Daily Archive: Sunday, August 31, 2008

Near-term prospects for the Guyana economy: A tale of ‘falling prices’The surging increases in food and fuel prices have produced considerable economic uncertainty worldwide.

The Auditor General’s report for 2006 (Continued) UpdateIn the first part of this review (BP 24.8.08) of the Auditor General’s report for 2006 we examined the several statutory obligations of the Audit Office under the constitution and several other statutes.

Guyana should be metric A Metrication Committee has been established by the Guyana National Bureau of Standards (GNBS) to monitor the implementation of the metric system which came into operation when we changed from the imperial system on  January 1, 2002.

– had been hiding in Timehri community for weeks The notorious Rondell ‘Fineman’ Rawlins and Jermaine ‘Skinny’ Charles might have suspected that their accomplice Seon Grant had informed the joint services about their movements and killed him hours before they were cut down in their last standoff with the lawmen, sources told this newspaper.

Illth Absurdly, we still take for granted that Gross Domestic Product is an accurate measure of success and well-being in a nation, so that if GDP is increasing we think we must be doing better.

– McDonald and Nettleford It was a credit to Guyana and the Caribbean that Guyanese Sir Shridath Ramphal distinguished himself as the longest serving Commonwealth Secretary-General as well as on five world commissions dealing with development and security issues.

When the Carifesta X finale is held later today, the 10-day festival will no doubt be hailed as a resounding success, perhaps based on the numbers of people who would have attended the various events, as well as showed up for what turned out to be non-events.

Scoliosis: Learning the curve By  Dr Suhel Kotwal, MS (Orth) Did you know… ?

The past haunts the present in The Legend of the Silk Cotton Tree, Guyana’s signal dramatic presentation which premiered on Friday evening, at the National Cultural Centre.

The past haunts the present in The Legend of the Silk Cotton Tree, Guyana’s signal dramatic presentation which premiered on Friday evening, at the National Cultural Centre.

There are people who cling to a family name for inheritance sake only, while others hold onto it because of what it stands for, and for two engrossing hours Antigua’s Owen SS Jackson explores this in his feature play for Carifesta X.

Canine vaccines Much of what was said last week in the general discussion of feline vaccines would be valid for dog vaccines as well.

International civil servant and former central executive committee member of the PNCR, Dr Richard Van West Charles proceeds on pre-retirement leave early next year and is making preparations for a return to an active community and political life within the party.

Ma Popo was the character who stole the show on Friday night when the Dominican delegation put on Your Son My Husband, a play with a positive spin on marriage, at the Bishops High School.

Shridath Ramphal and the art of diplomacyRichard Bourne (ed) Shridath Ramphal: The Commonwealth and the World.

The deaths of wanted men Rondell ‘Fineman’ Rawlins and Jermaine ‘Skinny’ Charles, who have been identified as the perpetrators of a number of heinous crimes, should contribute to the reduction of the tensions within the society, the PNCR said in a press release.

Windies cricket too needs a Bolt Ever since the first West Indies team toured England in 1900, cricket has been acknowledged as the one endeavour, above all others, that binds together and inspires the people of these tiny, largely inconsequential former British colonies.

Thousands of lovers of chutney music flocked the Guyana National Stadium, Providence on Friday night for the penultimate Carifesta X super concert and stayed until the wee hours of yesterday.

Fr Cuthbert Cary-Elwes SJ,  Missionary among the Amerindians 1909-1923 On Monday, August 25, four stamps were issued by the Guyana Post Office Training Centre on Carmichael Street.

A young man was beaten, stabbed and robbed by a gang of five on Friday night around 9.45 and is currently in the hospital recovering from the shock and the wounds that he had sustained as a result of the assault.

Newly-crowned junior road race champion, 15-year-old Neil Reece, continues to dominate in cycling in Berbice, winning the Carifesta Secretariat/Flying Ace Cycle Club-organized 30-mile event on Friday.

Antigua mix: Ras Leon Saul (right) performs with an Antiguan cultural group in Fogarty’s store yesterday morning.

Nurturing grandmastersSuddenly, almost overnight some would say, India and China have emerged from chess obscurity to sit among the giants of the great game.

The Softball ground on  Carifesta Avenue will come alive today when the inaugural District of Columbia Metro Cultural Organization (DCMCO) softball tournament commences from 10am.

All schools will reopen tomorrow, September 1, except for five that are undergoing extensive rehabilitation, the Government Information Agency (GINA) reported.

Donald Trotman’s Waiting for Justice, which points to weaknesses in Caribbean legal structures was launched at the Carifesta Literary Arts Festival, National Park on Friday, in addition to two other titles.

Talk to your plants At the time of writing this article I am in England.

The Central Islamic Organisation of Guyana (CIOG) said Ramadan will begin tomorrow if the crescent is sighted today.

Part of the special production called Shattered Dreams, which was put on for children at Queen’s College yesterday.

– WICB backed decision by other countries – Chetram Singh Director of the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) Chetram Singh said that his board had backed the decision by the West Indies Players Association (WIPA) not to send a squad to the ICC Champions Trophy in Pakistan owing  to fear for their safety.

Carifesta X celebrations went to Mahaica on Wednesday when the Guyanese-Canadian Association of British Guiana, Canada (GCABGC) unveiled a statue of Sir James Douglas in honour of his contribution to Canada.

Republic Bank has started construction on its newest branch at Anna Regina with a sod turning ceremony hosted recently.

Guyanese Arif Ali, the owner and editor-in-chief of Hansib Publications, who migrated to the UK many years ago, said that the career he was initially interested in – politics – was not “powerful enough” and as such he went into a field “that had more of an international scope.”

The pioneering UK-based publishing company Bogle-L’Ouverture Press made its maiden appearance at a Carifesta last week with a display at the Book Fair in the National Park.

Schultz’s hat-trick catapults Conquerors into final – Beacons enter final via penalty shootout Pernell Schultz blasted a heated hat-trick against the Georgetown Football Club (GFC) in the Georgetown Football Association’s (GFA) Chubby Under-14 Championships yesterday at the Tucville playfield.

A huge collective sigh of relief reverberated around the land when the police revealed that Rondell Rawlins was no more.

 Before and after make-up fixes: Sacha Cosmetics from Trinidad and Tobago conducted a make-up make over workshop at the Carifesta Fashion Village on Friday treating several women to make overs.