Daily Archive: Saturday, January 16, 2016

MUMBAI, India, CMC – Indian business mogul Vijay Mallya says he is “studying the CPL economics” but has denied suggestions he is on the verge of purchasing Caribbean Premier League franchise Barbados Tridents.

Members of Cabinet as well as Non-Cabinet Ministers, today, met at the Ministry of the Presidency to iron out their 2016 Ministerial work programmes, which will inform the finalising of the National Budget, a release from the Ministry of the Presidency said this evening.

President David Granger yesterday presented the keys to two 30-seater buses for school children to the Region Five, Regional Democratic Council (RDC).

(Trinidad Guardian) In a move expected to shake up the foreign used car industry, Trade Minister Paula Gopee-Scoon yesterday announced a new policy which bars the importation of gasoline-powered vehicles more than four years old.

VIENNA/DUBAI, (Reuters) – Iran emerged from years of economic isolation on Saturday when the U.N.

TAIPEI  (Reuters) – Taiwan’s independence-leaning opposition leader Tsai Ing-wen won the island’s presidential election today after the ruling party admitted defeat, a result likely to usher in a new round of uncertainty with giant neighbour China.

Three more persons were yesterday charged over their alleged involvement in the murder of British teen Dominic Bernard.

Minister of Natural Resources Raphael Trotman yesterday announced that he had instructed that additional lands be released to small miners.

The Commercial and Land registries must be fully computerised as part of a wider modernisation process to protect documents from flood, fire and tampering, according to President David Granger, who yesterday also called for updated copyright laws to protect the creative community.

By Dreylan Johnson A pastor and his wife were both chopped last evening when they were attacked by bandits at their Foulis, East Coast Demerara home.

Jermaine Maynard was yesterday afternoon handed down an 88-year sentence by Justice Navindra Singh at the High Court in Georgetown, after a jury found him guilty of murdering his former girlfriend Carlisa Matthews.

BASSETERRE, St Kitts, CMC – Guyana Jaguars produced a clinical all-round effort to easily trounce Leeward Islands Hurricanes by seven wickets and book their spot in the final four of the Regional Super50 here yesterday.

The husband of Hafeeza Rohoman, the Helena, Mahaica woman found floating in a trench on Sunday, has confessed to the crime, according to Crime Chief Wendell Blanhum.

The Stena Carron drillship is on its way to Guyana where it is expected to drill several wells for US oil company ExxonMobil in the coming weeks.

Former Head of the Presidential Secretariat Dr Roger Luncheon was yesterday questioned by Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU) investigators about the annual general meetings of government holding company NICIL.

The Guyana Human Rights Association (GHRA) yesterday said the Ministry of the Presidency needs to answer the legitimate political and legal questions raised by the failed Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU) operation that resulted in three deaths during a chase along Carifesta Avenue on December 30 last year.

Minister of Natural Resources Raphael Trotman yesterday inducted the new members of the Guyana Gold Board (GGB) and urged them to address gold smuggling and to ensure high declarations of the precious metal, according to a Ministry of the Presidency statement.

Amid objections from the opposition PPP/C, the government used its majority in the National Assembly on Thursday, to pass the Law Reform Commission Bill 2015 which seeks to establish a permanent Law Reform Commission to reform and modernise Guyana’s laws.

Although over half of the youth polled in a recent survey were sexually active before the legal age of consent, many still have a very limited understanding of birth control.

Chief Constable Andrew Foo says once a formal complaint is made, allegations of vendors being extorted by city constables will be investigated.

When it comes to the sport of professional boxing, 2015 was a roller coaster year.

Although the City Council recently instituted a line system to curb congestion at the East Coast minibus park, the demarcated zone for operators is quickly becoming too small to serve its function.

A dominant year for Orville Hinds and his club, Team Gillette Evolution, a change in the federation’s leadership and the surprise drug testing of cyclists local and international were the talking points of the local cycling circuit last season.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Jamaica Scorpions jeopardized their chances of a semi-final spot in the Regional Super50 when they stumbled to a 73-run defeat at the hands of Barbados Pride following another weak batting effort here yesterday.

The members of new Guyana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) Board and the Sea and River Defence Board yesterday received their letters of appointment.

The Berbice Volleyball Association (BVA) kicked off its 2016 season Saturday with the Ashwell “Pumpkin” Mohabir one-day competition at the Blairmont No2 ground, West Bank Berbice.

The National Mine Workers’ Union will be aiming to tackle the major issues that are affecting all miners and giving them a voice, while striving for a better working environment, according to union president Sherwyn Downer.

Dear Editor, It is 4.30 am and the bus travelling from Lethem to Georgetown has reached its first police checkpoint.

Three amateur boxers gained valuable experience from Tuesday’s ‘Boxing at the Castle’ competition at Brian Lara’s residence in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad despite returning home with losses.

When the 2016 rugby season kicks off on January 23, the Pepsi Hornets will be outfitted in new gear.

A Turkeyen resident was yesterday brought before a Georgetown Magistrate’s Court and charged for killing a Brazilian national.

An employee of DeSinco Trading, accused of embezzling in excess of $4 million, was yesterday placed on $250,000 bail by a city court after he denied the allegation.

