Daily Archive: Wednesday, April 16, 2008

Articles published on Wednesday, April 16, 2008

Customs probe bigger than Fidelity –Jagdeo

-sees ring of corrupt officers, assets may be checkedCustoms officers ensnared in a racket with Fidelity Investments have said they assisted government officials to evade duties, President Bharrat Jagdeo disclosed yesterday and he challenged the revenue authority employees to call the names of the officials as he vowed he was not going to protect anyone.

Sugar workers march over food, power prices

Sugar workers at the Rose Hall and Providence estates yesterday marched through the streets of New Amsterdam, protesting the rise in food prices before picketing the National Insurance Scheme (NIS) office and the Guyana Power & Light Incorporated (GPL).

City pays contractors $18M

-garbage collection resumes, but schedule off  Garbage collection is to resume in some parts of the city today, Director of the city’s Solid Waste Department Hubert Urlin said yesterday.

PM raps KN over headline

Prime Minister Sam Hinds has objected to the headline, “Report use of generator or face jail” in Monday’s edition of the Kaieteur News saying this conveys an impression that the headline is a direct quote from the Prime Minister.

$95M in major bridge repairs for Region 10

-overweight trucks have to slim down As part of ongoing efforts to upgrade infrastructure in Region Ten, $95M in major repairs will be conducted on the bridge across the Deme-rara River from Linden to Wismar, the Ministry of Public Works and Commu-nication has said. 

Caribbean champs!

By Kiev Chesney Team Guyana are now relishing  the glory of being champions of the 13th annual Caribbean Junior, Cadet Table Tennis Championships, when they clinched the overall title with two individual victories in front of their home crowd Monday evening at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.

WPO lauds ministerial appointments

The Women’s Progressive Organisation says the appointment of ministers Carolyn Rodrigues and Pauline Sukhai reflects the PPP/C’s efforts to increase the participation of women in decision-making at all levels in the country.

Wednesday Ramblings

No one die for four months Re-entry was hard…a switched plane in Piarco caused the customary cussing and the tired retort to the tannoy: “They would not do this to anyone else but Guyanese, dem eyes pass us…” Then turbulence over the gradually muddying  waters, combined with the surliest flying waitresses, slapping packaged cornbread onto the trays, more eye pass …they would not do that to ….

Resilient Brazil

By Glauco Arbix (This article was received from Project Syndicate, an international not-for-profit association of newspapers dedicated to hosting a global debate on the key issues shaping our world) SÃO PAULO – Less than a decade ago, Brazil’s economy faltered at the first sign of instability in international financial markets.