Daily Archive: Friday, September 4, 2015

A team from the Special Forces of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF), today descended into the Kaieteur Gorge to continue the search to locate a female tourist who was reported missing at Kaieteur National Park on Tuesday August 1, 2015.

Amba Skeete, Faith Albert, and Tyrese Fortune were the top three awardees of the Guyana Defence Force 2015 Bursaries.

Leader of the Opposition Dr. Bharrat Jagdeo (fourth from right) and a delegation, including General Secretary of the People’s Progressive Party Clement Rohee (third from right), met with the Deputy Secretary General of the Commonwealth, Dr.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Known for his plot twists, “The Sixth Sense” and “The Village” film director M.

Up to the end of last year, the Berbice Bridge Company Inc (BBCI) had racked up accumulated losses of $1.5b and is under threat of insolvency unless it can restructure its financing.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados,  CMC – Wicketkeeper Denesh Ramdin has been axed as Test captain after just 15 months in charge and replaced by rising star and One-Day skipper Jason Holder, for the tour of Sri Lanka next month.

Longstanding columnist with the Guyana Chronicle and veteran regional journalist Rickey Singh has parted company with the state paper after his most recent submission which was critical of the Granger administration and PM Moses Nagamootoo was not published on Sunday.

In light of the delay by the Berbice Bridge Company to effect the necessary changes to the tolls, the Ministry of the Presidency today said on its Facebook page that Minister of Public Infrastructure, David Patterson has presented a memorandum to Cabinet proposing the implementation of a water taxi service between the West and East Bank of Berbice.

At about 0315h. today, the police say that an armed man discharged rounds at a group of men at James and Albouys Street, Albouystown, Georgetown, and escaped.

Guyana’s Minister of State, Joseph Harmon yesterday met with executives from Caribbean Airlines Limited (CAL) and informed them that with the expansion of the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) at Timehri, the Government will be looking forward to more flights and better quality service from the airline company.

Linden call centre Toucan Connec-tions Incorporated shut its doors last Friday and sent home 83 workers without paying severance, sparking anger in the mining town.

While the opposition PPP/C has continued to accuse the government of sowing ethnic division, President David Granger yesterday committed his government to dismantling “the artificial walls of distrust and division” that continue to keep the country’s people divided.

Former AFC Member of Parliament, Dr Veerasammy Ramayya has been appointed as the Regional Executive Officer (REO) of Region Six (East Berbice/ Corentyne), weeks after he told Stabroek News that he had quit the party as he had not been offered a suitable position by the coalition government.

An elderly man will be spending the next seven years behind bars for sexually assaulting a girl under the age of 16.

The Guyana Government yesterday said that it empathises with the frustrations of rice farmers and hopes that the rice millers can make arrangements to have outstanding amounts to rice farmers remitted to them at the earliest possible time.

Guyanese, Professor Nigel Harris, former Vice-Chancellor of the Univer-sity of the West Indies, has been appointed to serve as the ninth Chancellor of the University of Guyana with effect from August 26, 2015, a release from the University of Guyana said yesterday.

While calls were made for the participation of all national stakeholders, Social Cohesion Minister Amna Ally yesterday emphasised the need for a broad consensus around all the issues that will contribute to unity.

While the administration is still in talks with the Berbice Bridge Company Incorporated, President David Granger yesterday said the government will take “any reasonable, legal steps” to ensure the bridge toll is lowered.

The search continued yesterday for Gyaneshwarie Laleta Sivanand, who went missing after a tour at the Kaieteur National Park on Tuesday Minister of Tourism Cathy Hughes told reporters yesterday that the Guyana Defence Force has since deployed additional ranks,

The Mayor and City Council (M&CC) yesterday officially launched its Georgetown Green Volun-teer Corps (GGVC) and its first order of business is to clean the entire Regent Street.

Following a meeting with a majority of the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) affiliates on Wednesday evening, Normalization Committee Chairman Clinton Urling declared that the entity will stage its electoral congress on November 14th pending approval from FIFA.

