Daily Archive: Monday, January 26, 2015

In continuing a crackdown on litterbugs, wardens from the Environmental Protection Agency’s Litter Enforcement Unit served notices to Anil Das, Chairman of the Mon Repos Neighbourhood Democratic Council, and Eddie Seon, resident of the same village, a release from the EPA said this evening.

The multimillion-dollar Park Vue Hotel and Lounge, which is located at Farm, East Bank Demerara, was officially re-launched on Friday evening, under the new ownership of Fazil Mirza, proprietor of the famous Windies Sports Bar in Canada, GINA said.

Prime Minister Samuel Hinds (right) along with Dr. Mahender Sharma (left) Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Guyana Energy Agency (GEA) and the winners of GEA’s art competition at the presentation ceremony last week at the Guyana International Conference Centre, Liliendaal.

A Partnership for National Unity has committed to completing a critical roadway in the Wakapoa community in the Pomeroon-Supenaam Region (No.2), a release from APNU said today.

Betsy Ground, East Canje residents today picketed the Canefield – Enterprise Neighbourhood Democratic Council calling for the removal of the Chairman and the Overseer.

During this morning, Monday January 26, 2015, a man whose name has been given as Nicholas James, 23 years, went to the GPHC with a gunshot injury, the police said today.

LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – Debbie Reynolds, the peppy star of enduring Hollywood musicals like “Singin’ in the Rain,” accepted a lifetime achievement award from the Screen Actors Guild on Sunday with a few parting words after more than six decades on screen.

Caribbean Airlines has announced that it will waive change/cancellation fees and fare differences for customers travelling to and from New York today and tomorrow in view of the major blizzard (Winter Storm Juno) which was forecasted to hit the US Northeast as of noon today.

Education Minister Priya Manickchand announced this morning that the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) examination subjects scheduled to be written on May 11 and 12, will now be written on June 15 and 16.

(Trinidad Express) “The truth will set me free”. Attorney General Anand Ramlogan yesterday categorically denied that he asked chairman of the Police Complaints Authority (PCA) David West to withdraw his witness statement in a defamation case the AG filed against Opposition Leader Dr Keith Rowley.

Former PPP stalwart Ralph Ramkarran says that the most important general election in the country’s history since 1992 could spell defeat for the ruling PPP if APNU and the AFC were to agree to an electoral alliance.

GuyOil commissioned its $250M flagship service station on Regent Street yesterday after 10 months of construction.

As he and an accomplice attempted to rob a pump attendant of the Choke Rubis, LBI Gas Station, a gun-toting bandit was last night shot dead by the proprietor while his accomplice made good his escape.

Talks on the proposed pro-democracy alliance for the upcoming elections are focused on a plan of action for what needs to be done and it is also being envisioned that the different partners will be active in their areas of strength.

Finance Minister Dr Ashni Singh yesterday denounc-ed the reasons given for the withholding of $5.8 billion (€25 million) in budgetary support by the European Union (EU) stating that Parliamentary oversight remains intact and unimpaired.

While government has reduced the cost of fuel Cabinet Secretary Dr Roger Luncheon does not believe customers of the Guyana Power and Light Company will see a reduction in their bills.

With the long-awaited electrification of Angoy’s Avenue, some 4,000 residents will now be able to receive electricity legally for the first time.

Staff and students of the University of Guyana have expressed concern that the appointment of former PPP/C minister Bibi Shadick as UG’s Pro-Chancellor, which was announced last week, may have been political in nature.

A money-changer was yesterday morning shot and robbed by two men of $800,000 and is now a patient of the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH).

The Guyana and Trinidad Mutual (GTM) fire and life insurance company on Friday launched Guyana’s first ever medical professionals’ insurance package along with two other packages at the Pegasus hotel in Kingston.

As he awaits word on the investigation of a presidential guard he alleges slapped him for heckling President Donald Ramotar at a meeting, Aishalton teacher John Adams says he remains committed to see the matter through to the end.

The Auditor General’s report up to 2011 did not reflect any irregularities in the now suspended multi-billion dollar fibre-optic cable project, according to Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) Carl Greenidge, who says there is no basis to blame the committee for not flagging problems before.

With general elections slated to be held in May, the Alliance For Change (AFC) has again accused the state-owned National Com-munications Network (NCN) of bias and has called for a more open policy from the entity.

