Daily Archive: Sunday, October 4, 2009

-will take two years to rectify A major glitch in the move by the National Insurance Scheme (NIS) to convert its data collection from a manual to an electronic system is one of the reasons for its inability to retrieve records for some contributors.

Killings may be drug related Local investigators suspect that the three bullet-riddled and disembowelled bodies which were discovered in the Essequibo River last week may have a drug connection and have since sought the assistance of Interpol and friendly law enforcement agencies through the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) for help in solving this crime.

The attorneys for KP Thomas Construction Co Ltd obtained an order from Chief Justice Ian Chang yesterday restraining Minister of Public Works Robeson Benn and Attorney General Charles Ramson from dismantling the building the company occupies at High and Lamaha Streets.

-despite being in business just over a year, dubious market penetration Just over a year after it was launched, the Guyana Times is already receiving over 19% of state ads each month when Stabroek News was not given a single one for 17 months because the government alleged that it did not have sufficient readership.

The Ministry of Housing and Water, through Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI), will launch a massive customer service programme titled ‘Camp Resolution,’ involving visits by GWI teams to several locations across Guyana.

Think of libraries! There are all kinds and degrees from the smallest village library to the great libraries of the world.

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In the coming weeks I shall seek to establish why it is I believe that trade policy, at the global and national levels, represents the third and final important lesson to come out of recent worldwide efforts to cope with the global economic recession, financial crisis and credit crunch (squeeze).

Young Andre Cummings upstaged a strong field to win the inaugural David de Caires/Ivan Mackie Memorial golf tournament yesterday at the Lusignan Golf Club (LGC) course.

By Dr Amit Verma, MD (Anaesthesiology) Coccydynia is a painful condition of the human tail bone which is the lower-most bone in our vertebral column (backbone).

JOHANNESBURG, (Reuters) – Captain Daniel Vettori  praised Grant Elliott after he batted with a broken thumb to  lead New Zealand to a five-wicket win over Pakistan in  yesterday’s Champions Trophy semi-final.

SUZUKA, Japan, (Reuters) – Jenson Button always knew  he had the talent to reach the top in Formula One, he just  lacked the tools.

A consumer telephoned to complain about Guyana Power and Light (GPL).

  ‘He who would accomplish little must   sacrifice little; he who would achieve much   must sacrifice much; he who would attain   highly, must sacrifice greatly.’

BEIJING, (Reuters) – American Venus Williams rode out  a second set implosion to reach the second round of the $6.6  million China Open with a 6-2 7-6 defeat of Russian Vera  Dushevina yesterday.

Under whatever dispensation, and there have been numerous, the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) has never appeared to grasp what should be the structure or the purpose of its annual one-day tournament.

Gingivitis (Sore gums) Continued Last week, it was promised that we would continue our discussion on gingivitis (sore gums) with the treatment of this ailment.

A vehicle clearly collided with the railing around the cenotaph recently, as its mangled state testifies.

Dear Editor, A letter by Mr Leon Rockliffe that appeared in the issue of Stabroek News September 23, 2009  captioned ‘Georgetown needs an IMC of technocrats’ was informative and to the point.

Points leaders Alpha `The Hammer’ United will take their hammers to Linden this evening in an attempt to nail the already struggling Milerock team tonight at the Mackenzie Sports Club ground as the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) Super League continues with six more matches at four venues across Guyana.

Dramatic and other theatrical productions in Guyana have always had little intermittent ‘seasons’ during which there is a varied menu of different offerings in between long periods of inactivity. 

DUBLIN (Reuters) – Irish voters overwhelmingly  endorsed the European Union’s Lisbon reform treaty, results  showed yesterday, putting the bloc’s ambitions for greater  global influence firmly back on track.

YANGON (Reuters) – Myanmar’s opposition leader Aung  San Suu Kyi held a rare meeting with a minister from the ruling  junta yesterday, a government source said, a week after she  offered to work for withdrawal of sanctions on the country.

By Marlon Munroe Sewnarine Chattergon warmed up for his team’s showdown against Demerara today with a blistering and destructive 85 not out as Berbice steamrolled Essequibo by eight wickets at the Blairmont Community Development Centre ground yesterday.

As the saying goes it was déjà vu all over again as defending champions Alpha United once again finished in the top position in this year’s Cellink Plus Premier League competition on Friday at the Tucville Playfield.

By J. Bradford DeLong J Bradford DeLong is Professor of Economics at the University of California at Berkeley and a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research.

Dear Editor, I lived through the entire Burnhamite era (1965-85) and, without a doubt, it was largely authoritarian.

BALANTIAK, Indonesia (Reuters) – Rescue teams pushed  deeper into Indone-sia’s earthquake-hit Sumatra yesterday,  finding entire villages obliterated by landslides and survivors  desperate for aid three days after the tremor.

For decades Europe has sought to establish an overarching policy relationship with Latin America and the Caribbean.

JOHANNESBURG, (Reuters) – Grant Elliott struck an  unbeaten half-century to steer New Zealand to a five-wicket win  over Pakistan in yesterday’s Champions Trophy semi-final.

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Film director Roman  Polanski agreed to pay the victim in his sex crime case at  least $500,000 as part of a civil settlement reached years  after he fled the United States, the Los Angeles Times reported  yesterday.

Dear Editor, Guyana Water Incorporated wishes to respond to your letter, titled ‘No Water in Strathspey pipelines,’ (SN, September 11). 

When I was still a youngster I was introduced to my first encyclopaedia of gardening which was written by TW Sanders. 

The tragedy on which we reported last week when a young man threw himself under the wheels of a truck contains elements which say a lot about our society.

Dear Editor, I would like to extend best wishes to all teachers in Guyana as we observe World Teachers Day, tomorrow, Monday October 5, under the theme: ‘Build the Future; invest in teachers now.’

(Jamaica Gleaner) A six-year-old girl remains critically injured after gunmen invaded her home.

The round-robin stage of the Georgetown Football Association (GFA) Chubby Under-13 competition concluded yesterday with five matches at the Tucville Playfield.

PORT HARCOURT, Nigeria (Reuters) – Hundreds of  Nigerian rebel fighters gave up their weapons and accepted an  amnesty deal yesterday in the most concerted effort yet to end  years of fighting in the oil-producing Niger Delta.

The AFC last week announced that it would be observing its fourth year as a political party on October 29.