Daily Archive: Sunday, July 6, 2008

A 27-year-old motorcyclist who recently celebrated the birth of his first child collided with a mentally ill woman on Friday night at Uitvlugt, West Bank Demerara (WBD) killing himself and the woman.

A drinking spree between two brothers at a rum shop yesterday ended with them being rushed to the New Amsterdam Hospital after they stabbed each other with broken bottles and knives around 7 pm.

Should smoking be banned in public places? Minister of Health, Dr Leslie Ramsammy favours a ban, which he said is long overdue and crucial given the alarming health record that stacks up against exposure to tobacco use.

While the Guyana government is in the process of setting up a gaming authority to oversee the functioning of casinos, the Belizean government has put on hold all new applications for casino licences while it reviews the industry to identify loopholes and put in place measures to make sure it gets its fair share of the pie.

Rising food prices, inflation and oil prices By Dr Clive Thomas Last week’s column posed the question: has the era of cheap food really ended?

Facing the threat of rising oil and food pricesBy Christopher Ram IntroductionOil seems to have a talismanic role in the world’s psyche.

The Princess Group of Companies has not yet taken over the management of Buddy’s International Hotel as yet, said the new investor of the hotel, Sudi Özkan.

Over 300 members of the extended Bristol family will attend a series of activities this week as part of a reunion under the theme ‘For Generations to come… Our Heritage… Our Future’, Chairman of the planning committee Seon Bristol said yesterday.

Living in darkness By Eileen Cox The Guyana Power & Light Inc seems committed to improving its service. 

There is a change in political mood about trade liberalization among small states By David Jessop As this is being written Caribbean Heads of Government are meeting in Barbados.

The report submitted to the Mayor and City Councillors (M&CC) by the Auditor General (AG) has revealed serious breaches of regulations and protocol by the administration of the municipality, particularly within the Treasurer’s Department.

Don’t hold your breath By Cheryl Springer Women, women’s organizations and anti-violence advocates may just have felt a sliver of hope three weeks ago, when the government launched its much-touted national policy on domestic violence, titled ‘Break the Cycle – Take Control.’

The filthy rich By Ian McDonald I have been asked why I criticize the way rich countries treat poor countries.

Mystery still surrounds the two attempted arson attacks on the Ministry of Culture Youth and Sport in May and at the National Cultural Centre last month.

– as 29th summit ends Caricom Heads of Government have expressed their disappointment at the United Kingdom’s denial of the request by Montserrat for an entrustment to participate in the Caricom Single Market and Economy.

River Bottom: Reflecting current popular trends in theatre The theatre of Oliver Samuels as it is today has many things to tell us about itself and its development over three decades, but it can also say quite a bit about Jamaican and Caribbean theatre over the same period.

– donates $400,000 in greenheart for construction of bleachers The Barama Company Limited on Friday donated  a quantity of greenheart wood valued at approximately $400,000 to the Fruta Conquerors Football Club to assist in  improving the seating arrangement at the Tucville ground.

Obama swerves right By Wayne Brown Talk about a campaign of shocks!

A 59-year-old man is in police custody pending investigations after a white substance suspected to be cocaine was found in his luggage yesterday morning at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport.

The Georgetown Football Association (GFA) has short listed 22 U-17 footballers to play a national U-17 selection today at a venue to be named.

The Casuarina is a good barrier against salt-laden wind By John Warrington When the rain is bucketing down and everything is awash and bedraggled it can often be enchanting.

Early Friday morning a police vehicle smashed into the fence of the Christ Church Secondary School knocking out a section of the concrete structure.

Of moans, groans and kidney stones! By Dr Badhri Veerappan Sivaji, Consultant Radiologist What are kidney stones?

– after passenger opens plane’s emergency exit at Timehri Minister Robeson Benn said that the flight crew of the Delta aircraft on which a male passenger opened the emergency exit when the plane landed from New York on Friday morning at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA), should be sanctioned.

The Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU) in collaboration with the AL Sports and Tour promotions has put on a two day encampment at the GTU dormitory this weekend as preparation for the Girls’ Windball 20/20 home and away series later this month.

Infectious diseases By Dr Steve Surujbally ContinuedTransmissionThere are several different routes that an infectious agent (germ) can take to enter a new host and make it ill.

One week after being crowned `King’ and `Queen’ at the Guyana Squash Association’s National Senior Championships, Kristian Jeffrey and Nicolette Fernandes dethroned the defending champions at the 2008 Subaru St Lucia Open Squash championships to cart off the male and female titles.

Dear Editor, On Tuesday, June 24, 2008, a GINA statement, carried in Stabroek News, indicated that the Minister of Tourism urged the “management committee” to complete the upgrading of the No 63 Beach to coincide with the completion of the Berbice River Bridge.

Venezuelan Ambassador to Guyana, Dario Morandy (fourth right, front row) with embassy officials and guests at a mass yesterday to mark the 197th anniversary of the independence of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela.

Director of the Centre for Gender and Development Studies at the University of the West Indies, Jamaican Barbara Evelyn Bailey has been selected as the recipient of the Ninth CARICOM Triennial Award for Women, 2008.

Misfortune and a series of errors were the contributing factors to the downfall of an inexperienced Guyana Rugby Under-19 team as the Cayman Island ran out 21-13 winners at the Garrison Rugby Playfield in Barbados in the North America West Indies Rugby Association National (NAWIRA) Rugby World Cup 2008 Qualifier yesterday.

Dear Editor, The Ethnic Relations Commission (ERC) met with both the Stabroek News and the Indian Arrival Committee (IAC) on Friday, July 04, 2008 to deliver its ruling to a complaint made by the IAC regarding the paper’s cartoon of Sunday, June 15, 2008.

The Saraswati Vidya Niketan (SVN) said a third student from its West Coast Demerara school has been awarded a scholarship to study at her chosen college in the US.

Biker contingent: Members of the Guyana Police Force on motorcycles were part of the route march yesterday morning to mark the 169th anniversary of the organization.

The BBC was not alone in describing the hostage rescue carried out by the Colombian armed forces last Wednesday as like something out of a Hollywood movie script.

Where was chess With Errol Tiwarti Who invented chess? Where did it come from?