Daily Archive: Sunday, March 25, 2007

On Friday we reported that the International Cricket Council (ICC) of CWC had engaged a company called GL Events to undertake works at the Providence stadium which had not been completed by the Guyana Local Organising Committee (LOC).

TWO events in less than a week, unrelated but both utterly unexpected, have effectively dashed hopes that we would be able to look back at our first World Cup and deservedly call it “the best ever”, as the organisers had confidently expected.

Campbellville `A’ and Sophia `B’ will clash in the final of the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company’s Camptown Inter-Block Super 6 Football Tournament today at the Campbellville Community Centre ground, at 4pm.

Dear Editor, I have been following the news of the ICC CWC letter to the Local Organizing Committee (LOC) in Guyana and the response by the Minister of Sports and the LOC.

Dear Editor, May I suggest that whilst commemorating the bicentenary of the abolition by the UK Parliament of the British trans-Atlantic slave trade, we carefully consider the nature and extent of the provisions of the Slave Trade Act of 1807.

Dear Editor, I experienced great consternation after reading an article in Kaieteur News (07.02.18) dealing with a fatality involving a child on a pedestrian crossing.

Dear Editor, I must applaud the letter writers, especially Mr Rudy Grant and Ms Emily James for lambasting the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport for not sending at least one of Guyana’s best artistes to the CWC opening ceremony.

Dear Editor, It was very interesting to note the comments and concerns by Mayor Green concerning the removal of vendors in the vicinity of KFC, Stabroek Market.

Several countries across the globe have agreed to dedicate the year 2007 to an extended series of events, programmes and projects designed to observe the 200th anniversary of the abolition of the infamous institution known as the slave trade.

I recently got my eyes examined and the optometrist says I have astigmatism.

Tolon Mon is a house about two miles from Christiansborg Castle at Osu in Accra.

A few years ago a friend of mine plagued by broad-leaved weeds on his very large lawn, dotted with trees, decided he was going to get rid of his broad-leaved weeds completely.

Guyanese Roots and Rhythms, a cultural splash of song, dance, drama and drums fused with interesting items of local history is set for the Sophia Exhibition site this Thursday when the Guyana Craft and Gift show opens to visitors for Cricket World Cup and the public at large.

Destruction of the immature stages Last week we concluded the article by saying that even after the adult heartworms in the right heart chambers (and elsewhere) have been killed by the series of arsenic injections, the problem is not over.

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Introduction This week I was planning to prepare a piece on the economic impact of hosting large sporting events, with a particular focus with respect to ICC Cricket World Cup 2007 and Guyana.

In North America and Europe, think tanks, study groups and corporate retreats regularly try to look over the horizon.

This segment is a continuation of our discussion on osteoporosis from last Sunday.

There is an exact relationship between how language is used and how power is exercised.

An electrical fan was the cause of a catastrophic fire at the Bel Air, Park home of well-known educator, Arthur Chandra yesterday.

Today at exactly 12 noon (Eastern Caribbean Time) the Caribbean Community will pause for at least one minute of silence in honour of those who died in the Middle Passage and in resistance to slavery, as the community marks the beginning of the 200th anniversary year of the abolition of the trans-Atlantic slave trade.

The ICC CWC West Indies Inc took over the management of the Guyana National Stadium at Providence from the Guyana Local Organizing Committee (LOC) almost one month later than it was initially scheduled to do under the Host Venue Agreement (HVA), because a number of works were still incomplete.

We have absorbed the Value Added Tax (VAT) on our Sunday paper since the beginning of the year at a cost of approximately $380,000 per issue.

A remand prisoner died yesterday at the Camp Street prison after he was cuffed by another inmate.

Police are hunting a teenager who shot his 14-year-old ex-girlfriend on Friday night minutes after she shunned him.

This column resumes last week’s discussion of the trading in forest concessions in Guyana by FDI-benefiting (Foreign Direct Investment) companies, in disregard of the specific prohibitions set out in Guyana’s forest law.

Guyana’s fruit, vegetables, ground spices and other local condiments are now available in the Guyana Shop, a retail outlet for local products only, located at Robb and Alexander Streets.

Edris Chester of Buxton is no stranger to tragedy. She had watched in horror while gunmen burnt down her house at Friendship three years ago and shot her son and other relatives.

Guyana Water Inc says that tomorrow customers served by the Friendship Treatment Plant on the East Coast Demerara (Friendship, Buxton, Annandale, Bladen Hall and Strathspey) will experience a water supply disruption from 12 noon to 6 pm, owing to planned maintenance.

Guyana has been identified among those countries that serve as an “air bridge” to facilitate the direct flow of cocaine from Colombia to the Caribbean.

Fifty years ago today six European countries came together to create a unique form of regional organization with the aim of ensuring that war would never again ravage the European continent, leaving a trail of death and devastation.

Some eligible Bed and Breakfast providers have said that the suggestion at this late stage that they should assist in marketing their own accommodation should have been made at the inception.

A former office holder for the Alliance For Change (AFC) party is facing fraud allegations in the UK.