Daily Archive: Monday, March 10, 2008

Don’t panic about plant extinction Our most popular ornamentals, fruit and vegetables are changing, or are being changed almost beyond recognition since they were brought in from their wild state.

Monday’s Cartoon

A 19-year-old man who allegedly snatched a young woman’s $60,000 cellular phone and then kissed her before escaping was taken last Friday before Principal Magistrate Melissa Robertson-Ogle in the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.

A five-wicket haul by debutant Devendra Bishoo (5-29) enabled Guyana to claim first innings points from the Combined Campuses and Colleges (CCC)team in their 2008 Carib Beer fifth round match at the National Stadium, Providence yesterday.

Dear Editor, I read recently about the awarding of guard contracts for government sites to Strategic Action Security Service and R.K.

Dear Editor, The 2008 budget is out. What is government’s plan for the creation of new jobs annually for youths who complete high school and graduates of UG.

As we reported in yesterday’s Sunday Stabroek, the PPP/C government’s ads boycott of Stabroek News is now approaching 16 months and shows no sign of ending.

This week we asked the people of Berbice to comment on the Mashramani celebration in New Amsterdam and generally about the crime situation and got the following responses: Shivraj Somwaru, self-employed ‘Last Sunday was the first time I ever went to the Mash and I enjoyed myself although I went late.

This article was received from Project Syndicate, an international not-for-profit association of newspapers dedicated to hosting a global debate on the key issues shaping our world NEW YORK – With March 20 marking the fifth anniversary of the United States-led invasion of Iraq, it’s time to take stock of what has happened.

A 19-year-old man who allegedly snatched a young woman’s $60,000 cellular phone and then kissed her before escaping was taken last Friday before Principal Magistrate Melissa Robertson-Ogle in the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.

A 23-year-old man was placed on $60,000 bail when he appeared on a charge of simple larceny before Magistrate Melissa Robertson-Ogle in the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.

The 16-month-long ads boycott of Stabroek News by the state has deepened with the Office of the Auditor General and two important projects funded by the World Bank and the IDB failing to place their advertisements with this newspaper although advertising with the other two dailies.

As we reported in yesterday’s Sunday Stabroek, the PPP/C government’s ads boycott of Stabroek News is now approaching 16 months and shows no sign of ending.

A five-wicket haul by debutant Devendra Bishoo (5-29) enabled Guyana to claim first innings points from the Combined Campuses and Colleges (CCC)team in their 2008 Carib Beer fifth round match at the National Stadium, Providence yesterday.

Carlwyn Collins of the Progressive Youth Club (Police) completed an oustanding sprint double in the 200 and 400m under-17 category yesterday at the Athletics Association of Guyana’s Carifta Trials held at the Police Sports Club Ground, Eve Leary.

Patrick Prahad with a gross score of 76 and a net 68 won last Saturday’s DeSinco Trading sponsored Golf tournament played at the Lusignan Golf Club.

Carlwym Collins, Janella Jonas, Ricardo Martin and Alika Morgan have been short-listed by the Athletics Association of Guyana (AAG) to participate in the 2008 Junior Carifta Games which are scheduled to take place on March 22-24 in St Kitts Nevis.

Dear Editor, The 2008 budget is out. What is government’s plan for the creation of new jobs annually for youths who complete high school and graduates of UG.

Dear Editor, I read recently about the awarding of guard contracts for government sites to Strategic Action Security Service and R.K.

Dear Editor, These politicians have no stated vision or objective, no viable plan or direction.

Dear Editor, I must make a correction regarding a letter by Mr Hamilton Green titled “I support atonement Mass for Good Friday”(08.05.07).

Dear Editor, Michigan and Florida, seeking to share in the influential advantages traditionally enjoyed by early primary States such as New Hampshire and Iowa, moved up the dates of their primaries to January 15 and 29 respectively.

Dear Editor, Perhaps Mr. Paul Kokoski (“Secular humanism loses its capacity to rise to the truth of being” March 3, 2008) doesn’t know it, but in many previous letters to the press I have already refuted the so-called ‘genius’ of that “non-democratic cabal of doddering old ecclesiastical celibates.”

Dear Editor, A few days ago, I stated that we should continue to pen our pain in response to Lusignan and Bartica.

In the aftermath of two bloody massacres that claimed the lives of 23 people here and other challenges in the region, Caricom is convening a special summit on security for next month in Trinidad.

Caricom Heads who met in The Bahamas over the weekend have paid tribute to Cuban leader Fidel Castro who recently relinquished the presidency of the Caribbean state after 49 years at the helm.

President Bharrat Jagdeo is calling for the development of infrastructure that could achieve regional energy integration and security.

“Knowledge is the health of the flesh, but ignorance is the sickness thereof,” is the theme under which the Ministry of Health and the Guyana Rastafari Council (GRC) yesterday hosted a conference to discuss a range of health issues.

Georgetown Mayor Hamilton Green has called “sinister” sentences inserted into a statement that he gave Police on Saturday as investigations into utterances made at a mayoral press conference continue.

Retired West Indies superstar Brian Lara and Barbadian author George Lamming are to be conferred with the Order of the Caribbean Community.

The plan by the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) to produce new voter identification cards for all eligible Guyanese has caused government to re-examine factors impacting the time this would involve.

Prime Minister Samuel Hinds says that the inflation in Guyana last year was not due to the Value Added Tax (VAT), but was mostly the result of high commodity prices on the world market, particularly food items and fuel.

The Linden Economic Advancement Fund (LEAF) is expected to receive its final tranche of $254M – $30M less than expected since the 2005 exchange rate of the Euro will be used instead of the current rate.

President Bharrat Jagdeo has already assented to the Firearms Act (Amendment) Bill and shortly the Minister of Home Affairs will sign the Order to bring the provisions of the Act into force with its increased penalties for possession of illicit weapons.

The Mayor and City Council (M&CC) is to conduct an exercise to verify the physical state of buildings on Regent Street.

Caricom leaders hope to complete internal consultations which will enable the signature of the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) with the European Community by June 30th.

In its message for International Women’s Day, the Caricom Secretariat says violence still remains a major cause for concern for women and girls and boys.

A sum of $3.687 billion has been made available to the Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development primarily for the construction of a new sanitary landfill at Haag Bosch on the East Bank of Demerara.

Ethnic Relations Commission (ERC) commissioner Shahabudeen Mc Doom passed away on Saturday in the United Kingdom.

A homeless man was found dead yesterday morning outside a business place on Lombard Street by one of his fellow pavement dwellers.

Deodat Mahamad known as ‘Alligator Man’ earns his living by catching caimans and other wildlife and preserving them for export.