Daily Archive: Friday, October 28, 2016

President David Granger, Prime Minister,  Moses Nagamootoo and several Ministers of the Government, this evening, attended the Indian Commemoration Trust’s Diwali programme, which was held at the Indian Monument Gardens, a release from the Ministry of the Presidency said.

President David Granger, this evening, attended the National Assembly of the Parliament of Guyana’s ‘Afternoon of reflection and celebration of Guyana’s 50th Independence Anniversary’, which was held on the forecourt of the Public Buildings, a release from the Ministry of the Presidency said.

PPP/C MPs today skipped an event on Guyana’s 50th anniversary of independence organised by Speaker, Dr Barton Scotland in the forecourt of Parliament as the party said it was not inclusive enough.

LONDON, CMC – Discarded Twenty20 captain Darren Sammy has supported the view of two of his former teammates that the sacking of head coach Phil Simmons has negatively impacted West Indies’ performance in the ongoing series against Pakistan.

A statement from the Private Sector Commission follows: We have called this Press Conference today to express what we believe is a deeply felt national concern of every citizen over the inability of the State to generally protect our citizens from widespread gun inspired crime threatening their wellbeing and safety.

A release from the Ministry of the Presidency follows: The members of the Public Procurement Commission (PPC), who were sworn in by President David Granger, earlier today, have been charged to uphold the sacrosanct tenets of the Constitution and to be independent, impartial and fair in the execution of their duties.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Comedian Bill Murray was awarded the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor at a star-studded Kennedy Center ceremony on Sunday, with friends and fellow actors praising him for the joy he has brought to audiences worldwide.

(Trinidad Guardian) In an historic move and in the midst of what she claims are death threats, University of the West Indies lecturer,  Rhoda Bharath, has written to acting Commissioner of Police (CoP) Harold Phillips requesting a criminal investigation be launched into President Anthony Carmona and Chief Personnel Officer, Stephanie Lewis.

Sparks flew last evening in the National Assembly as government and the opposition clashed over why 16 constitutional agencies got only 60% of the total they had requested for their 2017 programmes.

A carload of persons opened fire on two men last night killing one of them and injuring the other.

Joanna Erskine, a prison officer who is accused of smuggling ganja into the New Amsterdam Prison, was yesterday placed on $150,000 bail after denying the charge at the New Amsterdam Magistrate’s Court.

A Cornelia Ida woman was left bloodied and traumatised after she and her two children were attacked by two bandits during an attempted robbery on Wednesday.

Defending Guyana Cricket Board (GCB)/ National Secondary School Cricket League (NSSCL) champs Chase Academy, and Christ Church Secondary will square off in finals of the North Georgetown zone of the competition, after winning their respective semi-final matches.

A gold miner was yesterday remanded to prison after being charged with a murder he allegedly committed 17 years ago at Mahdia.

Greenwich Primary School beat Zeelugt Primary by 117 runs, thus winning the East Bank Essequibo Zone in the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB)/Scotiabank Kiddy Progression One Cricket played at the Tuschen Community Centre ground.

Mark Anthony Bartley, accused of knifing another man to death over a box of food in April of this year, was yesterday committed to stand trial for manslaughter.

KARUNEGALA, Sri Lanka, CMC – Opener Kyle Hope stroked a sublime hundred and Chadwick Walton, Assad Fudadin and Rovman Powell all chimed in with half-centuries as West Indies A ran riot against Sri Lanka A to post a crushing 109-run victory in the second unofficial One-Day International and clinch the three-match series here Thursday.

Minister of Business, Dominic Gaskin is confident that upon conclusion of the implementation of his ministry’s Strategic Plan for 2016-2020 Guyana would see significant economic development.

KARUNEGALA, Sri Lanka, CMC – Exciting all-rounder Rovman Powell says he is relishing his cameo roles in the West Indies A side, after producing another high class performance to help the Caribbean side beat Sri Lanka A on Thursday.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Legendary West Indies captain Sir Viv Richards believes the poor run of results in the current series against Pakistan could be a sign that tensions between players and the West Indies Cricket Board may be reaching breaking point.

The man who is suspected of fatally bludgeoning Ramesh Manbodh two Thursdays ago with a cricket bat is now in police custody.

A US$6 million investment in the local coconut industry is beginning to take shape at Marudi Creek on the Soesdyke/Linden Highway and if all goes well the new initiative will position Guyana to significantly improve its coconut oil exports in less than a year.

