Guyana News

Guyana and West Indies batting star Shivnarine Chanderpaul returns to add depth and experience to the Guyana team in their crucial KFC fifth round match against Barbados at the Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC) ground Bourda, today.

Little is known in Guyana about microbicides or the research that has been ongoing with them.

A 27-year-old West Bank hire car driver who reportedly caused the death of a seven-year-old girl by driving in a dangerous manner was released on bail when he appeared at the Vreed-en-Hoop Magistrate’s Court yesterday.

A 17-year-old boy accused of using forged money to purchase shoes and then escaping from the police station lockups was remanded to prison when he appeared at the Vreed-en-Hoop Magistrate’s Court yesterday.

Dear Editor, I refer to an Article in KN dated 25th.

Dear Editor, It angered me to read about the death of the motorcyclist on the Harbour Bridge, and the injury to his pregnant girlfriend.

Dear Editor, Mr. Roy Paul’s letter captioned “Early payment of electricity bills will prejudice pensioners” (SN 2/2/07) suggests that some of our customers are labouring under a great deal of misconception regarding their electricity bills and payment.

If you love classic films then this is right up your street.

Dear Editor, Further to your office’s request for a response to a letter captioned “Guyanese in the USA inconvenienced by lack of passport books” (07.02.06) purportedly signed by an Andrew Marques, kindly be informed as follows: 1) No passport application has been received by our Embassy from any Andrew Marques between June 2006 to the present time.

Hi Everyone, Valentine’s Day is fast approaching and we all know that romance is often spelled f-o-o-d: from the heart-shaped box of chocolates to the candlelight dinner for two in a fancy restaurant.

The Guyana Local Organizing Committee (LOC) of the Cricket World Cup (CWC) 2007 is extending an invitation to members of these communities Greenfield Park, Providence, Republic Park, Nandy Park, and Bagotstown to attend a meeting at the stadium today.

Discipline vs. Punishment Punishment The literal meaning of punishment is “to cause to undergo pain”.

The National Sport Commission’s (NSC) cycling coach Hassan Mohamed will be hosting two Mashramani cycling programmes.

Break-ups happen everyday yet something about them never grows old. So when your girlfriend turns up and says she is through with a guy or that he has dumped her you find yourself in that position some of us know so well: dying to know what happened.

The Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club (RHTY&SC) last Thursday honoured National Captain and West Indies vice-captain Ramnaresh Sarwan as a cricketing hero and role model at a special luncheon held in his honour at the club’s Head Office.

Dear Editor, I have noticed that even now and more than a month since VAT was introduced the general public still encounters numerous problems with businesses.

Dear Editor, Now that two passengers using the back track route to go to Suriname have lost their lives the authorities will do something to enforce safety in the crossing of the Corentyne river; also probably when two small children trying to get transportation to go home after school on Lombard street during the sitting of parliament are crushed to death, something will be done to stop the chaos that takes place on Lombard Street in the vicinity of Leopold and Schumaker Street on parliament day.

Dear Editor, The year 2007 is the year of the African Renaissance and fittingly, in March, we will commemorate the 200th anniversary of the abolition of the British and American Slave Trade.

Dear Editor, Now state-owned Guysuco and GPL withdraw their ads from Guyana’s most independent newspaper, supposedly without the knowledge of their Chairman!

Dear Editor, I am aware that Mr. Vishnu Bisram already briefly addressed in a letter the President meeting Mr.