Daily Archive: Sunday, August 3, 2008

The construction of a bridge from Princes Street across to the now defunct Guyana Broadcasting Corporation building on High Street has resulted in the flooding of yards in the immediate vicinity.

The harsh reality of global agricultural trade: Artificial competitiveness and the need for safeguards Most observers would argue that, technical and natural considerations apart, the most positive development favouring the stabilisation of global food prices in the long run would be the successful conclusion of the long drawn-out process of global trade reform.

Some months ago in a rural magistrate’s court not generally covered by the media, a man was convicted of sexually abusing his granddaughter, who would have been around three years old when the sordid use of her innocent body began.

Kenneth King, August 22, 1929 – July 30, 2008 Dr Kenneth Fitzgerald Stanislaus King, former ambassador to the Kingdom of Belgium and Minister of Economic Development, died on July 30 aged 78 It was Kenneth King’s good fortune to have been appointed chief architect to lead the teams that designed the two most ambitious economic development plans in post-independence Guyana.

Healthy eating Consumer Reports On Health, an American magazine, has prepared a vitamin chart which should be of interest to all consumers who are concerned about the food they eat.

UG has a close partnership with Carifesta management We would like Carifesta X to showcase not only the great cultural talent that this region has spawned over the short period of Caribbean history, but the great philosophical legacy and diverse economic, productive and natural resource capacities that we as a region have to offer.

An Olympic memory I am the ultimate sports junkie. If games were abolished by some satanic world dictator I would be almost as lost as if he banned all books.

No concessions on unity when criminals executing a political programme -Ramotar The PPP cannot give in to demands for political unity in an atmosphere in which it is widely believed that criminals are executing a political programme, PPP General Secretary Donald Ramotar said.

The collapse of the WTO ministerial leaves the Caribbean in limbo Set in a park with views across Lake Geneva to the snow-capped Alps, the elegant 1920s building that houses the World Trade Organisation is an unlikely, almost surreal setting for the intense multi-dimensional power play over global trade that ended suddenly last Tuesday afternoon (July 28).

Diabetic foot: Prevention and treatment By Dr Ajay Gupta, MS (Consultant Surgeon) Foot infections are the most common problem in people with diabetes.

-Jagdeo Guyana would have to spend billions of US dollars on adaptation to climate change as rising sea levels and adverse weather patterns could lay waste to fertile lands agricultural lands, particularly on the coastland, President Bharrat Jagdeo said.

The major cancers have a higher prevalence among African Guyanese than other population groups, a recent study found.

Says Donald Duff Of all the multiplicity of ills that plague sports in Guyana, the inability of those officials who are in charge of sports bodies to do what is right and just, is probably the major stumbling block to the development of sports in Guyana.

Dirt flies; the race tightensBack in late February, when it dawned on the Clinton camp that they were suddenly on the cusp of defeat, the campaign pulled an astonishing switch.

Artificially acquired immunity Artificially acquired immunity is of two types. Either it is an active immunity or it is a passive immunity.

—was receiving medical attention One of two men, believed to be Venezuelan nationals, who robbed a Corentyne hotel owner on Friday died yesterday at the Skeldon Hospital while receiving medical attention.

GDF pays for selection blunder By Calvin Roberts Topp XX and Fruta Conquerors advanced to the quarter finals as action in the Alpha United organised Carifesta Football extravaganza kicked off Friday night at the Mackenzie Sports Club ground.

Dear Editor, Ever since the report of the NIS Reform Committee was submitted to the administration, there have been discussions and commentaries, some less informed than others, concerning the revision of the retirement/pensionable age in the Guyana Public Service, as distinct from the public sector.

– after thrown off bed by another inmate A 21-year-old mentally ill patient of the Georgetown Hospital’s Female Observa-tion Ward died early yesterday morning after she was reportedly thrown off the bed and choked by another inmate.

Dear Editor, Mr Christopher Ram in a letter dated June 19 to the editor, Stabroek News (‘Two VAT questions for the finance minister’) revealed the extremely disquieting and astonishing fact that had the rate of VAT (16%) been correctly computed prior to being set into law, the standard rate would have been less than 16%.

The Reds Perreira Sports Foundation benefited from the generosity of overseas-based Guyanese businessman Dave Narine who contributed $250,000 yesterday.

You can make your own seed trays I always try and use a standard seed tray box for sowing seeds.

Scenic beauty and the contrary world of mining The mountains are cold in the morning, more so at 3am, and the moisture from the mist drips onto the zinc roof, making little ‘plops’ like tiny frogs jumping into a pool.

Topp XX and Peacemakers Football Clubs have advanced to the next round of the Amelia’s Ward United Invitational tournament with victories over Eagles United and Blue Berry Hill respectively at the Mc Kenzie Sports Club ground last Wednesday.

Competition at Oasis and practice at Saints Proprietors of the Oasis Cafe, William and Nisa Walker, sponsored a grand knockout chess tournament over the past two weekends that attracted some of the strongest chess players in the country.

Last week there was no shortage of bad news about infrastructure.

Dear Editor, For some reason my letter of July 20, 2008 (‘GSPCA has a free spay and neuter programme’) seems to have ruffled some feathers within the Guyana Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (GSPCA) Executive Committee.