Daily Archive: Friday, June 13, 2008

-Brassington declines comment Head of the Privatisation Unit, Winston Brassington yesterday declined comment on whether two of the ventures undertaken by Queens Atlantic Investment Inc (QAII) properly qualified as pioneering industries and were therefore eligible for tax breaks as asserted by President Bharrat Jagdeo.

-three for sex molestation The Teaching Service Com-mission (TSC) dismissed 30 teachers in the first quarter of this year on a variety of grounds including three accused of sexual molestation.

Investigators are said to be hot on the trail of a number of persons whose names and numbers have showed up in Rondell Rawlin’s diary which was abandoned when lawmen engaged his gang of seven at Christmas Falls in the Upper Berbice River last Friday.

The People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) yesterday called on the Office of the President to make a statement on the spy equipment which counsel for drug accused Roger Khan said had been bought with the permission of the government.

-army chief testifies before parliament committee By Nigel Williams Leader of the AFC, Raphael Trotman says the current review of the report of the Disciplined Forces Commission (DFC) could be an exercise in futility, noting that it has come too late and at a time when a number of the recommendations made have become outdated and irrelevant.

The police yesterday said that following investigations, no evidence was garnered to support the allegation that a large number of dogs had been chopped and killed by a group of men at Bush Lot, West Coast Berbice (WCB) on Sunday.

-but World Cup figure still to be released By Miranda La Rose While the government is currently expending $505 million in preparation for Carifesta X with the sum of $305 allocated for infrastructural works, it is still to release its expenditure for hosting a series of the Cricket World Cup 2007 matches.

Dear Editor, We live in a country that is full of an abundance of rice, sugar, plantains etc.

Dear Editor, We the residents of Strath-avon wish to express our concern about the dumping and burning of paddy shell and noise from the tractor/trailer that is dumping the paddy shell day and night from since the year 2003 (every rice crop).

-son, friend beaten Two armed bandits who posed as customers held the owners of a restaurant in New Amsterdam at gunpoint on Tuesday night and robbed them of gold jewellery worth almost $200,000 and a small amount of cash.

CEO criticizes Severn Trent record on debt collection, good governance Delinquent water consumers owe the Guyana Water Inc.

– Champion swimmer Niall Roberts and his coach Seon Baksh are going for broke for the upcoming Olympics By Kiev Chesney Champion swimmer Niall Roberts who has recently been accredited and confirmed as Guyana’s youngest participant at the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympic Games, and his coach Seon Baksh are not taking his selection lightly.

Dear Editor, I wish to refer to Geralda Dennison’s letter titled “Some way to go before America accepts ‘person of colour’ as President.”

Business dips 30 per cent in four weeks The decision to designate the Stabroek Market Square a parking area for dozens of minibuses plying several city routes has sent the volume of sales by Stabroek Market stallholders plummeting by at least 30 per cent over the past few weeks, according to the Stabroek Stallholders Association.

By Anthony Layne The Guyana Fire Service (GFS) narrowly escaped being arrested by sneaking past the Guyana Police Force (GPF) in the second round of the inaugural Balram Raghubir 40-over cricket competition yesterday at the Police Sports Club ground, Eve Leary.

Infrastructural works are moving apace at host venues including the Guyana National Stadium as the nation counts down to the opening of Carifesta X.

-says GGMC has been proactive in monitoring By Gaulbert Sutherland Investigations have been conducted into operations that breached mining regulations at Quartz Hill recently and the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) is pursuing charges, Commissioner of the regulatory body, William Woolford says.

Towards the end of May we learnt that the conclusion of the multi-million dollar Customs-Fidelity Polar Beer scam was a matter of days away.

Dear Editor, I am impressed by the Honourable Mayor of Georgetown’s assertion that he is willing to take a lie detector test, providing there is fairness and balance in terms of its administration, (SN June 12, 2008).

– Gwendolyn O’Neil Guyana’s Gwendolyn O’ Neil won but Winston Pompey and Stephanie George suffered losses last Friday in St Maarten.

Dear Editor, I am writing in response to Dr. Joey Jagan’s letter “Ramkarran is not about change” (SN 16/05/08) which has been brought to my attention only now. 

Rawle Lucas is a Guyanese-born Certified Public Accountant and Assistant Vice President of the Lending Services Division.

A 10-member squad has been named by the Guyana Darts Association (GDA) to compete at the 17th Caribbean Darts Organization and fourth American Cup Championship which is scheduled to take place from July 24 to August 3.

Valerie Bassant lives and works in Barbados but far from a vacation, this trip to Guyana is to continue an agonising search for her son Suresh Jagdeo who vanished on May 5, 2004.

Report could frown on some procedures, regulations – Town Clerk The final report of the Office of the Auditor General into alleged anomalies in the management of the finances of the Georgetown municipality ordered by the City Council in January is due to be handed over shortly, “perhaps even in a matter of days,” according to Town Clerk Beulah Williams.

