Articles published on Monday, August 10, 2015
Finance Minister Winston Jordan today announced that effective July 1, 2015 the minimum salary in the public service will be $50,000 per month and all other public servants will receive a 5% increase plus an additional $5,000 per month as of the same date.
1 Introduction 1.1 Mr. Speaker, I rise to move the motion for the approval of the Estimates of the Public Sector and the Budget for the Financial Year 2015 and, in doing so, I wish to indicate that Cabinet has recommended that the National Assembly proceed upon this motion, pursuant to Article 171 Paragraph 2 of the Constitution of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana.
The police are conducting investigations into the circumstances surrounding the death of Building Contractor Ramdas Soman, 51 years, of Yakusari South Zone, Black Bush Polder, Corentyne, and who also resides overseas.
During last night, police say that Seretse Nievelder, 29 years, of South Ruimveldt Park, Georgetown, was driving a motor car along Camp Street, Georgetown, when two men drove up alongside on a motor cycle and demanded that he stop the vehicle.
(Trinidad Guardian) Businessman Derek Chin, owner of the MovieTowne franchise and Dachin Company Ltd, yesterday denied that he had pulled away from the stalled billion-dollar Invaders Bay Development project.
Despite persistent showers at the South Dakota Circuit yesterday, the GMR&SC’s Race of Champions Meet saw some scorching performances.
President David Granger yesterday urged Guyanese to become part of a cultural revolution which would see the revival of “strong village economies [which will in turn] make a strong national economy.”
Former Member of Parliament, Dr. Veerasammy Ramayya has quit the Alliance for Change (AFC) charging that Berbicians are not adequately represented in the coalition government that it is a part of.
Ravens and Colts will compete in the Open Divisional finale of the Georgetown Amateur Basketball Association (GABA) League Qualifying Knockout Tournament, defeating Plaisance Guardians and Trinity Grid Holdings (TGH) Pacesetters respectively in their semi-final matchups on Saturday.
Family members of Collin McEwan are fearful for their lives as police continue investigations into his shooting on Friday night.
LONDON, (Reuters) – England’s Joe Root has moved to the top of the world test batting rankings after scoring two centuries and two fifties in the first four Ashes tests against Australia.
KAZAN, Russia, (Reuters) – China’s Sun Yang was a shock late withdrawal from the final of the men’s 1,500 metres freestyle at the world championships yesterday.
Former PPP stalwart Ralph Ramkarran has encouraged the new government to stick to its promises for constitutional reform and says that it must not allow the PPP to derail the opportunity to fix the political system.
Logs exports continue to rise and for the first half of this year, exports were 12% over the same period last year.
SYDNEY, (Reuters) – Retiring Australia captain Michael Clarke has rubbished local media reports that internal divisions within the squad were responsible for the Ashes debacle.
The Linden Hospital Complex received a defibrillator on 30th July from the Guyana Medical Relief, Inc.,
KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – The West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) wants to create a commercial entity to increase the board’s revenue intake.
Despite a significant subvention from the government, the Guyana Lands and Surveys Commission (GLSC) saw revenue falling far below expenditure last year.
PHILLIPSBURG, St Maarten, CMC – The Caribbean Football Union (CFU) Inaugural Under-15 Football Tournament opened with the Dominican Republic defeating Grenada 3-0 at the Raoul Illidge Sports Complex on Saturday.
The Guyana Government is hoping to meet with representatives of Trinidadian construction company NH International Ltd to work on an arrangement that could see a reduction in a $2.8 billion arbitral award now due following a recent ruling by the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ), Attorney General Basil Williams says.
SYDNEY, Australia, CMC – Trinidad & Tobago have won the clash of the Caribbean on Day three with the world number 10 side overcoming the ninth ranked Barbados at Allphones Arena in Sydney yesterday.
Dear Editor, Your news article, `DPP advised cops to charge Rodrigues with Crum-Ewing murder,’ (SN August 9) should have been providing closure for relatives of Courtney Crum-Ewing, but as one of many observers closely following the March 10th execution-style killing and its continuing narrative, I have to admit something is not adding up with the decision to charge alleged trigger man Regan Rodrigues alone.
The PPP has called out AFC Leader and now Minister of Public Security Khemraj Ramjattan on his “deafening silence” regarding the appointment of Finance Minister Winston Jordan as Chairman of the Board of Directors of the National Industrial and Commercial Investments Limited (NICIL).
A section of the steel fence constructed on the alleyway next to the IMEX International building by its owner John Ganesh was on Friday demolished by the City Council despite his claims that the construction was lawful.
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti, (Reuters) – Haitians voted yesterday for the first time in four years in a test of stability for an impoverished country continually rocked by political turmoil.
Dear Editor, First my appreciation for publishing my letter of July 26th on the above issue.
MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – Australia’s cricket board has promised a review of the Ashes debacle after the dead rubber test at The Oval and will seek answers to the team’s continued flops on foreign pitches.
A Senior Probation Officer in Region Ten wants to make the welfare of the elderly a social problem.
SINGAPORE, (Reuters) – Fireworks lit up Singapore’s sky as crowds celebrated the city state’s 50th anniversary yesterday, an occasion of national pride the ruling party is expected to exploit by calling an election next month.
Dear Editor, Happy Anniversary! What are we celebrating? The last time local government elections (LGE) were held in Guyana was August 8, 1994.
LONDON, (Reuters) – Thirty-two medal winners at the world’s six top city marathons were among the hundreds of long distance runners with suspicious blood test results revealed in a leak, a newspaper reported yesterday.
Dear Editor, On Sunday morning, I went to St Pius Roman Catholic church on Cemetery Road to share in a celebration.
HARARE, (Reuters) – George Worker compiled a brisk 62 off just 38 balls on his international debut to enable New Zealand to complete their brief limited overs tour of Zimbabwe with an easy 80-run win in their only Twenty20 international yesterday.
ABUJA, (Reuters) – Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered ministries to use only approved government bank accounts to make payments, the vice president’s office said on Sunday, part of a drive to improve transparency and clamp down on corruption.
By D. Alissa Trotz Alissa Trotz is editor of the In the Diaspora Column.
Last week, we discussed the Government’s decision to pay over all proceeds from the Lotto funds to the Consolidated Fund.
LONDON, (Reuters) – England paceman James Anderson has been named in the 14-man squad for the final Ashes test against Australia at the Oval, the England and Wales Cricket Board said yesterday.
Politikles
Dear Editor, The evidence is patent: ‘Baby Heart Foundation completes 31 surgeries successfully’ (and in this vein, Cardiac Unit Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the foundation, Dr Rodrigo Soto, appealed for the Guyana government’s support in establishing a paediatric and cardiac world-class unit at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPHC); and ‘11 corneal transplants done at GPHC’ (dealing with corneal transplants, performed recently at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC), by specialists brought in from a United States (US) based foundation, located in Queens, New York).
It is easy to empathise with the Minister of Finance on the matter of being unable to announce a decrease in the rate of the Value Added Tax (VAT) as had been promised by APNU+AFC while in opposition.
BUENOS AIRES, (Reuters) – Ruling party candidate Daniel Scioli was ahead in Argentina’s presidential primary yesterday with 36.6 percent, early results showed, with voters favoring the Buenos Aires governor’s policy of gradual change following eight years of leftist government.
