Daily Archive: Friday, October 2, 2009

-Jagdeo urges private sector GuyExpo, the country’s largest trade and investment event, opened last evening with a challenge thrown out to the private sector to see opportunities in the midst of a harsh economic climate.

-police By Zoisa Fraser and Alva Solomon A cellular phone recovered on one of the bullet-riddled bodies found in the Essequibo River is registered to one of four members of a missing trawler crew, who police suspect are the dead men.

– McCoy proceeds on leave Government spokesman Dr Roger Luncheon yesterday said that the police are investigating the controversial child solicitation tape allegedly involving head of the Press and Publicity Department of Office of the President (OP) Kwame McCoy, who has since requested leave and has been granted same.

-Luncheon Long-delayed broadcast legislation, expected to facilitate the establishment of a broadcast authority, and Freedom of Information (FOI) legislation are among bills to tabled when the new parliamentary session begins.

Caribbean Motor Racing Championships – Round 3 The third and final leg of the 2009 Caribbean Motor Racing Championships are billed for the South Dakota Circuit and based on the showdown in Jamaica and Barbados, November 8 would certainly be one to remember when the region’s fastest cars and top drivers meet in Guyana.

GuyExpo 2009 drew hundreds at last night’s formal launch but few of the exhibitions created any buzz.

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, CMC – A battered West Indies  began the long trek back to the Caribbean last night, still picking up the pieces from a bruising ICC Champions Trophy campaign where they failed to win a single match.

A Guyana-born police officer in New York was on Wednesday found guilty of second-degree murder for fatally gunning down his ex-fiancée back in 2007 in an incident described as the deadly end of the couple’s two-year tumultuous relationship.

COPENHAGEN, (Reuters) – The frantic, last-minute  lobbying by the four rival cities bidding for the 2016 Summer  Olympics closed yesterday with a shift of pace as IOC members  forgot the polemics and relaxed with a gentle evening of ballet.

Three male students of a Wakenaam secondary school along with a 17-year-old boy were up to last evening in the custody of the San Souci police, after they attempted to rape a 14-year-old girl at a house on the Essequibo island on Wednesday.

The main opposition PNCR is sceptical about government’s willingness to engage the Public Service Union on workers issues, saying “action must speak louder than words.”

– Alpha and Camptown in final battle The Georgetown Football Association (GFA) Guyana Telephone and Telegraph (GT&T) 2009 Cellink Plus Premier League wraps up tonight with what is expected to be a thrilling double header that has the tournament’s two top teams battling against each other at the Tucville playfield.

Action continues tomorrow in the Berbice Football Association (BFA) Coca Cola Senior League as the No.5 playfield and Blairmont No.3 Settlement ground come alive with two double headers that kick off simultaneously.

A 17-year-old was yesterday charged with causing the death of a four-year-old boy by riding a motorcycle in a dangerous manner last Sunday at Agricola.

Wakenaam senior citizen Labwattie Ramdass recently received a wheelchair from the Wakenaam Full Gospel Church and the People’s National Congress Re-form.

LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – Los Angeles Lakers guard Kobe Bryant is again the most popular player in Europe, based on  sales of his blue and gold jersey.

– reduced timber exports push earnings down despite market price increases Statistics released by the Ministry of Agriculture earlier this week indicate that total rice production for 2009 could reach 369,000 metric tonnes this year if the second crop reaches its projected target of 208,000 metric tonnes.

– points to lack of proper systems Calling for a stakeholder-driven overhaul of the rice sector, AFC Chairman Khemraj Ramjattan says securing first priority in the region and ensuring better access to capital are among the immediate policies that need to be considered to help farmers increase profitability.

– Venezuelan, Brazilian visitors expected this year Local craft producers are concerned over the limited marketing opportunities afforded by GuyExpo and say that more has to be done to encourage craft buyers from the region to attend the country’s premier national exhibition.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Trinidad & Tobago captain Daren Ganga said yesterday the upcoming Twenty20 Champions League in India would serve to renew the national team.

Hikers ‘A’ squeezed past Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC) 1-0 to maintain their unbeaten run in the Banks DIH Night Hockey tournament at Thirst Park Wednesday evening.

Over time there has been no shortage of public debate as to whether or not GuyExpo serves it real purpose, that purpose being to provide a platform from which local producers of goods and services can access local and international buyers and potential buyers in order to expand their markets and, by extension, their earnings.

The finance controller who was leaving the country with US$14,000 (nearly $3 million), which he had removed from the Princess Hotel, where he was employed was yesterday released on station bail while the police conduct further investigations into the matter.

Captain Gerald Gouveia yesterday flew a Britten Norman Islander, which had been stranded at the Kaieteur Falls area for just over a year, to the Ogle International Airport (OIA).

LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – With Tiger Woods  overshadowing the sports world like a colossus, the PGA Tour  has so far managed to provide fairly robust resistance to the  global economic downturn.

– court told A taxi-driver, who allegedly received three radio handsets that were stolen from Wings Taxi Service by another man, was yesterday granted bail when he appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.

By Andre Griffith In June 2000, the then US President Clinton signed the “Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act” giving force of law to digital technology for signatures in commerce. 

The Guyana Amateur Swimming Association (GASA) will continue its first Inter-Club meet for 2009 this weekend at the Castellani Pool on Homestretch Avenue.

The PPP/C remembers Newburn Pompey’s “sterling contributions to the struggle for democracy and national development” even as it mourns his passing on Sunday.

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa,  CMC – Officials of the International Cricket Council have debunked media reports that the West Indies were in danger of losing the right to host the 2010 Twenty20 World Cup.

