Daily Archive: Thursday, August 6, 2015

Distance athletes get ready, the annual Courts (Unicomer Guyana Inc.)10km road race billed for September 20 was launched today at its Main Street head office with lucrative cash prizes on offer. The

The Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) today hosted an appreciation ceremony for the nurses at the Paediatric Ward who cared for the late Joshua Moonsammy particularly nurse Angela Edwards.

President David Granger today paid tribute to Guyana’s first Executive President, Linden Forbes Sampson Burnham on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of his death.

Today, August 6, 2015, the Central Immigration Office, Timehri, grounded an Insel Air carrier, which was scheduled to depart CJIA at o6:45 hrs, a statement from the CJIA said this evening.

Minister of Citizenship Winston Felix recently held talks with US Chargé d’ Affaires to Guyana, Bryan Hunt and among the areas discussed was the production of sensitive documents such as birth certificates.

The Ministry of Business today issued a statement saying that there would be no GuyExpo this year.

At about 1145h. yesterday, the police say that a mining pit caved in at Toroparu Backdam, Cuyuni River, which resulted in the death of miner Omet Samuels, 38 years, of Queenstown, Essequibo, who was trapped beneath.

NOTTINGHAM, England, (Reuters) – A rampant Stuart Broad took eight wickets as England ripped out shell-shocked Australia for 60 in an extraordinary and dramatic start to the fourth Ashes test at Trent Bridge today.

A mason died last night minutes after being rushed to the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH) after he was shot in Plaisance.

The three city constabulary ranks who were recently dismissed because they became pregnant were yesterday reinstated with immediate effect and the municipality has since decided that it will provide support services for women within its employ.

Gun-toting bandits carried out a brazen attack on a Corentyne rice farmer and his family early yesterday morning shortly after a power outage ended.

Newly appointed Chairman of the Guyana Sugar Corporation, Dr Clive Thomas believes that the US$200M Skeldon estate, inclusive of the US$110M factory is a special case that will need to be dealt with separately by the Commission of Inquiry (COI) into the sugar industry.

Minister of Governance Raphael Trotman said yesterday that the appointments to various state boards may have been rushed and some appointments are likely to be readjusted.

Finding no serious problem with the May 11th 2015 general elections or the final outcome, the Organisation of American States (OAS) Election Observer Mission (EOM) yesterday issued a series of recommendations to speed up the transmission of results here and equitable access to the media among other areas.

Two men who were charged with robbing a businessman at Coomacka Mines, Upper Demerara River, on Emancipation Day were yesterday remanded to prison and ordered to appear in the Linden Magistrate’s Court on 15 September 2015.

The government is relying on the opposition PPP/C to appear in the National Assembly, which will pave the way for the establishment of the long-awaited Public Procurement Commission (PPC) and new tendering guidelines.

Police have gotten a confession in the Davonan Sookram murder case from a suspect in custody and the hunt is on for a second person, Crime Chief Wendell Blanhum said yesterday.

Cabinet has approved $36M for the task force addressing flooding under the Public Infrastructure Ministry.

Minister of Governance Raphael Trotman yesterday added to growing speculation that the government may soon be withdrawing large amounts of public money from commercial banks.

The police are working with every bit of information they receive with the hopes of catching the man responsible for the brutal murder of 77-year-old Danrasie ‘Carmen’ Ganesh and are confident of a breakthrough soon.

Upon their arrival back home Monday night with the WICB Regional Under-19 title in their possession, President of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) Drubahadur and Director of Sport, Christopher Jones, lauded the Guyana U19 team at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport.

Psychiatric patient and repeat offender Raymond Samaroo was yesterday ordered to be re-institutionalised, following his second court appearance for car theft.

Telecommunications giant Digicel will continue their support of the Boyce and Jefford Track and Field Classic which is scheduled to take place in Linden August 15-16.

LONDON, (Reuters) – The two scientists whose analysis of leaked anti-doping data from the IAAF’s database has thrown athletics into crisis defended their findings yesterday after their claims were rubbished by the world governing body.

Dear Editor, Over three weeks ago it was publicly announced that Ms Sattaur, the Registrar of the Land Registry, had been sent off on administrative leave from her duties.

The Lusignan Golf Club (LCG), will be reopened today after being closed for several weeks because of the inclement weather.

Guyana’s International Federation of Association Football (FIFA) Instructors/Assessors Stanley Lancaster, Abdullah Hamid and Trevor Beckles returned to local shores yesterday after participating in the FIFA Futuro 111 Course held for CONCACAF officials in Montego Bay, Jamaica.

Dear Editor, The dismissal of female employees of the City Constabulary on the basis of pregnancy is a violation of Prevention of Discrimination Act, the constitution, the Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW), the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development and many other international human rights instruments signed and ratified by the Government of Guyana.

A 28-year-old man, who admitted that he was guilty of having one and a half grammes of cannabis in his possession, was ordered to do one hundred hours of community service at the Wismar Police Station to be completed by the 30th September 2015.

KARACHI, (Reuters) – A gunman opened fire on former Pakistani cricket captain Wasim Akram’s car in the city of Karachi yesterday an apparent incident of road-rage in a metropolis beset by violence.

Dear Editor, In August 2014 the crude oil market price was US$105 per barrel, and the average gasoline price was between $4.00-$4.50 per gallon in the US.

  The body of the man who was found on the seawall at Better Hope, East Coast Demerara on Monday afternoon has been identified by relatives.

Dear Editor   This nonsense about cabinet ministers’ monetary rewards keeps going on and on in the press, and people keep asking me what I think about it.

