Daily Archive: Wednesday, September 7, 2016

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates,  CMC- A proposal to split Test cricket into a two-tier structure was withdrawn today during a meeting of the chief executives’ committee (CEC) of the International Cricket Council (ICC).

Nalini Budhram, the operator of a “medical school” on Lamaha Street was yesterday detained by the police following complaints by students and their parents over concerns that the facility was not legitimate.

The Guyana Forestry Commission yesterday announced that it will be moving to repossess concessions currently being held by Baishanlin International Forest Development Inc.

Public Servants will receive the 10% to 1% differentiated increase on their October salaries in spite of the Guyana Public Service Union (GPSU) having rejected the offer.

A porter is now dead and a driver is hospitalised in a critical condition after the truck they were travelling in reportedly slammed into another truck along the Providence Public Road, East Bank Demerara, yesterday morning.

Jamar Norville, the taxi driver who allegedly hit and killed Osmond Griffith, the main witness in the faeces assault on newspaper columnist Freddie Kissoon, initially claimed that he was threatened to kill the man but then changed his story, a prosecutor yesterday told a court.

Following a meeting between the Guyana Press Association (GPA) and the management of state broadcaster National Communications Network (NCN), journalist Natasha Smith, who was reportedly pulled off air because of her pregnancy, has agreed to resume anchoring duties, while a call has been made for the agency’s board and the Office of the Prime Minister to look into its operations.

The Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) employee, who granted access to the airport’s VIP lounge to a couple accused of plotting to traffic a large quantity of cocaine aboard a Fly Jamaica flight early last year, yesterday testified that he allowed them in although the documents they presented did not correspond with their flight details.

The Ministry of Legal Affairs (MLA) has levelled a series of allegations, including engaging in subterfuge, against the former Permanent Secretary (PS) Indira Anandjit, who has rejected them all while expressing disappointment at what she calls its latest attempt to smear her.

The two communities of Lethem and Tabatinga in Region Nine will soon be able to benefit from easier access to goods and services as the township is working towards the construction of a $60 million access bridge by the end of the year.

Guyana’s realization of their first International Federation of Association Football (FIFA) Goal Project moved one step closer as the local contractor for the initiative’s sub-base work has been selected.

Devendra Singh, a GuySuCo Training Centre lecturer, was last Tuesday sentenced to four years in jail after he was found guilty of killing a pedal cyclist.

An Annandale tailor is presently nursing several stab wounds about his body after he was attacked by two young men at his home.

Trinidad and Tobago men’s table tennis team, led by 65-year-old Dave Mahabir defeated Guyana 3-0 in their third place playoff at the 58th senior Caribbean Table Tennis Championships in the Dominican Republic to qualify for the Pan American Table Tennis Championships.

The Buxton man who was stabbed on Monday  by his child’s mother and is currently in a stable condition in hospital, says it wasn’t the first time that the woman had attacked him and whenever he had reported the incidents to the police they would not take him seriously.

Ahead of round three’s clash in the ongoing Jaguars Franchise League Three-day tournament against East Coast, Georgetown Coach, Garvin Nedd said he is looking for a bit more patience and consistency from his players in order to achieve a much needed outright win.

Led by wins from Anthony Drayton and Taffin Khan on boards one and two and a draw by Haifeng Su on board four, Guyana’s men’s team defeated Guernsey boasting four Candidate Masters CM by two and one half points to one and a half when the 42nd Chess OIympiad continued yesterday in Baku, Azerbaijan.

Several vendors who have for years plied their trade in the vicinity of the Bourda Market are today mourning the loss of hundreds of thousands of dollars in produce after the city administration decided to stop all vending on Robb Street between Alexander and Bourda Streets.

Secretary of Buxton United Eton Moses said he is opposed to the competing clubs in the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) Stag Beer Elite League paying a registration fee to participate in the championships.

The Ministry of Public Health is being threatened with litigation by a taxpayer if it does not cancel the controversial contract for rental of the Sussex Street bond, at a rate of $12.5M per month, for the storage of pharmaceuticals.

An America Street money-changer is now in critical condition after he was shot and robbed yesterday morning during an attack by a gunman, a short while after exiting a speedboat at the Georgetown stelling.

Jamaica’s head coach Winfried Schaefer has indicated that he would not be stepping down after the Reggae Boyz were  dumped from the 2018 World Cup qualifying competition.

Parbhudyal Tarchand, the Albion man who was on trial for the second time at the High Court in Berbice for allegedly strangling his wife, was found not guilty on Thursday last by a jury.

(Reuters) – El Salvador players were offered financial inducements to win, draw or avoid a heavy defeat in their crunch World Cup qualifier against Canada, the country’s football association said yesterday.

Former Attorney General Anil Nandlall has said that he had previously told the government that using the Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU) to investigate matters outside of financial crimes may violate Financial Action Task Force (FATF) recommendations but was ignored.

MUMBAI, India, CMC — India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni has lodged a formal complaint with the Indian Cricket Board (BCCI) over the late start of the second Twenty20 International against West Indies in Florida last month.

The trial of driver Ron Cole, who is charged with causing the death of traffic officer Nakosi ‘Kelvin’ La Fleur, who was struck down while on duty, continued on Monday with the testimony of the crime scene photographer.

