Daily Archive: Monday, June 29, 2015

President David Granger addressing the gathering at the Private Sector Commission’s Annual General Meeting at the Pegasus Hotel today.

Former Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry and former Deputy Director of Public Prosecutions, Jo-Ann Barlow were today sworn in as Puisne Judges by President David Granger at the Ministry of the Presidency.

President David Granger (left) and Commonwealth Secretary General, Kamalesh Sharma (centre) along with Minister of Social Cohesion Amna Ally shortly before the convening of a meeting today at the Ministry of the Presidency.

A violent storm yesterday smashed 26 GPL poles, left others dangling precariously and affected a key transmission link to East Berbice.

The U.S. Embassy’s Security Cooperation Office, together with representatives from the Florida National Guard, recently sponsored an Emergency Operation Disaster Management Conference at the newly commissioned Emergency Operation Center located in Timehri, Guyana, a release from the US Embassy said today. 

(Reuters) – Rapper Sean “Diddy” Combs took a tumble, Janet Jackson made an emotional appearance, and the BET TV network paid tribute on Sunday to campaigners across the United States demanding better police accountability after a troubled year.

ZURICH, (Reuters) – Barbados have been knocked out of the World Cup qualifying competition after fielding an ineligible player in a match against Aruba, FIFA said on Monday.

CAIRO, (Reuters) – Egypt’s top public prosecutor died of wounds sustained in a car bomb attack on his convoy as it was leaving his home on Monday, the most senior state official killed in militant violence since the toppling of an Islamist president two years ago.

(Reuters) – A much-anticipated documentary about the late British singer Amy Winehouse hits cinemas this week amid a dispute between its makers and her father, who has called the film misleading.

(Trinidad Express) Official documentation requesting the extradition of Independent Liberal Party (ILP) leader and former FIFA vice-president Jack Warner has been delivered to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

A Port Mourant businessman was shot dead last evening during a robbery by three men who invaded his shop.

Residents of Cornelia Ida, West Coast Demerara suffered major losses when heavy winds sent two houses crashing to the ground and destroyed the roofs of others around 3 pm yesterday.

There would be no violation of the constitution if the terms of the Cummingsburg Accord are implemented, according to Senior Counsel Ralph Ramkarran, who warned that APNU and the AFC’s willingness to sacrifice the fundamental core of the Accord will prove to be the undoing of the coalition.

-says no report done as none required in contract Former PPP/C minister Ganga Persaud has denied that there was any abuse or irregularity surrounding a contract with the Ministry of Labour or any other agency and says he completed the requirements stipulated under the said contract and should be paid.

The Giftland Mall and the long-awaited Caribbean Cinemas chain will be officially launched on Thursday for special invitees and will open to the general public on Friday.

A man was on Saturday evening arrested in connection with the June 1 robbery/murder of East Coast Demerara rice farmer Hardat Kissoon, who was shot once to his chest and robbed of a bag containing money while he was in a minibus heading home.

The PPP/C is awaiting a date for the first hearing of its elections petition filed on Wednesday in which the petitioner, former minister Ganga Persaud, called on the court to order fresh elections as a form of redress.

The battle between the University of Guyana unions and administration took a new turn on Thursday when the embattled Vice Chancellor Jacob Opadeyi sued the President of the University of Guyana Senior Staff Association (UGSSA) Dr Mellissa Ifill for alleged libel.

As major sea defence works are set to begin at Crane, West Coast Demerara, residents are relieved that the problem with erosion would finally be rectified.

A wedding celebration at Hope, East Coast Demerara (ECD) turned out to be a bloody affair after four men were chopped by another man on Saturday night.

The Department of Ophthalmology of the Georgetown hospital has announced that the Subraj Foundation Transplantation Team will be in Guyana this week to perform a series of corneal transplant surgeries.

Protesting Barticians yesterday said that they will continue to agitate against the re-election of Gordon Bradford as Chairman of Region 7 but government sources say that it is just a few persons who are protesting and one should question their motive.

A forklift operator was yesterday morning shot to his left thigh after he was attacked by two armed men who entered his New Providence, East Bank Demerara (EBD) home and demanded valuables.

Farmers in the Upper West Watooka area, Linden, are calling for the new agriculture minister, Noel Holder to visit their community so that they could air long-held grievances and for solutions to be found.