By Tony Cozier In BRIDGETOWN Rod Stewart would have had something entirely different in mind when writing the lyrics to one of his several hits but they are equally applicable to cricket, especially in the present series.

In an article titled ‘Iwokrama appoints new CEO’ published in yesterday’s edition, Iwokrama CEO Dane Gobin was mistakenly referred to as Dr Gobin.

Members of the Guyana Fire Service demonstrate the use of a new fire tender at the Ogle Airport.

Whose land? Whose rights? Someone made note of a snippet I penned two columns ago when I enquired about the veracity of allegations with respect to corruption in investment in this land.

Dear Editor, Quite recently after listening to Hilton Hemerdings’ song “Beautiful Guyana” which goes in part: “Land of jungle waterfall and sweet sceneries … and the people living in peace and harmony,” I couldn’t help thinking how misleading some of these lines are today, when we are assailed daily by the papers and TV with gruesome and grisly headlines of all forms of human butchering.

Kei-Shar’s presented Kool Kard and privileged customer Surrigedai Dusrajh of Barr Street, Kitty with a Westpoint DVD Player after she made a purchase at the Regent Street branch on Thursday.

Dear Editor,I humbly feel that the President should issue a public apology to Mr.

Guyana in collaboration with IICA is taking steps to establish agro-tourism “as an incidental component of the standard tourism package” in the Essequibo Tri-lake communities Capoey, Mainstay/ Whyaka and Tapacuma/St Denny.

-stallholder The decline in the volume of trading at the Stabroek Market following the siting of a minibus park on the tarmac opposite the facility ought to be a matter of concern to the major urban umbrella business organizations since it could have a knock-on effect on trading in the wider commercial centre, a Stabroek Market stallholder has told Stabroek Business.

Jackman dazzles; Reid continues dominance in B’ce Zone Off spinner Mark Jackman (6-10) and opener Flynn Reid with an unbeaten 51 steered Tutorial Academy to a six- wicket victory over Berbice Educational Institute when action in the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB)/Republic Bank Right Start Under-15 40 overs cricket competition continued in Berbice recently.

Dear Editor, Recently it has come to my knowledge that Guyana is amongst a few of the world’s countries, which have banned VOIP.

Guyana Water Inc (GWI)  Chief Executive Officer Karan Singh is to submit a paper to government setting out the implications of its  aggressive promotion of the current grow more food  campaign for likely increased water use and the possible knock-on effect on GWI’s operations.

The home affairs ministry on Sunday handed over two vehicles and another item to the Linden Community Policing Group (CPG) to boost their work.

– Burch-Smith Stabroek Sport recently caught up with President of the Guyana Squash Association (GSA) Ronald Burch-Smith after one of the matches he played during the Farfan  and  Mendes Senior Team Tournament.

GASCI (www.gasci.com/telephone Nº 223-6175/6) reports that session 257’s trading results showed consideration of $6,360,453 from 570,467 shares traded in 20 transactions as compared to session 256 which showed consideration of $3,844,192 from 234,735 shares traded in 17 transactions.

Clouds of dust billowing into the air every time a vehicle traverses the mud-patched main road at Kumaka, Region One is causing discomfort but Deputy Regional Executive Officer Nigel Fisher said the situation will not be remedied until further repairs are conducted.

With less than a month to go before the biggest showdown of the year in the ring, local boxers inked contracts for the ‘Judgement Day’ matches at Abdool and Abdool Insurance Brokers Inc on Tuesday.

Dear Editor, On Monday, 6th June, 2008 hundreds attended the funeral service of the late Fr.

GASCI Summary of Financials Session 257 June 09, 2008Notes1 – Interim results 2 – Prospective EPS: earnings per share for 12 months period to the date the latest financials have been prepared.

Curt Murphy and Royston Fraser proved to all and sundry that they are head and shoulders above the rest when they slammed home three goals apiece to propel their team Topp XX and Blue Berry Hill to the top two positions on the points standings when action in the Upper Demerara Football Association competition continued Wednesday night at the Mackenzie Sports Club (MSC) ground.

Culture minister Dr Frank Anthony told youth leaders at Camp Madewini that though opportunities are available for early school leavers, many do not access it so they need to be more proactive in reaching out to vulnerable kids before they drop out of the school system.

A 45-year-old Tanzanian man who allegedly had in his possession 909 grammes of cocaine was remanded to prison when he appeared at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court yesterday.

Dear Editor, The new landline service provided by GT&T as a replacement for the antenna system in Region #2 which stretches from Pomeroon to Supenaam is very much defective with customers there including me being “fed up” of making heedless complaints to rectify the situation.

Last Sunday, President Hugo Chávez urged the guerrillas of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) to free all their hostages and end their decades old insurgency.