Daily Archive: Wednesday, September 23, 2015

The Ministry of Communities says it is working to clear a backlog of approximately 25,000 applications for land titles and transport, GINA reported today.

About fifty families at Zorg-en-Hoop, West Bank Berbice, are to be relocated to a safer area since their houses are directly under a 69KV power line, GINA said today.

This morning Head of Delegation of the European Union to Guyana, Ambassador Jernej Videtič, together with Volda Lawrence, Minister of Social Protection, accompanied by representatives of ChildLink and the Child Protection Agency, officially opened the Child Advocacy Centre (CAC) at Fort Wellington, Berbice, a release from the EU said.

The police today said that Don Peters, Michael Mc Donald and Tiagio Da Silva are wanted for escaping from lawful custody at Lethem Police Station on September 17, 2015.

A Ministry of the Presidency press release today said that there had been no increase in Guyanese troops at the Venezuelan border.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Digicel Group is seeking to raise US$2 billion through its initial public offering (IPO) on the New York Stock Exchange, most of which appears destined to pay down debt racked up by the company over more than a dozen years of operation.

(Barbados Nation) BARBADOS’ largest drinks company could be on the verge of falling totally into foreign hands.

Today, President of the Guyana Bar Association Christopher Ram presented laminated copies of the “Rights of Arrested Persons” to the Guyana Police Force, a release from the police said.

(Trinidad Guardian) Mystery spinner Sunil Narine has been selected on the West Indies team for the limited overs segment of their upcoming tour to Sri Lanka.

(Reuters) – Yogi Berra, a Hall of Fame catcher for the New York Yankees whose mangled syntax made him one of the sports world’s most beloved and frequently quoted figures, died on Tuesday at the age of 90, Major League Baseball said.

 – Granger to focus on issue at UN In the wake of reports of Venezuela’s deployment of military troops to this country’s western border, the Guyana Government yesterday urged citizens to be alert yet remain calm as it continues to monitor the situation.

A Corentyne mother is seeking answers from the Anamayah Memorial Hospital in Berbice, which says she delivered a baby girl via a C-section earlier this month after it told her that she had been carrying twins.

The former public service minister was personally involved in selecting students and members of the public service for scholarship awards and training programmes, according to Soyinka Grogan, Manager of the Scholarship Department of the former Public Service Ministry.

President David Granger yesterday said he is still confident that unity talks between the government and the opposition can materialize and he is not worried about a recent statement by General Secretary of the PPP Clement Rohee who said that his party had not agreed to the talks.

Ryan Bobb-Semple, the man accused of murdering nine-year-old Shaquan Gittens, has been determined mentally fit to stand trial.

Arguments yesterday began on whether the elections petition filed by the opposition PPP/C’s Ganga Persaud has material facts in order for the case to proceed.

A murder investigation has been launched by the police following the results of the post-mortem examinations conducted on the bodies of two Brazilians found in a swamp in Aramau Backdam, Cuyuni River, according to Crime Chief Wendell Blanhum.

A Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) employee lost his life on the Albion public road on Monday night whilst he was on his way home from work.

Rohan Persaud, who claimed he found his friend dead outside of his yard, was yesterday charged with the man’s murder.

A taxi driver, accused of having an unlicensed gun and ammunition, yesterday told a city court that the articles were left behind his car by passengers who may have been planning on robbing him.

Chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission Dr Steve Surujbally said that in the light of the circumstantial evidence “it would be impossible to prove” who took the false Statements of Poll into the commission and as such, “I couldn’t see why we would proceed with an investigation.”

The Mayor and City Council is mulling transforming the usually busy and traffic-congested commercial Bourda block into a designated open air shopping centre.

A remedial education pilot project targeting pupils of three primary schools in the Buxton/Friendship area was launched on Monday with the aim of improving literacy and numeracy.

Decisions about public sector vacancies were made at the level of Cabinet under the former government, the Commission of Inquiry (CoI) into the Public Service heard yesterday.

A man is in custody after police unearthed 977 kilogrammes of cannabis sativa (marijuana) in his possession during a search which was conducted on his person on September 21, at De Edward Village, West Coast Berbice.

A visually impaired Ceion Rollex, is the recipient of a new laptop amongst other equipment which were handed over to him by President David Granger to aid in his studies at the University of Guyana (UG).

Director of Sports Christopher Jones and his team yesterday continued their mission to revamp sports across local schools in Guyana by donating two table-tennis tables to the Lodge Secondary School and the Guyana Education Trust College.

——GFF Stag Beer Elite League It will be a matchup of contrasting sides when Alpha United lock horns with Pele Football Club and Slingerz Football Club battle Georgetown Football Club (GFC) in the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) Stag Beer Elite League today at the GFC ground, Bourda.

The South Central People’s Development Association of Rupununi has created history for Guyana, winning the United Nations Development Fund’s Equator Prize for the year 2015.

Following consultations with the Guyana Football Federation (GFF), the Bartica and Essequibo Football Associations respectively adopted their new constitutions, paving the way for elections to be held by the respective entities.

Two men were yesterday remanded to prison after being jointly charged with growing and trafficking marijuana.

Dear Editor, I welcome any healthy discussion about the state of education in Guyana and how we can collectively improve same.

Dear Editor, I write to ask how could something so stupid, punishing and detrimental to people’s health be allowed to fester in our society for so long.

Laksmana Ramroop outplayed 32 other golfers last weekend to emerge victorious in the Demerara Mutual Assurance Society’s sponsored tournament at the Lusignan Golf Club.

