Daily Archive: Friday, November 4, 2016

Articles published on Friday, November 4, 2016

Present at the handing over  were:  Jaipaul Sharma (second from left) -Minister within the Ministry of Finance, Seelall Persaud-Commissioner of Police (second from right),  Sydney James (right) - Assistant Commissioner of Police and Head of the Special Organized Crime Unit (SOCU) and Christopher Ram-Forensic Auditor (left).

Pradoville 2, World Cup audit reports handed over the police

Jaipaul Sharma, Minister within the Ministry of Finance today met with Commissioner of Police Seelall Persaud at the Commissioner of Police’s office to hand over the Final Reports of the Forensic Audits of the Sparendaam Housing Project-(Special Investigation of the Central Housing and Planning Authority) and the Guyana World Cup/Guyana World Cup Inc.

A section of the land in question

Gov’t abandons interest in Carmichael St land

There will no longer be any action in respect to the compulsory acquisition of two plots of land at Carmichael and Middle streets belonging to High Commissioner to Canada, Clarissa Riehl and her husband and the Beharry Group of Companies, Minister of State Joseph Harmon announced yesterday.

Gov’t stands by decision for AG to advise on team for ‘Pradoville 2’ prosecutions

State Minister Joseph Harmon has defended the government’s decision to have Attorney General (AG) Basil Williams advising on the composition of a team of special prosecutors to handle alleged criminal offences connected to the sale of land at the ‘Pradoville 2’ housing scheme, where former President Bharrat Jagdeo and a string of current and former senior officials have homes.

Paul Beck

Key swing state Ohio too close to call

By  Zoisa Fraser in Ohio   With five days to go before the gripping US 2016 elections, there is no clear indication as to who will win Ohio, a key battleground state and Ohio State University (OSU) Professor of Constitutional Law, Daniel Tokaji yesterday expressed surprise that Republican candidate Donald Trump has managed to rake in almost as much support as Hillary Clinton, the Democrats’ candidate.

Wicketkeeper Shane Dowrich … managed to regain form with a hundred following a run of low scores.

West Indies win Third Test

SHARJAH, United Arab Emirates,  CMC – West Indies halted their luckless run when they convincingly beat Pakistan by five wickets in the third and final Test here Thursday, to record their first Test victory in 19 months and end an otherwise nightmarish tour on a celebratory note.

The sale of re-packaged and unlabelled food items

It matters not one iota how many media releases laced with warnings of dire consequences for transgressions are issued by the Government Analyst Food and Drugs Department (GA/FDD) regarding the unlawful packaging and repackaging of items of food for sale, for as long as we continue to not get the little things right, we will be compelled to deal with the consequences of our indifference.

Major infusion of skills needed to implement Ministry of Business Strategic Plan

Go-Invest “does not currently have the capabilities to design policies or strategies to provide more value-added services to exporters” The full and effective implementation of the five-year Strategic Plan unveiled by the Ministry of Business a week ago will depend on a major initiative designed to undertake a major skills recruitment drive in order to strengthen some of the critical departments within the ministry,

Crime and the public/private sector relationship

It should be said at the outset that the private sector’s recent publicly expressed concern that crime, including violent crime, once again appears to be lurching out of control and its demand that there be a concerted official response to push back the current crime wave is entirely appropriate.

Four day practice game drawn

Chris Barnwell smoked a belligerent century for his team in the drawn encounter against Vishaul Singh’s XI, as the Guyana Jaguars wrapped up their 4-Day practice game at Everest yesterday.

John N Seeram

The GuySuco conundrum

By John N Seeram   I was prompted to pen this brief article following information released by the Ministry of Finance on a $2 billion subsidy for GuySuCo published in Kaieteur News of 28 October 2016.

An Action approach to team building

By Vishnu Doerga   Vishnu Doerga is the President of the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry   Putting together the dream team for your business can be as easy as taking an ‘action’ approach rather than the ‘information’ approach.

Region 5 RDC has made no decision to remove cash crop farmers from land at Naarstigheid

Dear Editor, My attention was drawn to publications in the media which suggest that the Regional Executive Officer of the Regional Democratic Council Number 5, is attempting to remove over two hundred cash crop farmers from approximately fifty acres of state land situated at Naarstigheid, West Coast Berbice, which are currently occupied by these farmers and upon which they have cultivated cash crops of various kinds.

The GFF Power Struggle Never Ends

Former Guyana Football Federation (GFF) President Christopher Matthias says the current impasse between the federation and Elite League clubs Alpha United, Slingerz FC, Pele and GFC is purely based on preserving power at the level of the congress.

GTT national indoor hockey championships

Pepsi Hikers and Pizza Hut Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC) secured comprehensives wins in the Men’s 1st Division and Women’s Division respectively, when the GTT National Indoor Hockey Championships continued on Wednesday.

Local pontoons

Local pontoons: GNIC recently delivered the first of a new batch of locally constructed pontoons to the National Drainage and Irrigation Authority which are to be used in the Ministry of Agriculture’s World Bank-funded flood control programme.

Democrats face growing concerns as White House race tightens

CONCORD, N.C./WINTERVILLE, N.C.,  (Reuters) – Hillary Clinton’s supporters nervously eyed opinion polls showing the Democrat with a tenuous lead over Republican rival Donald Trump yesterday as the White House candidates raced through vital battleground states in a late search for votes.

Prices Prepared by the Guyana Marketing Corporation

(Prepared by the Guyana Marketing Corporation and published by Stabroek Business as a public service)                              The New Guyana Marketing Corporation has agreed to provide us with the above information which we will publish on a weekly basis subject to receipt.

Australia dominate opening day of First Test

PERTH, (Reuters) – Australia ripped through South Africa’s top order in the first hour, dismissed the tourists for 242 by tea and reached 105 without loss at close on the back of some Dave Warner fireworks on the opening day of the first test on Thursday.

Kitco Market Data

Gold Prices for the three-day period ending Thursday November 3, 2016                    Kitco is a Canadian company that buys and sells precious metals such as gold, copper and silver.

Legislators

The Guyana Parliament (or National Assembly) is the legislative branch of government in Guyana, separate but complementary to the other two branches of government, namely, the executive and the judiciary.