Daily Archive: Friday, September 30, 2016

(Reuters) – Brad Pitt will undergo drug and alcohol tests as part of a temporary agreement with his estranged wife Angelina Jolie that will allow him to see their six children, two people familiar with the agreement said on Friday.

SHARJAH, United Arab Emirates,  CMC – Beleaguered West Indies extended their miserable run when they slumped to a fourth straight defeat to Pakistan, losing the opening One-Day International by 111 runs under the Duckworth/Lewis method here today.

Homicide Detectives assigned to the Rio Inn Night Club incident, this morning searched a house at Hadfield Street, Lodge, during which two unlicensed handguns (.32 pistol and a .38 revolver along with fifteen (15) rounds of ammunition were found, police said today.

Acting Chief Executive Officer of the Guyana Power and Light (GPL), Renford Homer, has told the Government Information Agency (GINA) that the power company is moving to provide electricity to unserved areas from next month.

Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo on Saturday addressed a gathering in the compound of City Hall, Georgetown where he declared that, there is no ‘war’ in Guyana and citizens must continue to work together to build the country, GINA said.

LONDON, (Reuters) – The team behind the James Bond films wants Daniel Craig to return as 007, the spy series’ executive producer said on Friday, even after the British actor said he would rather slash his wrists than appear again.

(Trinidad Guardian) Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley is dismissing claims by President Anthony Carmona that he (Rowley) consented to National Security Minister Edmund Dillon meeting with him on September 5.

GuySuCo yesterday told the three sugar unions that losses of $14.1b and $13.7b are being projected for this year and 2017 respectively and rejigging of the industry was “inevitable and absolutely necessary”.

After intervening in a fight between his parents, an Annandale youth was fatally stabbed, allegedly by his father, on Wednesday night.

Saying that a lack of resources to police the country’s borders was in part responsible for convicted drug trafficker Barry Dataram being able to flee before his sentencing, President David Granger yesterday also called for “a greater level of alertness” on the part of the magistracy in such cases.

Police are searching for five bandits who kicked down the door of a Herstelling family’s home and robbed them of over $2 million in cash and jewellery during the wee hours of yesterday morning.

President David Granger has challenged the position of the Guyana Public Service Union (GPSU) that negotiations on public service wages and salaries are at a “deadlock,” while walking back on the finality of his administration’s offered increases.

A Guyanese-born New York police officer was on Tuesday charged with the murder of an unarmed man, whom he fatally shot during an off-duty dispute in July, 2015.

Head of the Guyana National Council on Public Policy Dr Phillip Mozart Thomas, who owes a large debt to Massy Security Guyana Inc, has criticised the company for publishing notices in the daily newspapers asking him to make urgent contact.

A police inspector of the Eteringbang Police Station, ‘F’ Division and of Lot 50 Stanleytown, New Amsterdam appeared at the New Amsterdam Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday to answer to the charge of indecent assault and sexual activity with a young child.

The Guyana Poultry  Association (GPA) has requested a meeting with the Minister of Business, Dominic Gaskin over the granting of licences by the government for the importation of a large amount of chicken.

The eagerly anticipated Fifth Annual Courts Pee-Wee Boys Under-11 Primary Schools Football Championship was officially launched yesterday at the National Library on Church and Main Streets.

A suspect was arrested last night in connection with the fatal shooting outside of the Rio Inn nightclub early Monday morning.

Almost 1,000 cane harvesters attached to GuySuCo’s Rose Hall estate are on strike for the removal of the estate manager over what they say is his refusal to meet with them on the institution of daily quotas.

SHARJAH, United Arab Emirates, CMC – On the heels of an embarrassing whitewash in the preceding Twenty20 series, West Indies’ three-match One-Day International series against Pakistan will take on new value when it bowls off here today.

The penultimate round of the inaugural Guyana Cricket Board/Cricket Guyana Incorporated three-day franchise league will get cracking today with several matches including the top-of-the-table clash between front runners Lower Corentyne and West Demerara who are in second place.

Nathan Heyligar, the driver who allegedly caused the death of a passenger in his truck during a collision along the Mabura Public Road, was yesterday charged with causing death by dangerous driving.

The Guyana Defence Force (GDF) outflanked Foxy Ladies by an 8-2 score line when the National Association for Women’s Football (NAWF) Developmental League continued yesterday at the Camp Ayanganna ground.

While the Government of Guyana is optimistic that gold production for this year could reach 600,000 ounces, there is every likelihood that gold smuggling persists despite official efforts to curb the practice, Natural Resources Minister Raphael Trotman has told Stabroek Business.

Children hospitalized with cancer can now continue their education in hospital.

With the need to attract high value external markets (HVMs) for Guyana’s agricultural produce having long been high on the list of priorities of the country’s export sector, the Canadian-funded initiative titled Promotion of Regional Opportunities through Enterprises and Linkages (PROPEL) project has already made an important footprint in the journey towards that goal.

