Daily Archive: Friday, December 6, 2013

The executives of the Georgetown Cricket Club today said they viewed with grave concern various articles appearing in the media regarding a business proposal from the New GPC /CPL OP CO and wish categorically state the following: 1.

JOHANNESBURG,  (Reuters) – South Africans united in mourning for Nelson Mandela today, but while some celebrated his remarkable life with dance and song, others fretted that the anti-apartheid hero’s death would leave the nation vulnerable again to racial and social tensions.

Guyana has turned the corner but a series of steps need to be taken to boost the role of the private sector, steer the economy away from primary production and resource extraction and make it more efficient, according to a senior official of the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB).

(Reuters) – Darren Bravo provided stubborn resistance to New Zealand’s bowlers bringing up his maiden test double century to ensure West Indies made the hosts bat again and sent the first test at University Oval in Dunedin into a fifth and final day.

The AFC is investigating reported links between the Chairman of the D Y Patil Group, Dr Ajeenkya D Y Patil and specialty hospital contractor Surendra Engineering.

The Guyana Local Government Officers Union (GLGOU) has given the Ministry of Local Government 72 hours to  rescind its decision to appoint Carol Sooba to the position of Town Clerk or face industrial action by city workers.

The dead man whose nude body was found on the seawalls on Wednesday afternoon was yesterday identified as 53-year-old Andre Erskine of Lot 93 Fourth Avenue, Surbyanville.

President Donald Ramotar and the major political parties yesterday expressed condolences on the passing of former President Nelson Mandela and hailed his legacy.

The Ministry of Natural Resources and the Environment has written to indigenous communities advising them that no mining-related road construction must take place within the Parabara, South Rupununi area, the Guyana Human Rights Association (GHRA) has said.

Glen Khan: ‘What we did was sell the Fogarty’s building and lease it back… this is what they call financial engineering—how you release capital to one of your major assets so that you can put it back into the business’   The management of Fogarty’s Department Store yesterday assured that while its Water Street building has been sold it was part of a financial strategy and the company would not be affected.

The Guyana Public Service Union (GPSU) yesterday signalled its intention to intensify its struggle against government’s imposition of a 5% wage hike on public servants although no decision has been made as yet on industrial action.

Queens Atlantic Invest-ment Inc. (QAII) was on Wednesday declared winner of the Georgetown Chamber’s Business of the Year Award (large) for its investment in the Caribbean Premier League T20 cricket tournament among other initiatives.

Government may seek to go ahead with local government elections without the outstanding reforms to reduce ministerial control over local authorities.

Police are investigating yet another road fatality. Yesterday at approximately 3:30pm 80 year old Nazo Shaddick of Little Diamond squatting area, EBD was struck down by a motor vehicle.

A Cane Grove man died yesterday morning after being pinned under a tractor after it reportedly slipped from a muddy dam.

A 17-year-old of Suddie, Essequibo Coast died yesterday at the Suddie Public Hospital as a result of reportedly having ingested a poisonous substance a few days ago.

To mark one century in existence, the Harmony Lodge (Scottish Masonic) yesterday donated a stand-up freezer to Uncle Eddie’s Home (UEH).

The Organisation for Social and Health Advancement for Guyana and the Caribbean (OSHAG/C) on Tuesday donated equipment valued US$10,000 to the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation’s urology department.

Cabinet Secretary Dr Roger Luncheon announced on Wednesday that Cabinet had no objections to eight contracts, including one valued $49.9M to procure generators to supply electricity in regions One and Eight.

The Charity Health Centre located in the compound of the Oscar Joseph District Hospital, Charity, Region Two was yesterday commissioned.

Caricom Secretary-General Irwin LaRocque has announced that Information and Communication Technology (ICT) will be one of the major topics on the agenda of the upcoming intersessional meeting in February.

Castello Housing Scheme upset defending champions Leopold Street 3-2 on sudden death kicks after normal time ended 1-1 when the Guinness Greatest of the Streets Georgetown Zone continued yesterday at the Burnham Basketball Court on Middle and Carmichael streets.

