Articles published on Friday, August 8, 2008
The National Assembly last night unanimously endorsed a motion brought by Opposition Leader Robert Corbin to give due recognition to the work and contribution of Guyana’s first Executive President, Linden Forbes Sampson Burnham.
Five bills to sharpen the crime fight and speed the dispensing of justice were tabled in Parliament yesterday covering plea bargaining, paper committals at preliminary inquiries, taking of audio visual evidence, wiretapping and requiring the logging of information on SIM-cards and mobile phone sales.
An Enterprise, East Coast Demerara man was called out of his home on Wednesday night, given a sound beating by four men and eventually died at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPHC).
A man who was going to deposit money from his store’s sales into the Guyana Bank for Trade and Industry location at Vreed-en-Hoop was last evening robbed by gun-toting bandits who escaped.
Two men on a motorcycle who were riding south along the western section of Camp Street and were being trailed by police were involved in an accident with a bus and one was hospitalized and the other taken into custody.
The Guyana government will not be taking part in the US Embassy-sponsored Guyana Civil-Military Relations Conference because it does not reflect suitable input from the government, Head of the Presidential Secretariat, Dr Roger Luncheon said.
Preliminary investigations have ruled out any foul play in the death of MMC security officer Michael Thomas.
Neal and Massy Guyana Ltd has expanded its services locally with the commissioning of a new US$1M warehouse which would employ some 70 persons and provide services to residents of Essequibo.
Disagrees with DIGICEL’s Linehan on pace of discussions Atlantic Tele Network Chairman Cornelius Prior (jr) has told Stabroek Business that the pace of the current telecommunications liberalization talks between GT&T and the Government of Guyana is being dictated by the complexity of the issues under discussion and that he does not share the view expressed two weeks ago by former Chief Executive Officer of DIGICEL’s Guyana operations, Mark Linehan that the talks are moving “too slowly.”
A number of children from Paradise, East Coast Demerara were treated at the Georgetown Public Hospital after they were stung by bees yesterday morning.
Suriname came on Wednesday. Dominica arrived yesterday and with host Guyana already in training albeit for a short period, all is set for the commencement of the Digicel Caribbean Championship which had to be rescheduled for a couple of days due to the unavailability of flights for the Dominicans.
The playing of music in vehicles used for public transport has been outlawed with the passage of a Bill providing for this yesterday.
The Guyana Table Tennis Association (GTTA) will be hosting a five-day coaching programme beginning tomorrow which will be conducted by Argentinea National Coach and Coaching Instruc-tor of the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) Alejandra Gabaglio, according to a release from GTTA.
A recent study designed to fast track and implement plans for the development of the country’s Outsourcing Sector has concluded that “the cost and reliability of telecommunications in Guyana have impacted negatively on the development of the outsourcing industry”, The study which was completed in May by the international consultancy firm Accenture, also says that the growth and development of the sector will depend on “further government action” to address other problems including infrastructure, people, skills and the investment environment.
Dear Editor, The Guyana Police Force is responding to a letter published in the Stabroek News of Friday August 1, 2008 under the caption ‘If the police cannot solve serious crimes then get help from a foreign police force.’
Dear Editor, I write in response to a letter in your letter column on August 5, 2008 under the caption ‘The current local government style is informed by narrow political considerations.’
Rawle Lucas is a Guyanese-born Certified Public Accountant and Assistant Vice President of the Lending Services Division.
By Lloyd Conway US-based former national cyclist Aubrey Gordon was in the spotlight recently when he ascended the podium twice after riding in the US National Masters Road Championships in Louisville, Kentucky last month.
The government is accusing the Stabroek News of being unpatriotic in the run-up to Carifesta X and flirting with the opposition PNCR’s position on the regional cultural extravaganza to discourage participation.
By Andre Griffith Some years ago I attempted to ‘sell’ a senior executive the idea of adopting “thin client computing,” He was not keen on the idea.
By Kizan Brumell The Fruta Conquerors and Sunburst Camptown teams blasted into the final of the Guyana Football Association (GFA) Courts Under-11 Pee Wee tournament at Banks DIH, Thirst Park ground after defeating Strike Again and Beacon United Football Clubs respectively.
