Daily Archive: Wednesday, June 22, 2016

NEW YORK,  (Reuters) – John Ashe, a former United Nations General Assembly president accused by U.S.

The private criminal charges filed against Justice Navindra Singh over an alleged altercation with a motorist, were withdrawn today.

The Central Housing and Planning Authority (CH&PA) says it garnered over half a billion dollars from its 50/50 Jubilee payment plan for house lots.

(Trinidad Guardian) Two former soldiers appeared in court yesterday charged with the murder of a Diego Martin man who was shot and left for dead in a forested area in Chaguaramas earlier this month.

After expressing its concern multiple times over the year, the Guyana Public Service Union (GPSU) will today begin wage and salary negotiations with the David Granger administration and it will seek to bargain for a 40% increase in salaries.

A Sophia man who allegedly fatally stabbed his brother early Saturday morning was yesterday remanded to prison for the capital offence when he appeared before Magistrate Zamilla Ally-Seepaul.

Angelica Forde, the 21-year-old mother of two who admitted that she attempted to smuggle 3.040 kilos of cocaine to Barbados last week, was yesterday fined $8.2 million and jailed for four years.

Residents of the No. 30 Village/ Trafalgar area in West Berbice are frustrated with the stagnant floodwater and are pleading with the government to release the $50M it would cost to fix two vital pumps.

The management of State entity, Public Holding Incorporated (PHI), made professional business decisions but the management of the finances of the firm was unsatisfactory, an audit has found.

A motorcycle accident on the Houston, East Bank Demerara public road on Monday morning claimed the life of a 19-year-old mother while another person was injured and is hospitalised.

The Guyana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) is currently conducting investigations into an accident involving an Air Services Limited (ASL) aircraft while it was taking off from Bath Aerodrome, a release from the company said yesterday.

The Ministry of Public Infrastructure is inviting bids for the construction of a sidewalk on Woolford Avenue between Vlissengen Road and Albert Street.

Multi-million dollar tenders were opened yesterday for the procurement of Computer Tomography CT scanners for the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC).

Minister of Business, Dominic Gaskin, during a walk-about in the Stabroek Market on Monday met with stallholders to hear  the concerns of businesses operating within the market.

A teenager is at a city hospital after he was shot on Monday during an argument at Kuru Kururu, Linden Highway while on his way to visit a friend.

Anand Narine, the ex-husband of murdered woman Babita Sarjou, and his alleged accomplice Darrol Campton returned to court yesterday, where it was heard that the prosecution is still awaiting advice from the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) on how to proceed with the matter.

The body of Barbara Hunte who went missing on Saturday after the boat she was in capsized in the Puruni River, Region 7, was recovered by a search party on Monday afternoon.

Efforts by the Ministry of Agriculture to educate farmers on how to combat the Black Sigatoka disease is having a positive impact with many now able to contain the fungus resulting in bountiful plantain harvests which has caused a drop in the price of the crop on the local market.

A young couple lost their home on Monday night when a fire, suspected to be of electrical origin, gutted their two-storey wooden house, located at Lot 102 Section G, Nigg, Corentyne.

The man accused of robbing retired British soldier Edward John Constant, yesterday claimed that his arrest was a case of mistaken identity.

A fisherman charged with breaking and entering a home and stealing over $500,000 in items, yesterday denied committing the offence and said he was in prison at the time.

Six hospitals were on Monday conferred with Baby-Friendly Hospital Status, according to a release from the Ministry of Public Health yesterday.

Mitchell Marsh and Glenn Maxwell provided overdue contributions in the middle order to help Steven Smith guide Australia into the triangular series final with a six-wicket win over the West Indies at Bridgetown in Barbados.

A team of experts from the Mexican Petroleum Institute (IMP) is in Guyana for talks on the provision of technical support in developing Guyana’s emerging oil and gas sector.

RIO DE JANEIRO, (Reuters) – A jaguar featured at an Olympic torch ceremony was shot dead by a soldier shortly after the event in the Brazilian Amazon city of Manaus as the animal escaped from its handlers, an army statement said.

With the aim of reducing the stigma and ignorance surrounding epilepsy here, the Epilepsy Foundation of Guyana is hoping to begin educating teachers and students about the condition and how to deal with it in schools.

Following a string of successes in his academic pursuits, Guyanese scholar Daniel Ram has set his sights on finding a vaccine for HIV which he believes could be developed in a decade’s time.

LAUSANNE, Switzerland, (Reuters) – Individual Russian track and field athletes assessed as clean will be able to compete for their country in Brazil, the Olympic Games’ top official said yesterday, diluting a blanket ban the sport’s global federation had called for.

The University of Guyana has received a cheque from the Baveghems family  to sustain the Eusi Kwayana award for the next three years.

PARIS, (Reuters) – Germany showed more of their usual class when Mario Gomez’s first-half strike secured a 1-0 win over a stubborn Northern Ireland side and a place in the last 16 of Euro 2016 as Group C winners yesterday.

Taxi driver Gladwyn Brandis, who was beaten and robbed almost two weeks ago during a reported carjacking, has been discharged from the hospital even as police are yet to apprehend the perpetrators.

