Daily Archive: Friday, March 14, 2008

Parking meters for Georgetown this year Senior City Hall officials are pushing more aggressive rates and taxes collection and new business initiatives as mechanisms for generating more income in 2008.

The outcome of a feasibility study being undertaken by the Chinese mining company BOSAI on the setting up of an alumina plant at Linden could be known by early next year according to the company’s Industrial Relations Manager Peter Benny.

There has been a spate of comments since the initialing of the Economic Partnership Agreement between the European Union and Cariforum.

Principal Magistrate Melissa Robertson-Ogle yesterday remanded two men facing separate charges of carnal knowledge when they appeared in the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.

The High Court trial of Shonette Dubisette on the charge that she killed her boyfriend nearly six years ago during a domestic spat, came to an emotional end yesterday when a jury unanimously found her not guilty of manslaughter.

‘Children of the Culture’ – and blatant discrimination The caption is from the mouth and mind of Dave Martins, the leader of the Caribbean band, the TradeWinds.

The Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) severed water supply to several of the city’s entities yesterday over unpaid arrears but later said it had restored it after a letter was received from the Mayor and City Council (M&CC) requesting a meeting to discuss the issue.

Minister of Human Services and Social Security Priya Manickchand recently participated at a Senior Roundtable on Women’s Justice hosted by the US State Department in Washington, DC.

There is currently a shortfall in the supply of chicken but supplies will return to normal in the latter half of next month, the Guyana Poultry Producers Association says.

A senior United States diplomat will be visiting Guyana later this month in a bid to strengthen bilateral relationships, outgoing US Ambas-sador to Guyana, David Robinson told reporters here yesterday.

– 48,000 Berbice, Essequibo residents to benefit The Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) yesterday announced that some 48,000 residents will benefit from improved supply when the $500 million Transmission Main contracts under the Water Sector Consolidation Project are completed.

A Kaieteur News (KN) reporter on Monday evening pretended that he and his colleague were from Stabroek News (SN) after they had been refused entry to the home of Marcyn King who had been murdered earlier that evening.

The Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport through the Museum of African Heritage is hosting a lecture on the 1823 Demerara revolt today.

Manufacturers and dealers of rum are now required to comply with a newly-approved Cari-com standard which addresses such factors as colouring, flavouring and blending, hygienic conditions, and strength reduction.

Minister of Home Affairs Clement Rohee says four fire officers from the Guyana Fire Service (GFS) will benefit from overseas training this year and plans are in train to establish a holding facility for juveniles at Sophia.

The Environmental Protec-tion Agency (EPA) has handed over four computer systems to four participating institutions in the National Biosafety Clearing House (BCH) Project which is expected to inform policy related to biosafety issues.

The Trustees are engaged on a project to rebuild and expand the playhouse and to revive the once flourishing theatre guild.

The PNCR has placed its members and supporters “on high alert” to respond to what it said are provocative actions where citizens’ civil liberties and human rights are being trampled on.

The Guyana Power and Light (GPL) says loss reduction, introduction of a pre-paid meter system and countering electricity theft are among its priorities as it seeks to draft a five-year development and expansion plan.

Brazil says a Most Favoured Nation (MFN) clause in the European Union’s EPAs which several African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries recently agreed to could discourage them from pursuing deeper trade integration with other developing nations.

Minister of Health Dr Leslie Ramsammy urged women to make “non-negotiable demands for better lives” in his address in Region Six on Friday in observance of International Women’s Day (IWD).

-High Court motion for hearing today Ex-Guyana Defence Force officer Oliver Hinckson was further remanded when he appeared before Magistrate Gordon Gilhuys in the Georgetown Magistrate’s court yesterday but his lawyers have filed a bail motion in the High Court and a hearing is set for today before Justice Jainarayan Singh Jr.

The Ministry of Home Affairs yesterday expressed shock and deep disappointment over the statement issued by the Guyana Human Rights Association (GHRA) on Wednesday calling for the withdrawal of the sedition charge against ex-GDF officer Oliver Hinckson.

-milk, chicken, beef, potatoes included Caricom’s trade body has approved suspension of the Common External Tariff (CET) on three categories in the wake of rising costs of commodities region-wide.

