Daily Archive: Tuesday, August 12, 2008

Lightning and a thunderstorm sometime yesterday afternoon again caused runway lights at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport, Timehri to go out.

Parliament sitting put off after opposition concerns Following the PNCR-1G’s and the AFC’s opposition to an extension of the parliamentary session into the recess, the sitting of the National Assembly scheduled for Thursday for debate on five important bills has been postponed.

CANU and customs officers destroyed four fields of cannabis sativa near the Corentyne River and intercepted mail containing cocaine at the Georgetown Post Office Corporation.

-Brussels source As Guyana prepares to hold a series of national focus groups consultations on the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) that Cariforum countries are scheduled to seal with the European Union in the near future there are signals that there may be a deferral of the signing.

A special malaria detection team has been dispatched to the Omai area where there are hundreds of small-scale gold miners working in what is said to be “the number one hot spot” for the mosquito-borne disease, Minister of Health Dr.

Dear Editor, In Sunday Stabroek  dated  August 10, the headline stated “PPP Central Committee votes…Ramkarran disappointed, cites lobby against him”.

Funding in excess of US$50M has been secured for the Kingston hotel project and the sod-turning ceremony will now be held when the developers Adam Development/Urban Associates (ADUA) receives the environmental impact assessment (EIA) permits from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

Dear Editor, First, I would like to point out that I love Guyana very dearly and although I live overseas I try to keep in touch with the goings on at home at all times.

-Dr Luncheon The Guyana government’s commitment to legislation on matters relating to the media “has been stayed by current and contemporaneous events,” and everyone is aware of this, says Head of the Presidential Secre-tariat and Secretary to the Cabinet 0Dr Luncheon was responding to a query about what he meant  by his comments on “the need for media management” and “accountability of the media” at the recent congress of the PPP held at Diamond, East Bank Demerara.

Dear Editor, I refer to the  news  item in your Sunday edition titled: “Ramkarran disappointed, cites lobby against him.”

It is now over two years since political activist and journalist Ronald Waddell was killed in a barrage of gunfire at his Subryanville home and his relatives believe that there is no real interest on the part of the authorities in bringing his killers to justice.

Dear Editor, Mr. Frederick Kissoon continues to expose a certain amount of misgivings over the recently concluded PPP’s 29th Congress.

The US Embassy-sponsored Guyana Civil-Military Relations Conference which opened last evening will continue today with discussions on defence strategy and the role of non-traditional actors in security policy, even though the government is snubbing the meeting.

A group of medical lab professionals have formed themselves into an association in an effort to address a number of problems facing their profession, including lack of visibility, workforce shortages and shrinking healthcare dollars.

Dear Editor,  I refer to the piece in your newspaper in which congratulations to the Minister of Health from the Guyana Consumers Association was carried as a news items (Aug.

The koker door at Providence, East Bank Demerara which had been destroyed by high tides on July 31 has been rebuilt.

– Blackout forces one int’l participant out Coaches and physical education teachers are being tutored about table tennis by International Table Tennis Federation’s (ITTF) coach  Alejandro Gabaglio of Argentina.

Dear Editor, With the current debate about the origin of Banwari and his chafe, I remembered a saying which has puzzled me since childhood. 

Dear Editor, I just read Mr Christopher Ram’s letter captioned “New GPC has not made full disclosure” (08.08.10)  and I am in total agreement with him on the issues he wrote about.

-says Odinga Lumumba Part One Stabroek Sports’ Donald Duff recently sought a no holds barred interview with  president of Alpha United Football Club Odinga Lumumba.

The health ministry and the Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) are collaborating on providing safe water to homes with the introduction of Chloro-Sol.

Action in the Alpha ‘The Hammer’ United G$2.2m Carifesta football tournament will continue tonight at the Georgetown Football Club (GFC) with a double header from 1800hrs (6:00pm).

Dear Editor, I refer to  Ms Amina Chaudhury’s letter captioned “Letter heaps scorn on the victims of rape” (08.08.07).

The tourism and commerce ministry launched its Kaieteur Falls “special” package yesterday in order to capitalise on the influx of visitors expected for Carifesta X.

By Nills Campbell With only days to go before Guyana welcomes the Caribbean and the world to Carifesta X calypsonian Lord Canary recalls the preparation but mostly the anticipation whenever the tune “Welcome to Carifesta” played on the airways.

Dear Editor, Allow me to extend my full and whole hearted support to the  Minister of Home Affairs  for the excellent piece of legislation  banning music in mini buses.

Minister of Health Dr Leslie Ramsammy has said that a more detailed study needs to be done before it could be concluded that major cancers have a higher prevalence among African Guyanese than other ethnic groups.

The long-awaited Leslie Amsterdam Memorial Under-17 Interzone 50 overs competition will finally be bowled off tomorrow in Berbice.

Dear Editor,     Since news broke of the Auditor General’s report for 2006, there have been more questions than answers, and the taxpaying public seems no closer to knowing the truth about the large amounts of monies taken from the Contingencies Fund that have not been properly accounted for.

The Opening Ceremony for Carifesta X promises to be “a live theatrical show on a cricket field,” Artistic Director Dr Paloma Mohamed says.

The Demerara Cricket Club Queenstown ground will be the host of three Under-19 40-overs-side cricket matches from Wednesday to Friday when the home team play host to a Bartica under-19 team as part of the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport HIV/AIDS Awareness Project.

Dear Editor, I would like to share my thoughts on the recent dedication and commissioning of the tilapia hatchery in memory of the late Minister Satyadeow Sawh on August 07, 2008.

Local middle distance runners Lionel D’ Andrade and Kelvin Johnson placed second and third respectively at a 5km road race last Sunday in Trinidad and Tobago.

(Trinidad Guardian) The four men charged with conspiracy to blow up fuel lines, buildings and planes at John F Kennedy International Airport last year, will go on trial in 2009.

As Emancipation Day dawned in Georgetown, several innocent adolescents celebrated the anniversary with shouts of “We want freedom” because they were still locked up in the Guyana Police Force’s detention centre in Brickdam station.

Dear Editor,  With respect to the new law that prohibits music of any sort in public transport I respect the law but the police department and the insurance officials should also look at the amount of private motor cars that are presently employed in taxi service working private hire.

The Mayor and City Councillors said its Technical Department will be boosted with the return of staffer Adunni Christian who just read for a degree in Computer Engineering in Cuba.

The selection panel of the Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA) which is  headed by its vice president, Alfred Mentore, is inviting  all players born on or after September 1, 1991 and who are representatives of clubs that are affiliated to the GCA, to a practice session tomorrow.