Daily Archive: Monday, October 10, 2016

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Paul Ryan, the top Republican in the U.S.

Fire has erupted again at the Gafoor’s  complex at Houston on the East Bank Demerara.

In a message to mark fire prevention week which began yesterday, Minister of Public Security, Khemraj Ramjattan disclosed that this year to date 75 buildings have been destroyed by fire and 17 were severely damaged.

UNITED NATIONS, (Reuters) – A “massive response” is needed to help Haiti in the wake of Hurricane Matthew and the United Nations is mobilizing on all fronts to help get the recovery under way, U.N.

(Trinidad Express) Venezuela, Colombia and Dominican Republic are three of the six major countries from which people are trafficked to Trinidad and Tobago.

(Trinidad Guardian) Even as he declared that T&T is on the brink of the danger zone economically, Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley yesterday sought to assure the nation that “these are not hopeless times.”

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Donald Trump may have done just enough in Sunday’s presidential debate to keep his leaky presidential campaign afloat – and that may have put Republicans considering abandoning him in an even tougher position.

Former President Donald Ramotar yesterday condemned the government’s move to compulsorily acquire land belonging to High Commissioner to Canada, Clarissa Riehl and her husband and denied that the former PPP/C administration had initiated this plan.

A fisherman yesterday relived an agonising 29 hours at sea after the boat he was in capsized and he swam for several hours to the shores of Trinidad and Tobago but two other crewmembers, a father and son are still missing.

An East Coast Demerara father of two died on Saturday after a mining pit at Rock Creek, Puruni caved in while he was working in it.

Minister of State Joseph Harmon yesterday stated that neither he nor President David Granger offered trade unionist Carvil Duncan monies in return for him resigning from several constitutional offices.

The sunken dredge that was blocking the Mazaruni River for six weeks has finally been shifted enough to allow the free flow of boats.

The man who is being accused of raping a 12- year- old girl and missed his last court date leading to an arrest warrant being issued was captured on Saturday.

Lower Corentyne yesterday were crowned the Guyana Cricket Board/Cricket Guyana International three-day Franchise League champions after they defeated West Berbice by an innings and 302 runs at the Port Mourant Community Centre ground.

Around 1.15 pm yesterday, the police say a twenty-two year old Barbadian national who was an outgoing passenger, destined for Barbados, was arrested by ranks of the Guyana Police Force at the Eugene F.

During an almost four-hour-long discussion of the poor performance in Mathematics recorded in this year’s National Grade Six Assessment, Cabinet members agreed that the situation was dire and a plan is needed to address it, Minister of State Joseph Harmon said on Friday.

Dear Editor, Interestingly, I noticed a letter writer on Saturday mentioned that the channel at Piremap Falls, Mazaruni River never affected river traffic over the past three months.

Three armed men last night pounced on the Lai Li restaurant located in Portuguese Quarter, Port Mourant, Corentyne and escaped with an undisclosed amount of money and valuables.

Golden Jaguars head-coach Jamal Shabazz said he yesterday that he was disappointed with his team’s opening group match loss to Suriname in the Caribbean Football Union (CFU) Caribbean Cup third round qualifiers Guyana went down to their Dutch rival 2-3 Saturday at the Andre Kamperveen Stadium in Paramaribo and the Golden Jaguars will next oppose defending champs Jamaica tomorrow at the Leonora Sports Facility in a must-win fixture.

Dear Editor, My attention was drawn to a most bizarre article published in the Guyana Chronicle, on Saturday, October 8, at page 8, under the caption ‘PPP initiated process to acquire Carmichael St lots-AG.’

Police are searching for a man who reportedly shot the mother of his child on Saturday afternoon at her West Ruimveldt home.

President of the Guyana Boxing Board Peter Abdool said yesterday that he was shocked to hear of the death of Maurice `Busy’ Boyce.

Police have released the suspects who were being questioned over the murder of Tuschen taxi driver Rolun Jodmie.

Chris Nurse, captain of the Guyana senior football team said a lack of fitness was the main reason the team was beaten by Suriname in the third round opener of the Caribbean Football Union (CFU) Caribbean Cup Qualifiers.

Dear Editor, Based on the outcomes being generated by our two major political parties, it is clear that more persons are needed to take up the challenge to become competent, sincere political leaders and offer themselves as alternatives to what is currently available.

Kwakwani Secondary secured the U19 and the women’s championship while Mackenzie High clinched the U14 and U16 accolade when the National School Basketball Festival (NSBF) concluded yesterday at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.

Dear Editor, I read in one of the dailies that the United States Ambassador Mr Perry Holloway had echoed the earlier statements by an official of Exxon Mobil, Guyana re “In terms of job creation, I want to take this opportunity to remind everyone that while this significant oil find will create jobs in Guyana, it is offshore and there are no initial plans for refining the oil in Guyana”.

The trial of former minister in the PPP/C administration Dr Jennifer Westford and her former aide Margaret Cummings, for the alleged theft of over $600 million from the government, has been rescheduled to commence this month.