KOLKATA, (Reuters) – India test captain Virat Kohli remains sceptical on the accuracy of ball-tracking technology but hinted India might be ready to finally embrace the Decision Review System (DRS).

Fruta Conquerors secured their second win in Pre-Season training ahead of the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) Elite League, downing Ann’s Grove by a 2-0 score line on Wednesday at the Tucville Community ground.

A truck driver, who is on trial for killing a pedal cyclist, yesterday maintained that he was not driving in a dangerous manner when the accident occurred in 2014.

Dear Editor, The Guyana Police Force is responding to an article published on September 28 in the Stabroek News under the caption ‘Family say being kept in the dark on probe of Sheriff Street fatal accident’.

By his own admission, Miro Westmaas’s earliest encounter with the ancient, oriental healing practice of acupuncture came about on account of his own personal need for physical, psychological and spiritual healing, resulting from what he says were unwise lifestyle options.

A properly incentivized work force whose rights are respected and whose workplace security and material needs are being met is critical to a stable economy and to the prosperity of the nation as a whole, Guyana Trades Union Congress (GTUC) General Secretary Lincoln Lewis told Stabroek Business shortly after emerging from last week’s meeting of a trade union movement that continues to be fractured by divisions many of which have their origins in political differences.

BERLIN, (Reuters) – Closing the gap on clear market leader Nike is the challenge facing new Adidas boss Kasper Rorsted when the Dane takes charge of the world’s second biggest sportswear brand from the start of October.

Dear Editor, On Wednesday, September 28, GPL undertook to replace two power poles in Pike Street, Kitty.

Artist and teacher Professor Doris Rogers passed away last Thursday, leaving a legacy as a dedicated educator, who enriched the lives she touched.

Dear Editor, I live on the western side of a neighbour who has been operating a spray-painting workshop for nearly a year.

A man was yesterday granted his release on bail after he denied escaping police custody.

Initiatives designed to create a bigger pool of financial resources into which startup, early-stage and growth businesses in the Caribbean can dip to consolidate their growth and expansion received a significant boost earlier this week when the World Bank Group, together with the Caribbean Export Development Agency (Caribbean Export), launched LINK-Caribbean, an investment facilitation programme designed to enable early-stage regional entrepreneurs to raise capital from private investors.

(Reuters) – Manager Pep Guardiola tempered his delight at Manchester City’s ability to fight back three times in a thrilling 3-3 draw against Celtic in the Champions League on Wednesday by urging his players to understand the importance of a good start.

The mud pile along the Nismes Public Road, which is being blamed for the accident on Monday evening that claimed the life of a minibus conductor, has been cleared.

(Reuters) – England caretaker manager Gareth Southgate is confident his familiarity with the players will help him adapt quickly to a role he landed at short notice following Sam Allardyce’s sacking on Tuesday.

The local information and communication technology service provider Starr Computers is to accelerate its focus on creating a technology learning centre inside its Brickdam complex for the purpose of helping to prepare the next generation of local ‘techies’ for the task of meeting the requirements of serving Guyana in the “demanding technology age that lies ahead,” the company’s Chief Executive Officer Michael Mohan has told Stabroek Business.

Dear Editor, I write in relation to the Universal Peace Federation’s Musical Festival of Peace and Ice Breaking Ceremony, which was held on Saturday, September, 24 at City Hall in Georgetown.

Dear Editor, During the years that the PPP was in office we saw dictatorship at all levels from local government (NDCs) to central government. 

Secondary school students may soon be using iPads and similar electronic devices in the classroom to access learning materials.

GENEVA (Reuters) – Banks are tightening the security of their SWIFT messaging networks – used by the industry to shift trillions of dollars each day – following revelations that hackers are increasingly able to get into this system to steal money.

NEW DELHI/ISLAMABAD,  (Reuters) – Indian officials said elite troops crossed into Pakistan-ruled Kashmir yesterday and killed suspected militants preparing to infiltrate and carry out attacks on major cities, in a surprise raid that raised tensions between the nuclear-armed rivals.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – England pace duo James Anderson and Mark Wood have been ruled out of the team’s tour of Bangladesh following recurrence of their recent injuries, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) said on Thursday.

SHARJAH, United Arab Emirates, CMC – One-day captain Azhar Ali said Thursday Pakistan would not be taking success in the upcoming series for granted, despite West Indies’ easy capitulation in the preceding Twenty20 Internationals.

Dear Editor, Minister Bulkan’s statement about the Town Clerk’s action in cleaning Robb Street, removing the vendors and executing what was lawful in clearing blocked passages and entrances to legitimate businesses and the filth that had accumulated because of the vendors operating there, was unfortunate and disrespectful to the Town Clerk.