Master batsman Rickey `Bimbly’ Deonarain has been named skipper of a star-studded Guyana Floodlights Softball Cricket Association (GFSCA) team to play against the visiting Paradise Sports and Cultural Organisation from Chaguanas, Trinidad.

Two weeks after wanted bulletins were issued for two suspects in the murder of sex worker Noel Wilson Luthers, the men are yet to be apprehended while the victim’s family remains hopeful about justice.

Dear Editor,   Former Chancellor of the Judiciary Cecil Kennard has chided a city magistrate for imposing a light sentence on two youths aged 20 and 21.

The Guyana National u-21 unit continued their competent showing in the Player Tournament in Trinidad and Tobago, downing a U-21 Training Squad by a 2-0 score line on Tuesday.

KUALA LUMPUR, (Reuters) – A piece of a wing that washed up on an Indian Ocean island beach last week was part of the wreckage of Malaysian Airlines flight MH370, Malaysia said yesterday, confirming the discovery of the first trace of the plane since it vanished last year.

NOTTINGHAM, England, (Reuters) – England will miss the skill and energy of leading wicket-taker James Anderson in the fourth Ashes test against Australia at Trent Bridge, former batsman Kevin Pietersen said yesterday.

In response to the opposition PPP/C’s challenge to APNU+AFC technocrat ministers Winston Felix and Keith Scott sitting in the National Assembly, Attorney General (AG) Basil Williams has argued that the High Court has no jurisdiction to hear the matter which was filed by motion and not by an election petition.

Dear Editor,   According to media reports the Private Sector Commission (PSC) has cautioned government not to withdraw some $60 billion from the commercial banking system.

LONDON, (Reuters) – After slashing spending by $180 billion to deal with one of the worst industry downturns in decades, oil companies are still bleeding cash and slipping further into debt to maintain dividends to shareholders.

Two brothers who police say injured a man in Campbelltown, Mahdia, on August 2, were yesterday remanded to prison by a city magistrate.

Dear Editor,   The sacking of the three members of the Georgetown City Constabulary for getting pregnant is not only discriminatory, it is also blatantly unlawful.

NOTTINGHAM, England, (Reuters) – Australia captain Michael Clarke is determined to prove the doubters wrong and lead his country back into contention for the Ashes when the fourth Test against England begins today.

KUALA LUMPUR, (Reuters) – Southeast Asian countries yesterday backed a U.S.

Dear Editor, The Council of the University of Guyana should function in keeping with its statutory responsibilities as set out in University of Guyana Act, Chapter 39:02 which states in part as follows: “Subject to this act, the Council shall have power to do or provide for any             act or thing in relation to the University which it considers necessary or expedient in its capacity as the governing body of the University, and                 conferring of particular powers on the Council by other provisions” (Section 13 (1), including the election of the Pro-Chancellor from among its membership, and the appointment of the Principal and Vice Chancellor who shall be the academic and executive head of the university(Sections 10 &11).

(Jamaica Gleaner) Jamaica’s two top news entities are to combine their media operations to create the most powerful multimedia entity in the Caribbean.

A 20-year-old man was yesterday remanded to prison after being charged with armed robbery.

ANSE-A-PITRE, Haiti, (Reuters) – Tens of thousands of Haitians and Haitian-Dominicans have fled the Dominican Republic in response to its strict new immigration policy with many settling in squalid camps in Haiti.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC- A squad of 19 players has been selected to begin a two week training camp as the West Indies Under-19 side begins preparations for the ICC Youth World Cup next year in Bangladesh.

A young Corentyne butcher was on Monday charged with the murder of farmer Henry Lallman, who was found in a shallow grave last Thursday.

The date for the final of the inaugural NPG Packaging first-division basketball tournament between Canje Knights and Smythfield Rockers has been set for Sunday August 17th at the Ithaca Basketball Court.

NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – India is likely to bring in rules to make it compulsory for sugar mills to export millions of tonnes of surplus supplies to support local prices, sources said, in a move that could quell growing anger among farmers but add to a glut on global markets.

Dear Editor, In reference to the article written by Mr Ramkarran on ‘Sean Hinds’ and death squads (Sunday Stabroek, July 26) I would like to submit the following observations (edited) that were made contemporaneously with the events referred to by Mr Hinds.

A confessed accomplice in a burglary was on Tuesday jailed for two years after admitting his role in the crime.

(Trinidad Express) The thrust to make cocoa king again has taken a new direction with the official launch of Trinidad and Tobago’s first cocoa-processing facility, the Trinidad and Tobago Fine Cocoa Company Ltd Factory.

Politikles

Dear Editor,   While it is prudent for individual states to refrain from interfering in the domestic political affairs of other nations, the state of the world today is one in which countries such as America have come to play a meaningful role in the development of other nations, and indeed, are influencing the outcomes of states at war.

BRASILIA, (Reuters) – Brazil’s top prosecutor, who has put dozens of politicians under investigation for allegedly taking bribes in the Petrobras corruption scandal, has won the backing of his peers to stay on the job for two more years.

The Georgetown City Constabulary has spent the past few days trying to defend its archaic and discriminatory policy against women, which insists on a two-year probationary period and makes becoming pregnant within that period a firing offence.

LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – Bill Cosby has been ordered to give a sworn deposition in a lawsuit brought by a woman accusing the comedian of plying her with alcohol and sexually abusing her at the Playboy Mansion in Los Angeles when she was 15 years old.

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

NASHVILLE, Tenn., (Reuters) – A man wielding an ax at a Nashville-area movie theater who was shot dead by police yesterday was found to be carrying a pellet gun, authorities said.

Cartoon

New public convenience: Newly erected ‘Outdoor Sanitary Facilities’ at Thomas and Middle streets, outside the Georgetown Public Hospital.