Daily Archive: Saturday, September 5, 2015

The team from the Special Forces of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF), today (Saturday, September 5) continued the search to locate a female visitor who was reported missing at Kaieteur National Park (KNP) on Tuesday September 1, 2015.

President David Granger as he interacted with children who attended the 21st annual Central Islamic Organisation of Guyana’s fun day today at the MYO ground.

The Ministry of Education is asking PPP/C Member of Parliament, Odinga Lumumba, the Kashif and Shanghai organisation and the Hits and Jams entertainment outfit to make contact with its Accounts Department to settle accounts.

On July 22, 2015, the police say that Megon Jones, 68 years, of Stanleytown, WBD, was found on the access road to the Vreed-en-Hoop Jetty area, WCD, with part of her tongue missing and other injuries to her body.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Sitting in an armchair strapped atop his green mini with his loyal Teddy by his side, Mr Bean celebrated 25 years of his popular television antics on Friday with a London drive to Buckingham Palace.

HELSINKI, (Reuters) – Finland’s Prime Minister Juha Sipila said on Saturday he would offer his home to refugees.

The David Granger administration yesterday defended the appointments of Regional Executive Officers (REOs) countrywide, saying that while the appointees are “quasi political” they will bring a higher standard to regional governance.

Cabinet has given approval for a taxi service across the Berbice River as a means of bringing financial relief to students and the elderly.

Town Clerk Royston King and his family were held at gun-point early yesterday morning when robbers broke into their home.

The government yesterday announced that well-known insurance broker Bishwa Panday will be chairing the Board of Directors of the National Communications Network (NCN) and AFC candidate Leonard Craig will be heading the Guyana National Broadcasting Authority (GNBA) board.

A man is now dead and three others are injured after gunmen opened fire at a bar in Albouystown early yesterday morning.

The Ashmins Group of Companies yesterday signed an agreement with the Ministry of Commu-nities to construct a wastewater treatment plant with financing from a revolving fund set up to fund wastewater management projects in Guyana.

Sol Guyana Inc. has been granted a more than $409M contract by the Guyana Government to provide over a million litres of bitumen to the Demerara Harbour Bridge Corporation’s asphaltic plant at Garden of Eden.

A police rank is now nursing a gunshot wound while three men have been arrested following a high speed chase in the city last evening.

The National Agricultural Research and Extension Institute (NAREI) is continuing to work assiduously to reduce then eliminate the population of Red Palm Mite in Guyana.

While the Guyana Society for the Blind (GSB) has revolutionised how the visually-impaired access education in Guyana, there is still work to be done to ensure these individuals are able to pursue careers in the disciplines of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathe-matics (STEM).

A team from the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) Special Forces yesterday descended into the Kaieteur Gorge to continue the search to locate tourist , who was reported missing at Kaieteur National Park on Tuesday.

A fish vendor lost one of her fingers on Tuesday when she was shot by a robber.

Juliano Seunarine, the drunk driver accused of causing the death of Christobel Hughes, yesterday denied responsibility for the woman’s death.

Carpenter Mahase Baichan will be spending the next seven months in jail after he admitted to trying to use a forged passport to travel to the United States, from where he had been deported.

A city man was yesterday fined for breaking and entering his father’s house and stealing a quantity of items.

A teenager was yesterday refused bail after he made his first court appearance to answer to four counts of armed robbery.

A Mackenzie logger was yesterday remanded to prison after being charged with attempted murder.

The Preliminary Inquiry (PI) into the charge against Junior Williams, who is accused of murdering elderly re-migrant Joyce Lewis, is expected to conclude soon as the prosecution is preparing to call its final witnesses.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Wicketkeeper Denesh Ramdin has been axed as Test captain after just 15 months in charge and replaced by rising star and One-Day skipper Jason Holder, for the tour of Sri Lanka next month.

A West Ruimveldt resident is now a remanded prisoner after being charged with attempting to sell a boat that he knew was stolen.

The trial of Deon Braithwaite, who is accused of attempting to murder another man using a pitchfork, began yesterday before Justice Jo-Ann Barlow at the High Court in Georgetown.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Venus Williams struck a blow for the older set and stayed on course for a quarter-finals collision with Grand Slam-seeking sister Serena Williams by beating Swiss teen Belinda Bencic yesterday at the U.S.

Minister of Public Health Dr. George Norton on Thursday said an investigation has been launched into allegations that health workers attached to the Fort Wellington Hospital were neglecting their duties when victims injured in a robbery turned up for help last month.

The Guyana Police Force yesterday once again released contact numbers for key personnel in the

Distance dynamo, Cleveland Forde has won the Massy 10km road race on four consecutive occasions.

Trophy Stall became the latest sponsor to officially come on board with the inaugural Petra Organization coordinated GT Beer Futsal Championship, donating the trophies for the top four finishers yesterday at a simple presentation ceremony.

At intervals the local information technology service provider Starr Computers invites groups of students to visit its showrooms, an exercise which the company’s General Manager Rehman Majeed says is designed help the young visitors to become more ‘intimate’ with contemporary information technology.

A motorcyclist is now hospitalised with a broken leg after he was struck by a car while riding in the city on Thursday.

Tourney co-hosts Sparta Boss were sent packing from the inaugural RDE Vibes and Sparta Boss ‘King of the Streets’ Football Tourney, going down to Bent Street by a 2-0 margin on Thursday at the former’s East La Penitence based tarmac.