-in attempted robbery A businessman was yesterday afternoon shot in his right leg during an attempted robbery at the Vreed-en-hoop stelling on the West Demerara.

A 37-year-old man was stabbed to death at Warudu Backdam, Cuyuni River on Tuesday night allegedly by a female, who has since been detained by Bartica police.

The decomposed remains of a female wrapped in blue tarpaulin was yesterday discovered in the vicinity of Yarrowkabra on the Linden/Soesdyke Highway dressed in clothing positively identified as those worn by missing Alpha Hotel owner Roselaine Hall the day she was last seen.

Dear Editor, I had known Mr Clement Rohee as an opposition political activist for more than 25 years.

Dear Editor, The recent news of an apology from the prime minister of Australia, must have come to a great number of people in all countries of the world, this writer included, as a most moving revelation of inhuman acts of racism.The

Dear Editor, In your Sunday news item about the widening of the withdrawal of state advertisements from your paper, there was no date when the other state agencies began to withhold their advertisements from the Stabroek News.

Dear Editor, Sometimes it is difficult to remember that Senators Clinton and Obama are from the same political party and at the nomination-for-presidency stage, and not from opposing political parties running for the presidency itself.

Dear Editor, A recently published letter from an apparent overseas observer bemoaned the poor standard of presentations generally seen and heard on Guyana’s television.

Dear Editor, As overseas Guyanese, we may not be able to speak with any authority or even authenticity about solutions pertaining to the many problems confronting Guyana at the present time.

Dear Editor, Twenty-four mainly grassroots women activists, Afro-Guyanese, Indo-Guyanese and Mixed participated in a spirited and focused workshop on economic issues organized by Red Thread to mark International Women’s Day, 2008.

Pouderoyen and West Demrara recorded wins in the West Demerara Football Association’s, West Side Cup Round Robin/Knockout Tournament held last weekend.

The Guyana Football Federation (GFF) yesterday invited 20 players to begin an intensive training clinic for possible selection on the Guyana team to contest the Caribbean Football Union/FIFA World Cup qualifiers to be played in Grenada from May 1-13.

Current General Secretary of the Guyana Football Federation Noel Adonis has been re-elected to serve yet another term as president of the Guyana Rugby Football Union (GRFU) following the Annual General meeting held last Sunday.

A star-studded cast of 15 players was yesterday selected by the coaches and coordinator of the Guyana Secondary Schools Basket-ball Association (GSSBA) on the Georgetown Schools’ All-Star team which will compete against a Linden All-Stars team on Monday at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.

– will let his car do the talking Shailendra Mahabir has tossed out all expectations of a successful title defence in the Group `B’ category of the Guyana Motor Racing and Sports Club (GMR&SC) annual Drag Racing meet on Easter Sunday, as he will make his debut in the `A’ category.

GASCI Summary of Financials Session 244 March 10, 2008Notes 1 – Interim results 2 – Prospective EPS: earnings per share for 12 months period to the date the latest financials have been prepared.

GASCI (www.gasci.com/telephone N0 223-6175/6) reports that session 244’s trading results showed consideration of $3,070,733 from 185,938 shares traded in 13 transactions as compared to session 243 which showed consideration of $13,489,102 from 398,314 shares traded in 18 transactions.

Dust collection system on stream for next year but more production could mean more dust this year Amidst evidence of growing concern over dust emission from the bauxite plont at Linden, an official of the Chinese mining company BOSAI has told Stabroek Business that the company is preparing to make health-related interventions in affected communities at the end of March.

Negotiations between the Government of Guyana and the Guyana Telephone & Telegraph Company (GT&T) aimed at ending the company’s 17 year-old monopoly recommenced earlier this week following a break in the two-week old talks.

This column explores initiatives to improve the business climate of our nation and make Guyana Open for Business a reality.

Karen Abrams holds an MBA from UC San Francisco. She is a Marketing and Small Business Consultant in the US and Caribbean.

Corporate Social Responsibility Last Wednesday the Canadian High Commission in Georgetown hosted a forum on Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), a concept that has gained considerable ground in recent years in the global discourse on the issue of desirable operating practices in the international corporate community.