Daily Archive: Wednesday, June 1, 2016

President of the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB), Dave Cameron (left) today paid a courtesy call to Minister of State, Joseph Harmon (centre) at the Ministry of the Presidency.

The Guyana Public Service Cooperative Credit Union Limited (GPSCCUL) has made a donation of a sculpted piece to the National Art Gallery-Castellani House, GINA said.

The Ministry of Agriculture’s catch-and-release Arapaima protocols and draft legislation have been completed for sport fishing project in the North Rupununi, GINA said.

Police Commissioner Seelall Persaud has denied attending a strip club in Alberttown.

A 16-year-old Guyanese girl was shot dead while babysitting her little cousin inside their Brooklyn, New York  apartment yesterday and law enforcers are looking for her boyfriend, police sources said, according to the New York Daily News.

(Trinidad Guardian) President Anthony Carmona yesterday assented to the Strategic Services Amendment Act (SSA).

A senior United Kingdom official was yesterday expected to hand over a proposal to the APNU+AFC government on tackling security issues here.

A female security guard was yesterday morning discovered dead in her Crane, West Coast Demerara (WCD) apartment with several stab wounds and her ex-partner has been taken into custody.

Almost 70% of those who obtained government loans to attend the University of Guyana (UG) are delinquent in repaying their loans which amounts to billions of dollars and among these are prominent members of society including magistrates and lawyers.

Georgetown plans to lodge a formal complaint with Caracas after Venezuelan soldiers shot at workers of the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) in the Cuyuni River on Monday.

Four firemen are being questioned by police after two phones disappeared from the home of Traffic Chief Dion Moore, where they had responded to a fire.

Inshan Ali, a 47-year-old New York-based Guyanese was on Sunday the victim of a fatal hit and run in Schenectady, New York.

Charges are likely to be laid today in connection with the injuries sustained by two persons, including a female police officer, during last week’s Guyana Independence J’ouvert celebration.

While the Central Committee of the People’s Progressive Party (PPP) is due to meet this weekend, the party’s General Secretary Clement Rohee says that he does not know if a date for the party’s next congress will be set.

A decision is due shortly on a huge contract for the reconstruction of the East Demerara Water Conservancy’s (EDWC) north eastern dam which has attracted bids from BK International among others.

Pooran Ramcharitar, the East Canje cane-cutter who was hospitalised after being diagnosed with Guillian Barre Syndrome (GBS), a rare neurological disorder said to be associated with the mosquito-borne Zika virus in some countries, has been discharged in light of improvements in his condition.

The Iwokrama Research Centre and global wild cat conservation organization, Panthera have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) aimed at the development and implementation of actions for the science and conservation of jaguars in Guyana.

Months after a controversy erupted over the outstanding US$5 million owed for the sale of government shares in the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GTT), the National Industrial and Commercial Investments Limited (NICIL) is still to provide answers.

The last statutory meeting of the Linden Mayor and Town Council ended prematurely once again as the Mayor and the Town Clerk continued to wrangle over their roles and responsibilities.

History will be on the side of the visiting Golden Jaguars when they oppose hosts Curacao today from 20:00hrs at the Ergilio Hato Stadium to commence the second round of the Caribbean Football Union (CFU) Caribbean Cup Qualifiers.

Mayor Patricia Chase-Green has met with officers of the City Engineer’s Department and urged them to increase the efficiency with which plans are processed.

Ahead of Friday’s encounter against South Africa, host of the 2016 Tri-Nations 50 Over tournament West Indies, had their first training session at the Providence National Stadium yesterday.

(The Sports Xchange) – The Golden State Warriors beat the Oklahoma City Thunder 96-88 in Game 7 of the Western Conference finals on Monday to set up a rematch with the Cleveland Cavaliers for the NBA Championship.

A construction worker was found dead along the Belvedere, Corentyne, Berbice public road, after a suspected early morning hit and run yesterday.

National Parking Systems, the company which has inked an agreement with the Mayor and City Council (M&CC) to install parking meters around the city, has announced that the project would come on stream as early as September.

Guyana’s Scott Savory and Hamza Eastman occupied the top two spots in the 73rd  Somerville Classic Criterium men’s Open pro category one race (Kugler-Anderson Memorial) on Monday beating a star-studded field that included Trinidadians Adam and Steven Alexander.

An East Canje, Berbice man has been sentenced to four years in jail after pleading guilty to trafficking some 14 pounds of ganja that was found during a police search of his home.

(Reuters) – Zimbabwe have axed their coach Dav Whatmore and captain Hamilton Masakadza just days before the arrival of India for a five-match limited-overs tour.

EUGENE, Oregon, CMC – Reigning Olympic champion, Kirani James, says his training has been coming together as planned, and is aiming to remain consistent on the international circuit as he continues to put the finishing touches on his title defence for the upcoming Rio Games in August.

Dear Editor, This is a response to the Forensic Audit Report for the Guyana Water Authority Inc which was carried by your newspaper.

The Office of Professional Responsibility (OPR) is currently investigating ranks from the Providence Police Station who were on duty when two prisoners escaped.

CARACAS,  (Reuters) – The head of the Organization of American States (OAS) has called an urgent meeting to discuss whether Venezuela is violating basic democratic principles, paving the way for a vote that could suspend it from the regional diplomatic body.

