Daily Archive: Saturday, August 20, 2016

Although justifying the leasing of the Sussex Street bond for the storage of drugs, the Cabinet Sub-Committee that reviewed the deal has recommended that government should try to negotiate a reduction of the agreed $12.5M monthly rental fee.

The two men accused of killing 13-year-old Daveanand Sanichar, following a row at a wedding house at Triumph, East Coast Demerara on Sunday, were yesterday charged with his murder.

The Mayor and City Council (M&CC) will pilot a ‘flea market’ starting this weekend to allow persons selling back-to-school items to vend on the Regent Street between Cummings and Alexander streets.

Haroon Eshack, the taxi driver who crashed into a parked truck along the Chelsea Public Road, at Mahaica, was yesterday charged with the causing the death of his passenger, UK-based Guyanese Bibi O’Donovan.

A chauffeur has initiated civil proceedings in the High Court against Justice Navindra Singh and is claiming $5 million in damages for what he says was his unlawful arrest and false imprisonment on the judge’s orders.

Land titling and amendments to the Amerindian Act of 2006 are two of the topics that will be up for discussion at this year’s National Toshaos Conference, Chairman of the National Toshaos’ Council Joel Fredericks said yesterday.

RIO DE JANEIRO, (Reuters) – Usain Bolt drew down the curtain on his brilliant Olympic career by securing a sweep of the sprint titles for a third successive Games when Jamaica successfully defended the 4×100 metres relay crown yesterday.

The opposition PPP/C yesterday voiced concern at the National Toshaos Council (NTC) Conference being held just mere days before the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) also holds its Biennial Congress in the capital city and suggested that it was strategically engineered to amass numbers at the political party’s forum.

The Guyana Amazon Warriors team in keeping with tradition, recently paid a special visit to Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo while presenting a cheque to the youths of the ongoing Demerara Cricket Club (DCC) Summer Camp.

LBI estate workers, who have started chores at Enmore, are now calling to be severed if proper conditions are not met.

MIAMI/RIO DE JANEIRO,  (Reuters) – A U.S. Olympic swimmer has accused his team mate, Ryan Lochte, of playing a key role in an incident that has tainted South America’s first Games, saying he tore a poster off a wall and argued with armed security guards at a Rio gas station.

A protest on Thursday by dozens of Bosai Minerals Group workers in Linden has hastened negotiations between the company and their union on wages and benefits.

The Upper Corentyne Zone (Nigg-Skeldon) will battle rivals Lower Corentyne/New Amster-dam/Canje Zone in a feature three-day match which bowls off today at the Port Mourant Community Centre from 09:00 hrs.

The University of Georgia’s testing of samples taken from a Region Six poultry farm in June did not find any trace of a poultry disease, according to Deputy Chief Executive Officer of the Guyana Livestock Development Authority (GLDA) Dwight Walrond.

RIO DE JANEIRO, (Reuters) – Defending champions the United States won the women’s Olympic 4×100 metres relay yesterday as Allyson Felix became the first woman to collect five gold medals in athletics.

The Guyana Football Federation (GFF) has officially launched their ‘Road to Portugal’ campaign in a bid to garner funds for the trip to Europe.

An almost 15 feet-tall ‘murti’ (statue) of the Hindu God Lord Hanuman was consecrated yesterday at the Blairmont Mandir, where President David Granger urged West Coast Berbice residents to use their religious faith to promote peace, unity and harmony.

An investigation into the accident that claimed the life of John Fernandes Limited stevedore Orin Morris has found that the accident could have been avoided had there been appropriate supervision.

Dear Editor, I am very pleased to see the relaxation of the ludicrous dress code in Guyana, starting with Trevor Benn of Lands and Surveys and finally the President pronouncing on it.

Digicel continued its support of cricket in Guyana by becoming the latest sponsor while national all-rounder Chris Barnwell also made a timely donation to the Demerara Cricket Club’s (DCC) ongoing annual Summer Camp.

Hassan Mohamed has organized a criterium fixture today to keep the competitive juices of the nation’s wheelsmen flowing.

By Robert L Borosage   (Reuters) – Flagging in the polls, Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has decided to shake up his campaign, bringing in Stephen Bannon, head of Breitbart News LLC, as CEO.

Dear Editor, Regardless of being overused the saying, ‘The health of the nation is the wealth of the nation’ will always remain relevant.

Guyana Water Inc (GWI) and the Suriname Water Company (SWC) yesterday wrapped up a Water Partnership Programme, which GWI CEO Richard Van West-Charles said imparted invaluable experience that will be used to improve water quality and other aspects of the company.

Dear Editor, The letter by Mr Hamilton Green in the media yesterday which rightly lamented the importation of foreign fruits grown abundantly in Guyana appealed to my passion as kitchen gardener and cane farmer; it also resonated with my belief that our national educational programmes must extend beyond the liberal arts and science, technology, engineering and mathematics (Stem) to ‘Steam’ by adding ‘agriculture’ to the mnemonic ‘stem’ acronym.

(Reuters) – His face bloodied and completely covered in dust, the little boy sits quietly, staring ahead, dazed and shocked after an apparent air strike in the Syrian city of Aleppo.

