Daily Archive: Friday, February 9, 2007

The withdrawal of ministry advertisements from this newspaper by GINA started in November 2006.

Perhaps it’s the Mashramani spirit and season – when some calypsonians utilize the imaginary scenario of our two departed political behemoths, Forbes and Cheddi, discussing current goings-on amongst the local living.

A man and his nephew appeared yesterday in the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court accused of stealing a woman’s brand new laptop.

The first phase of the new multimillion dollar National Hardware Super Centre situated on the Industrial Site at Ruimveldt is scheduled to be opened by the end of February.

Local forest producers are firmly on the side of responsible timber harvesting and are “deeply concerned” at what the Guyana Forest Producers Association (FPA) says are “unfair and unwarranted attacks” on the operations of its members by environmentalists and other groups many of whom take little time to understand their particular role in the industry and in the community as a whole.

There is a distinct air of urgency, perhaps even desperation among local forest producers.

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The best way to differentiate any product is by making it the best one in its class.

Vendors utilizing the Water Street (Toolsie Persaud) Arcade say they are disappointed but not surprised that the badly needed rehabilitation of the facility was not specifically mentioned in Finance Minister Ashni Singh’s presentation of ongoing plans for the rehabilitation of the city during his budget presentation in the National Assembly last Friday.

Some of the country’s leading timber producers have told Stabroek Business that they are now deeply concerned that a possible official ban on the export of cut logs could cripple the operations of local forest producers and force companies to retrench hundreds of employees.

Neal and Massy, the Trinidadian based conglomerate reported profits for the group of TT$402 million for the year ended 30th September, 2006.

West Demerara sugar workers have complained bitterly about the hike in prices of basic food items, including zero-rated items, by businesses in the region and relief in the form of trucks selling essential food items will be sent to the area this weekend, Agriculture Minister Robert Persaud assured them.

Another feasibility study on the construction of a highway between Bon Fim in Brazil and Linden and the restart of construction work on the Takutu River Bridge are among the key infrastructure expansion and modernization initiatives expected this year.

Notes 1 – Interim results 2 – Prospective EPS: earnings per share for 12 months period to the date the latest financials have been prepared.

President Bharrat Jagdeo emphasised the importance of the agriculture sector as a viable contributor to regional economies in his address at the 5th meeting of the Core Group supporting the Jagdeo Initiative.

International Cricket Council (ICC)/Cricket World Cup (CWC) Cricket Operations Director, Michael Hall, is of the view that the Providence Stadium compares favourably with any of the other venues that will be hosting CWC games beginning next month.

The Guyana Amateur Basketball Federation (GABF) issued a warning Wednesday indicating that the federation must sanction all tournaments.

Western Tigers and Santos booked their places in the quarter-finals of the Annual Mayor’s Cup Football Tournament by defeating Uprising and Mocha Champs respectively on Wednesday evening at the GFC ground.

Berbice All Stars and East Bank Combined face a tough challenge tonight when the Next Level Entertainment first division basketball tournament bounces off at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.

The Guyana Volleyball Federation (GVF) will continue its series of volleyball “Clash of the champions” tournament as two top teams battle tomorrow at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall (CASH).

The Guyana Amateur Boxing Association (GABA) has selected 27 boxers to prepare for possible selection on the Guyana team to the Pan American Boxing trials and Caribbean Championships in April.

The Guyana Cricket Board in collaboration with UNICEF will be conducting today a peer education programme on HIV/AIDS Awareness for a selected group of club and school coaches from across the country.

The Continental Cycle Club will hold its Annual General Meeting tomorrow at its headquarters, 105 Duncan Street, Bel Air Park, beginning at 4pm.

The Georgetown Cricket Association has nine under-19 limited over matches scheduled this weekend.

Dear Editor, It seems that Mr Hamilton Green has a bee in his bonnet.

Dear Editor, I refer to the letter by Mohamed Fazloor Yasin in the Stabroek News captioned “The Environmental Protec-tion Agency seems ineffective” and also in the Kaieteur News of Friday, February 02, 2007 and wish to present the following response on behalf of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

Dear Editor, In extending congratulations to the patriotic Guyanese living the “Diaspora syndrome”, referred to in the letter by Dave Martins captioned “I’m lucky I was born Guyanese” (07.02.07) I would like to add my similar sentiments.

Dear Editor, Pardon this long letter – in response to Mr.

Dear Editor, I refer to the recent speed boat accident on the Corentyne River, which occurred on Friday February 2, 2007 and resulted in one person being dead and another missing.

