Daily Archive: Thursday, February 5, 2015

This building at Camp and Brickdam which once housed the New Thriving Chinese restaurant is being torn down.

Acting Commissioner of Police Seelall Persaud today vigorously defended the promotion of the two police officers who tortured a teen boy, saying the ranks were exonerated and that “life must go on.”

A 17-year-old boy was crushed to death this morning at the Caricom Rice Mill at Anna Regina after a storage tank with paddy give way.

A section of the gathering at the annual performance review of the Ministry of Natural Resources and the Environment held at Herdmanston Lodge, Queenstown yesterday.

Chief Scrutineers and other political party representatives recently met with the Guyana Elections Commission to discuss the upcoming Claims and Objections period set to commence on Monday February 09, 2015. 

(Trinidad Express) Forty-eight hours after Garvin Nicholas was appointed this country’s new Attorney General, a matter has been referred to the Law Association of Trinidad and Tobago (LATT) for investigation, involving him.

(Trinidad Express) Trinidad and Tobago Cricket Board (TTCB) representative Baldath Mahabir confirmed yesterday he will be contesting the post of vice-president of the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) when the organisation holds its AGM in Kingston, Jamaica on March 7.

Former President Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday told Stabroek News that he was not interested in a third term.

An unlicensed teen driver died and his friend was injured after he lost control of the vehicle he was driving in the wee hours of yesterday morning and ended up in a trench on the Corentyne.

The Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) has advised the Guyana Police Force not to institute charges against Speaker of the National Assembly Raphael Trotman in connection with child molestation allegations made against him and that the investigation be closed, a reliable source said yesterday.

At an unscheduled hearing yesterday, Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) prosecutor Sandil Kissoon, made an application before Magistrate Judy Latchman for the tax evasion charges against Publisher of the Kaieteur News Mohan ‘Glenn’ Lall and his wife Bhena Lall and re-migrant couple Narootandeo and Gharbassi Brijnanan to be withdrawn.

Kenroy Antony Joseph yesterday turned himself into the police after a wanted bulletin was issued for him on Tuesday in connection with the recent drug bust at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport, Timehri where a couple was arrested with over 20 kilograms of cocaine.

A Danielstown, Essequibo man was pronounced dead yesterday at the Leonora Hospital after he was shot by the police in the foot.

Yamsham Ram, a minibus driver of Friendship, East Bank Demerara is now dead after an argument involving him and a man at Timehri ended with Ram being stabbed about his body.

A 26-year-old Chartered Accountant was beaten to death by his neighbours on Tuesday at Mahaica Creek, while his father suffered life-threatening injuries and his brother was the victim of a near fatal chopping.

Orin David yesterday walked out of the High Court a free man after a jury unanimously found him not guilty of the August 21, 2010 murder of Lakeram Bishundial of Mahaica.

While remaining silent on the planned opening of the US$58M Guyana Marriott Hotel, Chairman of Atlantic Hotel Inc (AHI), Winston Brassington released a statement yesterday calling criticisms over staff recruitment without merit and saying that 239 persons have been hired.

Canadian High Commissioner to Guyana Dr. Nicole Giles and United States Charge d’Affaires Bryan Hunt yesterday met with representatives of A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) on elections preparations and other matters.

Asif Khan, the driver who was remanded to prison for a causing the death of a teenager outside the Princess Hotel at Providence, East Bank Demerara last year, was yesterday released on $600,000 bail.

Post-mortem examinations performed yesterday on the remains of the four persons who died tragically at Philadelphia, East Bank Essequibo while discarding items from a Hindu religious ritual confirmed that they died by drowning.

A man accused of attempting to murder his cousin was yesterday committed to stand trial at the High Court.

University of Guyana staffers rejected Vice Chancellor Jacob Opadeyi’s offer of a five per cent pay increase yesterday, after a morning of negotiations between the university and UG Workers Union.

Blue Caps is recording its public support for maintaining the constitutional amendments implemented with the passage of two clauses which limit the president of Guyana to two elected terms.

Two hundred and sixty four families in Region Three are now one step closer to becoming first time home owners, as the Ministry of Housing and Water took its first ‘one stop shop’ initiative for 2015 to the region, GINA said.

