Daily Archive: Friday, June 6, 2008

-President bristles over concessions remark The Guyana Times, the nation’s latest daily publication, was last night launched amidst much fanfare in a crowded room at Le Meridien Pegasus.

Caretaker mauled By Zoisa Fraser Two weeks after three pit bulls almost killed a man in an empty lot in Queenstown, the same breed struck again last evening in Oleander Gardens,

PNCR Chairman Winston Murray is calling on the government, as a matter of policy and necessity, to immediately place before the National Assembly the agreement between the administration and Queens Atlantic Investment Inc.

CGX Resources Inc has awarded a contract to Fugro-Geo Team for a vessel to undertake four weeks of 3D marine seismic work commencing next month in the Guyana Basin as the hunt for oil continues.

A gang of men armed with a G clamp, a cutlass and a syringe filled with a poisonous substance attacked a Samantha Point man at his home last Friday beating him severely but fled the scene before injecting him with the poison.

– Manickchand Guyana should not be on the US State Department’s radar when it comes to trafficking in persons (TIP) as there are no “significant” numbers of persons being trafficked in this country, according to Minister of Human Services & Social Security, Priya Manickchand.

Ottawa ready for Free Trade pact with CARICOM Canadian High Commissioner to Guyana Charles Court has told Stabroek Business that Canada is seeking to further strengthen its already considerable trade, business and investment ties with the Caribbean.

Early yesterday morning two armed men robbed a Meten-Meer-Zorg, West Coast Demerara butcher of approximately $1 million in cash and jewelry.

Dear Editor, This letter serves to advise on the sewerage problem highlighted in a letter in your June 3, 2008 issue (‘Sewage overflow in New Market Street).

Twice in recent days President Bharrat Jagdeo has made a point of bemoaning the chronic indifference of CARICOM countries to the development of their respective agricultural sectors and, by extension, their neglect of the importance of national and regional food security.

-High Commissioner Canadian High Commissioner to Guyana Charles Court has said that relations between Guyana and Canada in the mining sector have benefited from the clear setting out by the Government of Guyana and the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) of the regulations within which they expect mining activity to take place.

Shalimar Ali-Hack was confirmed as the substantive Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) by the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) nearly two months ago.

Dear Editor, The new land line service implemented by GT&T in my home village at Suddie in Region 2 has many faults which need to be rectified urgently.

(BUSINESS EDITORIAL) If it seems as though fingers are frequently pointed at the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) over the surfeit of harmful practices  in the gold-mining sector that continue to injure the physical health of the host communities and damage the physical environment, that is only because it is the GGMC – in the final analysis – that is responsible for enforcing the regulations that govern mining practices.

Magistrate Chandra Sohan on Wednesday sentenced a man found guilty of trafficking and possession to six years imprisonment while another man was handed a one-year jail term after he admitted to attempted robbery.

Club Caribee says the belief that Guyana’s tourism product was being stifled because of irregular flights from the UK prompted its decision to put Zoom Airlines into the local industry.

Dear Editor, I just got a piece of composition by Marc Matthews making a point about Obama’s  candidacy for what the writer calls “The Emperor wuk.”

Two men who allegedly robbed a woman of $15,000 were remanded to prison when they appeared before the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court yesterday.

The Guyana National Bureau of Standards (GNBS) says it is investigating complaints about short delivery of petrol at gas pumps and persons who have broken its security seal would be prosecuted.

Studies reveal mercury impact on humans, environment Even as Guyana’s gold mining sector  continues  to attract criticism from environmentalists and host community lobbyists over mining practices considered harmful to the human and physical environment, the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) Secretariat in Guyana says that it will continue to collaborate with the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission, (GGMC), the Guyana Gold and Diamond Miners Association (GGDMA), local gold-miners, lobby groups  and mining communities to help move the industry towards more sustainable mining practices.

Dear Editor, It is with great consternation that I pen this letter after an entire working afternoon was spent at GPL, Main Street.

Possibilities endless but careful planning needed -agriculturalist A former government officer is optimistic that the large-scale agricultural plan the region is implementing to guarantee its food security – the Jagdeo Initiative – could work, but only with careful planning and execution giving due consideration to various constraints.

By Johann Earle For Guyana to be successful in its agricultural development a detailed study of problems at each step of the production and marketing chain must be done by a carefully put together working group comprising farmers, exporters, sector entrepreneurs, government and donors.

– GSA coach Certified level-four national squash Coach Carl Ince of the Guyana Squash Association is confident of team Guyana’s chances of capturing their 16th overall title at the CASA Caribbean Squash Championships next month.