DNA testing will be used to confirm the identity of the remains of a man found on Monday in the ruins of a South Sophia house.

West Front Road-Gold is Money led by an inspired second half showing from siblings Randolph Wagner and Hubert Pedro, overcame Showstoppers 7-6 when the final round of group fixtures in the inaugural GT Beer Futsal Championship concluded on Wednesday.

President of the Tourism & Hospitality Association of Guyana (THAG) Shaun McGrath has told Stabroek Business that the reduction of the Value Added Tax (VAT) on goods and services associated with the industry would significantly reduce the cost of the tourism product for visitors and locals alike.

South Korea’s non-resident Ambassador to Guyana, Maeng Dal Young, says during his tour of duty, a great deal of emphasis will be placed on the expansion of commerce and investment.

The inaugural Guyana Football Federation (GFF) Stag Beer Elite League has begun to gather momentum ahead of its official launch tomorrow as corporate entity Courts Guyana Incorporated donated $1,500,000 towards the sponsoring of the event.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Director of Cricket, Richard Pybus; chairman of selectors, Clive Lloyd and newly appointed West Indies head coach, Phil Simmons, will sit down with coaches from the six regional franchises here today, to discuss crucial matters ahead of November’s start of the Professional Cricket League.

You can cut the anxiety that has been generated in the Black Bush Polder area over the prevailing trials of the rice industry with a knife.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Simona Halep and Stan Wawrinka beat the heat with straight-sets wins to reach the third round of a sweltering U.S.

Several weeks ago this newspaper learnt through the Chairman of the Private Sector Commission (PSC) Major General (retd) Norman McLean that arising out of a meeting which the private sector had had with representatives of the new political administration, including the President, David Granger, a private sector team would be involved in the planning of a national economic forum that would include business officials of all hues and government officials whose portfolios had to do with business, investment and the economy.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Grand slam king Roger Federer kept up his sprint through the early rounds of the U.S.

(Reuters) – Australia, bidding to avenge their defeat in the Ashes test series earlier in the tour, went 1-0 up in the one-day international encounter when they beat England by 59 runs in Southampton yesterday.

By: Valrie Grant, Managing Director, GeoTechVision Working with utility organizations within the Caribbean region it is always interesting to get some insights on the workflows they use, the various software within the organization, how data is converted between different formats, and the lists goes on.

COLOMBO, (Reuters) – Marvan Atapattu has quit as Sri Lanka coach, the country’s cricket board said yesterday without giving a reason for his decision.

The announcement earlier this week that government is to spend more than $150 million to rehabilitate two key interior airstrips has been described by one of the country’s leading aviators as “a step in the right direction” for the country’s aviation sector.

Stabroek Business has been reliably informed that a draft report arising out of the recently commissioned official enquiry into accidents in the mining regions in Guyana including mining pit cave-ins that resulted in loss of life has been completed and is currently with “the relevant government officials” including senior officials of the Guyana Geo-logy and Mines Commission.

BERNE, (Reuters) – FIFA’s latest reform committee produced plenty of platitudes and precious little concrete detail after completing its first meeting in the Swiss capital yesterday.

Dear Editor, According to time-honoured principle every group has the right to identify its participants and this should be respected.

Dear Editor, May I first say that the establishment of a Commercial Court in Guyana was a step in the right direction.

ZURICH, Switzerland,  CMC – World champion Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce of Jamaica clocked 10.93 seconds to win the 100 metres at the Weltklasse Zurich Diamond League here yesterday.

Dear Editor, Many supporters of the governing coalition have been calling on the government to move more quickly against alleged instances of corruption in the previous government.

(Trinidad Guardian) Government hopes to strategically position T&T as a centre of development of the region’s aviation industry. This

(Reuters) – Horse racing fans will get the chance to watch Triple Crown winner American Pharoah end his stellar career at the $5 million Breeders’ Cup Classic next month, his owner said yesterday after weighing up the colt’s options.

