Daily Archive: Friday, December 21, 2007

Okay the caption might come off as trite and hackneyed. But my “Christmas Is with Us Again” is actually the title of one of my favourite local Christmas time songs.

Magistrate Melissa Robertson-Ogle on Friday sentenced an Albouystown man who admitted to threatening his girlfriend, breaking into her home and burning a quantity of her clothing, to eight years jail after she ordered that he be taken from the court room due to his continued disorderly behaviour.

Magistrate Melissa Robertson-Ogle on Tuesday remanded a labourer to prison after he was accused of attempting to purchase over $1M in electrical items from a city store using a fake cheque.

Justice Jainarayan Singh Jr has ordered the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) to allocate monies equitably to the combined parliamentary opposition parties to offset their respective expenses for the scruntineering activities in the upcoming house-to-house registration exercise.

The past month has not been too kind to President Hugo Ch

One year after the City Mall opened its doors to shoppers, the facility is being hailed by businesses and consumers alike as a landmark development in the local commercial culture that has done as much for comfort and convenience as it has for commerce in the capital.

A city businessman has told Stabroek Business that the rise in the practices of smuggling and money laundering in the commercial sector is making it increasingly difficult for legitimate businesses in the country’s wholesale and retail sectors to survive.

Five recent incidents of theft of cable from Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GT&T) ‘land line’ installations in sections of the city would appear to signal the return of the ‘bad old days’ of 2006 when persistent theft of the company’s copper-based cable sparked tough official measures against the country’s scrap metal industry.

The concerns expressed by the mining community about the future of the industry in an “environmental era” reflect the extent to which issues pertaining to the environment have moved closer to the top of the national and global agendas.

The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) formally approved US$6M for the Rural Enterprise and Agricultural Development Project (READ) for Guyana at a meeting at its headquarters in Italy last Thursday.

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An Official of the Government Food and Drug Analyst Department has told Stabroek Business that the department has no intention of moving in the direction of issuing a ban order on several imported energy drinks which it says are potentially injurious to human health.

The Guyana Forestry Commission (GFC) is testing 15 varieties of lesser-used wood species to identify the criteria for their processing and marketing to reduce stakeholders’ demand for the popular ones.

The loss of skilled workers is a key reason why some businesses are scaling back, according to the 2008 Guyana Business Outlook Survey by Ram & McRae Chartered Accountants.

The Office of the Commissioner of Insurance is celebrating five years of regulating insurance companies.

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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.

Western Tigers began their redemption path in the 18th annual Kashif and Shangai football tournament with a convincing 4-1 victory over Silver Shattas in the feature match of the double-header opener at the Mackenzie Sports Club ground, Wednesday night.

One of Georgetown’s leading football teams Camptown has landed sponsorship from Continental Group of Companies and will now be known as Sunburst Camptown Football Club.

Dear Editor, Kellawan Lall’s letter captioned “Stabroek News has been vilifying me’ (07.12.19) could be labelled pathetic or amusing, depending on which mood one is in.

Dear Editor, I have read with total disgust Mr Lall’s letter captioned “Stabroek News has been vilifying me” (07.12.19) which also appeared in the Chronicle.

Dear Editor, I note with interest the Minister’s arguments that he has been vilified by the Stabroek News.

Dear Editor, I just read Minister Lall’s letter captioned “Stabroek News has been vilifying me” (07.12.19).

Dear Editor, I couldn’t help myself laughing as I read your piece: Newspaper vendors to be charged today with obstructing traffic.

Dear Editor, As a Guyanese, I respect the late Dr Cheddi Jagan’s anti-colonial struggles to liberate the colonized from the colonialists at a time when such struggles were sweeping colonies around the world.

Dear Editor, Please allow me to set the record straight; hopefully once and for all.

Dear Editor, I read with keen interest an article in the Stabroek News of December 19, 2007 titled “Order of Liberation awarded to Dr Jagan.”

Dear Editor, As Christmas approaches and the year comes to an end, I think of how we will spend the festive season.

Dear Editor, We were extremely shocked and saddened to learn of the death of a singing legend, Shri Hari Om Sharan, at a New York City hospital on Monday, December 17, 2007 after a brief period of hospitalization.

Dear Editor, One gets the distinct feeling that Guyana is not going anywhere.

A 45-year-old America Street money-changer was shot on Wednesday night and robbed by two bandits of an undisclosed amount of money and his licensed firearm, seconds after he arrived home.

Government has spent some $279 million on the East Demerara Water Conservancy (EDWC) this year and work is still ongoing to cope with the current rainy season, which is expected to last into the new year.

The Guyanese man held in the US in August with 35 kilogrammes of cocaine has changed his plea to the charge of importing narcotics into the US to guilty and will be sentenced next year.

A Canje householder put up a fight, but was eventually beaten and robbed by armed bandits who broke into his home in the wee hours of Tuesday, and left his family traumatised.

LIAT flights across the region should be back to normal today following a flight attendants sickout on Wednesday which caused a series of cancellations and affected hundreds of passengers.

Grace Kennedy Remittances Services (GKRS) says every customer who visits any of its Western Union and Bill Express branches will receive a gift for a child through its ‘Give a Gift’ Christmas initiative.

A probation officer at New Amsterdam has been removed from a sexual abuse case after a magistrate expressed dissatisfaction with a report submitted to the court.

The union representing the majority of Guyana Power and Light (GPL) employees is seeking the Ministry of Labour’s intervention into what it calls negotiations in bad faith on the part of the company.

Vision Guyana Chairman Peter Ramsaroop last week said he is disappointed with the government and opposition’s response to Venezuela’s apology over the recent invasion at Cuyuni.

A 38-year-old chain-saw operator was hospitalized with a gunshot wound in his right foot after he walked into a gun trap at Upper Aruka, North West District yesterday.

A US$3.7M ($758M) programme aimed at eliminating malaria in Region Nine over a five-year period was on Thursday introduced to regional officials and other stakeholders, a Government Information Agency (GINA) press release said.

Scores of Guyana Public Service Union (GPSU) members and their relatives flocked its Regent and New Garden streets location yesterday to benefit from a medical outreach programme put on by the union.

Owners of animals found straying on roads, in public places and damaging property will face increased fees and penalties with the passing of a pounds amendment bill last Friday.

Le Meridien Pegasus Hotel is fully prepared for the festive season with its offerings including a special Christmas buffet lunch and an ‘Umbrella Party’ for New Year’s Eve.