Daily Archive: Friday, November 18, 2016

Following up on its promise to crack down on unsafe practices, MARAD today said that north west communities have been told that passenger vessels will not be able to operate on the rivers there during the hours of darkness except for emergencies.

Police are investigating a fatal accident which occurred about 7.15 this morning on the Houston Public Road, EBD, that resulted in the death of Harry Bridgemohan, 26 years, of Patentia Housing Scheme, WBD.

Based on weeks of intelligence gathering, ranks of the Guyana Police Force yesterday during a ten-hour operation in the Berbice River, destroyed several acres of cannabis and nine camps.The

Former Attorney General Anil Nandlall today asked what had become of the online edition of the Official Gazette which had been inaugurated under his tenure in 2013.

 (Trinidad Guardian) Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley went on the offensive in San Fernando on Monday night, telling Opposition Leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar that the number of children he has inside and outside of his marriage “is none of her god-damned business.”

(Reuters) – South Africa captain Faf du Plessis has been charged with ball tampering during the second test against Australia in Hobart, the International Cricket Council (ICC) said today.

Although acknowledging his team’s status as the underdog, Troy Wright, Head-Coach of St.

Guyana Jaguars Captain Leon Johnson credited his team for their spirited all-round performance in round one of the 2016/17 Digicel Professional Cricket League (PCL) Regional 4-Day tournament.

Government is currently considering a proposal to pay miners less than the world market price for gold, prompting a warning from the Guyana Gold and Diamond Miners Association (GGDMA) and the Guyana Women Miners Organisation (GWMO), which say the move would do more harm to the mining industry.

The Guyana Fire Service (GFS) in collaboration with the Ministries of Public Security and Public Health yesterday launched its National Emergency Medical Services (EMS) at Project Dawn, Liliendaal.

After interrogation, police say two suspects yesterday confessed to murdering the carpenter who was found dead on the Number 70 Public Road just over two weeks ago.

Despite winning their eighth Caribbean 7s rugby title last weekend in Trinidad, the national men’s team lags way behind outside of the Region.

Colette Parks, the woman who allegedly rented the getaway vehicle used by the men who robbed the home of People’s Progressive Party (PPP) General Secretary Clement Rohee, was yesterday charged with two counts of armed robbery and remanded to prison.

The Guyana Amateur Basketball Federation (GABF) has shortlisted their senior squad for the upcoming Jamaica Tri-Nation Invitational Series, slated for November 25th-28th at the Jamaica National Indoor Sports Centre.

Clairmont Reid, the Vryheid’s Lust man charged with underreporting the currency he had on him when he returned to the country in June, yesterday changed his plea to guilty and was fined $250,000 and ordered to forfeit over $2 million.

The current national preoccupation with Guyana’s recent significant oil find and its potential for driving an economic takeoff has, for several months now, been the focus of vigorous public and political discourse.

(Reuters) – All-rounder Colin de Grandhomme made a dream debut for New Zealand as he clinched three wickets to reduce Pakistan to 88 for four at lunch on the second day of the first test at Hagley Oval in Christchurch today.

Tomorrow, Saturday November 19, will be celebrated as Women’s Entrepreneurship Day and the George-town Chamber of Commerce and Industry in collaboration with the privately-owned GeoTechVision, the Small Business Bureau and CUSO International, will host a seminar aimed at further fostering entrepreneurship and celebrating women in business, at the Pegasus Hotel, Georgetown.

From Donald Duff in New York It is getting to be very predictable here at the 2016 World Chess Champion-ship title match, after the fifth game of the 12 match series between defending champion Magnus Carlsen of Norway, and Russia’s Serjey Karjakin ended in, you guessed it, a draw.

Queen’s College students yesterday protested the proposed construction of a canteen in an area on the school’s grounds presently used for Agricultural Science.

HARARE, Zimbabwe, CMC – West Indies bowling coach Roddy Estwick has hailed the contributions of the three debutants, which helped propel the Caribbean side to a convincing victory over Sri Lanka in their opening game of the Tri-Nations Series here Wednesday.

The creation of the Mahdia-Konwaruk Small Miners Forest and Agricultural Producers Association would appear to be part of the latest trek on what has been an intrepid journey by itinerant men and women whom, for years, have fought with little success to secure land in hinterland regions to ply their respective trades.

A woman was yesterday remanded to prison after she was charged trafficking an underage youth for sex work.

MELBOURNE,(Reuters) – Australia batsman Adam Voges was taken to hospital and diagnosed with concussion after being struck on the head by a short-pitched delivery while batting in Western Australia’s Sheffield Shield match against Tasmania in Perth, yesterday.

