Daily Archive: Thursday, March 17, 2016

The hiring of temporary magistrates is among options being considered to ease prison overcrowding following a meeting yesterday between the government and the judiciary.

(Reuters) – Frank Sinatra Jr, the son of famed singer and actor Frank Sinatra who carved out his own career as a singer and conductor, died on Wednesday at age 72, his sister said.

About 2130h. last night, the police say that Ruben Hopkinson, 22 years, of Festival City, Georgetown, was cycling along Eden Street, Tucville, when he was attacked by two men, one of whom was armed with a handgun.

MUMBAI, (Reuters) – Not many players over the years have been compared to Viv Richards but Chris Gayle’s ability to destroy opposition attacks puts him right up there with the batting great, according to West Indies coach Phil Simmons.

Guyana and India yesterday inked a US$50M loan agreement that could see commuters using a new road to traverse between the East Coast Demerara (ECD) and East Bank Demerara (EBD) by the end of 2018.

APNU yesterday dropped one of its candidates for tomorrow’s polls following a controversy over child molestation claims, a day after senior coalition official and Minister of Social Protection, Volda Lawrence downplayed the matter.

Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU) officer Anthony Yarde, who yesterday recounted the discovery of 129.230 kilogrammes of cocaine (equivalent to 284 pounds) at the home of accused drug trafficker Barry Dataram, also revealed that some of the narcotics went missing.

After 22 years on the oft-criticised Mayor and City Council and serving as its Deputy Mayor, Patricia Chase-Green is seeking a second chance at tomorrow’s election in Tucville-North Ruimveldt as she said she was “stifled” from performing.

A Norwegian company, Norconsult, has been selected to review the financial model of the Amaila Falls Hydropower Project (AFHP), the results of which would determine whether the controversial project will go ahead.

Top government and judiciary officials yesterday met to discuss ways to ease overcrowding in the prisons and said the measures will be fleshed out over the next two weeks before being implemented.

A young man who chopped off a man’s hand was yesterday sentenced to 10 years in jail after a jury found him guilty of committing the offence.

Inmate Michael Lewis yesterday maintained that tear gas was thrown into the Capital Division of the Camp Street Prison on the day a fire raged through the area claiming 17 lives.

After being remanded to prison for just under two years, Inderjeet Sewdhan, hurriedly exited the High Court in Berbice after Justice Franklyn Holder upheld no-case submissions and   ordered the jury   to return a formal verdict of not guilty.

Indian company Fedders Lloyd will commence infrastructural works on the Specialty Hospital at Liliendaal on the East Coast of Demerara by June this year as it is currently tweaking its design specifications to cater for construction done by the previous contractor.

MUMBAI, India, CMC – Superstar Chris Gayle smashed the third fastest hundred in Twenty20 Internationals as West Indies started their T20 World Cup campaign with an emphatic six-wicket victory over England here yesterday.

PORTLAND, Oregon, (Reuters) – Russian athletes will be missing when the IAAF world indoor championships get underway today and their global ban for doping should stay in place for the Rio Olympics, British athlete Lynsey Sharp said on Wednesday.

KOLKATA, India, (Reuters) – Pakistan captain Shahid Afridi led by example as his team put a tumultuous build-up behind them to launch their bid for a second World Twenty20 title with a 55-run victory against qualifiers Bangladesh yesterday.

Beginning yesterday, vendors who ply their trade along the Merriman Mall will have to pay $1,500 per day to the city to continue to do so.

Five persons including a disc jockey and a businessman are seeking to represent East and West Ruimveldt on the Georgetown City Council.

ZURICH/NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Global soccer body FIFA has applied to U.S. authorities for tens of millions of dollars in damages from ex-officials indicted there for graft and recognised for the first time executives had in the past “sold” votes in World Cup hosting contests.

With local government elections set for tomorrow, residents of the township of Anna Regina, Essequibo Coast say the economy is at a “standstill” and called for the establishment of more industries to provide job opportunities.

Dear Editor, Help & Shelter calls on the APNU+AFC coalition to immediately remove Winston Harding as their candidate for the first past the post seat in Constituency 13 (East and West Ruimveldt) in view of the fact that he has been repeatedly charged with child sexual abuse as reported in Stabroek News of 16 March, 2016.

The government yesterday ordered an independent inquiry into the latest death from a mining cave-in at Konawak, Mahdia on March 14.

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

Dear Editor, The Merundoi local government debates which were organized in collaboration with NCN and other sponsors without a doubt proved to be enlightening, especially for the electorate in the Georgetown municipality.

SAO PAULO, (Reuters) – The former head of the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF), Ricardo Teixeira, has promised to sue FIFA for damages after it accused him of misappropriating more than $3 million, he said yesterday.

Dear Editor, It is being suggested that Guyana would experience greater progress in social and economic development than it has in the past fifty years, if far more resources were brought to bear on the implantation of scientific/technological/ environmental literacy into the general Guyanese culture.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Trinidad and Tobago’s Prime Minister, Dr.

