Daily Archive: Friday, September 9, 2016

(Barbados Nation) The Caribbean Premier League (CPL) has incurred a loss for the fourth successive year.

ROSEAU, Dominica, , CMC-President of the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) Dave Cameron appears to be denying reports that the services of head coach Phil Simmons will be terminated during this weekend’s board meeting in Dominica.

ZURICH, Switzerland,  CMC-Former CONCACAF president Jeffrey Webb has been slapped with a one million Swiss francs dollar fine and banned for life from all football related activities.

Dental surgeon at the Woodlands Hospital, Dr Samiran Bera has passed away.

(Trinidad Guardian) Residents of New Village, Point Fortin, have been forced to scamper inside their homes for cover over the past six weeks, as swarms of locust have been devastating their community.

-shortening lease among options -gov’t recommits to vigilance with contracts Government yesterday said that the arrangement for a pharmacy bond on Sussex Street with businessman Larry Singh of Linden Holding was “undoubtedly undesirable” and several options are being looked at including shortening the lease and the state will now secure its own facility.

Kevin Mohan, the man accused of stabbing his aunt to death at her Cummings Lodge home, was yesterday charged with the crime and remanded to prison.

Drilling operations on ExxonMobil’s Skipjack prospect, the company’s third well in the Stabroek Block offshore Guyana, have yielded disappointing results even as the United States oil giant continues to work towards commercial pumping from its Liza well in another four years.

The automatic entry of a quota of 25 eligible University of Guyana (UG) students into the Hugh Wooding Law School has been guaranteed for each of the next three academic years, after successful advocacy on the issue by the local delegation at the recently held 48th meeting of the Council of Legal Education (CLE) in Antigua & Barbuda.

Jamaica law enforcement authorities on Wednesday intercepted approximately 100 pounds of cocaine hidden in a rice shipment which originated from Guyana, according to the head of the Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU) James Singh who says that his ranks are assisting their counterparts on the Caribbean island with the probe.

During a meeting with the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the National Communications Network (NCN) on Wednesday, Social Protection Minister Volda Lawrence emphasised that pregnancy cannot be used to target workers.

Cabinet, at its meeting on Tuesday, September 6, offered its no-objection for the award of several contracts, including one valued over $1.5 billion for the European Union (EU) and the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)-funded Power Utility Upgrade Programme (PUUP).

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – For the second straight year Serena Williams saw her bid for a seventh U.S.

BRUSSELS, CMC— Olympic champion Elaine Thompson will be aiming to break fellow Jamaican Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce’s meet record and end the 2016 international athletics season on a high, when she lines up in the 100 metres at the Brussels Diamond League here Friday.

Yokohama Trading, a Suriname-based auto-dealership opened its doors to the Guyanese public yesterday, while boasting competitive prices and the latest models of vehicles.

Minister of State Joseph Harmon yesterday said it was not he who informed Chief Executive Officer of Linden Holding Inc Larry Singh that government would need a bond for rental ahead of his company clinching the controversial deal to rent a Sussex Street bond to the Public Health Ministry.

Wins by Taffin Khan and  Maria Varona-Thomas could not prevent Guyana’s men’s and women’s teams respectively, suffering sixth round losses by the same score, 2 ½ to  1 ½ points, yesterday at the 42nd Chess Olympiad in Baku, Azerbaijan.

The preliminary inquiry into the charges against three men, accused of the Kaieteur News grenade attack, commenced yesterday at a city court.

MUMBAI, India, CMC — Twenty20 superstar opener Chris Gayle says he is in talks with the West Indies Cricket Board for a possible return to Test cricket.

Georgetown Captain Chris Barnwell admitted that the team will need to put in double the work after rain washed out day one in their 3rd round Jaguars Franchise League 3-Day match against East Coast.

A teen was one of two persons who faced rape charges before Chief Magistrate, Ann McLennan yesterday.

Residents of Block 1 Zeelugt South, East Bank Essequibo have developed severe allergic reactions to the fumes from an asphalt plant and are calling for it to be relocated before something drastic happens.

The four female vendors who had agreed to leave their consignments of fruit and vegetables unprotected and walk the two blocks west along Robb Street to engage the Stabroek Business on their unceremonious eviction from their trading spots on Robb Street between Alexander Street and Bourda Street seemed calm but pensive when they arrived at the newspaper’s office just after night had fallen.

Distance athletes get ready, the annual Courts (Unicomer Guyana Inc.)10km road race billed for September 25 was launched yesterday at its Main Street head office with lucrative cash prizes on offer.

Gomattie Ramrattan, the Diamond, East Bank Demerara shop owner who was shot in her face during a suspected robbery attempt last week, remains fearful as the men remain on the run.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, CMC — Queen’s Park Oval has been slapped with an official warning by the International Cricket Council over the sub-standard outfield which wrecked the recent fourth Test between West Indies and India.

