Articles published on Wednesday, January 13, 2016
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The United States is hunting down international criminals who launder money through real estate deals, with the Treasury Department ordering title insurance companies to report the identities of people paying cash for high-end properties in Miami and Manhattan.
BASSETERRE, St Kitts, CMC – Windward Islands Volcanoes defeated Guyana Jaguars by two wickets in their fourth round, Group B game of the Regional Super50 at Warner Park here today.
President David Granger today received Letters of Credence from the State of Kuwait’s Non-Resident Ambassador to Guyana, Ayadah M.
Newly-appointed Minister in the Ministry of Social Protection, Keith Scott has begun meeting trade unions and other stakeholders operating in the labour sector, GINA said.
The Ministry of Business today held a one-day training session for small scale business owners, GINA said.
Former Prime Minister Samuel Hinds and current PPP/C Members of Parliament Gail Teixeira, Irfaan Ali and Nigel Dharamlall have been questioned by the Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU) in relation to the findings of NICIL’s forensic audit.
ZURICH, (Reuters) – FIFA said today it had fired Secretary General Jerome Valcke amid alleged corruption involving World Cup ticket sales, one of many scandals surrounding soccer’s governing body.
The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) has recommended murder charges for three suspects, including a former murder accused who was captured yesterday, in the deaths of elderly Bush Lot businessman Arthur Doodnauth Rajkumar and his common-law wife Diane Chamanlall.
Mohamed Chand, the husband of Land Court judge Nicola Pierre, yesterday recounted the violent home invasion that cost him his right eye and identified three of the five accused now on trial as the men who carried out the attack.
New York-based Guyanese doctor Kevin Lowe, 55, was on Monday jailed for 12 years in what the Manhattan US Attorney’s office said was one of the largest oxycodone diversion schemes ever dismantled.
The Ministry of Communities will be providing the Georgetown Mayor and City Council (M&CC) with $100M to open a new cell at the Haags Bosch Sanitary Landfill.
After the formal opening of the Demerara Assizes yesterday, David Godfrey Johnson was sentenced to life in prison for the 2012 killing of his girlfriend Leonaka Natasha Johnson, whose body was found in a canal near her Nismes, West Bank Demerara home.
The national table tennis championships are definitely on this weekend. That’s the word from president of the Guyana Table Tennis Association (GTTA) Godfrey Munroe.
The Liana Cane furniture factory was reduced to ashes in a mysterious fire yesterday morning.
German’s Restaurant yesterday injected $100,000 as part of their sponsorship ahead of the inaugural Guyana Beach Soccer Association’s (GBSA) National Beach Championships which kicks off January 31, across grounds in Linden.
Colwyn Harding, who has accused police of raping him with a baton during his arrest, yesterday testified that he was repeatedly beaten while in custody at the Timehri Police Station for being disrespectful.
The United States deported 104 Guyanese from the country last year, according to statistics released by the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
Miner Godfrey Williams will be spending the next two years in jail after he was found guilty of unlawful firearm and ammunition possession.
Guyana Amateur Basketball Federation (GABF) President Nigel Hinds said 2016 is expected to be eventful as the entity has already earmarked several projects both on the international and local fronts.
Although government wants DNA testing to be a feature of the Guyana Forensic Laboratory, Public Security Minister Khemraj Ramjattan says it first needs to ensure the lab meets the required standards.
SYDNEY, Australia, CMC- Former Australia captain Ian Chappell has taken a swipe at current skipper Steve Smith for seeking a deal with West Indies to trigger a result during the rain ravaged third and final Test which petered out in a tame draw last week.
The police were up to late yesterday working to close the investigation into the murder of British teen Dominic Bernard and the case file is expected to be sent to the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) today for advice on charges.
With the Caribbean Football Union (CFU) Futsal Tournament scheduled for January 22nd-26th, the Guyana National Futsal Team will officially be encamped from Friday as preparations intensify ahead of their international campaign.
Dear Editor, The Guyana Police Force is responding to an article published in the Stabroek News of Tuesday, January 12, under the caption ‘Ramjattan withholds comment on botched SOCU operation.’
The Ministry of Public Infrastructure (MPI) and the Mayor and City Council (M&CC) will be working closely in a number of areas for 2016, a release from MPI said yesterday.
(Reuters) – Captain Steve Smith and George Bailey struck fluent centuries as Australia chased down a steep 310-run target to win the first one-day international against India by five wickets in Perth yesterday.
