Daily Archive: Monday, July 27, 2015

Claude Housty, former General Manager of the Guyana Rice Export Board has been appointed as Chairman of the Guyana Rice Development Board.

Minister of Governance, Raphael Trotman, who also shares responsibility for Natural Resources and the Environment, over the weekend, met with several Toshaos and other representatives in Region 9, Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo, where several issues, including good governance and sustainable community development were discussed, a release from the Ministry of the Presidency said today.

The Guyana Police Force is informing the general public that in further efforts with the decentralization of the delivery of passports to citizens, with effect from Monday August 03, 2015, members of the public residing between No.

Self-confessed death squad member Shawn Hinds has turned himself over to the police but the police tonight said he is not cooperating.

(Jamaica Gleaner) The Caribbean Premier League T20 has been going the rounds in the region for the past three years attracting huge crowds on its way.

The police made a major breakthrough in their investigation into the murder of Regent Street businessman Farouk Hamid when diligent ranks at Aranka in the Cuyuni spotted and arrested the prime suspect last week.

The government is slated to meet this week with China Harbour Engineer-ing Corporation (CHEC), the contractors for the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) Expansion Project to resolve a US$46 million contract dispute.

Chile is urging respect for existing treaties including those related to territory and Santiago is not in favour of third parties’ involvement in issues such as the Guyana/Venezuela border controversy unless this is explicitly requested by both States.

A man died last evening after a speeding bus collided with him in the city.

A family at Kastev, Meten-Meer-Zorg suffered $2M in losses when bandits broke into their house between 10 and 11:30 pm on Saturday and stole local and foreign currency and gold jewellery.

Australian gold mining company, Troy Resources Guyana Inc says that by the end of its first three years, Guyana’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) would have seen an 8.7% increase as a result of its activities.

Six sites are to be assessed for wind energy potential under grant funding from two agencies.

Annai Secondary stormed their way into the semi-final round, mauling Dolphin Secondary 13-0 in their quarterfinal fixture when the 5th annual Digicel Secondary Schools Football Championship continued yesterday.

President David Granger on Saturday announced that his administration will be increasing the annual subvention given to the Shaheed’s Boys and Girls Orphanages.

A Better Hope man is now nursing gunshot wounds after he was shot allegedly by a man who is wanted for a string of robberies early yesterday morning.

Dear Editor, I read with interest the many experts who have shared their ideas on flood relief strategies for Georgetown and the East Coast Demerara.

In an extraordinary display of speed and stamina, Team Alanis’ Paul DeNobrega took the spoils of the third annual Grenville Felix Memorial 50-mile road race with a wire to wire win yesterday in Berbice.

Relatives of a Mocha Arcadia man who was shot to his thigh in Tucville on July 14 are devastated after he succumbed to his injuries on Friday night at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH).

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Trinidad and Tobago Red Steel crowned themselves the new champions of the Caribbean Premier League when they produced a clinical all-round performance to beat title-holders Barbados Tridents by 20 runs in the grand final here last night.

Dear Editor, The Guyana Times front page headline and photograph dated July 25, 2015 which screamed, “Law students AG clash over “uncertain’ Hugh Wooding agreement”, with the accompanying photograph captioned, “A law student making a point during Friday’s forum with Attorney General Basil Williams at the Arthur Chung Convention Centre, Liliendaal, Greater Georgetown” is erroneous.

Dear Editor, On Wednesday, July 22, around 1.30pm I received a cell phone call from Amerindian voters of Mainstay/Whyaka saying that they were being disenfranchised from casting their votes for a new village council and Toshao, according to the Amerindian Act 2006.The

Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo has apologized for the sirens that are being used while his vehicle is traversing the streets of the city.

Usual suspect, Winston Stoby along with Steve Ramnarine and Shellon Nicholas snared the marquee titles when the Guyana Amateur Powerlifting Federation (GAPF) hosted the Claude Charles Memorial Intermediate and Masters Championships yesterday at the National Gymnasium. 

