Daily Archive: Monday, May 12, 2008

Articles published on Monday, May 12, 2008

Body of 81-year-old found

A post-mortem examination is to be performed on the decomposed body of 81-year-old Mary Marks, found at her home in Roxanne Burnham Gardens at around 2.25 pm yesterday, Police said in a press release.

PNCR: We have accounted for scrutineer money

-says Luncheon being malicious The PNCR has again denied that it has been unable to account for the $100M allocated to the party for the payment of scrutineers and said that each month it has been submitting a pay-sheet listing the scrutineers’ names to the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM).

Forde leads Malteenoes to Carib Beer/Pepsi Twenty20 championship

By Calvin Roberts A man of the match performance from Guyana /Stanford Twenty 20 star Orin Forde, helped Malteenoes Sports Club (MSC) defeat Albion Community Centre by eight runs to win the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB)/ Carib Beer/ Pepsi sponsored national Twenty20 championship for first division clubs, yesterday, at the Albion Sports Complex ground.

Attention should be paid to regional health institutions

Dear Editor, In a letter to SN ‘Suddie Hospital urgently needs an X-ray Unit’ (8.5.08), Mr Baliram Persaud, a concerned citizen, expressed grave misgivings regarding the medical facilities at the Suddie Hospital, one of the oldest and arguably the most important regional institutions in Essequibo which for many years now has been without an X-ray machine, a basic diagnostic tool.

Maverick wins twice

Maverick cricket team won twice as Zone `B’ matches of the Demerara Cricket Board (DCB) Neal and Massy 40-overs-a-side national club competition continued at several venues recently.

PAHO donation to boost disease detection

PAHO on Friday donated US$10,000 worth of equipment to the Guyana Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory to boost its capacity to ensure that systems are in place to conduct surveillance and to detect and diagnose diseases that may affect animal and public health.

The relief package

President Jagdeo’s relief package announced on Wednesday will be welcomed by  many Guyanese who have been groaning under the weight of the rising cost of living, VAT and other impositions.

In The Diaspora

Breadbasket Dependence and the End of Cheap Food By Tony Weis     Rapidly rising food prices around the world are casting tens of millions into increasingly desperate circumstances of malnourishment and hunger.