Daily Archive: Thursday, May 20, 2010

Articles published on Thursday, May 20, 2010

The head table at yesterday’s press conference (from left) Director of Rate Marketing Gene Evelyn, Chief Financial Officer Yog Mahadeo, CEO Major General (rtd) Joe Singh and Deputy General Manager Communications Terry Holder.

Cheaper bandwidth from July – GT&T

Joe Singh confirms resignation The commissioning of GT&T’s Suriname–Guyana Submarine Cable System (SG-SCS) will take place in July as originally scheduled, and will immediately see residents in Georgetown and its environs having access to more bandwidth at cheaper prices, the company’s incoming Chief Executive Officer Yog Mahadeo says.

Peter Ramsaroop

AFC: Ramsaroop was not asked to resign as CEO

The Alliance For Change (AFC) yesterday rejected reports that the party’s former Chief Executive Officer, Peter Ramsaroop was asked to resign from the post, saying his resignation was submitted during the first quarter of this year following an Organisa-tion and Management Review.

Caricom group to mull regional ICT strategy

Ministers Responsible for Information and Communica-tion Technology in CARICOM are slated to focus on measures to accelerate the development of ICT in the Caribbean Community, including a draft five-year regional ICT strategy,   when they meet  at the Thirty-Fourth Special Meeting of the Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED) on May 28  in St.

Officials of the Guyana Football Federation, Banks DIH Limited and FIFA Coaching Instructor Constantine Konstine of the USA at yesterday’s Futsal Launch.

GFF pushing Futsal development

President of the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) Colin Klass feels that this country could move rapidly in the Futsal ranking as the local governing body for football launched another FIFA sponsored Futsal Coaching Course yesterday at Banks DIH Sports Club, Thirst Park.

Carmichael comes good with the bat

When Demerara and Malteenoes Sports Club (MSC) allrounder Kellon Carmichael left for Trinidad & Tobago to play professional cricket in late January, he had more success with the ball until he stroke an unbeaten 62 against Barataria on Sunday in Carib League 50-over competition.

Leon Moore for USA Stint

World ranked number six rated super bantamweight boxer Leon “Hurry Up” Moore is heading to the United States of America (USA) for a short training stint. 

Staff crumbles to Social Sciences in Inter-Faculty B/ball

Following the Faculty of Health Sciences walkover victory against the Faculty of Education and Humanities, the Staff team of the University of Guyana (UG) crumbled at the hands of the Faculty of Social Sciences when the two teams met in the UG Inter-Faculty Basketball tournament at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall yesterday.

The land registers are in a state of real distress

Dear Editor, On February 8, 2010, I caused to be hand-delivered to the offices of the Minister of Legal Affairs, the Permanent Secretary to the said Ministry and the Registrar of Deeds a letter addressed to the said Minister dated February 3, 2010 dealing with aspects of the performance of the department known as the Deeds Registry. 

Specter loses, ‘Tea Party’ wins in U.S. voting

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Disenchanted U.S. voters in  both parties turned against the establishment on Tuesday,  choosing a conservative “Tea Party” newcomer over a handpicked  Republican favorite and dumping veteran Democratic Senator Arlen Specter ahead of November’s midterm elections. 

Halley in a class of her own

Ian Rogers was bang on target while female shooter Pertonella Halley proved that she was in a class by herself when the Guyana National Rifle Association (GNRA) Handgun Section staged its two-day monthly shooting competition last weekend.

After the crisis

The ‘global economic crisis’ was the top buzz phrase for most of last year and only began to be overtaken somewhat by ‘climate change’ towards the end of the year, when some economies began to turn around and it was clear that despite the global predicament of a warming planet there would be no clear consensus at the United Nations Climate Change Conference held in Copenhagen in December – if ever there is total agreement; but that’s another story.