July 2013 – Page 16 – Guyana Times International

Big mouth does get small sometimes

July 5, 2013 TIMES INT'L

It got some people in life who just always got a big mouth. People does call dem loud mouth. Plenty of de loud mouths does also be lewd mouths. Well, it got plenty loud and lewd mouths in de media… especially de newspapers. This week alone, one of de loud mouths write a set of tings bout a girl who had a cruel attack pun de road. The girl still deh in hospital and de loud mouths start gossipin. What de loud mouths didn’t know was that de girl had…

Surinamese butchery opens outlet in Guyana – investment pegged at Gy$ 240M

July 5, 2013 TIMES INT'L

Guyanese will now have the options to buy fresh, quality cut meat, as popular Suriname butchery, Rossignol Butcheries, expands its services to Guyana, investing some Gy$ 240 million in the venture. Rossignol Butcheries is a Suriname-base company with six branches across the neighbouring country that provides high quality meat to its customers. The butchery has been opened since April of this year for a trial run before the official opening. Located on Church Street, Georgetown, Rossignol Butcheries (Guyana) is a state-of- the-art meat centre with top of the line storage…

Fashion council hosts “Fit Me 2013”

July 5, 2013 TIMES INT'L

The newly-formed Guyana Fashion Designers Council on Sunday evening staged “Fit Me 2013”, the group’s signature fashion show at the Umana Yana. The show was organised by the fashion designers council and the Guyana Manufacturing and Services Association (GMSA). The event was addressed by Human Services and Social Security Minister Jenifer Webster, GMSA President Clinton Williams, and the feature speaker was European Union Delegation Chargé d’Affaires Derek Lambe. In his speech, Lambe outlined how EU cooperation is funding fashion design in Guyana via the Caribbean Export Development Agency. He noted…

Private sector body says Deepwater harbour a matter of priority

July 5, 2013 TIMES INT'L

The Private Sector Commission (PSC) is calling for crucial infrastructural development, including a deep-water harbour to be addressed as a matter of absolute urgency. The commission believes that the broadening of the country’s economic base, the Brazil road, hydroelectricity and interior airstrips are critical to attracting valued-added investment and in order to reduce dependence on commodity price import and export. According to PSC Chairman Ronald Webster, over the last six months, global commodity prices for rice, sugar, bauxite and gold have fallen dramatically, in addition to the rise in fuel…

Successful public/private partnership results in Sophia…

July 5, 2013 TIMES INT'L

In any society, acts of benevolence and kindness are appreciated by those on the receiving end, and on Tuesday residents of Pattenson, or ‘B’ Field Sophia were the happy recipients of a dental clinic that was engendered through a public /private partnership. The residents are now able to access oral health services in their community due to the efforts of the Rotary Club of Georgetown Central in collaboration with the Ministry of Health and United Insurance which provided the funding for the project. The Rotary Club has been working with…

Preparations for Berbice Expo in full swing

July 5, 2013 TIMES INT'L

Berbice Expo Coordinator Tajpaul Adjodhda said preparations for the upcoming trade fair are moving rapidly. The event slated for Wednesday, July 26 to 29 at the Albion Sports Complex, Berbice, is being held under the theme “Raising Our Standards, Enhancing Our Competitiveness”. Speaking to Guyana Times International in a telephone interview on Tuesday, Adjodhda said about 50 per cent of the booths have already been reserved, pointing out that the aim is to have about 150. He said the response from exhibitors has been “good” so far compared to previous…

Global Technology celebrates Apple’s first anniversary in Guyana

July 5, 2013 TIMES INT'L

Global Technology Inc., Guyana’s only authorised reseller of Apple products on Tuesday held their Fathers’ Day promotion draw for the winning prize of an iPhone5 as part of Apple’s first anniversary in Guyana. According to Chief Executive Officer George Melville, the iPhone5 data plan will run on the I-net network, which will see full connectivity in September. “Hopefully, the I-net communications will be up for GuyExpo to offer its services,” Melville said. In this regard, Melville revealed that another promotion draw at the end of July will see Global Technology…

GUILTY! Former coastguards sentenced to death for gold miner’s murder

July 5, 2013 TIMES INT'L

Three former coast-guards of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) were on Tuesday sentenced to death for killing a young gold dealer back in 2009 after robbing him of some Gy$ 17 million and dumping his body in the Essequibo River. Family members of the late Dweive Kant Ramdass shouted for joy when the 12-member jury returned the unanimous guilty verdict before Justice Franklyn Holder at the Suddie High Court. The condemned former coastguards are Devon Gordon, Sherwin Hart and Deon Greenidge. Their lawyers said they will appeal the decision. …

U.S.-based Guyanese makes appeal on behalf of sick children

July 5, 2013 TIMES INT'L

If it sounds impossible to turn your home’s clutter into life saving treatment for sick children in Guyana, it isn’t. Guyanese native, Vanessa Sharma, is doing just that to help Three Rivers Kids Foundation, a charitable organisation dedicated to helping sick children in Guyana whose parents are too poor to afford medical care. Vanessa is hosting ‘Clear Your Clutter For A Cause’, a charity yard sale she hopes the Queens community will embrace by donating their own “clutter” to the cause. The garage sale will take place on the weekend…

Successful public/private partnership results in Sophia residents benefitting from Gy$300M dental clinic

July 5, 2013 TIMES INT'L