Daily Archive: Friday, October 1, 2010

– a ‘boost’ for the manufacturing sector President of the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry Komal Ramnauth has said that the recent agreement between Demerara Distillers Ltd (DDL) and Sandals Resort International under which El Dorado will be the exclusive pouring rum at all Sandals Resorts is an outstanding achievement for the local private sector and for Guyana as a whole.

-GuyExpo opens GuyExpo opened last evening with President Bharrat Jagdeo announcing that within 10 days Norway will deposit US$30 million into the Guyana REDD+ Investment Fund (GRIF), the first payment under the forest protection Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signed between the two countries.

Retired Brigadier David Granger has denied any involvement in the military operation during the 1973 general election that resulted in the deaths of two men at No.

Keron Herbert, the ex-soldier fingered in the killing of the gold dealers at Bartica was yesterday remanded when he appeared before acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court on two charges of murder.

Police are seeking a 24-year-old man for questioning about a shooting which occurred at a popular Robb Street bar three Tuesdays ago, resulting in a security guard being hospitalized.

A 32-year-old woman accused of forging a passport and a perpetrating a $2 million fraud was yesterday granted bail in the sum of $350,000 when she appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.

Ballistic testing on an Uzi semi automatic firearm which was recently intercepted in the Berbice area by the authorities has determined that it was used in a Wellington Park, Corentyne robbery during which a security guard was shot and killed in May this year.

The Government of Guyana has condemned   threats and attacks on constitutional governance in the Republic of Ecuador.

A Corentyne businessman will have to face a judge and jury after he was committed to stand trial at the next sitting of the Berbice High Court; this was after a prima facie case was made out against him on the count of rape, committed on a 22 year old woman on 7th April 2007.

-$30M wharf for Berbice A $1.6B water treatment plant was yesterday commissioned at Queenstown, Corriverton and some 12,000 residents in villages along the Corentyne Coast are expected to benefit from the facility.

-tie up guards, steal fuel markers Four masked gunmen stormed the Guyana Energy Agency (GEA) head office on Quamina Street yesterday morning and after tying up two female guards and holding them at gunpoint, escaped with containers of fuel markers.

PNCR potential presidential candidate David Granger will be the guest on the television talk show ‘Plain Talk’ this Sunday on WRHM Channel 7.

In a surprise move yesterday morning, most of the linesmen attached to the Linden Electricity Company Incorporated downed tools to press demands for a salary increase.

Every Child Guyana/ ChildLinK in collaboration with the UN-funded En-hanced Public Trust, Security and Inclusion programme on Tuesday launched “Youth Vision” an initiative aimed at reducing the level of violence in secondary schools.

Cabinet on Tuesday gave its “no objection” to five contracts valued at over $281 million for initiatives to be conducted under the purview of the Ministries of Home Affairs and Local Government, Cabinet Secretary Dr Roger Luncheon said.

-final survey team due A fourth Japanese team is expected here this month to conduct a final assessment of the East Demerara Water Conservancy (EDWC) which could result in aid to strengthen its dams.

– Secretary The money that the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) stands to gain from the participation of  the Amazon Conquerors in the Airtel Champions League 20/20 tournament in South Africa will go towards paying outstanding debts and cricket development, according to GCB Secretary Anand Sanasie.

The Ravens and Beepat Scorpions basketball teams are through to the Division Three final of the Georgetown Amateur Basketball Association (GABA) Pepsi Street Playoff Series after they overcame their opponents on Wednesday night at the Burnham Court.

MIAMI, (Reuters) – The death toll from former  Tropical Storm Nicole rose to 12 in Jamaica and four in the  United States yesterday and forecasters said the storm’s  remains would hit like a hurricane on the U.S.

“He was a gentleman and gave Jack his jacket,” is the way in which Sherlock Atwell will remember  his friend and former teammate Lennox Joseph Hunte who died at 20:00 hours on Wednesday at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPHC).

NEW YORK CITY, CMC – Trinidad & Tobago Pro League club Joe Public slinked-out of contention in the CONCACAF Champions League on Wednesday, but the Puerto Rico Islanders fortified their hopes of reaching the next stage.

– competitive advantage must be earned, not paid for Higher standards of ethical behaviour underpinned by respect for national laws and regulations governing trading practices, improved levels of customer service, a commitment to fair business transactions and the “professional and diligent management” of business enterprises are among the key features of the Code of Conduct promulgated by the George-town Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) on Tuesday evening.

St Stanislaus College Secondary hosted the track events of its Inter-House Athletics Championships at the GCC Ground, Bourda, yesterday and will now determine who will represent the school at the North Georgetown Zone Champion of Champions Athletics meet.

A few weeks ago we published an editorial that sought to draw attention to the fact that criminals appeared to be focusing more pointed attention on the mining areas in the interior of Guyana.

