Articles published on Friday, June 20, 2008
Demerara Distillers Limited (DDL) yesterday unveiled a $4.5B expansion programme which includes investment in a new bottling plant, a new multi-column still and, the first bio-methanization plant in the English-speaking Caribbean.
A fire in New Amsterdam last evening completely destroyed two old residential buildings on the eastern half of Pitt Street, leaving one elderly woman homeless.
Amid allegations that government granted permission to drug accused businessman Roger Khan to import spy equipment, Head of the Presidential Secretariat, Dr Roger Luncheon yesterday said he played no part in any such transaction and he said he had no idea where the item was at the moment.
By Cathy Wilson Lindeners turned out in large numbers yesterday morning protesting over the proposed increase of electricity rates from July 1, 2008 and Prime Minister Sam Hinds last evening invited them to meet with him today on the way forward.
Region anticipates solid plans for economic growth It is expected that discussions between trade, investment and financial experts from the region and from New York at the Conference on the Caribbean would lead to concrete initiatives that would spur economic growth in the Caribbean.
Officials from the National Frequency Management Unit (NFMU) have seized 20 unlicensed two-way radios from 17 locations in Georgetown and on the East Coast and East Bank over the last five months.
The case against the Venezuelan man charged with the abduction of the wife and daughter of US wanted man, Barry Datram, was dismissed yesterday for want of prosecution.
GT&T and Digicel yesterday registered surprise at claims by the tourism ministry that it had received numerous complaints from persons in the US who said they had been experiencing difficulties connecting to cell phones on both networks.
Even as rising world market prices for gold trigger a frenetic gold rush in Guyana’s hinterland region, a vigorous international lobby for safer mining practices may force fundamental changes in local operations.
The Ministry of Local Government is calling on the various statutory bodies in the sector “to note the steep increase in the cost of fuel” and utilities and to take all necessary steps to conserve on their use.
Even as the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA), Timehri authority seeks to take stronger measures to thwart the movement of drugs through Guyana’s sole international airport, concerns are being expressed about other aspects of airport security.
A 14-year-old student of a private secondary school at Bath, New Housing Scheme, West Berbice died after he was struck by a car around 12:30 pm yesterday on the Bath Settlement Public Road.
By Calvin Roberts Caribbean International Distributors Incorporated (CIDI), who is a member of the Rudisa Group of Companies which is based in neighbouring Suriname, and through their Blue Life purified water and Thrill soft drink answered the call of the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) when they donated $600,000.00 and a quantity of Blue Life water towards the GFF and the Golden Jaguars respectively.
Dear Editor, With reference to the Sunday Stabroek Business Page of Sunday 15th June 2008.
Towards the end of May we learnt that the conclusion of the multi-million dollar Customs-Fidelity Polar Beer scam was a matter of days away.
Dear Editor, Encomiums are in order for the Stabroek News article of June 17, 2008, page 18, by Oluatoyin Alleyne dealing with the Georgetown Development Plan.
AAG giving up spaces for the Junior Commonwealth Games What do you think about the decision made by the Guyana Olympic Association (GOA) to allocate the two spaces that were originally given to athletics for the 2008 Junior Commonwealth Games, to table tennis and boxing?
Bandits robbed a 29-year-old woman who had just left the Rosignol branch of Republic Bank, of $370,000 around 1 pm yesterday at Bath Settlement after apparently trailing her in a taxi.
By Calvin Roberts At a simple ceremony held in the boardroom of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) yesterday, Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports club (RHTYSC) inducted its third patron.
Members of the Bush Lot Community Policing Group who were recognized for their good work were presented with ‘high-tech’ equipment and gear recently to aid in their crime fighting efforts.
Dear Editor, The Guyana United Artists (GUA) categorically condemns the base and senseless attack on the National Cultural Centre.
Is this “much ado about nothing”? Karen Abrams holds an MBA from UC San Francisco.
Says some vendors stealing water from GWI The establishment of the new Guyana Water Inc.
Minister of Health Dr Leslie Ramsammy was loud in praise of voluntary blood donors at the World Blood Donors’ Day award ceremony held to mark the country reaching the 60% blood donation mark.
Dear Editor, I have an aversion to responding to feature articles written under pseudonyms, such as ‘Peeping Tom’, but I will take exception to the one titled, “Let’s have a full, not a limited enquiry,” (KN, June 18), if only because of the gravity of the issue under discussion.
By Calvin Roberts Ansa Mc AL through its Tropical Rhythm brand was the first to donate to the Guyana Friends and Family Football Fund (GF&FFF) with a $500,000 donation on Wednesday at a simple ceremony held at their Beterver-wagting, East Coast Demerara office.
Participants of the Sophia Training Centre (non-residential) Youth Entrepreneurial Skills Training Programme received their certificates on Friday at the Sophia Skills Training Centre.
By Rajendra Rampersaud The escalating price of oil that has surpassed all predictions and projected by some pundits to reach US$200 per barrel threatens a fragile world economy.
National middle order batsman Travis Dowlin will be looking to continue his good run as captain of the Guyana cricket team when he leads the side in the Guyana Independence Festival Celebrity cricket tournament this week-end at the L’Amoreaux Cricket ground in Scarborough, Canada.
Dear Editor, Thanks for your excellent editorial `Zimbabwe’s Continuing Crisis’ (SN 18/06).
A month has elapsed since Arjune Narine Singh was cut down in a hail of bullets at a police checkpoint at Middleton Street but to date there has been no motive for the shooting and no suspects have been identified.
GETTING TO KNOW GUYANA – As The Bandits Do Regard this brief offering today as my own “Friday Ramblings.”
On 23rd May, with an eye already on the battle with John McCain for the world’s most prestigious political prize, Senator Barack Obama, the then presumptive presidential candidate of the Democratic Party, told the Cuban American National Foundation (CANF) in Miami that he would maintain the 45-year-old US economic embargo against Cuba.
GASCI (www.gasci.com/telephone Nº 223-6175/6) reports that session 258’s trading results showed consideration of $5,137,847 from 141,765 shares traded in 24 transactions as compared to session 257 which showed consideration of $6,360,453 from 570,467 shares traded in 20 transactions.
A locked locker at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall, which acts as a storage compartment for the balls to be used by Chinese table tennis coach Cheng Jian Hua has hampered the visiting coach from carrying on his daily sessions.
Dear Editor, I vividly remember during the launch of Carifesta X, the People’s National Congress (PNC) was protesting against the staging of Carifesta here in Guyana.
