Articles published on Wednesday, January 6, 2016
Approximately 15,000 ounces of gold is being smuggled from Guyana each week and the country is losing as much as 60% of gold produced here in this manner, Minister of Natural Resources Raphael Trotman says.
Residents of the Essequibo River islands of Leguan and Wakenaam will soon benefit from improved health care, GINA said today.
(Barbados Nation) A day after Chris Gayle was fined for making disrespectful comments to a TV reporter, he has denied fresh allegations that he indecently exposed himself to a woman in Sydney during the 2015 World Cup.
Expressions of interest (EOI) have been invited for the repair of the Chinese-built Moco Moco hydropower plant in Region Nine which was severely damaged by a rockslide in 2003.
(Trinidad Guardian) A Tunapuna businessman is expected to appear before a Port-of-Spain magistrate today on charges of human trafficking, child prostitution and assault.
SEOUL, (Reuters) – North Korea said it successfully tested a miniaturised hydrogen nuclear device today, claiming a significant advance in its strike capability and setting off alarm bells in Japan and South Korea.
Almost a week after army intelligence officer Robert Pyle was killed in a horrific vehicular collision that claimed two other lives, the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) yesterday broke its silence and confirmed that he was on a “legitimate operation.”
Unsettled weather has not been a factor in the “precipitate” decline in cane yields and sugar output, rather it has been a case of a shortage of cash and poor agricultural practices.
Chairman of the Guyana National Broadcasting Authority (GNBA) Leonard Craig yesterday said that a report that all radio licences issued by former president Bharrat Jadgeo will be rescinded is erroneous as the board has not yet made a decision on the way forward.
Police are currently investigating whether the burning to death of Anita Baichan during a home invasion on Sunday is linked to a decision by the woman’s daughter to leave a former partner.
The Mayor and City Council of Georgetown (M&CC) plans to permanently end vending along the section of the Merriman Mall between Cummings Street and Orange Walk.
Former Attorney General (AG) Anil Nandlall yesterday slammed government for what he termed an “exercise in cosmetology” in relation to consultations on two bills set to be debated in the National Assembly tomorrow.
The body of a 49-year-old fisherman of Meten-Meer-Zorg, West Coast Demerara was caught in a seine in the Corentyne River a few hours after he was reported missing from a trawler on Monday.
The Guyana Police Force has launched an investigation into a scam allegedly carried out by a businessman, who obtained a total of $1M from 19 persons by claiming he could get United States (US) visas for them.
A distraught father is seeking the public’s help to find his 18-year-old son, British national Dominic Michael Lloyd Bernard, who has not been heard from since he travelled to Guyana last October.
SYDNEY, Australia, CMC-No play was possible because of rain on the third day Tuesday of the third Test between Australia and West Indies at the Sydney Cricket Ground.
HOBART, Australia, CMC-West Indies opener Chris Gayle has been slapped with a 10,000 dollar fine by the Melbourne Renegades for comments made to a female reporter during a live television interview in Australia.
Bhiron Robertson, one of the survivors of a fatal brawl at Manchester just over a week ago, has been charged with murder.
SYDNEY, Australia, CMC- West Indies head Coach Phil Simmons is urging his players to “keep fighting” when the third and final Test against Australia enters its fourth day today.
Some markets within the city will undergo major rehabilitation and modernisation this year, according to Town Clerk Royston King.
ST.JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC- Radio stations across ten Caribbean countries have agreed to carry live commentary of the NAGICO Super50 championship which begins tomorrow.
A man yesterday found himself in court after allegedly threatening to kill his landlady when she visited for rent payments.
Dear Editor, Referring to earning figures quoted by me in your story captioned ‘Parvatan, GuySuCo silent over disputed sugar workers pay figures’ in the January 5 edition of Stabroek News, it is reported that according to a source “… the figures [CoI] were reflective of wages and salaries including incentives and bonuses which may not be reflected in the pay slips that were presented by GAWU at the press conference.”
Two men were each fined $7,500 yesterday after they admitted to drunk driving.
LONDON, (Reuters) – FIFA faces a “catastrophic” future if the wrong man is elected head of world soccer’s governing body, presidential candidate Prince Ali Bin Al-Hussein said yesterday when he published his election manifesto.
The number of political parties, voluntary groups or individual candidates contesting the Local Government Elections will be tallied today as midnight last night was the deadline for submission of symbols to the Guyana Elections Commission.
Dear Editor, Please refer to the letter which appeared in your issue of January 3 captioned ‘Why was the Pergola omitted from the clean-up?’
CAPE TOWN, (Reuters) – England’s openers came through the last half an hour unscathed after South Africa declared on 627 for seven and the second test was heading for a draw yesterday.
