Daily Archive: Sunday, March 11, 2007

Not quite everything associated with the Rio summit was good news, although one of the items of not-so-good news had nothing to do with the government.

The hotel housing four of the teams in Port-of-Spain had to be cleared because of a teargas attack, an embarrassing breach for the combined law enforcement services in-volved.

The National Communications Network (NCN) kicks off its coverage of the Cricket World Cup (CWC) 2007 tomorrow with live coverage of the opening ceremony in Jamaica from 6 pm.

Revenge will be at the back of Dennis Horatio’s mind today at the Enmore ground when he faces nemesis from the Rupununi, Cletius James in the under-20 boys 5,000 metre race in the national youth and junior championships.

Ronald Burch-Smith was unanimously re-elected president of the Guyana Squash Association (GSA) when that body held its Annual General Meeting held at the Georgetown Club recently.

A Bajan invasion is expected in Guyana early April but it will have little to do with Cricket World Cup.

Fourteen-year-old Christopher Holder persisted against other determined wheelers and in a late surge he again captured the winner’s trophy in the feature event at the R&R International 11-race cycle meet yesterday.

Harrinarine Chattergoon continued his good run of form with an unbeaten century to lead his team in the first of two scheduled 50-over under-15 trial matches at the Demerara Cricket Club (DCC) ground yesterday.

Campbellville `A’ and Sophia `B’ will clash in the lone encounter of the Guyana Football, Federation/Camptown Super Six Inter-Block Football Tournament which continues today from 4pm at the Camptown ground.

Dear Editor, I would like to refer to a letter printed in the Friday 9th 2007 edition of your paper titled “The Company that got the contract to import the BMWs is part-owned by Mr Reepu Daman Persaud’s son”.

Dear Editor, It’s good for cell phone subscribers that Digicel is finally here.

Dear Editor, We refer to the letter captioned “Region two rice farmers will not lose their crop” (07.03.06) by Rajendra Prabhulall who states that according to the Vice Chairman Region 2 rice farmers will not lose their crop.

Dear Editor, President Jagdeo said at the annual officers’ conference of the GDF: “I would help the new emerging private sector, not the fossils who grew up in the past and want to live off government patronage.

Dear Editor, A few months ago Mr. James Reece informed the nation that a large sum of US dollars was stolen from a drawer in Mr.

Dear Editor, I had the opportunity to view the PNCR’s programme, Nation Watch on HBTV Channel 9 on Sunday March 4, 2007, which highlighted its recent sponsored symposium to commemorate the 85th birth anniversary of the late Founder Leader of the PNC and Guyana’s first Executive President, Mr.

Dear Editor, The PPP/C Government has always placed high importance on land distribution and allocation to the population.

A historian once wrote that a great society is not measured by the number of its lawyers or accountants, but by its artists.

On behalf of the Guyanese overseas diaspora, I extend our heartiest congratulations to the homeland, on achieving 37 years of Republician status.

Picking up from where we left off last Sunday, what follows is the treatment and prevention of hypertension.

Continued from last week King Hiranya Kayshapu possessed a boon from the gods which made him virtually invincible, but he was also consumed by the tragic flaw of overweening pride.

Well, let’s see what we have learned about that rapidly spreading scourge of heartworm.

Our consumers have to depend on our farmers to save them from a fate unknown.

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I remember once discussing a problem with a young colleague. I was absolutely certain that I had the answer but he argued and put another view.

As this is being written European heads of government are gathering in Brussels for a two-day summit.

The preceding five columns of ‘Guyana and the Wider World’ examined the disjunctures between Guyana’s natural forest bounty and the stated national commitment to poverty eradication through sustainable use of our natural resources, including job creation and skills training.

Head of the Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU), Orvil Nedd, said that the agency is in possession of information pointing to a drugs for weapons trade prosecuted by smugglers operating across Guyana’s borders.

The new security regulations in place for the cricket world cup led to the detention of Guyanese businessman Peter Morgan.

In the wake of President Bharrat Jagdeo’s stinging attack on local journalists, the Guyana Press Association calls on him to take the necessary steps to salvage his rapidly deteriorating relationship with the media that threatens to rattle the bedrock of Guyana’s evolving democracy.

The Guyana Bank for Trade and Industry (GBTI) Ltd will soon announce plans to build its new $1 billion corporate headquarters at High and Young Streets in the vicinity of Le Meridien Pegasus and the Canadian High Commission.

Hundreds of Guyanese live in Caracas and in the other cities but the majority – tens of thousands – live in the border areas, many of them illegally, Guyana’s ambassador to Venezuela, Dr Odeen Ishmael said.

Guyana and Brazil are currently looking at setting up a joint technical team to assess the road from Lethem to Linden in preparation for paving it through a loan financed by Brazil.

Former PNCR Vice-chairman Vincent Alexander has been nominated to fill the existing vacancy on the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM).

The ICC CWC Local Organising Committee (LOC) in collaboration with the Guyana Police Force will intensify its awareness programme on a number of security issues in the coming days in preparation for the six Super Eight cricket matches to be played here from month end.

A 14 year old girl is now fighting for her life in the Intensive Care Unit of the Georgetown Public Hospital after she was hit by a speeding route 42 minibus on the Golden Grove Public Road, East Bank Demerara yesterday afternoon.

The Guyana Legion elected a new president at its annual general meeting hosted on Sunday last.

Barama has made some progress in correcting deficiencies, which led to the suspension of its certification from the Forest Stewardship Council, representative of the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) Dr Patrick Williams has said.

A Mahaica truck driver died yesterday after his vehicle ran off the road at Supply, East Bank Demerara.

Castellani House will screen actor-producer Aamir Khan’s Lagaan in its Classic Tuesdays programme.