Articles published on Sunday, September 27, 2009
The bogus Inter-American Nursing School which was at the centre of a fraud scandal in January has reopened under a similar name, though its operations have not yet been approved by the National Accreditation Council of Guyana (NAC).
Business Page Introduction How can a financial institution that just a few months ago boasted about a “liquidity of 40% of the total assets or 47% of members’ funds, a position exceeding the approved industry standard” – whatever that means – suddenly start telling current and potential loan customers to come back in six to eight months time?
Ian On Sunday At thirteen, I think it was, I was reading love poetry.
Dear Editor, With reference to a letter in your newspaper dated September 25 (‘Teacher requested money for school sports’), I wish to inform you that the records for new admissions at St Gabriel’s Primary School revealed that no child or parent for the Grade One bears the last name as stated in the letter.
Dear Editor, The editorial on September 21, 2009 was spot on.
This is the last in a series of interviews with children who have been rescued by the Ministry of Human Services, which we are publishing in recognition of Child Protection Week.
Long lines during registration at the University of Guyana (UG) are quickly becoming a thing of the past as the institution has invested its meagre resources in achieving a friendlier student environment with a modernised Registry.
Guyana and the wider world Optimism The current state of the global economic crisis, one year after the financial meltdown of last September (2008), provides a crucial backdrop for consideration of the third, and final lesson to be learnt from global and national efforts to cope with economic recession, financial crisis and the credit squeeze.
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, CMC – Half-centuries from Travis Dowlin and Andre Fletcher were not enough to carry West Indies over the threshold, and Australia outgunned them by 50 runs in the ICC Champions Trophy yesterday.
The screams of a young woman shattered the busy Water Street shopping area yesterday as she alerted the driver of a truck that its wheels had just run over a man.
Trinidad and Tobago’s cricket team recorded a comfortable victory against the Guyana Daredevils in the first of two Twenty20 warm-up matches at the Providence National Stadium on Friday night.
After the withdrawal of several high-profile members over the current direction of the PNCR, party leader Robert Corbin on Friday disclosed that the establishment of a “meaningful resolution mechanism” is among the main opposition’s immediate plans.
CENTURION, South Africa, (Reuters) – Shoaib Malik and Mohammad Yousuf shared a record fourth-wicket stand to help Pakistan beat India by 54 runs yesterday to reach the Champions Trophy semi-finals.
To change an established street name is not something which is ever lightly done in any civilized country.
The water company has embarked on an upgrading programme for Annandale community, which will benefit from pumps and motors to assist with its water supply, Minister of Housing and Water Irfaan Ali told residents last week.
LONDON, England, CMC – Barbados and West Indies all-rounder Dwayne Smith plundered a breathtaking half-century but it was not enough to save Sussex from a 35-run defeat to Nottinghamshire in the English County Championship yesterday.
As they continue to press for an international inquiry into government’s alleged links with a confessed drug trafficker, the opposition parties would be “flexible” on their participation when parliamentary work resumes.
LONDON (Reuters) – An illegal immigrant employed as a housekeeper by the British government’s chief legal adviser said in a newspaper interview today that her employer had failed to check her passport before she was hired.
-residents nervous Talks of turning the Amerindian reservation of Orealla into Guyana’s next hottest tourist attraction dominated the village’s heritage celebrations but many residents questioned the advantages of such a move.
Arts On Sunday Critic, poet and scholar Eddie Baugh observed in 1971 that Caribbean poetry had unquestionably established itself.
ATLANTA, (Reuters) – Kenny Perry, boosted by a sizzling four-birdie start, overhauled fellow American Tiger Woods to grab a two-shot lead after the Tour Championship third round yesterday.
A Gardener’s Diary The largest seed most of us has to handle in Guyana is the coconut.
The Alpha United team is now certain of their fourth Cellink Plus Premier League Championship title after winning their penultimate game and moving to an unsurpassable 34 points ahead of second place holders Sunburst Camptown who are on 29 points with one match remaining for both teams.
The Caribbean Community mourns the loss of three major literary figures in one week, saying their deaths have undoubtedly created a void in the continued development of the Region’s culture.
WASHINGTON/TEHRAN (Reuters) – US President Barack Obama said yesterday the discovery of a secret nuclear plant in Iran showed a “disturbing pattern” of evasion by Tehran that added urgency to its talks on Thursday with world powers.
There might be a water shortage but these children from Paradise found enough water in the trench to float their home-made pontoon yesterday.
MANILA (Reuters) – Nearly 60 people were killed, Manila was blacked out and airline flights were suspended as a powerful typhoon battered the main Philippines island of Luzon yesterday, disaster officials said.
President Bharrat Jagdeo has challenged world leaders to reach a climate change deal in his address last week at the 64th session of the UN General Assembly at UN Headquarters in New York.
Ernest Hilaire would have been better advised not to get involved in such issues even before taking up his sensitive position as the latest chief executive of the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) but his stated doubts last week over Chris Gayle’s reappointment as captain, should he and the striking players be eligible for the forthcoming tour of Australia, were well founded.
