Daily Archive: Tuesday, December 1, 2015

The De Kinderen Community Group has successfully completed its first project, construction of a bridge to link De Kinderen and Meten-Meer-Zorg, GINA said yesterday.

(Trinidad Guardian) Three of the country’s most senior judges have failed to come to an agreement over whether the United National Congress (UNC) has conclusive proof that its defeat in September’s general election was due to a one-hour extension in voting, in order to secure a re-election.

Courts Guyana Inc yesterday launched a new $65 million optical department at its Main Street store and Minister of Business Dominic Gaskin said the investment is a testament by the company to the economic opportunities in Guyana.

A city constable was shot to his groin by two armed bandits during a robbery at Bourda Market last evening.

It costs approximately $60 million to run the Guyana National Stadium at Providence annually while the average yearly income is within the range of $25 million.

A suspect in burglaries in the Essequibo Coast area has confessed to murdering Richmond pensioner Surspattie Ramlakhan, who was raped and killed in her home in February.

The husband of Melanie Narine who was found dead in her Paradise, Essequibo Coast home on Saturday had threatened to kill her three weeks ago.

No decision has been made by the Mayor and City Council (M&CC) to rename any streets in Georgetown, Town Clerk Royston King and several members of the M&CC said yesterday.

Despite reports that an extension has been granted to the Walter Rodney Commission of Inquiry (CoI), the parties involved are yet to be officially notified of this.

PPP General Secretary Clement Rohee has denied claims by Minister of Citizenship Winston Felix that the General Registrar’s Office (GRO) is highly corrupt, questioning the process followed in partnering with the Triumph International Group (TIG) to review registration of births and deaths.

A Philippi villager was yesterday charged with attempting to murder another man over a memory card.

Infrastructural works have begun on a plot of land where 19 residents of Timehri north will be relocated come next year.

A Corentyne family is seeking answers following the death of a loved one in the interior of Guyana.

Bandits invaded a Mon Repos supermarket and beat its proprietor before escaping with an undisclosed amount of cash on Sunday afternoon.

Several exhibitors say the just-concluded Business Exposition 2015 lacked the necessary components for the networking and marketing needed by small businesses, including the expected attendance.

Three persons have been arrested after police yesterday unearthed a revolver and a quantity of matching rounds at a house at Vigilance South, East Coast Demerara.

The Bartica, Leguan, and Parika Stelling have all been slated for repairs worth a total of $76 million which should all commence next year.

Two men were yesterday jointly charged with robbery under arms when they appeared before Magistrate Sunil Scarce at the Charity Magistrate’s Court.

This year’s World AIDS Day theme, ‘Ending the AIDS epidemic as part of the Sustainable Development Goals’ (SDGs) aligns with the Pan Caribbean Partnership against HIV/AIDS’s (PANCAP) new vision of an AIDS-free Caribbean.

A Guyana Defence Force (GDF) Lance Corporal was yesterday remanded to prison after he appeared before a city court for a charge of cannabis possession.

A Devon Millington header in the 90th+1 minute created history for Slingerz FC as they clinched the League Genesis title of the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) Stag Beer Elite League, downing Alpha United 3-2 in the finale on Sunday.

Trinidad and Tobago’s Aaron Hackett and Barbados’ Kimberley Gittens punched their way to the best boxer – male and female – awards when the curtains came down on the Caribbean Development Goodwill Tournament at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall on Sunday.

For Georgetown councillors the call by political activist Mark Benschop to have all municipal councils dissolved now that a date has been set for local government elections “is a non-issue.”

Dear Editor, It is prudent of the Government of Guyana to engage ExxonMobil (XOM) to negotiate licensing and rental income for Guyana’s oil-bearing acreages in advance of actual production.

Dear Editor, In his weekly column, published in the Sunday Stabroek, Mr Ralph Ramkarran, this week, chose to write in defence of and indeed, advocates for, the specialty hospital project to be awarded to Fedders Lloyd without going through any procurement process.

A West Coast Demerara taxi driver has been placed on $65,000 bail after he was accused of stealing a brush cutter and a quantity of work tools.

The Port Mourant Cricket Club (PMCC) defeated Albion Cricket Club by seven wickets in last Sunday’s Balram Shane 50-overs tournament played at the PMCC Ground, Berbice.

Anthony Morrison, who is on trial for the murder of his common-law wife Donna Thomas, yesterday professed his innocence when given a chance to lead his defence.

Dear Editor, Recently I was among Guyanese invited to a dinner here in Miami with Police Commissioner Seelall Persaud who met with a small group to update on the work of the GPF, including the launch of a foundation to assist the families of personnel killed in the line of duty.

The trial of Balram Singh, who is accused of murdering taxi driver Bomeshwar Sukhdeo, will begin this morning before Justice Navindra Singh and a 12-member jury at the High Court in Georgetown.

The Guyana Baseball League (GBL) will be staging a Level 1 Coaching Certification Course at Kildonan, East Berbice on December 5th from 9:30hrs.

The family of 57-year-old Colin Clarke is hoping that anyone with knowledge of his whereabouts will contact the nearest police station or family members.

Dear Editor, I was very moved by the excellent quality of the recorded interview between Mr Robert Lalljie and Mr Basil Bradshaw first aired on HBTV on July 9, 2015, on the subject of the biography of Sir Arthur Lewis.