PORT ELIZABETH, South Africa, CMC – Andre Russell struck a sensational unbeaten half-century as West Indies ended their nine-year wait for a One-Day International victory over South Africa by clinching a nervy one wicket win, with nine balls to spare in the fourth game of the five-match series here yesterday.

Dear Editor, It is with great sadness that I write this letter to inform the general public about the death throes of the University of Guyana, an institution to which we all but more specifically the support staff have contributed their blood, sweat and tears.

An online survey inaugurated by accounting firm Ram and McRae and its human resources company Accedo found that the three political groups in parliament are separated by only two points with APNU at 25%, the AFC at 24% and the ruling PPP/C at 23%.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Champion off-spinner Sunil Narine wrecked Guyana Jaguars with a remarkable six-wicket haul as Trinidad and Tobago Red Force stormed to an emphatic 135-run victory in the final of the NAGICO Super50, to claim their 11th regional one-day crown here last night.

Dear Editor, In a recent commentary on my YouTube Channel, Hinds’Sight: Guyana-Caribbean Politics, I began what I hope would be an enlightened discourse about the problematic of the proposed APNU/AFC pre-election coalition from an ethnic standpoint.

An emotional ex-convict on Friday told a city court that he had resorted to crime to maintain his family—including a child with a medical condition—as he had no alternative, prompting Magistrate Geeta Chandan-Edmonds to order a probation report before giving her ruling.

Clifton Ramsarran who on Tuesday last, pleaded guilty to a break and enter charge, was sentenced to three years imprisonment by Magistrate Sherdel Isaacs Marcus in the New Amsterdam Magistrate Court on Friday.

The Guyana Cricket Board went ahead and staged their Annual General Meeting yesterday but there was no election of office bearers.

Dear Editor, It seems that when the President of Guyana is acting as head of state, the dissolution of Parliament by him sets the stage for the naming of an election date, He or she names a date that is good for his or her party, but the unfortunate law allows the President that advantage.

A father and son were on Friday each placed on $30,000 bail when they appeared in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court facing a malicious wounding charge.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Long serving regional Prime Minister Dr Ralph Gonsalves has blasted the leadership of West Indies Cricket Board president Dave Cameron as “poor” and “embarrassing”, and says the Jamaican executive needs to be axed or resign as head of the regional entity.

Dear Editor, Reference is made to Professor Justice Duke Pollard’s letter ‘No constitutionally valid election date has been set’ (SN, January 24).

A police search which unearthed a car allegedly used in a series of robberies and a police uniform, in the possession of two men, led to their arrest; they faced charges in connection with the find on Friday.

PORT ELIZABETH, South Africa, CMC – Hero of yesterday’s fourth One-day International, Andre Russell, has praised the team effort which gained West Indies their first victory of the five-match series.

Dear Editor, David Hill, alias Rabbi Edward Emanuel Washington, committed many acts of injustice against the Guyanese people.

NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – In a glow of bonhomie, U.S. President Barack Obama and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi unveiled plans to unlock billions of dollars in nuclear trade and to deepen defence ties, steps they hope will establish an enduring strategic partnership.

Guyana Amateur Basketball Coaching Association (GABCA) president Junior Hercules was elected president of the Georgetown Amateur Basketball Association (GABA) at yesterday’s Annual General Meeting and election of office bearers at Duke Lodge, Kingston.

ATHENS, (Reuters) – Greek leftist leader Alexis Tsipras promised yesterday that five years of austerity, “humiliation and suffering” imposed by international creditors were over after his Syriza party swept to victory in a snap election.

Dear Editor, In the midst of the hubbub, it must be asked: Does an election announcement, election process, and election result matter in this republic?

A Linden resident who denied four counts of break and enter and larceny was on Friday remanded to prison after he appeared in a city court.

Dear Editor, Last year approaching Christmas, amidst the prorogation, no-confidence motion, AG Nandlall’s ‘cuss-out’ phone recording, heavy rains/floods, senseless and remorseless killings, suicides, traffic-crazy madness from the East Bank to Regent Street, political infighting and local and national elections talks, I sat thinking just what are we, where are we going and what are we becoming.

