Daily Archive: Thursday, March 27, 2008

Guyana’s first heart valve replacement patient, Janet Yassin died of unknown causes on Sunday, just over three weeks after she had the surgery and was said to have been doing well.

After almost six hours of debate in the National Assem-bly, the government benches last evening voted against a motion for a parliamentary committee to investigate the services of the Guyana Power and Light (GPL).

-US official given tour Guyana’s first modern cold storage facility located at Timehri will open in two weeks as a boost to the health and commercial sectors of the country.

-Georgetown Hospital warns The Management of the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPHC) yesterday warned members of the public to desist from giving cigarettes and matches to patients.

A 62-year-old grandmother was rescued from her burning three-bedroom home around 2:10 pm yesterday as she was sleeping.

Patrolling the Essequibo River poses severe challenges for the Guyana Police Force.

The completion of the street naming exercise and removal of illegal barbers and gamblers from the streets were among matters discussed at the statutory meeting of the mayor and city councillors at City Hall on Tuesday.

One year after testimony in the 2005 Customs House $10M armed robbery was halted, the prosecution yesterday announced that it was withdrawing the case against the two defendants as they could not contact their star witness.

– George’s corpse stolen, Shafeek’s casket ransacked In a bizarre incident that is believed to have occurred sometime between Tuesday night and Wednesday morning, the burial-chamber bearing the remains of Shafeek Bacchus, and which had once held those of his brother George Bacchus was broken into.

-slams Stabroek News story Home Affairs Minister Clement Rohee says there is no credible information that there has been any re-emerging of the phantom gangs in Guyana.

-one million acres to be valued The Iwokrama International Centre for Rain Forest Conservation and Development is to announce a revolutionary deal in New York today that will see a financial value being assigned to the climate services it provides.

A senior State Department official is to take to the US government, President Bharrat Jagdeo’s new proposal for the establishment of a permanent branch of the US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) in Guyana.

Dear Editor, The election of a new Prime Minister and the impending formation of a new government in Pakistan is welcomed.

Dear Editor, I refer to the recent letter by Vanda Radzik et al (SN 3/23/08) resuscitating the well-intentioned but clearly indefensible call to ban corporal punishment in Guyana.

Dear Editor, I had recused myself from the recent discussions on the crime situational approach by the government to address what it called a “joint operation” but rescind to contribute to the discussions since I feel there is no real strategic plan for its implementation.

Dear Editor, The much touted Citizens Security Programme has been finally inked and elements should be implemented shortly.

Dear Editor, I had the fortune..or rather the misfortune of coming across a GT&T advertisement in your quarterly Guyana Review publication contained in the 25th March 2008 edition of the Stabroek News, and I was rather confused and surprised that the advertisement, had a much vaulted statement from a Senator no less, in the United States, who happens to be running for President of the US.

Dear Editor, On Easter Monday I listened on NCN as one of the announcers explained the origin of the kite.

Dear Editor, When any sane person is offered a basket to fetch water and recognises it very early but still accepts then the giver whom we accept as even more sane and concerned will expect that all the creative and imaginative skills to seal the basket ,freeze the water into ice and convey it to the clients as mutually agreed are unconditionally accomplished.

Dear Editor, Now will the government sit up and listen after the Montrose flooding?

Dear Editor, After reading Mr Jessop’s article in the Sunday Stabroek on the EPA and rice, I wondered quite amusingly how situations always change.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – West Indies captain Chris Gayle is disappointed over losing the opening Digicel Test to Sri Lanka, but believes his side gained many positives from the match at the Guyana National Stadium.

– ‘Night of Nostalgia’ By Kiev Chesney Three of the most distinguished cricket voices from the commentary box, two of whom are masters of the game, graced the Savannah Suite of Le Meridien Pegasus Hotel on Tuesday evening for the ‘Reds’ Perreira Foundation’s Night of Nostalgia.

Sri Lanka’s total dominance over the last four days culminated in defeat for the West Indies on the fifth and final day of the first Digicel Home Series test at the National Stadium, Providence, yesterday.

A 25-year-old man who allegedly had carnal knowledge of a female under the age of fifteen was yesterday taken before the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court and subsequently remanded to prison.

West Indies – Sri Lanka Test Cricket: A historical perspective (Part I) By Winston McGowan Caribbean cricket fans are currently focusing on the visit to the region by the Sri Lankans.