News

Turn on the TV and there is golf legend Jack Nicklaus extolling the virtues of his hip replacement.

Two weeks ago I noted that Washington was in the process of recasting its hemispheric policy in the context of a new energy security regime.

I suppose it is getting older that brings this on ,but I have come to the conclusion in a long life that the high dramas of public events – the summits of great men who think they control events, the ribbon-cutting celebrations of immense enterprises, the coronations of Presidents and the inauguration of Parliaments, the inflated pageants of festivals and carnivals and celebrity occasions – fade into inconsequence compared with the quiet satisfactions of private life.

Dear Editor, I regard your editorial of January 25, 07 captioned, “The Turkeyen Tragedy” as filled with subjectivities and misleading statements.

Dear Editor, I offer my sincere condolences to the relatives and friends of former magistrate, Mr.

The Commonwealth Writers Prize for the Canada and the Caribbean Region has released the shortlist of books from which the 2007 regional prizes will be selected.

There is a plant in my garden which has been in full flower for weeks and weeks and which shows no sign of ending its remarkable display.

In this encounter, the 19-year–old chess wizard Teimour Radjabov clashes with former world champion Veselin Topalov.

My son welds and got arc eye recently. Is this dangerous?

Over the past few weeks we have been discussing intestinal worms in some detail.

A letter from the Office of the Prime Minister to the Guyana Consumers Asso-ciation is normally an indication that important changes are being made under the Electricity Sector Reform Act 1999.

The house stands forlorn, gutted: no gate, no roof, no glass patio door, no fancy brickwork, no guttering.

As a founder member of the Theatre Guild (TG) in 1959 and a signatory to its Memorandum and Articles of Association of 1961, I welcome the messages that indicate that a rebirth of Theatre Guild is planned.

George Clarence Fung-On, former Minister of the Public Service and Chairman of the Public Service Commission, died on February 16, aged 85.

A multi-million dollar fraud has been discovered at Clico Life Insurance Company; the police have been called in and a number of employees detained.

A 30-year-old fisherman was on Mashramani Day beaten to death by four men, who afterwards reported to the police that he had assaulted them.

A five-star hotel under the franchised Marriott Hotels brand could soon be established in Kingston, George-town, in direct competition with the 250-room Buddy’s International Hotel and Resort and the well-established Le Meridien Pegasus.

NULL

The bipartisan task force for local government reform has hit another roadblock.

The governance report recently accepted by Caricom heads at their St Vincent meeting sees shared sovereignty in “agreed areas,” the funding of institutions on the basis of GNP and a single act in all member countries which would allow a long-envisaged Caricom Commission to expedite decision-making.