Daily Archive: Friday, October 3, 2008

Articles published on Friday, October 3, 2008

President of the Athletics Association of Guyana Claude Blackmore and Pamela Phillips at yesterday’s press conference. (Lawrence Fanfair photo)

South American 10K billed for October 26

President of the Athletics Association of Guyana (AAG) Claude Blackmore yesterday in the presence of AAG Secretary Pamela Phillips declared that the sixth annual South American 10K will be run off on October 26 with participants from a number of South American and Caribbean countries participating.

US$40M China soft loan for power upgrade

Guyana last weekend inked a Memorandum of Understanding with  the  Import-Export Bank of China which would see that institution giving financial support for further modernization of this country’s power sector, the Government Information Agency (GINA) reported yesterday.

Gov’t raps GuySuCo on poor output

Urges immediate steps to remedy problems Already reeling from a factory fiasco and slumping production, GuySuCo yesterday came under further pressure when the government issued a statement decrying the corporation’s poor output and ordering immediate steps to arrest the decline.

Sir Shridath in conversation with Caricom Secretary-General Edwin Carrington in the garden of Colgrain House, 2002 (Stabroek News file photo)

Ramphal reminiscences

By Edwin W. Carrington Secretary-General Caribbean Community (Caricom) The name of the Honourable Sir Shridath Surendradath ‘Sonny’ Ramphal, OCC is inextricably linked to the pursuit of co-operation, development and integration in the Caribbean, the wider so-called Third World and globally.

Teen on 13 counts of armed robbery

An 18-year-old Annandale, East Coast Demerara resident was yesterday slapped with thirteen counts of robbery under arms and one count of break and enter when he appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson-Ogle in the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.

Vaughan A. Lewis

A belief in collective action

By Vaughan A. Lewis, Former Prime Minister of St Lucia; Professor Emeritus, Institute of International Relations, University of the West Indies, St Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago It is a pleasure to be invited to write a few words on the occasion of Sonny Ramphal’s eightieth birthday, and in so doing, to celebrate the work of one who is, undoubtedly, the Caribbean Community’s most distinguished diplomatist.

Public hearing into GWI

Poor water quality, billing among top issues raised Poor quality of water and the factors influencing billing were two of the major issues discussed during a public hearing into the Guyana Water Inc, organised by the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) and held at the Rupununi Room, Hotel Tower on Wednesday.

Rudy Insanally

A man of ideas

By Rudy Insanally Former Foreign Minister of GuyanaI am pleased to join in this public tribute to Sir Shridath (Sonny) Ramphal on the occasion of his eightieth birthday this year.

Santa Rosa school toilets

Parents invite Baksh to meeting Minister of Education Shaik Baksh has been invited to a meeting next Friday with parents and residents of the Santa Rosa community to discuss the installation of flush toilets at the primary school following the death of nine-year-old Tenaha De Souza who fell into the hole of a pit latrine.

Bryn Pollard

Outstanding achievements

By Bryn Pollard Former Chief Parliamentary Counsel, Guyana; Former Legal Consultant, Caricom It is a privilege and most pleasurable for me to be invited to make this contribution on Sir Shridath’s attainment of his eightieth birthday and to pay a special tribute to him for his outstanding achievements over the past years.

General Manager of NAMILCO Bert Sukhai

We haven’t increased flour prices since May – NAMILCO GM

Says further reduction will come before year end General Manager of the National Milling Company (NAMILCO) Bert Sukhai has told Stabroek Business that contrary to the impression created by the recent spat between the company and government over flour prices there has, in fact, been no increase in the price of the commodity since May this year.

Skipper Leon Johnson (left) leads his team during their warm up exercises at the Guyana National Stadium, Providence yesterday.

Demerara looking for revenge

In last year’s Inter-County limited overs tournament, Demerara lost their first round game to Berbice at the Blairmont Community Centre round but they rebounded to defeat the Berbicians in the final of the same tournament at the Guyana National Stadium, Providence.

Dr Barton Scotland

A strong advocate for the future of Guyana and the Caribbean

By Dr Barton Scotland Former Senior Diplomat, Ministry of Foreign Affairs The many interviews given by Sonny Ramphal over the course of an illustrious and still very lively career, the several speeches delivered by him and the many studies in which he participated through over four decades of service to Guyana, the Caribbean and the wider international community and the causes which he has advocated and still advocates, attest to his sterling contribution and commitment to ‘goodness’ and ‘fairness’ in the global polity.