Television coverage of the 2008 Olympic Games in China will be provided locally by WRHM Channel Seven, which has obtained exclusive rights from the Caribbean Media Corporation (CMC) and American broadcaster, NBC to televise the games in Guyana.
Dear Editor, To be honest I was completely taken aback by the naïvete of Mr Mike Rahman’s letter ‘We have nothing to fear from Venezuela’ (KN 5.8.08) in which he criticizes Mr Raphael Trotman for some very timely observations contained in his KN column for the AFC (3.8.08).
Tournament Most Valuable Player (MVP) Dale Alves helped the Guyana Police Force (GPF) arrest the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) and the Guyana Prison Service (GPS) in the final of the Ministry of Home Affairs Inter-Agency dominoes competition played recently.
-Anthony tells Caricom videoconference Minister of Culture, Youth and Sport Dr.
Dear Editor, It is no surprise that Mr Ralph Ramkarran would attract the attention of heavy guns at the PPP Congress to reduce his votes so substantially.
Report says facility appeared to be insolvent at the end of 2006 The 2006 audit report on the accounts of the Clerical and Commercial Workers Coopera-tive Credit Union has cited transgressions of accounting procedures, apparent irregularities and imprudent management of the facility and questioned whether its 2006 financial statements represent “a true and fair picture” of its financial affairs.
The nude body of a man found at the Number 69 Village pasture around 1 pm on Tuesday has been identified and a post-mortem examination showed that he died from suffocation and blunt trauma to the head.
The local operations of Trinidad Cement Ltd. (TCL) has launched an initiative designed to educate local builders and home-owners on the quality of TGI cement and on best practices in the use of cement.
Dear Editor, Banwahree also spelt Banvari/Banwari (Sanskrit), is one of the numerous names given to a most celebrated Hindu avatar, Lord Krisna (closest parallel to the Western mind is Christ, the Saviour). ‘Banvari’
Condolences poured in yesterday following the death of sports stalwart Edward Singh.
Cyclists who are presently participating in the National Sports Commission ‘Teach them Young’ cycling programme under the guidance of national cycling coach Hassan Mohammed will be in action tomorrow around the inner circuit of the National Park.
Dear Editor, After storming out of a PPP leadership meeting and reportedly shouting, “I done with you all,” or words to that effect, and then receiving a letter from the party’s General Secretary accepting his resignation while thanking him for his past service, Mr Moses Nagamootoo, has to be recognized as Guyana’s latest come-back kid in the political arena.
GASCI (www.gasci.com/telephone Nº 223-6175/6) reports that session 263’s trading results showed consideration of $2,119,837 from 70,327 shares traded in 8 transactions as compared to session 262 which showed consideration of $2,892,928 from 99,840 shares traded in 11 transactions.
Black Olympics, brown Carifesta -and a touch of Forbes Burnham By A.A.
The eventual completion – albeit after a few extended deadlines – of Republic Bank’s new and imposing edifice at the corner of Camp and Robb streets brings to an end a protracted period of traffic congestion, and inconvenience to pedestrians.
The Demerara Cricket Club (DCC) ground in Queenstown will come alive tomorrow when home team DCC and Malteenoes Sports Club (MSC) face each other in an Old School 35- overs encounter as part of DCC’s Centennial anniversary celebrations.
Addressing the opening session of the second meeting between the Caricom Secretary-General and the Heads of Regional Institutions at the Caricom Secretariat, a week ago on Wednesday, Secretary-General Edwin Carrington, stressed that “integration is not for the faint of heart.”
Over the years one of the most admired features of the US economy is the ability of its citizen to acquire and purchase their own homes.
Cabinet has given the go-ahead to contracts including $75.3 million for the procurement of arms and ammunition for the Guyana Defence Force and $24.6 million for the purchasing of forensic equipment for the Guyana Police Force.
Dear Editor, The congress of the ruling PPP should have moved to delete from the party constitution the ideology of Marxism/Leninism.