The announcement here last year that ExxonMobil has located significant deposits of crude oil offshore Guyana has evoked a considerable level of interest both inside and outside Guyana, the most recent expression of interest in the likely implications of the oil find for the Guyana economy coming from Dr.

What Guyana Trades Union Congress General Secretary Lincoln Lewis has described as “probably the most serious engagement between government and the labour movement under the APNU+AFC administration”, on Wednesday may well have paved the way for “more meaningful and constructive discussions on issues pertaining to some key issues including the extractive sector, the environment and welfare, the veteran trade unionist told Stabroek Business.

The cycling season will resume tomorrow in the National Park with the staging of the 16th annual DeSinco Trading 11-race programme.

The Guyana Public Service Union (GPSU) has not made a request to have the Ministry of Social Protection conciliate its present dispute over public servant wages and salaries with the government.

Dear Editor, I refer to a letter captioned, ‘Concerns are being raised about Guyana’s growing debt’, which was written by Mr Donald Ramotar, the former executive president, and which appeared in Stabroek News on Saturday, September 3.

The Guyana Football Federation (GFF) has received a financial boost in its attempt to develop the discipline as their annual subvention from the International Federation of Association Football (FIFA) has officially been doubled.

The Guyana Marketing Corporation (GMC) continues to promote the exportation of non- traditional agricultural commodities.

Dear Editor, The Prime Minister, according to news reports, has advised the NCN CEO to apologise to Natasha Smith for removing her from the air because she is pregnant.

An 18- year-old was yesterday stabbed several times in the region of his abdomen by his neighbour who had threatened to end his life.

The quick action by employees of Hits and Jams Entertainment prevented the spread of fire at its Lance Gibbs Street, Queenstown studios after lightning struck a transmission tower during a heavy downpour yesterday, resulting in the company’s radio and television stations being temporarily off air.

The Guyana Boxing Association (GBA) will box off its annual Lennox Blackmoore Intermediate Championships tonight   at the National Gymnasium.

By Karen Abrams, MBA Co-Founder, STEMGuyana Public and private organizations in Guyana are learning that the best cure for exposure on social media is transparency and professionalism.

Dear Editor On Tuesday September 7, Kaieteur News carried a story ‘Guyana’s appoints convicted fraudster as Kuwait ambassador’.

ZURICH, (Reuters) – Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid have lost their appeals against transfer bans which were imposed on them for breaching rules on signing non-Spanish under-18 players, soccer’s governing body FIFA said on Thursday.

For Gail-Ann Gouveia it’s a long journey from gathering crabwood seeds on the forest floor at Three Brothers Village in the Waini River to having her Waini Secrets Crabwood Oil Soaps appear on shelves in shops in downtown Port-of-Spain.

Dear Editor, The Statistical Bureau (SB) has released recently two reports (Compendiums 1 and 2) on the 2012 National Census.

The soil testing ability of the National Agricultural Research and Extension Institute (NAREI) is now enhanced thanks to the Promotion of Regional Opportunities for Produce through Enterprises and Linkages (PROPEL) project.

An Albouystown man was on Wednesday charged with murder, while his son remains on the run after police say their attack on a Port Kaituma dredge owner, last Friday, resulted in his death.

ZURICH, Reuters) – UEFA was unnecessarily scared of the big clubs when it negotiated with them over the Champions League’s format, the head of the organisation representing Europe’s domestic soccer leagues said on Thursday.

Dear Editor, I have been prompted to express my frustration about a situation which has been affecting the residents of Region 8, North Pakaraimas.

GASCI (www.gasci.com/telephone Nº 223-6175/6) reports that session 685’s trading results showed consideration of $1,002,679 from 25,321 shares traded in 11 transactions as compared to session 684’s trading results, which showed consideration of $1,422,364 from 48,203 shares traded in 11 transactions. 

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC — Head coach Stephen Hart believes Trinidad and Tobago has plenty of “soul searching” to do ahead of their upcoming Caribbean Cup qualifying campaign starting next month.

Dear Editor, I wish to respond to letter captioned ‘Region 3 REO has nothing to apologise for’ dated Saturday, September 3 that was published in the Stabroek News.

Two men were on Wednesday remanded to prison by a city magistrate on separate charges for alleged possession of a gun and a shotgun cartridge.

(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.

Dear Editor, Recently I received a report that some dredges were conducting mining activities on my gold claim.

MUMBAI, (Reuters) – India played a key role in sinking a proposal for a two-tier structure in tests but it should never have been up for discussion at the International Cricket Council’s meeting, according to Indian cricket board president Anurag Thakur.

Detective Corporal Kester Cosbert yesterday testified at the commencement of the Preliminary Inquiry (PI) into the charge against Orpheus Johnson of murdering miner, Travis Rudder.