Island All-Stars edged West Front Road-Gold is Money 1-0 when action in the Guinness Greatest of the Streets Georgetown Zone continued last evening at the Burnham Basketball Court on Middle and Carmichael streets.

Digicel Guyana has unveiled 12 new mobile phones starting at prices as low as $2,900 as part of its ‘Brighten Someone’s Christmas’ promotion, which was launched yesterday at the Digicel store in the City Mall.

ADELAIDE,  (Reuters) – Australia captain Michael Clarke renewed his love affair with Adelaide Oval by scoring a sublime century to push Australia to a commanding 389-5 at lunch on day two of the second Ashes test last night.

Clive Bobb, allegedly caught red-handed with over $200,000 in stolen goods, yesterday told a city magistrate that he had been hired to transport the items.

An abandoned first day of play at Everest and a decent start by Essequibo at the Enmore ground highlighted an eventful first day of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) senior Inter-County four-day tournament which bowled off yesterday.

East La Penitence resident Serena Fraser was yesterday fined a total of $35,000 after she was found guilty of noise nuisance and abusive language charges.

A construction worker was yesterday placed on $5,000 bail after he allegedly threatened to whip his wife’s former partner, with whom she shares a child.

Appointed coach of the Guyana Cycling Federation, former national rider, Dwayne Gibbs winged out to Los Angeles, California on Sunday to sit a High Level Technical Exam.

While an air of uncertainty continues to surround the agreement reached between the governments of Guyana and Trinidad and Tobago that will allow Trinidadian investors to secure land for farming, a T&T-based entity appears to be forging ahead with a project aimed at providing processed citrus juices and pulp for major beverage manufacturers in that country.

A Linden taxi driver accused of assault yesterday produced a medical report to support his claim that he was the victim of an attack.

An experienced former City Hall safety and health professional who is currently in private practice has told Stabroek Business that all of the reported elements in last Monday’s accident at the Robb and Camp streets City Food Court building site point to the need for an urgent investigation and a “swift revelation” of the findings.

(Reuters) – Former Giro d’Italia winner Danilo Di Luca has been banned from cycling for life after a third doping offence, an Italian Olympic Committee tribunal ruled yesterday.

A graphic artist was yesterday released on self-bail and placed on a bond to keep the peace after being charged with assaulting his wife.

COSTA DO SAUIPE, Brazil, (Reuters) – The key to a successful World Cup campaign is to start off against tougher opponents rather than easier ones, World Cup winners Mario Kempes of Argentina and Zinedine Zidane of France both agreed yesterday.

This newspaper has commented previously on the urban building boom – particularly as it relates to the growth of commerce in the city – and its implications for exercising an enhanced level of vigilance as far as issues of safety and health are concerned.

(Reuters) – A swashbuckling century at better than a run-a-ball from Quinton de Kock helped South Africa to a massive 141-run victory over India in the first one-day international played at The Wanderers yesterday.

Seafield teams pulled out all the stops over the weekend to advance to the quarter-finals of the 2013 New Building Society (NBS) Second Division 40-overs Cricket Competition played in Berbice, according to the summarized scores provided by the Berbice Cricket Board.

The Ministry of Health has announced plans to augment the Guyana Plan for the prevention of chronic lifestyle diseases, drafted in partnership with PAHO/WHO, by promoting a ‘Wellness Warriors’ club in workplaces and schools to ensure the public leads a more active existence.

With the food and hospitality industry being one of the fastest growing sectors in urban Guyana, local institutions concerned with formulating and ensuring food safety and waste disposal regulations have “significantly added responsibilities”, which they must be equipped to execute efficiently, President of the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) Clinton Urling told Stabroek Business in a comment earlier this week.

COSTA DO SAUIPE, Brazil, (Reuters) – Carlos Alberto Torres, the captain of arguably Brazil’s greatest side, fears the current crop are worse than previous World Cup failures and the soccer-mad nation is overcooking expectations.

Some of the barriers to the competiveness of Guyana’s exports on regional markets are the result of constraints that are internal to the economy, Canadian Professor Thomas McKaig told a media briefing in Georgetown earlier this week.

