Daily Archive: Friday, May 8, 2009

The Mandela landfill is creeping ever closer to the Le Repentir cemetery.

–workers face stiffer fines if process not followed Following lengthy debate and polling of MPs, a bill which disallows strike action without “due procedure” for a large portion of the workforce, was passed in the National Assembly yesterday.

Police are seeking two men for questioning in relation to the murder of taxi-driver Rolston Henry and issued wanted bulletins for them yesterday.

Harry Ramanand, one of five patients of the National Psychiatric Hospital (NPH) attacked by a fellow inmate on Saturday, died at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPHC) yesterday.

Nine persons were injured last night when a car collided with a minibus at Vryheid’s Lust, East Coast Demerara.

A man who allegedly stole items from Police Traffic Headquarters, Eve Leary died shortly after he was shot in the left thigh by a policeman during a chase which ended at Anira Street, Queenstown early yesterday morning.

The National Assembly last evening passed a law to strengthen the protection of children, especially those at risk and in difficult circumstances.

The National Assembly last night passed a bill which will see the Bank of Guyana (BoG) taking over the functions of the Commissioner of Insurance (CoI).

Foo carts off all individual awards Defending champions Ber-bice easily retained their Guyana Cricket Board (GCB)/GTM-sponsored Under-19 Inter-county three-day title, after their match against Demerara petered out into a tame draw at the Guyana National Stadium, Providence yesterday.

LONDON, England, CMC – Batting legend Rohan Kanhai has become the latest West Indies icon to be inducted into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame.

Hikers male and female teams were victorious on the second night of action in the Guyana Hockey Board and Mr.

This was a throwback to the bad old days. As West Indian wickets tumbled at Lord’s yesterday – four off six balls in one frenetic period, seven for 29 off 41 balls before an irrelevant 24 from the last pair – dark memories were evoked of double digit totals and two and three day losses.

A man who is said to be mentally-challenged went berserk shortly after 11 am yesterday and stabbed an elderly school vendor in the neck following taunts  by pupils of Vryman’s Erven Secondary Annex at Trinity Street, New Amsterdam.

A Guyanese man is facing extradition from Trinidad, having been charged with money laundering in the US.

With the omission of Rupununi players from this year’s Inter- Guiana Games (IGG) female team, representatives of the hinterland football association are crying foul, saying that it is a slap in the face.

The top teams of the Georgetown Football Association (GFA) 2008 Banks Beer First Division tournament were awarded their prizes in a simple ceremony in the Conference Room of the Banks DIH Building yesterday.

Residents of Abary Creek who were invited to inspect the dredging of the mouth of the creek on Wednesday expressed satisfaction at the job and are relieved that drainage in the area would finally be improved.

Opposition Leader Robert Corbin underwent successful surgery yesterday and is under post-operative care, according to the PNCR.

CENTURION, South Africa, (Reuters) – Matthew Hayden’s  swashbuckling knock of 89 helped propel the Chennai Super Kings  to a 12-run victory over Kings XI Punjab that put them top of  the Indian Premier League standings yesterday.

DUBAI, (Reuters) – Umar Gul and Shahid Afridi shared  the bowling honours as Pakistan defeated Australia by seven  wickets in a Twenty20 match yesterday.

Two NGOs staged a protest outside the Office of the President yesterday calling for the immediate enactment of the Sexual Offences bill.

The Micobie, Parabaru and Karisparu Amerindian communities recently obtained Presidential Grants totalling $2.1M for enhancement works.

The Guyana Defence Force Co-op Credit Union (GDFCCU) according to its 2007 Annual Report has realised $52.3 million or 11.8% increase of its net assets and also increased its statutory reserve by 12.8%, moving up to $89.8 million during the reporting period.

– court hears A tailor who allegedly obtained a quantity of money from three persons under the pretext that he was a health inspector from the Ministry of Health was remanded to prison on Wednesday when he appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.

A call by President of the manufacturers association, Ramesh Dookhoo for measures to be put in place to remove the difficulties faced by legitimate exporters to the United States in the wake of the use of agricultural commodities to smuggle drugs has been strongly backed by the heads of two other leading private sector bodies.