The size of Cariforum – Caricom and the Dominican Republic – is one of the major challenges facing the region as a trading partner but regional integration may be one of the solutions in implementing the Economic Partnership Agreement with the European Union (EU), a regional negotiator says.

Dear Editor, For quite some time we have been reading and/or hearing of various airlines offering, starting or contemplating direct flights from Guyana to North America, when the correct terminology should be non-stop flights.

At the Albion Court on Wednesday, Magistrate Chandra Sohan granted a 36-year-old minibus driver $5M bail on a charge of causing death by dangerous driving and ordered that his passport be lodged at the court.

Government is prepared to assist in making investments in the agriculture sector more feasible by, for example, waiving corporation tax in return for infrastructural works associated with projects, President Bharrat Jadgeo said on Wednesday.

In the wake of soaring food prices, Alliance for Change (AFC) members with support from private and religious organizations yesterday handed out a variety of vegetable seedlings to Sophia families and community groups to promote farming.

Dear Editor, In Iana Seales’ article, ‘Women still pressing for recognition of unwaged work’ (SN, 8.3.08), it was stated “… after more than a decade since the fourth world conference for women in Beijing in 1995, when a platform for action was set up, issues of inequality remain current.

Prime Minister Samuel Hinds and Acting Commissioner of the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) William Woolford met recently with Brazil’s Deputy Minister of Mines and Energy Claudio Seliar to discuss the ongoing commitment of the two countries to controlling the international trade in conflict diamonds.

Flynn Reid registered an unbeaten century to lead Tutorial Academy to a dominant win over School of the Nations New Amsterdam (NA) in the Republic Bank Right-Start Secondary School under 15 40 overs cricket competition which occurred recently in regions 5 and 6.

Two men and a 15-year-old were remanded yesterday when they appeared before Principal Magistrate Melissa Robertson-Ogle on a charge of break and enter and larceny.

GASCI (www.gasci.com/telephone Nº 223-6175/6) reports that session 256’s trading results showed consideration of $3,844,192 from 234,735 shares traded in 17 transactions as compared to session 255 which showed consideration of $1,321,280 from 61,608 shares traded in 8 transactions. 

By Zoisa Fraser Relatives of Surindranauth Bhoojnauth who was found hanging in his cell on Tuesday after he was detained by Mahaica police are now pointing fingers at the ranks, insisting that they should have taken away his belt and any other item before he was placed in confinement.

Dear Editor, I have enclosed an article from the London Times captioned ‘Price rises send New Yorkers into dustbins for free food,’ (19.5.08) showing the hardship middle-class Americans are experiencing caused by rising food and fuel prices.

A 20-year-old joiner was remanded yesterday on a charge of abduction when he appeared before Principal Magistrate Melissa Robertson-Ogle in the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.

Organisers of the Guyana Amateur Basketball Federation (GABF) yesterday named 15 players to represent the East Bank Basketball Association (EBBA) in the Under 23 Inter Sub-Association championships scheduled to begin next weekend.

Proposals on ethanol and non-traditional crops are among the initiatives the government will be using to draw investors to the local agriculture sector and Minister Robert Persaud says government has no plans to intervene in the market.

By Nicosia Smith Guyana has seen several high-profile farming ventures over the years, but some haven’t stood the test of time, and the challenges faced in the past are still present, as start-up farmers and established ones battle to stay in business.

A 22-year-old man was placed on $170,000 bail after he appeared before Magistrate Melissa Robertson-Ogle for allegedly forging and uttering a Caribbean Examination Council Certificate (CXC).

The Organization of American States (OAS) is marking the 60th anniversary of the adoption of its founding Charter in Bogotá, Colombia.

Prime Minister Samuel Hinds says Guyana is already taking steps towards a low carbon economy through the exploration of hydro-electricity and other forms of energy.

Dear Editor, The main opposition PNCR has changed its name several times, but it has failed to change its attitude and this is its basic problem preventing it from offering itself to the general public as a viable alternative to the PPP/C government.

Topp XX and Milerock Football Clubs recorded victories over their opponents when action in the Banks DIH Coca Cola-sponsored Upper Demerara Football Association (UDFA) first-division competition continued at the Mackenzie Sports Club ground Wednesday.

Magistrate Yohannseh Cave on Wednesday set next Monday for the commencement of the preliminary inquiry into the manslaughter case against Ronny Totaram, whose dogs allegedly mauled a security guard to death at Ogle in April.