Daily Archive: Saturday, June 6, 2015

At about 1430h. today, the police say that a businessman, who is also a licensed firearm holder, was at a snackette at Grove, EBD, when four men on two motor cycles drove up.

Government has approved the release of monies to the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) to ensure that operations at the sugar corporation return to normalcy, GINA said yesterday.

Minister of Finance Winston Jordan (left) being greeted at the Guyana Revenue Authority by Commissioner General Khurshid Sattaur during his tour of the agency’s head office on Camp St, Georgetown yesterday.

During yesterday, the police say that ranks intercepted a motor vehicle on the Mahaica Public Road, ECD, in which an AK 47 Rifle with 32 rounds was found.

DUBAI/SANAA, (Reuters) – Yemen’s dominant Houthi group and its army allies fired a Scud missile at Saudi Arabia which the kingdom says it shot down today, in a major escalation of two months of war.

Defending his decision to instruct Commissioner of Police Seelall Persaud to fire one of the policemen who tortured a 15-year-old boy at the Leonora Police Station in 2009, Minister of Public Security Khemraj Ramjattan says he also expects the Police Service Commission (PSC) to dismiss the second cop implicated, who it promoted earlier this year.

Following an impromptu visit, Minister in the Ministry of Social Protection Simona Broomes yesterday found what were described as “atrocious” working conditions at the Linden mines of Chinese bauxite company, Bosai.

Kiskino Williams was yesterday given an 11-year prison sentence after admitting to setting a Port Kaituma house on fire and causing the death of a little girl.

AFC Leader Khemraj Ramjattan is not perturbed at the chairing of the first Cabinet meeting on Tuesday by President David Granger though this was not what the party’s pre-election accord with APNU enshrined.

Illicit financial outflows from Guyana for the years 2008 to 2012 represent 511.2% of the country’s spending on education, according to a new report looking at the corresponding effects on poverty and economic inequality in developing countries.

Former senior diplomat of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Dr Barton Scotland yesterday confirmed that he has been told that his name is being considered for the position of Speaker of the National Assembly.

After years of preparation, the Family Court of Guyana may finally be operational in as little as a month.

Education Minister Dr Rupert Roopnaraine yesterday said he will be selecting individuals who have professional experience in education to make up the new University of Guyana (UG) Council.

A proposal has been made to government for the youth offenders who were recently selected for presidential pardons to be enrolled in USAID’s Skills and Knowledge for Youth Employment (SKYE) Pro-ject, according to Attorney General Basil Williams.

Although a police station was just around the corner, bandits yesterday robbed the Local Tech Electronics Store on Sandy Babb Street, Kitty of millions in cash and electronics.

The Mayor and City Council yesterday held the first of several planned public consultations with various stakeholders, including members of the business community, to discuss keeping Georgetown clean.

Police in Berbice are investigating the death of a labourer who was fished out of a canal with a suspected gunshot wound to his back.

The 13-year-old who was held in the Bartica Police Station lock-ups, after being charged with wandering, was further remanded yesterday but sent to the Juvenile Holding Centre in Georgetown.

Ian Boodhoo, 26, was yesterday charged with murdering a couple at Tain, Corentyne, Berbice.

Three persons were yesterday arraigned in a city court on charges of possession of guns, ammunition and ganja that were found after police raided a house at East Ruimveldt.

The Golden Jaguars got a new recruit yesterday. His name is Moses Nagamootoo, Prime Minister of Guyana.

A pilot was placed on $900,000 bail yesterday after he denied causing the death of a teenager by dangerous driving.

A bus driver was yesterday charged with causing the death of a suspected thief, whom he allegedly struck off a motorcycle during a chase.

Mark Ray yesterday walked out of the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts a free man after he was acquitted in the theft of nearly $3M in items.

Newly appointed Director of Sport, Christopher Jones is guaranteeing an ocean of changes that will see organizations and athletes benefiting from the positive ripple effects.

Authorities were up to yesterday continuing to work to restore classrooms and the surroundings at flood-hit schools along the East Coast of Demerara to facilitate the resumption of classes at the earliest possible time.

The new Minister of Education Dr. Rupert Roopnaraine has declared that he is against corporal punishment in all its forms.

ROSEAU, Dominica, CMC – Inept batting took the gloss off defiant half-centuries from Marlon Samuels and Shane Dowrich, and sent West Indies crashing to a chastening nine-wicket defeat inside three days in the opening Test against Australia here yesterday.

The national male and female 7s rugby teams will wing out Monday for Cary, North Carolina, United States of America to compete in the 2015 NACRA Championships and Olympic Qualifiers.

The Guyana Responsible Parenthood Association (GRPA) has started a petition for the Ministry of Education to implement a comprehensive sexuality education programme in schools, in light of the recent circulation of videos featuring school children engaged in sex acts.

When Jasmine Wong won the Best Supporting Actress award last November at the National Drama Festival for her role in the play Guilty Pleasure, it was just two years after throwing herself headlong into drama, while also attending university.

BUCHAREST, (Reuters) – Romanian Prime Minister Victor Ponta rejected calls for his resignation yesterday after prosecutors named him in a criminal investigation into forgery, money-laundering, conflict of interest and tax evasion.

“Let we in nuh officer.” “Is me president swearing and I gaffo see it.”

