Daily Archive: Monday, June 6, 2016

Officials from the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) and the Linden Mayor and Town Council met with shop owners on Thursday, June 2 to outline the legal requirements for conducting their trade following the discovery that a considerable number of them are currently non-compliant.

The Guyana Press Association (GPA)  today expressed solidarity with Kaieteur News over the finding of a grenade near its proprietor’s vehicle on Saturday and called for a full investigation of the matter.

Today, at about 03:40h. ranks of the Mahdia Police Station responded to the area of Dadagoo Shop in Mahdia for reports that a man was seen motionless on the roadway.

The opposition PPP today announced that it will hold its congress in the last quarter of the year.

LOS ANGELES,  (Variety.com) – “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows” debuted to a disappointing $35.3 million over the weekend, becoming the latest sequel this year to fall short of expectations.

(Trinidad Guardian) Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley has intervened in the ongoing immigration and manufacturing dispute between Jamaica  and T&T, and plans to pay an official visit there “in the not-too-distant future” to address the issue.

The Commission of Inquiry (CoI) into the March 3rd 2016 Camp Street Prison unrest, which claimed the lives of 17 inmates, has exonerated Deputy Director of Prisons Gladwin Samuels of allegations made against him and he returns to work today.

The Marriott Hotel enjoyed an 85% occupancy rate last month, mostly due to the influx of persons for Guyana’s 50th Independence anniversary celebrations, and this is projected to continue for this month.

No information has been released for several weeks now by the government on contract awards despite repeated promises to do so.

Temporary repairs to a damaged koker at Westbury, Essequibo Coast averted what could have been major flooding during yesterday’s spring tide.

A little over a month since the Barabina road, Region One  was rehabilitated by the government, the Regional Chairman has condemned the work since the artery has reverted to its deplorable and impassable condition.

Minister of Public Security Khemraj Ramjattan on Saturday met with Corentyne fishermen and proposed that they be armed with guns against pirates in the wake of a horrific attack that left one man dead and three missing.

Publisher of Kaieteur News Glenn Lall yesterday expressed disappointment with the police probe of Saturday’s incident when a grenade was lobbed outside the newspaper’s offices and said if he is not satisfied with the level and quality of the investigation, he would be seeking international help.

Ossie McFarlene, who had 28 pounds of marijuana in his car when he drove through a police roadblock at Fort Wellington, West Coast Berbice, was last week sentenced to four years in prison and fined $19.51 million after he was found guilty of having the illegal drug in his possession for trafficking.

A Better Hope, East Coast Demerara lorry driver was released on $300,000 bail last week after being charged with causing death by dangerous driving.

The Mahaica, Mahaicony, Abary-Agricultural Development Authority (MMA-ADA) is owed $35 million in rent and may be unable to recover the sum due to poor management, a forensic audit into the entity has found.

The Central Islamic Organisation of Guyana (CIOG)  yesterday notified all Muslims that the crescent for Ramadan has not been sighted; therefore fasting begins tomorrow, June 7th 2016.

Repeat scammer Gopaul Tiwari was last week sentenced to 54 months in prison after he changed his plea to guilty on charges of uttering forged documentation, fraudulent conversion and conspiracy to commit a felony.

Australia surged to a commanding six-wicket win over the West Indies yesterday after their spinners strangled the home team’s batters in a lop-sided affair at the Providence National Stadium.

Attorney General Basil Williams said on Friday that the government has given the PPP/C sufficient chances to sort out the controversial Red House lease agreement and as such the appropriate action can be taken at any time.

Gladiators, Romario Gonsalves, Carlos Peterson, Nadina Taharally and Martin Webster lifted the marquee titles when the Guyana Amateur Powerlifting Federation (GAPF) staged its annual Claude Charles Intermediate and Master’s Championship yesterday at the Critchlow Labour College.

The police in E Division are investigating a shooting incident which occurred about 09:00h yesterday at Moblissa, Linden Highway in which Cicel Todd, 56, a cash crop farmer of Moblissa was injured.

Onika Luke, the 16-year-old waitress who was shot to her chin two Saturdays ago, has been transferred to the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH) and is awaiting another surgery after the bullet that was lodged in her throat moved.

NEW YORK/LOS ANGELES,  (Reuters) – The death of boxing great Muhammad Ali cost American Muslims perhaps their greatest hero, a goodwill ambassador for Islam in a country where their minority faith is widely misunderstand and mistrusted.

Shawn Adams, the New Amsterdam Hospital porter who was discovered dead in his yard last week died as a result of drowning, an autopsy has revealed.

Dear Editor, I read the article in yesterday’s edition of your newspaper `Single mom claims CCPA staff trumped up pregnancy claim in scheme to take away only child’ and I would just like to make it clear that it is not a case of staunchly defending the officers. 

