Daily Archive: Friday, May 9, 2014

Articles published on Friday, May 9, 2014

Fancy moves

The iron dance being executed by this caterpillar machine during an unveiling by MACORP of new machines this week.

Sammy replaced by Ramdin

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, May 9, CMC – West Indies selectors have ended Darren Sammy’s near four-year reign as captain and appointed wicketkeeper Denesh Ramdin in his place for the upcoming New Zealand series.

New chairman of Private Sector Commission named

The Council of the Private Sector Commission (PSC) on Tuesday ratified the appointment of Ramesh Persaud, Chief Executive Officer of the Institute of Private Enterprise Development (IPED), as Chairman of the Commission, replacing Ronald Webster who passed away on April 27, 2014, a release from the PSC said.

Carol Sooba

Two Town Clerks?

By Mario Joseph   City Council spokesman Royston King was yesterday installed as the officer performing the duties of Town Clerk even as Carol Sooba maintained that councillors did not have the authority to oust her from the post and warned that they could face jail for contempt of court.

Satyanand Balkaran

Boy, 10, electrocuted during bath in yard

-family says GPL ignored loose wire report, illegal connection being probed A 10-year-old boy was electrocuted on Wednesday while bathing in his yard at Goed Fortuin and his family is accusing the Guyana Power and Light Inc (GPL) of ignoring its complaints about a loose wire that was responsible.

 Lance Hinds

Guyana lags behind region in ICT development

– GCCI President says telecoms liberalization ‘can’t come fast enough’ Guyana continues to lag behind much of the Caribbean Community in terms of effective implementation of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) both as a cross-cutting component to impact positively on the other sectors of the economy and as a sector to stand up on its own.

 Fruta Conquerors maul Beacons 8-1

Georgetown Football Association first division league Fruta Conquerors rebounded from their earlier loss, mauling Beacons by an 8-1 margin when the Stag Beer-sponsored Georgetown Football Association (GFA) first division league continued on Wednesday at the Georgetown Football Club (GFC) ground.

 Northern Rangers, Police in exciting draw

Northern Rangers and the Guyana Police Force (GPF) played to an exciting 1-1 draw when the Stag Beer-sponsored George-town Football Association (GFA) first division league continued at the Georgetown Football Club (GFC), ground on Wednesday.

Trinidad DPP orders prison litigation probe

(Trinidad Express) In a statement with potentially explosive implications, Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Roger Gaspard on Wednesday announced he has directed the acting Commissioner of Police, Stephen Williams, to “commence forthwith” a criminal investigation into “prison litigation matters” and “the prospect of criminal wrongdoing”.

Complaint that Sooba was unable to collect fees on Easter Monday is rank hypocrisy

Dear Editor, We must assume that journalistic pride will introduce fairness in the state-controlled media that has over the past few days been critical of the Mayor and Councillors for hindering the purported acting Town Clerk from mobilizing money because they, the Mayor et al, frustrated her unauthorized foray to extract money from poor people for a spot to fly their kites, picnic or sell a few things on Easter Monday.

Stock market updates

GASCI (www.gasci.com/telephone Nº 223-6175/6) reports that session 562’s trading results showed consideration of $4,007,504 from 83,108 shares traded in 19 transactions as compared to session 561’s trading results which showed consideration of $7,912,971 from 401,233 shares traded in 13 transactions.

Footprints on our regional sands

In one of the many curious coincidences thrown up by human existence, ANR Robinson, the former Prime Minister and President of Trinidad and Tobago, and Norman Girvan, the Jamaican development economist and Caribbean public intellectual, both dedicated regionalists, died on the same day, April 9, 2014.

Dana Seetahal laid to rest

(Trinidad Express) Dana SAROOP Seetahal provided much needed and highly appreciated professional services to the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) at “peppercorn rates which should make some (in her profession today) blush when they submit their invoices”.