NEW DELHI/MUMBAI, (Reuters) – Nestle SA, battling a reputational crisis in India, pulled its Maggi instant noodles from stores across the country yesterday after regulators reported some packets contained excess lead.

Dear Editor, June 6, 2015 marks 40 years of European Union cooperation with Guyana.

ROSEAU, Dominica, CMC – Captain Denesh Ramdin said yesterday West Indies had been guilty of not capitalising on positions of strength, and had also failed to cope with the pressure Australia created during the opening Test at Windsor Park.

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WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Data stolen from U.S. government computers by suspected Chinese hackers included security clearance information and background checks dating back three decades, U.S.

Dear Editor, Mr Girwar Lalaram, former employee of Asian transnational loggers, Malaysian-owned Barama Company Limited and Chinese company Bai Shanlin, alleges that “their cost savings on concessions granted is about US$3000 per month” (‘Ensure level-playing field in local forest industry—Expert urges new Gov’t’, KN, June 4).

MINNEAPOLIS, (Reuters) – Prosecutors in Minnesota brought criminal charges yesterday against the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of St.

(Reuters) – The Golden State Warriors, led by the league’s Most Valuable Player Stephen Curry, drew first blood in the best-of-seven NBA Finals with a thrilling 108-100 overtime victory over the Cleveland Cavaliers in Game One on Thursday.

PARIS, June 5 (Reuters) – Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray’s French Open final hopes were on a knife edge yesterday after a thunderstorm left the pair facing an uneasy night wondering who will face Swiss Stan Wawrinka in tomorrow’s showpiece contest.

ROSEAU, Dominica, CMC – Leg-spinner Devendra Bishoo says he enjoyed his career-best six-wicket haul on the second day of the opening Test against Australia here Thursday, admitting that he knew the Windsor Park pitch would take spin.

Dear Editor, I refer to the recent letter of retired Assistant Commissioner of Police Clinton Conway which appeared in your newspaper of Wednesday, June 3, under the caption ‘Do investigators for the Police Complaints Authority have legal authority to investigate disciplinary offences?’

Dear Editor, Your editorial today (June 4) scorched the seat of the Child Protection Agency’s Director for behaviour considered less than professional by her new bosses.

BELMONT, New York, (Reuters) – Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert could hardly contain his elation over the final workout by Triple Crown hopeful American Pharoah before today’s $1.5 million Belmont Stakes.

The Sonia Noel Foundation for the Creative Arts (SNFCA) in collaboration with Music Brings Life will host a major fashion event – ‘Bridging the Gap, Connecting Caribbean Style’ as part of Caribbean American Heritage Month at Brooklyn Borough Hall on June 12.

PESHAWAR, Pakistan, (Reuters) – A Pakistani court has freed eight out of 10 men charged with organising the shooting of schoolgirl activist Malala Yousafzai, police said on Friday, a move that will raise further questions about the nation’s heavily criticised justice system.

The Rajasthani Folk Performance Troupe from India, led by Shri Jeetendra Parashar, will host a workshop today from 10am to 12 noon for students at the Indian Monument Gardens, Camp Street.

(Trinidad Express) Four former directors and their companies, who were classed as “related parties” when Colonial Life Insurance Company (CLICO) went bust in 2009, have already been paid TT$36,188,690.90.

Dear Editor, After the hundreds of deaths under suspicious circumstances that this nation experienced during the decade and a half, it behooves us to be vigilant and ask questions when the police shoot citizens.

(Reuters) – Tariq Aziz, who was foreign minister of Iraq under Saddam Hussein, has died in prison, Iraqi officials said yesterday.

(Reuters) – The Cleveland Cavaliers’ title hopes were dealt a severe blow yesterday when their All-Star point guard Kyrie Irving was ruled out for the rest of the NBA Finals with a fractured knee.

Starting today at the Gandhi Youth Organisation (GYO) ground some 31 players will compete in the first of two trial matches for a place on the Demerara female under-19 and senior squads ahead of the Guyana Cricket Board’s (GCB) senior inter-county competition.

In a letter in yesterday’s edition captioned ‘Why the long wait for birth, death and marriage certificates?’

(Jamaica Observer) President of the Private Sector Organisation Jamaica (PSOJ) William Mahfood has described the Caribbean Community (Caricom) as a talk shop, citing that the agreement has failed to provide the intended free trade and openness between member states over the last 20 years.

Dear Editor, Many called for a change of government and the way the people’s business is being conducted.

Dear Editor, I acknowledge Barrington Braithwaite’s rather clumsy, inelegant and still uninformed attempt at exiting a debate that he unwisely started.

It’s impossible to get dressed and not think of what other people may think of your outfit, especially if you happen to be a fashion conscious person.

(Jamaica Observer) Tivoli Enquiry chairman Sir David Simmons on Thursday refused to apologise to Opposition Member of Parliament (MP) Daryl Vaz for putting into the public realm unsubstantiated information from a police diary alleging that fugitive Christopher ‘Dudus’ Coke and his family sought refuge at Vaz’s house while the Tivoli ‘don’ was on the run in May 2010.

A few years back, when asked about FIFA’s politics, Sepp Blatter, the four-term president who has just resigned amid a growing corruption scandal, memorably said: “We are conservative, like the Catholics, when it comes to the laws of the game and referees.

BOGOTA, (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Rampant gang violence and drug turf wars in parts of Central America are fuelling child marriage as girls seek to marry or couple with gang members and older men as a form of protection, researchers say.