Guyana News

The University of Guyana presented the first lecture of the 2007 Walter Chair Lectures delivered by Professor of history Winston McGowan at the National Library Auditorium on Tuesday.

International Cricket Cou-ncil’s (ICC) Chief Executive, Malcolm Speed has congratulated Guyana for delivering its part of the International Cricket Council’s 2007 Cricket World Cup (CWC) competition.

Dear Editor, I am not at all surprised that Mr Vishnu Bisram has finally come under attack for his dual role of pollster and political commentator/analyst.

Dear Editor, As I was sitting, awaiting my turn in a Guyana Power & Light commercial office, something struck me.

Dear Editor, Mark Forde’s letter captioned “A new leader must be found to replace Corbin” (07.03.22) seems to be nothing more than an ill-informed planned attack against Mr Robert Corbin.

Dear Editor, Tucked away on page 3 of Stabroek News dated March 16, 2007 was the news item “T&T drops VAT on food”, Trinidad being the wealthiest country in the Caribbean.

Dear Editor, Like others – we hope very many others – we were outraged to read in the Stabroek News about the atrocity inflicted on a family outside a nightclub on Sheriff Street.

Dear Editor, No outcry from the public concerning the importation of a contaminated shipment of Soya.

Dear Editor, In your correspondent Roger Persaud’s welcome coverage of the launching of the book Cricket At Bourda (Stabroek News March 30) there is a correction that should be made.

Dear Editor, Cricket is here and the woes of the Guyanese people are here too.

Dear Editor, I must say the days of playing real cricket seems to be a thing of the past now.

Dear Editor, I have read most of the reports of last Wednesday’s memorable World Cup match: Sri Lanka vs.

The East Bank Football Association’s (EBFA) Bounty Farm under 15 knockout football finals will kick-off today on the Grove Centre Ground from 8:30 am.

Drawing every molten note out of the steel, Ken ‘Professor’ Philmore had the kettle boiling with a high pitched whistle that ruffled the pores and entered the blood stream sending cells infected with the wailing notes rushing to the brain pounding the emotions and leaving no heart in the house untouched.

Despite suffering a 48-run loss to England in their Super Eight round match at the Providence Stadium yesterday, the Irish cricket team came in for high praise from England’s captain Michael Vaughan.

Dear Editor, The vendors of Region Three are now experiencing a taste of the fate suffered by the Stabroek Market vendors recently.

Dear Editor, Thank you for sending me a copy of the letter from Mr Mark Vasconcellos captioned “NCN’s radio coverage of the activities commemorating the abolition of the slave trade was inadequate” (07.03.28).

Dear Editor, I must congratulate Stabroek News’ Saturday supplement The Scene for running the series on Challeng-ing Corporal Punishment and for offering alternatives to this dreadful practice.

Dear Editor, As an educator and a disciplinarian, but moreso an ardent reader of your newspaper since it started, I would like to congratulate the Minister of Education, Mr Shaik Baksh MP concerning the banning of cell phones in schools.

Starting out as a reggae singer way back in the late 70s and early 80s Ras Marcus, who is $350,000 richer having gained second place in this year’s calypso monarch competition, has long been right there among some of the more accomplished statesmen of calypso.