(CPL T20) Chris Gayle produced a virtuoso performance with the bat once again as he led his Jamaica Tallawahs side to a comprehensive 10-wicket win yesterday over the St Lucia Zouks – their first win of the 2015 Hero Caribbean Premier League.

They did it in different ways, but Hamza Eastman and UK-based Claire Fraser-Green both finished on the top step of the podium as the national men’s and women’s road race champions yesterday.

World number 26th ranked Nicolette Fernandes and junior national champ Nyron Joseph claimed the Female and Male senior titles when the Digicel/ Guyana Squash Asso-ciation Senior National Championships concluded yesterday at the Georgetown Club Squash Facility.

Dynas Ravens were crowned the Georgetown Amateur Basketball Association (GABA) 1st Division Hard-Court Champs, defeating arch-rivals TGH Pacesetters 74-61 on Saturday at the Burnham Court.

Dear Editor, My avocations since demitting ministerial office no longer permit me to exert close scrutiny of all that is said in the theatre of Guyanese politics and, even moreso, to offer detailed responses thereto.

Dear Editor, In response to the letter ‘Where is the fraud?’

ZURICH, (Reuters) – The independent chairman of FIFA’s audit and compliance committee on Sunday weighed in on recent comments by the president of world soccer’s governing body, Sepp Blatter, that had led to speculation about his future plans.

Team Guyana got their Guinness Caribbean Street Football Challenge off to a positive start as they secured a quarterfinal berth, clinching two wins and suffering one loss in their group campaign on Saturday in Jamaica.

Dear Editor, A situation exists with two of the local utilities that causes problems for consumers.

Dear Editor, The announcement by Mr Joseph Harmon, Minister of State, that “Government will be proceeding with its plan to extend advertisements for the posts of Chancellor and Chief Justice” (SN June 25, 2015), requires some commentary.

MALONE, N.Y., (Reuters) – David Sweat, one of two New York state inmates who escaped from prison three weeks ago, was shot by police near the Canadian border and rushed to a local hospital yesterday, two days after his accomplice was killed, authorities said.

Dear Editor, The Haags Bosch landfill site is deemed an environmental disaster.

Dear Editor, Mr Lennox Applewhaite’s letter of June 27 in SN (‘Georgetown trees should be better managed…’) is extremely interesting and should be followed up by the authorities concerned with the safety, welfare and beauty of the city.

ATHENS, (Reuters) – Greece moved to check the growing strains on its crippled financial system yesterday, closing its banks and imposing capital controls that brought the prospect of being forced out of the euro into plain sight.

Dear Editor, Mr Basil Williams, Attorney General, has alleged that “it was only by chance that he recently found out about yet another debt that the PPP administration left Guyana to pay.”

(Trinidad Express) Lawrence Duprey feels he was duped into disposing of his company, CL Financial (CLF), to the Government in January 2009.

LA PAZ, (Reuters) – Pope Francis has told the Bolivian government that he would like to chew coca leaves when he visits the Andean country next month, a Bolivian minister said on state television and radio yesterday.

The Caribbean Voice is a New York based NGO that has been involved in social activism since its launch in 1998.

Dear Editor, The parallel parking of vehicles in the busy shopping areas in the city will make many shoppers go to places where they can park not far away.

Last Friday, the National Assembly approved of the Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism (Amendment) Bill 2015 which had been the subject of bitter disagreement since 2012 between the previous Administration and the then political Opposition.

Dear Editor, I had the opportunity to introduce Dr Grantley Walrond as the keynote speaker at the Berbice High School reunion in New York last year.

Friday’s passing by the 11th Parliament of the Anti-Money Laundering/Countering the Financing of Terrorism bill established two important milestones.

COLOMBO, (Reuters) – Sri Lanka require 153 runs for a series-levelling victory after Pakistan rode Azhar Ali’s obdurate century before being all out for 329 on day four of the second test yesterday.

Dear Editor, BK International is shocked by the comments attributed to Minister Ronald Bulkan published in the Stabroek News on June 27.

Interviews by Sharda Bacchus Photos by Arian Browne This week on ‘What the People Say’ we asked members of the public about the top three things they would like the government to do.