A Stabroek News reporter was yesterday prevented from covering the statutory meeting at the Regional Democratic Council of Region Three and was asked “who invited you…” The reporter who was not expecting such a response had confidently walked into the building and asked for directions to where the meeting was being held.

Front runners the Guyana Jaguars cricket team departed yesterday morning for Jamaica where they will oppose the homesters in their top-of-the-table clash of the West Indies Cricket Board’s Regional Four-Day Professional Cricket League at Sabina Park.

The People’s Progressive Party’s (PPP) nominee to the post of Elections Commissioner, Attorney-at-Law Sase Rabindranauth Gunraj was sworn in at the Office of the President on Tuesday by President Donald Ramotar.

  The family of the Danielstown, Essequibo Coast man who died on Wednesday after being shot by the police is upset at the way the law enforcers handled the situation and kept them in the dark about his whereabouts.

Primo Corvaro, Head of FIFA Member Associations arrived on local shores yesterday to lead a FIFA and Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF) delegation during the reform process of the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) constitution.

A man found guilty of committing a violent robbery was yesterday sentenced to three years in prison.

(The Sports Xchange) – – -Robin Lopez returned to the middle for Portland, after having missed 23 games with a broken right hand, and he had 11 points and six rebounds in 25 minutes to help the Blazers defeat the Utah Jazz 103-102.

A man was yesterday granted $100,000 bail by Magistrate Annette Singh after he denied a charge of robbery with violence read to him in a city court.

Dear Editor, The university undertakes one of the largest value-added operations in Guyana.

Pouderoyen Showstoppers and West Side Ballers will contest the inaugural finale of the Guinness of the Streets West Demerara Edition following contrasting victories over Patentia Street Ballers and Raiders respectively on Tuesday.

A labourer who told the court he is a sickly man was yesterday remanded to prison after he denied having a quantity of cocaine in his possession The charge read that on February 2, at Georgetown,

Dear Editor, In his reply to my letter, Ruel Johnson says there are no publishers in Guyana (‘There are no publishers in Guyana for emerging writers to take advantage of,’ SN, February 3).

Dear Editor,   I believe that lawyers are outraged and distressed by the criminal violence which has engulfed our country which the police and the state have been powerlessness to contain.

(Reuters) – Fixtures for the cricket World Cup that will be jointly held by Australia and New Zealand from Feb.

MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – With strong hosts expected to challenge, a highly-fancied South Africa facing their demons and a sprawling format certain to generate criticism, the cricket World Cup’s return to Australia and New Zealand is a case of deja vu in many ways.

Dear Editor, At the recent Universal Periodic Review of Guyana’s human rights obligations, Minister Rodrigues-Birkett deflected the government from the responsibility to stop teachers beating children.

AMMAN, (Reuters) – Jordan’s King Abdullah vowed a “relentless” war against Islamic State on their own territory yesterday in response to a video published by the hard-line group showing a captured Jordanian air force pilot being burned alive in a cage.

Warren Accra called ‘Kangaroo’, the newspaper vendor who was shot on Sunday morning during a robbery at the Kaieteur News outlet on Robb and King streets has been discharged from the Georgetown Hospital.

Local Professional Cricket league (PCL) franchise Cricket Guyana Inc. (CGI), yesterday became the first regional territory to award 12 academy contracts effective from February 1-July 31.

Dear Editor,   The amendment to Article 90 of the Constitution of Guyana prescribing a limit of two-terms for a president is constitutional, as it was passed by a 2/3 majority of the elected members of the National Assembly (2000).

Kingston, Jamaica – Jamaica’s cricket head coach Junior Bennett said he was impressed with the big hundred scored by left-handed opener John Campbell in the drawn three-day practice match at Sabina Park over the weekend.

TAIPEI, (Reuters) – The death toll from a TransAsia Airways plane that crashed into a Taipei river shortly after taking off has risen to 31, Taiwanese officials said yesterday, and could rise further with 12 people still missing.

