Daily Archive: Sunday, January 7, 2007

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The Bounty Colts continued to romp up the seed table by defeating the Scorpions by ten points at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall Friday night when the Georgetown Amateur Basketball Association (GABA) league tournament continued.

Dear Editor, I refer to the letter penned by Ret. Fire Chief, Carl Rogers, DSM captioned “Emergency reported to electricity company on December 22 but still no action” (06.12.30).

Dear Editor, Someone is not doing their homework in the Ministry of Finance.

Dear Editor, Any decision to introduce casino gambling in Guyana requires at a minimum a complete and thorough examination of its moral, economic and social implications.

Dear Editor, The implementation of the Value Added Tax (VAT) from January 1, 2007 is creating an atmosphere of uncertainty and consumer frustration.

Dear Editor, I refer to a letter which appeared under the caption “Britain was unable to hold its empire, there was no real struggle for Independence,” dated 01/01/07.

Dear Editor, An opinion survey conducted by the North American Caribbean Teachers Association 9NACTA) in Trinidad finds widespread dissatisfaction with the ruling PNM government but voters are not pleased with the opposition parties.

Wendy Rahamut Modern Caribbean Cuisine (Macmillan Caribbean, 2006) You may wonder what could be modern about the flavours in Caribbean food.

A man’s limb, heavily casted and suspended overhead from elaborate contraptions and ropes tied to these casts pulling down gymnasium weights in a cramped hospital orthopaedic ward, is the picture which comes to mind when we think of visiting a friend who has unfortunately met with a recent accident involving a few broken bones.

During the latter half of the year 2006 I purchased a 110ml bottle of Optrex Eye Lotion for $890 and bathed my eyes in the eye bath.

Of all the intestinal worms infesting dogs, hookworms are the ones I fear the most.

The year 2007 marks the bicentenary of the abolition of the slave trade by an act of the British Parliament.

I am pregnant. What can I do to ensure my baby’s eyes are healthy?

If music be the food of love, play on, Give me excess of it; that surfeiting, The appetite may sicken and so die.

The weather is very hot, but not surprisingly there is occasional rain along the coast.

The nation breathed a collective sigh of relief when the general election in August 2006 was held in calm and peace.

Carbon trading, food miles, eat-the-view: the language of popular concern is changing and with it the way in which the Caribbean will have to engage with the world.

Introduction Seven days into the new year and seven days under the Value Added Tax system it is clear that there is widespread non-compliance with the requirements of the VAT Act, subsidiary regulations and the amending legislation.

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Two gunmen barged into a doctor’s office on Camp Street just as he was finishing up his clinic yesterday and robbed him of money and other items.

There is a possibility that some 2,500 cars might be able to park between the Guyana National Stadium and Buddy’s International Hotel at Providence, East Bank Demerara for the ICC Super Eight matches Guyana would be hosting.

A pedal cyclist was killed yesterday afternoon on the Houston Bypass, Georgetown, when the driver of a speeding car lost control and slammed into him.

Value Added Tax (VAT) registered businesses on the West Coast Demerara have mostly retained their last-year prices, fearing new prices would be too high for consumers.

The police are offering a reward of $2 million for information leading to the arrests of seven men, they say are wanted in connection with the investigation into the murder of Minister of Agriculture Satyadeow Sawh, other murders and serious offences.

The Guyana Revenue Autho-rity (GRA) yesterday slammed some television station hosts and owners, who it said, are peddling misinformation about Value Added Tax (VAT).

A teenager was killed yesterday when the motor scooter he was riding crashed head on into a concrete culvert at Crane, West Coast Demerara.

A 45-year-old man died last Thursday, hours after being shot by police who raided his Kimbia, Berbice River farm and destroyed a quantity of marijuana plants.

Ranks from a mobile patrol managed to retrieve a firearm and matching rounds that were thrown from a car they were chasing but failed to arrest the vehicle’s occupant(s).

Two men, one armed with a handgun, broke into a house at Golden Grove, East Bank Demerara and robbed a housewife of over $300,000 in cash and jewellery.

A number of trade unions and two of the major political parties believe government should extend the retirement age, which is currently 55 years.

Minister of Health Dr Leslie Ramsammy has announced zero tolerance for nurses and doctors who exact payments from patients at government hospitals.

Investigations are continuing into the chopping to death of a 23 year-old-man on Boxing Day and while the police have released all the persons held for questioning, they have told the man’s family to “give us a month” to complete investigations.

The African Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) group has to take a decision on whether the St Kitts sugar quota will remain in the Caribbean or be distributed among all the members of the ACP group.

Work on the completion of the bridge across the Takutu River to link Guyana and Brazil by road is expected to recommence towards the end of this month under the supervision of the engineering corps of the Brazilian army.

The Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company is now billing cell phone users per second rather than per minute following its recognition of the practice worldwide as well as its acquisition of the necessary equipment.

The Guyana Police Force wishes to notify the general public that ranks can now be reached by telephone at the newly built police stations situated at Turkeyen, East Coast Demerara and Golden Grove, East Bank Demerara.