Articles published on Sunday, July 27, 2008
There was confusion in the vicinity of Globe Yard at the corner of Church and Waterloo Streets just after 6 pm yesterday, when a special constable reportedly attempted to arrest a man who had allegedly snatched a gold chain minutes earlier on Regent Street.
Even though there might be a preoccupation with the next PPP presidential candidate for the 2011 elections, this is not an agenda item at the party’s triennial congress this weekend.
– queries differences in taped phone calls transcriptsA lawyer for Guyanese drug accused Shaheed Roger Khan is questioning whether the prosecutors understand the local dialect as a transcript of a conversation they provided differs vastly from one of the same conversation provided for another court matter last year.
– sociologist exploresBy Iana Seales Discourse on the declining male leadership in homes is a ‘hot’ topic especially in a country where child deliquents are increasing every year and too many fall at the hands of law enforcement in a vicious cycle of rebellion, gang recruitment and deadly confrontation.
– probe launched The body of a 22-year-old sugar worker was found in a canal at the Uitvlugt, West Coast Demerara estate around midmorning yesterday, shortly after he was discovered missing.
The role of the Privatisation Unit in the QAII dealIntroduction The President’s postponed Privatisation and Taxation Seminar finally gets underway this Tuesday at Le Meridien Pegasus, on a by-invitation only basis.
Corentyne residents will be treated to African drumming and dancing by the Mandingo African Group from July 31 in celebration of Emancipa-tion Day.
The Alliance For Change (AFC), expressing outrage at the upsurge in violent robberies is demanding that serious measures be put in place to protect those travelling to the city to conduct business.
Global trade reform and food pricesBy Dr. Clive Thomas World food markets When discussing recently rising food prices most persons do not refer solely to their day-to-day experiences purchasing food items, but to the frequent media reports of prices in the major global markets for food as well.
Naming is not knowingBy Ian McDonald In Guyana getting a good education is defined as getting good exam results.
The woman said she wanted to be “free again”. In a village sited in one of the most scenic parts of Guyana and with wide-open spaces, it seemed an incongruous remark to make, but there is always a story isn’t there?
The region’s new global development partner By David Jessop In the past week Venezuela has clearly emerged as by far the Caribbean Basin’s single most important global development partner.
With Errol Tiwari Carlsen v Eljanov Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands, plays host to one of the most fancied invitational chess tournaments in the world in January of each year.
War and literature By Al Creighton’s Here in the twenty-first century wars, insurgencies, terrorist violence, guerrilla warfare, genocidal dislocation, massacres, murderous attacks against humanity, war crimes and criminal carnage of various sorts rage unchecked right in your backyard.
By Kiev Chesney The Guyana Amateur Swimming Association (GASA) began its preparation for the 2008 Goodwill Swimming Championships which will be held in Guyana next month when the Time Trials which began Friday, continued yesterday at Castellani Pool.
By Kiev Chesney Father Kevin and son Kristian Jeffrey will be looking to have yet another triumphant weekend for the Jeffrey family when they compete in their respective events today at the Guyana Motor Racing and Sports Club Ultimate Race of Champions meet at the South Dakota Circuit.
GT&T sends letter to its Essequibo customersBy Eileen Cox Some time ago this column published a report on the state of the telephone service on the Essequibo Coast, Region 2.
Sexually transmitted diseases: The ‘deeper’ and the ‘darker’ insight By Dr Soumyaroop Dash MD, DNB (Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist) What is a sexually transmitted disease (STD)?
By Kiev Chesney Most of the capital city and its outskirts got a chance to the get into the Olympic fever when the Coca Cola Caravan/torch relay passed their way early yesterday morning ushering in the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympic Games in Guyana.
Immunity By Dr Steve Surujbally I had said last week that one cannot really understand the prevention and treatment of infectious diseases if the concept of immunity is not grasped.
By Calvin Roberts At Lester Vaughan Secondary School Ground Cane Garden, St.
A mini-pumpkin and morning glory By John Warrington I often think that with a climate like ours you could almost live forever.
The Georgetown Football Association’s (GFA) Courts Inc. Pee Wee under-11 football competition resumed yesterday with four exhilarating matches at the Banks DIH Thirst Park ground.
Gouveia, Allicock and Rock snatch gold on final night of CABA c/ships Guyana’s Cleveland Rock, Stefan Gouveia and Herlando Allicock turned in golden performances to snatch three gold medals on the final night of the Caribbean Amateur Boxing Association (CABA) juniors, cadets and females championships Friday night at the Chaguramas Convention Centre in Trinidad and Tobago.
Covering Obama A year ago, his saying that in ‘hot pursuit’ he would breach Pakistan’s sovereignty to attack bin Laden is snatched up by Hillary Clinton as a ‘gotcha’ moment.
The anglophone Caribbean nations are finally doing what the late Trinidadian Prime Minister Eric Williams foresaw all those decades ago: they are making themselves client states of Venezuela.
Dear Editor, The Sunday Stabroek (July 20) has published a report, which, in fact, is nothing more than a repetition of its ‘Business Page’ article written by Mr Christopher Ram of July 13 listing a number of Customs Duty and Excise Tax exemptions to be granted to the five companies incorporated under the ownership of Queens Atlantic Investment Inc (QAII), and to which they are fully entitled.
