Daily Archive: Thursday, March 3, 2016

As many as 75 schools participated in a two-day science fair, held at the Diamond Secondary School under the theme “Enhancing traditional technologies to sustain a modern society”, GINA said today.

(Barbados Nation) Large quantities of cocaine and cannabis were seized at Carlisle Bay (Browne’s Beach), St Michael  by the Drug Squad  in an early morning operation yesterday.

Rayon Paddy is among 16  prisoners who died today from burns sustained in fresh unrest at the Camp Street jail  after a ruckus started last night.

At about 0730h. today, a police rank, who is also a licensed firearm holder, was walking along Robb Street, Georgetown, when he was attacked by  Sherwin Monka of Albouystown, Georgetown, who took away his gold chain.

(Trinidad Guardian) Prisons officer Fitzalbert Victor Jr knew his life was in danger and reported to his colleagues that he was being threatened by an inmate at one of the nation’s prisons.

Once the Walter Rodney Commission of Inquiry (CoI) report has been reviewed by Cabinet it will be laid in the National Assembly and made public, President David Granger said yesterday even as he said that all aspects of the truth were not explored.

Chaos broke out at the Georgetown Prison last night after prisoners lit a fire but quick action by the authorities prevented what could have been a major disaster.

Almost 4,000 acres of rice have died so far, owing to El Nino and farmers siphoning off the limited water, and Mahaicony farmers are pleading with the MMA-ADA or other authorities to assist them in their time of dire need.

Residents of Lighttown Village, East Bank Berbice are peeved over the unnecessary loss of their cash crops, as a result of a recently built dam along the riverside in the agricultural community.

William Bassant, who was on trial for carnally knowing a young girl, has died after ingesting a poisonous substance bringing the legal proceedings against him to an end.

Ron ‘Andel’ Forde, one of the men accused of killing sex worker Noel Wilson Luthers, called ‘Nephi,’ was committed to stand trial at the next sitting of the assizes by Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan.

President David Granger yesterday conferred Brazil’s Minister of External Affairs, Mauro Luiz Iecker Vieira with the Order of Roraima, Guyana’s second highest National Award.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Exciting West Indies all-rounder Andre Russell could face a doping ban after missing three doping tests within a 12-month period, media reports said yesterday.

After several months of agony and public humiliation in trying to retrieve money she was owed from a mining claim she had leased to a family friend, a Bartica mother was yesterday paid in full following the intervention of the Ministry of Natural Resources.

General Secretary of the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) Diedre Davis said the international tender process has been completed for the FIFA Goal Project and the process has realized two very close bids.

Mexico is to establish protocols under which the Guyana Rice Development Board can enable paddy exports to that country.

Three teams, Floodlights, Floodlights Legends and Wolf warriors will represent Guyana at the annual Florida Cup March 11th -13th in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States of America, a release from the Guyana Floodlights Softball Cricket Association stated yesterday.

Acting Chief Justice Yonette Cummings-Edwards was yesterday sworn in as a member of the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) and President David Granger says that it was significant since it is a step forward towards fulfilling important constitutional needs.

A 32-year-old Guyanese man who was arrested at the John F Kennedy Airport  in New York in February 2014 by United States federal agents as he was about to leave the country after failing to declare over US$35,000 has been jailed for a year and a day over conspiracy to import cocaine.

The US Embassy’s Humanitarian Assistance Program (HAP), working with regional government officials has presented a variety of aid to isolated indigenous communities throughout Regions 1 and 7.

Powerlifters from Life’s Gym, RipHit System and Fitness 53 displayed their strength prowess on Sunday to lift the marquee titles at this year’s juniors and novices powerlifting championships at the Rosignol Primary School.

By mid-month around 40 staffers from the Mayor and City Council’s (M&CC) Information Technology (IT) Department and Treasurer’s Department among others would have received training for a modernised computerised system at City Hall.

SHARJAH, United Arab Emirates, CMC –West Indies head coach Phil Simmons says his players will use warm-up matches against English County Warwickshire this weekend, to ramp up their fielding arsenal in preparation for the T20 World Cup starting next week in India.

Nine clubs comprising of three males and a female will compete for the title of the nation’s fittest team on March 13.

Three persons residing along the East Bank Demerara are the latest cases of the mosquito-borne Zika virus in Guyana.

Dear Editor, I write to say that evidence from a convict is not automatically barred but, like all evidence, may be acceptable combined with other facts and the circumstances of the evidence itself.

(The Sports Xchange) – Highlights of Tuesday’s National Basketball Association games.

The Guyana Water Inc (GWI) is continuing to work with the Regional Democratic Council (RDC) of Region 9 to provide assistance to communities there suffering from the current dry weather conditions.

Dear Editor, I write in respect to the two multi-storied buildings being constructed in Church Street, Georgetown between Albert Street and Oronoque Street.

Two men were yesterday remanded to prison after they appeared in a city court charged with committing two robberies on the same day and location.

