Daily Archive: Thursday, May 28, 2015

The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) today reported the disappearance of approximately six million dollars ($6M) worth of foreign liquor from its Eccles Warehouse Facility.

Following its lauding of voting at the May 11th general elections, the Carter Center today issued a detailed preliminary statement calling for reform of the elections commission, campaign financing laws and urging the political parties here to reevaluate their structures as their leaders appear out of touch with Guyanese.

The Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union Co-operative Credit Union Society Limited today advised its members across the sugar industry that it has requested the Guyana Sugar Corporation Inc (GuySuCo) to cease deductions from workers’ earnings, Credit Union savings with effect from week-ending May 30, 2015.

(Reuters) – CONCACAF President Jeffrey Webb, who was among the seven soccer officials arrested earlier this week on corruption charges, has been provisionally dismissed from his role, the soccer confederation said today.

(Trinidad Express) The president and the executive of the West Indies Players’ Association yesterday responded to the dropping of veteran Shivnarine Chanderpaul, expressing its “immense disappointment”.

ZURICH, (Reuters) – Pressure mounted on FIFA President Sepp Blatter today as the corruption scandal engulfing world soccer’s governing body drew warnings from major sponsors and criticism from senior Western politicians.

(Trinidad Express) Jack Warner spent last night in the infirmary of the Frederick Street prison.

The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) has recommended that a policeman be criminally charged in connection with the murder of well-known businessman Mohamed F Khan while another should face departmental charges for his role in the crime.

Guyana Goldfields Inc (GGI) yesterday announced that its mill commissioning for the Aurora Gold Project in Cuyuni/ Mazaruni has started and it remains on track for initial gold production in mid-2015.

ZURICH/NEW YORK, (Reuters) – The world’s most popular sport was plunged into turmoil yesterday as seven powerful soccer figures were arrested on U.S.

Jack Warner was this afternoon granted $2.5 million bail but has failed to secure his release.

Chief Executive Officer of the Guyana Sugar Corporation, Dr Rajendra Singh met with senior management last week to expand on its three-year strategy but made no mention of the dire financial straits that the company was in, sources say.

Newly-appointed Minister of National Security, Khemraj Ramjattan said yesterday that the planned reshuffling in the Guyana Police Force has been put on further hold as he has to do a review and he said a decision on the transfer of senior officers will be made next week.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Wicketkeeper Shane Dowrich led a trio of half-century makers as West Indies President’s XI recovered from a shaky start to stretch the touring Australians on the opening day of their three-day tour match here yesterday.

Dear Editor, I had vowed that never again would I take part in a cultural presentation at the National Stadium, after losing my singing voice from expending too much energy performing in the open air on the (middle of the) tarmac for the last Carifesta held in Guyana (2011?)

Seventy-three-year-old Donald Mopp, called “Chetty,” was yesterday sentenced to 20 years in prison for the murder of 33-year-old gold miner Winsel Roger Edwards.

Legendary West Indies batting icon Brian Lara has described the axing of Shivnarine Chanderpaul as shameful and has called on the West Indies Cricket Board to give the left-handed Guyanese an honourary send-off by selecting him for the two-Test series against Australia.

Deputy Commissioner of Police Crime and Support (Ag.), Glen Hackett, was yesterday contacted by Netram Kowlessar, Head of the Central Authority of Trinidad and Tobago, regarding a request by the United States authorities for the procurement of a provisional warrant of arrest for Mr.

Dear Editor, I do not know whether Volume I of my Wordsworth McAndrew biography, published a year ago by Caribbean Press, has anything to do with him now receiving a Guyana Golden Arrow of Achievement Award, posthumously, but I’m truly happy that he is at last being recognized for his distinguished contributions as a radio presenter, poet, newspaper columnist and, of course, folklorist.

The Central Housing and Planning Authority (CH&PA) yesterday issued a call for persons to desist from land grabbing and to submit applications for house lots instead.

ZURICH, (Reuters) – FIFA chief Sepp Blatter said he was determined to “root out any wrongdoing in football” after seven leading soccer officials were arrested on corruption charges by U.S.