Dear Editor, The operationalization of the Local Government Commission remains yet another of the many unfulfilled pledges/promises of the APNU+AFC government.

Uitvlugt Warriors climbed atop the standings in the Stag Beer sponsored West Demerara Football Association Senior League, overcoming Vege Boyz by a 3-1 score line yesterday at the Den Amstel Community ground.

Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim knew a man killed for daring to enter a protected area.

At about 11 pm on Saturday, ranks of the Guyana Police Force conducted a search on a male at Palm Court on Main Street, Georgetown, and found an unlicensed .38 Special Revolver with four matching rounds.

As part of the mandate of the Ministry of Social Cohesion, a Diversity Education and Inclusion Workshop Training of Trainers workshop was launched on Saturday at the Racquet Centre on Woolford Avenue, where 15 persons will be trained as part of a core team, which will train over 700 citizens to become social cohesion advocates.

Dear Editor, For 15 months I have watched the coalition government struggle and fumble to come up with a strong and viable economic plan.

Beavers FC came from two goals down to defeat Eagles 3-2 when the National Milling Company (Namilco) Thunderbolt Flour u17 National Championships continued yesterday in the West Demerara zone.

The mother of now deceased miner Travis Rudder gave evidence two Fridays ago during the continuation of the preliminary inquiry (PI) into the charge against Orpheus Johnson of murdering Rudder.

DHAKA, (Reuters) – Bangladesh thumped England in a bowler-dominated contest after home skipper Mashrafe Mortaza’s all-round brilliance secured their series-levelling 34-run victory in the second one-day international yesterday.

Dear Editor, Globalisation is one of the age-old concepts that has been used to explain a number of today’s international issues.

PORT ELIZABETH, (Reuters) – South Africa secured a fourth successive one-day international victory over Australia as captain Faf du Plessis top scored with 69 runs in a six-wicket win yesterday.

Several persons who were arrested in relation to the Rio Inn Nightclub shooting which occurred two weeks ago have been released from police custody.

Dear Editor, There is one fundamental difference between the former Ramotar government and this new Granger government: I get responses to my public and private queries. 

Dear Editor, I am heartened by some developments going on in this society. 

The Ministry of Education has said it will move to charge parents who keep their children away from school without a valid excuse.

INDORE, India, (Reuters) – Virat Kohli smashed his second test double century and Ajinkya Rahane made 188 as India flogged a jaded New Zealand attack before declaring their first innings on 557 for five on day two of the third and final test yesterday.

The Cornelia Ida resident whose body was discovered at the Hague foreshore on Thursday died from drowning and blunt trauma to the head.

The garbage collected during the local observation of International Coast Cleanup 2016 last month amounted to 2,919 pounds.

LOUIS, (Reuters) – A defiant Donald Trump yesterday attacked former President Bill Clinton for his treatment of women and vowed, if he won the White House, to put Hillary Clinton in jail for operating a private email server while U.S.

FALMOUTH, Jamaica, CMC – Veteran all-rounder Deandra Dottin is convinced West Indies Women will hit back strongly against England Women, after losing the opening One-Day International of the five-match series here Saturday.

Dear Editor, I refer to Ms Anna Correia’s letter of September 30 in SN and the subsequent exchange.

Magistrate Judy Latchman on Tuesday adjourned the trial of the men charged with dousing columnist Freddie Kissoon with human faeces, to allow the new prosecutor in the matter, time to familiarize himself with statements in the case.

By Mark Schuller This column was first published on Common Dreams (www.commondreams.org)

SUZUKA, Japan, (Reuters) – Lewis Hamilton has vowed to “give it everything” in his pursuit of a fourth Formula One drivers’ title, which slipped further from his grasp following a third-place finish in yesterday’s Japanese Grand Prix.

COPENHAGEN,  (Reuters) – Merck & Co scored a double hit yesterday with new clinical data showing its Keytruda immunotherapy offered big benefits in previously untreated lung cancer patients, either when given on its own or with chemotherapy.

On 3 September 2012, we had carried an article entitled “State employees and the Public Service Commission” in which we bemoaned the fact that the then Administration was operating with two types of public service: the traditional public service; and a parallel service comprising hand-picked persons recruited on a contractual basis at emoluments and conditions of service superior to those of the tradition service.

In a letter to this newspaper on October 1st, 2016, former President Donald Ramotar insisted that the PPP/C should be credited with transforming the procurement system and opening it up to public scrutiny.

PORT-AU-PRINCE,  (Reuters) – Haiti started burying some of its dead in mass graves in the wake of Hurricane Matthew, a government official said yesterday, as cholera spread in the devastated southwest and the death toll from the storm rose to 1,000 people.

Dear Editor, 1992 could be regarded as a defining moment in the political life of Guyana.

(Reuters) – NBC has suspended television personality Billy Bush from the “Today” show after fallout over the host’s 2005 taped lewd conversation with U.S.

A South Ruimveldt man was on Thursday charged with selling parts of a motorbike that was given to him to repair.