Daily Archive: Wednesday, September 28, 2016

NEW YORK,  (Reuters) – A majority of Americans say Democrat Hillary Clinton won Monday night’s presidential debate, but her performance doesn’t appear to have immediately boosted her support among likely voters, according to a Reuters/Ipsos national tracking poll released on Wednesday.

The Queen’s College Board of Governors and the School’s Administration say they have taken the decision to host this year’s Annual Inter-House Athletic Championship at the Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC) Ground, Shiv Chanderpaul Drive on Friday, September 30, 2016 at 9: am.

The beleaguered Guyana Sugar Corporation today said it has invited representatives of the three unions in the industry to meet tomorrow to discuss the current and future status of the corporation.

(Barbados Nation) The Grantley Adams International Airport will remain closed until the all clear has been given.

(Trinidad Guardian) Despite knowing that he could be shot dead, Krishna Maharaj sacrificed his life for his family when he coaxed a gunman into leaving their home together so his wife could have a chance to escape.

JERUSALEM, (Reuters) – Former Israeli president and elder statesman Shimon Peres, a joint winner of the 1994 Nobel Peace Prize, died in hospital on Wednesday at 93, two weeks after suffering a massive stroke.

An East Canje cattle farmer was found dead with four gunshot wounds yesterday at a dam in Gangaram Settlement and his family suspects that his death is linked to a recent spat over land.

Godfrey Gill, 22, and Sherwin Clark, 27, the two men who police say are responsible for murdering Better Hope pensioner David Ramkissoon, were yesterday charged with the crime as well as armed robbery.

In his absence, self-professed drug lord Barry Dataram was yesterday sentenced to 60 months in jail for trafficking cocaine, while his three co-accused, including his common-law wife, who was also a no-show, were acquitted due to a lack of evidence.

A Crop Extension Officer attached to the National Agricultural Research and Extension Institute (NAREI) died after a vehicle she was travelling in toppled on the Soesdyke-Linden Highway in the vicinity of Bamia Creek yesterday.

The Buddy’s Pool Hall and Night Club on Sheriff Street have been closed  following a fall in business and a medical school is now operating in a part of the huge building.

The 14-year-old, of Mahaica, East Coast Demerara, who lost his life in the freak accident at Abary Creek on Monday evening, when he was reported to have been pinned by a canter truck, was helping his rice farmer father when the mishap occurred.

The police were up to last evening working towards enhancing camera footage and are carrying out several operations around Georgetown in an effort to apprehend the suspects in Monday morning’s shooting in front of the Rio Inn Nightclub which resulted in the death of a teenager.

Police have arrested a second suspect in the murder of Gafoor’s manager Terry Lackhan and say he has since confessed to the crime.

The five Haitian men who were intercepted at Wismar, Linden on Saturday, while on their way to Brazil, were yesterday charged with illegal entry into the country and fined a total of $100,000 for the crime.

An 18-year-old man is now under police guard at the Georgetown Public Hospital after being shot by an off-duty policeman following a robbery on the West Ruimveldt Public Road on Monday night.

Police yesterday arrested two men who hijacked a car on Norton Street, Georgetown, after ejecting its passengers.

The police rank implicated in the shooting of a bystander, Jean Rodrigues, in the vicinity of the Timehri Bus Park, has been reassigned as the police force completes the investigation.

A Sparendaam resident, who was yesterday charged with attempted murder, was released on $100,000 bail after denying the charge.

Police are preparing to send their file on the September 15 pit bull attacks at Leonora, West Coast Demerara for legal advice, according to acting Divisional Commander Leslie James, who says an autopsy confirmed that the deceased in one of the cases died due to injuries he sustained as a result.

Esau Gibbons, 21, and Kevin Abrams, 17, who were caught red-handed after burgling the home of attorney Paula Nicholson, were sentenced to three months in jail on Friday after admitting to the crime.

Saying they have been embarrassed and traumatised because of “false corruption allegations” made against them by an illegal operator, Guyana National Broadcasting Authority Board (GNBA) directors Vic Insanally and Anthony Vieira yesterday welcomed an independent probe promised by Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo.