At tomorrow’s Local Government Elections, the residents of Linden have a variety of choices on both sections of the ballot.

  Chairman of the Farm/ Hydronie Neighbourhood Democratic Council, Milton Dookie is contesting the Local Government Elections independently against representatives from the two main political groups in the First-Past-the-Post component.

Dear Editor, Powerful countries have often demanded that other countries behave towards them in accordance with the dictum ‘Do as I say, not as I do’.

BRASILIA/SAO PAULO, (Reuters) – Protests erupted in several Brazilian cities yesterday after President Dilma Rousseff named her predecessor Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva chief of staff and a taped conversation fed opposition claims the move was meant to shield Lula from prosecution.

CHENNAI, India, CMC – Off-spinner Anisa Mohammed became the first bowler in history to take 100 Twenty20 International wickets as she spearheaded a brilliant West Indies Women bowling effort, to help dispose of Pakistan Women by four runs in a close Women’s Twenty20 World Cup contest here yesterday.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – President Barack Obama selected Merrick Garland for the U.S.

A Strength and Conditioning workshop will be hosted at BE Fitness (Tower Hotel) on April 1-3.

Chairman of the Commission of Inquiry (CoI) into the fatal March 3, prison unrest Justice James Patterson yesterday adjourned for five days, a ruling on 28 applications made to the CoI for the divulging of information by the Guyana Prison Service.

Dear Editor, As expected there is heightened interest in the wellbeing of the community on the part of those competing to become officers of the Linden municipality.

Defending champs Chase Academy will oppose former winners Lodge Secondary in the grand finale of 4th Annual Milo Schools U20 Football Championships following semi-final wins yesterday at the Ministry of Education ground.

The body of an unidentified man was found at the Botanical Gardens yesterday afternoon and it is suspected that he may have committed suicide.

Dear Editor, In all the newspapers and on the radio and television the general public is being warned to take precautions against the spread of mosquitoes and the Zika virus by having all containers that can hold water properly covered or destroyed.

PALM BEACH, Fla., (Reuters) – U.S. Republican front-runner Donald Trump warned yesterday of riots if he is denied the party’s presidential nomination and pulled the plug on a scheduled debate among candidates, raising the temperature even more in a heated White House race.

First Lady, Sandra Granger and Minister of Social Cohesion, Amna Ally, on Wednesday presented 30 more bicycles and over 200 pairs of shoes to the students of the St.

CARACAS, (Reuters) – Seventeen miners murdered near a gold deposit were mainly shot in the head, and four suspects have been arrested so far in a case that has shocked Venezuela, the chief state prosecutor said yesterday.

The Guyana Football federation (GFF) yesterday named eight foreign-based players and 17 local players in the 25 man squad for the opening round of the Caribbean Football Union (CFU) Caribbean Cup qualifiers which runs from March-21st-29th.

A teenager was yesterday released on $175,000 bail after denying that he beat up and robbed a man of his bike and other items.

Dear Editor, The Guyana Reparations Commit-tee’s claim for land for Africans as reparation payment is flawed (‘The government should immediately freeze the granting of land leases to anyone until the reparatory land issue is addressed’, SN, March 12).

JOHANNESBURG, (Reuters) – South Africa’s government was rocked yesterday by suggestions that a wealthy family with close ties to President Jacob Zuma may have been behind his decision to sack the country’s respected finance minister Nhlanhla Nene in December.

A Leron Charles goal in the 92nd minute helped the Guyana Police Force football team seal a dramatic 2-2 draw with Santos in the Georgetown Football Association (GFA) Stag Beer League Tuesday night at the Georgetown Football Club (GFC) ground.

Dear Editor, Among the good news these days is the current one trending that the United States of America, during this Obama administration, has unveiled new measures to make it far easier for Americans to visit Cuba and to ease limits on the use of US dollars in trade there.

A Callender Street, Albouystown resident was yesterday refused bail on a charge of possession of an unlicensed firearm when he appeared before a city court.

Dear Editor, The problems and issues Mike Persaud (‘LBI-Better Hope NDC has not addressed a range of problems,’ SN, Mar 11) identifies in the LBI-Better Hope NDC are common to virtually all the 71 NDCs and municipalities, and virtually none of the local governments has addressed them in any serious manner.

The suspect held on Tuesday in connection with the murder of farmer Anthony Breedy has confessed to the crime and his girlfriend was yesterday arrested after she was found in possession of a cellphone and several appliances belonging to the dead man.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – A suspended deputy United Nations ambassador from the Dominican Republic pleaded guilty yesterday to charges that he participated in a scheme to bribe a former U.N.

Leaders Guyana Jaguars have made two changes to the team for the final round clash of the West Indies Cricket Board’s Professional Cricket League four day against the Jamaica Scorpions starting tomorrow at the Providence National Stadium.

On Tuesday, we reported that a ten-year-old boy was taken to the Springlands Police Station by his neighbours last Saturday and an allegation made that he had stolen something from them.