Dear Editor, First I would to congratulate the coach staff and players of the Golden Jaguars for securing a draw in the just concluded friendly international soccer match against Barbados; it is a positive start to the year.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Long-reigning world heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko likens his next challenger, Bryant Jennings of Philadelphia, to the Rocky Balboa character of film fame.

Banks DIH Limited has announced that it has obtained its International Organisation of Standardisation (ISO) Certification in Environmental and Safety Management System Standards issued by Lloyd’s Register Quality Assurance Limited as the company continues its ISO certification programme.

VALHALLA, N.Y., (Reuters) – Hundreds of feet of electrified rail skewered the first two carriages of a New York commuter train in a collision with a car at a railroad crossing, a federal investigator said yesterday, describing the area’s worst rail crash in decades.

Dear Editor, On February 3, 2015 the two leading dailies advised us that the High Court was being asked to reverse an article of the constitution as it had only been approved by a two-thirds parliamentary vote whereas, it was claimed, the matter should have been put to a public referendum.

LIMA, (Reuters) – Peru established a no-fly zone over its most lawless coca-producing region in a bid to stop a growing number of small planes from smuggling cocaine to neighboring countries, the government said on Wednesday.

Dear Editor, At last count, Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar has fired over half a dozen ministers in the span of a few short years.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – England’s Kevin Pietersen has confirmed he will be available for the entire Caribbean Premier League season this year.

A man alleged to be an accomplice in a failed robbery by a group of men, yesterday appeared in court charged with attempting to flee with the victim’s boat and engine.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Guyana head coach Jamaal Shabazz believes the time has come for the emphasis to shift from the internal bickering in the Guyana Football Federation, to the development of the national team.

LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – Olympic gold medalist Bruce Jenner has told family members, including reality TV personalities the Kardashians, that he is becoming a woman and they have pledged their support, People magazine reported yesterday.

Dear Editor, I have immense problems with my landline and internet service, both of which I have paid for.

LONDON, (Reuters) – A global fund should be created to speed development of much-needed new antibiotics to counter the growing threat of drug-resistant superbugs, a British-government backed review said yesterday.

Introduction: Stabroek News has invited the People’s Progressive Party/Civic, A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) and the Alliance For Change (AFC) to submit a weekly column on governance and related matters.

Beterverwagting, East Coast Demerara residents yesterday protested  over the state of their roads.

Dear Editor, I read with great sadness the letter in yesterday’s edition of the Stabroek News, titled ‘Anyone present at the Lusignan’s Night of Remembrance would disagree with SN editorial,’ written by Bishop Juan A Edghill, MP, Minister within the Ministry of Finance.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – New Sports Minister Brent Sancho was yesterday sworn into office, and has vowed to work to return pride into the sports discipline.

(Jamaica Observer) Cabinet has given approval for two energy-generation projects, totalling 330 megawatts, which will increase the country’s electricity generation capacity and reduce the cost to consumers.

Satwattie Leelawattie, 53, of Leonora, West Coast Demerara was elated because she would finally be able to acquire a house lot to own her own home.

New PUC office: The Public Utilities Commission’s new office at Lot 106, New Garden Street, Queenstown, Georgetown was formally opened yesterday.

RIO DE JANEIRO, (Reuters) – The chief executive and other senior management at Brazil’s Petrobras resigned on Wednesday amid a festering corruption scandal, setting off a scramble to find replacements capable of restoring investor confidence in the state-run oil company.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – New Trinidad and Tobago Red Force manager Roland Sampath hopes the side’s capture of the recently held NAGICO Super50 tournament, provides impetus for the remainder of the side’s four-day campaign.

VATICAN CITY, (Reuters) – Salvadorans should see the beatification of Archbishop Oscar Romero, who was murdered by a right-wing death squad in 1980, as an opportunity to seek reconciliation in their violence-plagued country, a Vatican official said yesterday.

Dear Editor,   If we were to peruse trade union history in British Guiana (Guyana) it would make interesting reading.

There is everything conspiratorial about litigation filed and instituted recently in the motion in the name of Cedric Richardson against the Attorney General and the Speaker.

To say that the physical environment at the University of Guyana (UG) is disgraceful would be to make a colossal understatement.