Daily Archive: Sunday, November 23, 2008

Guyanese Joseph McAulay was gunned down in a drive-by shooting in French Guiana early yesterday morning minutes after exiting a nightclub where he was reportedly mixed up in a brawl.

-fuelled by HIV If tracing a tuberculosis patient were as easy as treating one Guyana would be TB free, relieved of a disease that has been a scourge in the society since the turn of the 19th century.

Local optician Don Gomes has been given the green light by the police to give the Brickdam Police lockups, notorious for their inhumane and insanitary conditions a facelift, hopefully in time for Christmas.

—retains corporal punishment The long-awaited final draft of the education bill is now complete declaring as one of its general objectives the establishment of a “varied, adequate and comprehensive education system that is characterised by excellence.”

Sugar industry workers have been awarded an across-the-board 6 per cent wages increase plus a 2.1 per cent one-off cost-of-living adjustment for 2008, following a ruling by the arbitration tribunal yesterday.

The government has decided to abide by an agreement between the parliamentary parties for the holding of a Private Members Sitting of the National Assembly.

Hemwattie Louchand, the woman who claimed amnesia after a beating by a man close to her left her with a fractured skull, has taken her own discharge from the Georgetown Public Hospital although she still cannot walk or talk properly.

Adjustment time in Trinidad and Tobago Introduction It has been a challenging week for Trinidad and Tobago where crime seems to dominate the headlines in the dailies.

The vindication of Hypatia Currently its most venerable member, I am delighted to learn that the Georgetown Club has at last burst gloriously into, let us say, the 20th century and admitted women as full members.

At the heart of the crisis response: the US Troubled Assets Relief Program The United States is clearly at the epicentre of the global financial crisis and credit crunch.

The Caribbean is heading for a severe economic contraction (Executive Director of the Caribbean Council for Europe) Slowly, ever so slowly the Caribbean is coming to recognise that it is far from immune from the global economic crisis.

Kanyadaam: Statements on various issues A considerable amount of attention is being paid at the present time to the problems of domestic violence and domestic abuse. 

It will be a repeat of last year’s semi-final tonight at the Guyana National Stadium, Providence, when Barbados and Trinidad and Tobago face each other in the 2008 West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) President’s Cup limited overs final.

The map quest to your Pap test A weekly column prepared by Balwant Singh’s Hospital Inc.

Albert Philander won the `Blue Ribbon’ 30-lap race while there were impressive wins for Alonzo Greaves, Christopher Holder and Jason Pollydore at Friday’s Cadbury sponsored Floodlights Track Cycling programme at the Everest Club ground on Camp Road.

Quantity over quality John Dyson was on to a familiar refrain during the week.

Cannas are an eyecatcher In Britain, and I suspect in many other places on this planet, the doyenne of Indian cookery is a marvellous lady called Madhur Jaffrey.

Half-way point We have now passed the half-way mark of the National Championships and still a clear winner among the Seniors cannot be identified.

Final points tally to be declared tomorrow Linden supporters filled the Mackenzie Sports Club ground for four days of competition in the Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU) organized National Schools’ Track and Field, Swimming and Cycling Championships with hopes of their team, District 10 – Upper Demerara/Kwakwani regaining the title which they held from 2004-2006.

Ringworm ‘Ringworm’ has nothing to do with a worm. It is a fungus disease.

National midfield player Shawn Bishop led Holmes Street, Tiger Bay to a 1-0 win over Charles Street as play in the Guinness “Greatest in De Street” four-a-side football competition continued with eight matches Friday evening at the Burnham Court under floodlights.

Dear Editor, I am responding to the confusing letter signed by the apparently unofficial spokesperson of the Guyana Forestry Commission (GFC), Vivian Li, entitled ‘Guyana will continue to be an example in forestry practices’ (GC, November 20, 2008)/’Janette Bulkan’s assertions are misleading’ (KN, November 20, 2008).

Water: The liquid of life As children growing in British Guiana we had few choices for drinking water.

Dear Editor, Since the renovation of the Linden/ Georgetown Bus Park in 2005, the touts have had their way.

Today Venezuela goes to the polls. This time it is to elect 22 governors, 328 mayors and 233 regional legislators.

Conquerors, Beacon, Santos and M/A through to Semis All the semi-final spots were booked on Friday in the Georgetown Football Association (GFA) organised Williams Cup Under-11 Knockout Football Tournament at the Tucville Playfield.

Keeping him safe’ Wayne Brown is a well-known Trinidadian writer and columnist who now lives in Jamaica.