Daily Archive: Friday, November 5, 2010

Articles published on Friday, November 5, 2010

Soca Warriors shut out Guyana

(Trinidad Guardian) T&T Soca Warriors sealed a spot in the Digicel Caribbean Cup Finals scheduled for Martinique later this month, after a 2-0 win over Guyana in their second round Group F match at the Manny Ramjohn Stadium, Marabella last night.

Guyana gets kudos for ‘Doing Business’ reforms

Guyana ranked 100 out of 183 economies surveyed in this year’s Doing Business report, done under the auspices of the World Bank, and was congratulated for three reforms The country moved up by one position from its ranking of 101 last year and was lauded by the World Bank’s International

District heads support Bynoe in pull out from schools championships

Several districts which participate in the National Schools Championships, yesterday affirmed their support of the move by Guyana Teachers Union (GTU) President Colin Bynoe to withhold the union’s involvement in the games until the Ministry of Education rectifies its probe which found four Queen’s College teachers negligent in the handling of the Neesa Gopaul case.

New car park?

New car park? This car ended up in a yard at Industry main road, East Coast Demerara yesterday after its driver lost control.

Krystal Sukra moves up in women’s singles category

Junior tennis player Krystal Sukra became the latest player to move up in the women’s singles category after she produced a two-set 6–1, 6–4 win against Thi Fernandes on Wednesday night in her first singles match of the current Pegasus Open at the tennis courts of the Pegasus Hotel.

Digicel’s  Gregory Deane

Phone companies studying draft telecoms liberalisation bill

The chief executive officers of both the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GT&T) and Digicel have confirmed that they are in receipt of copies of the draft telecommunications legislation, which when finalized, will be sent to the National Assembly for assent, paving the way for the liberalisation of the sector.

Edward Shields

Gold output set to top 300,000 ozs this year

– but sector stability threatened by land appropriation crisis, Shields says Even as Guyana’s gold production seems set to exceed 300,000 ounces for the second consecutive year, controversies between Amer-indian communities and miners over mining rights in several of the country’s well-known gold-bearing areas have triggered a crisis that threatens to viability of the industry, Executive Secretary of the Guyana Gold and Diamond Miners Association (GGDMA) Edward Shields has said.

Hikers men, GCC women triumph in indoor hockey

Hikers scored a 3 – 2 victory over GCC in the men’s first division finals clash but the GCC ladies dashed their hopes for a clean sweep in the women’s final of the GT&T Indoor Hockey Tournament held on Sunday night at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.

Costa Rica landslide kills 20 people

SAN JOSE, (Reuters) – A landslide caused by heavy  rain killed 20 people in Costa Rica yesterday as President  Laura Chinchilla considered declaring a national emergency to  help the coffee-growing nation deal with widespread flooding.

Timber production, sales rise

Guyana’s production and export of forestry products both recorded significant increases during the January to August period this year compared with the corresponding period last year, according to figures published in the September 2010 Commodity Market Update prepared by the Ministry of Agriculture.

PNM gave away money – Jack Warner

(Trinidad Express) – Acting Prime Minister Jack Warner believes Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar was not being insensitive or breeding insularity when she said Trinidad and Tobago must benefit from assistance given to other Caribbean islands.

Displaced Barama workers at Linden ponder fortunes

– beyond President’s short-term intervention Some of the 90-odd Lindeners now jobless following the closure of the Barama plywood factory concur that a long-term solution to the problem of unemployment in Linden and in the wider Region Ten will have to be found if the present mood of doom and gloom is to be lifted.

Stock market updates

GASCI (www.gasci.com/telephone Nº 223-6175/6) reports that session 380’s trading results showed consideration of $4,001,387 from 127,995 shares traded in 10 transactions as compared to session 379 which showed consideration of $2,867,873 from 66,146 shares traded in 11 transactions. 

A storm after a storm

Following the death and destruction wrought by the passage of tropical storm Tomas across Barbados, St Vincent and St Lucia, Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar has aroused a storm of a different sort with a comment that has been interpreted by the local media, opposition parliamentarians and the general public to mean that there will be no help for countries seeking assistance without benefits to Trinidad and Tobago.