Dear Editor, An editorial in the Kaieteur News of September 24 entitled ‘PPP Presidential Candidate’ stated as follows: “In the run-up to the 1997 elections, with the passing of Dr Jagan, it was reliably reported that there was a deadlock in the Ex-Co between two candidates (Messrs Ramkarran and Nagamootoo).

Dear Editor, We have just experienced our version of the ‘Ashes.’

Dear Editor,The letter titled ‘Most residents from the East Coast look forward to going to the drive-in’ (SN, September 30) was a real eye-opener.

`Preparations are going very well’ – Nascimento After five days of British hospitality, the national rugby Sevens team departed England yesterday for India where they will be representing Guyana in rugby Sevens at the Commonwealth Games in New Delhi from October 3-14.

Dear Editor I am a farmer in Naamryck Farming Group who has been planting ground provisions, plantain, papaw, watermelon and pineapple on a large scale for the past thirty-four years.

Your Excellency, President Jagdeo, on behalf of the many thousands of our Alluvial Gold & Diamond Miners, we plead with you to stop any implementation of all the “draconian” mining regulations, some of which were introduced in the past, and many more “IMPOSSIBLE TO MINE CONDITIONS, which the SLUC has sent to you previously, and a set of similar additional conditions, which they are about to send to you now.

Time Horizon An observation was made about the use of the word “yield” in the narrative of the Lucas Stock Index (LSI) and of the importance of not confusing the concept of the yield with the concept of rate of return on investment. 

QUITO, (Reuters) – Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa  emerged triumphant after a military raid to rescue him from  protesting police, but still faces a political fight to push  through austerity measures testing his popularity.

In the wake of the publication of the April 2010 Economist Intelligence Unit Country Report on Guyana, the Stabroek Business published a story based on the contents of the report in its Friday June 25 issue.

(Jamaica Gleaner) The death toll from the heavy rain associated with what developed into Tropical Storm Nicole continues to climb as more bodies are fished from flooded waterways and the sea.

GEELONG, Australia, (Reuters) – Tour de France  winner Alberto Contador and the Tour of Spain runner-up Ezequiel  Mosquera were suspended for suspected doping yesterday in a  devastating blow to cycling’s battered image.

NEW DELHI,  (Reuters) – As the countdown to the  Commonwealth Games moved into its final three days, athletes  continued to flood into a heavily guarded Indian capital as the  host of problems surrounding the event showed signs of easing.

Harold A Beharry is a quiet, seemingly laid back businessman who does not even dress the part.

Dear Editor, Our national coach, Wayne ‘Wiggy’ Dover, obtained his ‘B’ licence in 2006 after Messrs Joseph Wilson, Collie Hercules and Paul James 2005; simultaneously with Lyndon France and Denzel Thompson; and before Bilaal Eusi Nantambu, 2008 and Gilbert Sampson, 2009.

LUCKNOW, India, (Reuters) – An Indian court ruled  yesterday that the site of a demolished mosque would be split  between Hindus and Muslims, dousing immediate fears of a  violent backlash in one of the country’s most religiously  divisive cases.

Dear Editor, ‘Working towards a brighter future’ is this year’s theme for New Amsterdam Town Day celebrations, set to start this month end.

– aggressive debt collection, accountability key to recovery, Burrowes says Work is almost completed on two critical procedural manuals which are expected to provide policy guidelines for financial and administrative controls at City Hall.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Umpires will now be the sole  judges of whether the light is fit to allow play in one of eight  amendments to the rules of cricket which will come into effect  today.

(Trinidad Express) – Leader of the Jamaat-al-Muslimeen Yasin Abu Bakr has been charged with murder.

LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – Tony Curtis, whose dark  hair and good looks made him a Hollywood star well before he  became an accomplished actor in hit movies such as “Some Like  It Hot” and “The Sweet Smell of Success,” died Wednesday night  at his home in Nevada.

PORT-AU-PRINCE, (Reuters) – Haitians should seize  U.N.-backed elections in November as an opportunity to build a  better nation from the ruins of this year’s earthquake by  taking charge of future development and shedding years of aid  dependency, the top U.N.

As expected, President Hugo Chávez and his United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) obtained a majority of representatives in the National Assembly in last Sunday’s legislative elections.

This woman was sampling Pandama’s jamoon wine from local wine maker Warren Douglas as she explored the booths during the first night of GuyExpo.

On Traffic – And Politicians at Sport Admittedly, these are, in the main, recycled thoughts from an earlier column on the issues published four years ago.

GASCI (www.gasci.com/telephone Nº 223-6175/6) reports that session 374’s trading results showed consideration of $3,645,558 from 86,908 shares traded in 12 transactions as compared to session 373 which showed consideration of $605,763 from 53,377 shares traded in 8 transactions. 

Dear Editor, Your article captioned ‘India battles to save scandal-hit Commonwealth Games’ (SN, September 23) describes accurately the problems associated with the games which are due to begin on Sunday.