Dear Editor, I have read Mr Anil Nandlall’s response to my letter and wish only to state that apart from its ad hominem, and very characteristic, attack on my learning, it is devoid of substance (‘The Bill did not pass the House’ SN, March 2).

President of the Athletic Association of Guyana (AAG), Aubrey Hutson is optimistic that the athletes selected to represent Guyana at the CARIFTA Games can return with hardware.

Minister of Public Telecommunications and Tourism Catherine Hughes yesterday handed over to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, a series of retractable banners, which would be used to promote Guyana at embassies and consulates worldwide.

Dear Editor, The main aim of this letter is to show the history of legislation for the introduction of the electoral system of proportional representation in this country and how that history might assist us to interpret existing laws.

On February 24th, Guyana Goldfields Inc./AGM Inc. hosted its annual $20M Children’s Needs Development Initiative at the Herdmanston Lodge as part of its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) programme.

The Budhan Memorial Turf Club in No.66 Village, Corentyne will stage a grand one day horse race meet on Sunday with seven exciting matchups.

While the composition of the Golden Jaguars team for the upcoming Caribbean Football Union qualifiers is expected to include both local and overseas based players Wayne Dover, Golden Jaguars Assistant Coach says that the local players will be given first preference.

Dear Editor, I am responding to a letter written by someone claiming to be Anthony Nedd, titled ‘The GTU has made preposterous demands to the Ministry of Education’ SN, February 27).

A Timehri teenager, who was released only five days ago on another charge, was yesterday jailed for six months after he pleaded guilty to robbing two persons of their cellphones.

The Chambers of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) will begin an Outreach Programme in Region Three later this month and plans to target the Essequibo Coast, Linden, Berbice and Bartica in the coming months.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A flight attendant fled when she was selected for a random screening at Los Angeles International Airport, prompting a search that turned up 66 pounds (30 kg) of cocaine in her carry-on bags, a Drug Enforcement Administration spokesman said yesterday.

Dear Editor, To those who might have been monitoring the volumes of the annual publication over the years the first curiosity about the 2016 Budget must be the recurrence of agencies whose titles would have changed in 2015.

(Reuters) – Retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson signaled yesterday he was quitting the Republican presidential race, leaving three candidates facing Donald Trump as the party establishment struggled to find a way to halt the outspoken businessman.

BRASILIA/RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – Mining company Samarco and its owners, BHP Billiton and Vale SA , reached a deal with the Brazilian government yesterday to pay an estimated 20 billion reais ($5.1 billion) in damages over 15 years for a deadly dam spill in November.

Dear Editor, I was reading the Citizens Report of February 29, 2016 when I came across a patch of nonsense attributed to a quote of the PPP General Secretary.

LONDON, (Reuters) – English soccer player Adam Johnson, who was sacked by Premier League club Sunderland last month, was facing jail after being found guilty yesterday of sexual activity with a 15-year-old girl.

SAO PAULO, (Reuters) – A majority of Brazil’s Supreme Court voted to accept corruption charges against lower house speaker Eduardo Cunha yesterday, putting him on trial for allegedly accepting bribes on contracts for two drill ships leased by state oil company Petrobras.The

UNITED NATIONS, (Reuters) – North Korea faces harsh new U.N. sanctions to starve it of money for its nuclear weapons programme following a unanimous Security Council vote yesterday on a resolution drafted by the United States and Pyongyang’s ally China.

Very soon the output from the Mazaruni Prison Farm will make the country proud.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Caribbean Football Union president, Gordon Derrick, says the regional body stands ready to partner with new FIFA president, Gianni Infantino, to bolster football development across the Caribbean.

NEW YORK, (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – All but one nation in the Americas have criminal defamation laws that can be used against journalists to suppress freedom of expression, according to a report released on Wednesday.

(Reuters) – Top U.S. airlines yesterday said they were seeking regulatory approval to start flying specific routes to Cuba, ramping up competition over a limited number of opportunities to serve one of the industry’s last frontiers.

Dear Editor, Over the past few days I have observed work being executed along the shoulders of the Liliendaal-Turkeyen public road.

WELLINGTON, (Reuters) – Former New Zealand cricket captain Martin Crowe has died after a long battle with cancer, local media reported yesterday.

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Dear Editor, It was on 29th February 1956, the Roman Catholic Church in Guyana was elevated to the degree of Diocese, naming it as the Diocese of Georgetown.

BOGOTA, (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – A Guatemalan court yesterday ordered two former military officers convicted of holding indigenous women as sex slaves during the nation’s civil war to pay their victims just over $1 million in compensation.

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WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The government of Honduras has agreed to take steps to strengthen and protect intellectual property rights after negotiations with the United States, the U.S.

Initiatives expected to be undertaken during this year as announced by Commissioner of Police Seelall Persaud at the opening of the Police Officers’ Annual Conference last week while not revolutionary, will certainly bring the Guyana Police Force (GPF) in line with modern policing if they can be executed well.

(A fortnightly column by the Guyana Bar Association) Today we continue our discussion on the Bar Association’s concerns about persons in custody which we began in our last column published on February 12.