the Federal Communications Commission in the United States overturned a 32-year old ban against broadcasters being owners of newspapers, citing the decline in newspaper revenues due to a changing media market.
Dear Editor, There was a great debate last Friday evening (2007-12-14) in our National Assembly.
One of the significant things to be noted about social traditions is that the ancient ones are fading and tend to be somewhat cryptic.
Last week’s column intimated that at least three items we have been discussing for some time now, are directly related to the significant roles played by two of the World Economic Forum’s “problematic factors,” namely, “crime and theft” and “corruption” in the poor results obtained by Guyana in the 2007-2008 Global Competitiveness Report.
At around 1.30am on the morning of Sunday, December 16, weary Caribbean and European negotiators finally initialled the text of an Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) between Europe and Cariforum.
I have been reading in our garden of flowers and old trees favourite Christmas poems collected over the years and for this column nearest Christmas Day I share a few of them.
Introduction Guyana was ranked 104th out of 131 countries for “ease of access to loans” in the World Economic Forum’s “Global Competiveness Report 2007-2008.
Lest we forget, let me remind the GWI and consumers of Order No 3 of 2005 made by the Public Utilities Commission in the matter of the application by Guyana Water Inc for an increase in rates.
Do you have a young child whose weight or eating habits are out of control?
I got a copy of my spectacle prescription and it’s a lot of numbers.
Today, on the threshold of the festive season, we’ll deal with food intake, or rather, what not to feed your pet(s) at Christmas.
Tomorrow is Christmas Eve, and in the town there will be one mad rush to get all the essentials bought and of course a lot of non-essential things as well.
‘I have always held the view that we must invest in our young people, and must be able to develop their potential and channel their youthful enthusiasm into productive ventures’ -President Bharrat Jagdeo.
Every family has its Christmas traditions. These are manifested in the way the tree is trimmed, who trims it and with what; how and when the house is decorated; and whether new curtains are bought or old ones recycled.
During the Christmas season one of the main things besides shopping for presents and coming up with menus is what to wear for those various functions and parties you may have to attend.
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Gunmen who fired pellets injuring an Eccles family which operates a cambio in the city fled empty handed early yesterday morning.
Government yesterday delivered on its promise to provide a ‘bright’ Christmas to Berbicians with the commissioning of the Diesel Generating Plant (DGP) which is part of the Skeldon Sugar Modernisation Project (SSMP) and which will supply 6.4 megawatts of power to the Berbice grid.
The Guyana Defence Force wants permission to use a single-engine Cessna aircraft which it seized after drug dealers abandoned it at Kwapau, Middle Mazaruni two years ago, to boost its own depleted fleet.
The PNCR Disciplinary Committee has dropped two of the three charges it brought against a Region Ten party youth leader in the run-up to the party’s last biennial congress and has called on him to apologise to a member for ethnic slurs.
The withholding of $2.9 million monthly subventions from the Critchlow Labour College (CLC) by government is now entering its fifth month, and with little information from key officials who have responsibility for the disbursement forthcoming, the institution has sought an audience with President Bharrat Jagdeo.
An increase in electricity tariffs may be imminent but so far the power company has not raised the issue nor has Cabinet addressed it, Cabinet Secretary Dr Roger Luncheon has said.
Having given the administration one month’s notice rejecting the arbitrary across-the-board nine per cent increase in salary as a final settlement for 2007, the Guyana Public Service Union (GPSU) stands ready for industrial action.
