Daily Archive: Friday, October 19, 2007

My lead issue in today’s most brief offering might again evoke familiar responses from the more confirmed, die-hard (even self-righteous) Christians.

The trial of Michelle Davis, who is accused of harbouring a wanted man and having illegal weapons and ammunition, was postponed yesterday as both her lawyers were in the High Court.

A United States-based Guyanese was all smiles on Monday at the Blairmont Court when Magistrate Geeta Chandan informed him that a case of attempted murder had been discharged against him.

With the Commonwealth having come to Guyana this week, it is perhaps a good time to reflect on the situation in Zimbabwe, which withdrew from the Commonwealth in December 2003.

DIGICEL founder and Chief Executive Officer Dennis O’Brien has launched a strident attack on the monopoly on international telephone calls held by the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company, (GT&T) prompting a sharp response from the ATN subsidiary’s Chief Executive Officer Brigadier General (ret’d) Joe Singh.

Despite the intervention of President Bharrat Jagdeo and the partial removal of the obstacles to the normalization of the country’s scrap metal trade, the fate of the industry still appears to be far from decided, according to Con-sultant to the Guyana Scrap Metal Dealers Association (GSMDA) Malik Cave.

Over time, GuyExpo has established itself as a hugely popular event with the private sector.

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If a competitor came into your market tomorrow and directly challenged your business in a very focused, organized, unyielding, systematic and aggressive way, would your business survive the month?

As a first time laptop buyer, you may already have some experience on desktop computers.

Over the past year, Guyana has witnessed some remarkable achievements in the economic area – almost 5% growth in 2006; this is expected to remain strong in 2007.

DIGICEL’s Chief Executive Officer and one of Europe’s most successful businessmen Dennis O’Brien has said that he believes that Guyana is one of the best locations in the region for investment.

DIGICEL Chief Executive Officer Dennis O’Brien has sounded a warning to the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GT&T), its competitor in the local cellular service sector that it is seeking to overtake the Atlantic Tele Network subsidiary as Guyana’s leading service provider within the next six months.

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It might not be the size of the original Spanish Armadas which ruled the high seas, but a three-man strong Spanish contingent arrived in the country Wednesday night to do battle with their local counterparts.

Guyana opener Travis Dowlin was in a class of his own yesterday and it was not one that the Combined Campuses and Colleges players were accustomed to.

With all the hoopla surrounding basketball, Stabroek Sport sought an interview with President of the Guyana Amateur Basketball Federation (GABF) and retired Guyana Defence Force Lieutenant Colonel Godwin McPherson about the problems plaguing the game.

Defending champions Trinidad and Tobago sent the Windward Islands crashing out of this year’s KFC Cup competition with a comfortable seven-wicket win at the GCC ground, Bourda, yesterday.

The Georgetown Football Association (GFA) Premier League and Supligen round robin action continues today at the Georgetown Football Club (GFC) ground Bourda, with three exciting matchups.

Dear Editor, I have been authorized by Mr. Clive Lloyd to issue this statement on his behalf: ‘I wish to refer to the Stabroek News article captioned “Politics could deny Windies a team director” which appeared in the Tuesday, October 6 issue of your newspaper and which was written by Mr.

Dear Editor, Deputy Prime Minister of Barbados, Mia Mottley, was reported to have said, “Barbados has set a target that by 2025, 40% of its energy use will be renewable.

Dear Editor, Ms Caroline Anstey, the World Bank Country Director for the Caribbean is quoted as saying “The consequences of Climate Change in the Caribbean nations like Guyana will impose a heavy burden on the economies of the region, in particular on the poor.”

Dear Editor, You published my letter not so long ago on the horrific road accidents that are currently plaguing Guyana.

Dear Editor, The recent protest action by students of my alma mater, President’s College, was the culmination of what I consider to be the emergent neglect of the institution by the relevant authorities- a realization I struggle to accept given my splendid years at the college.

Dear Editor, Several residents of Region No. 2 which stretches from Pomeroon to Supenaam join with me to commend police ranks there for having done an excellent job in apprehending an organized criminal gang in the district.

Dear Editor, It has been reported in the local press (Lead testing of toys still to be done.

Dear Editor, Ms Niacelis Williams’s mention of ”Guyana’s menfolk’ and their unacceptable behaviour towards women’ together with ‘we in the Caribbean bear the legacy of being commodified, negated, dehumanized by the colonizer, but we carry scars that go much deeper: the scars of self-contempt’ needs to be clearly looked at before one can truly understand which menfolk/women she is actually talking about.

Dear Editor, In my letter published under the caption “A Multi – racial front against the government is not possible” (07.10.02) I had pointed out that there are two options open to the African Guyanese community in its attempts at achieving political and economic parity.

Dear Editor, I am a member of the special constabulary and a single parent.

The Berbice Bridge has begun to take shape with the installation of one section and is set for completion mid 2008 with investors already receiving interest payments on the money they put in to finance the US$40M project.

West Ruimveldt erupted in chaos yesterday afternoon as residents blocked roads and burnt tires and other debris in retaliation for what they say is the wrongful disconnection of the area’s power supply by GPL.

Guyana received US$466M ($93.2 billion) in remittances last year, according to a report by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) which stated that Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) received a total of US$68 billion from relatives overseas for that year.

Minister of Tourism Manniram Prashad yesterday issued a stern warning to Constellation Tours over its failure to inform its US-bound passengers about a flight cancellation on Wednesday, hinting that it may face penalties.

A senior government official is under investigation for allegedly indecently assaulting a 17-year-old girl more than two weeks ago and a file has been sent to the Chambers of the Director of Public Prosecutions for advice.

Guyana has made significant progress in implementing strategies and interventions aimed at achieving the eight Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) but much more is still to be done in order for the country to meet the 2015 deadline, the Minister of Foreign Affairs says.

The Office of the President (OP) is calling on businesses to be on the lookout for con-men posing as representatives of government ministries and soliciting money.

(Reprinted from Wednesday’s Trinidad Express) The Commonwealth Finance Ministers now attending a meeting in Guyana will not be able to do anything directly to prevent the government of that country from perpetuating its blatant discrimination against the privately-owned Stabroek News.

The Ethnic Relations Commission (ERC) says studies on five important areas of concern in the country found no real evidence of discrimination but a perception that certain ethnic groups are discriminated against.

President Bharrat Jagdeo says he does not feel that the protest by Stabroek News (SN) this week over the withdrawal of state advertisements made any big impact.

The Director General of the Iwokrama International Centre for Rainforest Conservation and Development (IICRCD), Dr David Singh has resigned his position as head of the organization with effect from the end of this month.

The resuscitation of the Guyana Music Festival fits exactly into government’s plan to create a cultural renaissance in Guyana, Minister of Culture, Youth and Sport, Dr Frank Anthony says.

Irish mobile telephone giant, Digicel yesterday announced that customers making Digicel to Digicel calls can now talk for free after three minutes all day every day.

Police yesterday released three officials of Fenix Airways Inc, the company which leased the small aircraft from Air Services Limited which disappeared from the Anna Regina airstrip on Sunday.

Minister of Agriculture Robert Persaud on Saturday told Hamlet-Chance farmers that all outstanding Mahaicony drainage works will be competed by mid-December.

The private sector on Wednesday demonstrated its support for Community Policing Groups (CPGs) when it, along with the Ministry of Home Affairs, donated a number of motorcycles and other gear to them.