Daily Archive: Friday, December 5, 2014

Anil Nandlall, Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs today met with Justice Abdullah D.

The Guyana Police Force yesterday hosted recruits in training at the Felix Austin Police College to their Christmas Luncheon at the Police Officers’ Mess Annexe during which the ranks were “pampered” by senior officers and staff of the Police College, a release from the police said.

  Thirty-nine registered nurses received diplomas yesterday after completing the Professional Nursing programme,  while 54 Nursing Assistants received certificates in that area, at the New Amsterdam School of Nursing’s 13th biennial graduation, GINA said.

Without calling his name, the Women and Gender Equality Commission (WGEC) today expressed shock at the utterances by Attorney General Anil Nandlall in an October conversation with a KN reporter and called for “all necessary sanctions to be taken” against him.

(Trinidad Express) SECURITY in and around the Port of Spain Magistrates’ Court was increased yesterday as former LifeSport programme co-ordinator Rajaee Ali appeared before a magistrate charged with being a gang leader and conspiracy to murder.

The private sector yesterday pitched a proposal for the resumption of parliament and a one-month period for meaningful dialogue bet-ween the government and the opposition but opposition leader David Granger said that though well-intentioned, it reads like Déjà vu as similar ground was covered before.

Fire gutted a bond containing $50M in rice and paddy as well as equipment belonging to D Suklall Rice Industries at De Hoop, Mahaica yesterday afternoon.

A number of civil society groups yesterday banded together to call on President Donald Ramotar to bring a swift end to the suspension of Parliament or call general elections.

By Suraj Narine   A young labourer was electrocuted while he was working on top of a three-storey building in the city on Wednesday afternoon and his family is suspicious that a cover-up is afoot.

A businessman was shot in his leg during an attempted robbery yesterday in Charlestown, after refusing to give into the demands of a bandit who was forced to flee empty-handed to escape angry residents.

For the second week running, the miners association and the government have issued duelling statements about whether enough is being done to help small and medium scale prospectors amid slumping gold prices.

Truck driver Dave Harkishun was yesterday cleared of causing the death of 71-year-old Stanley Roach by dangerous driving.

A witness yesterday maintained that Mark “Jesse” Assing was indeed the man who fired the shot that killed his neighbour after a row over a fowl cock escalated.

Chief Education Officer Olato Sam, who was admitted to a city hospital last week in a critical condition, has been moved from the intensive care unit (ICU).

With the president’s decision to suspend parliament failing to achieve the desired talks between the government and the opposition, new general and regional elections are likely, Cabinet Secretary Dr Roger Luncheon said on Wednesday.

Add a seventh NACRA 7s championship trophy to Team Guyana’s silverware cabinet.

The Home Affairs Ministry has warned that ongoing efforts to reform and modernise the Guyana Police Force (GPF) will be “doomed to failure” if the police do not take ownership and commit to the process.

It was a night highlighted by upset victories when the round-of-16 stage of the Guinness Greatest of the Streets continued on Wednesday at the National Cultural Centre tarmac on Mandela and Hadfield streets.

A 53-year-old watchman of Hampshire, Corentyne is in a critical condition at the Georgetown Public Hospital after a police officer riding a motorcycle struck him down yesterday.

A miner was yesterday granted $15,000 bail after denying that he threatened to kill his wife.

Hilrod Thomas, 63, remains hospitalised in the Georgetown Public Hospital’s Burn Care Unit, following the fire that gutted his King Street home last month and claimed the lives of his two daughters.

The International Radio Emergency Support Coalition (IRESC) has said an emphatic no to the nomination of Guyana’s Patrick Gomes for Secretary General of The African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States (ACP) in view of the prorogation of Parliament.

An elderly man was placed on $20,000 bail yesterday after he denied threatening four men.

The body of an unidentified, elderly man was found along Homestretch Avenue yesterday morning.

Hemwattie Amyan dethroned her younger sister and former national champion Rosetta Hiralall to become the new Women’s 501 Darts Champion at the National Darts Championship which ended on Sunday at the Malteenoes Sports Club (MSC) Pavilion.

In an effort to reduce the rising crime rate in Berbice, police have launched a crime prevention strategy that intends to pool the efforts of persons from youth groups, religious organisations and Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) to stem illegal activities.

Caricom’s Assistant Secretary-General for Human and Social Development Dr Douglas Slater has called for continued complementary support programmes and for the elimination of HIV-related stigma and discrimination.

WINDERMERE, Florida, (Reuters) – Tiger Woods was at a loss to explain his latest struggles after an error-strewn return to competitive golf on Thursday at the Isleworth course he knows like the back of his hand.

MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – Former Australia fast bowler Merv Hughes has called for pacemen to send down an early bouncer in Australia’s first test against India to “clear the air” in the wake of Phillip Hughes’ tragic death from a short-pitched delivery.

President of the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) Lance Hinds has called for the adoption of legislation that takes greater account of the direction in which the Guyana economy is heading.

Following their horrific 2-run defeat at the hands of Barbados, table leaders Guyana Jaguars will today look to rebound against their arch nemesis and hosts, Trinidad and Tobago Red Force at the Queen’s Park Oval in Port-of-Spain in round four of the WICB Professional Cricket League Regional four-day tournament.

Dear Editor, The person I may appear to support in this letter is one who has been very helpful to me in several ways, and has supported some of my efforts.

At the conclusion of last weekend’s Government Technical Institute (GTI) graduation exercise the institution’s Principal Carl Benn struck an optimistic and upbeat note about its future.

Taylor Fernandes overcame Alex Cheeks by a 3-1 margin in their Category-B showdown when the 2014 Farfan and Mendes Junior Christmas tourney started on Wednesday at the Georgetown Club Squash Courts.

