Guyana News

Dear Editor, March is another memorable month for Africans. March 25th 1807 (200 years ago) the British Government abolished the slave trade in its empire.

Charles `Kassa’ Hope copped first place when the Critchlow Labour College held its Mashramani table tennis teachers’ knockout tournament last Thursday while another Hope, Kajel won the students’ category.

Dear Editor, The latest American opinion poll out over the weekend shows former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani ahead of his rivals for the Republican nomination as well as ahead of his Democratic rivals to win the Presidency.

Neil Reis ruled the roost when the Flying Ace Cycle Club staged its Annual 20-mile Mountain Bike and six-mile BMX Road Races for cyclists in Berbice recently.

Dear Editor, Is the Vishnu Bisram who wrote that letter titled “Have we been better off as a republic?”

Dear Editor, In his letter captioned “Burnham did not satisfy the criteria of a dictator,” (07.03.08), Mr.

Dear Editor, Now that International Women’s Day has come and gone, I now submit my two bits.

Dear Editor, Of all the letters that Mr. Eusi Kwayana has ever written in these columns, letters which stand out from the mass of mediocrity to which we are often subjected, his letter, “Pandit Gossai is involved in court proceedings concerning the affairs of a Florida Mandir,” (SN, 6/3/2007) constitutes a precipitous descent into vindictiveness and cheap sensationalism, unworthy of this revered veteran.

Dear Editor, I applaud Vincent Alexander’s attempt to defend the ‘name’ of President Forbes Burnham through constructive debate, rather than through diatribe.

Dear Editor, It was reported in the newspaper that the Water Users Associations (WUAs) have, in the main, failed to function as expected and many of the secondary channels are now completely clogged with aquatic weeds and silt and can neither irrigate nor drain rice fields.

Dear Editor, I like to welcome Digicel to Guyana and wish them all success.

Dear Editor, It has been known for some time now, thanks to the services of Mr.

Dear Editor, It is with great joy and enthusiasm that I pen this letter after speaking to Mr.

Hi Everyone, I say bake, you say float. I say muffin, you say fried dumpling.

Being poor is something many people in Guyana could probably relate to given that a considerable number of them struggle to make ends meet, and find it extremely hard to pay their bills and eat properly in the same month.

Come April 7 Guyanese are promised a pageant with a difference, which would move away from the event just being a night of competition among young women to the audience being be treated to a fashion show in addition to the delegates modelling fantasy costumes in the form of a swimsuit.

The World Cup Cricket is around the bend and along with it the fever and hype-up in anticipation of the excitement and other lucrative gains.

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Three young people have come together to be the voices and creative talent behind a song and video that form a major part of an HIV and AIDS campaign that champions abstinence and faithfulness to one’s married partner.

Who will be the next Face of Shabeau? The Caribbean magazine is scouting for a face to grace its cover and be the official face of Shabeau for one year.