Dear Editor, A very disturbing incident happened on Tuesday night, December 3, 2013 on the National Cultural Centre tarmac.

Modern languages: Zakiyah Ali of Trinidad being presented with an award by CXC Registrar Didacus Jules for being the most outstanding candidate in Modern Languages. 

Top student: Vice Chancellor of the University of the West Indies Nigel Harris presenting Guyanese Yogeeta Persaud with an award for being the most outstanding student at the CXC examinations this year.

(The Sports Xchange) – Highlights of Wednesday’s National Basketball Association games.

Dear Editor, The regional administration and the Anna Regina Town Council should be held accountable for the flooding of the township, Anna Regina Multilateral School, businesses, people’s properties and public buildings, including the Anna Regina Police Station and the Guyana Revenue Authority compound.

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Dear Editor, There was an irony of all ironies when on Wednesday in the midst of a forum for Mayors of the Americas and the Caribbean, I received the news that the Ministry of Local Government had appointed the least qualified and experienced of the applicants to the substantive position of Town Clerk.

(Reuters) – Following in Alex Ferguson’s footsteps was never going to be an easy task for David Moyes but few Manchester United fans would have anticipated the English champions slipping 12 points behind the Premier League leaders with only a third of the season gone.

(Reuters) – Nelson Mandela was hailed yesterday as a champion of reconciliation who “achieved more than could be expected of any man,” as people the world over mourned his death and celebrated his triumphant fight against apartheid in South Africa.

Short story writing: Nathaniel Adiah of Trinidad being presented with an award for being most the outstanding candidate in short story writing by Education Minister Priya Manickchand.

MIAMI,  CMC- The Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football is to stage its first -annual CONCACAF Awards, to honor the year’s stand-out performers.

JOHANNESBURG,  (Reuters) – Nelson Mandela guided South Africa from the shackles of apartheid to multi-racial democracy, as an icon of peace and reconciliation who came to embody the struggle for justice around the world.

We did it! Exuberant CXC high flyers after yesterday’s  Caribbean Examinations Council awards to top students from across the region at the National Cultural Centre.

(Prepared by the Guyana Marketing Corporation and published by Stabroek Business as a public service)              *Prices only represent the average Wholesale Farmgate and Retail Prices at the above mentioned markets and are NOT prices set by the Guyana Marketing Corporation or Ministry of Agriculture.

Dear Editor, I write to salute and applaud the Barbados government for the rare honor granted to Prof Bishnodat Persaud (SN, Dec 2).

SAO PAULO, (Reuters) – The Brazilian government’s plan to resolve widespread land disputes between farmers and Indians is meeting opposition from both sides, increasing tensions in South America’s bread basket.

Dear Editor, AA Fenty in his ‘Frankly Speaking’ discourse, ‘A visa, a coffin before twenty-five’ (SN, November 22) was smack on target.

During a trade mission to China in October, British Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne noted in a BBC interview that China’s leaders were “a lot more market orientated than the British Labour Party.”

CARACAS,  (Reuters) – Nationwide local polls this weekend are President Nicolas Maduro’s first electoral test since taking power and will show what Venezuelans think of his socialist government’s radical response to deepening economic problems.

Last Tuesday saw the launch of yet another culinary option in Georgetown for persons who favour eating out, with the formal opening of the Silhouette Restaurant.

JOHANNESBURG,  (Reuters) – In the 10 years after he withdrew from public life, Nelson Mandela divided his time between a mansion in one of Johannesburg’s wealthiest suburbs and his ancestral home in Qunu, a village in South Africa’s impoverished eastern Cape.

COSTA DO SAUIPE, Brazil, (Reuters) – FIFA yesterday announced a 37 per cent increase in the prize money for the World Cup finals from $420 million in 2010 to $576 million at next year’s tournament in Brazil.

Before allowing myself to be infected with what is usually described as “the Christmas Spirit” from next Friday – I hate the premature commercialisation of Jesus’ Season – today I allow myself to succumb to the now-daily death-on-the–front-page syndrome and reality of our society.