Daily Archive: Tuesday, September 6, 2016

The Private Sector Commission (PSC) today called on the government and the parliamentary parties to convene a special parliamentary meeting to swiftly set up the Public Procurement Commission (PPC) and the Integrity Commission.

(Trinidad Guardian) Labour Day celebrations in New York turned deadly for one Trinidadian family yesterday.

Approximately 180 workers have been retrenched by Barama Company Limited, according to General Manager Mohindra Chand, who says that a drastic slowdown in the market is largely to blame but the government’s protracted review of the company’s contract for renewal has also contributed.

The police last night said that a suspect in Sunday’s murder of Cummings Lodge woman, Anita Mohan has confessed and they are now in search of an accomplice.

Joyce Lawrence, of Plantation Grove, who was charged in February with trafficking a 16-year-old girl for labour, was yesterday found guilty of the crime and ordered to pay her victim almost $900,000 or face 12 months in jail.

-seeking possession of Cove and John site The Guyana Sevashram Sangha and its trustees have moved to the courts seeking to remove a former Swami from the Hindu organisation’s Cove and John location where he continues to live although he was expelled from the monastic order.

A freak storm on Sunday afternoon damaged 13 homes, uprooted trees and caused a blackout at Blenheim, Leguan, where some residents say they need help to do repairs.

An Anna Regina bar owner was yesterday ordered to post $1 million bail to secure his release after he was charged with two counts of human trafficking in a city court.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Pakistan’s one-day series against West Indies will take on special significance when the two teams clash in three matches starting later this month in the United Arab Emirates.

—Gayle unavailable; “medical reasons” force Simmons out ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC — Rookies Nicholas Pooran and Rovman Powell are set to make their international debuts after being named in a West Indies Twenty20 15-man squad to face Pakistan later this month.

Local Dynamic Airways (DIA) spokesman Gerry Gouveia says the United States Department of Transportation (DOT) review of the airline’s air transportation fitness does not affect its flying schedule or status here.

Four-time Mr. Guyana, Kerwin Clarke will lead a four-member team selected to fly the country’s flag at the 44th Central American & Caribbean (CAC) Bodybuilding Championships in the Dominican Republic (DR) from September 29 to October 2.

Veersammy Narine, the businessman recently charged with attempting to bribe a police officer, was yesterday granted his release on bail by the High Court.

-as centenary celebrated The Berbice High School (BHS) yesterday celebrated 100 years of existence under the theme ‘Seizing the opportunity to train and build a cohesive society’.

—42nd Chess Olympiad, Baku Guyana women played to a 2-2 draw with Aruba women’s team as the 42nd Chess Olympiad continued in Baku, Azerbaijan yesterday.

Diabetic patients who would usually benefit from a public supply of insulin have been forced to buy their medication from private pharmacies since public hospitals and health centres in some regions are experiencing a shortage.

Western Tigers and the Guyana Police Force (GPF) will contest the final of the Mayor’s Cup football tournament following semi-final wins over Ann’s Grove and Federal Winners Connection Sunday at the Victoria ground.

-after posing as customers   A Parfait Harmonie, West Bank Demerara shop owner and her brother were beaten and robbed yesterday when six gunmen, two of whom posed as customers, attacked her business.

While the start of season two of the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) Elite League will come as welcome news to some, for many, there is uncertainty in the value of the tournament.

In table tennis in Guyana, women have been mainly players with few opting for administrative or officiating roles.

While the United States is currently assisting Guyana in putting mechanisms in place to address any occurrence of an offshore oil spill, it also recognises that work must be done to put policies in place to ensure sound environmental practices for the petroleum sector.

-management denies removal due to pregnancy National Communications Network (NCN) journalist Natasha Smith is calling for a full probe to be done by the Clerical and Commercial Workers Union (CCWU), the Guyana Press Association (GPA) and the Ministry of Social Protection to determine why she was relieved of her duties as a news presenter.

Following months interviewing several overseas candidates, the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) has appointed Englishman Ian Greenwood to serve  as its Technical Director.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Karolina Pliskova ruined any chance of another Flushing Meadows sister showdown as she claimed a dramatic 4-6 6-4 7-6(3) win over sixth-seeded Venus Williams yesterday to reach the U.S.

NEW YORK,  (Reuters) – stormed into the quarter-finals of the U.S.

The Keeve Allicock/Anthony Narine bout staged on August 27 on the undercard of ‘Bad Intentions’ card has been reviewed by the Guyana Boxing Board of Control and has since been officially declared a ‘No Contest’.

The taxi driver who hit and killed Osmond Griffith, the main witness in the faeces assault on newspaper columnist Freddie Kissoon, will today face charges, including causing the man’s death.

Wales FC secured their first win of the Stag Beer sponsored West Demerara Football Association (WDFA) Senior League, defeating Golden Warriors via walkover on Sunday at the Den Amstel ground. 

The Region One Administration is seeking to convert an abandoned bond in Central Port Kaituma into a market to relocate some of the vendors from the congested waterfront.

The Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) on Friday said that its arrears collection up to July this year was $921m and not the $1.8b it had erroneously stated at a press conference on August 10, 2016.

New Amsterdam (NA) Warriors downed the Guyana Human Development Centre (GHDC) 71-36 when the Berbice Amateur Basketball Association (BABA) sanctioned A.

Dear Editor, I read in the letter by the senior GuySuCo communications officer that “It is disappointing that the leadership of GAWU is already predicting ‘gloom and unimaginable hardship for the residents’ when the diversification programme has not even been implemented” (‘Is GAWU proposing to solve the problems of the sugar industry through resistance?’

MELBOURNE,  (Reuters) – Australia have included a trio of uncapped fast bowlers in an under-strength 15-man squad for their one-day international tour of South Africa.

Dear Editor, The acting Police Commissioner must be commended for his historic speech, the like of which no other Police Commissioner has ever given.

310 nurses, including midwives and professional students graduated from the Georgetown School of nursing on Thursday at a ceremony at the National Cultural Centre.

The first fifteen families to benefit from improved housing under a US$3.1M project will be from the community of Sebai, in the Matarkai Sub-District of Region One (Barima/Waini).

Dear Editor, I read Mr Goolsarran’s cri de coeur on the front page (SN, September 2). 

HANGZHOU, China, (Reuters) – Leaders from the world’s top economies broadly agreed at a summit in China yesterday to coordinate macroeconomic policies, but few concrete proposals emerged to meet growing challenges to globalisation and free trade.

Dear Editor,I must commend Commissioner of Police (ag) David Ramnarine on his latest move to bring uniformity and discipline to the traffic and anti-crime ranks with his assertive statements at the recent meeting hosted at the Officers’ Mess annexe, Eve Leary.  

VIENTIANE, (Reuters) – President Barack Obama canceled what would have been his first meeting with Filipino President Rodrigo Duterte, after Duterte described Obama in vulgar terms, a White House spokesman said yesterday.

An Eccles man is upset after bandits raided the apartment of one of his tenants, just days after he himself was held up in the area.

CANFIELD, Ohio/CLEVELAND,  (Reuters) – Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton opened a final two-month sprint to the Nov.

A 31-year-old man is now admitted at the Georgetown Public Hospital after he was stabbed last night in his abdomen by his child’s mother.

Dear Editor,Emphasis is being placed on the new President of the United States appointing three judges to the US Supreme Court, the highest court of the land.

By Janette Bulkan and John Palmer This article seeks answers to two questions.

CARACAS,  (Reuters) – Venezue-lan President Nicolas Maduro has enlisted a Spanish academic he has hailed as the “Jesus Christ of economics” to help the South American country manage chronic product shortages.

Villagers of Nappi in Central Rupununi, Region Nine showcased their culture at their Indigenous Heritage Month celebrations on Saturday and the government handed over bicycles and a brush cutter which had been previously promised.

PORTO ALEGRE, Brazil,  (Reuters) – Brazil’s Forjas Taurus SA, the largest weapons manufacturer in Latin America, sold guns to a known Yemeni arms trafficker who funneled them into his nation’s civil war in violation of international sanctions, according to charges in court documents reviewed by Reuters.

Dear Editor, I disagree with Mike Persaud that “we do not need power sharing” (SN, Aug 27, ’16).

(Trinidad Express) The woman who went to study in India, but met harsh conditions she could not cope with, has returned to Trinidad, exhausted but grateful.Raynuka

NEW YORK,  (Reuters) – Two people were shot dead at a pre-dawn Caribbean heritage celebration in New York despite ramped-up efforts by police and community activists to prevent the violence that has plagued the annual event in years past, authorities said yesterday.

Dear Editor,It was refreshing to read this Sunday’s article ‘Echoes of the ever-present past’ by former Speaker Ralph Ramkarran as he attempted to bring clarity to the PPP’s campaign of misinformation on the land issue (Sunday Stabroek, September 4).

Months after receiving an award for Best Male Gospel Artist at this year’s Guyana Music Awards, singer-songwriter Samuel Medas has been nominated for the Caribbean Gospel Music Marlin Awards in seven categories.

BRASILIA,  (Reuters) – Brazil yesterday banned IESA Oil & Gas from government work for paying bribes, the third construction and engineering company barred in the massive graft and political kickbacks scandal involving contracts with state oil company Petrobras.

Dear Editor, It is really disappointing that the region that has won all three 2016 championships, the under 19 male 50 over, and both the men and women’s 20 over, considers itself to be in the cricketing doldrums.

LONDON, (Reuters) – The world’s 300 million asthma sufferers could help reduce their risk of severe asthma attacks by taking vitamin D supplements as well as their standard asthma medicines, according to the findings of a review of international trial evidence.

Contrary to what former Democratic presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders and other members of the U.S.

The first stanza of the long-awaited negotiations between the Government of Guyana and the Guyana Public Service Union (GPSU) on wages and salaries for public servants has not gone well.