Japan will be providing assistance to improve the drainage of the capital city, Georgetown.
Dear Editor, Pedestrians in Georgetown attempting to practise road safety by walking on the sidewalks and pavements rather than the busy roadways are confronted with what can only be described as an endurance obstacle course, thanks to the Mayor and City Council.
Almost a month has passed since bus driver Jermaine Barrow was fatally shot and the police are yet to apprehend the triggerman.
Dear Editor, With suicide becoming more prevalent in our society, it must be clear that we need to do much more towards its prevention.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama yesterday pledged to undertake a historic push to develop a cure for cancer, tapping Vice President Joe Biden to lead the effort.
A four-year-old girl is currently battling for her life at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH) after the motorcycle she was travelling on crashed into a utility pole along Mandela Avenue yesterday afternoon.
Dear Editor, Would you believe me if I told you that it is possible that the councillors and mayors will be determined before one vote is cast in the upcoming local government elections?
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – President Barack Obama knocked Republican presidential candidates for anti-Muslim rhetoric and accused critics yesterday of playing into the hands of Islamic State in a speech aimed at setting an optimistic tone for his last year in office.
HONG KONG, (Reuters) – Hong Kong all-rounder Irfan Ahmed has been suspended and charged with failing to disclose a match-fixing approach, the International Cricket Council (ICC) said.
Dear Editor, When some seven months ago President David Granger announced the establishment of the Ministry of Social Cohesion (MOSC), many wondered aloud what exactly the purpose of such a ministry was.
A woman was yesterday placed on $200,000 bail after denying that she stole clothes and a gold bracelet from the car of a businessman.
Dear Editor, Please allow me to commend Mr E B John for his letter (‘Kanhai was a great Guyanese – not Indo-Guyanese cricketer’ SN, January 7) that reminded us of Rohan Kanhai’s paternity and pedigree.
ST.AUGUSTINE, Trinidad, CMC-Jamaica Scorpions century-maker Andre McCarthy says he made a special effort to apply himself while lifting his team from a precarious position in their winning effort against ICC Americas in a NAGICO Super50 match on Saturday.
On the morning of 4th June last year, I was at the Guyana Revenue Authority headquarters on Camp Street to collect my driver’s licence and had an interesting encounter with the now besieged Mr.
Dear Editor, Some sportsmen are known to be proud and are not approachable, some are friendly and a few are humourous.
Inspection: Acting Chief Justice Yonette Edwards-Cummings inspects the guard of honour at the ceremonial opening of the Demerara assizes yesterday morning.
(The Sports Xchange) – Highlights of Monday’s National Basketball Association games: – – – Warriors 111, Heat 103 Stephen Curry scored nine of his game-high 31 points after the Miami Heat closed within seven midway through the fourth quarter, helping the Golden State Warriors hold on for a 111-103 victory on Monday.
Dear Editor, Republic Bank has a policy that after one has retired, one is not entitled to access any more loans from the bank.
GUATEMALA CITY, (Reu-ters) – Guatemala police said yesterday they have arrested fugitive former soccer federation president Brayan Jimenez in connection with a corruption probe into the sport’s world governing body, FIFA.
The PPP once declared the forests are Guyana’s most important resource.
Members of the Guyana Police Force outfitted in their ceremonial garb as they march to the beating sound of bands and trumpets, during their march pass outside the Supreme Court on South Road at the ceremonial opening of the Demerara assizes yesterday morning.
Acting Chief Justice Yonette Edwards-Cummings (on podium) taking the salute from the guard of honour at yesterday’s ceremonial opening of the Demerara assizes outside the Supreme Court on South Road, Georgetown.
MADRID, (Reuters) – Barcelona’s appeal against Luis Suarez’s two-match King’s Cup ban for allegedly provoking a fracas in the tunnel after last week’s game against Espanyol has been rejected, the Spanish soccer federation (RFEF) said.
(Trinidad Guardian) While an estimated 1,300 businesses will no longer have to pay Value Added Tax (VAT) from next month, thousands of citizens will have to dig deeper in their pockets to buy several items, such as rice (except parboiled and boiled), flour (except all purpose and wheat), coffee, orange and grapefruit juices, mauby, tea and tomato ketchup.
Dear Editor, The tensions, disconnects, and mutual suspicions between local society and assertive, involved members of the diaspora have been highlighted yet again.
In what is a period of relative global stability, different kinds of events still appear to portray areas of instability and uncertainty, and as such, draw the attention of the major powers.
