Daily Archive: Sunday, May 24, 2009

Articles published on Sunday, May 24, 2009

Fruta Conquerors’ Ryan Hackett (orange) is challenged by a Renaissance player in their Pee Wee match up at the Banks DIH ground, yesterday. (Orlando Charles Photo)

Courts Pee Wee Under-11 Competition…

Four teams record wins Another four teams recorded victories when day two of the second annual Georgetown Football Association (GFA) Courts Pee Wee Under-11 Football Competition ended at the Banks DIH ground, Thirst Park ground yesterday.

Guest business column

by Robert V McRae, CPA On the Line: Guyana Bank for Trade and Industry Annual Report 2008 – revisite Background Several weeks ago the Bank of Guyana (BoG) publicly and the Guyana Bank for Trade and Industry (GBTI) management privately in a letter to me, responded to a guest Business Page published in Stabroek News of April 12, 2009 under my name.

The enemy within

Across the Caribbean, from Guyana to Belize, once peaceful and well ordered societies have become hosts to narcotics trafficking, money laundering, extortion, gun crime, kidnapping, robbery with violence, and more recently, those who would support acts of international terrorism.

Patient dog waiting at the GSPCA for a home  (She has been spayed.)

Pet Corner

Ear ailments Maladies of the ear flap (pinna) (Continued) 1.   Splitting of the ear tips Usually, an underlying infection or some other form of irritation (mange, foreign body stuck in the ear flap, horse fly bite, etc) can precipitate this condition which, as the name suggests, is a fissure (a split) on the tip of the ear.

Consumer Concerns

The Consumer Protection Bill On Monday, May 11, 2009 the Consumers Affairs Division in the Ministry of Tourism, Industry and Commerce invited the Consumers Association to examine the Consumer Protection Bill 2006.

Guyanese boxers suffer mixed fortunes in B/dos

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Barbadian cruiserweight boxer Shawn “The Sniper” Cox scored a sudden second-round technical knockout victory over St Lucian Patrick Wilson in the main event of the Stonewall Promotions’ three-fight card on Friday night.

A Gardener’s Diary

The Chelsea Flower Show The Chelsea Flower Show always takes place during the third week in May in the grounds of the Chelsea Royal Hospital, and as I write it will probably have ended.

Cellink Plus Premier League 2009…

Camptown and Pele to clash tonight By Kizan Brumell Sunburst Camptown and Pele football clubs will collide this evening in a feature Premier League encounter which commences at 8pm at the Tucville Playfield as another Georgetown Football Association weekend concludes.