Daily Archive: Thursday, November 12, 2015

Gold Prices for the three day period ending Thursday  November 12, 2015

Minister of State, Joseph Harmon (right) today, conducted a tour of Global Seafood Distributors, where he got a firsthand look of the daily operations of the facility, which provides employment for about fifteen persons in the West Ruimveldt area, a release from the Ministry of the Presidency said.

Minister within the Ministry of Education, Nicolette Henry (fourth from right) received a courtesy call from South Korean actor, Hwang Jang Lee (fifth from right); who is well known by many as ‘Silver Fox’.

Litter left on the seawall after Tuesday’s Diwali motorcade. 

First Lady Sandra Granger, earlier today, met with Executive Member of Health and Educational Relief Organisation (HERO), Dr.

The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) today said that following an advertisement inviting bids for the purchase of a container containing alcoholic beverages, the highest bid of $35.9m was provided by a prominent beverage company which it did not name.

ZURICH, (Reuters) – FIFA said on Thursday it had admitted five candidates for its presidential election, scheduled for February amid the worst crisis in its history, after Liberia’s Musa Bility failed an integrity check and Michel Platini was also sidelined.

Fed up with years of complaints and challenges and now the possibility that the Ogle Airport Inc (OAI) can seize their assets if they default on payments, nine out of ten operators at the Ogle Airport yesterday formed the National Air Transport Association (NATA).

Jermaine Simon, the Agricola resident who was shot in the head on Tuesday evening succumbed yesterday morning and police are hunting for the suspect whose abode went up in flames just after midday yesterday.

The first suspect to be apprehended in the 2013 murder of Diamond businesswoman Sirmattie Ramnaress appeared before a city court yesterday charged with the crime.

Despite failing to meet yet another deadline to begin processing logs here, Asian logging company Baishanlin will be allowed to continue exporting logs even as it has requested two more years to acquire wood-processing equipment.

The country’s most recent road fatality, Julian Leitch was on his way to watch the Diwali Motorcade on Tuesday when he was fatally struck down on Duncan Street.

A Queenstown family of four lost almost $1M in items including electronics and cash after three armed men barged into their home while they were celebrating Diwali on Tuesday evening.

The Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) recently granted constitutional relief to the Mayan people of Belize in a historic land rights case.

Veteran petrol dealer and owner of Steve’s Texaco/ Rubis Service Station on Vlissengen Road, Steve Chung died at home on Monday of an apparent heart attack.

While thousands of Guyanese decorated their homes with lights and diyas on Tuesday night in observance of the 2015 Diwali celebration, others who disagreed with the date celebrated last evening.

Fire ravaged a Pere Street, Kitty two-storey building yesterday leaving ten persons seeking shelter at relatives.

The Ministry of Communities has awarded nine contracts valued at more than $191M for road rehabilitation and reconstruction works in Regions Three, Four, Five, Six and Ten.

District 11 (North Georgetown) will look to add more hardware to its cabinet ahead of the National Schools Cycling, Swimming and Track and Field Championships which gets underway on November 23.

Speed demon Chet Singh is all fired up and ready to put pedal to the metal when Guyana hosts the fourth and final leg of the Caribbean Motor Racing Championships (CMRC) on Sunday.

The Guyana Power and Light (GPL) yesterday said that residents along the East Bank Demerara corridor stretching from Industrial Site to Hope experienced intermittent outages on Tuesday due to several trips of two main feeders supplied by the new Georgetown and Grove Substations.

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, CMC – West Indies salvaged a tiny bit of pride from their otherwise failed tour of Sri Lanka when they beat the hosts by 23 runs in the second and final Twenty20 International here yesterday.

The Anna Catherina Islamic Complex (ACIC) and the Guyana United Sadr Islamic Anjuman (GUSIA) have both expressed their “full support” for the government’s 2.00am curfew imposed on night clubs and bars in Guyana.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Reinstated West Indies head coach Phil Simmons says he is eager to move on from the incident that led to his suspension for the Sri Lanka tour and sparked controversy across the region.

Minister with responsibility for Natural Resources, Raphael Trotman and Minister of Public Infra-structure David Patterson on Tuesday visited Sand-spring Resources Limited’s proposed mine at Toroparu, Region Seven and pronounced themselves pleased with the company.

The case against the two police officers charged with assaulting detainee Colwyn Harding remains at a standstill as Prose-cutor Nigel Hughes was a no-show at yesterday’s hearing.

Banks DIH Limited has teamed up with the organizers of the first ever Guyana Trail Marathon which takes place on Saturday at Santa Mission as the main beverage provider.

A Stanleytown, West Bank Demerara resident pleaded not guilty to armed robbery yesterday at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.

Suspended FIFA president Sepp Blatter, his world soccer federation mired in a corruption crisis, is recovering in hospital after a health scare but should be discharged soon, a confidant said yesterday.

Dear Editor, As I understand it one of the government’s main arguments for outlawing the opening of night clubs after 2am is that the longer revellers consume alcohol drunkenness increases and the likelihood of accidents on our roads rises.

PNCR Vice-Chairman Volda Lawrence says that the party remains committed to national unity.

MARIANA, Brazil, (Reuters) – Brazil’s government said yesterday it may fine mining giants BHP Billiton Ltd and Vale SA for the “environmental catastrophe” caused by ruptured dams at an iron ore mine jointly owned by the companies in a southeastern state.

Former world athletics (IAAF) president Lamine Diack has resigned as honorary member of the International Olympic Committee following the launch of a formal investigation against the Senegalese for suspected corruption and money-laundering, the IOC said on Wednesday.

