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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…

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…

Transformation in Bartica

May 6, 2011 TIMES INT'L

While some may engage in certain negativities with respect to the progress that is being made in the country, one only has to look at what is happening on the ground to form an objective opinion. Evidence abounds that Guyana is being transformed into a modern nation with a people-centred approach to national development. In the social sector, for example, there has been an enormous amount of improvement in the areas of education, health care delivery, and housing, among others. The country has re- established a market- led economy after…

PPP meeting in New York a success – ACG

May 6, 2011 TIMES INT'L

The Association of Concerned Guyanese – USA said on May 1st that the recent New York meeting between PPP/C presidential candidate Donald Ramotar and supporters was a huge success, despite the efforts of the two major opposition parties to disrupt the event. At the well-attended event, President Bharrat Jagdeo declared that Donald Ramotar would make an excellent president because he is not bigoted; and, like Cheddi Jagan, he is guided by the philosophy to struggle for the rights of the people and to ensure that Guyana continues to be developed…

90 homeless after Kingston blaze

April 28, 2011 TIMES INT'L

– fire started in kitchen of condemned building By Zarinah Pyle and Samuel Sukhnandan Close to 90 persons, many of them children, are homeless after a Monday afternoon fire destroyed a dilapidated two-storey building at the corner of Barrack and High Streets, Kingston, which had been condemned by the Guyana Fire Service more than five years ago. Reports have since indicated that the fire erupted at around 13:30h in the kitchen of one of the residents at the top flat of the building; and it quickly spread, causing everyone to…