Articles published on Friday, October 12, 2007
Seizures, evidence, prosecutions, convictions, foreign-based official reports and a few local admissions and confessions all point to a now accepted fact: our once-innocent Guyana is a leading South American transshipment point facilitating the export of illegal cocaine from South America to North America and Europe.
A man who allegedly pelted a stone at a Capitol News cameraman resulting in injuries to his forehead, over a news story which carried his photograph, was yesterday placed on $70,000 bail by Principal Magistrate Melissa Robertson-Ogle.
A man who was sentenced ex parte three years ago to three years in prison for trafficking in narcotics and who allegedly had a gun and attempted to rob a couple last month was on Wednesday remanded to prison.
A man who was placed on bail last Friday for allegedly shooting at another man was on Tuesday remanded for allegedly robbing a woman on the same day he is accused of committing the first offence.
Amidst all the rumours, speculation, fears, hopes, fudging and hedging about whether President Bharrat Jagdeo is interested in a third term of office, people seem to be forgetting one key point: Mr Jagdeo has only just completed one year of his five-year term and is no lame duck.
Caribbean-born residents of the United States and their second and third generation offspring represent a market of more than 25 million people worth around US$6 B that is yet to be effectively exploited by the region, according to United States-based Guyanese business consultant Karen Abrams.
The ongoing programme by the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GT&T) to provide remote rural communities with radio telephone services is creating a significant transformation in the lives of residents of those communities, according to Allison Parker, the Company’s Public Relations Officer.
Although the Guyana Small Business Associa-tion (GSBA) deserves a measure of credit for putting together the recent forum at which the President of the Small Enterprising Business Association (SEBA) of Trinidad and Tobago Jonathan Adams made an enlightening presentation on the role that small business plays in that country, the fact that the forum attracted no more than a handful of people, many of whom cannot be described as small business owners in the true sense of the word, was a disappointment.
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Given this is Agriculture month; I thought it appropriate to re-address a topic I have discussed many times in this column, that Guyana has the capacity as a nation to feed the entire region.
The US dollar experienced its worst devaluation in recent times after decades of complete dominance in the International Financial Market.
The Guyana Telephone & Telegraph Company (GT&T) continues to combine its contractual obligation to expanding and modernizing the telecommunications sector infrastructure in Guyana with a corporate commitment to utilizing the technological and other resources at its disposal to improve the quality of education in Guyana, according to Allison Parker, the company’s Public Rela-tions Officer.
Even as Caribbean countries contemplate the likely future impact of ethanol on their predominantly oil-importing economies, the United States may already be pondering the fate of the fuel which just recently was being regarded as a solution to any future global oil crisis.
Business and entrepreneurial pursuits have always been viewed as belonging to the exclusive purview of men, while women were relegated to the “domestic track.”
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Notes 1 – Interim results 2 – Prospective EPS: earnings per share for 12 months period to the date the latest financials have been prepared.
The venue for the Spanish Invasion boxing card has been shifted from the National Park tarmac to the more crowd friendly Banks DIH Thirst Park ground.
A Dion Alfred hat-trick for Alpha United, which helped his team defeat GFC 3-1 was the major highlight of the Georgetown Football Association (GFA) Chubby U-13 league which continued with another five matches at the Tucville ground on Saturday.
Ian Jackson secured two dominant victories in the Alliance For Change/ Continental Cycle Club’s Maxi Perreira & Marlis Archer memorial criterium event held last Sunday on the outer Circuit of the National Park.
Defending champions South Essequibo retained the title of Essequibo zone champions of the nation-wide Neal and Massy limited overs cricket competition when they defeated Leguan by 57 runs in their zone final at the Anna Regina ground on Saturday.
Dear Editor, What a ghastly, horrific bus crash at Linden, with so many dead and injured.
Dear Editor, Too many people are dying on the country’s roads.
Dear Editor, I noticed the circus packing up to leave town this morning.