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SEOUL,  (Reuters) – North Korea was likely to have conducted its fifth and largest nuclear test last night, South Korean officials and analysts said after meteorological agencies reported a surface-level seismic tremor near the North’s known test site.

CARACAS, (Reuters) – Venezuelan opposition leader and two-time presidential candidate Henrique Capriles said hooded and armed pro-government gang had surrounded the airport of Margarita island after he landed on Wednesday evening to prevent him and others on the flight leaving.

Dear Editor, Exactly what is the reason for the lack of information concerning registration and interviews at the Cyril Potter College of Education (CPCE) for 2016?

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC — There will be no long wait for the results of the probe into an incident between Reggae Boyz head coach, Winfried Schaefer, and a member of the local press corps last weekend.

Bourda Market vendors, who were temporarily prevented from selling along a section of Robb Street, resumed operations last night following their agreement with the city to keep the area clean.

Almost 200 residents of the small riverine community of Smyth’s Creek in the Mabaruma sub-district, Region One will benefit from a cassava mill supplied by the government, GINA said.

Dear Editor, The University of Guyana Law Society (UGLS) is elated to hear that a new collaborative agreement between the University of Guyana (UG) and the University of the West Indies (Cave Hill) has been finalised, and here congratulates those who were instrumental in making this a reality.

NAIROBI,  (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Kenya aims to restore trees and vegetation across almost nine percent of its land mass by 2030, the government said yesterday, in a bold initiative to combat climate change, poverty and hunger.

Dear Editor, I read Mr Wesley Kirton’s letter in SN of September 8 with some degree of concern (‘There is need for Guyana to intensify its public outreach…’).

KINGSTON, Jamaica (JIS) — The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) will be setting up offices in Jamaica as part of measures to help fight crime and violence.

An Albouystown porter, held for a simple larceny charge, was brought before a city court on Wednesday after he allegedly attempted to escape the custody of the police.

PORT-AU-PRINCE,  (Reuters) – Posters warning of the dangers of Zika only reached Haiti’s health ministry in August, six months after the country reported an outbreak, in one example of delayed prevention efforts that have health experts worried a “large epidemic” is looming.

Dear Editor, The National Agricultural Research and Extension Institute (NAREI) wishes to address several inaccurate statements raised by a “Concerned employee” in a letter captioned ‘Complaints against the administration of NAREI’ that was published in Kaieteur News on September 8.

(Trinidad Guardian) While trying to save her mother from an attack on Wednesday morning, 13-year-old Sydney Heeralal was chopped on both hands and received cuts to her left ear. The

Commanding General of US Army Forces Southern Command, Major General Clarence Chinn, yesterday made his first official visit to Guyana and the Guyana Defence Force (GDF).

“I’m glad I didn’t follow the devil and try and hit her,” were the words uttered by Randolph Howard, 67, when he appeared in a city court, where he pleaded guilty to damaging his wife’s property.

DAR ES SALAAM, (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Tanzania has threatened to ban non-governmental groups that “promote” the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) people in the first public statement the government has made against the minority group.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – The benefits of statins – cholesterol-busting drugs that can dramatically reduce the risk of heart attacks and strokes – have been underestimated and their harms exaggerated, scientists said on Thursday in a major review of research.

Ten Environment US Peace Corps Trainees arrived in Georgetown last week to prepare for two years of service to the people of Guyana.

(Reuters) – The insurance brokerage Willis Towers Watson Plc has agreed to pay $120 million to settle litigation accusing it of helping now-imprisoned Texas financier Allen Stanford run a $7.2 billion Ponzi scheme, court papers show.

Dear Editor, The former American President Bill Clinton asked himself in his autobiography why he engaged in a sick little affair with a kid in the White House.

Whether the reason or cause is personal economic hardship, innate disrespect for honesty and the law, greed or some disdain for (hard) work, there are parents or guardians who will knowingly accept stolen items generated by their younger relations.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Legendary Jamaican ska singer, songwriter, record producer and sound system operator Prince Buster is dead.

In its guidelines for drinking-water quality, the World Health Organization says that access to safe potable water is “essential to health, a basic human right and a component of effective policy for health protection”.

Dear Editor, I am saddened though not surprised, to learn of the closure of the Fort Ordnance Primary School as reported in your publication of September 8. 

VENICE, (Reuters) – Veteran French actor Jean-Paul Belmondo said yesterday he had done everything he wanted in life as he accepted the Venice film festival’s Golden Lion for lifetime achievement.

The Bourda vendors who ply their trade on Robb Street between Alexander Street and Orange Walk may have been given a directive to resume trading yesterday after being subjected to two successive days of loss of earnings but that does nothing to conceal the continually deteriorating relationship between City Hall and the urban vending community, on the one hand, and on the other the patently quixotic management style of the new municipal regime in matters pertaining to addressing the issue of vending in the capital and more.