Dear Editor,   We the residents of Castello Housing Scheme (La Penitence) would like to voice our frustration and disappointment over the sluggish movement of the Mayor and City Council’s officials in relation to a petition which was submitted on Saturday, August 29th, 2015 calling for the removal of the physical structure which once housed the Albouystown Skills Training Centre from our community.

Banks DIH, the Ministry of Public Health, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Infrastructure clinched semi-final berths in the inaugural Banks Beer Futsal Championship on Tuesday at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.

The RSIB-Devan Khemraj Agency, a franchise of Raj Singh Insurance Brokers (RSIB) & Risk Management Consultants Inc.

NEW YORK/CARACAS, (Reuters) – Two nephews of Venezuela’s first lady have been arrested and brought to the United States to face drug trafficking charges, people familiar with the matter said yesterday.

Dear Editor, Former President Ramotar’s statement as reported under the caption ‘Ramotar says he doesn’t regret proroguing Parliament’ in the Stabroek News, November 9, should not be taken seriously.

(Reuters) – Diabetes experts called on world leaders yesterday to use sugar taxes to fight obesity, arguing such a move would save lives and slash healthcare budgets.

MILWAUKEE, (Reuters) – Republican U.S. presidential contenders attacked Donald Trump’s views on Syria and Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday as simplistic and unrealistic, and rival Jeb Bush said the real estate mogul did not grasp “how the real world works.”

As the government seeks to conclude the development of housing schemes, it is appealing to persons who have been allocated lots to immediately begin construction.

Dear Editor, In an interview appearing in the news Mr Sydney Allicock announced urgent plans for minimal reformation of the Amerindian Act 2006.

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, CMC – Captain Darren Sammy says West Indies were always confident they could defend 162 at the R Premadasa Stadium, especially drawing on the experience from the final of the Twenty20 World Cup staged at the venue three years ago.

CARACAS, (Reuters) – Venezuela’s top legislator lambasted the Organization of American States (OAS) as “perverted” and “corrupt” after its secretary general criticized the country’s electoral board for failing to ensure fair elections.

The inaugural Guyana Telephone & Telegraph Company GTT Knockout Football Championship will continue today at the Mackenzie Sports Club in Linden with an entertaining doubleheader.

Dear Editor, Issues of industrial relations are not about how one feels, but about a body of rules and applications that guide the discipline.

Following concerns highlighted by the Guyana Teachers Union (GTU) on the processing of approximately four to five thousand applications for the promotion of senior teachers (in the public education division) for 2015-2016, a Teaching Service Commission (TSC) statement is maintaining that the body rigidly followed “set criteria and principles” in the exercise.

TORONTO, (Reuters) – Trinidad-born author Andre Alexis on Tuesday won Canada’s Giller Prize, the country’s richest fiction award, for his novel “Fifteen Dogs”, about a group of animals at a Toronto veterinary clinic who gain human consciousness and language.

It reads like a political confrontation between two parties, but those are the slogans the two contesting slates are proffering to win votes at Saturday’s Guyana Football Federation (GFF) executive elections.

Newly appointed Chancellor of the University of Guyana (UG), Professor Nigel Harris is slated to deliver the keynote address at the 49th Convocation of the University’s Turkeyen campus, on Saturday, November 14, at 16: 30 h on the University Square, Turkeyen campus.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama, in a phone call with South African President Jacob Zuma yesterday, expressed “deep concern” about the situation in Burundi, the White House said.

Dear Editor, One final gasp, please. Some persons have been referring to the English calendars where the final phase of the moon has been listed for the 10th November.

(Barbados Nation) A mere five per cent. That’s the extent of the tariff Government is prepared to levy on imported cement in the future.

(Reuters) – Daily fantasy sports sites FanDuel and DraftKings are prepared to fight in court against New York state’s top prosecutor, who said that they were running illegal gambling operations and ordered them to stop taking bets in the state.

Dear Editor, Given the plethora of information and research on suicide made publicly available over the last two years, it is quite an enigma that misinformation continues to be peddled from the top of the socio-political structure.

(Jamaica Gleaner) The government has signed a memorandum of cooperation with the United States (US) Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency (ICE) which will allow the US to share information on deportees.

Defending first division champs Hikers and the Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC) battled to a 3-3 stalemate when the Guyana Telephone & Telegraph Company (GT&T) National Indoor Championship commenced on Monday.

Dear Editor, A few recent incidents force me to pen this letter seeking publication in your letter column in the interest of the unsuspecting public.I

Eight months after this newspaper first reported on the rundown and unsafe conditions under which four senior citizens were living at the Chase’s Indigent Home in Robb Street, Georgetown, two of them are still struggling to manage as their situation worsens daily.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – U.S. Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz stole the spotlight on social media from the front-runners during a televised GOP debate on Tuesday night, drawing attention and getting positive reviews.

BRASILIA, (Reuters) – A Brazilian man who visited Guinea is being tested for Ebola and authorities have preventively isolated a public health unit where he first sought medical attention, Brazil’s Health Minister Marcelo Castro said yesterday.

Wrested indecorously, suddenly, brutishly, and unceremoniously from his bereaved colleagues, students, scholars and friends, Sheldon’s untimely death has left an irremediable vacuum for the foreseeable future.

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Old Fort blanked Pumas by a 3-0 score line to sit atop the first division standings when the Guyana Telephone & Telegraph Company (GT&T) National Indoor Championship continued on Wednesday at the National Gymnasium.