The driver of the bus that toppled along the Nismes Public Road, West Bank Demerara on Monday evening, resulting in the death of the conductor, was blinded by the headlights from a car on the road, according to one of the passengers.

A Beterverwagting man, accused of having more than 14 kilogrammes of cannabis in his possession for trafficking, was yesterday denied bail by a city court.

The Guyana Power and Light (GPL) yesterday said that the submarine cable across the Demerara River which was damaged earlier this year should be back in operation in November.

The Preliminary Inquiry (PI) into the murder charge against Colin Alleyne, the man accused of killing elderly Montrose caretaker Danrasie Ganesh, will soon come to a close as two more witnesses are left to testify.

In a report on page 9 of yesterday’s edition titled “Absent cocaine mule sentenced to four years”, the name Zamilla Ally-Seepaul was inadvertently placed under a photograph of the convict Zainab Mohammed.

Miners are pleading with the Maritime Administration Department (MARAD) and Crown Mining Supplies to ensure quick removal of the company’s sunken dredge in the Mazaruni River, which continues to leave them cut off.

Guyana’s national rugby team known as the ‘Green Machine’ departed for Mexico yesterday.

The National Literacy Unit of the Ministry of Education is using students’ love of rap music to make teachers aware of the possibilities of using this medium as a teaching tool.

Max Walker, the tangle foot Australian seamer of the 1970s, has died in Melbourne after succumbing to cancer.

Police are working to complete their investigation of the Blankenburg Public Road, West Coast Demerara fatal accident that claimed the lives of two children soon, according to Traffic Chief Deon Moore.

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates, CMC – Veteran wicketkeeper Denesh Ramdin says the infusion of youth in the West Indies one-day team is great for the long term development of the side.

A Black Bush Polder man, alleged to have aided the accused in the days after the Mibicuri triple murder, has been charged with being an accessory.

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates, CMC – Pakistan exposed West Indies weakness to spin bowling and large outfields by cantering to a comfortable eight wicket win in their final match to complete a three-nil whitewash here yesterday.

Over the next three years, the Central Housing and Planning Authority (CH&PA) will be shifting gears which will see more focus on the needs of low income households, tighter planning of settlements and greater enforcement to ensure conformity with land use permits.

The Guyana Defence Force’s (GDF) probe into claims by People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) MP Nigel Dharamlall that a resident of Yupukari, Region 9 was tortured during investigations of an unauthorised Cessna plane there, found the allegations to be false.

Proclaiming that he was wrongfully fingered for the shooting at the Timehri Bus Park, Georgetown Football Club (GFC) forward Kelsey Benjamin Jr.,

Khemraj Pooranmall said yesterday that he was confident of retaining both his titles when the national annual draughts tournament commences this weekend at the National Gymnasium.

Two armed bandits barged into the Digicel store at Vreed-en-Hoop, West Coast Demerara around midday on Monday and carted off a quantity of cell phones and cash while terrorising staff and customers.

Transport Sports Club (TSC) on Sunday defeated Ace Warriors by six wickets in the Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA) 40-overs-a-side second division competition.

Kevin Garraway, the man who police said had confessed to a murder at Plaisance, East Coast Demerara, has been charged with the crime.

Dear Editor, I refer to a recent statement from the Guyana Public Service Union reported in sections of the media which criticizes my remarks made at an Alliance For Change press conference held on Friday September, 23, 2016.

The Minister of Natural Resources has formally ordered the reactivation of the mining licence of Romanex Guyana Exploration Ltd, paving the way for that company to undertake exploration and mining in the Marudi Mountain area of Mining District No.

Head Office/Audit crushed Sales Department by eight wickets when the Banks DIH Limited GT Beer Inter Department tapeball cricket championships continued Monday.

Dear Editor, “Secretary-General of the United Nations, Ban Ki-moon, on Saturday declared “I have to make an assessment by November” on the way forward with regard to the Venezuela border controversy with Guyana.

The family of Abeka Trotman, the four-year-old who died in an accident on Sheriff Street just over two weeks ago, say they are being kept in the dark on the investigation.

Misbah-ul-Haq, the Pakistan Test captain, has urged the cricketing world to embrace the concept of day-night Test “quickly”.

