Daily Archive: Friday, October 31, 2008

Articles published on Friday, October 31, 2008

Waylaid on High St

Bartica miner robbed of cash, goldIn what was a well planned attack, gunmen yesterday snatched a bag containing $1.6M, raw gold and documents along with a licensed firearm from a Bartica miner as he was conducting business at a city store and fled shortly after in a car.

Anjanie Mahdoo

Body in LBI trench

Boyfriend questioned The boyfriend of the late Anjanie Mahdoo, whose partly decomposed body was found on Wednesday morning in a canal at Cherry Field, LBI, has been taken into police custody relatives of the deceased told Stabroek News.  

Ramesh Sunich (right) and Deryck Ramoutar after their 121-run second wicket partnership.

Ramoutar steals spotlight in ECC softball fundraiser

– Floodlights make clean sweep of matches An unbeaten 86 from opener Deryck Ramoutar helped steer Floodlights A team to a comfortable eight-wicket victory over Enmore A in a fundraising double softball encounter for the Enmore Cricket Club (ECC) at the Enmore Community Centre ground last Sunday.

What has happened to the steel pans acquired for Carifesta?

Dear Editor, On behalf of the steel pan players/group in the Linden community, especially the up and coming talented students from the Wismar Christian-burg Multilateral School, and also the young players of the Catholic Church, I ask, can someone kindly say what is the present position with regards to the $30M worth of steel pans that were acquired for Carifesta?

Here for the launch of Guyana PMI Committee: Left to right Owen Fields, Vice President, Marketing, PMI Southern Caribbean Chapter, Rex Dow and Mithra Rampersad.

Local Committee of internationally renowned Project Management Institute to be launched today

Marketing VP says project management culture can help local businesses The Trinidad and Tobago-based Southern Caribbean Chapter of the United States- based Project Management Institute will today launch its first regional committee in Georgetown and the Chapter’s Vice President responsible for marketing Owen Field has said that with the launch of the Guyana Committee, Guyana will become part of a global organization that is equipped to develop expertise in a discipline that is critical to the development of both the public and private sectors.

CELEBRATION!  Former national under-19 batsman Shemroy Barrington jumps in the air after recording his second consecutive century in the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) President’s Cup competition against the Lance Gibbs Tigers yesterday. Umpire Dhieranidranauth Somwaru looks on at left (Lawrence Fanfair photograph)

Barrington hits second hundred as Strikers takes first innings points

-Barnwell offers support with blistering half centuryShemroy Barrington struck his second successive hundred and, coupled with a blistering innings from national all-rounder Christopher Barnwell, steered the Rohan Kanhai Strikers to first innings points over the Lance Gibbs Tigers in their final round game of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) President’s Cup competition at Demerara Cricket Club (DCC) ground yesterday.

The Georgetown Chamber of Commerce

The Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) has been uncharacteristically  busy over the past few weeks engaging, first, the banking sector and, subsequently, the Customs and Trade Administration (CTA), both of which play critical roles in the life of the urban business community.

DCC/Young Warriors clash under lights

Demerara champions Demerara Cricket Club (DCC) and their Berbice counterparts Young Warriors will clash under the lights at the Guyana National Stadium, Providence, in the final of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) Neal and Massy sponsored limited overs competition today.

Water producers given a week to register

Minister of Tourism, Industry and Commerce, Manniram Prashad urged a meeting of stakeholders in the water industry to register with the Food and Drugs Department as the ministry will not compromise on the quality of water delivered to consumers.

Finally! The LABA Elite finals on this evening

By Rawle Toney Finally after two months, the finals of the Linden Amateur Basketball Association (LABA) Elite knock out basketball tournament between the Kashif and Shanghai Kings and the Wismar Pistons will be contested this evening at the Mackenzie sports Club Hard Court.

Information is Power

By Andre Griffith Having been distracted by other pursuits over the last few weeks, I have been unable to keep as current as I would have liked with some of the more pressing issues of the day. 

GT&T National Indoor Hockey C/ships…

Wins for Old Fort and Western Dragons on opening nightOld Fort second division team got off to a flying start on the opening night of the GT&T sponsored National Indoor Hockey championships with a crushing  8-1 win over Carib Degenerates Wednes-day evening at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.

Chamber launching intern and volunteer programme

As part of its effort to improve its capacity to respond to the requirements of its membership, the Georgetown Chamber of Com-merce and Industry (GCCI) has announced the launch of an Intern and Volunteer (I&V) programme aimed at recruiting skilled persons to undertake research and other assignments associated with the Chamber’s delivery of services to its members.

Tournament MVP Christopher Barnwell goes down on his knees to get a delivery out of the way in the final of the Malteenoes Sports Club/ Carib Beer Sixes against Rose Hall Town Windies Sports Bar on Tuesday. (Clairmonte Marcus photograph)

MSC/Carib Beer Sixes

MVP Barnwell steers DCC to second Sixes titleA scintillating batting display from Christopher Barnwell steered Demerara Cricket Club (DCC) to its second Sixes title after they defeated Rose Hall Town Windies Sports Bar (RHTWSB) in the final of the Malteenoes Sports Club (MSC)/ Carib Beer-sponsored Sixes tournament on Tuesday.

Chamber’s Code of Conduct to address tax dodgers -Executive Director

Expanded membership drive for small business sector Executive Director of the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) Jean Bacchus has told Stabroek Business that strengthening the “capacity and influence” of the Chamber is critical to growth and development of the urban business and that it is the business houses themselves that must work to enhance the ability of the Chamber to impact on urban commercial life, “At the moment the GCCI has a membership of around 100 organizations and we estimate that around 35 per cent of our members pay an active interest in the work of the Chamber.” 

Happy

Happy to be alive: Sherry Haynes was yesterday happy to be reunited with her daughter, Jennifer (second from left), her brother, Francis Gonsalves and friend, Roldon Hope (at right).

Linden still sharply divided over dust issue

Even as the Chinese bauxite company continues to provide assurances that the worsening dust menace at Linden arising out of stepped up bauxite production will ease by next September with the installation of a new dust shield, residents of the mining community continue to express    mixed feelings about the possible harmful effects of the problem and the extent to which the company should move to bring short-term relief from the problem.

GASCI Summary of Financials Session 275 Oct 27, 2008

Stock market

GASCI (www.gasci.com/telephone Nº 223-6175/6) reports that session 275’s trading results showed consideration of $5,908,598 from 84,122 shares traded in 15 transactions as compared to session 274 which showed consideration of $624,958 from 75,000 shares traded in 5 transactions. 

‘Pathways to Prosperity’

As the momentum builds towards what many in our part of the world hope will be an Obama victory in next Tuesday’s US presidential election, it is all too easy to forget that it is unclear exactly how the Caribbean and Latin America will stand to gain under the new incumbent in the White House.

King stole a thousand pair of shoes

-court told A twenty-six-year-old man who allegedly stole 3.9M worth of shoes from a woman was remanded to prison on Wednesday when he appeared before Magistrate Melissa Robertson at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.