Daily Archive: Monday, December 1, 2008

—day’s takings missing A 68-year-old businessman was found dead in his Parika, East Bank Essequibo home yesterday morning and it is believed that he had been strangled.

-some sections sinking The Takutu Bridge, the long-awaited link between Guyana and Brazil, is unlikely to be opened to vehicular traffic before next year, the Brazilian military officer overseeing construction has said.

A 36-year-old newspaper vendor died while receiving treatment at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH) after being involved in an accident at Canal Number One, West Bank Demerara (WBD) yesterday.

Rosignol vendors who had been occupying an “illegal” market along the railway embankment  had their stalls dismantled around 2 pm on Wednesday after relocating there one week ago.

—National AIDS Committee The National AIDS Commit-tee (NAC) says that everyone has leadership tasks in the fight against HIV/AIDS and has expressed concern about the scarcity of reliable information publicly available on all aspects of the epidemic in Guyana.

The growth of the Bullnose pepper project has been stunted by flood and disease and it has returned to a seedling stage and is likely to be replaced with Brazilian pepper.

Dear Editor, I am frustrated when I hear officials express surprise about complaints or call them hearsay. Traffic

Early yesterday morning a motorcyclist met his death after he swerved to avoid two dogs on Carmichael Street.

Dear Editor, Since 1988, December 1 has been a day of bringing messages of compassion, hope, solidarity and understanding about AIDS to every country in the world.

Vishwanath Pratap Singh, former Prime Minister of India from December 2, 1989 to  November 10, 1990 died last Thursday at age 77, a High Commission of India press statement said.

Dear Editor, No one can overlook the peculiar position in which the Linden municipality finds itself from time to time in carrying out its mandate.

Dear Editor, International Day for the Disabled 2008 will be here again on December 3.

Dear Editor, Plans by the GRA that are being backed by the government to target internet call centres for tax evasion is a direct attack on the majority of the poorer, overtaxed population.

– Guymine.com, Muzik Media to broadcast K&S final via the internet By Rawle Toney Muzik Media, a popular music and entertainment television station out of New Jersey USA, and Guymine.com

Festival City lights up Broad Street Another night, another eight matches contested in the Georgetown Football Association (GFA) organized Guinness Greatest of De Street Football Tournament, and another large crowd at the National Cultural Centre’s tarmac as the third round of the tourney commenced.

Dear Editor, I was recently in Guyana and was appalled at the state of poverty that Guyana has descended into.

‘Ever so welcome, wait for a call’ (This is one of a series of fortnightly columns from Guyanese in the diaspora and others with an interest in issues related to Guyana and the Caribbean) By Arif Bulkan Arif Bulkan is an attorney-at-law and lecturer in the Faculty of Law of the University of the West Indies in Barbados For those who might have missed it, that was the message Prime Minister of Barbados David Thompson had for aspiring Guyanese immigrants to his island.

Dear Editor, On several occasions, we would have foreign guests, or even as a family, we feel at times like going out to get some quality ice cream, only to find that there is no such place in Guyana, especially at night.

An unbeaten 54 from Delon Wayne along with a solid all-round performance from Kenje Sedoc, helped Hopetown Cricket Club (HCC) advance to the semifinal of the Berbice Cricket Board of Control (BCBC)/New Building Society (NBS) sponsored second division competition on Saturday.

Women and abusive relationships This week we asked the man/woman in the street why they thought women stayed in abusive relationships and what more could be done to help them.

By Nick Witney Nick Witney, former Chief Executive of the European Defence Agency, is a senior policy fellow with the European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR).

Dear Editor, I stumbled across a most amusing but dangerous article captioned ‘Larlene’s too young’ by the ‘Parrot’ in the Kaieteur News dated November 21, 2008.

In the weeks leading up to Carifesta, the divider on the East Coast highway going towards the Kitty byways was festooned with marigolds and other ornamental plants.

Bacchus’ hat-trick shrivels Flamingo Guyana Defence Force’s (GDF) Auwar Bacchus recorded a stunning hat-trick against the Flamingo Football Club as the inaugural Georgetown Football Association’s (GFA) Milo Under-21 tournament got underway on Saturday with four thrilling matches at the Tucville and Camptown grounds The GDF stated clearly their intentions with a relentless 5 – 0 whipping of Flamingo while Sunburst Camptown coasted to a 3 – 1 win against Beacon United.