Articles published on Monday, March 2, 2009
-US-funded tax review finds Import duty was only paid on 4% of cars imported in 2007, according to a recent US-funded study which has found that there was an estimated $1.9 billion in exemptions that year with no clear explanation.
-NA double murder suspect A suspect who was arrested in connection with the Smyth-field, New Amsterdam double murder said he was treated “worse than Guyana’s most notorious criminal” and as though he was already found guilty of the crime The suspect, Tyrone Talbot, 38, an early-retired sergeant from the US Army maintained his innocence of the crime during an interview with Stabroek News.
Call it the dance of death. A 30-year-old father of three succumbed at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH) yesterday after being stabbed at a wedding in a dispute over who was the better dancer and three men are in police custody.
HOUSTON, (Reuters) – U.S. securities regulators on Friday accused Texas billionaire Allen Stanford, his college roommate and three of their companies of carrying out a “massive Ponzi scheme” over at least a decade and misappropriating at least $1.6 billion of investors’ money.
President Bharrat Jagdeo lambasted journalists yesterday for not reporting the news accurately and for distorting the facts to make the government look bad, labelling them the “new opposition.”
The People’s Progressive Party (PPP) says that responsible action by all stakeholders is required as Guyana experiences the inevitable consequences of the financial crisis currently gripping the global economy.
A woman was fished out of the Demerara River at Riverview last evening after reportedly attempting to end her life.
NEW YORK, (Reuters) – The U.S. government will pour another $30 billion or so into American International Group Inc as the embattled insurer prepares to report the biggest loss in history and struggles to sell assets.
In a GINA release on Friday, the Government of Guyana said it was disappointed with what it said appeared to be “deliberate attempts” to misrepresent aspects of a press conference held by President Bharrat Jagdeo on matters related to the financial sector.
President Bharrat Jagdeo on Thursday met with officials from the Caribbean Telecommunications Union (CTU) to discuss the development of the local Information, Communication and Technology (ICT) sector.
The survivor of the Saturday night Agricola Public Road accident, which left another man headless, remains in a serious condition at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPHC).
The state-run Mahaicony Diagnostic Centre performed two major surgeries on Wednesday for the first time and the patients who suffered abdominal complaints were pleased that the procedures were done without them having to travel to Georgetown.
Adherence to standards is paramount for both the “new” and traditional media if they are to be taken seriously, the Guyana Press Association (GPA) says while declaring that it does not encourage any form of censorship.
-plans in train to strengthen army middle management President Bharrat Jagdeo on Thursday told 39 ensigns he decorated at the GDF headquarters that they have an important role to play in enhancing and transforming the agencies they will serve.
Dear Editor, Permit me to bid welcome to CLICO’s pensioners and depositors as they join the fraternity of Globe Trust and Investment Company Limited’s (GT&ICL) betrayal.
Dear Editor, Permit me to respond to your news report, ‘Rumors of GBTI bail-out false,’ (February 28), in which it was reported that the police became involved in an investigation of a Guyanese-run blog, ‘Living Guyana,’ for allowing an “erroneous” post related to a run being made on the GBTI by depositors in the wake of the CLICO fiasco.
The demolition of England’s second innings of the first test of the current Digicel series by the West Indies at Sabina Park revealed a new ruthlessness.
The Ministry of Health is embarking on new interventions to deal with tuberculosis including a public-private sector partnership.
Dear Editor, I thank you for publishing my letter in SN dated February 28, 2009 (‘Difficulty getting new passport in Barbados’).
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Iran is not close to having a nuclear weapon, which gives the United States and others time to try to persuade Tehran to abandon its suspected atomic arms programme, U.S.
National middleweight boxing champion Howard `Battersea Bomber’ Eastman taught Leon `The Lion’ Gilkes a boxing lesson in their 10-round non-title bout in an otherwise lacklustre 32-round boxing card organized by S and S Promotions and the Guyana Boxing Board of Control last Saturday night at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.
Courts Pacesetters defeated Dyna’s Ravens 72-64 to win the Georgetown Amateur Basketball Association (GABA) first division league title on Saturday at the outdoor Burnham Basketball Court.
