Articles published on Thursday, January 8, 2009
Three banks for Diamond branches The Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo] via the Privatisation Unit (PU)/NICIL raked in around $200M from eight property sales last year including three parcels for banks setting up branches at Diamond, East Bank Demerara.
Mohamed Irfaan Ali was sworn in as the new Minister of Housing and Water yesterday by President Bharrat Jagdeo, a responsibility which he said is critical and consistently requires a high priority on government’s agenda.
-info awaited from the US Nymrod Singh, who had been held by CANU for questioning into a cocaine-filled shipment of furniture seized in Miami, was released yesterday pending further information from the US on the investigation there.
A section of the seawall close to the koker at Cornelia Ida, West Coast Demerara has collapsed and the earthen embankment is being eroded.
President Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday said an initiative to improve cooperation between the political parties “unravelled” because of infighting within the main opposition party.
President Bharrat Jagdeo is hoping that work on a canal that will constantly drain water from the East Demerara Water Conservancy (EDWC) into the Atlantic Ocean can begin within six months.
Floodwaters have been receding in a number of areas along the East Coast Demerara but many residents are complaining about the inches of water still in their homes.
Eyes 400,000 tonnes per annum An interim board set up to steer the local sugar industry as it struggles to recover from a tough year and braces for imminent price cuts from Europe, is expected to be in place within the next few weeks President Bharrat Jagdeo has said.
President says it didn’t address assets of customs employees President Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday said the Auditor General’s report which probed bribery allegations at customs is now with the Director of Public Prosecutions for a review of the recommended charges and “hopefully (to) have the appropriate charges laid”, as outlined by the task force which conducted the investigation.
Another taxi driver was attacked and robbed of his vehicle, this time at Goedverwagting, East Coast Demerara.
Government has been unable to close the local Marriot hotel deal because the Kingston project suffered financial setbacks, but the project is not dead President Bharrat Jagdeo declared yesterday.
The government is not contemplating reducing the tolls for vehicles to cross the Berbice Bridge, President Bharrat Jagdeo said yesterday.
–Yoruba band leader Leader of the Yoruba Singers band, Eze Rockcliffe who spent three hours in the much-maligned Brickdam Police Station lock-ups, has described the facility as “treacherous” and a “health hazard.”
The government will appeal acting Chief Justice Ian Chang’s ruling that it has a constitutional duty to efficiently deal with applications for broadcast licences.
An overseas based Guyanese and two of her relatives were the victims of an armed robbery which occurred on Tuesday night at Fryish, Corentyne.
An 11-year-old Linden boy was the victim of a fatal accident which occurred yesterday at Sir David Rose Avenue, McKenzie.
Minister of Finance Dr Ashni Singh says preparations for the 2009 budget are ongoing and will focus on maintain-ing macroeconomic stabili-ty.
Dear Editor, We must be in the land of Oz – for there is precisely where the sugar industry is being placed.
Help and Shelter says while its Homestretch Avenue office is undergoing repairs it is offering counselling services from the Guyana Citizens Initiative (GCI) office.
Dear Editor, In 1996, six lawyers were appointed Senior Counsel and elevated to the inner bar.
Dear Editor, Please permit me a few paragraphs to express my sympathy to the family and friends of Edwardo Bar reios.
The People’s Progressive Party (PPP) has expressed solidarity with the people affected by flooding and says it will encourage the government to invest more in drainage.
Dear Editor, Very interesting, Mr Bisram’s letter of January 6 in SN headed ‘Airlines should use a commonsensical approach to screening passengers,’ with the advice that “Passengers would be wise to dress in such a way as not to attract much attention about their religious faith…” Would that make much difference, I wonder?
Generally there have been a marked improvement in the performances of national swimmers over the past year.
“All ah we end up on de road while de car went on until it park on de people veranda” recalled Keith Abel who was thrown from a car along with four others, after the driver lost control of the vehicle.
Republic Bank (Guyana) Limited launched its RightStart first born programme at the Georgetown hospital on New Year’s day.
Dear Editor, The Guyana Trades Union Congress (GTUC) and PNC cannot blame the government for the Trades Union Recognition Bill.
– Inept batting, faulty catching and error-prone umpiring feature in West Indies’ seven- wicket loss to New Zealand THE West Indies won only two of their 15 ODIs against credible opposition last year.
Residents of a section of the Diamond community have complained bitterly about “the improper and illegal disposal of garbage and the deplorable state of the road”.
Four of the six high-profile prisoners who attempted to escape from the Camp Street prison on December 28 with one making it as far as Rasville were yesterday read the charge of breach of the prison when they appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson.
Dear Editor, Until such time as GT&T can provide an efficient landline service to customers in Region 2, which stretches from Pomeroon to Supenaam, the monthly rental being charged now should be waived because of the constant defects in the new system.
This year promises to be another busy year for local golf players even as the Lusignan Golf Club (LGC) looks back at a successful 2008 which saw one of the largest fields of players compete in the prestigious Smirnoff-sponsored Guyana Open championships.
Director of the University of Guyana Berbice Campus (UGBC) Professor Daizal R Samad has planned month-long meetings with Berbice secondary school students to enlighten them about the importance of tertiary-level education.
Professor Norman Girvan’s speech, on receiving an honorary doctorate from the University of Havana last month, tells us lot about the enduring appeal of the Cuban Revolution, now 50.
Dear Editor, The National Commun-ications Network is carrying a message over the airwaves informing listeners of being able to listen to NCN on the internet at www.jumptv.com.
Two of Guyana’s senior players for the first two away games Leon Johnson and Narsingh Deonarine, are feeling no pressure ahead of the upcoming West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) four-day cricket competition which commences tomorrow.
Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson ordered a man who stole several lengths of steel rods from a woman to pay a fine of $30,000 or face the alternative of 12 months imprisonment when he appeared at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.
“This is de third time I catch he breaking into mey house,” George Cole told Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson about an Agricola man accused of breaking and entering his house.
The quest for democratisation in late 19th and early 20th centuries in British Guiana By Dr.
A rush for kerosene oil at the GuyOil station on Regent Street yesterday.