Traditionally, when the calendar flips to September, one of the ways the Massy Group of Companies celebrate its anniversary is the hosting of a 10km run and Fitness Walk.

The police were yesterday granted an additional 72 hours to detain the suspect who was held over the murder of 14-year-old Malika Hamilton as they continue their investigations.

Dear Editor, The public must, by now, be accustomed to the curious and uncanny habit of Attorney-General, Mr Basil Williams, to blame the “previous administration” or the “former AG”, or both, whenever he finds himself in a conundrum on any given issue.

A second suspect is to be charged with the August 1st murder of taxi driver Orin David, according to Acting Crime Chief Hugh Jessemy.

In contrast to the nation’s Olympic medal drought, Guyana’s strong men and women continue to excel at the Caribbean Powerlifting Championships.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The FBI and US Justice Department are investigating possible US ties to alleged corruption involving the former president of Ukraine, including the work of firms headed by political operatives Paul Manafort and Tony Podesta, CNN reported yesterday, citing multiple US law enforcement officials.

A patient of the Georgetown Public Hospital was yesterday discovered dead in the hospital’s male ward, in what appears to have been a suicide.

Dear Editor, Congratulations to Fatima Karim on what can only be described as an enormous achievement.

CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro said the purge by Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan meted out on rivals after a failed coup would look like child’s play compared with the action he would take if opposition tried something similar in the OPEC nation.

BOGOTA (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – A US federal appeals court has upheld the United Nations’ immunity from a damage claim filed by human rights lawyers on behalf of thousands of Haitians killed or sickened by a cholera epidemic they blame on UN peacekeepers.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – West Indies head coach Phil Simmons was left to lament even more wasted time as the second day of the fourth and final Test against India had to be abandoned without a ball bowled due to a wet outfield here yesterday.

Photos by Joanna Dhanraj   Delicia Wright took the title of Miss Guyana Emancipation 2016, besting six other beauties on Sunday last at the Fifth Annual Guyana Emancipation Pageant hosted at National Cultural Centre.

A 17-year-old boy, who was caught selling ganja, was yesterday found guilty of the crime by a city magistrate, who postponed sentencing to await a probation report.

BOGOTA (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Opposition lawmakers in Colombia have proposed a bill that aims to cut the use of mercury and other toxic chemicals in illegal gold mining, that has polluted rivers and blighted the ancestral lands of indigenous tribes.

CHENNAI, India (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Indian police have arrested the owner of an orphanage for forcing children in his care to beg on the streets, busting another organised begging ring in an industry controlled by human traffickers, an officer said yesterday.

Dear Editor, After World War II, the model of community development which prevailed depended largely on outside experts and resources.

DURBAN, (Reuters) – South African-born Neil Wagner took three wickets for New Zealand  yesterday against the country of his birth as bad light brought an early close to play on the first day of the first test at Kingsmead with South Africa 236 for eight.

An Interim Executive Committee of the Guyana Peace Council (GPC) was elected on Wednesday to replace the Steering Committee that had been formed earlier this year to re-establish the body.

PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) – A Haitian Senate report has called for charges to be brought against two former prime ministers and several ministers for alleged embezzlement, abuse of authority and forgery stemming from the use of funds in a Venezuelan oil loan programme.

BEIRUT/MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian warships in the Mediterranean Sea fired cruise missiles at targets near Aleppo yesterday, a further sign of Moscow’s broadening military effort in Syria days after it began to fly bombing missions from an airbase in Iran.

Dear Editor,   One of the major industries in Guyana will be tourism.

Hi Everyone, There is one constant in life – we are always learning.

Guyana’s badminton players are through to the quarter finals of the Caribbean Badminton International Championships (CAREBACO) currently underway at the Centro Deportivo Sports Hall in Aruba.

Dear Editor, Mind over matter is how the article on sports psychology by Simon Hughes in the latest edition of the Cricketer magazine is described.

MANILA (Reuters) – Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte rejected criticism from the United Nations yesterday about a surge in killings of suspected drug traffickers and denied government responsibility, his spokesman said.

Heavy rainfall forced the rescheduling of the Plaisance Guardians and West Side Ballers Open division matchup when the Turbo Hard-Court Basketball Championships continued at the Plaisance Community Court on Thursday.

Last week I found myself rummaging through the racks of a secondhand vintage shop in Antwerp.

I had never known a Guyanese had won a medal at the Olympics until I learned that Michael Parris did it in 1980, when he won a bronze for Boxing.

A triple-double sounds more like an ice-cream order than the summary of a sprinter’s Olympic career – but that is what Usain Bolt achieved two nights ago, shortly after the evening drizzle eased up in Rio.

(Jamaica Observer) – President of Haiti-based Sunrise Airways Philippe Bayard reckons that the Haitian carrier will be operating flights to and from Jamaica by fall next year.

Repairs to a key Konawaruk, Region Eight bridge, parts of which had been swept away by bad weather, are expected to be completed by next Mon-day, the Natural Resources Ministry said yesterday.

A Brazilian national, who was caught mining in the Kaieteur National Park, has been fined $7M, the Ministry of Natural Resources announced yesterday.

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