BISSAU, (Reuters) – Attackers armed with rocket-propelled grenades attacked the headquarters of Guinea-Bissau’s armed forces yesterday, destroying part of the building, witnesses said.
Dear Editor, I hope with all my heart that the police both local and abroad pursue and hunt down those who have established so-called ‘blogs’ that mock, disrespect, degrade, slander, insult, smear, vilify, malign, denigrate and spread horrific lies about media workers and their entities in Guyana, government officials and private citizens as well.
HONG KONG, (Reuters) – Fire-related injuries are a major cause of death in young women in India and many are a result of kitchen accidents, suicides and domestic violence, a study has shown.
Warren “40” McKay continued his impressive run in the saddle after he won the 12th Cheddi Jagan Memorial road race sponsored by BK International yesterday.
Dear Editor, It is time for accountability by ministers, public servants, national and local elected officials.
The smiles, evident on the faces of the Guyana players at 1pm on Saturday disappeared yesterday as the Windward Islands took control of their eighth-round West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) regional four day match at the Guyana National Stadium, Providence.
(Jamaica Observer) China, once among the least liked countries by the West, is rapidly becoming best friends, at least of the Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) region.
Dear Editor, Look at exactly what is going on here: the Guyana Bank for Trade and Industry with assets of $51BN has asked the police force to go after a little blog with a revenue of zero and a readership in the hundreds.
(Radio Jamaica) Western Portland is heading for a by-election. This follows Friday’s ruling by the Appeal Court in the dual citizenship case between the People’s National Party’s (PNP’s) West Portland candidate Abe Dabdoub and the sitting Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) Member of Parliament (MP) Daryl Vaz.
Oxley Agard was born on May 14, 1906. As a young man growing up he started hanging around boxing gyms, lifting weights and performing strong-man stunts.
A four-vehicle smash-up on the East Coast Demerara Highway at Happy Acres last evening saw two men having to be fished out of a nearby trench.
Dear Editor, I am responding to a “source” in the Canadian High Commission that says there will be no aid cuts to Guyana.
Seven persons sustained minor injuries yesterday after a route 44 minibus slammed into the side of a car causing it to spin around.
(Trinidad Guardian) Lawyers and auditors are working feverishly to find out what has happened to more than TT$5 billion from Clico’s Statutory Fund.
Lusignan Cricket Club (LCC) ‘A’ team were crowned the 2008 Demerara Cricket Board (DCB) Hand–in-Hand champions on Saturday after they defeated Mc Gill Superstars by six wickets in the final at the Everest Cricket Club ground.
Dear Editor, I have just read letters in the Stabroek News of February 27 by Rajendra Rampersaud captioned ‘Boysie Ramkaran was a celebrated wit in Parliament,’ and by WP George, headlined, ‘Boysie, Burnham and the dog.’
On January 30, the day Trinidad was rocked by the news that the government would in effect be bailing out C L Financial – or CLICO – as it is branded in the region, a terse statement was issued in Georgetown by the Chief Executive Officer of its operations here, Ms Geeta Singh-Knight to the effect that Clico (Guyana) was “solid” and that none of its assets were intertwined with the troubled Clico (Trinidad) or Clico Investment Bank and that developments involving the parent company had no financial impact on it.
(Jamaica Gleaner) First Global Bank has signed a US$20 million agreement with the International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank group, to expand its capital base and to provide funding for on-lending to Jamaican businesses.
Defending champions Demerara easily disposed of Essequibo by five wickets in their rain-reduced encounter of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB)/Castrol sponsored Under-15 Inter-county tournament at the Anna Regina Community Centre ground yesterday.
photos by Jules Gibson This week we asked the man/woman in the street if they knew what the word daggering meant and if it should be edited from songs before they were released in Guyana.
An Economic Crisis Spreads Offshore (This is one of a series of fortnightly columns from Guyanese in the diaspora and others with an interest in issues related to Guy-ana and the Carib-bean) By Tami Navarro The ongoing collapse of the global economy brings to mind a number of images that are repeatedly circulated in the media: beggared Wall Street bankers; shuttered windows where formerly thriving businesses once stood; foreclosure signs that stretch along blocks of manicured lawns.
