Daily Archive: Friday, September 11, 2009

Articles published on Friday, September 11, 2009

CANU raided New Line Aqua farm

Members of the Customs Anti Narcotics Unit (CANU) last Friday swooped on the New Line Aquaculture Farm at Canal Number Two and conducted exercises which resulted in them seizing an undocumented boat and three vehicles.

Kwame Rumel Jobronewet

Tip on missing US man draws blank

A tip which police received yesterday that the body of missing US-based Guyanese Kwame Rumel Jobronewet was buried in the Friendship backdam, East Coast Demerara fell through as their excavation of a section of the area bore no fruit.

Doing business in Guyana still tedious

–ranked at 101 of 183 countries in World Bank report Guyana ranked 101 out of 183 economies surveyed in this year’s Doing Business report, the seventh in a series of annual reports prepared under the auspices of the World Bank.

Man took $1.5M for two US student visas

-court told A 32-year-old man, who allegedly obtained $1.5M from a woman by purporting to be in a position to obtain two US student visas for her, was yesterday remanded to prison when he appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.

Guyana Small Business Council Chairman Keith Evelyn

Small Business Development Council stymied by funding headaches

More than $500m needed for creation of fundMore than three years after the establishment of the Guyana Small Business Council (GSBC) under the Small Business Act of 2004, the Council is yet to accomplish even a small measure of the functions for which it was set up and which are regarded as crucial to the charting of a course for the country’s small business sector.

The art and craft ‘summit’

Constraints to the growth of Guyana’s art and craft industry  have, over the years, included lack of access to funding for capacity building, scarcity of raw materials and weak and largely ineffective international marketing.

Manessah Primo

Cellink Plus 2009 Premier League

Parks and Primo steal spotlight Peter Parks and Manessah Primo played vital roles for the Georgetown Football Club (GFC) and Fruta Conquerors as they led their teams to victory in the latest double header of the Georgetown Football Association (GFA) Cellink Plus Premier League on Wednesday at the Tucville playfield.

          Roger Harper

Hardball stars take on softball champs

-DCC throws down gauntlet to Floodlights XI They have made their names in the traditional form of the game but tonight fans will be able to see whether they can transform their success at hardball cricket to the softer version.

A double-edged sword

Decline in Dollar Reports emanating from the global financial circles on Wednesday September 9, 2009 revealed that the value of the US dollar had fallen against the currencies of its major economic partners. 

Al Wilson

Jason Clarke murder accused remanded

Two teenaged boys, one charged with the murder of a man at Norton Street, Werk-en-Rust last Saturday and the other charged with aiding and abetting the murder, were both remanded to prison shortly after they appeared at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.

Ronaldo Faria

Excavator operator remanded over ATV deal

Twenty-eight-year-old Ronaldo Faria of David Street, Kitty, was on Wednesday remanded to prison shortly after he appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court for allegedly converting money given to him by a man for the purchase of a four-wheel All Terrain Vehicle (ATV), to his own use.

Iran wants global system to end nuclear arms

-paper WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Iran has proposed a global  system to eliminate nuclear weapons, as well as cooperation on  Afghanistan and fighting terrorism, but will not discuss  halting its uranium enrichment programme, an Iranian official was  quoted as saying yesterday.

Wrong photo

Dear Editor, US, World and Olympic medalist, Allison Felix’s photo was posted in your September 9 issue of the sports section when it should have been the image of Jamaican Veronica Campbell Brown.

Bus park ganja accused: It wasn’t my black bag

Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson on Wednesday ordered that a 38-year-old man be remanded to prison when he appeared before her at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court for allegedly being found with a quantity of cannabis in his possession at the Berbice bus park for the purpose of trafficking.

Scotia Bank puts dollars into development of Tape Ball

Scotia Bank as a corporate entity showed support to the Guyana Tape Ball League when they handed over an undisclosed amount of money to the organizers of the inaugural ‘The Companies’ 10/10 cricket tournament which will be played this weekend at the GNS and NIS grounds.

Stock market updates

GASCI (www.gasci.com/telephone Nº 223-6175/6) reports that session 320’s trading results showed consideration of $1,338,942 from 33,906 shares traded in 15 transactions as compared to session 319 which showed consideration of $617,059 from 25,509 shares traded in 8 transactions. 

Honduras conundrums

As the de facto regime in Honduras battens down the hatches in the face of international opprobrium, refusing to yield in its opposition to the return of President Manuel Zelaya, and presses ahead with the presidential elections scheduled for November 29, it appears that the rest of the hemisphere is gathering itself for another effort aimed at the restoration of constitutional order in that country.