Guyana News

Dear Editor, I have just read a slew of letters and thought it would be a good thing to respond to those by Mr.

Local Organizing Committee (LOC) marketing manager Richard Hanniff said yesterday that the handing over of the Providence Stadium was not a single event but was actually a work in progress.

Dear Editor, I would like to refer to Kean Gibson’s letter captioned “Not surprised at the Pandit’s appointment” (KN 07.02.01).

Veteran cricket commentator Joseph “Reds Perreira” is appealing to the Government of Guyana to consider an adjustment to the name of Guyana’s first ever national stadium.

Dear Editor, The Government of Guyana should end the Stabroek News controversy, and it should do it sooner, rather than later.

The Iwokrama International Centre had its origins in an offer made in 1989 by then President Desmond Hoyte at the Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting in Malaysia to donate nearly one million acres of forest in central Guyana to show how tropical forests can be conserved and sustainably used for ecological, social and economic benefits to local, national and international communities.

Dear Editor, I am writing to bring to the attention of the M&CC or the NDC [I don’t know who is responsible] the deplorable condition of Sixth Street Cummings Lodge.

Dear Editor, With World Cup Cricket around the corner I cannot help but wonder if this event would elevate or embarrass Guyana.

Dear Editor, I note the flimsy and inadequate response by the Ministry of Housing and Water to the water utility fiasco appearing in Stabroek News on 17th February 2007.

M&M Snackette and Fast Food has announced its sponsorship of the Third Class Cricket Association’s under-19 cricket team playing in the Georgetown Cricket Association’s competition now underway.

The Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC) defeated Lusignan by a whopping 201 runs in the second semi-final of the Guyflag-sponsored, three-day, first-division cricket competition at the Lusignan Community Centre ground yesterday.

Ascension Community High School defeated Dolphin Secondary School by six wickets in the second semi-final of the Georgetown Zone of the Secondary Schools’ cricket competition at the Demerara Cricket Club ground yesterday.

The National Inter-Secondary Schools Mashramani Fustal tournament scheduled to start today will now start on Tuesday.

Collie Hercules with eight goals to his name is currently the leading goal scorer in the Guyana Football Federation’s Guyflag-sponsored senior inter-association football tournament.

Dear Editor, Criticisms have and are being levelled at the proposed Health Facilities Licensing Bill and in a democratic society such as ours, this is all to the good, because we are sure that the more discussion that takes place, the more the proposed provisions of the bill will be ventilated and understood and that constructive criticisms will be taken on board to make it better and more acceptable to all.

Dear Editor, As far as I know, based on the letter from the Permanent Secretary of the Office of the President, Mr.

The Forbes Burnham Foundation is hosting an anniversary lecture today at 5 pm at City Hall in honour of the 84th birth anniversary of former president L.F.S.

The Ministry of Agriculture yesterday announced the launch of a Ministerial Advisory Group on Diversification made up of 17 public and private sector officials who have been appointed to provide creative input with regard to Guyana’s agricultural diversification drive.

c The Consulate General of Guyana in Toronto and several community organisations have launched a Hospital Bed programme through which they plan to ship beds and other items to Guyana to benefit the health sector.

Alliance for Change (AFC) Member of Parliament Raphael Trotman has taken aim at President Bharrat Jagdeo’s refusal to assent to a number of bills already passed in the National Assembly, describing it as the most preposterous legal situation to have faced the country.