Guyana News

The Jamaica Gleaner yesterday again blasted the Guyana government’s decision to withdraw its advertising from the Stabroek News and it called on Caricom leaders gathering for their intersessional meeting in St Vincent and the Grenadines to tell President Bharrat Jagdeo that such an attack on press freedom stains the entire region.

The Office of the President recently approved the appointments of ten persons as regional executive officers/clerks of the councils for all ten administrative regions.

The death of a mother and her baby earlier this year is under review by the Maternal Mortality Committee of the Georgetown Public Hospital, according to Minister of Health Dr Leslie Ramsammy.

The Environmental Protec-tion Agency (EPA) says that contrary to a report from the Mayor & City Council (M&CC) the noise nuisance matter regarding the KFC Vlissengen Road generators is not yet closed.

PNCR-IG Member of Parliament Winston Murray says that the National Budget continues to be pumped up by external funding and the country should free itself from the shackles of lenders.

After experiencing significant losses and route duplication as a result of a “ruthless price war”, two of the Caribbean’s dominant airlines decided to merge in an effort to provide more efficient service.

The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) yesterday sent a strong signal to Caribbean governments, urging them to build on their current agricultural momentum to cope with the consequences of globalization on their economies.

NULL

There is a distinct air of urgency, perhaps even desperation among local forest producers.

Local forest producers are firmly on the side of responsible timber harvesting and are “deeply concerned” at what the Guyana Forest Producers Association (FPA) says are “unfair and unwarranted attacks” on the operations of its members by environmentalists and other groups many of whom take little time to understand their particular role in the industry and in the community as a whole.

The first phase of the new multimillion dollar National Hardware Super Centre situated on the Industrial Site at Ruimveldt is scheduled to be opened by the end of February.

A man and his nephew appeared yesterday in the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court accused of stealing a woman’s brand new laptop.

Perhaps it’s the Mashramani spirit and season – when some calypsonians utilize the imaginary scenario of our two departed political behemoths, Forbes and Cheddi, discussing current goings-on amongst the local living.

Neal and Massy, the Trinidadian based conglomerate reported profits for the group of TT$402 million for the year ended 30th September, 2006.

Some of the country’s leading timber producers have told Stabroek Business that they are now deeply concerned that a possible official ban on the export of cut logs could cripple the operations of local forest producers and force companies to retrench hundreds of employees.

Vendors utilizing the Water Street (Toolsie Persaud) Arcade say they are disappointed but not surprised that the badly needed rehabilitation of the facility was not specifically mentioned in Finance Minister Ashni Singh’s presentation of ongoing plans for the rehabilitation of the city during his budget presentation in the National Assembly last Friday.

The best way to differentiate any product is by making it the best one in its class.

International Cricket Council (ICC)/Cricket World Cup (CWC) Cricket Operations Director, Michael Hall, is of the view that the Providence Stadium compares favourably with any of the other venues that will be hosting CWC games beginning next month.

President Bharrat Jagdeo emphasised the importance of the agriculture sector as a viable contributor to regional economies in his address at the 5th meeting of the Core Group supporting the Jagdeo Initiative.

Notes 1 – Interim results 2 – Prospective EPS: earnings per share for 12 months period to the date the latest financials have been prepared.