2011 – Page 124 – Guyana Times International

Granger promises retirement package to veterans

May 6, 2011 TIMES INT'L

People’s National Congress Reform presidential candidate David Granger, in a bid to garner support for his presidential run, pledged to undertake several initiatives that would better the lives of ex-GDF personnel. In his address to members of the XGDF Association of Guyana over the Labour Day weekend, Granger focused on initiatives to secure the future of serving members of the GDF to ensure they are well taken care of when they reach the age of retirement. The retired brigadier, who is also a member of the association, urged the ex-…

Guyanese professor gets Canada’s top 40 under-40 award

May 6, 2011 TIMES INT'L

Guyanese Dr Suresh Narine, Director of the Trent University Centre for Biomaterials Research, is one of “Canada’s top 40 under-40″awardees for 2011, heralded a national report in the Globe and Mail on April 28th. According to a release from the university, the top 40 under-40 awards recognise Canada’s most innovative and visionary young leaders. Recipients are selected for their outstanding vision and leadership, innovation and achievement, impact, community involvement and development strategy. Past winners of the top 40 under-40 awards now represent a “who’s who” of leaders in business, science…

New Building Society records Gy$577M profit

May 6, 2011 TIMES INT'L

– lending ceiling increase proposed The New Building Society Limited has recorded its highest-ever profit in the year 2010 Gy$577 million. This represents a Gy$9 million increase over the previous year, Chairman of the Board of Directors, Dr Nanda Kishore Gopaul, told members at the society’s Annual General Meeting, held at the Umana Yana in Kingston on Saturday, April 30. At the meeting, a motion to raise the lending ceiling from Gy$12 million to Gy$15 million was proposed and seconded by the society’s membership, and will now be sent to…

DDL continues excellent performance

May 6, 2011May 6, 2011 TIMES INT'L

– company’s methane gas plant already in operation Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Demerara Distillers Limited, Dr Yesu Persaud, said on Friday, April 29 that, despite the unstable financial climate in the Caribbean, and the world by extension, investment in Guyana remained robust, as the construction, gold mining and manufacturing sectors grew. While delivering the Chairman’s Report to shareholders and members of the DDL, Persaud added that there were still challenges facing the company in its remaining viable. The company’s profit after taxation increased from Gy$1.033 billion…

Farmers in the Pakaraimas now planting channa, garlic, onions

May 6, 2011 TIMES INT'L

Farmers in the Pakaraima mountains of Region Eight have started pilot cultivation of several exotic crops, such as garlic, chickpeas (channa) and onions, through an Agriculture Ministry project to explore produce with longer shelf life that can be grown in the mountainous areas of Guyana. Less than three months ago, the agriculture officials announced completion of a scientific study on the new crops, and their plans to move ahead with cultivation. Since then, planting materials were sourced locally and distributed free of cost to the identified farmers of villages, including…

Celebrating 173 years of Indian Immigration in Guyana

May 6, 2011January 21, 2013 TIMES INT'L

Bin Laden’s death great blow to terrorism – PPP/ C

May 6, 2011 TIMES INT'L

The People’s Progressive Party says that the death of Osama bin Laden is a great blow to international terrorism. Bin Laden, the most wanted man for over a decade, met his end when United States forces attacked a compound in which he was hiding in Pakistan. Bin Laden and the al-Qaida network which he headed admitted responsibility for the brutal attack in the U.S., on September 11, 2001, in which some three thousand persons perished, including many Guyanese and Muslims. The PPP/C, in its release, expressed hope that, with bin…

Counterfeit goods killing legitimate businesses

May 6, 2011 TIMES INT'L

By Nigel Williams in Panama The second meeting of directors of customs and related organisations of Central America and the Caribbean opened in Panama City, Panama on Tuesday, May 3rd, with calls for the region to do more to tackle smuggling and counterfeiting of goods. The conference, seeking to address organised crime and the contraband and counterfeiting of goods, is being held at the El Panama Hotel and is being attended by customs chiefs of a number of Caribbean countries, including Guyana. Speaking at the opening of the meeting, Director…

Linden Town Week a major success – organising committee

May 6, 2011 TIMES INT'L

The Annual Linden Town Week, which commenced on April 24 and concluded on May 2, 2011, was deemed the biggest and most successful event ever hosted in the mining community. This activity saw Lindeners, coastlanders and tourists turning out in their numbers to participate in the celebrations. They were treated to several fun- filled events, including the farmers’ exhibition, boxing, senior citizens’ luncheon, teachers in concert, and the Wismar Night, among other activities. School children were not left out, since there were several activities planned with them in mind, such…

Power sharing will not work

May 6, 2011 TIMES INT'L

Dear Editor, It seems this election season is indeed getting to a lot of persons. Those in opposition to the PPP government have reached the point of desperation, where rational thinking is no longer employed in decision-making, but is instead cast aside. Dr Prem Misir introduced this theory of desperation in politics in his Guyana Chronicle ‘Perspectives’ feature, published on April 17, 2011. I also noticed that in his analysis of ACDA’s “Riot Act”, in the Guyana Chronicle of April 21, 2011, Ricky Singh also employed the use of this…