Umobile (Digicel) won the top prize in the large float category of Thursday’s Float and Costume Band Parade and Olympia Small Sonaram was adjudged the best designer.

HOUSTON/LONDON,  (Reuters) – Four tankers carrying over 2 million barrels of U.S.

ST.GEORGE’S, Grenada, CMC- Dwain Gill yesterday tendered his resignation as President of the Grenada Cricket Association (GCA) after controversy erupted in the Windward Islands Senior Tournament underway here.

Dear Editor, The Minister of Finance, Winston Jordan, recently pronounced a reduction in “free spending” in the economy. 

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados,  CMC- Hero MotoCorp Ltd, headquartered in India, announced yesterday that it is extending its title sponsorship of the Caribbean Premier League (CPL) by another three years.

Dear Editor, There has been another reported case of phone cards being stolen, this time one million dollars’ worth.

The Ministry of Social Protection has installed the first Management Committee at the Hugo Chavez Centre for Rehabilitation and Reintegration with the aim of fully utilising the Centre.

Minister of Public Infrastructure, David Patterson, will be attending the 7th International Infrastructure Investment and Construction Forum (7th IIICF) in Macau and will present profiles on key projects to be done here including the Demerara Harbour Bridge and the Linden/Lethem Road.

Dear Editor, About two weeks ago I visited a certain branch of Scotiabank to change a cheque issued to me by my employer who has an account with said bank.

PARIS, (Reuters) – Fans spent more time looking at the murky Parisian sky than watching tennis yesterday as French Open organisers were accused of “not caring about the players” after the event was disrupted by more rain following the previous day’s washout.

OTTAWA, (Reuters) – Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will not face punishment for manhandling a legislator and inadvertently elbowing another during a fracas in the House of Commons, parliamentarians decided yesterday.

(Trinidad Express) Eight of the ten men on trial for the murder of businesswoman Vindra Naipaul-Coolman, were found not guilty of the crime yesterday afternoon.

The Leguan Cottage Hospital and Parika Health Centre are expected to have fully functional x-ray departments by the end of the year, GINA said on Monday.

(Trinidad Guardian) “Mind yuh damn business and go to hell!” This was the Indian Arrival Day message sent by secretary general of the Sanatan Dharma Maha Sabha Sat Maharaj on Monday to Roman Catholic Archbishop Joseph Harris.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC-All-rounder Mitchell Marsh says he has fully recovered from injury and is relishing his return to the Australian side for their tri-series campaign in the Caribbean starting this week.

Dear Editor, “If our historical truths are being censored by the existing media, then Africans need their own media,” wrote Eric Phillips in the letters column of SN, May 25.

PORT-AU-PRINCE,  (Reuters) – Haiti should abandon a flawed election and start from scratch, a commission set up to re-examine first round results said on Monday, a decision that could trigger protests and further delay the vote for the Caribbean country’s next president.

GENEVA,  (Reuters) – People returning from areas where the Zika virus is found should follow safe sex practices or abstain from sex for at least eight weeks rather than just four, the World Health Organization (WHO) said yesterday.

BRASILIA, (Reuters) – Brazil’s Transparency Minister Fabiano Silveira resigned on Monday after leaked recordings suggested he tried to derail a sprawling corruption probe, the latest cabinet casualty impacting interim President Michel Temer’s administration.

Dear Editor, Reference is made to Mr Ivan John’s letter captioned ‘Kanhai did not retire, he was dropped’ (SN, May 28).

So far as I am concerned, it is inconceivable, particularly in the context where first-come-first-served is the order of the day, that about two days after you would have promised to seat together about fifty relatively important persons at a public event like the Golden Jubilee flag-raising ceremony, you would not have cordoned off a designated section.

Queen Street Tiger Bay, Tucville and Globe Yard were among the winners when the Petra Organization Soft Shoe football tournament kicked off yesterday at the Santos Training area, Square of the Revolution.

In the course of the month of May the Caricom region has been up for scrutiny either by governments or government officials, or by individual commentators and practitioners, and their perspectives have varied over the field from relative optimism to some degree of pessimism.

The Ministry of Agriculture was yesterday adjudged the winner of the Best Decorated Building competition for the jubilee celebrations.

(Jamaica Gleaner) A high court judge has ordered that a subpoena be issued for Opposition Leader Portia Simpson Miller in relation to the long-running Trafigura matter.

ST.JOHN’S, Antigua,  CMC- Antigua and Barbuda’s Prime Minister Gaston Browne said yesterday that he “categorically reject” the call for the dissolution of the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB), to pave the way for the emergence of a new governance structure.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – New York’s attorney general, who has filed a lawsuit against Donald Trump’s education venture, Trump University, slammed the presumptive Republican presidential nominee on Tuesday for his attack on a U.S.

Politikles

I was going to write this week about whether the Bank of Guyana should take up the role of the Guyana Gold Board by purchasing gold from local miners.

Dear Editor, Constitutional reform in Guyana is not likely to happen any time soon and if it does, it will not be anything substantial.

President David Granger (centre) last met with James Duddridge, MP (right)  Minister for Africa, the Overseas Territories and the Caribbean of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, United Kingdom, where he recommitted his country’s support for Guyana in the face of ongoing threats to its territory by neighbouring Venezuela, even while pledging some £53M for infrastructural development, the Ministry of the Presidency said.