MUMBAI, (Reuters) – Captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni is glad India will play three Twenty20 matches in Australia and hopes it will help the team identify the right combination before the World Twenty20 at home in March.
Gold production by Guyana Goldfields Inc totalled 35,901 ounces last year and the Canadian firm is now in commercial production and hopes to produces at least 130 000 ounces of the precious mineral at its Aurora Gold Mine this year.
Dear Editor, I read the letters by both highly respected citizens, Mr Nigel Hinds and Mr Christopher Ram, and while I agree with the fundamental thrust of what they are saying vis-à-vis the establishment of a functional human rights environment, I find their specific argument in defence of NICIL’s Mr Winston Brassington and the Guyana Revenue Authority’s Mr Khurshid Sattaur contextually flawed, particularly in the direction in which both arguments seem to be heading.
City businessman Kevin Jordan, who has been convicted and sentenced to 18 years in jail for raping a seven-year-old boy, is out of prison after successfully applying for bail pending his appeal.
(The Sports Xchange) – Highlights from National Basketball Association games on Monday: – – – – Warriors 111, Hornets 101 Klay Thompson poured in two key hoops to ignite a third-quarter surge on Monday to help the Golden State Warriors outlast the Charlotte Hornets 111-101.
Dear Editor, One of my new tenants has had 3 recent bills.
A man was yesterday charged with driving dangerously and colliding with a minibus on Christmas Day.
Dear Editor, I read General Secretary Rohee’s response to my letter which was in itself a response to his public statement that the PPP/C had not been invited to participate in the preparation for, and celebration of, the 50th Jubilee.
MELBOURNE, Australia, CMC-Australia have withdrawn from the forthcoming Under-19 World Cup in Bangladesh because of security concerns.
Ministers of Foreign Affairs, Carl Greenidge, and Indigenous Peoples’ Affairs, Sydney Allicock, and Chief of Staff of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) Brigadier Mark Phillips recently visited Kaikan in Region Seven and assured the residents that Government has their interest at heart, GINA said.
Dear Editor, Last year has been a good year for me with my garden, since I started planting three years ago.
Massy Stores is advertising for staff as it prepares to open supermarkets here sometime this year.
(Jamaica Observer) Government says it is working to transform and strengthen its public procurement system, to ensure greater transparency and efficiency in the management of this process.
Dear Editor, This government’s recent attempt to railroad three bills by toying with the parliamentary standing orders was shameful stuff.
MELBOURNE, Australia, CMC- Under fire Chris Gayle has apologized for comments made to a female reporter during a live television interview in Australia.
Mayor Hamilton Green’s 81st birthday anniversary seven-a-side Inter-Ward football tournament will conclude Sunday at the Den Amstel Community ground, West Demerara.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Wiping back tears as he remembered children killed in a mass shooting, President Barack Obama yesterday ordered stricter gun rules that he can impose without Congress and urged American voters to reject pro-gun candidates.
(Barbados Nation) The Barbados Government yesterday signed an agreement with telecommunications provider Digicel Business that will see the eventual connectivity of all government data and networks.
Dear Editor I make reference to your report captioned ‘Parvatan, GuySuCo silent over disputed sugar workers’ pay figures’ carried in your January 5 edition, where it is said that in addition to Mr Parvatan, the Chairman of the CoI and the company’s Finance Director refused to comment on GAWU’s claim that the levels of wages and salaries are “grossly exaggerated” in the CoI report.
Prime Minister Keith Rowley’s address, at the end of last year, to the people of Trinidad & Tobago following his People’s National Movement’s victory at the polls, has laid out the problems, particularly in the economic sphere, confronting the country.
(Trinidad Express) Trinidad and Tobago and Grenada registered a 5.0 magnitude earthquake yesterday and the experts are warning of more to come.
CARACAS, (Reuters) – Venezuela’s opposition took control of Congress for the first time in 16 years yesteday in a rowdy session, setting up a power struggle with President Nicolas Maduro amid a worsening economic crisis.
Dear Editor, The new government appears indecisive at times. Some may label it flexible, or maintaining fluidity in its options and lacking the official dogmatism hitherto the order of the day.
PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC– Former West Indies Under-19 player, Derone Davis, has signed a short-term developmental contract with South African franchise, Sunfoil Dolphins.
Last week, in commenting on the controversy that arose when the government sought to bulldoze three pieces of legislation (the Municipal and District Councils and Local Authorities (Amendment) Bill, the Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism (Amendment) Bill and the Anti-Terrorism and Terrorist Related Activities Bill) through the National Assembly at one sitting and the government’s response that the PPP/C’s regime had acted similarly, I concluded by suggesting that the current government and its supporters would do best to reference their behaviour against regional and international best practices rather than past PPP/C behaviour.
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(Reuters) – North Korea said it had successfully conducted a test of a miniaturised hydrogen nuclear device this morning.
