Day: December 15, 2010

Georgetown-
Finance Minister Dr Ashni Singh speaking at the 25th anniversary of P and P insurance brokers says the company has move with the modernising of the financial sector of Guyana. He stressed the fact that ed years in such a sector is result of hard work and dedication. Anong the large gathering tonight were members of the world bank. P and P started operations in 1985 and has since been managed by Mr. Bishwa Panday.

Regent Street, Georgetown-The city constabulary  today moved to have all the pavements cleared as the busy christmas shopping gets into full swing. The Mayor and Council says there will be zero tolerance to street vending much to the disgust and anger of the vendors. They lashed out at the constabulary for breaking up there structures along the paves on Regent street. Every year during this time the city council would allow the vendors to do business as part of the holiday spirit, but this year the council says no to street vending.

West Coast Dem.- The police are investigating an armed robbery at Windsor Forest, WCD during which Premchand Basdeo, his wife Mohanieram Basdeo and sister Kussilla Ramdial were attacked and robbed by three men, all armed with handguns.  Investigations revealed that Kussilla went to an outside toilet when she was confronted by the armed who held her at gun point and took her back into Premchand Basdeo’s house. There the perpetrators also held up Premchan Basdeo and his wife Mohanie and took away $711.00 (US), two cell phones and a quantity of gold jewellery.

West Bank DemeraraI-
One person is in police custody assisting in the investigation into an armed robber committed on businessman Alexander Ramdhannie and his brother Errol Alexander of Sisters Village, WBD, who were attacked and robbed by three men, armed with a handgun, a cutlass and a knife.

THERE is "absolutely no technical or factual basis" of claims that ATR aircraft are unsafe.

This was the statement made by the French manufacturer today in response to claims by the Caribbean Airlines (CAL) Board that there are safety concerns about ATR aircraft.

ATR was the manufacturer selected by Cabinet to provide nine aircraft to Caribbean Airlines.

The CAL Board has stopped the sale.

Indar Maharaj has been appointed as the chairman of the Water and Sewerage Authority’s (WASA) Board of Commissioners.
Maharaj is a petroleum engineer and plant manager with the Point Lisas Nitrogen Limited. Maharaj brings with him over 25 years of industrial knowledge and hands-on experience in team building, business unit development, project managemet and strategic planning. The other board members are Wazeer Aleem, Hewlett Waldron, Shiraz Murf Rajab, Philip Vilain, Teresa White, Kern Saney and James Lambert.

  Caricom Headquarters, Georgetown-The Chairman of CARICOM, the Hon. Bruce Golding, has announced that Deputy Secretary-General, Ambassador Lolita Applewhaite, will act as Secretary-General with effect from 1 January 2011 pending the selection and appointment of a new Secretary-General to succeed  Sir Edwin Carrington who will retire at the end of the year.

Georgetown –  This afternoon the management of the Georgetown Public Hospital formally confirmed that the ECG services at the institution has seized. The stopping of the service is because the local suppliers of the paper required for the machine had supplied the incorrect type inter alia, and as a result the hospital had to source it from an overseas vender but it is yet to be delivered.It was however promised to be delivered very soon and as such the machine’s use will recommence shortly.

 Georgetown – The Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU) reminds the Guyana Sugar Corporation Inc. (Guysuco) that GAWU is resolved to continue representing, in a principled way, its membership in the cause of fairness and economic justice in the sugar sector. Last week, GAWU noted the Corporation’s decision to pay workers their usual annual second one week Holiday-with-Pay, which is the employees’ legal entitlement, before this year-end.