Articles published on Thursday, January 15, 2009
*Errol Hanoman new chief executive *Booker Tate management contract ends *New board to present blueprint for success Former Finance Director Errol Hanoman has been named as new Chief Executive of GuySuCo in a shake-up that will see the longstanding Booker-Tate management contract end and an interim board has been given a month to present a `blueprint for success’ to lift the country’s key foreign exchange earner out of a production slump.
-CDC under-resourced The severe flooding of coastal communities in Regions 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 and others situated alongside rivers has been met with “weak” coordination on the ground by the relevant stakeholders, an assessment conducted by Oxfam International has revealed.
The Guyana Defence Force yesterday announced that it has launched an investigation into the disappearance of two items from the main stores of the headquarters of the Engineer’s Battalion.
-Chief Medical Officer saysLeptospirosis is a potentially serious bacterial illness that can affect many parts of the body.
Closer cooperation to follow Anti-narcotics officials yesterday met with members of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) and have been able to glean some information which will help in the further dismantling of a ring that smuggled 376 kilos of cocaine in pepper sauce cartons.
Workers continued to places sandbags at vulnerable areas on the banks of the lower Mahaica Creek yesterday after high tides during the past three days swamped sections of the communities of Belmont and Supply.
Welcomes France-Brazil pact A major problem in gold mining in the Guianas is that migrant miners frequently use and release mercury for the amalgamation of gold particles endangering the health of persons, the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) says as it welcomed the signing of a pact between Brazil and France recently.
Contrary to our report in the Sunday Stabroek of January 11, 2008, it was PNC Councillor Ranwell Jordan not Oscar Clarke who seconded Llewellyn John’s motion for a resolution to facilitate the holding of mayoral elections.
Dear Editor, It is really a sad day in history when the historical and architectural gems of a country’s cultural landscape go up for sale.
Dear Editor, As a past Public Relations and Press Officer of the Guyana Police Force I have to admit that my sympathies are still with that organization.
Power was expected to be restored later yesterday afternoon to the entire Essequibo Coast after residents from Supenaam to Charity experienced prolonged power outages since Monday as a result of contaminated fuel at the Anna Regina Power Station.
Dear Editor, I pen this letter in utter frustration at the seeming incapability of the Lethem Power Company (LPC) to provide a reliable electricity supply to Lethem and its environs (Lethem is presently in complete blackout for the last 17hrs).
The City Council says that it is now ready to replace the culvert which collapsed and caused a portion of the road on Middleton Street to cave in three weeks ago.
Dear Editor, Over the past several months, the Guyana Sugar Corpor-ation has been lambasted in the press for poor management.
The Indian Arrival Committee (IAC) last Saturday visited Mahaicony and Mahaica Creek residents affected by the current intense rainfall and distributed food hampers, potable water and sanitizing supplies.
The Consular Section of the US Embassy in Georgetown will be closed to the public next Friday, January 23, but it will reopen and resume services on Monday, January 26.
Dear Editor, I am extremely disgusted with the service provided by the Water Distribution Site (the Well) which supplies water to the West Ruimveldt district.
A 16-year-old who fired a stray bullet that killed a 10-year old Guyanese girl in New York was convicted for her murder yesterday.
Dear Editor, With respect to the reports in the Chronicle and on the NCN TV channel concerning the incident with me at the Berbice River Bridge, at no time did I behave in a disorderly manner.
A twenty-one-year-old mason of Grove yesterday appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson to answer the charge of unlawful possession.
Minister of Agriculture Robert Persaud said tests on lesser-used species of wood have found them to be comparable to several overused species and as such their use would be promoted this year.
By Calvin Roberts in Barbados Compliments of Igloo Ice Cream, GT&T, Noble House Seafoods, Papis Supermarket and Oasis Water After their disastrous showing in the first round of the West Indies Cricket Board-sponsored regional four-day competition where they lost to the Windward Islands by an innings and 167 runs inside three days, the national cricketers face a tough examination from the Combined Campuses and Colleges team in their second round game which starts tomorrow here.
Two phone card vendors yesterday appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson to answer to the charges of disorderly behaviour and assault.
He is not known for aggressive batting and pulsating bowling but as an administrator who gets the work done without fanfare.
Dear Editor, Those who continue to advocate the need for shared governance − the PNCR and its associates − as a panacea to the problems in Guyana are not being candid.
–Small Business Council Small Business Council Chairman Keith Evelyn says there is need for collaboration among small agro-processors.
Residents of Moraikobai in the Mahaicony Mission are happy that floodwaters which have been on their land for about two weeks have receded but they said that the flow of water in the creek is still blocked by two trees which fell in a mudslide last year.
Dear Editor, Abu Bakr, in his letter to SN on December 20 (‘What is it that Mr Corbin’s detractors want?’),
– National coach Hassan Mohammed Despite receiving a national award for his contribution to cycling in Guyana national cycling coach Hassan Mohammed is still a bit peeved.
Immigrant Visa Interview Preparation Installment Seventy-Four The Consular Section of the U.S.
Wayne Dover has resigned as head coach of the Alpha United Football Club and has his sights set on other pastures.
Dear Editor, Everyone should be appalled at what is happening in Gaza. Saying
A twenty-seven-year-old taxi service owner yesterday pleaded not guilty to the charge of unlawful assault when he appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson.
Last week, in an episode that could have come straight out of a magical realist novel, Lasantha Wickramatunge, a successful lawyer-turned-newspaper-editor, composed a moving retropsective of the years he had struggled to maintain an independent newspaper in the midst of Sri Lanka’s long civil war.
– Fitzgerald suffers upset defeat National darts champion, Sudesh Fitzgerald, was welcomed back into the real world with a bump.
The evolution of an education system in 19th century colonial British Guiana: From the Dutch to British Compulsory Education Ordinance of 1876By Tota C.
Almost 20 needy families from various communities in Berbice recently benefitted from food hampers that were donated by employees of the Scotia Bank, New Amsterdam Branch.
-court told A twenty-one-year-old employee of Swansea yesterday pleaded not guilty to the charge of simple larceny when he appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson.
Dear Editor, I purchase a Stabroek News daily and each day I am assaulted by the cartoon, ‘Taste of Fear.’
