Daily Archive: Friday, February 6, 2009

SULIEMANN BENN made a pertinent statement after the opening day of the Digicel Series.

–Jagdeo rescinds dismissals, to meet them shortly Almost a week off the job, striking air traffic controllers returned to work yesterday after a promise by President Bharrat Jagdeo to meet them in “a week’s time”.

Law enforcement officials are tracing around a dozen vehicles – mainly Toyota Tundras and Nissan Titans – as they believe these were purchased with proceeds from the drug trade and shipped here from the US over the last eight months.

Almost five months after police issued a wanted bulletin for a 23-year-old man in connection with the discovery of high-powered arms and ammunition at a Regent Street house, he yesterday appeared in court after turning himself into the police.

-one traced to ex GPL employee GPL employees yesterday swooped on the Maraj and First Federation buildings and found dozens of illegal power connections including one hooked up to the office of a former power company employee.

The Ministry of Housing and the Guyana Office for Investment (Go-Invest) are exploring the possibilities of implementing a pilot programme to establish 40 new low-income houses using locally produced greenheart.

President Bharrat Jagdeo is remaining mum on the legality of his nine-year union with former First Lady Varshnie Singh.

The Guyana Manufacturing and Services Association Ltd  in collaboration with Sobey School of Business,   St Mary’s University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada will be hosting a seminar for manufacturers on ‘Sustainable Manufacturing’ on February 19th at the Cheddi Jagan Research Centre (Red House) from 9:00am to 11:00am.

The government is monitoring the operations of Clico (Guyana) “closely” in the wake of the liquidity problems at its Trinidad-based parent company CL Financial Limited.

No deal was reached on a monetary amount that Guyana could potentially receive for a forest deal, agreed to earlier this week between Guyana and Norway.

The government wants to fast-track the passage of the long delayed anti-money laundering legislation, which has been under review for nearly two years.

Long-serving National Insurance Scheme (NIS) Board Chairman Dr. Roger Luncheon is stepping down from the post.

‘The Joker is Wild’ masquerade band is one of several local bands that was given an incentive to keep the tradition alive, after the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph (GT&T) company donated $1.2M to the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport to develop the art form.

The Ministry of Human Services and Social Security through its Domestic Violence Policy Unit has been conducting domestic violence awareness sessions and Head of the Unit, Geetangeli Geer,  has said that there have been positive responses.

Guyana Telephone and Telegraph (GT&T) technical staff on Wednesday met with a team from Global Marine Services Limited to advance discussions about implementing the Suriname Guyana Submarine Cable Project.

Dear Editor Why is Guyana so often absent from the top tables in Britain?

– Windies in comfortable position after unbeaten half centuries from Gayle, Sarwan By Haydn Gill in Jamaica It was the day that the third umpire became the first umpire.

Dear Editor, I wish to express my concern for different impressions given in your paper of Sunday, February 1, 2009, in an article entitled ‘Rupununi Chamber Chairman apologizes over Brazil Army gravel transport matter.’

The Ministry of Agriculture, in collaboration with the New Guyana Marketing Corporation (GMC), continues to provide assistance to farmers who were affected during the recent flood.

Stabroek Business has been reliably informed that in the wake of the bail-out by the Government of Trinidad and Tobago of the operations of four subsidiaries of CL Financial in the twin-island Republic including CLICO (Trinidad), the company’s Georgetown operations have mobilized its senior managers to respond to a number of “enquiries” from local stakeholders.

-minutes to be sold, VAT collected The controversy over the regulation and operations of local Internet Cafes may be nearing an end, according to information received by Stabroek Business earlier this week from a senior GT&T official.   

Dear Editor, In your January 17, 2009 issue of the Stabroek News, letter writer M Emile wrote about the conditions of the roads in Lethem.

By Haydn Gill in Jamaica Ramnaresh Sarwan was a major beneficiary of the trial referral system yesterday, but he is not too much in favour of it.

Banks DIH on Wednesday donated over $2M to the Culture Ministry to sponsor this year’s 2009 Mashramani calypso competition.

-Lall tells financial officers Minister of Local Govern-ment and Regional Development Kellawan Lall has urged regional financial officers to adhere to rules governing transactions and to familiarise themselves with the Financial Audit Act and IFMAS in order to boost transparency.

