Daily Archive: Monday, February 2, 2015

(Trinidad Express) PRIME Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar has asked that the President revoke the appointments of Attorney General Anand Ramlogan, National Security Minister Gary Griffith, and Director of the Police Complaints Authority (PCA) David West, for their roles in witness-tampering investigation ordered by Acting Police Commissioner Stephen Williams.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The United States today imposed visa restrictions on current and former Venezuelan officials involved in alleged human rights abuses and on people believed responsible for public corruption in the oil-exporting country.

Colin Mack, the man accused of raping a 19-year-old woman in 2009, has been freed of the charge after a jury found him not guilty.

The police say they are investigating a fatal accident that occurred at about 0700h.

The Director of the Central America and Caribbean Relations Division of the Foreign Affairs Trade and Development Canada, Johanne Forest (left) accompanied by the Canadian High Commissioner, Dr.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs today announced that Reuben Hamilton Robertson has been appointed as the new Representative of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) to Guyana with effect from January 10, 2015.

Program Managers for the “Guyana Shines: Keep Guyana Beautiful” project – Orin Phillips and Dexter Gonsalves – participated in the 2015 Keep America Beautiful (KAB) National Conference in Washington, D.C.

(Trinidad Express) Rikki Jai and Ravi B served up a doubles with plenty pepper that proved too hot for the rest to leave with the sweet taste of victory at the Chutney Soca Monarch finals on Saturday night at Skinner Park, San Fernando.

(Trinidad Express) Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar will today address the witness-tampering allegations made against Attorney General Anand Ramlogan.

Vice Chancellor of the University of Guyana (UG) Jacob Opadeyi is hospitalized at the Caribbean Heart Institute.

(Trinidad Express) NATIONAL Security Minister Gary Griffith today demanded an apology from his Cabinet colleague, Communications Minister Vasant Bharath, a signal that the discord between the most senior members of the Peoples Partnership continues to deepen.

The Alliance For Change (AFC) today warned that if it forms the next Government it would revisit and if necessary impose sanctions concerning the Georgetown Marriott Hotel Agreement between the Government of Guyana and Atlantic Hotels Inc.

(Trinidad Express) Seven teams are just too much for the Caribbean Premier League at this time.

CAIRO, (Reuters) – An Egyptian court sentenced 183 supporters of the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood to death today on charges of killing police officers, as authorities continued their crackdown on Islamists.

By Kenesha Fraser   Two young men are dead following a hit-and-run yesterday at Richmond, Essequibo Coast by a drunk driver who was subsequently arrested by police after he fled the scene.

With general elections set for May 11 and with one of the likely outcomes a hung Parliament, it is imperative that a minority government works with a majority opposition, outgoing British High Commission-er to Guyana Andrew Ayre has said.

Vice-Chancellor of the University of Guyana, Jacob Opadeyi says that while negotiations with the UG Senior Staff Association (UGSSA) and the UG Workers’ Union (UGWU) are ongoing classes will resume today due to the contractual agreements signed by staff.

Just over a week has passed since attempts were made to justify the promotion of two cops found liable of torturing a teenage boy and despite an outpouring of condemnation and mounting pressure for the decision to be reversed, both the acting Police Commissioner Seelall Persaud and the Police Service Commis-sion (PSC) are yet to disclose their plan of action.

The Ministry of Public Works yesterday said it is concerned at the alarming rate at which traffic and highway lights components are being stolen.

A newspaper vendor was shot yesterday morning following a robbery at the Kaieteur News outlet located on the corner of Robb and King streets.

The search will continue today for an eight-year-old boy, the last of three persons who went missing when a boat overturned on Friday night in the Potaro River near Tumatumari in Region 8.

A miner, Andre D’Abreu is currently hospitalized at the Georgetown Public Hospital nursing a gunshot wound to his side after he and his friend were attacked by bandits at Thomas Street on Saturday night.

Roger Hinds beat a field of 18 chutney hopefuls, to take his second win of the Chutney Monarchy in three years, GINA said yesterday.

Concerns about discrimination against indigenous peoples and their rights were raised during the United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC) review of Guyana’s human rights record in Geneva on Wednesday and Minister of Foreign Affairs Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett has acknowledged that there are gaps to fill.

The outcome of the forthcoming general and regional elections will be determined largely by the way young people vote, according to APNU leader David Granger, who says the main opposition is considering the possibility of a young person as its prime ministerial candidate.

A total of sixty-four persons were on Friday awarded grants under the Micro and Small Enterprise Development (MSED) project funded through Guyana’s forest protect partnership with the Kingdom of Norway The project which falls under the Low Carbon Development Strategy aims to promote small and medium scale businesses in Guyana through various sectors including agro processing, agriculture,

Incremental progress is being made in talks on the proposed pro-democracy alliance between the AFC, APNU and other partners for the upcoming May 11 general elections.

Residents of Essequibo will now have access to free medical care following the launch of a clinic at the Lima Masjid Annex on the Essequibo Coast.

In a bunch finish of nine riders, Christopher Holder (Team Coco’s) outsprinted Michael Anthony (Team Evolution) and Akeem Wilkinson (Flying Star) to win the first National Sports Commission (NSC) sponsored 40-mile road race of the season.

The 2015 track and field season got underway yesterday with the staging of the first Athletic Association of Guyana (AAG) Development Meet held at the Guyana Defence Force ground.