The police today said that a thirty one year old, unemployed South Ruimveldt Gardens resident was this morning remanded to prison until December 14, 2016, after being nabbed with six hundred and sixty eight (668) grams of cocaine yesterday at the No.

That the foreboding clouds of declining global demand and receding world market prices are not sufficient to persuade the Government of Guyana to give up on the future of bauxite as a major money-earner for the country’s economy was the underlying theme of last Wednesday’s address at a centennial symposium for the bauxite industry.

A member of the Guyana Police Force’s SWAT team, who was charged with having a range of ammunition in his possession, walked out of court a free man yesterday after the charges were dismissed by a city magistrate.

With only a few days remaining in October, the commencement of the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) Stag Elite League’s second season is still up in the air.

It is hard to think of a labour relations issue that has generated more controversy and public comment in recent years than the staunch anti-union posture of the management of the Bauxite Company of Guyana Inc (BCGI) and the toxic working environment which the employees of the company have had to endure.

Defending Professional Cricket League (PCL) Regional 4-Day champs Guyana Jaguars concluded their successful three-day match simulation yesterday at the Everest Cricket Club Ground.

A jury yesterday found Lloyd Britton not guilty of the 2013 murder of Elvis Fernandes, who was shot dead on Mandela Avenue during an argument between two motorists.

All of the evidence bared during last Tuesday’s interface between functionaries of the Govern-ment Analyst Food and Drugs Department (GA/FDD) and the Guyana Revenue Authority – Customs and Trade Administration ostensibly to attempt to refine the relationship between the two state agencies in matters pertaining to the importation of safe foods, drugs, cosmetics and medical devices into Guyana suggested that the engagement was long overdue and ought to have happened much sooner.

A flurry of punches is set to be thrown from tonight when the Guyana Boxing Association (GBA) stages its Terrence Ali National Open Championships at the National Gymnasium.

An absent Godfrey Lynch, the miner accused of robbing an elderly caretaker of over $13M in goods during an attack at a Republic Park, East Bank Demerara home, was yesterday sentenced to 58 months in jail by a city magistrate.

Murder accused Clifton Graham identified two men to police as the persons who killed taxi driver Rawlston Bernard Henry, according to a caution statement admitted into evidence at his trial.

In what can prove to be a title shifting result, league leaders Uitvlugt will match skills with second placed Den Amstel when the Stag Beer sponsored West Demerara Football Association Senior League continues on Sunday.

Following a tense stand-off in which a member of the city police drew his gun, City Hall yesterday removed four large swimming pools that it says were encumbering reserves along Sheriff Street.

(Reuters) – Jose Mourinho has been charged with misconduct in the wake of his comments about referee Anthony Taylor before Manchester United’s goalless draw with Liverpool last week, the Football Association said on Thursday.

The Chambers of the Director of Public Prosecutions  has advised that the driver of the van that collided with a car on Sheriff Street that resulted in the death of a  four-year-old girl be charged.

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Dear Editor, The Ministry of Communities wishes to clarify for the public several facts relating to the audit into the grants made to the Georgetown City Council.

(Reuters) – Bangladesh captain Mushfiqur Rahim is banking on his spinners to inflict maximum damage against England’s attack in the second test at Dhaka starting today.

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A police witness was yesterday accused of withholding important evidence during his testimony about injuries that assault accused Jason Abdulla claimed he sustained at the hands of lawmen.

The ability of some of the country’s key business and investment-related institutions to effectively deliver services to required levels has been questioned in a series of strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats (SWOT) analyses published in the Ministry of Business’ Strategic Plan for the year 2016 -2020 released to this newspaper yesterday.

A man is now hospitalised after he was struck down on the Eccles Public Road by a bus last night.

In an effort to improve the quality of sports administration and team selection, the National Sports Commission (NSC) officially displayed their much hyped National Athletes Database program.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Snarling football supporters pelted each other with ripped-up seats and coins at West Ham United’s game with Chelsea on Wednesday, in the very stadium where peaceful athletics fans cheered Britain’s Olympic heroes four years ago.

General Secretary of the Guyana Trades Union Congress (GTUC) says a point has now been reached where “the excesses of the Russian management” in relation to its refusal to recognise and accept the right of the employees of the Bauxite Company of Guyana Inc (BCGI) to be affiliated to a trade union of their choice, has to be blamed on “the failure of the government to properly insert itself into a matter that has to do with the constitutional right of the citizens of the country.”

The Region Two Regional Democratic Council (RDC) has defused a conflict between a Charity businessman and several vendors he blocked from plying their trade on the Charity Market waterfront.