Dumbing down

Dear Editor, The decision by John McCain to pick Sarah Palin as his vice-presidential running mate is not a laughing matter and can be described as the most appalling and dreadful decision made during an electoral campaign.

Manning-backed Trinidad Citrus Growers project seeking to invest up to US$25m in Tacama savannahs

Two senior officials of the Caribbean Citrus Growers Association (CCGA), a Trinidad and Tobago-based company, have been meeting with local officials and visiting areas of Tacama in the interior savannahs as the Association prepares to pump around US$25m into the creation of the largest ever citrus-growing operation in Guyana, CCGA President Felix Clarke told Stabroek Business that the  Association is awaiting the ‘green light’ from government over the acquisition of 5,000 acres of land in the Tacama savannahs for the citrus project.

Hinckson PI diary evidence

Defence to respond to written submissions by prosecutorLawyers representing Oliver Hinckson are to respond on October 7 to written submissions laid over to them on Tuesday by State Prosecutor Sanjeev Datadin in response to the defence’s objection on diary testimony.

Cedric Joseph

A network of diplomacy to secure territorial integrity

By Cedric Joseph Former Guyana High Commissioner to the United Kingdom A small state on the South American mainland, emerging from colonialism that left spurious claims to a substantial part of its territory, with a society enveloped in diversities can bear citizens of many hues, figuratively and literally. 

New CANU Head appointed

Three months after Orville Nedd was fired from his post as acting head of the Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU), the Minister of Home Affairs last evening announced his replacement.

Musical vibes

Musical vibes: These lads from North Ruimveldt Multilateral School entertained their peers at the Children’s Rally at the National Park on Monday in observance of Education Month.

Teen on 13 counts of armed robbery

An 18-year-old Annandale, East Coast Demerara resident was yesterday slapped with thirteen counts of robbery under arms and one count of break and enter when he appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson-Ogle in the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.

Empty sleigh: The continuing slowdown in the US economy could hit the remittance sector hard this Christmas.

Global economic crisis could hit remittances sector hard

The local remittance sector is bracing itself for what could be “a hard knock” arising out of the  unfolding crisis in the United States economy and the slowdown in the remittance rate to Guyana could begin to impact significantly in as little as two weeks time, according to President of the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce Chandradat Chintamani.

Compulsory reading for journalists

Dear Editor, I note that Mr Freddie Kissoon in his column of September 26 in the Kaieteur News where he has admitted in his usual circuitious way of having his facts wrong over the identity of a Mr Errol Arthur, has listed my name among those of a number of distinguished Guyanese, including renowned journalist Rickey Singh and prize-winning author and professor David Dabydeen.

Eagles win as Winners/Blue Berry Hill play to draw

Eagles United recorded a 1-0  victory over Amelia’s Ward United while Winners Connections and Blue Berry Hill played to a  1-1 stalemate when the Upper Demerara Football Association (UDFA)/ Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports (MCYS) sponsored premier league competition continued at the Mackenzie Sports Club (MSC) ground on Wednesday night.

Stock market updates

GASCI (www.gasci.com/telephone Nº 223-6175/6) reports that session 271’s trading results showed consideration of $1,131,421 from 103,000 shares traded in 9 transactions as compared to session 270 which showed consideration of $8,576,098 from 320,404 shares traded in 13 transactions. 

The third person

Like Mr Christopher Ram in his letter of September 29, 2008, regarding Prime Minister Samuel Hinds’s letter of September 26, we were rather surprised by Mr Hinds’s repeated references to himself in the third person as “Prime Minister,” mostly without even the use of the definite article.

Frankly Speaking

Corruption – and Cabinet changes – Perception usually prevails Even as I’ll eschew classic definitions of the term, I felt an urge to offer my “three-cents” bit on the issue of corruption, so current at this time.

BOG looking to stop DIH

Bank of Guyana will be looking to stop the marauding Banks DIH cricketers when the two teams clash today in a feature 20-overs-a-side tapeball cricket match at Thirst Park ground under floodlights.