Says new NIS/Labour Ministry memo does not tackle the Scheme’s `real problem’ Officials of the National Insurance Scheme (NIS) are concerned that the new Memoran-dum of Cooperation (MOC) between the Scheme and the Ministry of Labour which allows officers attached to the two agencies to inspect each other’s records for transgression of labour and national insurance regulations could create problems for the Scheme without doing much to resolve its real difficulties.

Dear Editor, Despite the months of relentless visibility of our traffic police, and the remarkable 30% reduction in road fatalities in 2008, we are once again witnessing a weekly upsurge of mangled vehicles emblazoned on the front pages of our daily newspapers and on our television sets.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – US regulators told top banks yesterday to raise $74.6 billion to build a capital cushion officials hope will restore faith in financial firms and set a course out of the deepest recession in decades.

At the risk of sounding like a stuck record, this newspaper is returning once again to the delinquency of employers in the private sector insofar as the payment of their employees’ National Insurance Scheme (NIS) contributions is concerned.

CARACAS, (Reuters) – Venezuela yesterday approved  legislation allowing the nationalization of a group of oil  service companies, opening the door for future takeovers as  President Hugo Chavez extends control over the oil industry.

Dear Editor, The ongoing saga between the Registrar and acting Chancellor became very public with allegations made by each against the other in the media. 

Dear Editor, I would like first to express my gratitude and congratulations to the male and female footballers who tried their best in the Inter-Guiana Games.

(BBC) – The opposition in Barbados has told the government to prepare for a backlash over a planned amnesty for illegal aliens from Caribbean Community (Caricom) nations.

BRASILIA, (Reuters) – Brazil confirmed four cases of  the new H1N1 flu virus, the country’s first, Health Minister  Jose Temporao said yesterday.

The United States Embassy in Georgetown is collaborating with the local private sector and the New York-based Guyanese and American Business and Professionals Council (GABPC) to seek to create more opportunities for commercial and investment cooperation between businessmen in Guyana and the United States.

Says too much foot-dragging on necessary repairs Clerk of Markets Schulder Griffith has told Stabroek Business that he is concerned that tardiness in effecting critical repairs to the Bourda Market could result in the dangerous deterioration of the facility.

Haitian MPs cry fraud Some lawmakers have alleged that there was fraud in last month’s parliamentary elections in Haiti.

MINGORA, Pakistan, (Reuters) – Pakistan’s government  ordered the army to eliminate militants yesterday, setting the  stage for a major offensive against Taliban fighters battling  security forces in a northwestern valley.

Dear Editor, As I was about to exit the terminal shed to board flight BW424 to JFK, a security person called me to carry out a search of my hand luggage and myself.

GASCI (www.gasci.com/telephone Nº 223-6175/6) reports that session 302’s trading results showed consideration of $1,966,551 from 47,800 shares traded in 12 transactions as compared to session 301 which showed consideration of $168,064 from 4,448 shares traded in 3 transactions. 

Dear Editor, Banks DIH is no doubt one of Guyana’s longest standing corporate citizens, but they had a recent series of advertisements in which beer drinkers celebrated the taxes which their purchases of beer (and other Banks DIH products like rum?)

LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – Kobe Bryant scored a  game-high 40 points to help the Los Angeles Lakers beat the  Houston Rockets 111-98 yesterday and level their NBA Western  Conference semi-final series at 1-1.

So, how “Polarised” are we? -In the departure Lounge: Understanding Death I hope that as brief as this will be it will be effective enough to motivate you to consider an issue that concerns us all in this under-developed place.

The forthcoming General Assembly of the Organiz-ation of American States, at the beginning of June, in San Pedro Sula, Honduras, is expected to be dominated by discussion on Cuba’s readmission to the OAS and its place in the hemisphere.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State  Hillary Clinton yesterday played down tensions with Russia  over Georgia, saying they would not cloud arms control talks  and Washington wanted ties with Moscow to hit a new level.

CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuela yesterday approved legislation allowing the nationalization of a group of oil service companies, opening the door for future takeovers as President Hugo Chavez extends control over the oil industry.