Two of the best graduating students of the Saraswati Vidya Niketan (SVN) Secondary School have earned scholarships to pursue tertiary education studies in the United States of America.

The Guyana Human Rights Association (GHRA) last week convened a meeting of more than a dozen civic organisations that agreed to advocate on immediate environmental priorities.

International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) Instructor Julio Morales will today begin a one week stint at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.

The Georgetown Cricket Association’s (GCA) Carib Beer T20 first-division, Noble House Seafood’s two-day second-division, Hadi’s two-day division-one and the NBS 40-overs-a-side, second-division competitions are all set to continue this weekend with a number of exciting matches.

Dear Editor, At page 12 of their manifesto, the APNU+AFC committed to “… building inclusive, responsive and accountable governance … restrict or regulate Government intervention in political, economic and moral matters affecting the citizenry”.

BUDAPEST, (Reuters) – Long lines of buses packed with migrants left Budapest bound for Austria yesterday as Hungary gave in to determined crowds, including many Syrian refugees, who had set out on foot for western Europe in defiance of a right-wing government vowing to stem their tide.

The local horse racing season continues on September 20 at the Budhan Memorial Turf Club with a seven-race card.

Dear Editor, Social cohesion is the slowly cresting watchword nowadays. If it is not a euphemism for Truth and Reconciliation, then it had better be.

Southpaw Shemar Britton was his usual brilliant self but a new star was born in the Under- 13 category when Brandon Jaikarran upset his more favoured opponents to win the category as the curtain came down on the inaugural Play to Conquer table tennis tournament recently at the National Gymnasium.

GUATEMALA CITY, (Reuters) – In a series of meetings that began early this year, the U.S.

Leader of the Opposition Dr. Bharrat Jagdeo (fourth from right) and a People’s Progressive Party (PPP) delegation, including General Secretary Clement Rohee (third from right), met with the Deputy Secretary General (Political) of the Commonwealth Dr.

BOGOTA, (Reuters) – Brazil and Argentina’s foreign ministers visited Bogota yesterday in an effort to kick-start dialogue between Colombia and Venezuela over a border crisis that has seen more than 16,000 Colombians leave their adopted home.

Dear Editor, Criminals are always coming up with ingenious ways to scam people of their money, and over the years, the ATM machines have attracted their attention with different methods.

A Brazilian national, accused of stealing money from a local bank, has been released on bail after his lawyer told a city court that he was charged due to a mix-up.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Despite a disappointing sixth place finish at the recent IAAF World Championships, Antigua and Barbuda’s coach Teddy Daley believes the men’s sprint relay team can still rebound with a medal at next year’s Rio Olympics.

GUATEMALA CITY, (Reuters) – Fighting graft accusations, Guatemala’s former President Otto Perez said yesterday he could have made “10 or 15 times” the money he is accused of stealing if he had taken bribes offered by powerful Mexican drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman.

Dear Editor, I have been asked about two paragraphs in the Freddie Kissoon’s column in Kaieteur News of Friday, August 28,entitled ‘The passing of the droit du seigneur’, in which he interprets wrongly the reported purchases of vehicles by/for the Office of the Prime Minister (OPM).

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Regional powerhouses Jamaica have continued on top of the Caribbean Football Union rankings released by FIFA on Thursday.

GUATEMALA CITY, (Reuters) – Enough documentary evidence exists to prove former Guatemalan President Otto Perez’s involvement in a corruption scandal, the head of a powerful U.N.-backed

Dear Editor, The Round table organised by the Ministry of Social Cohesion in collaboration with the UNDP on advancing the process of national reconciliation is laudable and a step in the right direction.

Dear Editor, It seems ironic that at a time when there is much celebration at the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company, in light of its recent rebranding efforts, that I have been plagued for about two weeks now with no landline telephone service. 

  An officer placing a clamp on a vehicle parked diagonally in front of Gizmos and Gadgets as police continue their strict enforcement of the new parallel parking rule.

MOREHEAD, Ky., (Reuters) – Deputies of a county clerk in rural Kentucky issued marriage licences to four gay couples yesterday after she defied a federal judge’s orders for months because as a Christian she opposes same-sex unions.

BERLIN, (Reuters) – The International Olympic Committee (IOC) yesterday decided to set up a two million-dollar refugee fund as the migrant crisis grips Europe.

Visits to the lighthouse located at Kingston, in Georgetown, have been temporarily suspended until corrective measures are undertaken, according to the Public Infrastructure Ministry.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Marquee batsman Stafanie Taylor has been appointed the new captain of West Indies Women, replacing the long-serving Merissa Aguilleira.

SAO PAULO, (Reuters) – A top aide to Brazil’s former president, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, was charged with corruption, money laundering and racketeering on Friday, making him one of the most senior members of Brazil’s ruling Workers’ Party to be formally accused in a massive kickback scandal.

The Texila American University (TAU) and the Davis Memorial Hospital (DMH) recently signed a memorandum of understanding to establish a working relationship for the provision of clinical education and training for nursing students.

The death of Alan Kurdi, the little Syrian boy whose corpse was photographed on a Turkish beach earlier this week, brings to mind Edmund Burke’s troubling observation that evil comes into the world when good men do nothing.

Dear Editor, I invest in shares in the UK stock market.

(Trinidad Guardian)”What did we miss?” This is the question that now haunts the family members of Amanda Morris after an autopsy revealed Morris and her two sons were murdered and her husband, Lyndon Beharry, committed suicide.