Daily Archive: Wednesday, August 5, 2015

On August 3, 2015 a delegation from the Indian Action Committee paid a courtesy call on the Minister of Education, Dr.

Minister with responsibility for Social Protection Volda Lawrence on Monday last visited pensioners in Regions Three and Four, and interacted with them, with the aim of hearing their concerns and recommendations to improve the conditions through which they receive their pensions.

In keeping with the Police Force’s Social Crime Prevention Initiative which is on stream in all the Police Divisions with particular focus on youths of the various communities, and which is also aimed at strengthening police community relationship, the Police “F” Division (Interior Locations) launched a three-week community project at Itaballi, Mazaruni, a release from the police said today.

KUALA LUMPUR, (Reuters) – Malaysia confirmed early on Thursday that a piece of a wing washed up on an Indian Ocean island beach last week was from Malaysian Airlines flight MH370, the first trace of the plane found since it vanished last year with 239 people on board.

Minister of Governance Raphael Trotman today denied that there will be astronomical pay increases for government ministers and with additional allowances.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC-Former president of the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) Captain Peter Short, has passed away, according to media reports in Barbados.

At about 0130h. today, the police say that a gang of five men armed with firearms and cutlasses entered the premises of rice farmer Tagraj Tulshi, 38 years, of No.

ISTANBUL/BEIRUT, (Reuters) – Turkey said today a U.S.-led coalition will soon launch a “comprehensive battle” against Islamic State militants from Turkish air bases, but Syria said any military action not coordinated with Damascus would breach its sovereignty.

Finding a buyer for the troubled Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) is the most viable option for government, according to veteran businessman Yesu Persaud.

A suspect was held by police in connection with the murder of 77-year-old Danrasie ‘Carmen’ Ganesh, who was clubbed to death on Saturday morning at a Montrose house.

Acting Chief Justice Ian Chang has upheld the decision to commit Muslim scholar Nezaam Ali to stand trial in the High Court for charges that he sexually abused nine minor boys.

Despite public outrage, the City Constabulary is standing by its decision to fire three female ranks for becoming pregnant and its Superintendent of Training yesterday warned that a review would lead to “a maternity ward running the constabulary.”

Permanent Secretary (ag), Ministry of Public Health Trevor Thomas says that the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) of the United States Department of Commerce has requested a full audit of the US$5.5M malaria grant to Guyana under the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria.

The Ministry of Health yesterday received tenders for the Selection of Consultants: Audit Services for the period 2010 for the Global Fund HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria Programmes.

Following a meeting with the business community on Friday, the Private Sector Commission (PSC) says it is concerned that the economic downturn can lead to a high level of non-performing loans and it urged the government to do more to battle crime.

Guyanese pilot Khamraj Lall who is on cash smuggling and cocaine trafficking charges is now facing the revocation of his bail for the violation of its conditions.

Days after a collision that claimed the life of his elderly passenger, taxi driver Joel James was yesterday charged with causing her death through dangerous driving.

The Private Sector Commission (PSC) met with the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) on Wednesday, July 29, 2015, to discuss various issues that the business community has in dealing with the GRA.

The executives of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) yesterday lauded the efforts of the four Guyanese players who have been called up to the West Indies Under-19 team’s World Cup Camp which commenced yesterday at the West Indies Mona Campus in Barbados.

An incident response team will be launched as part of a two-day workshop on cyber security being held from August 12.

At a recent outreach programme in Buxton, Education Minister Dr Rupert Roopnaraine said he intends to discard parts of the National Grade Six Assessment process.

Guyana Football Federation (GFF) Normalization Committee Chairman Clinton Urling stated that unlike Golden Jaguars head-coach Jamaal Shabazz and assistant coach Wayne Dover, Lady Jaguar’s tactician Mark Rodrigues has not been signed to a two-year contract.

PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC– Trinidad and Tobago cricket all-rounder Dwayne Bravo has signed a music deal with Los Angles based entertainment company Venus Music Group.

The Police on Monday applied for and were later granted a three-day extension to keep an ex-policeman in custody for questioning into the death of Philadelphia, East Bank Essequibo resident, Davonan Sookram, according to Crime Chief Wendell Blanhum.

The People’s Progressive Party on Monday blasted the government’s decision to appoint Dr Clive Thomas as Chairman of the Guyana Sugar Corporation citing his tenure at the Globe Trust and Investment Company Limited which eventually had to be liquidated leaving many depositors with just a fraction of their savings.

History was made at CARICOM headquarters, Georgetown on July 30th when Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community Irwin LaRocque accepted the credentials of the first ever Ambassador of the Vatican to the Community.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC- Jamaica will host the next in a series of town-hall meetings around the Caribbean, the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) announced yesterday.

The Agriculture Ministry will look to expand on projects that were initiated under the PPP/C administration including a pilot project for the cultivation of soya beans and corn at Ebini in the Berbice River by the Brazilian company NF Agriculture Incorporated.

The two men who police say stole a boat and an engine during an early morning attack at Mabaruma, North West District, were yesterday charged with robbery and remanded to prison.

Curtis Vasconcellos and Orwin Peters, who on separate occasions were charged with the attempted murder and robbery of businessman Neezam Khan, were jointly charged with the offences on Friday.

SYDNEY, Australia, CMC-Trinidad and Tobago yesterday began their training in Sydney, Australia ahead of the start of the Netball World Cup 2015 Barbados and Jamaica are the other Caribbean nations participating in the tournament which opens on Friday.

A fisherman was yesterday sentenced to nine months in prison after he admitted to stealing items from the National Insurance Scheme (NIS) Sports Complex.

PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC-Trinidad and Tobago sports Minister Brent Sancho has lashed out at the country’s football chief, Raymond Tim Kee, accusing him of playing politics with the national football team.