A Sophia family who lost almost everything on election night after a mob looted their home is calling on the government and relevant authorities to look into the matter and render any possible assistance.

Dear Editor, Please grant me some space to express how I feel about Shivnarine Chanderpaul’s omission from the West Indies team to play against Australia in the first Test match in Dominica next month.

The meeting of the Guyana-China Business Council (GCBC) which was to be held today at the Guyana International Conference Centre, Liliendaal has been postponed.

Guyana Amateur Basketball Federation President (GABF) President Nigel Hinds said a significant portion of the team’s funding for the 2015 Caribbean Basketball Confederation (CBC) Championships has been offset by the Ministry of Education through its Sports Ministry.

Dear Editor, With the exception of the Office of the President in which the Head of the Presidential Secretariat functioned the last administration operated 18 formal ministries, albeit there were substantive operations conducted within the Office of the President.

The Guyana Football Federation (GFF) on Monday selected the eight clubs that have qualified for the recently implemented Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF) Elite Club License.

Dear Editor, As a Guyanese media professional in the US diaspora, I write to publicly convey my consternation at the disaster that passed for the public presentation of the inauguration of the 8th President of Guyana on May 26, held at the National Stadium in Providence.

Leaders of the People Progressive Party/Civic and its supporters marched on Tuesday from Whim Sideline on the east and Albion from the west to Port Mourant for a public meeting to again protest the recently concluded May 2015 General and Regional elections.

Following the announcement that the Extraordinary Congress will be staged on June 26th from 14:00hrs at the Pegasus Hotel in Kingston, the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) Normalization Committee has dispatched the revised federation constitution to its affiliates for perusal.

Newly appointed Minister of Public Health, Dr. George Norton says the West Demerara Regional Hospital (WDRH) will be upgraded.

Dear Editor, There is much debate going on, about the environment of our cultural development, arresting its neglected state and who should be tasked with this.

Long serving skipper of the national rugby team, Ryan Gonsalves has given up his captaincy citing a desire to focus more on his game.

Dear Editor, Undoubtedly, people exposed constantly to mediocrity, are likely to accept their situation as a norm over time.

A post-mortem examination which was scheduled to be conducted yesterday on the body of 18-year-old Trevon Benn was pushed back to tomorrow.

Dear Editor, I view the exclusion of Shivnarine Chanderpaul from the upcoming Test series against Australia with a mixture of dismay, sadness and outrage.

Police are treating the death of Indian national Amendria Singh, who was found with multiple stab wounds about his body on Tuesday night at D’Aguiar Park, East Bank Demerara, as murder, Crime Chief Leslie James said yesterday, even as his sister maintains that he turned the knife on himself.

The Indian Arrival Committee (IAC) has called upon the Carter Center and the diplomatic community to support an immediate, independent, international forensic audit of the May 11 national elections.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Jamaica Broilers Group is yet to fully recover the US$42 million poured into its ethanol plant over eight years, but the poultry company has now decided to exit the market as a producer of the biofuel and is seeking a business partner to operate the facility under contract.

Dear Editor, The calls are for an end to tribal politics.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – A raft of banks could face tough questions in the sweeping U.S.

A mechanic who allegedly chopped another man was yesterday placed on bail.

The Guyana Boxing Association (GBA) is still on the ropes, battling to secure adequate funds to send its seven-member team to the Pan Am Qualifiers in Tijuana, Mexico.

The tense political climate which prevailed in the aftermath of the general and regional elections has whittled the customary number of entrants for this year’s Independence Three-Stage cycle road race.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Britain’s Queen Elizabeth set in motion the new government’s plans for an in-out referendum on staying in the European Union yesterday, but left open questions about when it will be and what changes to the EU the government wants beforehand.

The Ministry of Social Protection on Saturday condemned the murder of 68 year old Chandroutie Persaud who was found bound and gagged at her home in Riverview Squatting Area, Mahaica earlier that day.

Dear Editor, Brian Lara and Shivnarine Chanderpaul are undoubtedly two of the greatest Test batsmen of the latter half of the 1990s and the first decade and a half of the 21st century.

COLOMBO, (Reuters) – Sri Lankan cricketers are to get fielding tips from the man who pretty much revolutionised the art after former South African player Jonty Rhodes agreed to a short stint with them.

