Daily Archive: Saturday, June 27, 2015

Minister of Governance, Raphael Trotman (third from left) meeting with members of the Guyana Gold and Diamond Miners Association on Friday.

Minister of Governance Raphael Trotman on Friday met with the team, headed by Dr Grantley Walrond,  which will be conducting an inquiry into the collapse of mining pits.

While the public education system might not have collapsed to the point of complete ruin, the country is far too close to it for comfort, Minister of Education, Dr Rupert Roopnaraine says.

At about 1910h. last night, police say that Devon Chung of Guyhoc Park, Georgetown, was in conversation with another man at D’Urban Street and Cemetery Road, Georgetown, when two men armed with firearms approached and held them up.

(Trinidad Express) The Las Alturas Commission of Enquiry is facing a legal setback as the Chinese contractor responsible for building the controversial Las Alturas Towers was yesterday granted leave for judicial review of the commission’s decision to add it as a party in the enquiry.

A three-year tussle over anti-money laundering legislation came closer to conclusion yesterday with the new APNU+AFC government passing its first bill in the 11th Parliament.

History was created yesterday as the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) General Council officially adopted a new GFF constitution as well as rescinded the ban on the former Upper Demerara Football Association (UDFA) executives during an Extraordinary Congress staged at the Marriott Hotel in Kingston.

The man who shipped shrimp which was intercepted in New York last week with US$12M ($2.4B) worth of cocaine concealed inside yesterday turned himself over to local law enforcement authorities saying that he wants to clear his name.

Guyana’s hopes at qualifying for the 2016 Olympics in Brazil were extinguished as they went down to hosts Antigua and Barbuda 2-0 in their second group match of the CFU 2016 Olympic Qualifiers yesterday at the Antigua Recreation Ground in St John’s.

Fidel Edwards held his nerve in the final over to give the St Lucia Zouks a narrow two-run win over the Guyana Amazon Warriors in game six of the Hero CPL T20 tournament played at Gros Islet, St Lucia.

Attorney Murseline Bacchus, one of the lawyers representing former president Bharrat Jagdeo in the private criminal charge against him, yesterday filed a notice of motion to prevent the magistrate proceeding with the hearing of the matter.

The APNU+AFC government yesterday named the members of the Commission to inquire into the troubled sugar industry and said it is expected to work closely with the Interim Management Team of GuySuCo over a three- month period commencing July 1, 2015.

From Donald Duff in Barbados The International Cricket Council (ICC) yesterday announced that it had approved three recommended changes to the One day game, suspended the United States of America Cricket Association (USACA) and approved a strategy for the continued development of the game.

Minister of Communities Ronald Bulkan yesterday described the Haags Bosch sanitary landfill at Eccles, East Bank Demerara as a disaster and “environmental time bomb” declaring that BK International has failed in in its management of the site and government wants it gone.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Barbados Tridents captain Kieron Pollard has assured there will be no let up from his side when they clash with St Kitts and Nevis Patriots in the final home game of the Caribbean Premier League here today.

The Rice Producers Association (RPA) yesterday flayed Minister of State, Joseph Harmon over his claim that the Guyana Rice Development Board (GRDB) was culpable over the depleted PetroCaribe fund from which rice farmers have to be paid.

From Donald Duff in Barbados The International Cricket Council’s (ICC) Chief Executive Dave Richardson yesterday said that the organization was unable to intervene in Guyana’s cricket controversy because it did not have the authority to do so.

Skeldon High squeaked past Skeldon Line Path Secondary 3-2 on penalty kicks after normal time ended 2-2 when the 5th edition of the Digicel Secondary Schools Football Championship continued yesterday at the Skeldon Community ground.

Chief Election Officer Keith Lowenfield last evening denied a claim by the PPP/C that the Guyana Elections Commission (Gecom) had rejected its lists of names to serve in the administrative regions, stating that the party knew the commission’s offices were closed and arrangements were made for the lists to be submitted today.

MONTREAL, (Reuters) – Germany beat France in a penalty shootout after their thrilling Women’s World Cup quarter-final ended 1-1 after extra-time yesteriday.

Scotiabank yesterday donated US$14,000 to the Tina Insanally Foundation (TIF) with the aim of helping the non-profit organization to continue using music to change the lives of children.

SAO PAULO, (Reuters) – Brazil coach Dunga apologised yesterday after his comments about people of African descent sparked criticism ahead of the team’s Copa America quarter-final against Paraguay.

Some residents of Bartica are objecting to Gordon Bradford being returned to the position of Chairman of Region Seven (Cuyuni/Mazaruni) and are calling on the ruling coalition to support someone else, but Minister of Communities Ronald Bulkan said he is unaware of any dissatisfaction by citizens to Bradford retaining that position.

TORONTO, (Reuters) – Bank of Nova Scotia has warned regional soccer body CONCACAF, which is deeply enmeshed in the FIFA bribery scandal, that it will withhold funds from a major sponsorship deal unless the confederation cleans up its act, according to a source familiar with the bank’s position.

Minister of Public Security Khemraj Ramjattan on Thursday announced that the security’s sector US$4M assistance from China will be re-adjusted to suit new priorities.