BEIRUT, (Reuters) – Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said yesterday the army had been forced to give up areas in order to hold onto more important ones in its fight with insurgents, and the scale of the war meant the military faced a manpower shortage.

(Reuters) – Sri Lanka salvaged some pride after battering Pakistan by 165 runs in the fifth and final one-dayer at Hambantota yesterday.

Dear Editor, Just about every clear-thinking Guyanese strongly suspected that there was a death squad prowling around unchecked.

“I’m still waiting for the time when we have a woman Commissioner of Police and a woman Chief of Staff of the army,” First Lady Sandra Granger said to resounding applause as she delivered the feature address at the second annual Women of Mission International (WOMI) conference at the Egbert Benjamin Centre, Linden, on Friday.

LONDON, (Thom-son Reuters Foundation) – Breaking the culture of impunity for militant groups such as Islamic State which use rape as a weapon of war is the priority for Britain’s new special representative on preventing sexual violence in conflict.

BUDAPEST, Hungary, CMC – Championship leader and defending champion, Lewis Hamilton, suffered a shocking sixth place finish at the Hungarian Grand Prix here yesterday, but miraculously still managed to extend his lead in the Formula One drivers standings.

Dear Editor,   The build-up of water in Georgetown during the rainy season is a natural feature of the city, along with other coastal areas which lie below or just about at sea level.

(Trinidad Express) Hours after his second accomplice was shot dead, prison escapee Christopher “Monster” Selby last night surrendered to police.

LONDON, (Reuters) – A senior British lord quit his post yesterday and will face a police investigation after a tabloid newspaper released a video showing him semi-naked and snorting white powder through a banknote while partying with two women.

Yesterday, the Guyana Police Force conducted a Medical Outreach on the West Coast of Berbice which formed part of activities in observance of the Force’s 176th Anniversary.

Dear Editor,   I wish to say thank you to Mrs Marilyn Collins, former Director of the Food and Drug Department, for the very informative articles she has written these past few weeks in the ‘Stabroek Business’ supplement of Stabroek News.

KUWAIT, (Reuters) – Iran’s foreign minister called yesterday for a united front among Middle Eastern nations to fight militancy, in his first regional trip since Iran reached an agreement with world powers on the country’s nuclear programme – an agreement that raised fears among its Gulf Arab neighbours.

In the July 25th edition of Stabroek News under the headline `Guyana still hoping for regional consensus on Commonwealth SG candidate’, it was erroneously reported that Ronald Sanders was no longer in contention for the post.

PARIS, (Reuters) – Briton Chris Froome won his second Tour de France title in three years yesterday to enhance his growing reputation as a grand tour specialist.

(Trinidad Express) Sections of St Vincent Street were blocked off by police yesterday in anticipation of the appearance of 11 men at the Port of Spain Magistrates’ Court to answer charges for the murder of senior counsel Dana Seetahal.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC-Two unbeaten centuries were recorded in the third round of matches in the WICB Regional Under-19 Tournament here on Saturday.

Given the extreme and fast moving criminal violence between February 2002, when five dangerous prisoners made a bloody breakout from the Camp Street jail and August 2008, when the notorious Rondell Rawlins was killed, there are many gaps in the public’s understanding and knowledge of how the events developed, the masterminds and the players in the internecine warfare.

This week we asked vendors at the Bourda Market what they thought could be done to address the continual flooding of the market.

(Trinidad Express) The National Carnival Commission (NCC) intends to award over $1 million in prizes and incentives to mas bands and steelbands for creativity in Carnival 2016.

SAN FRANCISCO, (Reuters) – Investor enthusiasm for Amazon.com Inc is pretty consistent: the stock tends to rise, even though the company isn’t consistent about making profits.

Politikles

Last week article’s generated quite a discussion in the media and elsewhere.

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

Dear Editor, I’m very concerned about loud music in mini-buses especially on Route 44, regardless as to whether it is to or from BV, Victoria, Mahaica or Rosignol.

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, CMC – Jamaica’s Reggae Boyz suffered a disappointing 3-1 defeat to Mexico, in the final of the CONCACAF Gold Cup here Sunday night.