Articles published on Sunday, May 4, 2008
—was in North Road trench since Wednesday By Heppilena FergusonThe partly decomposed head of Farouk Kalamadeen was yesterday morning discovered floating in a trench on North Road, just a corner away from his Jiffy Lubes store in Light Street, and the pathologist’s examination later revealed that he had suffered blunt trauma to the back of the head and injuries to the mouth.
– had rushed to save mother from bandits By Zoisa Fraser The 21-year-old son of city businesswoman, Margaret Maloney, was shot dead just before five yesterday morning while rushing to save her from the gunmen who were reportedly waiting in the yard to rob her.
Former Guyana Energy Agency (GEA) head, Joseph O’Lall died yesterday afternoon at the Georgetown Public Hospital following a brief illness.
Pandemonium broke out at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH) just before dark yesterday when a patient who had been deemed an emergency case and rushed there from the Leonora Cottage Hospital earlier in the day passed away, after she allegedly did not receive medical attention from the staff on duty.
Caribbean nations need to create consensus-driven models of development By David Jessop (Executive Director of the Caribbean Council for Europe) ‘International NGO knocks EPA’; ‘Caribbean EPA held up as a model’; ‘Bernal departs Caribbean Regional Negotiating Machinery’: so read just three of the many thousands of headlines that accompany the hundreds of thousands of words about the Caribbean’s soon to be signed Economic Partnership Agreement with Europe.
With Errol Tiwari Demerara Distillers Limited will sponsor an eight-round Swiss System chess tournament this month for junior and senior chess players in recognition of Guyana’s 42nd independence anniversary under its popular Topco Juices label.
British High Commissioner Fraser Wheeler said his country remains supportive of the Guyana government in its bid to “implement a comprehensive policy framework to tackle crime and security in Guyana once and for all.”
Commissioner-General of the Guyana Revenue Authority Khurshid Sattaur said the GRA is committed to the fight against illicit trade, but it is important to receive the support and cooperation of other stakeholders and the general public, especially with the provision of intelligence information.
Derek Walcott: Distinguished Guest at Carifesta By Al Creighton’s As the focus on Carifesta X, to be hosted by Guyana in August 22-31, 2008, intensifies, there is increasing interest in what the highlights of the festival are likely to be.
The advantages of grafting By John Warrington Looking back through one of my journals I read a note I made a few years ago about my Pandanus baptistii screw pine which had finally died.
– says former WICB CEO Stephen Camacho at GCA awards ceremony By Calvin Roberts Shemroy Barrington of Malteenoes Sports Club (MSC) was adjudged best batsman and Georgetown Cricket Club’s (GCC) Ricardo Jadunauth, best bowler, of the Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA) Cellink Plus first-division cricket competition when that body held its awards ceremony at the GCC pavilion Friday night.
Neville James Bissember, former Deputy Prime Minister in the PNC government of the 1960s, has passed away.
– A double from Manasseh Primo helped Guyana’s footballers push aside French Guiana as the Inter-Guiana Games football competition continued yesterday From Kiev Chesney in Suriname Manasseh Primo found the back of the net on two spectacular occasions to help Guyana overcome a 0-1 deficit and forge to a 3-1 victory over French Guiana (Cayenne) as the football competition of the 2008 Inter-Guiana Games continued yesterday at the Andre Kamperveen Stadium here.
Member of Parliament Winston Murray is asking the government through the National Industrial and Commercial Investments Limited (NICIL) to make public the details of the agreement reached for the lease of the old Sanata Textile Mill complex.
Wordsworth McAndrew, November 22, 1936-April 25, 2008 (Wordsworth Albert McAndrew, folklorist and journalist, died on April 25, 2008, aged 71.)
The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) said on Friday that implementation of its Total Revenue Integrated Processing System (TRIPS) was not a one-man show and it was “erroneous” to believe that a few functionaries have been administering systems in the organisation.
Strike Again mauls New Amsterdam By Kizan Brumell Encouraging remarks by Clyde de Haart, Purchasing and Customer Service Director of Courts Guyana Incorporated was the first of his two tasks as his speech was immediately followed by the ceremonial kick- off to get the Courts Peewee football competition underway yesterday at the Banks DIH.,
‘Et tu, Brute?’ The CW among American commentators is that anything a candidate or his/her surrogate does or says is ‘political.’
