Articles published on Sunday, January 11, 2009
– does not believe company can regain forest stewardship certificate The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) is no longer working with Barama Company Limited (BCL) on re-gaining certification from the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) and the head of WWF’s local office says that he does not believe that the forestry company can recapture that distinction.
Georgetown Mayor Hamilton Green is bracing for a fight against a move for the holding of mayoral vote that could unseat him.
– work ongoing on reinforcing dams Minister of Agriculture Robert Persaud yesterday denied reports that there had been a breach in the East Demerara Water Conservancy (EDWC).
Social activist Mark Benschop was arrested at Blairmont yesterday for obstruction of traffic and was subsequently released on his own recognizance.
A once lucrative gold and diamond mine, Leonard Arokium’s facility at Lindo Creek, Upper Berbice has been left to be overrun by the fast-growing jungle and wild animals in the area.
– knocks Jagdeo call for trust With the renewed push for power sharing being dogged by questions of trust, PNCR leader Robert Corbin plans fresh consultations to build consensus among national stakeholders on the need for a new system of governance.
Cautioning against a wave of protection washing across the region, President Bharrat Jagdeo says it is imperative to move forward with establishing the single market.
Private hospitals have been given a March deadline for increasing their blood screening capacity or that privilege will be withdrawn, Minister of Health Leslie Ramsammy has said.
Residents of Thirteenth Street, Foulis, East Coast Demerara say that water let out of a flooded play field is responsible for their land being flooded; however chairman of the Buxton/Foulis Neighbourhood Democratic Council (NDC) says that is definitely not the case.
Introduction Over the years this column has reported on its fair share of scandals in the financial world, often in the biggest this and biggest that.
How are the global economic reverses channelled to Caricom economies? Catching cold!
Speaker of the National Assembly Ralph Ramkarran on Thursday ruled that the government’s initial attempt to move the second reading of the Trade Union Recognition (Amendment) Bill was proper.
The Guyana Citizen’s Initiative (GCI) is urging that the final engineering design for the Conservancy Relief Channel at Hope/Dochfour be made available for public scrutiny.
‘Open the clenched fist of the past’ It happens all the time in small, closely-knit groups – cabinets, party executives, boards of directors, church congregations or club committees.
– residents want road widened Residents of Hunter Street yesterday lamented the deplorable state of a section of their street.
In the present crisis national social partnerships have value A few days ago something quite extraordinary happened.
Ivanchuk v Leko A second rapid chess match between grandmasters Ivanchuk and Leko was held a few days ago in Mukachevo, Ukraine.
Police discovered an unlicensed gun in an Essequibo home yesterday and arrested three persons after responding to a report of threats being made.
Israel in overtime Wayne Brown is a well-known Trinidadian writer and columnist who now lives in Jamaica.
– Dr. Anthony tells GCF at Awards ceremony The curtain on the 2008 National Chess Championships came down Friday night with a small award ceremony held at Ramphal House, New Garden Street.
New applications for machine readable passports will be processed within seven days with effect from Thursday, a reduction from the previous waiting period of 14 days.
The Environmental Protect-ion Agency (EPA) on Thursday handed over the recently completed National Biodiversity Action Plan 11 (NBAP 11) to the World Wildlife Fund (WWF), which funded the preparation of the document.
Diseases of the cornea We last dealt with conjunctivitis, an inflammatory process of the membrane which covers the inner side of the eyelids and part of the surface of the eyeball, (Pet Corner January 4, 2009).
Residents of Angoy’s Avenue, New Amsterdam on Tuesday said the Town Council had not conducted drainage works in the area in 30 years, which has caused water stagnation made worse by the recent heavy rains.
Bird wive and mistletoe are relativesFor years I have had questions about an apparent disease on the underside of the leaves of the breadfruit fern, so named because of its similarity to the leaf shape of the breadfruit tree.
A new Commonwealth Press Union (CPU) Trust has been formed to carry on the vital work of the CPU, which was closed at the end of last year following a restructuring.
Dear Editor, I left politics three years ago and I am not associated with, or member of any political party.
‘Dark novel’ Twenty-one years after it was first published and twenty years after it began to receive unending world critical acclaim, a book “universally acknowledged” as one of the foremost novels in contemporary literature written by one of the world’s most celebrated authors was yet again highlighted on centre stage before an international audience.
Dear Editor, According to the Municipal and District Councils Act, Cap 28:01, the Mayor and City Council of Georgetown is the local organ responsible for conducting the affairs of the city and its people.
The Mayor and City Council said since the start of the year there has already been a modest flow of persons at City Hall paying their rates and it urges more citizens to do so.
Are children really fooled? Santa Claus soared into the headlines of the Stabroek News in the early days of December.
Dear Editor, I do not intend to answer every point made in the letter by EB John on January 8 in the Stabroek News (‘The Guysuco management reconstruction seeks to upgrade performance while diminishing the status of most of the targeted performers’).
The Guyana Hindu Dharmic Sabha celebrated its thirty-fifth anniversary on January 8 with a service which included music, kirtan and baajan.
Mrs Fraser Wheeler, wife of the British High Commissioner shares out goodies at the Dharm Shala children’s Christmas party on December 18 last.
Breast milk… best milk By Dr Santosh Mhetre, MD (Paediatrics) This is especially for all new mothers and women who are planning a pregnancy.
-says departing Chinese coach Chang Jian Hua Chinese Table Tennis Coach Chang Jian Hua left Guyana yesterday for his homeland, China upon conclusion of his one year stint, excited about the talent of Guyanese racquet wielders and predicting a bright future internationally for three of the country’s players.
The Guyana Amateur Basket-ball Association (GABA) plans to introduce a premier league competition this year.
Mr Robert Corbin must have been a bit nonplussed when President Jagdeo took his side in his dispute with certain members of his own PNCR.
Dear Editor, January 1 was not the same in Linden. After 18 years of being host to the finals of the Kashif and Shanghai (K&S) football tournament, it is difficult to see these returning after witnessing the overwhelming welcome they received at the Guyana National Stadium.
ANOTHER New Zealand batsman took advantage of the West Indies’ unintentional, but seemingly unavoidable, generosity to help himself to a hundred in his first international match yesterday.