REYKJAVIK, (Reuters) – A party that hangs a skull-and-crossbones flag at its HQ, and promises to clean up corruption, grant asylum to Edward Snowden and accept the bitcoin virtual currency, could be on course to form the next Icelandic government.

After a rift in the Hindu community last year forced the country to observe Diwali on two separate days, the Viraat Sabhaa is contesting this year’s earmarked date for the holiday.

GASCI (www.gasci.com/telephone Nº 223-6175/6) reports that session 688’s trading results showed consideration of $1,387,531 from 4,584 shares traded in 8 transactions as compared to session 687’s trading results, which showed consideration of 12,660,375 from 196,803 shares traded in 12 transactions. 

CHASKA, Minnesota,  (Reuters) – Lee Westwood is taking aim at Nick Faldo’s European Ryder Cup points record this week but nothing is more important to the former world number one than team victory, he said on Thursday.

With four sites identified for the development of an onshore oil and gas industry support base, invitations were sent to foreign companies to submit proposals and the feedback was positive, Minister of Natural Resources Raphael Trotman says.

(Prepared by the Guyana Marketing Corporation and published by Stabroek Business as a public service)The New Guyana Marketing Corporation has agreed to provide us with the above information which we will publish on a weekly basis subject to receipt.

Dear Editor, As in almost every former colonial territory with the English common law and a corresponding Westminster system legislature, Guyana has experienced severe challenges in terms of the guaranteed rights of the people.

HOBOKEN, N.J.,  (Reuters) – A commuter train plowed into a station in New Jersey at the height of Thursday’s morning rush hour, killing a woman on the platform and injuring more than 100 people as it brought down part of the roof and scattered debris over the concourse.

Gold Prices for the three-day period ending Thursday September 29, 2016Kitco is a Canadian company that buys and sells precious metals such as gold, copper and silver.

WASHINGTON/NEW YORK,  (Reuters) – U.S. lawmakers called yesterday for Wells Fargo & Co chief John Stumpf to resign and a top House Democrat demanded the bank be broken up because it is too big to manage.

During a twelve-hour exercise yesterday, ranks of the Guyana Police Force conducted a Drug Eradication Exercise at Araray Village, Upper Essequibo.

CASTRIES, St. Lucia, (Reuters) – Tropical Storm Matthew strengthened to a hurricane yesterday after triggering flooding and landslides on eastern Caribbean islands that killed one person, and was forecast to grow more powerful as it heads toward Jamaica, Haiti and Cuba.

As part of its Social Impact Programme employees of Massy Gas Products enhanced the Dietary Kitchen of the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) by repainting the building during a one-day exercise last Saturday.

Dear Editor, The US Embassy in Guyana on its official social media page, shared a vintage photograph of the late Dr Cheddi Jagan engaging with President John Kennedy during his visit to New York when he was Premier in 1961.

(Reuters) – New Zealand captain Kane Williamson has been ruled out of the second cricket test against India starting today in Kolkata with a virus, New Zealand Cricket said.

The final collection of books from the Ministry of Presidency’s book drive was earlier this month presented to the Mahaica Children’s Home and Sisters of Mercy of Guyana.

Dear Editor, Barbados will celebrate its 50th anniversary of independence on November 30.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – U.S. lawmakers expressed doubts yesterday about Sept. 11 legislation they forced on President Barack Obama, saying the new law allowing lawsuits against Saudi Arabia could be narrowed to ease concerns about its effect on Americans abroad.

GENEVA, (Reuters) – Paraguay led nearly 30 countries yesterday in calling at the United Nations for Venezuela to engage in a national dialogue with the opposition to preserve peace and security, and to release political prisoners.

The man I knew as “father” was a policeman all his life.

Dear Editor, I learn of scores of buildings in the city alone earmarked for demolition, to be erased from landscape and memory. 

Trafficking in persons (TIP), or human trafficking, is a relatively new term in everyday parlance in Guyana, and while it has gained tremendous recognition in usage over the past few years, many persons still fail to come to grips with the fact that some activities that might have been considered immoral but not necessarily illegal, now fall within the definition of human trafficking and attract harsh legal consequences.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – The Zika virus causing an epidemic in Brazil and spreading through the Americas can infect and alter cells in the human nervous system that are crucial for formation of bones and cartilage in the skull, a study found yesterday.

We can probably anticipate an animated reply from the Guyana Public Service Union (GPSU) to the forthright comment made by Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) President Vishnu Doerga on the 10 per cent salary increase in public servants salaries offered by the Government of Guyana and which the union says it rejects.

COPENHAGEN, (Reuters) – Denmark’s government said yesterday it had paid some $900,000 for access to Panama Papers documents to help it identify hundreds of suspected Danish tax cheats.