Daily Archive: Wednesday, October 1, 2014

President Donald Ramotar (second from right) and Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs Anil Nandlall, last evening met with a large number of Guyanese living in the Florida, United States of America.

Executive members of the Alliance For Change (AFC) and A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) met today at the Office of the Opposition Leader.

Minister of Foreign Affairs, Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett assists a child in cutting the ceremonial ribbon to officially commission the sewing room in Paruima, Region Seven yesterday.

Foreign Affairs Minister, Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett yesterday joined with the Toshao and residents of Paruima Village, Region Seven in their Heritage celebrations, where all of the cultural items were done in their native language.

Auditor General Deodat Sharma (right) handing over the audited reports of 2013 to Speaker of the National Assembly Raphael Trotman at Parliament yesterday.

Several sponsors have presented cheques to the Ministry of Tourism to ensure all measures are in place for the success of GuyExpo, GINA said.

The Ministry of Education and Council for Technical Vocational Education and Training in collaboration with the CARICOM Education for Employment (C-EFE) and (CTVET) hosted a forum today for Industry Leaders and Educators to examine Guyana Industry Linkages with specific focus on “Workforce Development: The Critical Importance of TVET in Secondary Schools”.

Ministry of Natural Resources, Robert Persaud (left) presenting a copy of the toolkit to Canadian High Commissioner to Guyana Nicole Giles at the Re-Launching of the Guyana Mining Information Toolkit Guyana International Conference Centre today.

Yesterday, ranks of the Police Narcotics Branch conducted a drug eradication exercise at Hauraruni, Upper Demerara River.

The GHRA is calling for concerted and urgent action from the Ministry of Health and the Guyana Police Force for a more professional and realistic response to allegations of sexual assault in hinterland areas.

GT&T yesterday said it wanted to clear the air on any perception that the company may somehow be involved in the unlawful disclosure of customers’ voice conversations, short messages(SMS) and/or electronic mails to law enforcement authorities or other third parties.

Ankara,(Reuters) – Turkey will fight against Islamic State and other “terrorist” groups in the region but will stick to its aim of seeing Syrian President Bashar al-Assad removed from power, Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday .

(Trinidad Express) IF you have a noticeable tattoo and you are thinking of joining the Police Service, forget about it.

The estate of murdered State prosecutor Dana Saroop Seetahal is valued at TT$18,411,682.89.

Attorney Saphier Husain Subedar has approached the High Court of Guyana to compel the holding of local government elections, while arguing that annual amendments to the law in order to delay the polls are unconstitutional.

Chief Executive Officer of the Alesie Group of Companies Dr Turhane Doerga has voiced concerns over corruption in the award of contracts for the supply of paddy and white rice for the Venezuelan market.

Students of one of the branches of the American Health Care Institute yesterday protested over concerns that they are being scammed by the school while demanding refunds.

A Regent Street store employee is now on the run after he stole over $100,000 from the handbag of his boss yesterday morning.

A man was yesterday refused bail on an armed robbery charge after a court heard that he was found with a part of a stolen gold chain.

Kurt Clarke, who is accused of fatally stabbing another man outside the Baroombar Club after being addressed by a gay slur, will stand trial for murder in the High Court.

A lone bid pegged at US$420,935 ($88.3 million) was yesterday received by the Ministry of Public Works for the provision of consultancy services for road safety public relations and communications.

Professionals in the educational system, workers and employers were made aware of the importance of TVET (Technical and Vocational Education and Training) in secondary schools as the Ministry of Education held a symposium at the Millennium Manor Hotel on Hadfield Street yesterday.

Auditor General Deodat Sharma yesterday submitted a report to the National Assembly where it will remain under ‘lock and key’ until it is laid in the House.

The Ministry of Natural Resources and the Environment has announced that it has recently concluded discussions with the German Development Bank (KfW) that will pave the way for the launching of the €4.8 million (US$6 million) third phase of the Guyana Protected Areas System (GPAS) Project.

An upholsterer, accused of inflicting grievous bodily harm on his wife, was on Monday admitted to $50,000 bail.

