Daily Archive: Monday, May 12, 2008

The cost of living relief Interviews and photos by Shabna Ullah and Gaulbert Sutherland What do you think about the cost of living relief measures announced by President Bharrat Jagdeo?

-Ramsammy Guyana hopes to do its first kidney transplant locally within the next month, Minister of Health, Dr.

Despite the euphoria prompted by a favourable tribunal ruling last year, it is unlikely that drilling for oil in Guyana’s waters will begin soon.

A post-mortem examination is to be performed on the decomposed body of 81-year-old Mary Marks, found at her home in Roxanne Burnham Gardens at around 2.25 pm yesterday, Police said in a press release.

Police are investigating a robbery along Croal Street yesterday in which a man was shot in the right foot after trying to prevent the attacker from snatching his brother’s chain.

The government has no defined plans to privatize the power company in the medium term and says GPL hopes to reduce technical and commercial losses from 33.4% at the end of 2007 to 14.65% by 2012.

Sheila Solomon is calling for an inquiry into the death of her son who was gunned down by the police and who she believes was innocent of any wrong-doing.

Dear Editor, I am a proprietor in the Nos 67-74 Local Government District, Corentyne, who is very concerned that no action is being taken by the government ministries and departments responsible to prevent people from squatting and constructing buildings on government reserves located in the district, especially at the Nos 66-67 Villages.

Dear Editor, I would like to congratulate Guyana’s new Foreign Minister, Ms Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett on her new post and ask her a few questions.

-says Luncheon being malicious The PNCR has again denied that it has been unable to account for the $100M allocated to the party for the payment of scrutineers and said that each month it has been submitting a pay-sheet listing the scrutineers’ names to the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM).

By Shabna Ullah Two patients have already benefited from the services of the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) established at the New Amsterdam Hospital and have been spared the hassle of travelling to the Georgetown Public Hospital.

Dear Editor, Whatever merit the poll by Mr Vishnu Bisram deserves, it offers a list of hopelessness.

(reprinted from FIFA.com) Since founding their FA in 1920 Guyana’s Golden Jaguars never left much of a footprint on CONCACAF football.

Minister of Agriculture Robert Persaud  has informed the National Assembly that rehabilitation work  on the koker door at the Guysuco pump station at Montrose, East Coast Demerara  is expected to be completed by May 24.

By Calvin Roberts A man of the match performance from Guyana /Stanford Twenty 20 star Orin Forde, helped Malteenoes Sports Club (MSC) defeat Albion Community Centre by eight runs to win the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB)/ Carib Beer/ Pepsi sponsored national Twenty20 championship for first division clubs, yesterday, at the Albion Sports Complex ground.

Dear Editor, In a letter to SN ‘Suddie Hospital urgently needs an X-ray Unit’ (8.5.08), Mr Baliram Persaud, a concerned citizen, expressed grave misgivings regarding the medical facilities at the Suddie Hospital, one of the oldest and arguably the most important regional institutions in Essequibo which for many years now has been without an X-ray machine, a basic diagnostic tool.

Dear Editor, Florence Nightingale arguably initiated the nursing movement in Europe.

Local authorities are divided on the whereabouts of Barry Datram who is wanted for breaching the conditions of his bail stemming from an indictment in the US on drug charges.

Dear Editor, Plato reminded us thus: “Truth is the body of God, and light his shadow.”

The Nets pushed aside Maccabees 70-54 in the semifinal of the Georgetown Amateur Basketball Associa-tion’s (GABA) Bryden’s second division league on Saturday night at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.

Cariforum and the European Commission (EC) recently inked a US$2.45M financing agreement to support the Caribbean in the sustainable management of its energy resources.

Dear Editor, I refer to recent statements made by President Jagdeo, regarding the Roger Khan trial.

Maverick cricket team won twice as Zone `B’ matches of the Demerara Cricket Board (DCB) Neal and Massy 40-overs-a-side national club competition continued at several venues recently.

This year major emphasis will be placed in the Guyana Police Force on improving the rapid response systems to serious crimes, upgrading communication systems and improving its intelligence gathering and analysis capabilities.

The Guyana Badminton Association West Indian Sports Complex-sponsored boys and girls’ singles tournament will commence this afternoon at the Queen’s College badminton Courts.

Dear Editor, I offer my apologies to the Mayor and the M&CC on the issue of inadequate parking in the capital based on the Mayor’s response in SN on May 8.

Dear Editor, I offer my apologies to the Mayor and the M&CC on the issue of inadequate parking in the capital based on the Mayor’s response in SN on May 8.

After much hype earlier this year following several friendly internationals, Guyana’s Golden Jaguars will face arch-rivals Suriname in their opening World Cup preliminary match next month in the neighbouring republic.

PAHO on Friday donated US$10,000 worth of equipment to the Guyana Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory to boost its capacity to ensure that systems are in place to conduct surveillance and to detect and diagnose diseases that may affect animal and public health.

Dear Editor, Mugabe seems to be making the same mistake that was made by Ian Smith, that of undermining the significance of voters.

President Jagdeo’s relief package announced on Wednesday will be welcomed by  many Guyanese who have been groaning under the weight of the rising cost of living, VAT and other impositions.

Staff of the Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) who fail the polygraph test will have their services terminated says President Bharrat Jagdeo.

Breadbasket Dependence and the End of Cheap Food By Tony Weis     Rapidly rising food prices around the world are casting tens of millions into increasingly desperate circumstances of malnourishment and hunger.

Alonzo Greaves warmed up for this week-end’s National Sports Commis-sion (NSC)  annual Three Stage cycle road race when he won the Continental Cycle Club warm-up event yesterday.

Dear Editor, I refer to a letter in your paper of Saturday, May 10 by someone who signed his name as Dr Anand Persaud (‘Concerned about poll published in SN’).