Addressing teenage mothers at the opening ceremony yesterday of the Teenage Pregnancy Support Group, First Lady, Sandra Granger charged them to become the leaders of tomorrow.

CARACAS,  (Reuters) – In a curious convergence of events on the same day last week, four Venezuelan provincial courts issued identical rulings, state governors quickly hit Twitter to celebrate, then the election board emailed a short but bombshell statement.

The issue of pressing hemp a variety of the Cannabis sativa plant, that is grown primarily for its fibre and seeds into service as a legitimate crop and a major money-earner for Caribbean economies has been placed on the regional front burner once again with the recent pronouncement by Jamaican Prime Minister Andrew Holness that the plant can be used in the production of environmentally friendly containers in Jamaica.

LONDON, CMC – United States-based real estate businessman, Jignesh ‘Jay’ Pandya, has bought the Caribbean Premier League franchise St Lucia Zouks, tournament principals announced Thursday.

An early start: Mashramani 2017 was launched yesterday at the Ministry of Education, Department of Culture, Youth and Sport on Main Street under the theme: “Celebration with Liberty, Dignity and Greater Unity”.

CARACAS, (Reuters) – Venezuela’s top court yesterday approved an injunction against a congressional probe that found Rafael Ramirez, the former president of state oil company PDVSA, was responsible for corruption and malfeasance that cost the firm $11 billion.

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BRUSSELS, (Reuters) – Belgium’s regions agreed to a free trade pact with Canada yesterday, ending weeks of uncertainty when internal divisions in just one country blocked the European Union of 500 million people sealing the landmark deal.

The Government Analyst Food and Drugs Department (GA/FDD) and the Customs and Trade Administration have had longstanding differences arising out of their shared responsibility to ensure the safety and integrity of food, drugs, cosmetics and medical devices being imported into Guyana.

Dear Editor, One of the best things to have happened to our dear country over the past 18 months was the execution of Local Government Elections (LGE).

(Trinidad Guardian) Government will seek to persuade commercial banks to allocate a certain amount of foreign exchange “for ordinary people” who have medical expenses, tuition, travel and the like, Finance Minister Colm Imbert says.

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Dear Editor, Have you ever been held against your will because you refused to comply with someone’s malicious behaviour?

LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – Manny Pacquiao is regarded as one of the greatest boxers ever but says he will not be taking his opponent lightly when he faces World Boxing Organisation welterweight champion Jessie Vargas next week.

Dear Editor, While travelling home on October 25, I witnessed an accident between a bus and a car.

NEW YORK, (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Rights advocates yesterday praised a new U.S.

HAVANA, (Reuters) – Cuba has paid ahead of schedule the first installment of a renegotiated $2.6 billion debt to 14 wealthy governments, according to diplomats from a number of the countries, as the Communist-run island seeks to overcome its chronic payment history.

RIYADH,  (Reuters) – Yemen’s Houthi militia launched a ballistic missile toward Mecca yesterday, the Saudi-led coalition intervening in Yemen’s civil war said on Saudi state news agency SPA.

Dear Editor, The Indian Action Committee (IAC) is shocked and extremely disappointed that the Government of Guyana has seen it fit to hold its Cabinet meetings at the headquarters of the Guyana Defence Force at Camp Ayanganna while renovations are being made at the Ministry of the Presidency (MOTP), according to a media report.

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Following the uncertainty surrounding the start of the Stag Elite League second season, Alpha United, Slingerz, Pele and Georgetown Football Club are requesting for the arbitration process to be commissioned to resolve the issues between the clubs and the federation.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – U.S. prosecutors claimed that two nephews of Venezuela’s first lady sought to carry out a multi-million-dollar drug deal to obtain a large amount of cash to help the family stay in power, court documents showed.

Gold Prices for the three-day period ending Thursday October 27, 2016                        Kitco is a Canadian company that buys and sells precious metals such as gold, copper and silver.

Dear Editor, I was fortunate to be invited to attend the annual Diwali Nagar in Trinidad which opened on the evening of Thursday, October 20 at the Nagar site in Central Trinidad.

One of the campaign promises of the APNU+AFC coalition was centred on the reduction of violent crime if that party came to power.

Experienced junior Saeed Ali took a 0.5 point lead in the Sasha Cells National Junior Chess Championship 2016 after the completion of three rounds.

Far be it for me, an ageing patriot who chose to live and stay solely and only in this country of my birth, to bad-talk it negatively in a consistent manner.