Among the various significant and deeply troubling revelations to emerge from the Report on the Customs/Fidelity fraud were those pertaining to the apparent ease with which the co-conspirators were able – over an extended period – to find their way around the various administrative procedures and sophisticated computer-driven safeguards in place at the Guyana Revenue Authority and what the report says was a high level of sheer negligence on the part of some of the Authority’s functionaries operating in positions of responsibility.

Dear Editor, The computer technicians were able to save some of my files after my computer crashed, and now that I have it back, I took the time to see what files were saved and also to decide on some ‘clean-up.’

Fernandes survives scare to advanceCommencing any squash match with a minus handicap is not easy, needless to say a handicap of minus 35 (-35).

Dear Editor, The Guyana Chronicle carried a story which educated us that Shawn Crawford handed over his Olympic 200-metre silver medal to the sprinter, Churandy Martina of the Netherlands Antilles, because he felt the latter, who had come in second but was later disqualified, had earned the medal.

The 2009 local golf season will get underway tomorrow with the annual Guyana Oil Company (Guyoil) sponsored Medal Play tournament at the Lusignan Golf Club with most of the country’s top players expected to take part.

Dear Editor, It is understandable why many Lindeners do not tune in to radio and young people especially are distant from it.

The Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) yesterday said it was looking for Mool P.

By Analyst The role of microfinancing in the creation and growth of small and micro-sized  enterprises has long been the subject of discourse at the levels of both the public and private sectors.

A 48-year-old man yesterday pleaded not guilty to the charge of obtaining money with intent to defraud when he appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson.

With their first round match a mere three weeks away, Berbice’s preparation for the upcoming Guyana Cricket Board (GCB)/Castrol-sponsored Under-15 Inter-county tournament intensifies this weekend with a two-day trial match at the Rose Hall Canje Ground. 

Dear Editor, Behold, there is another fraud at the Republic Bank.

The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) is calling on the Kaieteur News to retract an article on transfers in the agency, stating that it is false and misleading.

The success of Courts’ operations in Guyana and the rest of the Caribbean is largely attributable to the fact that the company has made consumer items affordable for ordinary people.

Bike courier entrepreneur seeking microfinance back-up  Since April 2007 Daune Fraser has been operating Pedal Foot Cycle Courier Service, an urban mail and package delivery service that seeks to provide a quick, reliable and, she emphasizes, a “totally trustworthy service” to a small but growing number of clients in and around the capital.

A team comprising former national players Bruce Edwards and Diane Chance along with current national player Idi Lewis walked off with the Canadian Chinese Table Tennis Association (CCTTA) Lunar New Year Cup team championships on February 1.

A 34-year-old gold miner yesterday pleaded guilty to the charge of illegally departing Guyana when he appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.

Dear Editor, I wish to refer to a letter dated January 27 in the Stabroek News captioned ‘Guyana Consumers’ Association not connected to “The Consumer Movement of Guyana”’ by Eileen Cox of the Guyana Consumers’ Association.

Wismar Pistons and Amelia’s Ward Jets with 11 points each are in the lead following the conclusion of the first round of the Linden Amateur Basketball Association’s (LABA) Pioneer Construction double round league championship.

An 18-year-old porter yesterday pleaded guilty to the charge of illegally departing Guyana when he appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.

An 11-year-old survivor of the Lusignan massacre recently received a donation to help finance his education at the tertiary level.

-Country Manager More than 90 per cent of Courts’ credit customers pay their instalments in a timely manner and the vast majority of people who are late with their payments usually have a good reason for being late, Courts Guyana Inc.

One of three men charged jointly with trafficking in narcotics appeared yesterday before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.

The Mayor and City Council is urging citizens to dispose of litter in the appropriate manner as it has intensified its anti-littering campaign in the city.

Dear Editor, The 2009 Christmas holidays seem to be over everywhere except in the Guyanese local advertising world.

Correction: In our January 31 issue we inadvertently published a photograph captioned Lindel Harlequin which photograph was not an image of the named person.

              Notes 1 – Interim results 2 – Prospective EPS: earnings per share for 12 months period to the date the latest financials have been prepared.

There is a rather morbid joke about cemeteries being places that people are dying to get into.

The barrels move: Residents along the Lamaha St railway embankment continued their migration yesterday.

Functional respect for an office On Presidents….And Other Personalities By Allan Fenty I feel entitled to a brief post-birthday waffle today.

The Corriverton Links U-15 football team recently walked off with the championships trophy and three individual awards at the presentation ceremony of the Berbice Football Association (BFA) junior league tournament.