The trial of Devin Singh and Rosel Tilbury-Douglas, the police ranks accused of assaulting Colwyn Harding while he was in police custody last year, will commence on November 12.

Resurgent tons from Anthony Bramble and Royston Crandon helped guide Berbice to a daunting first innings total of 418 against opponents the GCB Developmental XI in the final round of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) 4-day inter-county tournament played yesterday at the Wales ground.

ANGALORE, India, CMC –Prolific Jonathan Carter and pacer Ravi Rampaul starred with bat and ball respectively as Barbados Tridents defeated Northern Districts by six wicket to conjure up their lone victory in the Champions League T20 here yesterday.

Flex Night will return to the ornate splendor of the National Cultural Centre’s stage on December 7.

An attendant was on Monday refused bail after being charged with having an illegal gun and ammunition in an interior camp.

A driver is in police custody after he stuck down a Hinterland Scholarship student as she attempted to cross the Rupert Craig Highway yesterday afternoon, in the vicinity of the Ocean View Hotel.

The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) will be offering taxpayers the opportunity to get real-time updates on their tax status when they visit its booth during GuyExpo, which starts tomorrow at the Sophia Exhibition Site.

The Association Do Shotokan Karate-Guyana club (YMCA) won some 50 medals competing in the 1KD Caribbean Karate Championships in Trinidad and Tobago last month.

OTTAWA, (Reuters) – Next year’s women’s World Cup in Canada will be played on artificial turf despite threats of legal action from several top international players, an unmoved FIFA executive said after touring one of the host venues yesterday.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – American swimmer Michael Phelps, the most decorated Olympian of all time, was arrested for drunken driving early yesterday after speeding and then crossing the double-lane lines inside a Baltimore tunnel, police said.

Speaker Raphael Trotman yesterday dismissed suggestions that recent sexual abuse allegations made against him will negatively impact his work in the National Assembly when it reconvenes later this month.

(Reuters) – A man who flew from Liberia to Texas has become the first patient infected with the deadly Ebola virus to be diagnosed in the United States, health officials said yesterday, a sign the outbreak ravaging West Africa may spread globally.

Demerara were making a strong reply to Essequibo’s 263 all out in their final round match of the Guyana Cricket Board’s senior Inter County competition.

A Charity Essequibo Coast vendor was on Monday sentenced to prison in absentia when charges of drug trafficking and wounding against him concluded before Magistrate Sunil Scarce at the Charity Magistrate’s Court.

A Hackney Canal, Lower Pomeroon River man was on Monday found guilty of unlawfully wounding another man and sentenced to 9 months in prison in absentia.Mark

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The head of the US Secret Service faced scathing criticism yesterday for the agency allowing an intruder with a knife to run into the White House, while details emerged of a separate security lapse involving an armed contractor who rode an elevator with President Barack Obama.

Trinity Grid Pacesetters (TGH) blew-out Amelia’s Ward Jets 81-59 when the Guyana Amateur Basketball Federation (GABF) National hard-court warmup series continued on Sunday at the Burnham Court on Middle and Carmichael Streets.

Dear Editor, Responding to Gail Teixeira’s outpouring on the accusation against Raphael Trotman, and her accusation that Red Thread and others are dealing with this differently than we did with the accusation against Henry Greene: First, to correct the omissions of Ms Teixeira, the first organization to concretely address the issue of sexual offences prosecutions was the Guyana Human Rights Association (GHRA) which also produced an analysis of the progress of these cases through the courts.

Dear Editor, Earlier this month, Minister of Agriculture, Dr Ramsammy gave December 31 as the revised completion date for the Hope-Dochfour Canal Project (HCP) when flood waters from the East Demerara Water Conservancy (EDWC) could be safely discharged into the Atlantic Ocean.

A construction worker was on Monday released on bail after he denied stealing a woman’s mobile phone.

HONG KONG (Reuters) – Thousands of pro-democracy protesters thronged the streets of Hong Kong early today, ratcheting up pressure on the pro-Beijing government that has called the action illegal, with both sides marking uneasy National Day celebrations.

MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – Australia pace bowler Mitchell Johnson has test series against Pakistan and India ahead but is already looking beyond them to next year’s Ashes tour and the prospect of renewing hostilities with England while silencing the Barmy Army.

