Daily Archive: Friday, February 13, 2009

Stanford Financial Group Co, the Houston-based investment firm led by billionaire Sir Allen Stanford, is being investigated by U.S

The PNCR is calling on government to convene a meeting of all major stakeholders to agree on a team of competent and qualified experts who would then analyse the economic crisis and make recommendations for the well-being of the country in face of the global financial crisis.

A 54-year-old immigration consultant yesterday pleaded not guilty to three counts of forgery when he appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson at the Georgetown Magis-trate’s Court, and he was subsequently remanded to prison.

One of the other three men fingered with ex-police officer Shawn Hinds in the alleged abduction of a girl under the age of 13 appeared yesterday before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.

The Regional Democratic Council (RDC) of Region Four yesterday announced that it would be taking immediate steps to fix toilets at the Enmore/Hope Primary School following the decision by parents to keep their children away until the problem was settled.

A fine `busing’ prevented a small fire at the Krescent Mall at Mackenzie, Linden from ending up as a major catastrophe yesterday.

A majority of Latin American and Caribbean bankers expect the crisis in financial markets to last between one and three years, according to the results of a poll released yesterday by the Inter-American Develop-ment Bank (IDB) and the Latin American Bank Federa-tion (FELABAN).

The Working People’s Alliance (WPA) yesterday paid tribute to Dr. Joshua Ramsammy, describing him as a fallen soldier of the working people.

Digicel recently donated $1.5M to the Mash Secretariat to boost the 2009 calypso competition.

-agri minister told The call for improved infrastructure in the Intermediate Savannahs was one of the main concerns raised with Agriculture Minister Robert Persaud yesterday when he visited the Dubulay Ranch.

A 33-year-old father of four yesterday pleaded not guilty to the charge of harbouring prohibited immigrants when he appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.

A 78-year-old Cummings Lodge woman was hospitalized after she was attacked by bees yesterday afternoon.

The Department of Education yesterday staged its 14-17 years Children’s Mashramani Competition Dance Two yesterday at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall and Tutorial High School shook things up with a powerful dance.

Explore Guyana 2009, the glossy tourist guide which dedicates over 100 pages to describing Guyana’s geographical beauty and appeal was launched last month.

Dear Editor, Mr Peter Fraser of the GRA describes that entity as having suffered a “brief setback during the last quarter of 2008” (‘TRIPS continues to serve the GRA,’ SN 11.2.09).

DIGICEL: We’re hurting Even as the status of the negotiations between government and GT&T aimed at ending the telecommunications service provider’s international dialling monopoly remains a closely guarded secret, there are signs that DIGICEL is growing increasingly concerned over the implications of the continued denial of an international licence to it for the financial performance of the company.

More equipment is soon to arrive for the National Ophthalmology Hospital though on Monday doctors screened about 120 patients for cataract and other eye ailments that may require surgery.

Top-of-the table Jamaica and bottom of the points’ standings Guyana, clash today at the Providence National Stadium in the sixth round of the West Indies Cricket Board sponsored regional four-day tournament.

Dear Editor, The Central Bank of Trinidad &Tobago (CBTT) became the main regulator of the insurance industry in 2004 and was aware of the inadequacies in both the Central Bank Act and the Insurance Act surrounding related third-party transactions, which prevented the regulator from taking corrective action to protect policyholders.

A 24-year-old University of Guyana student on her way home was relieved of cash and other personal items at gunpoint on the Foulis Old Road.

Local suppliers eye international designs Courts Guyana Inc. is throwing its employees into the frontline of a major customer service initiative as the company seeks to mount a response to what Country Manager Lester Alvis believes will be a tight year for consumer spending.

President of the Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA) Alfred Mentore feels that young cricketers must have discipline and proper work ethic instilled in them.

Dear Editor, One notes a familiar correspondent to your columns expressing his enviable faith in the efficacy of GuySuCo’s recently appointed (interim) board.

Arising out of recent discourses that Stabroek Business has had with businesses in the retail sector we have gleaned a distinct sense of anxiety about the trading outlook for 2009.

The koker door damaged by high tides on Wednesday was the De Kinderen koker and not the one at Stewartville, Chairman of Region Three, Julius Faerber has clarified.

Dear Editor, Because the Mayor and City Council has often been at the receiving end of the hubris of Minister of Works and Transport, Mr Robeson Benn and added to the concerns expressed by some of my colleagues that I am always attacking the government, I opted to make no public statement on the air traffic controllers’ tribulation.

The Guyana Darts Association will stage a “luck of the Draw’ tournament tonight at the Saltaire Sports Club, Pegasus.

-Corbin advises President Opposition Leader Robert Corbin has urged President Bharrat Jagdeo to reconsider the nomination of Dr.

Dear Editor, Guyana has a direct connection in helping Charles Darwin craft the theory of evolution.

By Rawle Lucas Special Allocation of Funds The news out of Washington on Wednesday was that the Obama administration would get nearly $800 billion to spend on energizing a lackluster US economy.

Grant and Blackette House to contest today’s finals After recording outstanding wins against their opponents Grant and Blackette Houses will contest today’s final of the Mackenzie High school (MHS) Inter-House basketball tournament at the school’s basketball court.

The National Working Group (NWG) on Public Private Partnership for the attainment of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) on Wednesday outlined several projects it has facilitated since its establishment in 2005.

Dear Editor, I do believe that every person is entitled to his or her own speculation.

Beepat’s Scorpions and Courts Pacesetters basketball clubs recorded hard-fought victories over Macabees and Demerara Panthers respectively when the Georgetown Amateur Basketball Association (GABA) competition continued at the Burnham Court Wednesday night.

Minister of Housing and Water Irfaan Ali said an extensive investigation has been launched into allegations that some persons have been selling the low-income house lots allocated to them and if the allegations prove true the lots may be repossessed.

Sees no real significant stimulus for tourism Private Sector Commission (PSC) Chairman, Captain Gerry Gouveia has described the performance targets outlined in the 2009 budget as “ambitious” and that the annual presentation had been shaped with the intention to restrain the financing deficit.

Dear Editor, ‘Are we indeed fortunate?’ is the heading of the letter by Donald Isaacs in Kaieteur News of 6.2.09, in response to mine of 3.2.09 captioned ‘Guyanese are fortunate to be led by President Jagdeo’ also published in KN.

-boutiques having to do more research on customer trends Reduced consumer spending and changes in the demand structure in the local boutique and fashion clothing sector are beginning to catch up with providers here and this will eventually result in significant changes in the industry, according to the proprietor of one of the city’s leading fashion stores.

The People’s Progressive Party remembers Dr Joshua Ramsammy as a “distinguished patriot” and extends sympathies to his relatives on his passing.

Dear Editor, It seems established that a letter from Mr Colin Bobb-Semple published in the Stabroek News of February 5, 2009 (‘The Guyana constitution makes more adequate provision for indigenous communities than the US constitution does for Native Americans’) had a passage missing and that the missing passage appeared in the same letter by him as published in the Guyana Chronicle of February 5, 2009.

The grand old men of Guyanese diplomacy have both turned 80: Sir Shridath Ramphal last October, with much fanfare, and Rashleigh Jackson, last month, with considerably less public notice.

The Kashif and Shanghai Organisation, through Digicel, El Dorado, Carib and Caribbean Airlines, is hosting a Mash Jump Off at the National Park on February 21 featuring soca queen Allison Hinds.