Articles published on Sunday, July 20, 2008
By Miranda La Rose The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) is expected to assist some 300 Guyanese deported from the USA in the reintegration process during the first year of its operations through financing of a micro-enterprises and skills training pilot project.
By Zoisa Fraser A fire suspected to be electrical in origin destroyed a two-storey building at Lot 25 Hill Street, Albouystown around 11.30 am yesterday, leaving in its wake millions of dollars in damage and eight persons homeless.
Gunmen shot and injured a man at Front Road, West Ruimveldt on Friday night for reasons unknown minutes after he left a friend’s home.
Deep concern has been expressed by an Organization of American States (OAS) committee about Guyana’s non-implementation of some recommendations it made in 2006, including one for setting up mechanisms for access to information.
Michael Jackson, the driver who was injured when gunmen opened fire on his vehicle on the Ogle Access road on Tuesday, left the country yesterday to seek further medical attention.
– hospital says parents can uplift it for burial The body of Shellon Nedd’s stillborn baby is still at the Georgetown Public Hospital mortuary and the parents are free to uplift it during working hours, the hospital said in a press statement yesterday.
– Dr McGowan says in final Rodney Chair lecture “Guyana earnestly needs in 2008 an equivalent of Nelson Mandela.
By Iana Seales Were it nor for the persistence of George Subraj, Guyana’s first kidney transplant surgery might still be months away or longer.
Kidney transplant patient Munesh Mangal and his mother and donor Leelkumarie Mangal are to be discharged from the Georgetown Public Hospital tomorrow.
Much ado about little: Biofuels and climate change By Dr Clive Thomas Last week I labelled as risky business, the drive by governments to make the production of biofuels mandatory.
By Nils Campbell As the time counts down to Carifesta X next month, prize-winning Guyanese playwright Francis Quamina Farrier takes a stroll down memory lane to the year 1972 when Guyana launched the first Caribbean Festival of Creative Arts.
Another try at preventing money-laundering By Christopher Ram Introduction The current select committee review of Bill No 18 of 2007 Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism Bill 2007 took me back to the Hansard report of the debate on The Money Laundering (Prevention) Bill 1998 which was piloted by then Attorney General Charles Ramson when he famously announced how proud he was to be associated with a government that had “zero tolerance for corruption.”
All about Obama By Wayne Brown As the reader may have noticed, this year’s presidential election is almost entirely about Barack Obama — so much so that poor John McCain only ever seems able to get attention when he’s talking about the junior senator from Illinois — a fact that’s, ironically, resented by both sides.
Reflections at the Seven Ponds By Ian McDonald Long ago when David Rose died under forty tons of iron scaffolding in London and came home for his state burial it was the time of Diwali and it was night when they bore him into town from Timehri.
– minister urges cooperation As the sugar industry continues to face challenges, Agriculture Minister Robert Persaud said yesterday that there needs to be cooperation among all stakeholders to meet the goals to ensure its survival.
The match of all time With Errol Tiwari The following story is inspired by an interview I had with Iceland’s Ambassa-dor to Guyana, His Excellency Hjalmar Hannesson.
A vintage act in an appropriate setting By Al Creighton As Guyana steadily steps up the pace towards Carifesta X, the nation presented one of its vintage acts in a very appropriate and significant setting.
The region is on the verge of disintegration By David Jessop Is the Caribbean, as one of the region’s elder statesmen recently noted to me, about to enter the darkest period in its history since the collapse of the West Indies Federation?
The Carifesta Child Art competition came to a close on Wednesday with an exhibition at the Umana Yana.
Be a responsible pet owner By Eileen Cox The Guyana Society for the Preven-tion of Cruel-ty to Animals has kindly provided an article on ‘How to be a responsible Pet Owner.’
A young mother was placed in police custody on Tuesday when she turned up to collect the baby girl she allegedly abandoned at Mount Sinai, New Amsterdam.
The insurance licence application for Caricom General Insurance Company Inc is still under review at the Office of the Insurance Commissioner (OCI), almost a year after it was submitted.
Computer Vision Syndrome – from the eye doctor’s window By Dr Neeraj Jain MD (ophthal), DNB, MNAMS (Consultant Ophthalmologist) Computer Vision Syndrome (CVS) is described as a group of eye and vision-related problems that result from prolonged computer use.
Dear Editor, I wish on behalf of the Working People’s Alliance (WPA) to congratulate the Chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission, Dr Steve Surujbally, on the albeit belated recognition that the Official List of Electors used in the 2006 elections was bloated in excess of some 100,000 names.
The terms under which countries purchased oil from Venezuela through the PetroCaribe Agreement have been eased by the country’s president Hugo Chavez in the light of high oil prices.
By Kizan Brumell The Guyana Lawn Tennis Association (GLTA) yesterday successfully concluded its two-week Tennis Summer Camp which was sponsored by P&P Insurance Brokers at the Le Meridien Pegasus Hotel Tennis Courts with the group matches and presentation of awards to the participants.
Dear Editor, The media and opposition elements became frantic when President Bharrat Jagdeo, not long ago, expressed concerns over the court’s ruling on how the scrutineering funds should be distributed.
More factors influencing infectious diseases By Dr Steve Surujbally (Continued) 6.
The University of Guyana’s Fifth Annual Reading Programme targeting Grade Five pupils started last week with an Opening Ceremony at the Tain Campus.
The government granted duty-free concessions and tax waivers for hundreds of items including a printing press, five vehicles, three containers of building materials and equipment representing millions of US dollars to five subsidiaries of Queens Atlantic Investments Inc (QAII) before it had even signed investment agreements with the company.
Dear Editor, I wish to refer to a letter in Stabroek News under the caption ‘Miner working Micobie Amerindian Village lands without permission from the council’ in your issue of 10.7.08, written by Joan Hendricks.
By Kizan Brumell A flurry of punches is set to be launched today when the Guyana Amateur Boxing Association’s (GABA) Open national championships get underway at the National Gymnasium, Mandela Avenue.
The National Legacy Run, organized by the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport/National Sports Commission in collaboration with the Ministry of Health and PAHO/WHO will take place this morning.
Dear Editor, ‘Trucks contracted to Bosai are a hazard to Noitgedacht residents,’ SN July 4, by an anonymous resident refers.
Task Force sees completion of work by third quarter this year The Joint Task Force on local government reform hopes its work would be completed by the third quarter of this year and ready for presentation to the National Assembly.
One can only marvel at the government’s predilection for adding to its problems with seeming abandon.
Family appeals for witnesses to come forward Police silence on the Middleton Street shooting incident that left Arjune Narine Singh dead just over two months ago has forced his family to launch a public appeal for anyone with information to come forward and assist with the investigation.
By Calvin Roberts @ Yorkshire Cricket Ground, Barbados Compliments of: Smalta, Cummings Electrical, Lifetime Realty, P&P Insurance, Cellular Plus and Hanes (Guyana) Limited A belligerent century from captain Andre Creary (118) coupled with superb assistance from wicket keeper Maverick Perry (80) enabled Jamaica to hold the trump against Guyana at the end of the first day of their fourth round match of the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB)/TCL-sponsored 2008 regional under-19 tournament at the Yorkshire Cricket ground yesterday.
Dear Editor, It was very worrisome to read the advisory from the GSPCA in June that people were going around demanding a fee to spay an animal.
Sowing with thunder and lightningBy John Warrington This week has been a busy kind of week.
