Daily Archive: Friday, April 27, 2012

Articles published on Friday, April 27, 2012

Chanderpaul sets example for young Windies

ROSEAU, Dominica, (Reuters) – Shivnarine Chanderpaul followed Brian Lara in becoming the second West Indies batsman to pass 10,000 test runs yesterday and team-mate Darren Bravo said he is the example to follow for the new generation of cricketers in the Caribbean.

Proceedings in the House yesterday (Anjuli Persaud photo)

Budget 2012 passed, 0pposition slashes $20.8B

Budget 2012 was approved yesterday in the Committee of Supply of the Parliament minus a sum of $20.8 billion cut by the one-seat majority Opposition comprising the Alliance For Change (AFC) and A Partnership for National Unity (APNU), both of whom signalled their willingness to approve at a later date the funds now being withheld once Government addresses concerns over the allocations.

Linden hospital furnace back in operation

One week after the Region 10 Regional Democratic Council (RDC) publicised its concerns about the stockpiling of used sharps at the Linden Hospital Complex (LHC) and the burning of waste in the open air, the Ministry of Health has resolved these issues and has taken steps to correct other abnormalities at the institution.

Mining tensions

In recent years, gold mining in Guyana has drawn attention to itself for more reasons than the fact that the industry has prospered on account of continually rising world market prices for gold.

APNU, AFC say ready for snap elections

The two parliamentary opposition parties yesterday said they are prepared for early general and regional elections, amid concerns in some quarters that government is becoming increasingly frustrated at APNU and AFC’s exercising control in the National Assembly.

The CEOs of our state corporations should appear before a parliamentary committee

Dear Editor, One reads in the local and international newspapers and other media that Mr Rupert Murdoch, media tycoon and Chairman and CEO of News Corporation, is currently being questioned under oath in the Leveson Inquiry about his ethics and knowledge of a recent phone hacking scandal  involving British newspapers owned by his company, and other matters that affect British society and politics, but specifically about press standards.

Fat or lean cats?

Dear Editor, When the November general elections results were announced there was a marriage of convenience with anticipated testing times that could result in a divorce and/or political squabbles.

Income tax bill approved

The National Assembly last evening passed the Income Tax (Amendment) Bill  2012 which puts the legal framework for the announced increase from the Income Tax threshold from $40,000  to $50,000 per month.

Gecom is not ‘bipartisan’; would be able to react positively to a call for ‘snap poll’

Dear Editor, It is imperative that we comment on a specific remark attributed by implication to Dr Steve Surujbally, Chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission, as published in the second paragraph under the cross-head ‘Gecom’s readiness,‘ in  an article titled “Historic Moment in Guyana’s Governance (Guyana Chronicle, April 25), which was authored by Mr Rickey Singh.

Samuels fails again as Pune lose

PUNE, India, CMC – Marlon Samuels’s Indian Premier League misery continued yesterday when he failed again with both and bat and ball for Pune Warriors, in an 18-run loss to Deccan Chargers.

Correction

Stabroek News in its Wednesday edition in a news item headlined `Ex–soldier charged over murder of miner at Puruni’ incorrectly stated that the accused Ayedeli Woolford pleaded guilty to four of five charges read to him.

Murdoch blames rogue tabloid for phone-hacking

LONDON, (Reuters) – Rupert Murdoch called his News of the World tabloid an “aberration”, blaming journalists for hiding a phone-hacking culture from himself, his son James and his protegee Rebekah Brooks, and saying he wished he had shut it down sooner.

Still no word from local banks on new US tax compliance law

While the commercial banking sector in Guyana is yet to make a pronouncement on how it is likely to respond to the US’s new Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) which requires the banks to submit to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) financial information on clients deemed by Washington to be “persons of interest,” the new law, which comes into effect in January 1, 2013 is making waves in social, political and business circles in Jamaica.

Consul General: Michael Brotherson presented his Letter of Commission as Consul General of Guyana to Barbados to Maxine McLean, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Barbados on April 25th, according to a press release from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs yesterday.  The press release said that the decision by Guyana to upgrade its consular representation in Barbados was taken in the light of the strong relationship between Guyana and Barbados and the broader contact between the two countries both at the Government and people to people levels.   “A permanent presence in Barbados would allow for improved consular services and the development of relations with the Guyanese Diaspora.  The Government of Guyana will also work with the Government of Barbados through its Consul General to promote trade and investment and bilateral cooperation in key areas”, the release said.

Guyana elected to two UN bodies

Guyana was yesterday elected to the Executive Board of the United Nations Children’s fund (UNICEF) and to the Programme Coordination Board for the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

The language of Shakespeare

Generally recognised as the greatest writer in the English language and perhaps the greatest playwright the world has ever seen, William Shakespeare would have been 449 on April 23.

Stock market updates

GASCI (www.gasci.com/telephone Nº 223-6175/6) reports that session 457’s trading results showed consideration of $1,406,207 from 21,014 shares traded in 12 transactions as compared to session 456 which showed consideration of $1,412,513 from 115,081 shares