Defending champs Lodge Secondary got their title defence off to the perfect start, edging Queenstown Secondary 3-2 when the third annual Milo/Petra Organization Secondary Schools u-20 football tourney continued yesterday.

Brigadier Mark Phillips of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) was returned unopposed as head of the Guyana National Rifle Association (GNRA) following the Annual General Meeting (AGM) held Thursday last at the Police Officers’ Mess, Eve Leary.

Dear Editor, First let me state that my UK publishers have never heard of the Guyana Prize for Literature and since I am not about to tell them about it my latest novels will not be submitted for consideration.

 By Cosmo Hamilton   The West Indies team was fresh from a hard fought victory over India in the absorbing 1974-75  Five-Test series that went down to the wire as the team from the Caribbean under Clive Lloyd in his debut as captain, took the Fifth and decisive Test at Bombay in which he scored an epic 242 not out in the first innings.

Dear Editor, Monday, January 26, 2015 was one of the most dismaying mornings for me following a brief phone call to the Vector Control unit within the Ministry of Health.

Dear Editor, Monday, January 26, 2015 was one of the most dismaying mornings for me following a brief phone call to the Vector Control unit within the Ministry of Health.

Den Amstel and Uitvlugt crashed out of the Guinness Greatest of the Streets West Demerara edition, suffering quarterfinal losses to Raiders and Patentia Street Ballers respectively on Saturday at the Vergenoegen Rice Mill Tarmac.

Dear Editor, The Guyana Times carried an article in the December 28, 2014 edition bearing the caption ‘NIS giving workers headache’.

Dear Editor, I reached the age of retirement on October 22, 2014, having worked as an Attendant with the Ministry of Agriculture, Drainage and Irrigation Region 5, both as a public servant and as a contracted worker in the same capacity.

-Cougars eliminate Rosignol United   Monedderlust FC and Rosignol United became the latest casualties of the Mayors Cup Knockout Football tourney, losing to New Amsterdam United and Cougars FC on Saturday at the No.

Dear Editor, Notwithstanding the fall in oil prices on the world market and despite Guyoil selling gas here at a cheaper price, the cost of public transportation by minibus and taxi remains the same as it was when the price was high on the world market.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – President Barack Obama’s fiscal 2016 budget will seek new taxes on trillions of dollars in profits accumulated overseas by U.S.

Guyana Jaguars Assistant Coach Rayon Griffith said yesterday that following the washed out three-day practice match which was scheduled for the Georgetown Cricket Club ground, Bourda the team will now eye Thursday’s net sessions in Jamaica to conclude preparations for the fifth round encounter of the West Indies Cricket Board’s Professional Cricket League (PCL).

KIEV/DONETSK, Ukraine (Reuters) – Fighting raged in eastern Ukraine yesterday as pro-Russian separatists used artillery fire to try to dislodge government forces from a strategic rail hub after peace talks collapsed.

By Savitri Persaud   Savitri Persaud was born in Guyana and spent part of her childhood in Moblissa, off the Linden Highway, and in Bellevue, West Bank Demerara.

MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – Novak Djokovic may have garnered a reputation as the crown prince of pranksters in tennis but yesterday he firmly established him as the king of Melbourne’s blue hardcourts with his fifth Australian Open title.

(Trinidad Express) A war of words has broken out between National Security Minister Gary Griffith and Communications Minister Vasant Bharath a mere 24 hours before the Prime Minister’s eagerly-awaited statement to the nation this afternoon.

Dear Editor, I am astonished that expectant Guyanese (and foreign diplomats) have failed to manage themselves better.

BRASILIA, (Reuters) – Brazil’s Congress elected a conservative as speaker of the Chamber of Deputies yesterday in a setback for the ruling Workers’ Party that split President Dilma Rousseff’s coalition and will complicate her legislative agenda.

Dear Editor, There is a growing debate as to who is best fitted to be the presidential candidate if an agreement is reached during the coalition talks between the APNU and the AFC.

Before we begin our final in a four-part series on the above subject, I refer to the comments of the Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) on our two recent articles on the Fibre Optic Cable Project.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Antigua Hawksbills will not feature as a franchise for this year’s Caribbean Premier League, CPL organisers announced yesterday.

Unhappy meeting: Two vehicles crashed into these concrete posts and gate at a house/business place at Zeeburg, West Coast Demerara around 8 am yesterday.

On January 13, the birth anniversary of Melvin Jones (the founder of Lions International), Lions members recommitted themselves to service to community with members across the globe participating in rededication ceremonies.

CAIRO, (Reuters) – Al Jazeera journalist Peter Greste was released from a Cairo jail yesterday and left Egypt after 400 days in prison on charges that included aiding a terrorist group, security officials said.

(Reuters) – Glenn Maxwell produced a stellar all-round performance and Mitchell Johnson returned to terrorise England as Australia clinched the one-day tri-series with an emphatic 112-run victory over their Ashes rivals yesterday.

On January 26, at an event organised by the Indian Arrival Committee to commemorate the seventh anniversary of the horrific slaying of 11 persons in the East Coast village of Lusignan, Minister in the Ministry of Finance, Juan Edghill was reported by the Government Information Agency as saying “We still have issues of crime and security in our country but we must never mix and confuse the difference between regular crime and robbery as against what took place here in Lusignan”.

Dear Editor,   It seems as if the justice system has caught up with St.