(Reuters) – A swath of the U.S. East Coast from Philadelphia to New York City to Maine was bracing for a potentially historic blizzard today that is expected to dump as much as 3 feet (90 cm) of snow and snarl transportation for tens of millions of people.

A youth was on Friday found guilty of holding a man at knife-point and robbing him of his cell phone.

Michael Anthony emerged winner of the first road race of the 2015 cycling season yesterday.

(Press Trust of India) NEW DELHI: Indian cinema’s two greatest actors- Dilip Kumar and Amitabh Bachchan- were selected yesterday for the Padma Vibhushan while directors Jahnu Barua and Sanjay Leela Bhansali and lyricist Prasoon Joshi are among others who will get Padma awards.

Dear Editor, I want to share with you a bombing attack by insurgents on my base at the Bagdad Abu Ghraib prison.

LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – Show business satire “Birdman” took the lead in what promises to be a competitive race for the best picture Oscar by winning the top award from Hollywood producers on Saturday.

The Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) yesterday said the Government of Guyana (GoG) had acted outside a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) drafted by lawyers representing the GoG, the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) and the (GCB) in arriving at several decisions including the naming of the Cricket Ombudsman.

A man was remanded to prison on Friday after being charged with the theft of a stallion, while the man who claimed he bought the animal from him was released on bail.

(Trinidad Express) Attorney General Anand Ramlogan has refused to confirm or deny an allegation that six days before attorney David West was appointed director of the Police Complaints Authority (PCA), he asked him to withdraw his witness statement in a defamation lawsuit relating to the failed extradition involving Section 34 applicants Steve Ferguson and Ishwar Galbaransingh in exchange for him being selected for the job.

Dear Editor, I cannot register enough how shocked I still feel about Dr Faith Harding’s death.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Oscar-nominated war film “American Sniper” continued to punish the competition at U.S.

A man was on Friday sentenced in his absence to three years imprisonment after being found guilty by a court on a narcotics-trafficking charge.

Uitvlugt edged out Showtime 3-2 on sudden death kicks after normal time ended 1-1 when the group stage of the inaugural Greatest Guinness of the Streets West Demerara leg commenced Saturday.

CARACAS, (Reuters) – Two former Latin American presidents were blocked yesterday from visiting jailed Venezuelan opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez, who was arrested last year after leading protests against the government of President Nicolas Maduro.

Dear Editor, The current political situation in Guyana is very stressful and the pressure has been building over the past months.

A Zeelugt man was on Friday remanded to prison after he was allegedly caught in the act of breaking the rear glass of a car and attempting to steal a handbag therein, while the driver was in a Georgetown restaurant.

Look, no gas: This man was riding his fully electric motorcycle at Buxton, East Coast Demerara on Saturday.

By Kevin Edmonds Kevin Edmonds is a PhD student, at the University of Toronto and is affiliated with the Center for Critical Development Studies and the Caribbean Studies Program.

Torture by any agent of the state whenever proved must be met with the most exacting punishment and at least immediate removal from the force and no chance of re-employment within the same sector.

The Athletics Association of Guyana (AAG) incumbent, Aubrey Huston trumpeted a united front and encouraged stakeholders to work together to fast track the sport’s upward trajectory.

Last Monday, Minister of Finance Dr Ashni Singh announced a 30% reduction in the price of fuel at Guyana Oil Company gas stations.

(Reuters) – Politicians, writers and Bollywood film-makers linked to the Bharatiya Janata Party have been named to the censorship panel, battling allegations they were hand-picked by a pro-Hindu government with a partisan agenda.

TEGUCIGALPA, (Reuters) – Honduran president Juan Hernandez on Sunday said his use of military forces to fight drug gangs had helped cut violence in the world’s murder capital.

So far, we have discussed the four topics relating to the above subject, the first being the prorogation of Parliament.

Politikles

(Trinidad Express) TELEVISION personality Marcia Henville was scheduled to file divorce papers tomorrow.

MAIDUGURI/BAUCHI, Nigeria, (Reuters) – Nigeria’s military repelled multiple attacks by suspected Boko Haram militants on Borno state capital Maiduguri in the northeast, security sources said yesterday, but the insurgents captured another Borno town.

Miss Colombia Pauline Vega was crowned Miss Universe last night in Doral, Miami.