Articles published on Monday, July 14, 2008
By Miranda La Rose Any renewal of Cabinet’s decision to direct the Ministry of Health to purchase drugs directly from the New GPC and several international suppliers would be “wholly illegal and should not be tolerated”, PNCR-1G MP and member of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC), Winston Murray says.
By Melissa Charles A 43-year-old man died while his friend suffered injuries in an early morning accident yesterday involving a bus and a motor bike at Covent Garden, East Bank Demerara.
By Keisha Mc Cammon Nearly two years after a new $19.1 million abattoir was commissioned in New Amsterdam the building has been vandalised and remains unused because workers refuse to move into it on the grounds that it is unsafe to conduct slaughters there.
Kidney transplant patient, Munesh Mangal is showing signs of improvement and doctors continue to pay close attention to how his body adapts to the new kidney he received from his mother in a historic surgery on Saturday.
DNA tests to be done Jamaican investigators are expected in the country to conduct DNA tests on the remains found at Lindo Creek last month and family members of the eight miners murdered are hoping that the results would give them some form of closure.
An electrical wire snapped at the corner of Middle and East streets last night setting alight the wheels of a pick-up outside of the NP Store during a thunderstorm that triggered similar incidents across the city.
Dear Editor, I thank Mr Chu Hongbo, General Manager of Bai Shan Lin (BSL), for his clarification in SN on July 12, (‘DTL operations are not connected to Bai Shan Lin’) that BSL has never been involved in the movement of containers from Mabura to Georgetown.
An investment of approximately $160M will bring a new multi-purpose Plaza to the town of Linden and its management promises competitive prices and convenience.
Dear Editor, I read the very emotional article, ‘Moblissa beset by health, transport woes,’ by Zoisa Fraser (SN 8.7.08).
Bank of Guyana (BOG) and Neal and Massy Guyana Group (N&M) shared the honours when the curtain came down on the three-way managers’ indoor sports series which also featured Republic Bank Ltd.
Dear Editor, A British friend who lived in Australia for a while but who now works in Guyana texted me a question.
The report of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) on the public accounts of Guyana for the years 2002 and 2003 was adopted by the National Assembly earlier this month.
… shrugs of CAC misfortune and fallout One week after a below par showing at the CAC Track and Field Championships in Colombia, Guyana’s international track star Aliann Pompey returned to the European Circuit with a triumphant performance.
The girls players on the national squash team continued their dominant run on the second day of the Caribbean junior squash championships in Bermuda.
Dear Editor, I refer to the recent letter on July 9 by Mr Mohammed Sattaur (Dr Jagan’s legacy is alive and well’) in which he, in a very shallow and trite discussion, tries to claim that the legacy of President Cheddi Jagan is intact in the hands of those within the walls of Freedom House.
The South Dakota Circuit is expected to come alive on July 27 when round three action of the 2008 Motor Racing Championship takes place.
A new family health clinic has been opened at Suddie, Region Two for the improvement of local health care.
Dear Editor, The escape of a wanted man and his gang from the lawmen at Christmas Falls was a result of poor strategy and planning.
Dear Editor, Slavery being the ultimate in human rights violations I am taking this opportunity to advocate that Freedom Day, a holiday that is celebrated here on August 1 each year to commemorate the freedom of African slaves in 1838, after around two hundred and eleven years of slavery in this country, be amended to ‘Freedom and Human Rights Day,’ beginning August 1, 2008, so as to appropriately reflect the invaluable contribution made by these people, who absolutely refused to accept the abuse of their fundamental human rights.
– Prime Minister Prime Minister Samuel Hinds says that government is looking towards the establishment of an export processing zone close to the Berbice River Bridge as well as oil refineries and assembly plants, besides other major projects.
Homophobia and the Caribbean state Aaron Kamugisha is a lecturer in Cultural Studies at the University of the West Indies, Cave Hill, Barbados By Aaron Kamugisha Some weeks ago, Jamaican prime minister Bruce Golding appeared on BBC’s Hard Talk programme (you can see the full interview on http://www.youtube.com/results?search_
The Vigilance woman who failed to return home last Sunday after a creek excursion contacted her mother on Saturday indicating that she is okay but has not stated why she stayed away from home for so many days without informing her relatives.
Robin Persaud yesterday won the Progressive Youth Organization (PYO) 56-mile cycle road race in honour of the 1973 Ballot Box Martyrs when he defeated Ian `Dumb Boy’ Jackson in a driving finish.
Dear Editor, In a letter captioned ‘Dr Jagan’s legacy is alive and well’ in the Stabroek News (9.7.08), none other that Mr Mohamed Sattaur Administrator, Cheddi Jagan Research Centre and the CEO of NCN replied.
Under water: New Thriving Restaurant on Camp Street and Brickdam was flooded last evening following a thunderstorm in the capital.
In the article on page 10 of yesterday’s Sunday Stabroek headlined ‘Refined sugar output to rise as Skeldon gets onstream’ it was inadvertently reported that the projected number of workers in the industry in 2016 would be 4,000.
Dear Editor, It has been said ‘times have changed,’ but this is basically not true.
It usually takes crises to hammer home the essential truths. As we pointed out in an editorial of June 30 there have been three mass killings in six months that have claimed the lives of 31.
The prices Interviews and photos by Melissa Charles This week we asked the man and woman in the street which prices have gone up and how they are coping with the increases.
By Calvin Roberts In Barbados Compliments of: Ansa Mc Al Limited, Cummings Electrical, P&P Insurance, Hanes (Guyana) Limited and Cellular PlusWith two wins from their two opening matches defending champions Guyana will face up with host Barbados at the Cable and Wireless/BET ground when third round action in the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB)/TCL-sponsored 2008 regional Under-19 Challenge Trophy competition commences today.