Dear Editor, Robert Lalljie, a long-life colleague has just sent me a copy of his biographical profile titled Sir Arthur Lewis – Nobel Laureate (actually published in 1996).

Guyana has opted not to send a delegation to the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association Conference in Cameroon given the existing fears of the deadly Ebola virus which has hit parts of West Africa, Speaker of the National Assembly Raphael Trotman said yesterday.

Technical difficulties, including a blackout, couldn’t stop creator of The Vagina Monologues, Eve Ensler from eliciting roars of laughter from audience members during her presentation at the Theatre Guild on Monday night.

The Rotary Ambassadorial Scholar in collaboration with the Ministry of Health and the Guyana Seventh Day Adventist Church will host a walk on Sunday beginning at 8 am, to raise cancer awareness.

ARBIL, Iraq/MURSITPINAR, Turkey (Reuters) – Iraqi Kurdish troops drove Islamic State fighters from a strategic border crossing with Syria yesterday and won the support of members of a major Sunni tribe, in one of the biggest successes since US forces began bombing the Islamists.

CAPE TOWN, (Reuters) – Vernon Philander is the only addition to the one-day squad that won the recent triangular tournament in Zimbabwe as Cricket South Africa (CSA) announced their selection to tour New Zealand and Australia starting next month.

Dear Editor, Letters have been written ad nauseam on transportation problems in Guyana, apparently to no positive effect.

CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuela has kept its economic growth figures under wraps this year but empty store shelves, closed factory gates and idled construction projects tell their own story – the economy is contracting and some sectors are in deep trouble.

By Jeff Trotman Chairman of the Board of the Linden Hospital Complex (LHC) Mortimer Mingo and Minister of the National Health and Family Planning Commission of the Peoples Republic of China Li Bin, unveiled a plaque on Sunday to symbolically mark the opening of a Laparoscopic Surgery Centre at the LHC.

BRASILIA/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States will pay Brazilian cotton producers $300 million to settle a decade-old dispute over cotton subsidies, two officials familiar with the settlement said yesterday, the first concrete step to repair ties hurt by an espionage scandal.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The White House announced its intention yesterday to establish refugee processing in Honduras, El Salvador and Guatemala to try to deter unaccompanied children from resorting to crossing the US-Mexico border on their own.

Dear Editor, The beginning of the academic year in which Guyanese students have been asked to shoulder the burden of paying higher tuition fees at the University of Guyana (UG) has already begun to bring home negative effects on the poor students and the university itself.

Dear Editor, Mr Sharma Solomon has quite competently replied to Mr Farnum clarifying his position which I fully support.

Minister of the National Health & Family Planning Commission of China Li Bin (right) receives a bouquet from student nurse Sierra Morris, reigning Queen of the Charles Roza School of Nursing Pageant on her arrival in Linden on Sunday.

(Feature address at 20th anniversary luncheon – Henry B Jeffrey, Pegasus Hotel, 28th September, 2014) I thank Ms Yvonne Hinds and the Guyana Relief Council for inviting me to say a few words on this the 20th anniversary of the organisation.

Politikles

As the nations of the world got together at the United Nations last week to discuss the state of the world, they found themselves having to contemplate increasing war, rather than the prospects of peace and development.

By Jairo Rodrigues in St Cuthbert’s Mission Tragedy was averted on Sunday when two persons were pulled out of the Mahaica River at St Cuthbert’s Mission during the ‘Wash Down’ celebration of the Heritage Festival, one of them in an unconscious state.

BANGALORE, India, CMC –Skipper Rayad Emrit has conceded that poor fielding severely affected the Barbados Tridents campaign in the Champions League T20 tournament currently underway in India.

(Reuters) – The World Bank arbitration tribunal will give its final award ruling this week on a multibillion- dollar claim by Exxon Mobil Corp against Venezuela over the 2007 nationalization of two oil projects, legal sources said yesterday.

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexico’s Attorney General Jesus Murillo said yesterday three army soldiers have been accused of homicide in a late June shootout in which 22 suspected gang members were killed.