(Reuters) – Double Olympic champion Mo Farah continued his build-up to the Rio Games by breaking David Moorcroft’s 34-year-old British record in the 3,000 metres at a Diamond League meeting in Birmingham yesterday.

Dear Editor, Last Sunday, Mr. George Abrams, an overseas-based Guyanese, formally declared open a sewing establishment in his village, Buxton.

The Ministry of Health/Petra Organization Soft Shoe football tournament  will continue today at the Santos Training area with another six rounds of group fixtures from 19:00hrs.

More than 150 families along the Soesdyke-Linden Highway are benefitting from potable water for the first time, GINA said.

LIMA, (Reuters) – Center-right economist Pedro Pablo Kuczynski had a slight lead over Keiko Fujimori, the daughter of an imprisoned former president as early results came in from Peru’s presidential election yesterday.

Dear Editor, I admire very much the writing style and obvious command of the English language of Mr GHK Lall and take this opportunity to thank him for the inspiration I get from reading his letters.

RIYADH, (Reuters) – Under King Salman, Saudi Arabia is expanding its confrontation with Iran well beyond the Middle East, no longer relying heavily on Western allies to smother Tehran’s ambitions outside the Arab world.

PARIS, (Reuters) – After years of near misses, Novak Djokovic finally conquered mount Roland Garros yesterday to win the one trophy he craved like no other — a maiden French Open title that elevated him into the pantheon of tennis greats.

Attorney General Basil Williams on Friday said that the purchase of law books by the previous government for the personal use of former attorney general Anil Nandlall constituted a criminal act which might engage the attention of the police.

PARIS,  (Reuters) – As a serial winner Serena Williams has broken records without a backward glance throughout her career, but since September there is one milestone that has loomed ever larger in halting her progress towards the game’s pantheon.

Brand new: The new koker in Little Diamond, East Bank Demerara that was installed during the week.

Dear Editor, The current injection into the public debate of the appropriateness of our national motto brings into question whether some understand what a national motto is all about.

BEIJING,  (Reuters) – China’s excess industrial capacity will have a “corrosive” impact on its future growth and efficiency unless it is reduced, U.S.

(Trinidad Guardian) Desperately hungry but with their dignity well intact, boatloads of Venezuelans are continuing to show up along the shores of the southwestern peninsula, with the hope of building a better life in Trinidad.

Parents of the Richmond Hill Primary School in Leguan say that a shortage of teachers at the school is causing their children to be deprived of a proper education.

By Vidyaratha Kissoon Vidyaratha Kissoon escaped from the yawning jaguar but wrote this column because so much of what was published about events in May 2016 was negative (The  first Timehri Film Festival was held at Moray House Trust, in Georgetown from 18 to 20 May, 2016.

With just over two months to go the race to get things right for the Opening Ceremony of the XXXI Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, is underway.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – Hillary Clinton won the Puerto Rico Democratic primary yesterday, moving her a step closer to prevailing over her rival, Bernie Sanders, in the fight for her party’s presidential nomination.

Dear Editor, I have noticed that the big players in the rice industry are moving away towards the coconut industry, cultivating hundreds of acres of coconuts in the Pomeroon and elsewhere.

(Trinidad Express) On the heels of an announcement that it will meet outstanding back-pay to public servants, Government has quietly withdrawn TT$2.5 billion (about US$385 million) from the Heritage and Stabilisation Fund (HSF).

Only the brave!  This fearless lad utilised this Guyana Water Inc pipeline to make his way across this West Demerara Canal with ease.

Politikles

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Former prime minister John Major yesterday accused the campaign for Britain to leave the European Union of fatuous and squalid claims on immigration and the cost of membership to dupe the public into voting out at this month’s referendum.

Last week, we began a discussion of our achievements on the public financial management front since we attained independence from Britain in 1966.

This week we asked the man/woman in the street whether they had attended the flag-raising ceremony, the float parade or any of the other Jubilee events and what they felt about the event/s they attended.

What has been revealed in the forensic examination of state broadcaster, NCN will raise again the question of what the APNU+AFC government and the respective boards are doing in relation to the published reports on the series of audits which were commissioned last year and which have revealed a host of wrongdoings, transgressions and poor practices.

Second half strikes from Jahaal Greaves and Jeremy Garrett propelled Fruta Conquerors to their 11th win in the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) Stag Beer Elite League after they defeated fierce rival Pele FC 2-1 in their final group fixture on Saturday.

(Reuters) – A tropical depression threatening Florida and parts of the southeastern United States with severe thunderstorms was upgraded yesterday to Tropical Storm Colin by the U.S.

Dear Editor, Muhammad Ali is dead we learned! Many would eulogize him in their own way; however, all I can do for him now is to reminisce on one or two of his famous and apt quotes.