LONDON (Reuters) – Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo will go head-to-head once again for the title of world’s best footballer after being short-listed along with Neymar yesterday for the 2015 FIFA Ballon d’Or.

The Port Mourant Training Centre (PMTC) Volleyball Club recently returned from the University of the West Indies (UWI) 2015 Pelican Invitational held in Jamaica with tons of confidence following a decent performance in the three-day tourney.

Dear Editor, I wish to congratulate Dr David Dabydeen and Mr Harold Bascom for having won the Guyana Prize For Literature in fiction and drama respectively.

PARIS (Reuters) – For world leaders attending a long-planned climate summit in Paris just weeks after 130 people were killed by Islamic State militants in the French capital, addressing the coincidental convergence of global warming and terrorism was unavoidable.

Dear Editor, The competition for the Secretary-General post of the Commonwealth of Nations is over.

More than half of the potable water produced by plants in Linden is lost through leaks or breakages in the distribution system and Chief Executive Officer of   the Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) Dr Richard Van West-Charles has called for consumers to be vigilant and report leaks immediately.

Dry season hazard: Brush fires in Le Repentir Cemetery

Pele FC clinched the third spot in the League Genesis of the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) Stag Beer Elite League, squeaking past archrival Fruta Conquerors by a 1-0 margin at the Leonora Sports Facility on Sunday.

Dear Editor, During last week, there appeared in the press articles on two of my all-time favourite sportsmen.

The prosecution yesterday argued against the merit of an application by the attorney for former minister Jennifer Westford and her former Chief Personnel Officer Margaret Cummings to stay larceny and forgery charges against them.

CHICAGO (Reuters) – A group of US scientists and activists yesterday called for a global ban on the use of new tools to edit the genes of human embryos, in a report issued a day before a major international meeting in Washington to discuss the ethical and policy issues surrounding the technology.

The West Demerara Road Safety Association closed off Road Safety Month yesterday with a walk on the West Coast to raise awareness of road deaths.

An altercation between two men at the Meadow Bank Wharf ended with one of them being shot to his right foot yesterday.

(Jamaica Gleaner) – Jamaica has taken another step in protecting the country’s brand with the international copyrighting of Jamaican Jerk.

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – Burundi is on the brink of a war that could have “potentially disastrous effects in an already fragile region” but there is no immediate need to deploy United Nations peacekeepers, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon told the Security Council yesterday.

Dear Editor, I attach little significance to the Sri Lankan series for mainly one reason.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, (CMC) – The West Indies Cricket Board has given Sunil Narine its full backing after the beleaguered off-spinner was on Sunday banned from bowling in international cricket because of an illegal action.

OUAGADOUGOU (Reuters) – Roch Marc Kabore was proclaimed the winner of the presidential election in Burkina Faso and will become the country’s first new leader in decades, the Independent National Electoral Commission said today.

Junior James cracked 61 as Two Brothers Primary recorded a nine wicket win over Kawall Primary while Vive-la-Force Primary beat Nismes Primary by 34 runs as the GCB/Scotiabank Kiddy Cricket continued in the West Bank Demerara Zone.

Dear Editor, I made a report to GTT on Nov 6, 2015 that my telephone (220-4153) was not working and there was no dial tone, but up to now no one has called or visited.

TORONTO (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Tropical deforestation, a significant driver of climate change, could be cut in half by 2020 if countries follow Brazil’s example in protecting the rainforest with better law enforcement and more transparency, a study released yesterday said.

The Pizza Hut franchise has returned to Guyana under new management and its first location at Camp and Regent streets was launched yesterday evening.

Allan Sim, the man alleged to have murdered Georgetown Public Hospital ambulance dispatcher, Melissa Skeete, appeared before a city court yesterday where he was formally charged with the crime.

Politikles

Dear Editor, I see nothing wrong in a citizen saying he is unwilling to declare his wealth unless government officials declare their wealth.

Here’s some good news for Latin America: after decades of relative academic isolation, the region’s two biggest countries — Brazil and Mexico — are dramatically increasing their numbers of students attending US universities.

CARACAS (Reuters) – Authorities arrested three people yesterday suspected in the murder of an opposition leader that shook Venezuela and drew international condemnation in the run-up to this weekend’s election for a new legislature.

The outcomes of the recent sorties by teams of officials from the Ministry of Social Protection to workplaces across the country, most recently to the operations of the Bauxite Company of Guyana Inc (BCGI) and to the business community in New Amsterdam, provide revealing glimpses into the extent to which employers are unmindful, even contemptuous of some key provisions of the country’s constitution as well as the conventions of the International Labour Organization (ILO) in matters pertaining to the rights and entitlements of workers.

SYDNEY, (Reuters) – West Indies can compete with Australia in the upcoming three-test series if they can exploit the inexperience in the hosts’ middle order, captain Jason Holder said yesterday.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The US Senate yesterday confirmed President Barack Obama’s selection of Gayle Smith to be administrator of the country’s main humanitarian aid organization, the US Agency for International Development, seven months after her nomination.

The Ministry of Education’s Department of Culture, Youth and Sport yesterday honoured several youths and youth organisations for their contribution to citizens and communities in the areas of health, education, sport, youth development and related fields through its Volunteerism Support Platform.