Dear Editor,   I welcome Ian McDonald’s plea for new trees to be planted in Georgetown (Sunday Stabroek, June 18) but I would have liked him as influential as he is, to have gone a little further and made an even greater plea for the present population of trees to be better managed.

A North West man was yesterday remanded to prison after he appeared in a city court accused of a break and enter and larceny, assaulting police officers and resisting arrest.

COLOMBO, (Reuters) – Skipper Angelo Mathews and opener Kaushal Silva hit half-centuries to help Sri Lanka take a 166-run first innings lead against Pakistan and push for a series-levelling victory on day two of the second test yesterday.

Many of the flawlessly made-up models seen in advertisements for boutiques such as Street Styles, in runway shows such as Shape and in the Sunday Style segment of this newspaper would have had their impeccable look put in place by Susan Ibrahim.

Two men were sentenced yesterday to five years in prison, one of them in absentia, after they were found guilty of armed robbery.

You can say what you like about Taylor Swift, feel what you like too, what you cannot take away from her are her talent and her brains.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Defending champion Novak Djokovic will have to hit the ground running at Wimbledon next week after being given a tricky route into the second week of the grasscourt grand slam.

Dear Editor,   In response to the letter captioned ‘Supreme Court & Land Registries need professional management’ published in Kaieteur News on June 24, I wish to inform the “Name withheld” person that he/she has written utter rubbish with regard to the Land Registry.

The police have completed their probe into the recently unearthed scheme to transfer several vehicles owned and used by the Ministry of Public Service into the names of individuals including the former minister Dr.

Hi Everyone, This week we continue with another weekend favourite among Barbadians.

The body of 47-year-old farmer Orton Benjamin of Grant Recess, Lower Pomeroon River was yesterday discovered in the wee hours of the morning by his relatives who had been searching for him since Wednesday.

Dear Editor, Elections in Guyana have in the past been accompanied by violence, corruption, stagnation, fear, threats, vindictive victors and bitter losers.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The Supreme Court ruled yesterday that the U.S.

ZURICH, (Reuters) – Sepp Blatter has added to speculation he may try to stay on as head of world soccer’s governing body but a source told Reuters on Friday the 79-year old still intends to stand down as FIFA president.

The Scene Cartoon

Dear Editor,   Recently it was reported that an attorney-at-law took issue with a senior official of the Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) for criticizing a judge’s decision to grant bail in a high-profile case.

Anthony De Paul Hope denied yesterday, when cross-examination by the prosecution continued, that he had concocted the story of his aunt leaving the William Street house in the company of a male companion to remove the suspicion from himself and co-accused Ralph Tyndall.

“Laudato Si” – the Papal Encyclical on the environment (“our common home”) – is, by any standards, an extraordinary document.

ATHENS/BRUSSELS, (Reuters) – Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras called a referendum on austerity demands from foreign creditors yesterday, rejecting an “ultimatum” from lenders and putting a deal that could determine Greece’s future in Europe to a risky popular vote.

Dear Editor,   Oldendorff Carriers Guyana Inc (OCGI) employs a large number of Guyanese workers on short-term contracts of one month, three months, six months and one year, who are still not permanently employed, while other workers have been working for a number of years as casuals.

SOUSSE, Tunisia, (Reuters) – A gunman disguised as a tourist opened fire at a Tunisian hotel on Friday with a rifle he had hidden in an umbrella, killing 39 people including Britons, Germans and Belgians as they lounged at the beach in an attack claimed by Islamic State.

Guyanese talent will be on show this evening when the Society Against Sexual Orientation Discrimination (SASOD) brings down the curtains on lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) Pride Month in Guyana with its Spectrum Cabaret Night.

The Miss Guyana World committee last evening announced that Guyanese songstress Lisa Punch has been selected to represent the country on the Miss World stage at the next pageant.

A man was sentenced to prison yesterday after being found guilty of armed robbery.

Dear Editor, It is my understanding that the various Community Policing Groups (CPGs) ought to work hand-in-hand with the police to stop crime and criminal activities,but in Region 5 this does not seem to be their aim.

Not too many female dancehall artists in the Caribbean have managed to acquire a social media following like Spice and establish stable brand identity.

MOSCOW, (Reuters) – Former Russian Prime Minister Yevgeny Primakov, who helped restore stability after an economic crash in 1998 and shifted the focus of foreign policy away from the West, has died at the age of 85 after a long illness.

BOGOTA, (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Hundreds of Haitian migrants and Dominicans of Haitian descent are crossing into Haiti each day from the Dominican Republic, fearing possible deportation, and Haiti’s prime minister said the influx was causing a humanitarian crisis.

Correction: In last week’s feature on Johann David, his birth year was inadvertently stated as 1989, instead of 1985.

Politikles

Two men who attempted to break and enter a parked car in Georgetown were yesterday remanded to prison after a city court heard that their attempt was foiled when police pounced on them.

Granger attends Shipping Association Award ceremony

Dear Editor,   Most of the media attention during the political campaign was focused on then ruling PPP and the then opposition coalition APNU+AFC.