ST.GEORGE’S, Grenada, CMC-Grenada has announced plans to stage an international track and field event at the newly built stadium next year.

RALEIGH, N.C.,  (Reuters) – Democrat Hillary Clinton sought yesterday to keep Republican rival Donald Trump on the defensive a day after their first U.S.

A 20-year-old man was on Monday remanded to prison after a city court heard that two laptops, which he is accused of stealing, were both recovered at his home.

Dear Editor, A strange advertisement appeared in the weekend papers with “Mek 2 yuh limit”, stating that after two drinks you become a killing machine.

Dear Editor, I read with great humour the report quoting the Maritime Administration (Marad) as saying that there are alternate routes for boats traversing the Piremap falls.

Twenty four organisations received financial aid and stationery when the Massy Group of Companies hosted its annual presentation ceremony at Massy Staff facilities at Ruimveldt on Friday.

GUADALAJARA, Mexico, (Reuters) – SpaceX is developing a massive rocket and capsule to transport large numbers of people and cargo to Mars with the ultimate goal of colonizing the planet, company chief and tech billionaire Elon Musk said yesterday.

PANAJI, India, (Reuters) – India’s in-form opening batsman Lokesh Rahul has been ruled out of the remaining two tests against New Zealand due to a hamstring injury and has been replaced by Gautam Gambhir in the squad, the country’s cricket board said on Tuesday.

KANPUR, India, (Reuters) – Of all the things that went right in the test series opener against New Zealand, Cheteshwar Pujara’s transformation from an obdurate accumulator of runs to a free-scoring batsman when needed must be the most pleasing for India captain Virat Kohli.

Scotiabank’s Robb Street branch on Friday launched its 15th annual cake sale fundraiser to aid in breast cancer prevention and treatment programmes.

NEW DELHI/ISLAMABAD,  (Reuters) – Tensions between India and Pakistan rose yesterday as India’s leader cancelled a visit to a regional summit and Islamabad warned it would treat it as “an act of war” if India revoked a water treaty.

Dear Editor, Reference is made to the letter from Mr Aslam Hanief titled, ‘Abolishing SBAs will not re-establish the integrity of CSEC certificates’ (SN, September 27). 

COLOMBO, (Reuters) – Sri Lankan police today exhumed the body of a senior journalist who had predicted just days before his murder in 2009 that he would be killed by the government, marking the latest development in a series of probes into former President Mahinda Rajapaksa’s administration.

BENONI, South Africa, (Reuters) – A century stand from Steve Smith and Usman Khawaja propelled Australia to a nine-wicket victory over Ireland in their one-off One-Day International played at Willowmoore Park yesterday.

Dear Editor, The recent announcement by China Harbour Engineering Corporation (CHEC) that it had signed a US$7.5M contract with Suriname’s state-owned mining company, Grassalco, to supply some 300,000 tonnes of crushed stone over a twelve-month period for the CJIA expansion project (currently being executed by CHEC) has caused a public outcry from local manufacturers/suppliers.

ALGIERS,  (Reuters) – Iran rejected yesterday an offer from Saudi Arabia to limit its oil output in exchange for Riyadh cutting supply, dashing market hopes the two major OPEC producers would find a compromise this week to help ease a global glut of crude.

Dear Editor, A couple of weeks ago I and several others were writing to complain of the everyday blackouts and in several areas, low voltage, but despite this GPL or the relevant ministry has not been courteous enough to issue a statement or some kind of apology to the citizens affected. 

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C., (Reuters) – Less than a year before Keith Scott was shot and killed by a police officer in Charlotte, North Carolina, his wife said in court papers that he had called himself a “killer” and threatened to kill his family with his gun.

The first debate between the contenders, the Republican Donald Trump and the Democrat Hillary Clinton, has now been held.

Dear Editor, The AFC’s recent call for Guyanese to prepare for a boom has to be one of the finest jokes circulating in this country right now.

The government intends to enact witness protection legislation and has suggested that a discourse take place around this issue so I thought it useful to give an insight into how these schemes operate.

A collaborative effort between University of Guyana lecturers and Environmental Engineering Solutions (EES), a private consultancy business, is underway to restore the clock located on the Protected Areas Trust (PAT) building, at the entrance of the Botanical Gardens.