Dear Editor, It is expected that patriotic citizens, regardless of political affiliation, would be alarmed by government’s anti-democratic actions and wish to express dissent.

On Friday August 22, 2008, this newspaper published a report based on a disclosure made by the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) to the effect that it would be taking a tough line against business houses known or believed to be involved in the pedalling of illicit drugs and the marketing of counterfeit goods.

(Reuters) – Pakistan opener Sarfraz Ahmed’s belligerent 76 not out secured a comprehensive seven-wicket victory against New Zealand in the first Twenty20 International in Dubai yesterday.

Dear Editor, I read that Guyana is still ranked among “the very corrupt” according to the Transparency Index (SN, December 3).

  SAO PAULO, (Reuters) – The 12 stadiums used in this year’s soccer World Cup cost 50 percent more than planned and only six of the 35 promised public transportation projects were finished on time, according to an as yet unpublished report from Brazil’s Federal Accounts Court.

ST.JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC- Struggling Leeward Islands Hurricanes have recalled St. Maarten leg spinner Colin Hamer to play against Jamaica in the fourth round of the WICB Professional Cricket League (PCL) which begins today.

Dear Editor, Farmers who sold their paddy to a certain rice miller have not been paid for this crop and it seems as though the government will have to bail him out again.

Winning this year’s Scotiabank Business Plan Competition is just the kind of public relations push that Lester Woolward and Samantha Austin need to help promote C-Post, an emerging enterprise that seeks to infuse a greater measure of efficiency into the delivery of packages across Guyana.

Against the backdrop of periodic differences amongst Caribbean Community (Caricom) countries over access to intra-regional markets, Caricom Secretary General Irwin LaRocque has restated what he said is the regional movement’s commitment to a Caricom Single Market and Economy (CSME) as a tool for the collective growth of the region’s economies.

LONDON, Dec 4 (Reuters) – Global oil and gas exploration projects worth more than $150 billion are likely to be put on hold next year as plunging oil prices render them uneconomic, data shows, potentially curbing supplies by the end of the decade.

Dear Editor, The Guyana Water Incorporated recently distributed leaflets informing the residents of the Non Pareil area on the East Coast of Demerara, that they will be installing water meters.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder yesterday promised a full investigation into the choking death of an unarmed black man by a white New York police officer as protests flared for a second night over a grand jury’s decision declining to bring criminal charges in the case.

Fashion designer Carol Fraser has returned home from the recently concluded Guyana Trade, Tourism and Investment Expo 2014, in the United States chastened by the experience and altogether persuaded that marketing Guyana and what it has to offer to the outside world remains a work in progress.

Dear Editor,   I have been an old age pensioner since August of 2013 with the following particulars: ID 141644251, 5942/ R03 – 00384 – 13/ OAP, Persaud Moti / 310.

NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – All-rounder Yuvraj Singh has been left out of the India squad which will defend the 50-over World Cup title he helped them win in 2011.

Dear Editor, By failing to grasp the significant distinction between de facto and de jure constitutionality, Lincoln Lewis continues to labour under a grave misconception.

Keen to further burnish its image as an ardent supporter of the small business community Scotiabank, on November 26, announced the winner of its business plan competition, which was launched in collaboration with the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) in September, as one of the bank’s Small Business Week initiatives for 2014.

STOCKHOLM, (Reuters) – Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Lofven said yesterday he expected the country’s mainstream parties to be able to cooperate to exclude the far right after a snap election in March if no bloc wins a majority.

WELLINGTON, (Reuters) – People convicted of sports match-fixing in New Zealand will face up to seven years in prison under new legislation passed by the country’s government yesterday.

ZURICH, (Reuters) – A European-led boycott of FIFA or the World Cup is unrealistic in the foreseeable future and, even if a breakaway were to eventually take place, experts say it could leave soccer’s administration hopelessly splintered.

CARACAS, (Reuters) – A blackout hit parts of the Venezuelan capital Caracas yesterday, Electricity Minister Jesse Chacon said, adding that authorities were working to restore service.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Spending $25 per woman per year on full sexual health services would dramatically reduce mother and baby deaths and give women the choice of smaller, healthier and more productive families, a UN-backed report found on Thursday.

Dear Editor, For a long time I have been writing to the letter columns of the newspapers on the third force and the alternative.

GASCI (www.gasci.com/telephone Nº 223-6175/6) reports that session 592’s trading results showed consideration of $4,493,917 from 22,430 shares traded in 9 transactions as compared to session 591’s trading results, which showed consideration of $20,459,565 from 440,091 shares traded in 24 transactions.

ALBANY, N.Y., (Reuters) – In the first case of its kind, a New York appeals court rejected yesterday an animal rights advocate’s bid to extend “legal personhood” to chimpanzees, saying the primates are incapable of bearing the responsibilities that come with having legal rights.

Dear Editor,   Voters in the little island of Dominica go to the polls on Monday, December 8 to elect a new government.

This past week and despite better weather some of the key business areas of the city have been, at best coping with the aftermath of the flooding.

When the late President Hoyte facilitated the return of a relatively free Press – the Stabroek News and the freeing up of the importation of newsprint – and the re-importation of flour and other banned or restricted consumer items, legacies of the rigid Burnham policies, most of the country could breathe again and demonstrated gratitude to Hugh Dessie.

To the disappointment of many in Colombia, the archive of its most famous literary son, the Nobel laureate, Gabriel García Márquez, has been acquired by the University of Texas at Austin.

(Reuters) – England captain Alastair Cook has been handed a one-match suspension for a second slow over-rate offence within 12 months, the International Cricket Council (ICC) said yesterday.