(Reuters) – Australia piled up the highest ever total in a Twenty20 international on the way to a crushing 85-run victory over Sri Lanka in Pallekele yesterday.

WELLINGTON, (Reuters) – The faith that Martin Guptill will eventually transfer his limited overs mastery into the test arena has granted the embattled opener yet another reprieve but the patience of New Zealand’s truest believers may finally be wearing thin.

The Ministry of Natural Resources, yesterday announced Government’s intention to establish an onshore oil and gas facility in Guyana to fully optimise opportunities for the country in the area of petroleum exploration and production.

In the aftermath of the freak storm at Blenheim, Leguan, the residents have been able to repair the damage done to their homes, except for one senior.

CAPE TOWN, (Reuters) – South Africa’s talismanic captain AB de Villiers has recovered from injury and is included in the Proteas squad for the one-day series at home against Australia starting later this month.

ST.JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC- The West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) says improving the quality of pitches around the Caribbean remains a top priority ahead of the third season of the WICB Professional Cricket League (PCL).

Billion-dollar bids were opened yesterday for the Design, Supply and Installation of Water Treatment Facilities and the Upgrade of Reticulation at Utivlugt, Diamond and Sheet Anchor.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC-Jamaica’s football chief, Captain Horace Burrell, has warned that the country’s expulsion from the 2018 World Cup qualifying campaign would have “consequences” but has declined to elaborate.

Dear Editor, The Ministry of Social Protection and more particularly the Minister within the Ministry is concerned with the contents of the editorial of the Stabroek News of Friday, September 2.

The National Air Transport Association (NATA) has raised concerns over congestion at the Eugene F Correia International Airport, whose spokesman Kit Nascimento has called the claims “nonsense.”

WELLINGTON, (Reuters) – All-rounder James Neesham has returned to the New Zealand test squad for their three-test tour of India.

Dear Editor, I refer to a letter in the September 5 edition of the Stabroek News in which Mr GHK Lall detailed at length his opinion that permanent secretaries should resign after a change of government.

Dear Editor, Even the most cursory reading of oil related stories is enough to bring a tingle at the promised possibilities. 

The Guyana Energy Agency (GEA) says it recently completed a year and a half of data gathering in wind measurement.

Dear Editor, Death is striking too frequently on our roads in Guyana.

Minister of Public Health, Dr George Norton, over the weekend delivered drugs and other medical supplies to 15 health facilities which had reported drug shortages in the Moruca Sub-Region in Region One.

A porter was yesterday sentenced to 18 months in jail after he admitted to snatching a woman’s money out of her hands just as she exited a city ATM.

Dear Editor There is no doubt that President David Granger is serious about providing a good life for all Guyanese, however there are elements within his administration who need to be weeded out and replaced with decent, competent, professional and tolerant people.

A 15-year-old boy was among two persons who were charged yesterday with stealing an ATV valued over $3 million.

BRASILIA,  (Reuters) – The government of Brazil’s new President Michel Temer scrambled yesterday to distance itself from a multibillion-dollar corruption scandal that broke less than a week after he took office, involving fraud in the country’s largest pension funds.

NEW DELHI,  (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – The World Health Organisation (WHO) has declared Sri Lanka free of malaria, hailing it as a “remarkable public health achievement” for the Indian Ocean island, once one of the most affected nations in the world.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC- The Press Association of Jamaica (PAJ) has criticized the head coach of the Reggae Boyz, Winfried Schaefer, over his handling of a cameraman while conducting an interview with the team’s manager at the Norman Manley International Airport on Sunday.

Dear Editor, Mr Vishnu Bisram’s letter ‘The only remaining option is power sharing’ refers (SN, Sept 6).

LIBREVILLE, (Reuters) – Gabon’s re-elected president, Ali Bongo, came under international scrutiny yesterday as a European Union mission questioned the validity of his narrow win, France recommended a recount and the African Union said it would send mediators.

(Jamaica Gleaner) The Office of the Contractor General (OCG) has stepped into the People’s National Party (PNP) campaign-financing scandal, ordering the party’s general secretary, Paul Burke, and former transport and works minister, Dr Omar Davies, to answer questions under oath.

Dear Editor, The ICC must not confuse issues, and the players must not contribute to the confusion.

NORRISTOWN, Pa., (Reuters) – Bill Cosby’s sexual assault trial in Pennsylvania has been scheduled for June next year, and if prosecutors have their way, more than a dozen accusers will take the stand to detail what they claim is a decades-long pattern of attacks.

MANAGUA,  (Reuters) – The Nicaraguan government said yesterday it has granted political asylum to former Salvadoran President Mauricio Funes, who is being investigated over allegations of corruption in his homeland.

In opposition, APNU and the AFC were vehemently condemnatory of PPP/C corruption, incompetence, undemocratic behaviour, etc.

Dear Editor, Now that Britain has voted to exit the EU (Brexit) when will it exit the Commonwealth?

We in Guyana, as against citizens in other Caribbean states, will certainly have had a more intense interest in Latin American affairs recently, as the governments in our two neighbours, Brazil and Venezuela, have been facing substantial challenges, deriving largely from declines in their economies.