CARACAS, (Reuters) – President Nicolas Maduro has ruled out dollarizing Venezuela’s economy as a way to resolve the recession-hit OPEC nation’s chaotic currency situation.

Dear Editor, I wish to suggest to President David Granger that his administration revive the concept of Development Support Communication (DSC) as part of its development strategy.

The Guyana Football Federation’s (GFF) Normalization Committee will officially stage its Extraordinary Congress on June 26th from 14:00hrs at the Pegasus Hotel in Kingston.

LONDON, (Reuters) – With its two biggest victories in nearly a year in Iraq and Syria, Islamic State has energised its fighters, littered the streets of two cities with the bodies of its enemies and forced Washington to re-examine its strategy.

A post-mortem examination performed on the body of Chandroutie Persaud, who was found bound and gagged in her bed at her River View Squatting Area, Mahaica home on Saturday revealed that she died as a result of suffocation and strangulation.

LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – Hulking actor Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson creates a new save-the-day persona as a rescue pilot in California earthquake thriller “San Andreas,” opening in U.S.

Dear Editor, The PPP’s refusal to participate in celebrating Guyana’s 49th independence was a slap in the face to President Granger’s offer of an olive branch to unite Guyana.

A construction worker was remanded to prison yesterday after being nabbed by citizens for allegedly snatching a schoolchild’s haversack.

(Reuters) – LeBron James booked his place in the NBA Finals for the fifth straight year when the Cleveland Cavaliers crushed the Atlanta Hawks 118-88 on Tuesday to complete a 4-0 sweep of the Eastern Conference Final.

SYDNEY, (Reuters) – Nearly a year after embarking on a multi-million dollar quest to solve one of aviation’s greatest unsolved mysteries, authorities and search teams are being criticised over their approach to finding Flight MH370 in the remote southern Indian Ocean.

(Barbados Nation) Two men, allegedly part of a ring that bilked local banks out of almost a million dollars, were kept for a week when they made their first court appearance on fraud charges on Tuesday.

SYDNEY,(Reuters) – There was general consensus in Australia yesterday that retaining the Ashes this year got a little bit harder after the appointment of wily compatriot Trevor Bayliss as England’s new head coach.

ASTANA, (Reuters) – International experts are investigating the sudden deaths of more than 100,000 endangered saiga antelope in Kazakhstan, officials said Wednesday, raising fears that a species that has been around since the Ice Age may be at risk of dying out.

(BBC) Convicted Bollywood star Salman Khan has been granted permission by the high court in Mumbai to travel to Dubai to appear in an awards show.

Unity message: Former Commonwealth Secretary-General Sir Shridath Ramphal delivering his unity message on Tuesday at the inauguration of President David Granger at the Guyana National Stadium.

Dear Editor, As the current APNU+AFC government can find the money to subsidise electricity in Linden, desilt the canals in Georgetown and give a hefty pay rise to government employees, then they have to find the money to subsidise the sugar industry.

(Reuters) – Nebraska became the first Republican-dominated state in more than 40 years to abolish capital punishment as legislators overrode the governor’s veto of a bill repealing the death penalty.

Dear Editor, The presidency under David Granger will undoubtedly be significantly different from that of previous head of states.

There has been an election, swearing-in and inauguration and now that the dust has more or less settled, one imagines that the servants of the people are getting down to doing the jobs they would have campaigned hard for.

BOGOTA, (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Peruvian rape victims who have become pregnant have no legal option but to keep an unwanted pregnancy after Congress voted against a bill to legalise abortion in such cases, an issue that has divided ordinary Peruvians.

COLOMBO, (Reuters) – Three male officials have been identified in the sex bribe scandal that rocked Sri Lankan women’s cricket but there are no grounds or evidence to justify criminal proceedings against them, the country’s cricket board said yesterday.

Chinese dragons were part of Tuesday’s entertainment at the inauguration of President David Granger at the Guyana National Stadium.

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MEMPHIS, Tenn., (Reuters) – With music, singing and tears, hundreds of mourners in Memphis bade farewell to blues giant B.B.

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