Daily Archive: Sunday, March 16, 2008

Dear Editor, I don’t know much about religion but a few years ago I met a wonderful woman, her name is Sandra, who preaches the word of God and belongs to the Jehovah Witness Church.

Magistrate Melissa Robertson-Ogle yesterday remanded to prison a man accused of rape when he appeared at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court to answer to the charge.

A 40-year-old man who allegedly abused his wife verbally was yesterday granted bail when he appeared before the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.

President and CEO of CGX Energy Inc Kerry Sully says high oil prices are making the search for a seismic vessel difficult, but the company was working with some contractors with the hope of commencing seismic work during this year.

2007 was a successful year for GBTI and it exceeded its goals in most financial categories.

A gang of six brandishing two handguns and four cutlasses early yesterday morning attacked and robbed a Mahaica family of a quantity of jewellery and a suspect is now in police custody assisting with investigations.

The 22-year-old man, who hacked his teenage girlfriend to death on Friday, will make a court appearance this week following the post-mortem examination of the woman’s remains.

Just days after they had open heart surgery and were cleared to go home, Janet Yassin and Ramnaught Sanichar, were last week testifying to their new health and strength and the advances in local medical care.

US saw milling company Simon and Shock Incor-porated (SSI) hopes to get its US$26 million investment in Guyana started next month.

A man died in a crash at Rattle Snake Hill, Lethem on Friday last after the vehicle in which he was travelling spun out of control and toppled.

The three men who had been held in Suriname with a large quantity of gold were arrested on Friday on their return to Guyana and remained in custody up to yesterday.

Friends, relatives and workmates of Marcyn King gathered at the Lyken’s Memorial Chapel yesterday to pay their final respects to her and offer sympathy to her family before her body was taken to Tempe, West Coast Berbice for funeral service followed by burial at nearby Brittania.

A 45-year-old woman was repeatedly stabbed about her body late yesterday morning by her mentally ill brother following an argument over a lottery ticket at their Kitty home.

The Guyana Sugar Corpora-tion (Guysuco) is considering importing sugar for local consumption as it struggles to meet its foreign market quota and waivers have been granted to a number of Caricom countries for extra-regional importation of the product.

There has to be financial closure in the deal between financiers and others involved in the construction of a US$52 million hotel/casino in the Kingston area before it can be made public, President Bharrat Jagdeo has said.

One month after 12 people were shot dead in the small mining township of Bartica, Guyanese are still in the dark as to who carried out that attack.

A cautionary tale By John Warrington  I mentioned fleetingly last week some of the dangers inherent in the hobby we have, and I will now tell you a cautionary tale.

There is a child prodigy out there somwhere What you can do or think you can do, begin it.

Heading for the tunnel By Wayne BrownWayne Brown is a well-known Trinidadian writer and columnist who now resides in Canada.

Cancer By Dr Steve Surujbally  (Continued) Possible causes Last week we mentioned that although one, at present, cannot define with certainty the cause of cancer, there are certain possible considerations that enter any ’cause-of-cancer’ discussion.

I got my new glasses and am feeling uncomfortable… high and low.

Make a breast-screening programme By Dr Amrish Kamboj, MD Pathology (All India Institute of Medical Sciences)  Breast cancer is the most common type of cancer in women, with approximately one in nine women developing the disease in her lifetime.

The message is implementation By David Jessop Some time before the end of June this year the Caribbean will sign in Barbados an Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) with Europe.

Deryck Bernard: A career of many achievements  By Al Creighton When the Macmillan Caribbean Writers Series published Going Home and Other Tales from Guyana (Macmillan Caribbean, 2002), it was a significant milepost artistic achievement for its author Deryck Bernard.

By Ian McDonald  The hard duty of communicating clearly The importance of using clear, accurate language in explaining the problems that face a nation like Guyana cannot be too strongly emphasized.

The writing on wall When someone says the writing’s on the wall you know that disaster is imminent.

Spending those billions – conclusion Introduction Last week I began looking at the capital expenditure of the central government comparing it with the rate of growth over a five year period.

A sustainable solution to Georgetown’s waste management programme Let us turn our minds to the Georgetown Solid Waste Management Programme.

Over the last two weeks I have sought to establish that it is incorrect to assume that there are specific binding pledges of EU assistance to underpin the development dimension of the EPA.

Dear Editor, One of the great things about competition is that it benefits the ordinary person.

Dear Editor, Add another name to the list of the massacred victims.

Dear Editor, I write in response to Jean Ramroop’s letter in the Guyana Chronicle (13.03.08) captioned “Teaching hatred and bitterness” and wish to begin by saying that this is just another unjustified attack on “Walter Rodney Groundings,” the WPA and HBTV Channel 9 that is intended to silence views that are critical to developments taking place here in Guyana.

Dear Editor, Not being a journalist myself, I suppose it is easy for me not to succumb to the temptation to publish a “human interest” story about someone who may be endangering species of our wildlife population and who, by his own admission, is breaking the law.

Dear Editor, It is not normal that I respond to comments about the municipality because I have the view that presentations are made by the Council and that others may see things differently and residents can judge which they wish to accept or reject.

Dear Editor, The Guyana Police Force is responding to an article published in the Stabroek News (12.03.08) under the caption “PNCR riled by ‘flimsy’ arrests”.

The Cola Cola Under-16 football tournament organized by the Georgetown Football Association (GFA) and sponsored by local beverage giants Banks DIH Ltd.

Guyana’s leading rifle shooters have stepped up preparations for two important events next month which are expected to test the ability of the Caribbean’s short range shooting champions.

The Lusignan Golf Club will come alive with two major tournaments this week, the first is set for Thursday (Youman Nabi) while the other is set for Easter Saturday (Phagwah).

Jayawardene feels test series is too short The Sri Lankan cricket team arrived in Guyana late Friday evening for the start of their Caribbean tour of two test and three one-day internationals.

Guyana’s world-renowned squash player Nicolette Fernandes returned to the squash courts last Monday for light training after being sidelined from competitive play for close to a year due to an injury to her left knee.

There is lunacy abroad. Leaving aside for the time being the fact that it was a hard-working wife and mother who never did anyone harm that was murdered last Monday, just which criminal madman or band of madmen decided that gunning down Mrs Marcyn King would help the society – or even some group or groups within the society?