Daily Archive: Sunday, November 2, 2008

Editor-in-Chief of Stabroek News David de Caires, respected as a tireless crusader for press freedom, has died.

– neighbour saves three children A courageous move by a good Samaritan saved the life of three small children, but their 84-year-old grandfather perished in a blaze that destroyed a home at Golden Grove East Coast Demerara.

– President endorses US Democratic candidate President Bharrat Jagdeo said that if he had the opportunity he would campaign for the US Democratic Party’s presidential candidate Barack Obama, stating that the senator embodies a collective of admirable ideals.

By Rickey Singh With the passing of David de Caires yesterday, regional media colleagues who had come to admire him as well as officials of regional institutions and friends lost no time in expressing their surprise and sadness at his death which they regard as a “tremendous loss” to Guyana and the Caribbean Commu-nity.

Police ranks yesterday afternoon discovered a firearm after stopping and conducting a search on a Route 41 minibus.

President Bharrat Jagdeo said there is need for Guyana and Barbados to work in partnership on immigration issues affecting the two countries since he does not accept Guyanese being targeted, profiled and treated unfairly in the neighbouring country.

– in tribute to David de Caires The Guyana Press Association (GPA) said “a fighter has fallen” in a statement on the passing yesterday of David de Caires, Co-Founder and Editor-in-Chief of Stabroek News.

A mid-afternoon collision between a Route 46 minibus and a car at the corner of D’Urban and Smyth streets, Werk-en-Rust, resulted in several persons being rushed to the Georgetown Public Hospital to seek treatment for minor injuries.

The quiet sport Not many people guess right when asked “What is the most popular sport in the world?”

Barbados Prime Minister David Thompson said a more tightening circle of development financial options now confronts the Caribbean region, so there is need for a deeper reform of the national business culture in each territory, particularly at the corporate level, to  better access whatever finances are available.

A new US policy towards the Caribbean? By the morning of Wednesday November 5, the world should know who the next President of the United States will be.

The financial crisis and credit crunch As promised last week, in this week’s Sunday Stabroek column I shall start a fairly extended discussion of the staggering financial crisis and worsening credit crunch facing the global economy, The epicentre of these is the United States.

National Championships begin on Saturday Fourteen games will be played in the National Chess Championships which begin on Saturday at the Ocean Spray Hotel.

Soldier says ‘betrayed’ by roughing-up claim One of the soldiers who said he was pepper–sprayed and whipped with metal pipes by officers attached to the Military Criminal Investi-gation Department (MCID) now feels “betrayed by the government and the Guyana Defence Force (GDF)” for labelling the “horrifying experiences” he and his colleagues endured as mere roughing up.

Radicals regarded it as their ritual duty to yell “Limey go home” on encountering British soldiers in British Guiana in October 1953, fifty-five years ago.

Two hundred and four persons graduated from the Georgetown School of Nursing at a ceremony held at the National Cultural Centre on Thursday.

Feline Viral Respiratory Disease Complex  aka Feline Influenza General comments Ailments associated with the respiratory tract are pretty common – and understandably so.

The Arts Forum Inc has recently released Volume 4 numbers 1 and 2 of the Arts Journal.

We need to find a quick solution to the problem of the conditions in lock-ups, jails Did you read the article ‘Brickdam lock-ups unfit for humans, former detainee says’? 

The  instant Sir Allen Stanford touched down on the hallowed turf at Lord’s in June in that black helicopter with his name emblazoned on the side, revealed his treasure chest filled with US$20 million in bank notes and condemned Test matches as “boring”, the British media saw it as its patriotic duty to wreck any association  between him and their cricket.

Buxton gives GDF marching orders The Buxton Stars delivered a stunner on Friday evening at the Tucville playfield when they defeated the defending champions Guyana Defence Force (GDF) in Fruta Conquerors-organized Namilco Football Festival Knockout Tournament.

Personal odyssey Among the most recent new books of poetry is In a Boston Night  poems  by Guyanese poet and fiction writer Sasenarine Persaud, published by TSAR in Canada in 2008. 

The Young Warriors proved their mettle last evening as they walked away with both the champions’ trophy and the man-of-the-match award.

Blind arts teacher a beacon of hope to others visually impaired “Being blind does not mean that it’s the end of the world, neither does it mean that a blind person cannot achieve his or her fullest potential,” says Mrs Ingrid Donna Daphnee Waithe-Peters.

Migraine: Stop the throb of this headache! By Dr Ritesh Kohli, M.D.

Dear Editor, I was 18 years old when I walked into lawyer David de Caires’s office in George-town, in answer to an ad for a proofreading position at the exciting new independent newspaper in Guyana, Stabroek News.

Rawle Toney With just two weeks and two days remaining before the start of the 49th National Schools Track, Field, Cycling and Swimming Championships which will be held in Linden, the Mackenzie Sports Club ground (MSC), the host venue, will be closed for rehabilitation work.

Leading veteran lawn tennis champion Rudy Grant came from a set down to win the men’s 35 and over singles title at Le Meridien Pegasus Open Lawn Tennis Championship against Gilbert Barckoy when the event continued last Thursday at the hotel’s courts in Kingston.

Dear Editor, I am perplexed by Ms Sandra Khan’s (‘The PPP/C-PNCR framework needs to be dismantled for the nation to progress,’ SN 28.10.08) erroneous interpretation of the phrase “the forty plus percentage of the population” that was contained in my letter, ‘If we want to challenge the PPP/C on constitutional issues the PNCR must respect its own constitution’ (SN 17.10.08).

Bougainvilleas and ixoras love hot,dry weather For quite a few weeks the weather has been blisteringly hot, and no one should be surprised that their bougainvilleas are flowering prolifically.

– surgery prevents Madhoo from defending title The 2008 National Darts Championship held over the weekend by the Guyana Darts Association (GDA) saw a new men’s singles champion being crowned.

It is not everyone who is able to find their vocation in life and by so doing make a real difference to the society in which they live, but such was the case with David de Caires, Editor-in-Chief of the Stabroek News who died yesterday in Barbados.

The dayworld and the nightworld So it’s here at last, ‘the most important election in our lifetime,’ after a gruelling campaign from which, however, few could look away for long, since moment after moment seemed filled with such significance, both for the US and the world.

Dear Editor, I am surprised that numerous people have written negative things about us celebrating Halloween without looking it up on the internet.