Daily Archive: Friday, March 4, 2016

Political Advisor to the Commonwealth Secretariat, Dr. Tres-Ann Kremer, this morning, paid a courtesy call on President David Granger at the Ministry of the Presidency.

Rubis gas stations have begun a promotion whereby the first 50 customers at eight of their gas stations in the city receive a complimentary copy of Stabroek News.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs today said that Agrément has been received for diplomatic appointments to the UK and Canada and that current Ambassador to the United States Bayney Karran will be the new envoy to China.

At about 2230h. last night, businessman Huang Jian, 44 years, and his reputed wife Jheng Shukang were about to enter their home at Industry, East Coast Demerara, when they were held up by two men armed with firearms, the police say.

The public is being advised that schools around the Georgetown Prison and its environs are closed due to the Georgetown Prison unrest, an alert from GINA said this morning.

The unrest at the Georgetown Prison has ended following a meeting between aggrieved inmates and Minister of Public Security Khemraj Ramjattan and Minister of State Joseph Harmon, who promised to address their complaints immediately.

(Trinidad Guardian) The directors of the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) will meet today in Jamaica to discuss the latest threat from CARICOM to have the board dissolved.

SAO PAULO/BRASILIA, (Reuters) – Brazil’s federal police detained former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva for questioning today in an investigation of a bribery and money laundering scheme that they said had financed campaigns and expenses of the ruling Workers Party.

Seventeen prisoners died and five others were injured after a fire was started during a protest at the Georgetown Prison yesterday morning, prompting the Public Security Minister to declare “a crisis” at the facility as government announced that an inquiry would be set up.

(The names of those who died or were injured in yesterday’s Camp Street prison blaze appear below with information on the charges that they faced.)

It was chaos and confusion at the Camp Street Prison yesterday as the terrified families of prisoners housed at the facility tried to find out if their loved ones were among those who had died or been injured in the fire which had razed a section of the facility.

Stressing the importance of the nation’s army reserve, President David Granger yesterday said that the re-established Guyana People’s Militia will be deployed to all ten regions in the country to strengthen territorial integrity and national security.

(Barbados Nation) Tony Cozier, the voice of Caribbean cricket, is suing president of the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB), Whycliffe “Dave”Cameron for defamation.

Although an inquiry is to be done into self-confessed drug baron Barry Dataram’s allegations that the Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU) is aiding the local drug trade, Public Security Minister Khemraj Ramjattan says that he does not believe the claims.

The trial of Prabhudyal Tarachand for the murder of his common-law wife, Devi Bhisundial, has been aborted after Justice Franklyn Holder determined that the jury could not deliver an impartial verdict.

Six candidates, including a sitting member of the city council, a pastor and an optometrist are going head-to-head in a fight for the Stabroek-Wortmanville-Werk-en-Rust seat at the March 18 local government elections.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, CMC – All-rounder Carlos Brathwaite has his eyes fixed on being a match-winner for West Indies in the Twenty20 World Cup starting next week, and believes his skill-set could be valuable in the team’s success.

Accused Ramsammy (only name) was yesterday cleared in the killing of his neighbour, Rabindranauth Rajkumar, after relatives of the deceased declined to offer evidence against him.

DURBAN, South Africa, CMC – Assistant coach, Ezra Moseley, says West Indies Women need to improve heading into the Twenty20 series against South Africa, despite winning the just concluded One-Day International series.

The opposition PPP/C on Wednesday once more accused Speaker of the National Assembly Dr.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Lewis Hamilton and Fernando Alonso, two drivers with five world titles between them, portrayed Formula One yesterday as a ‘broken’ sport burdened with over-complicated rules and uncertain where it was heading.

(The Sports Xchange) – The San Antonio Spurs continue to set one milestone after another during this record-breaking season but insist they aren’t paying any attention while keeping their collective eyes on the ultimate prize, another NBA title.

JOHANNESBURG, (Reuters) – South Africa’s Constitutional Court yesterday rejected Olympian Oscar Pistorius’ right to appeal against his conviction for the murder of girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp.

A man is now dead after he was shot after allegedly robbing a police officer of a gold chain in the city yesterday.

Attorney Keshia Chase was yesterday charged with causing the death of a pedestrian by dangerous driving and released on $250,000 bail after pleading not guilty.

Dear Editor, I refer to the article in the March 2 edition of the Stabroek News (‘Sun and Sand plans US$12M open pit mine at Mazaruni’).

The Budhan Memorial Turf Club in No. 66 Village, Corentyne will stage a grand one-day horse race meet on Sunday March 6th with seven exciting matchups.

It will be Slingerz FC against the Georgetown Football Club (GFC) and Fruta Conquerors tackling the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) when the League Finale of the GFF Stag Beer Elite League continues today at the GFC ground.

Dear Editor As one who took issue with President Granger’s initial comments on the Walter Rodney Commission of Inquiry Report, I feel obligated to commend the President for his most recent comments which to my mind are more in keeping with his stature and that of the office he holds.