Tenders were open last week Tuesday for the Transport and Harbors Department (T&HD) which had invited applications for bids for the rehabilitation of the Parika, Bartica and Legan stellings.

Government is looking to pass legislation that will give the Integrity Commission the power to go after public officials who fail to declare their assets in a timely manner, according to Minister of State Joseph Harmon.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC- Fast bowling legend Sir Curtly Ambrose is the latest former West Indies cricketer to announce his involvement in an eagerly anticipated charity match in support of relief for water ravaged Dominica.

Dear Editor, So about this Berbice Expo: poor Berbicians ain’t get nowhere to go ‒ no parks, no garden, no mall, no theatre, no downtown, no nowhere, so you can’t blame people for showing up to Berbice Expo at Albion.

Dear Editor, It has been six years since fifty-seven workers and five years since a further five were wrongfully dismissed by the Bauxite Company of Guyana Incorporated (BCGI) Rusal.

A soldier has been an admitted a patient at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH) since Saturday after the motorcycle he was riding collided with a car on David Street, Kitty.

LAHORE, Pakistan, CMC-Several leading West Indies cricketers have confirmed their participation in the first ever Pakistan Super League (PSL) scheduled to take place early next year, officials have said.

Dear Editor, As the saying goes: “If you are driving a vehicle you should not only be looking through your windshield, you must also use your rear view mirror.”

Two bandits, who posed as customers, pulled off the brazen robbery of a city carwash on Sunday afternoon.

ZURICH, (Reuters) – World soccer’s governing body FIFA, grappling with a corruption scandal, said yesterday it would discuss a possible new venue and date for an executive committee meeting originally scheduled for Japan in December.

Dear Editor, The killing of Police Constable Antonio Dawson is a sad and sorry story.

PARIS, (Reuters) – South Africa have become a team nobody will fear anymore after their shock opening Rugby World Cup defeat against Japan, according to former Springboks coach Jake White.

The assault case against the two police officers charged with assaulting detainee Colwyn Harding was adjourned again yesterday.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Pope Francis hopes the United States will lift its long trade embargo on Cuba as a result of negotiations between the two countries but does not plan to raise it in his address to Congress this week, the pontiff told reporters yesterday.

A Prospect, East Bank Demerara man was robbed and stabbed just after he disembarked a minibus and was about to enter his home on Saturday evening.

Dear Editor, The vexed question may be asked: Is it the bad apple or the barrel that is damaging the image of law enforcement?

BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union approved a plan yesterday to share out 120,000 refugees across its 28 states, overriding vehement opposition from four ex-communist eastern nations.

The police were last evening investigating four suspected cases of human trafficking which occurred in the Omai Backdam, Region 7, involving a female shop owner.

Negotiation is quite a unique process: it is well known that calling for, engaging in and even completing negotiations does not mean that one or both parties wants them to be successful.

MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – Former Australia all-rounder Shane Watson has urged selectors to be patient with the rookies in Steven Smith’s team as they battle to cement places in the wake of a string of retirements.

There is the need to decentralize the process of preserving the heritage of communities and CEO of the National Trust of Guyana Nirvana Persaud put the onus to do this on local authorities and citizens, at the launching of Heritage Week.

NASSAU, Bahamas, CMC- Organisers of the 43rd Central American Caribbean Bodybuilding (CAC) Championships in Bahamas this weekend say the event has grown in stature and has been expanded to include other categories.

A Linden youth is nursing several chops about his body at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH) after he was attacked by three men who are still at large.

Recently the PPP accused the APNU+AFC government of ethnic cleansing. The term ethnic cleansing was made popular by the PNC in the mid-1990s and former president Desmond Hoyte actually used the term in a letter to Stabroek News in 1996.

SEATTLE (Reuters) – Chinese President Xi Jinping said yesterday that his government will speed up efforts to build an open economy and will not go back on the reform process.

Dear Editor, Jagmohan Dalmiya, an administrator of Indian cricket who went on to become head of the ICC and was responsible for transforming the financial aspect of world cricket, has passed on and has been given a state funeral in India.

BOGOTA (Reuters) – Colombia will shift its focus in the fight against illegal drugs by funding the planting of legal crops, President Juan Manuel Santos said yesterday as the government halts aerial fumigation in one of the world’s top cocaine producers.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States and India agreed yesterday to train troops in six African countries before they are deployed to UN peacekeeping missions, U.

Minister within the Ministry of Education, Nicolette Henry, yesterday said that sports will be formally reintroduced into the school curriculum.

SAO PAULO/BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazil’s cash-strapped government is in talks with lawmakers over legalizing gambling to increase revenues as Congress balks at President Dilma Rousseff’s efforts to overcome a budget deficit by raising other taxes.

It would not be entirely surprising that a Pope whose origins are in Argentina, though he is indeed of Spanish parentage, would have had a particular interest in an issue that has fascinated Latin Americans for most of his own lifetime, this being the political evolution of a Cuba which veered from the autocracy of Batista to a Soviet-style authoritarianism over the period from 1958 to the present.

Dear Editor, The exchange between Pope Francis and Cuban revolutionary Fidel Castro is most interesting, since both men embrace different and diametrically opposed perspectives, especially when it comes to politics and religion.

President Obama and Pope Francis share a laugh as President Obama and first lady Michelle welcomed the Pontiff upon his arrival at Joint Base Andrews outside Washington, September 22, 2015.

(Reuters) – Women’s Tennis Association CEO Stacey Allaster, once named as one of the most powerful women in sport, will resign next month for personal reasons, the organisation said yesterday.