Daily Archive: Sunday, February 17, 2008

In an opinion piece in Stabroek News on February 1, Dr Norman Girvan observed that Dominica’s accession to the Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas, or ALBA, as it is known, was by no means the first time that a Caricom member state had acted at variance with its regional commitments.

Despite the man-of-the-match efforts of Little Diamond Cricket Club’s Pernell London who took 5-26 to restrict defending champions Georgetown to 180 all out from 49.5 overs, East Bank were unable to piece together some worthy partnerships to surpass the target and thus lost in the final of the NALICO/NAFICO sponsored Demerara Cricket Board (DCB) Inter Association under-15 50 overs competition at the Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC) ground Bourda yesterday by 41 runs.

Following the completion of the NALICO/NAFICO sponsored Demerara Cricket Board (DCB) Inter association Under-15 50 over cricket competition, the junior selectors of the DCB has shortlisted 24 players for trials to participate in the upcoming Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) Castrol Inter County Under-15 cricket competition.

The Guyana Amateur Bodybuilding and Fitness Federation (GABBFF) has given the green light to the organizers of the Hugh Ross Classics but in a ground breaking move, bodybuilders, who are interested in taking part in this competition are likely to be tested if all goes well with the negotiations between the organizers and a private lab.

Dear Editor, Dr Luncheon’s rejection of the proposal from Rev Malcolm Rodrigues is disappointing and is one the public might have expected from the gunmen.

Dear Editor, I opened your newspaper of 14th February 2008 and was somewhat taken aback to see a letter on page 7 penned by young Kamal Ramkarran entitled “Disappointed that a serious newspaper would dabble in gossip”.

Dear Editor, Those persons who think the authorities must negotiate with gun wielding thieves and child murderers should clarify their understanding of the criminal justice system.

Dear Editor, One appreciates the bind in which the government, faced with post-Lusignan calls for talks about the violence, finds itself.

Dear Editor, Some Guyanese and even non-Guyanese have compared the Lusignan massacre to that of the Beslan killings carried out in this Russian township by Chechan separatists who have adopted terrorist methods.

Dear Editor, A stunning turn of events regarding the massacre of 11 innocent people in Lusignan, has been the call from Father Rodrigues and others for the government to engage in dialogue with the criminals.

Dear Editor, From reports coming out of Pakistan, it appears that the party of the late Benazir Bhutto will win tomorrow’s general elections to choose the national assembly.

Dear Editor, I refer to your editorial dated February 15, 2008 and titled, “Inevitable Risks.”

Substantially-all-trade With the Doha Round of negotiations incomplete and benchmarks for WTO compatibility not yet determined, the EU interpretation of the hotly contested phrase: “substantially-all-trade,” at the WTO (shared by CARIFORUM negotiators) is that according to Article xxiv of the GATT, trade in goods must cover 80-90 per cent of all goods trade to qualify in a North-South EPA.

We have not progressed at all. The ideology of world empires based upon the supposed superiority of each nation or race of empire-builders was succeeded by the ideologies of Communism and Fascism which have been succeeded by a new, all-powerful ideology – the god of the market-place and technology, its acolyte.

A little over ten days ago a privately owned British company, Edrington, acquired a majority shareholding in Brugal the leading rum producer in the Dominican Republic and one of the largest international rum brands after Havana Club and Bacardi.

If only walls could talk, I thought, as I watched the Ethnic Relations Commission’s (ERC) recent valiant attempts to get past the stoicism that has now taken root among lower East Coast residents.

(Continued) Septicaemia in puppies Colloquially, we refer to ‘blood poisoning’ when we wish to project a septicaemic condition.

Deryck Bernard entered Queen’s College in September 1960 with classmates such as Tyrone Ferguson, Roger Luncheon and James Matheson, who were all to become prominent public servants.

Introduction It took the January 26 massacre in Lusignan to bring home to the government that it had to confront the situation on the lower East Coast.

Consumers International (CI) the only independent global campaigning voice for consumers, with over 220 member organizations, has furnished the following article for the edification of consumers.

Cholesterol Cholesterol is a waxy substance present in all human beings.

It is stating the obvious that most of us will be planting trees and shrubs to give us privacy, to hide something unsightly in our garden or in our neighbour’s garden, to reduce the effects of wind and particularly salt-laden wind as many of us live so near to the sea, to give us protection against the sun, and last but by no means least to give us pleasure.

My son is starting to play sports. Do I need to get him special eye protection?

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It would be correct to say that Richard Younge has the Midas touch.

And the Grammy goes to, wait a minute, did we hear right?

Hi Everyone, On my plate this week is Jamaica’s national dish, ackee and salt fish.

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Name: The Soca Monarch Competition The Scene: National Park, Georgetown. The Cast: Soca Artistes.

Casting for the Guyana Fashion Xpo begins tomorrow, as the designers behind the anticipated fashion extravaganza search for the right looks for the catwalk.

It could have been scripted and rehearsed weeks in advance, because of how it unfolded.

The Uitvlugt Community Centre ground will come alive tonight when 11 finalists take to the stage to try and dethrone last year’s Mashramani Chutney monarch Harresh Singh.

The Inter-American Deve-lopment Bank (IDB) has over the last 25 years pumped more than US$100M into Guyana’s electricity utility and made the observation that maintenance is important if the gains made by those interventions are to be preserved.

The second-year Com-munications student, who was stabbed in the neck and abdomen at the University of Guyana on Friday night, succumbed to his injuries shortly after midnight yesterday while undergoing emergency surgery.

Three children who were reportedly left home alone for almost an entire day while their father worked were dramatically rescued from their burning house at Lot 91 Crane Housing Scheme, West Coast Demerara, yesterday.

Former head of the Guyana Energy Agency (GEA) Joseph O’Lall is of the view that fuel smuggling is on the increase since he was brusquely forced out of the agency.

A fire of unknown origin destroyed a home at Parika, East Bank Essequibo yesterday leaving a mother and her daughter with just the clothes on their backs.

A kaleidoscope of colours, brilliantly bedecked floats, vivid costumes and a large animated crowd were the scene at the Children’s Mashramani Costume Parade yesterday.

Crime reduction strategies cannot succeed or be sustained unless they are linked with actions designed to stem the flow of drugs, protect Guyana’s borders and control immigration including criminal deportees and small arms proliferation, the British-funded Security Sector Reform Action Plan (SSRAP) notes.

Over the past two weeks, concerns over security have seen rearranged flights and reduced hotel bookings in the tourism sector, though there have been no major cancellations, insiders say.

Human Resources Officer of Omai Gold Mines Limited Norman Mc Lean on Friday sent a cheque for $1 million to Chairman of the Trustees of the Theatre Guild David de Caires, as a contribution to the revival of the Theatre Guild.

President Bharrat Jagdeo has said no to suggestions that he or the government should consider having dialogue with the criminals involved in the brutal slaying of 11 persons at Lusignan on January 26.

The sum of $1B referred to by President Jagdeo with respect to the Guyana Defence Force was for the army’s re-capitalization programme which would include the purchase of helicopters, a release from the Government Information Agency (GINA) said yesterday.

Former Bahamian Prime Minister Perry Christie believes tourism could be Guyana’s best export, but the country must believe this and commit the resources to making it happen.