The Central Corentyne Chamber of Commerce (CCCC) was founded on November 24, 2004 and less than eight months later, from Friday July 1 to Monday July 5, 2005, hosted the inaugural Berbice Expo & Trade Fair at the Albion Sports Complex.

Dear Editor, Where is the business argument for a US$26 million mall located in the suburbs of Georgetown?

Black Bush Polder is, simultaneously, a major rearer of both rice and cattle.

BICSKE, Hungary/MUGLA, Turkey (Reuters) – Migrants forced from a train in Hungary scuffled with helmeted riot police and some clung to railway tracks yesterday, as politicians across Europe struggled to respond to public opinion appalled by images of a drowned 3-year-old boy.

Dear Editor, 1) The PPP/C has always viewed and used the budget as an economic tool for managing available resources to meet the needs of our people in communities across our country.

Jonathan Foo’s unbeaten half-century led Albion Community Centre to a comfortable seven wicket victory over Edinburgh this past weekend when the 2015 Berbice Bridge Company Inc first division 50-Over knockout competition continued in Berbice.

Dear Editor, A number of residents of Soesdyke on the East Bank of Demerara have been illegally consuming electricity.

Gold Prices for the three day period ending Thursday  September 03, 2015Kitco is a Canadian company that buys and sells precious metals such as gold, copper and silver.

Dear Editor, Let me first of all congratulate Mr Devanand Ramdatt on his assumption to office as Regional Chairman, Region Two, Pomeroon/Supenaam.

ASHLAND, Ky., (Reuters) – A Kentucky county clerk was jailed yesterday for refusing to issue marriage licenses to gay couples, and a full day of court hearings failed to put an end to her two-month-old legal fight over a U.S.

Stock market updates  GASCI (www.gasci.com/telephone Nº 223-6175/6) reports that session 631’s trading results showed consideration of $2,667,300 from 15,210 shares traded in 11 transactions as compared to session 630’s trading results, which showed consideration of $1,546,020 from 15,818 shares traded in 7 transactions.

ExxonMobil has reiterated its commitment to oil exploration work here and its next investment may be as early as January next year.

COLOMBO, (Reuters) – Sri Lanka’s parliament yesterday named an ethnic minority Tamil politician as the main opposition leader for the first time in 32 years, a sign of growing reconciliation after a prolonged civil war.

GUATEMALA CITY, (Reuters) – Guatemala’s Otto Perez resigned as president and was jailed yesterday while a judge weighs charging him in a corruption scandal that gutted his government and plunged the country into a political crisis days before a presidential election.

Dear Editor, Now that the general election of May 11 is over may I take the opportunity to reiterate that consensus politics is the way forward.

(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.

Colors Boutique ended their back-to-school giveaway on Wednesday as they awarded four students with prizes.

(Trinidad Guardian) Police in New Jersey are investigating the possibility that a fire which claimed the lives of a family of four with Trinidadian roots on Tuesday morning was in fact a murder suicide. 

I don’t mean that the “professional”, recidivist criminals are actually choosing law school to qualify themselves as attorneys.

When Kamaldai Williams lost her cattle farmer husband who was stabbed to death five years ago during what she says was a dispute between cattle and rice farmers in the Black Bush Polder she took his place at the head of a business enterprise that is usually demanding even for seasoned men.

BEIJING/MOSCOW, (Reuters) – Russia and Venezuela need to combine efforts to lift oil prices, President Vladimir Putin told his Venezuelan counterpart Nicolas Maduro yesterday, but refused to spell out any specific action, including output cuts.

Dear Editor, They are assigned the responsibility of moulding the nation, and they keep doing a fantastic job despite the challenges.

Last Friday, we celebrated Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt as the greatest of all time and as “a supreme champion of the Caribbean people and the Caribbean spirit.”

There are some people who still want a ‘specialty hospital’ to be built in Georgetown, who believe this is necessary and that such a facility will dramatically improve health in Guyana.