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A 44-year-old man who had chopped another man to his face with a cutlass was put on a two-year bond to keep the peace when he appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson yesterday at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court Trevor Bahadur of Lot 189 Middle Road, La Penitence was accused of unlawfully and maliciously wounding Linden Macy on September 7.

– not enough being done to create core values in service organisations Customer Service Training Consultant Joyce Sinclair has told Stabroek Business that the continually declining standards of customer service that obtains in Guyana  is, in large measure, a function of a culture of consumer indifference to the quality of service that they receive.

JOHANNESBURG, (Reuters) – India captain Mahendra  Singh Dhoni admitted his team made mistakes during the Champions  Trophy in which they failed to reach the semi-finals.

Dear Editor, Another of UNFCCC (UN Framework Convention on Climate Change) talks commence in Bangkok, where various parties continue to discuss opportunities in sealing an agreement in Copenhagen. 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – US President Barack Obama yesterday signed an order banning federal workers from text messaging while driving on official business or using government vehicles.

Hopetown Primary School of Region Five came out on top when the Ministry of Education presented its Schools Festival of Choirs yesterday at the National Cultural Centre.

Fifteen outstanding cricket officials drawn from clubs across Berbice were honoured last weekend by the Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) for their contribution to cricket in the Ancient County in 2009.

GASCI (www.gasci.com/telephone Nº 223-6175/6) reports that session 323’s trading results showed consideration of $7,609,187 from 114,191 shares traded in 11 transactions as compared to session 322 which showed consideration of $1,364,423 from 58,515 shares traded in 9 transactions. 

Dear Editor, The licence office is one of the most difficult offices in this country for conducting business.

Several Caribbean countries including some member states of Caricom are reportedly regarded by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) as uncooperative offshore tax havens and are facing mounting pressure from G20 member states to comply with robust anti-tax haven regulations.

Dear Editor, My brother Montgomery Jeetlall died on July 3, 1991.

GENEVA (Reuters) – Talks between Iran and six major powers over Tehran’s nuclear programme yesterday opened the door to improved relations as Iran agreed to allow UN inspectors into a newly disclosed uranium enrichment plant.

Safraz XI defeated Trophy Stall XI of East Coast by five wickets in a close match with Shaheed Gittens contributing 66 in Safraz XI’s response of 163-9 made by Trophy Stall in the quarterfinals of the Mike’s Pharmacy 15-over countrywide softball competition organized by the Guyana Softball League (GSL).

The armoury of the Guyana Police Force would soon receive a significant boost as Cabinet recently offered its no objection to a contract that would see the purchase of arms and ammunition for the force to the tune of $69.8 million.

LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s High Court ordered its first injunction via Twitter yesterday, saying the social website and micro-blogging service was the best way to reach an anonymous Tweeter who had been impersonating someone.

Dear Editor, The PPP, its pundits and apologists have to be the most avid adherents to the code of fluctuating principles.

(Trinidad Guardian) – Trade Minister Mariano Browne lashed out at the poor support government receives from the business community when negotiating trade treaties.

CHICAGO, (Reuters Life!) – Nike Inc denied it has an  endorsement deal with Michael Vick more than two years after  dumping the National Football League quarterback following his  arrest for bankrolling a dog-fighting ring.

Struggling with my pride and patriotism As one born within these Guyana borders who decided to let family go (most reluctantly) and live all my life here where I even have the outline of my own final farewell service to take place in Georgetown, I know I have a right to criticize and lament what my only native land has become.

The heads of all of Guyana’s diplomatic missions around the world will be brought home this month to have a retreat with the government, Cabinet Secretary Dr Roger Luncheon has said.

A brand new Toyota Corolla NZE motor car and a total of US$3,000 are up for grabs in the Guyana Oil Company’s 2009 promotion under the label “GTX Experience.”

Dear Editor, Periods of long blackouts seem to be happening several times per year now.

PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) – Declaring Haiti “open for business,” Prime Minister Michele Pierre-Louis welcomed hundreds of potential investors yesterday to a conference meant to kick-start an economy stunted by decades of political turmoil.

CHICAGO (Reuters) – When Janice Barnwell decided to boost her career by obtaining a master’s degree in business, the working mother chose an online university because of the convenience and the low cost.

– Jean-Paul Fitoussi is Professor of economics at Sciences-po and President of OFCE (Sciences-po Center for Economic Research, Paris).

–ICC Champions Trophy semi-final (BBC) England seam bowler Stuart Broad will have a late fitness test ahead of today’s ICC Champions Trophy semi-final against Australia at Centurion.

The Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) has started delivery of water by way of tankers to East Coast Demerara communities whose supply has been affected by the electricity shortfall.

(Prepared by the Guyana Marketing Corporation and published by Stabroek News Business as a public service.)

CENTURION, South Africa, (Reuters) – Australia will  not be taking England lightly in today’s Champions Trophy  semi-final, off-spinner Nathan Hauritz said yesterday.

Almost two weeks after Manuel Zelaya’s surprise return to Tegucigalpa, it is clear that any hopes that he might have harboured of provoking a rapid dénouement to the Honduran drama that has been playing out since he was deposed on June 28, have had to be put on hold.

SINGAPORE (Reuters) – “Things develop ceaselessly,” said Chairman Mao Zedong in 1956, noting how much China had changed in 45 years.

LONDON – The insurgency in Afghanistan is growing and the success of the campaign against the Taliban cannot be taken for granted, General Stanley McChrystal, the head of US and NATO troops, said yesterday.

Dear Editor, October 2 marks the anniversary of the birth of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, known throughout the world as the Mahatma. A