– robs worker of salary A gang of around four men, two of whom were armed, robbed the Esso Service station at Regent Street early Saturday morning and escaped with an employee’s salary.
-Klass President of the Guyana Football Federation (GFF), Colin Klass, is of the view that although the GFF was the governing body for local football, the development of the sport requires a national effort.
The law should be changed to protect citizens against dangerous dogs By Eileen Cox Much has been said and much written about pit bulls and dangerous dogs.
Cyclists ready for Indian Arrival Day anniversary 50-mile event Cyclists will be back on the road today when the Bico Ice Cream 50-mile road race organized by national cycling coach Hassan Mohammed pedals off from the Wales Police station at 9am, to Bushy Park on the East Bank of Essequibo then to the Demerara Harbour Bridge (DHB) for the finish.
Roundworms By Dr Steve Surujbally (Continued) Today we’ll look at the specific symptoms of a roundworm infestation of our canine/feline wards, as well as comment on the possible treatment schedules associated with this scourge.
– call for information ministers to meet periodically The just-concluded Caribbean Media and Communications Conference (CMCC) has endorsed the UN Special Rapporteur’s citing of the four-month ban on CNS Channel Six as a disproportionate sanction.
Limb lengthening A weekly column prepared by Dr. Balwant Singh’s Hospital Inc.
Dear Editor, It is time that the President realized that outside recruitment of leadership/some ranks at better pay is the fastest way to improve security.
-Guyanese athletes proved to be the undisputed kings and queens of the track as they recorded podium finishes in every event at the end of the first day of the track and field event of the Inter-Guiana games From Kiev Chesney in Suriname Guyana regained momentum when her athletes dominated the first session of the track and field aspect of the 2008 Inter-Guiana Games which continued at the Andre Kamperveen Stadium here yesterday.
Regional Health Officer of Region Five Venus Smartt said the region has resuscitated its Breast Feeding Committee after it was found that only 60 per cent of babies under six months old are being exclusively breast-fed.
Action in the Banks DIH softball cricket tournament will continue today and tomorrow at five scheduled venues.
Tourism officials have put plans in place to revive the Bed and Breakfast (B&B) programme for Carifesta X, confident that it will be utilized this time around although it was not a success during the Cricket World Cup (CWC) last year.
Can the EPAs be re-strategized? By Dr. Clive Thomas Re-cap This series of articles assessing the CARIFORUM-EU, EPA sought to establish early on that the agreement rested on several contentious planks as a result of being based on: 1) lack of empirical evidence supporting several theoretical propositions implicit to its formulation; 2) several of the evaluations, assessments and interpretations utilized in the EPA are in strong dispute, lacking consensus among analysts and scholars and 3) design and architectural flaws, including those embedded in its negotiating modalities.
Dear Editor, I found it extremely odd that President Bharrat Jagdeo would be out of the country – one blog reported he was scheduled to appear at a social function in New York on Saturday, May 3 – at the same time when Guyanese workers publicly observed Labour Day on May 1, and at the same time when the Guyana Government sponsored a Media and Communication Conference on May 2.
Region Eight is expected to build and upgrade infrastructure that will improve mobility and access to health and education services, to the tune of $100.7M.
Planning for the good life By Ian McDonald Having retired after 52 years in the sugar industry, including working closely with governments and regional institutions along the way, if there is one thing I have learned it is the extreme frailty of all grand plans.
The murder of Mr Farouk Kalamadeen marks another bloody milestone in the history of crime in this country.
Dear Editor, It is with dismay that I read the recent statements made by the Honourable Minister of Home Affairs, Mr Clement Rohee, highlighting the fact that 74 bail petitions had been granted for perceived non-bailable offences.
By Calvin Roberts The first three-day trial match organized by the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) ended in a draw on Friday after Royston Alkins’s XI, needing to score 188 for victory in one-and-a-half hours, reached 86-2 when stumps were drawn.
Dear Editor, With reference to Freddie Kissoon’s column, ‘Is there an elected dictatorship in Guyana?’