Dear Editor, In reference to a letter by Mr. Leon James Suseran captioned “A waste of Cyber-space,” (GC 07.10.07) I would like to clarify a few points.
Dear Editor, I feel compelled to add a bit to the issue raised by Saywack/ Charles and Dave Martins on ‘negative journalism’.
Dear Editor, I had a hard time discerning whether Pastor Rocky Lall’s tone in his letter captioned “President Jagdeo deserves two more terms” (07.10.11) was satirical or serious in nature.
Dear Editor, To date MMA/ADA has not increased the pension of pensioners in accordance to the 5% increase that was given to public servants in December 2006, retroactive from January 2006.
Dear Editor, I write in response to Dennis Wiggins’ letter captioned “The PNCR must develop a strategy to attract disaffected Indian voters” (07.10.07).
Dear Editor, In one of his most loved pieces, Guyana’s poet laureate, Martin Carter, speaks of “leaping from the oppressor’s hate and the scorn of myself”.
Dear Editor, I do not envy the policemen of this country at all.
Dear Editor, It is not very often that we get to read letters from PNC Leader, Mr.
Dear Editor, In recent times I have realised that the Stabroek News is coming in for a “media-bias bashing”.This
Dear Editor, I would like to know when I am going to have my income tax refunds due to me since 1989 to 2006?
Dear Editor, Congratulations to President Jagdeo for finally calling a spade a spade regarding the timber scam.
Dear Editor, Paul Thom a young man residing in Linden was picked up by the police on Monday October 1, from the house he was staying with his reputed wife and child (baby) for questioning on reported lost items.
Dear Editor, I have made several complaints to the Local Sanitary Inspector,the Mayor and Town Clerk of the Anna Regina Town Council and the Environmental Protection Agency about an illegal cement bond at Lot 42, Cotton Field, Essequibo Coast in a residential area.
The aftermath of the worst road accident for the year has left residents of Linden in a state of grief as relatives of the dead and injured struggle to come to grips with the reality of the horrible mishap.
President Bharrat Jagdeo has promised to assist 38 Laing Avenue residents who suffered heavy losses in Wednesday night’s devastating blaze to get back on their feet.
Guyana will host 294 delegates from 44 countries at the Commonwealth Finance Ministers Meeting (CFMM) from Monday to Wednesday, with the special theme of climate change expected to dominate the three-day confab.
The Ministry of Tourism, Industry and Commerce is mulling whether or not the government should continue to waive the Common Exter-nal Tariff (CET) on extra-regional cement while TCL Guyana Inc (TGI) is strongly supporting its reinstatement but importers are calling for the waiver to continue.
Less than 24 hours after a fire ravaged a building with 12 apartments on Laing Avenue, residents were further unnerved when another home went up in flames yesterday afternoon.
Months of squabbling with the Region Three council and the government over where they should be selling led Parika roadside vendors to the city to picket Freedom House, the HQ of the PPP.
Police early yesterday morning arrested five men and a woman after they were found with an unlicensed M16 rifle, which was believed to have been used in a robbery on the Essequibo Coast, cash and other items.
The People’s Progressive Party (PPP) and the PNCR yesterday expressed condolences to the relatives and friends of the ten persons who lost their lives in the horrific Amelia’s Ward, Linden accident on Wednesday evening and also to those who were injured.
A 16-year-old boy is clinging to life at the Georgetown Hospital after he was flung from the motor scooter he was riding after being hit by a Route 40 minibus at the corner of Regent and Wellington streets yesterday.
The President’s Youth Award: Republic of Guyana(PYARG) programme is celebrating its 9th anniversary this month with a number of activities across the country.
The Guyana government is pushing ahead with its plans to attract investors from the United States and further afield.
Celebrating four years in existence, the management of John Lewis Styles on Wednesday handed out $100,000 cash each to four Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) in recognition of their hard work and dedication towards helping people.
Police at about 8.30 am on Wednesday shot a man in his right forearm and left hand during efforts to arrest him at Castle Street, Republic Park, East Bank Demerara.
