Daily Archive: Friday, November 25, 2011

Articles published on Friday, November 25, 2011

UK considering re-writing union laws-report

LONDON, (Reuters) – Britain’s government could  change trade union laws to curb workers’ ability to strike, a  minister was quoted in the Daily Telegraph newspaper as saying  today, days before the biggest walk-out in decades is due  to take place.

Claude Lemasson

Guyana Goldfields says six miners interested in company

Fresh from concluding a final deal with the Guyana Government, Guyana Goldfields Inc says it has signed confidentiality agreements with six parties interested in buying the company and its Cuyuni/Mazaruni Aurora gold project, Chief Operating Officer Claude Lemasson told the Bloomberg news service.

Man dies in Orangestein accident

The police say they are investigating a fatal accident that occurred at about 2315h last night at Orangestein, EBE, and which resulted in the death of motor-cycle pillion rider Bishram Singh, 30 years of Greenwich Park, EBE.

Tendulkar falls for 94

NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – Sachin Tendulkar stood  on the brink of batting immortality only to retreat, plunging a  milestone-obsessed country into depression and triggering a  debate on his vulnerability against the pressure of expectation.

Persons examining the lift, which will take residents of the home between the first and second floors.

National veterans home opens doors

The National Veterans Rest Home was yesterday officially declared open and outgoing President Bharrat Jagdeo, whose government provided some $45M to assist with its construction, committed further funding to ensure the facility’s upkeep.

Parties relay poll concerns to observers

By Johann Earle The major groups contesting Monday’s elections have been engaging the visiting teams of observers to ensure their concerns are heard and that the missions have an understanding of the political landscape and many other dimensions related to the polls.

Henry Jeffrey

PPP/C could struggle to get 50% of votes-Jeffrey

The incumbent PPP/C could struggle to gain 50 percent of the votes at the upcoming elections because of internal changes within the party in addition to its failure since 2006 to address some critical issues of concern to Guyanese, former PPP/C minister Dr Henry Jeffrey says.

 From left are Guyana’s cruiserweight and heavyweight champion Kurt Bess, Mark Austin and Prince Slowe signing their respective contracts.  (Aubrey Crawford photo)

‘The Sniper’ to target Kurt Bess on Fight Night card

CABOFE cruiserweight champion, Barbadian Shawn ‘The Sniper’ Cox and Guyana’s current cruiserweight and heavyweight champion Kurt Bess will match gloves in the headliner of the Guyana Boxing Board of Control’s (GBBC) 19th edition of Guyana Fight Night at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall on December 17.

GMSA President  Clinton Williams

Resurgent GMSA to host awards tonight

Local business entities in the information technology, food and beverage and engineering sectors will this evening be recognized for their respective contributions to innovation and enterprise in the creation and delivery of goods and services when the Guyana Manufacturing and Services Association (GMSA) hosts its sixteenth Dinner and Awards Ceremony  in the ballroom of the Princess Hotel at Providence.

Guyana’s energy sector: Prospects and pitfalls

Last Monday’s discourses between some of the country’s business and political leaders and senior representatives of Canada’s Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Petroleum Board (C-NLOB) may well have attracted a great deal less public attention than merited on account of the understandable preoccupation with next Monday’s general elections.

The morning after

Living Conditions Quite recently, the World Bank, in a September update of an online report, observed that Guyana would not meet the goal of poverty eradication as required by the Millennium Development initiative. 

Baksh defends education reforms

Minister Shaik Baksh says government has “implemented significant reforms” in the education sector over the last five years and has reaped the benefits with top NGSA and CXC scores, while dismissing calls from the opposition political parties for the revamping of the sector as “uninformed statements.”

Inside John Lewis Styles

John Lewis Styles takes a new and tasteful turn

The new John Lewis Styles store situated on Waterloo Street immediately north of the Astor Cinema embodies the tasteful ambience that meets the demands of the contemporary fashion-conscious Guyanese shopper and the owner, a member of one of the city’s best-known business families, is entirely satisfied that he has begun a journey towards a long-cherished dream.

 Junior volleyball players test the court.

National gym gets $12M volleyball rehab

At a simple commissioning ceremony at the National Gymnasium on Mandela Avenue yesterday, the Guyana Volleyball Federation in partnership with the World Volleyball Federation (FIVB) opened the newly- refurbished volleyball court.

APNU seeks a stakeholder win-win economy

Dear Editor, The Natural Resources section of APNU’s manifesto (reproduced in SN of November 23) under Mining Sector mentions that “APNU in a new administration will encourage companies operating in Guyana to broaden their ownership bases to include ordinary Guyanese employees.“

New CXC exams for primary schools coming

(Jamaica Observer) The Caribbean Examination Council (CXC) is developing a Primary Exit Examination, Professor of Research, Measurement and Evaluation at the University of the West Indies’  School of Education, Dr Stafford Griffith, has disclosed.

Lessons from Jonestown

November 18 marked the 33rd anniversary of the Jonestown murder-suicide that took the lives of some 909 Americans, members of the People’s Temple of Jim Jones, at their sanctuary near Port Kaituma.

Tendulkar eyes 100th international century

MUMBAI, India, CMC – India batting maestro Sachin Tendulkar hit an unbeaten half-century to remain on course for a 100th International century as batsmen again enjoyed the pitch at the Wankhede Stadium on the third day of the third and final Test against West Indies yesterday.