Daily Archive: Friday, August 26, 2016

Articles published on Friday, August 26, 2016

Norton faces the media

Minister of Public Health Dr George Norton (left) facing the media at Parliament today over the controversial contract for a bond to store drugs.

Dr George Norton facing the media today

VIDEO: ‘Give me another chance’ -Norton pleads with public

Embattled Minister of Public Health Dr. George Norton this morning pleaded with the public to give him another chance to “do better” as he apologised for giving false information to the National Assembly on the controversial Charlestown pharmaceutical bond and promised that he would conduct more “due diligence” in the future.

Dr George Norton

Norton releases no-signatures contract

-Jagdeo says deal must be cancelled   Public Health Minister Dr George Norton has presented Parliament with the contract for the controversial Charlestown drug bond but without signatures and Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo last evening said nothing short of a revocation of the deal would suffice.

West Indies will be bracing for backlash from India following their semi-final triumph in the T20 World Cup last month.

Confident Windies ready for Indian backlash, says Simmons

LAUDERHILL, Fort Lauderdale,  CMC – Head coach Phil Simmons says West Indies will be bracing for a backlash from India stemming from their triumph in the Twenty World Cup earlier this year but expects his proven unit of T20 stars to execute when the two-match series bowls off over the weekend here.

CANU closes case against Dataram

Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU) Prosecutor Konyo Sandiford-Thompson yesterday closed her case against Barry Dataram and three others accused of trafficking 284 pounds of cocaine that were found at his Diamond Housing Scheme residence.

Still no shift from Nov 30 deadline for restart of scrap metal trade

Two weeks after a chance encounter between President David Granger and Secretary of the Guyana Scrap Metal Recyclers Association (GSMRA)  Michael Benjamin appeared to pave the way for the restoration of the scrap metal trade earlier than the tentative November 30 date given by government, Stabroek Business has learnt that there has, after all, been no change in the road map for the restoration of the trade and that its likely November resumption date remains unchanged.

Eagles United edges Netrockers

Eagles United claimed their second win in the Upper Demerara Football Association’s (UDFA) NAMILCO Thunderbolt Flour National u17 league, edging Netrockers 3-2 on Wednesday at the Wisburg Secondary School ground.

West Indies … could jump up to number two in the ICC Twenty20 rankings.

Windies eyeing second spot in T20 series

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates,  CMC – West Indies can clinch second spot in the International Cricket Council’s official Twenty20 rankings, once they can make a clean sweep of their two-match series against India starting tomorrow.

Marley Coffee USA for sale

(Jamaica Gleaner) – Jammin Java Corp will seek to sell the coffee company if its countersuit against former chairman Rohan Marley and push to regain licensing control of the Marley Coffee name fail.

Grace curry products

Grace curry recall places focus on meeting US food safety standards

Just how high a price Caribbean manufacturers and distributors can pay for being either unmindful or indifferent to United States food safety regulations affecting imports into the country is currently being felt by the world-famous Jamaican food distributor Grace products, among others, after several brands of curry powder including Blue Mountain, Jamaica Choice, Ocho Rios, Oriental and Grace Brand were removed from supermarket shelves in the wake of a turmeric recall issued by the New York State Health Department for possible lead contamination.

Brazil’s Senate begins Rousseff’s impeachment trial

BRASILIA, (Reuters) – Brazil’s Senate began the trial of suspended President Dilma Rousseff yesterday after a lengthy impeachment process that has paralyzed the politics of Latin America’s largest nation and is expected to culminate in her removal from office next week.

At the ready

At the ready: Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Services, President David Granger yesterday morning congratulated the troops of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) who participated in the week-long Field Tactical Exercise ‘HOMEGUARD’.

Prices Prepared by the Guyana Marketing Corporation

(Prepared by the Guyana Marketing Corporation and published by Stabroek Business as a public service)                              *Prices only represent the average Wholesale Farmgate and Retail Prices at the above mentioned markets and are NOT prices set by the Guyana Marketing Corporation or Ministry of Agriculture.

Vigilantism

‘Vigilante justice’ is defined as the ‘extrajudicial punishment’ of an individual and is usually driven by the absence of functioning system of law and order, or general dissatisfaction and disillusionment with the justice system by the populace.