The View From Europe Nearly two decades ago, a former Caribbean minister with an unconventional background would try to shock those that he met into recognising that agriculture in the region was dying and that it was the services sector that represented the future.
Shlomo Ben-Ami, a former Israeli foreign minister who now serves as the vice-president of the Toledo International Centre for Peace, is the author of Scars of War, Wounds of Peace: The Israeli-Arab Tragedy.
PORLAMAR, Venezuela (Reuters) – Venezuela’s socialist President Hugo Chavez urged colleagues from Africa and South America to help form a “multipolar” world yesterday at a summit intended to counter Western economic dominance.
Moving on from a successful experiment at exporting wicker furniture to the international market, Praimroop Prasad of Samuel’s Wicker, Rattan and Upholstery Works is now turning to value-added forest products.
Not so fabulous: This car ended up wound around a post on Public Road, Kitty, yesterday.
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, CMC – Embattled West Indies captain Floyd Reifer has called on his batsmen to convert starts into match-winning innings.
Filling a water container in Bachelor’s Adventure yesterday (Photo by Jules Gibson)
The residents who live in the First Bridge Street in the Grove New Housing Scheme are appealing to the authorities for their road to be fixed, since its deplorable state is making life in the community difficult.
LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Gordon Brown’s ruling Labour Party appears to have lost “the will to live” and must fight harder if it wants to win an election due by next June, finance minister Alistair Darling said in a newspaper interview today.
Stomatitis (sore mouth) Pet CornerContinued Two weeks ago, we dealt with the symptoms and treatment of the classical stomatitis (‘sore mouth’) condition.
Dear Editor, Please permit me to express profound congratulations to the head teacher and staff of Wisburg Secondary School for their achievement at this year’s CSEC.
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, CMC – West Indies are sweating on the fitness of opener Dale Richards after he dislocated his shoulder while fielding in his side’s 50-run loss to Australia in the Champions Trophy on yesterday.
(Jamaica Gleaner) Embattled Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) Member of Parliament, Joseph Hibbert, said he was not contemplating stepping down as Member of Parliament (MP) in the wake of fresh allegations that he received more than £100,000 from British bridge-building company, Mabey and Johnson Limited.
Health (Part-2) By Dr Kiran Koora, MDS The nutrition connection Eating sugar, as you probably already know, is a major cause of tooth decay.
The final contract for the US$40M project for the Guyana Power and Light (GPL) to expand its transmission and distribution systems in Demerara and Berbice is expected to be negotiated in October, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of GPL Bharrat Dindyal says.
As the El Nino phenomenon takes its toll, residents of Dazell Housing Scheme in Paradise, East Coast Demerara, wait while their buckets fill with water.
SINGAPORE, (Reuters) – World champion Lewis Hamilton put McLaren on pole position for today’s Singapore Grand Prix after title contender Rubens Barrichello crashed in the dying seconds of Saturday’s qualifying.
Dear Editor, Until April 27, 1953, when the general elections were held, everyone in Guyana would have seen the People’s Progressive Party as a multiracial party.
SEOUL (Reuters) – Ninety-seven South Koreans crossed a heavily armed border yesterday to meet family members in the communist North in fleeting reunions arranged by the rivals split by war and ideology more than half a century ago.
Dear Editor, When it was stated that Sir Shridath Ramphal our esteemed international statesman had been identified to oversee the cricket mediation process, I felt that at last we would have a resolution to this seemingly unending conflict.
Chess The elimination process for determining a national champion of chess for Guyana is underway.
-Baksh The Ministry of Education continues to ensure that teachers are adequately trained to deliver the curriculum at the various levels and to this end has been promoting the use of learning resources, Education Minister Shaik Baksh says.
The first Day of Interaction for this year, organized by the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport/National Sports Commission, gets underway today at the Better Hope Community Centre Ground, East Coast Demerara at 9.30am.
(Trinidad Express) Attorney General John Jeremie told the Senate on Friday night that he is “not going to abuse Parliamentary privilege” by naming the former chief legal officer whose error he claimed had cost the country $1 billion.
PITTSBURGH (Reuters) – The G20 may face a “mission accomplished” moment akin to former President George W.
This wild fire broke out in the cemetery on Sheriff Street yesterday.
Dear Editor, I am responding to Mr Peter Ramsaroop’s article in the Stabroek News (‘The power of our garbage…’ September 22).
The Flying Stars Cycle Club will run off the Victor Macedo Memorial cycle road race today.
Easing the burden – for the donkey at least. Stabroek News cameraman Jules Gibson caught this donkey standing in his own cart being towed by a horse pulling a draycart in Sheriff Street yesterday.
BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazil may not have invited ousted Honduran president Manuel Zelaya to take refuge in its embassy there, but opening its door to him is a high-risk bet that could harm its regional leadership ambitions.
Recording The week before last a recording was released purporting to implicate a public official in impropriety, namely, the solicitation of a minor.
(Barbados Nation) Finger-printing at the Grantley Adams International Airport is not mandatory, says government.
Anjenie Modan, the 44-year old woman who was severely chopped on her head, both hands and other parts of her body by her husband after she told him they should separate was yesterday discharged from the Georgetown Public Hospital.