BORDEAUX, France, (Reuters) – Holders Spain lost for the first time in 15 matches at the European Championship finals yesterday when Croatia beat them 2-1 to win Group D at Euro 2016.

Requests to the Region Nine administration for food aid by villages in sections of the Rupununi may soon go unfulfilled as current supplies diminish due to mounting demands, Regional Chairman Bryan Allicock says.

Dear Editor, Let me from the outset state categorically, I am in full support of the process in principle to institute parking meters in Georgetown, Guyana. 

Vergenoegen Secondary overcame Leonora Secondary 4-3 on sudden death penalty kicks after normal time ended 0-0 when the sixth annual Digicel Secondary Schools Football Championships continued yesterday at the Leonora Sports Facility.

Dear Editor, Facebook reminds me today that one year ago dozens of teachers including myself were promoted to senior positions.

Defending Guyana Bank for Trade and Industry (GBTI) Open singles champion Anthony Downes and veteran Harry Panday won the GBTI Jubilee Open doubles competition defeating youngsters Leyland Allicock and Nicholas Fenty in straight sets in the final.

Andre Percival, Coach of the Guyana women’s cricket team, yesterday stressed the importance of the team gelling properly ahead of next month’s West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) Regional limited overs tournament to be played in Guyana.

Dear Editor, For the past three months I have been reaping produce from a kitchen garden I have planted.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – U.S. senators pushed for a compromise gun control bill yesterday, a day after the Senate failed to advance four gun measures following last week’s mass shooting in Orlando, the deadliest in modern U.S.

Dear Editor, The Jubilee celebration commemorating our 50th anniversary held in New York City (NYC) was marred by a lack of inclusiveness which ought to be highlighted and addressed if we are to move our country forward. 

MUMBAI,  (Reuters) – Bollywood movie star Salman Khan ran afoul of a national women’s group, film critics and Twitter users yesterday after saying that training sessions for his new film made him feel like a “raped woman”.

CASTRIES, St.Lucia, CMC-West Indies ICC World T20 winning captain Darren Sammy is confident  Zouks can advance to the play-offs of the highly anticipated Caribbean Premier League (CPL) which begins next week.

CARACAS/WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – The U.S. government sent veteran diplomat Tom Shannon to Venezuela yesterday to meet senior opposition and government figures amid a brutal economic crisis and political impasse in the South American OPEC nation.

Dear Editor, I perused with keen interest a letter written in Kaieteur News on June 21, captioned, ‘A question on the Medal of Service’.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Prime Minister David Cameron said tomorrow’s referendum on Britain’s membership of the European Union was likely to be very close but he also predicted a “remain dividend” in investments if Britons voted to stay in the 28-nation bloc.

(Reuters) – England’s Liam Plunkett smashed the last ball of the match for six to earn his team a dramatic tie with Sri Lanka in the first one-day international in Nottingham yesterday.

BOGOTA,  (Reuters) – Colombia will reach agreement on a bilateral ceasefire at peace talks with leftist FARC rebels this week, President Juan Manuel Santos said yesterday, in what he said would mark a key advance in the negotiations to end 50 years of war.

SAN FRANCISCO/ TORONTO,  (Reuters) – At least a dozen countries are considering or have enacted laws restricting online speech, a trend that is alarming policymakers and others who see the internet as a valuable medium for debate and expression.

About a week ago, with ‘tears in their eyes’, some of the executive members of the Guyana Public Service Union (GPSU) shared with the Stabroek News ‘their bewilderment at the lack of movement on the part of the administration to begin the collective bargaining process despite making several public statements about its importance’ (GPSU alarmed at gov’t lack of engagement on public service wage talks).

Dear Editor, Vishnu Bisram’s letter which was published in Stabroek News on Saturday, June 19, under the caption, ‘WPA does not hold itself accountable in its statement’ provides evidence that Mr Bisram, in spite of his recent attempts to distance himself from the former ruling party and government, the PPP/C, has in fact, not changed his colours.

Captain of the Guyana Under-19 girls team Plaffiana Millington said yesterday that she was confident that her young team will give a good account of itself at the Regional U19 Invitational Women’s Twenty20 tournament in Trinidad and Tobago.

Dear Editor, Please refer to Mr Sherwood Lowe’s letter titled ‘There should be less rhetoric on social cohesion and more of a practical understanding of how to achieve it’ (SN, June 21).

By Saieed Khalil   Author’s note: On Saturday June 25th, the University of Guyana’s Diploma of Social Work Class of 2014-2016 in collaboration with the Ministry of Social Protection, will be hosting a walk to raise awareness of domestic violence.

With the prize of representing Guyana at the Caribbean Championship on the line, the Guinness Greatest of the Streets National championships will commence today at the National Cultural Centre tarmac with eight  fixtures.

NEW YORK,  (Reuters) – Puerto Rico disclosed yesterday that negotiations with creditors ended without an agreement to restructure some of the island’s $70 billion debt load.

Heart of a Father!  The Ministry of Social Protection and the Men’s Affairs Bureau in collaboration with faith-based organisations of Albouystown on Sunday feted fathers from the community and surrounding areas in recognition of Father’s Day.

Tomorrow, the electorate of the United Kingdom votes on the issue of whether to remain or leave the European Union (EU).

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