Daily Archive: Sunday, January 20, 2008

On Tuesday we reported that Dominica had joined the Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas, generally referred to by its Spanish acronym of ALBA.

Football fans can expect an keen encounter when Guyana’s Golden Jaguars clash with Grenada this afternoon in their second friendly international in as many weeks at the Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC) ground starting at 15:30 hours.

Even at times when the only ones stirring were newspaper pressmen, shady characters with malice aforethought and resilient night club stragglers, it was impossible to nod off for even a ball.

Dear Editor, After having read, on so many occasions, coverage of the atrocity against a 10-year-old from Sisters Village, east bank, Berbice, who is my client, I feel it is only fitting that I offer a response to the public at large and more specifically to those who have either called or written to offer their support, both to me and little Ranvanlee.

Dear Editor, For the benefit of members of the public the NDIA would like to respond to a letter tilled “An $87 million dollars drainage pump” (KN 08.01.18).

Dear Editor, I refer to the letter of Carl Veecock, captioned “Should the police seize vehicles in these cases?”

Dear Editor, Section 8 (1) of the Justices Protection Act Cap 5:09 of the Laws of Guyana reads as follows: No action shall be brought against a justice for anything done by him in the execution of his office unless the action is commenced within six calendar months next after the act complained of has been committed.

Dear Editor, Why is torture wrong? 1. It is inhumane and degrading treatment or punishment.

Dear Editor, As a property owner and concerned resident of Georgetown, I write to state my considerable concern and at what I consider to be grossly unfair and unlawful practices being employed by the Tax Office of the Georgetown City Council.

Dear Editor, Some time in the early seventies, our now late father, David Singh loaned a family property located at 91 Smythe Street, Georgetown, to the People’s National Congress (PNC).

Dear Editor, A number of schools in this new academic term are still without appointed head teachers and deputy head teachers and this has created quite a vacuum.

Dear Editor, With regards to recent comments on the airing of Hindi songs on radio, I think all the ethnic groups in Guyana should have equitable or fair access to radio programmess airing music in their “ethnic” language.

Dear Editor, I believe that this year will be decisive in determining the political direction of the nation.

Most jobs are done because they have to be done – to earn a living, support a family, get on in the world, secure the future.

Not since William Demas’s anguished personal communication on the occasion of his discovery of the neo-conservative proposal known as the ‘Shiprider Solution: Policing the Caribbean’ in the Spring 1996 issue of the National Interest, which he circulated to those whom (I have since come to learn) represented every thinking West Indian he could reach, has there been such profound intellectual unease about the future direction of the region.

Introduction In a dramatic message, one of Barbados’ most successful prime ministers and perhaps a driving force behind the Caribbean Single Market and Economy (CSME), was told unequivocally by voters this week – time for a change.

The world virtually buzzed last week with the ‘news’ that Christopher Columbus might have also ‘discovered’ syphilis in the new world and taken it to the old.

The Guyana Annual 2007-2008, edited by Petamber Persaud and published by Guyenterprise (printed by Ramsaywack Arjun Printers and Graphics with layout and design by Robert Hoban) has been released, and went into general circulation following an official launching at Castellani House on Friday January 11.

It was a smart move by a former government – I believe it was the Burnham government – to amend the Income Tax legislation to make it possible for the Income Tax Commissioner to assess taxpayers with unduly high assessments and prevent their appeals to the Board of Review unless a substantial part of the assessment was paid in advance.

Last week I was in Nassau. There I had the opportunity to listen to an address by the Bahamian Prime Minister, Hubert Ingraham, who recently assumed the role of Chairman of Caricom.

We won’t deal with those maladies that affect puppies as well as older dogs, eg parvovirus, canine distemper, leptospirosis, etc.

I’m concerned about cataracts. Should I wear sunglasses? In the eye, one of the structures involved in focusing the light onto the retina is called the lens.

He who would accomplish little must sacrifice little; he who would achieve much must sacrifice much; he who would attain highly must sacrifice greatly.

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Early diagnosis of prostate cancer is very important and there is a great deal all men can do to safeguard their health Currently, there is no scientific consensus on effective strategies to reduce the risk of prostate cancer.

Several logging companies are being collectively fined $275 million for breaches in the Guyana Forestry Commission’s (GFC) regulations based on the findings of a late 2007 audit that revealed delinquencies regarding requisite forest inventories and operation plans.

Guyana does not have any plans at this time to join ALBA (the acronym for the Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas), a new regional trading block being promoted by Venezuela’s President Hugo Ch

Amid accusations of torture and low morale among some junior and senior ranks in the Guyana Defence Force (GDF), Chief-of-Staff, Gary Best on Tuesday outlined to a number of low-level ranks that he would allow more of them to attend learning institutions.

Former head of the Guyana Energy Agency (GEA) Joseph O’Lall says he is going ahead with his litigation against the government for unfair dismissal when all he was trying to do was help his agency through ways and means that were available to him.

The Guyana Public Service Union has written President Bharrat Jagdeo appealing for his intervention in the matter of government withholding the Critchlow Labour College subvention which was approved in the 2007 national budget.

Guyana is not currently considering a barter arrangement with Venezuela for fuel under the PetroCaribe agreement.

Chairman of Banks DIH Limited Clifford Reis is calling for legislation to help combat the smuggling of beer and other alcoholic beverages and said that the scourge is eating away at the country’s revenue, the company’s profits, and local workers’ job security.

The number of deaths on the roadways yesterday rose when a man was hit and killed by a canter truck on the Waller’s Delight public road, West Coast Demerara.

Government on Thursday last brushed aside calls by a United Kingdom group for the abolition of the death penalty, stating that the law should be enforced as long as criminals are around.

The Georgetown Legal Aid Clinic is expanding it services to other parts of the country and to this end had advertised for lawyers and legal clerks to be stationed in two areas outside Georgetown.

The way is clear for the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) to release funds for some aspects of the US$22M Citizens’ Security Programme (CSP), and the go-ahead has been given for the refurbishing of several police stations and the purchasing of new vehicles.

The Anthony N Sabga Caribbean Award for Excellence (ANSCAFE) could not have come at a better time for conservationist Anette Arjoon who plans to capitalise on the publicity it has generated to introduce North West Organics (NWO) products to regional markets.

A survivor of the horrific Jonestown cult tragedy in Guyana is now the official candidate to succeed 12th District Democratic Rep-resentative, Tom Lantos, who is retiring because of ill health, media reports in the US said last week.

Consultations on the draft copyright legislation are not likely to be completed before this year’s Caribbean Festival of Arts (CARIFESTA), Minister of Culture, Youth and Sport Dr Frank Anthony said.

Water supply has been restored in several Region Six communities and at Adventure, after the Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) effected repairs to damaged equipment.

The Public Works Ministry has earmarked a number of infrastructural works to improve the transportation and communication network.

A little-known Guyanese who was born in the early nineteenth century made an indelible mark on the Province of British Columbia and Canada and is expected now to be given formal recognition.