The trial of ex-ministerial aide Kenroy Joseph along with a couple, Mahendra Ramsuchit and Rohbina Basdeoram, who are accused of a plot to smuggle cocaine out of the country, is yet to commence some six months after they were charged.

A landlord found himself in a city court yesterday charged with wounding his tenant.

SAO PAULO, (Reuters) – A Brazilian Senate committee investigating corruption in soccer will send three of its members to Switzerland and Miami to interview key players charged in a massive bribery scandal.

Pepsi Sonics defeated arch-rivals Republic Bank Nets 51-45 in the Mandela Avenue derby Open Division matchup when the Georgetown Amateur Basketball Association (GABA) League Qualifying Knockout Tourney continued on Sunday.

Dear Editor,   The month marks, for those sensitive to some anniversaries, a milestone of unusually powerful significance in the history of the modern world.

Metro Office Supplies dominoes team with 62 games ran out winners of the Trophy Stall-sponsored Ministries/Agencies Emancipation Day dominoes competition held last Friday on the lawns of the Foreign Affairs Ministry.

KUALA LUMPUR, (Reuters) – Malaysian opposition parties and activists kept up pressure on Prime Minister Najib Razak yesterday, undeterred by an anti-corruption agency statement apparently clearing him of receiving nearly $700 million from the debt-laden state fund 1MDB.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Police forces in two further British regions said yesteday they were examining allegations of historical child sexual abuse against the late former prime minister Edward Heath.

Dear Editor,   While I don’t envy Mr Clement Rohee, General Secretary of the PPP/C in his new role as opposition politician and I respect his right to engage, critisise and attack the new government policies or the actions of government officials, this gentleman has a moral and political responsibility to give accurate and correct information at his press briefings.

(Reuters) – Dale Steyn and AB de Villiers have been recalled to South Africa’s one-day international side for the visit of New Zealand later this month, but young wicketkeeper Quinton de Kock has been axed after a poor run of form in Bangladesh.

Two of the three University of Guyana students who were accused of an armed hold up of a city store, where millions of dollars in items were stolen, were on Monday sentenced to community service for the crime.

LONDON, (Reuters) – The world governing body for athletics (IAAF) fought back yesterday against media reports of suspected widespread doping in the sport, rejecting accusations it failed to investigate dubious drugs test results properly.

BOGOTA, (Reuters) – Sixteen policemen died yesterday when a helicopter likely crashed into the side of mountain in a wooded region of northwestern Colombia, Defense Minister Luis Carlos Villegas said.

Dear Editor,   Some quick thoughts are shared on several issues making the rounds currently.

Cabinet has approved the formation of a National Commemoration Commission. GINA said that the Commission comes out of a directive given by President David Granger for the establishment of a national commission under the aegis of the Ministry of Education.

Guyana’s national u-21 unit defeated Trinidad and Tobago’s national u-21 outfit in an international friendly 2-1 via the penalty shoot-out route on Monday in the Twin Island Republic.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The United States yesterday called on Venezuela to reverse a ban on opposition members from holding office and participating in the Dec.

The opening of the Kato Secondary School has been rescheduled to January 2016, GINA said yesterday.

Dear Editor,   There is a place for the youth in nation-building and development.

Minister within the Ministry of Social Protection, Simona Broomes yesterday led a team on an inspection of Barama Company Limited’s Buck Hall operations in the north west, GINA said.

HARARE, Zimbabwe, (Reuters) – A sparkling unbeaten double-century opening stand from Martin Guptill and Tom Latham propelled New Zealand to an emphatic 10-wicket victory over Zimbabwe in the second one-day international at the Harare Sports Club yesterday.

BERLIN, (Reuters) – Germany’s government sacked the top public prosecutor yesterday after he accused the justice ministry of interfering in a widely criticised treason investigation against a news website.

Dear Editor,   Pandit Ramlall, a stalwart of the PPP, is among a few old timers from the PPP foundation years of the 1950s who are still around, and from whom one can gather a treasure of data on aspects of the party’s activism in the rural areas of the Corentyne and the overall struggle for Guyana’s independence.

Dear Editor,   There is no doubt that our nation is riding on rough waters; we face daily doses of reality.

On 3rd December 2014, as Guyana and Venezuela were still wrangling over Venezuela’s audacious entry into Guyana’s territorial waters, the towing away of the seismic survey ship the RV Teknik Perdana and the arresting and charging of some of its crew, thousands of miles away, the portrait of Friedrich Fromhold de Martens (1845-1909), whose alleged activities stand at the heart of the modern border controversy between Guyana and Venezuela, appeared on a stamp of the Russian Republic in recognition of his contributions in the field of international law.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – A diet rich in green leafy vegetables, beans, berries, whole grains and wine can help to slow normal brain ageing and cognitive decline, researchers said yesterday.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Australia captain Michael Clarke has hit out at critics who have questioned his desire in the wake of his poor run of form during the current Ashes test series.

An old American saying has it that all politics is local, and the current effort of President Obama to consolidate his recent agreement on nuclear weapons with the Government of Iran appears to be confirming it.

Dear Editor, I have long been an advocate of the death penalty, and this belief has been further strengthened in the face of the current ever-increasing homicides occurring in my native land.

Politikles

The Guyana Table Tennis Association (GTTA) sponsored eight-division summer championships will take place at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall (CASH) Homestretch Avenue/National Gymnasium, Mandela Avenue, from August 21-23.

By President Dilma Rousseff   (Editor’s note: This column by the Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff on the 365th day before the Rio Olympics is being published by newspapers around the world today.)

LONDON, (Reuters) – Using an oral contraceptive, often referred to as “the pill”, gives long-term protection against womb cancer and the longer it is used the greater the reduction in risk, scientists said yesterday.