Dear Editor, A recent judicial ruling by a US Federal court could help some deported Guyanese to regain their status to live in the U.S.

Dear Editor, Francis Carryl’s response in his letter captioned “Rickey Singh was not exiled from Guyana” (07.02.07) to my letter on the subject of GINA’s personal attack on Rickey Singh and the Guyana Govt’s attack on press freedom boils down to the meaning of my use of the word `exile’ as in “Rickey Singh was exiled from his homeland”.

Dear Editor, The Stabroek News’ editorializing of the Government’s blatant discriminatory decision to starve that paper from tax payer generated revenue in order to censor exposure of wrong doing and other excesses, takes a page right out of the playbook of a black-owned and operated New York newspaper.

Dear Editor, Please be informed that you have to go as early as 5 am to join a line at the Enmore Poly Clinic since there is only one doctor instead of two working and they treat only 50 patients.

Dear Editor, People have long felt a need for a bridge across the Berbice river owing to the long interminable delays, the time it takes to wait on either side, and at times the frequent breakdowns and unreliability.

Dear Editor, My aunt lives in Waterloo Street and she has shown me the road works being done.

Commissioner of Police (ag), Henry Greene yesterday told a gathering including President Bharrat Jagdeo that the police force was prepared to do the work of serving and protecting citizens, but they must be given the resources to do it effectively.

A seven-year-old girl of Canefield, Canje perished in a blaze that destroyed her home on Wednesday night and her mother who made a desperate bid to save her suffered severe burns to her left hand.

Bai Shan Lin International Forest Development Inc, a new company with funding from China, plans to invest approximately US$100M dollars over the next three years for value added processing as well as timber harvesting and hopes to have an annual production capacity of 300,00 to 500,000 cubic metres, the company said at a press conference held yesterday.

Agricola resident Richard ‘Chucky’ Daniels, wanted in connection with the assassination of Agriculture Minister Satyadeow `Sash’ Sawh, is believed to have been arrested in Suriname last week along with another Guyanese, Acting Police Commissioner, Henry Greene has said.

In yesterday’s edition of the Stabroek News under the headline `First Lady hands over eye surgery microscope for Suddie Hospital’ it was incorrectly reported that 123 children would be going abroad for treatment.

The Iwokrama International Centre for Rainforest Con-servation and Development is partnering with Tigerwood Guyana Inc.

The road works recently undertaken in Region One will allow easy travel to and from communities in order to market farm produce and other activities that can generate income for hinterland areas.

Agriculture Minister Robert Persaud declared Guyana ready for poultry exports, following plant visits with Jarrette Narine, the Trinidad & Tobago Minister of Agriculture, Land and Marine Resources yesterday Minister Narine visited the processing plant of Didco Trading Company at Friendship and its Rising Sun Farm on the Linden Highway, along with Bounty Farm Ltd.

The mystery surrounding the disappearance of a cannon from the compound of the Ministry of Public Works may have been partially solved, though police are continuing with investigations.

The Guyana National Bureau of Standards (GNBS) says its certification programme for clinical laboratories will see ten new laboratories certified this year.

Work on the Takutu Bridge on the Guyana-Brazil border is set to start on February 15 with the objective of completing the project by yearend, Brazilian Ambassador to Guyana, Arthur Meyer said.

Over the next five years a strong focus will be placed on institutional strengthening and physical reconstruction in the health sector through a US$25.5 million project co-financed by the Inter-American Development Bank and government.

The chief executive officer of Caribbean Airline yesterday assured President Bharrat Jagdeo that the new carrier is taking steps to ensure that passengers get value for their money.

Launching a local line of coconut and pineapple products, Agriculture Minister Robert Persaud yesterday said there is a hope that importing Caribbean territories would be more considerate with regard to the standards imposed on goods entering Guyana.

A mini-bus conductor says that he got the shock of his life when six persons including four boys dressed in school uniform attacked and robbed him.

Two Kwakwani, Berbice women were electrocuted on Wednesday afternoon while in conversation as they held on to opposite sides of a fence.

Health officials yesterday said that Carol John, the pregnant North West woman whom relatives believe was buried alive, was in fact dead at the time of her burial and the male foetus that was also discovered in the coffin was expelled from her body as a result of the gas produced by the decaying corpse.

Chetram Singh, the Herstelling man who police were pursuing in connection with the murder of his wife Eileen Lall on Tuesday, was yesterday apprehended and is now in police custody.