JOHANNESBURG, (Reuters) – Joe Root scored an unbeaten 106 and shared a swashbuckling partnership with Ben Stokes as England put the brakes on a hostile South African attack to reach 238 for five at the close of the second day of the third test yesterday.

CARACAS, (Reuters) – Venezuela’s socialist government decreed an “economic emergency” yesterday and published the first data in a year showing the depth of a recession fueled by low oil prices and a sputtering state-led model.

Dear Editor, We, the residents and occupants of East Street are appealing to President David Granger to discontinue the implementation of a paid parking area along East Street, North Cummingsburg, Georgetown, and for the removal of the steel barricades which have been erected there.

Dear Editor, Dr Tarron Khemraj, in the fourth paragraph of his article captioned ‘How to gain over US$1 billion per year from Guyanese Diaspora’ (Stabroek News, January 13), writes “Patronage also explains why mid-level professionals like Mr Winston Brassington are being harassed by the APNU+AFC government” and “SARU is just a charade to pacify an ethnic mass easily swayed by simplistic propaganda and flawed calculations.

Minister of Public Communications Cathy Hughes cuts the ribbon at the official launch of Teleperformance Guyana.

A teen was yesterday sentenced to 12 months in prison after admitting he threatened to chop off a market vendor’s head.

(Reuters) – India’s Rohit Sharma burnished his reputation in limited-overs cricket with a second successive century but could not stop Australia from winning the second one-dayer by seven wickets yesterday to consolidate their lead in the series.

A Linden man, caught on camera robbing a store, attempted to justify his actions to a city court yesterday by saying that the store owner owed him money.

(Reuters) – Paceman Mohammad Amir claimed a wicket on his return to internationalcricket following a five-year ban as Pakistan registered a 16-run victory over New Zealand in the first Twenty20 International in Auckland yesterday.

Dear Editor, After having lived for several decades in the USA I returned to Guyana to help develop my beloved country with my hard-earned dollars.

(Reuters) – Wall Street bled yesterday, with the S&P 500 sinking to its lowest since October 2014 as oil prices sank below $30 per barrel and fears grew about economic trouble in China.

OUAGADOUGOU, (Reuters) – At least 20 people died and others were taken hostage when Islamist gunmen stormed a hotel in the capital city of Burkina Faso yesterday, a hospital director told Reuters, and al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) claimed responsibility for the attack.

(Jamaica Observer) Aluminum Holding Corporation (NAHC) announced on Wednesday several cost-cutting actions, including laying off of 25 per cent of its work force at its refinery in the United States.

Dear Editor, With so many daunting challenges facing GuySuCo, particularly a foreseeable lengthy period of low sugar prices, increasing labour costs, difficulties in mechanization, and negative impacts of climate change, it is very unlikely that GuySuCo in its present configuration can attain the level of production and profitability needed to give it a stable and sustainable future.

MOGADISHU, (Reuters) – Al Shabaab fighters attacked a remote Somali army base and entered a nearby town close to the border with Kenya yesterday, saying they had killed dozens of Kenyan soldiers in an African Union force supporting the government.

The Chambers of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) on Thursday returned 24 files to the Guyana Police Force (GPF) and requested additional investigations into a multi-million dollar theft from the former Public Service Ministry.

NASHVILLE, Tenn., (Reuters) – A Tennessee couple holding one of three winning tickets for this week’s record $1.6 billion U.S.

Dear Editor, I learnt through the local media recently that the Deputy Mayor of Georgetown Ms Patricia Chase-Green has signalled her intention to run for the position of Mayor at the upcoming municipal elections in 2016.

St Lucia’s Prime Minister Dr Kenny Anthony has rejected criticisms by the US that his government has failed to prosecute police for extrajudicial killings and laid the blame on the island’s Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP).

PORT-AU-PRINCE, (Reuters) – Haiti’s opposition presidential candidate Jude Celestin has announced he will not take part in a runoff election because he does not have faith in the process, in a move that could mean a shoe-in for the ruling party on Jan.

Officers from the Police Narcotics Branch unearthed some 2.7 kilogrammes of cocaine hidden in the walls of an outbound package at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) yesterday afternoon.

Two days after being involved in a motorcycle accident that left her battling for her life, four-year old Paula Waterman succumbed to her injuries on Thursday morning at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH).

(Trinidad Guardian) Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley says T&T has to cut costs to be able to live on the limited resources in the country.

Dear Editor, I am frustrated at the lack of proper customer service by the so-called telecommunications giant of Guyana that treats its customers like beggars rather than valued people whose payments feed the day-to-day operations of the company.

“Bliss was it in that dawn to be alive,” wrote William Wordsworth about the early days of the French Revolution, “but to be young was very heaven.”

Dear Editor, Is it a surprise that Holder is expressing the same view that Gayle implied years ago that cricketers should be assisted in their quest for higher incomes than those which could have been earned when there was only one form of cricket?

West Indies Test and One Day International Captain Jason Holder will take part in this month end’s Legacy/007 Promotions Unity Cricket T20 match to be played under lights at the Providence National Stadium.