After a disruption that lasted nearly four weeks, residents of the Diamond and Kaneville, East Bank Demerara areas are once again receiving water through their taps.

Dear Editor, My wife and I attended the funeral of an old family friend recently, up to the interment in the Le Repentir cemetery.

Northern Rangers overcame a 2-0 deficit to defeat Beacons FC 3-2 when the GFA/Stag Beer League continued on Wednesday at the Georgetown Football Club (GFC) ground.

The lawyer for US-based Guyanese businessman, Ed Ahmad is seeking a further delay in his sentencing to April 25.

WELLINGTON, (Reuters) – Described as New Zealand’s finest batsman, Martin Crowe’s cricketing life was defined by one innings, one tournament and one seriously damaged knee.

The Guyana Elections Commission (Gecom) has launched a search engine that enables voters to find their respective polling stations for the upcoming March 18 local government elections.

KINGSTON, (Reuters) – Jamaica’s new prime minister, Andrew Holness, was sworn in yesterday after a narrow general election win, vowing to increase growth and cut taxes in a reversal of the previous government’s austerity programme.

Dear Editor, I refer to an article published in the Sunday Chronicle in relation to a protest action by the residents of Nappi, Hiawa and Parishara, in Central Rupununi, over the demarcation of their land extension.

The 3rd Guyana Amateur Basketball Federation (GABF) Road to Mecca III National Basketball Club Championships will bounce off today at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall on Homestretch Avenue.

DETROIT, (Reuters) – Former U.S. presidential candidate Mitt Romney attacked 2016 Republican front-runner Donald Trump as “a fraud” yesterday and urged primary voters to keep the outspoken New York billionaire from getting the nomination, paving the way for possible horse trading at a party convention in July.

Dear Editor, I refer to two articles in the Guyana Chronicle one dated Feb 24, under the caption ‘E’bo folk urged to vote in LGE’ and ‘Use LGE to unite communities – AG tells Linden dinner’ on March 1.

Dear Editor, The chief executive officer of the Regional Democratic Council and his colleagues must not be looked upon as an executive arm of the ruling party, but collectively, as servants of the RDC.

The wife of Jermaine Jerrick, who was accidently shot and killed by his alleged accomplice during a robbery last week, has been released on station bail.

BRASILIA, (Reuters) – Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff lashed out yesterday at the leaking of testimony to the media after a newsweekly published allegations linking her and her mentor, ex-President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, to a giant graft probe roiling Brazil.

(The Sports Xchange) – The Chicago Bulls have fallen, and they can’t seem to get up.

(Barbados Nation) Tony Cozier, the voice of Caribbean cricket, is suing president of the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB), Whycliffe “Dave”Cameron for defamation.

A post-mortem examination performed on Wednesday on the remains of Diaram Naris, whose body was found at the Whim foreshore nearly a month ago, found that he died from drowning.

LONDON, CMC – Jamaicans Usain Bolt and Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce have been named among a star-studded nominations list for the 2016 Laureus world sportsman and sportswoman of the year awards.

Dear Editor, Most likely in celebration of our 50th Independence Anniversary there will be honours, laurels, awards, etc, that will be bestowed on many outstanding personalities and groups in recognition of their steadfast service and contribution towards the preservation and promotion of our rich and unique culture.

BRASILIA, (Reuters) – Brazil’s economy contracted sharply in 2015 as businesses slashed investment plans and laid off more than 1.5 million workers, official data showed yesterday, setting the stage for what could be the country’s deepest recession on record.

ISLAMABAD, (Reuters) – A powerful Pakistani religious body that advises the government on the compatibility of laws with Islam yesterday declared a new law that criminalises violence against women to be “un-Islamic.”

GASCI (www.gasci.com/telephone Nº 223-6175/6) reports that session 657’s trading results showed consideration of $15,557,368 from 35,332 shares traded in 18 transactions as compared to session 656’s trading results, which showed consideration of $27,155,061 from 1,191,587 shares traded in 11 transactions.

At the risk of being accused of facetiousness, it’s difficult to say which will be the more historic event in Cuba this month: President Barack Obama’s visit on the 21st and 22nd, the first by a sitting American president since Calvin Coolidge in 1928; or the free concert in Havana by British rock superstars The Rolling Stones, on the 25th.

Politikles

 – truth and healing The Special (?) Organised Crime Unit, the State Assets Recovery (?)

HARARE, (Reuters) – Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe said yesterday that his government would take possession of all diamond operations because existing miners had robbed the country of its wealth.

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.

(Reuters) – Athletics’s most prestigious one-day series, the Diamond League, is losing its New York meeting with Rabat, Morocco, replacing it, the IAAF said yesterday.

Dear Editor, A state in Pakistan, a nation ranked the world’s third most dangerous place for girls and women, just passed a law protecting women against violence.

TORONTO, (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Honduras must do more to protect land rights activists, campaign groups said, after the killing of an award-winning indigenous environmentalist yesterday.