Daily Archive: Monday, December 15, 2008

A young Dazzell Housing Scheme mother died on Saturday night at the Enmore Junction when a car slammed into the rear of the vehicle she was travelling in.

Furniture giant, Courts, officially opened a new $105M branch at Parika, East Bank Essequibo yesterday, replacing a smaller branch established there in September 1999.

Flooding follows farmersBy Shabna Ullah Photos by Jules Gibson Residents who were relocated from Joe Hook, Mahaica Creek to Hope Estate, East Coast Demerara to escape from constant flooding lost hope this week after floodwaters began destroying their crops.

-two men held Two men are in custody following the discovery of an unlicensed gun with 100 rounds of matching ammunition, in the car that they were in on Saturday.

Dear Editor, As President Jagdeo  shuffles his Cabinet cards and exiles Ministers to foreign postings (when will the dispatch  of Kellawan Lall to Havana be formally announced?)

Security personnel yesterday found nine rounds of ammunition on a licensed firearm holder in the VIP lounge of the Cheddi Jagan International Airport, Timehri yesterday, sources say.

The implementation of all the facets of the Caricom Single Market and Economy (CSME) by the 2015 deadline, remains one of the main priorities of  Caricom, Secretary-General Edwin Carrington said.

Dear Editor, For several years now, the Drainage and Irrigation Department in Region No 2 has been shirking its responsibility to provide me with proper drainage for my 96 acres of rice land in one block at the first depth of Johanna Cecilia backdam.

…many young people in the Caribbean identified more readily with the North American culture and indicated no wish to remain in the Caribbean or to identify with things Caribbean Preliminary research findings on the situation of Caribbean youth have been described as “rich and interesting yet disturbing,” while a knowledge gap was  identified with regard to the Caribbean Community.

Dear Editor, I recently returned from a visit to Guyana and was saddened to see the gutters around Georgetown.

Dear Editor, It is sad indeed to know that nothing extra will be going into teachers’ pockets this year as 2008 draws to a close.

– Jerome Taylor was made aware of his full capabilities with the bat by West  Indies coach John Dyson.

“I only wanted my tool bag from she,” a 27-year-old man who was stabbed in the abdomen and bitten on the lower lip by his ex-girlfriend said from his hospital bed yesterday.

Dear Editor, Congratulations are in order to the Berbice Cricket Board of Control (I hate to see the word ‘control’ in the title of any organization) for launching what they call the “BCBC All Time Xl.”

Dear Editor, Opposition and PNCR Leader Robert Corbin’s latest exploit is the recall of James McAllister, a PNC MP, from the Parliament.

The Central Housing and Planning Authority (CH&PA) is advising that Chairman of the Tuschen Community Development Council (CDC) Neville James was never employed with the agency and is not authorized to conduct business on its behalf.

Dear Editor, I have to give it to GT&T for its improved advertising promos recently.

Last evening Holmes Street, Tiger Bay, defeated a determined Albouystown team in a heart-stopping final to become the champions of the Georgetown Football Association organized Guinness `Greatest of de Street’ football competition.

The Rotary Club of Stabroek is collaborating with the National Parks Commission (NPC) to “enhance the appeal and usefulness of the National Park” at Thomas Lands.

Guyana to Barbados Michelle Springer is a features writer with the Nation Publishing Company in Barbados.

Dear Editor, When I saw the SN October 5 headline, ‘Decision to be made on venue for finals,’ and in the October 26 issue Kashif Muhammed saying: “In a nutshell we have been unable to offer fans and players an environment befitting the finals of a prestigious football tournament,” I was not the least surprised.

Pele: ‘We will give a good account of ourselves’ By Rawle Toney “It’s not a matter of boasting and saying that you will win, it’s a matter of giving a good account of yourself,” says Pele Football Team’s coach Denzil Thompson.

This season’s lashings of rain and the flooding that has followed have again exposed how dangerously vulnerable the capital and the coast are to catastrophic inundation as in 2005 when there was immeasurable loss to householders.

Christmas shopping This week we asked the man/woman in the street about the shopping trend leading up to Christmas compared to other years.

Our country needs us: Second best graduating student, Shonette Fraser, who gave the valedictory address at the University of Guyana’s 42nd Convocation on Saturday last charged graduates to remain and build Guyana.

The call for religious leaders and groups to be more deeply involved in the fight against HIV/AIDS was once again advocated on Thursday, when several religious leaders and members from faith-based organizations from across Guyana participated in the Guyana National Conference on Faith and HIV.