Daily Archive: Friday, November 9, 2007

Articles published on Friday, November 9, 2007

CARIFESTA presents an opportunity to boost heritage tourism

Executive Director of the Tourism and Hospitality Association of Guyana (THAG) Maureen Paul believes that Guyana’s hosting of next year’s Caribbean Festival of Arts (CARIFESTA) provides the tourist industry with an important opportunity to promote the local tourist industry through the Heritage Tours that allow visitors to experience first hand the cultural diversity of the country.

Editorial

Earlier this week the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce issued a press statement in which it expressed its concern over the likelihood that businessmen travelling through the Cheddi Jagan International Airport could become enmeshed in set ups associated with what the release suggests is now the prevalent practice of placing illicit drugs and other illegal items in the baggage of innocent passengers.

Some local tour operators facing insurance pressures

The ability of local nature resorts to secure potentially lucrative agreements with overseas tour operators that could both boost their earnings and increase the number of visitors to Guyana is being hampered by the reluctance of the insurance industry to grant adequate insurance cover to the resorts, according to information reaching Stabroek Business.

Stock market updates

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

Diwali cricket?

Two cricketers, whose lights illuminated the cricket fields all over the world during their playing days, will tonight get an opportunity to regale cricket fans with details of their exploits when the second annual “Evening of Nostalgia” hosted by the `Reds’ Perreira Sports Foundation takes place at the Savannah Suite of Le Meridien Pegasus Hotel.

`Festival of Lights’ showdown

Defending champions Alpha United, who are in second place in the race for the GFA Cellink Plus Premier League championships will oppose bottom-of-the-table Police this afternoon at the Georgetown Football Club (GFC) ground.

Home cooking!

After weeks and weeks of ‘no comment, we’re in discussions, we’re looking to set up meetings’ and the like, the Kashif and Shanghai Organization has formally announced that this year’s tournament is indeed on and will feature entirely local teams.

Missing fishermen relatives to check bound bodies

Relatives of six missing East Coast Demerara fishermen were assisted yesterday with an aerial search for their loved ones and two of the families were preparing to check bodies that washed up last week on the Corentyne even as a third corpse was found in the same area during the day.

NBS challenging basis of new special meeting request

The New Building Society (NBS) has approached the courts asking it to deem a requisition document submitted to its chairman by a group of concerned members requesting another Special General Meeting, as one which does not constitute a proper requisition according to the society’s laws.

‘Swipe & Win’ promotion launched

In order to increase debit card usage in Guyana, Republic Bank (Guyana) Limited, the Guyana Bank for Trade and Industry Limited and Demerara Bank Limited have collaborated with the Bank of Guyana to launch the ‘Swipe and Win’ promotion.