Dear Editor, For me, Saturday, 18th November 1978, started out as a normal Flight Duty Day.

The street on which the Chinese Embassy is located is to be named “Fuzhou Road” by the Mayor and City Council of Georgetown, in honour of the city’s relationship with the Chinese city of Fuzhou.

Dear Editor, The PPP/C after 23 years has finally admitted the parlous state in which it had left the judiciary on demitting government.

Grand Coastal Hotel & Restaurant of Le Ressouvenir, East Coast Demerara, will host their annual golf event tomorrow at the Lusignan Golf Club.

By Valrie Grant, Entrepreneur, Managing Director, GeoTechVision Chairperson Small Business Council   Global Entrepre-neurship Week (GEW) is the world’s largest celebration of entrepre-neurs.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua,CMC – English County Kent will play in next January’s Regional Super50, the West Indies Cricket Board has announced.

A woman is now nursing a gunshot wound to her jaw after she was accidentally shot by her husband while he was cleaning his gun.

(Reuters) – Cricketers suspected of corruption could be forced to hand over their mobile phones under new plans to curb match-fixing, head of the game’s anti-corruption unit has said.

Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan yesterday ruled that a statement made to police by Darrol Compton, one of the two men accused of murdering Babita Sarjou, was given voluntarily.

By Louis Holder Louis Holder is an entrepreneur in the manufacturing sector   The commencement of this series of articles by Louis Holder represents an initiative undertaken by the Stabroek Business to encourage members of the business community to enjoin the ongoing discourse on issues pertaining to the Guyana economy, the global economy and the various ways in which Guyana is increasingly affected by the interdependent nature of the global community.

Dear Editor, I know that speaking out may bring reprisals, but I cannot remain silent under the latest affront to decency in my country’s governance, the stated intention to lay in Parliament an Act to give Hamilton Green large amounts of the people’s money as an additional pension.

A William Street, Kitty resident was yesterday granted $70,000 bail after denying that he pulled a gun on his ex-girlfriend.

A Guyanese from Ross, West Coast Berbice, continues to make waves in his adopted country, the United States.

Dear Editor, I see that Mr Gerry Gouveia is offering our new(ish) government help in the crime fight.

VISAKHAPATNAM, India, (Reuters) – Captain Virat Kohli and Cheteshwar Pujara made centuries and shared a stand of 226 to put India on course for a big first-innings total against England on the first day of the second test on Thursday.

Captain Gerry Gouveia has a particular reason to remember the tragedy that was Jonestown, 38 years ago.

Dear Editor, I refer to a news story in Kaieteur News (Nov 14) in which former President Donald Ramotar blames the present Granger government for the atrocious condition of the Skeldon sugar factory.

Guyana has agreed to issue a plan early next year detailing its clean energy transition including a “facts-based consideration of the Amaila Falls Hydropower Project (AFHP) and all other possible renewable energy options”.

Tourney hosts Fruta Conquerors got their campaign off to the perfect start, dismantling arch-rival Pele 8-0, when the Turbo Energy Drink sponsored Fruta Conquerors U19 Academy League commenced on Wednesday.

Dear Editor, On November 15, 2016, I received an elaborate invitation from the Guyana Rice Development Board (GRDB) for “An Evening of Rice”, a “Cocktail & Exhibition, celebrating the versatility of rice”.

(The Sports Xchange) Stephen Curry scored 35 points, including 14 in the third quarter, and added seven assists as the Golden State Warriors defeated the Toronto Raptors 127-121 Wednesday for their fifth win in a row.

One day after failing to attend a meeting with the Ministers of Social Protection on Wednesday, the Bauxite Company of Guyana Inc.

Even as the Government of Guyana continues to tag the Small Business Bureau as the principal state-run agency for effectively implementing the provisions of the Small Business Act, the Ministry of Business believes that there are “several institutional constraints and challenges” that preclude the state-run agency from effectively exercising that mandate.

Create Your Space is a work in progress by Guyanese-born Jo-Netta Caesar, who, having lived and worked in the United States for several years, has set herself the goal of bringing an enhanced taste to local homes and other spaces by placing a number of one-of-a-kind finds on the local market.

  Cabinet has approved a request by the Ministry of Public Telecommunications to enter into an agreement with the Huawei Technologies Company of China to conduct a feasibility study for a countrywide internet connection project.

Dear Editor, It is ironic that on the same day when media houses, both electronic and print were highlighting the Guyana Public Service Union statement, which lamented the foot-dragging by the government on the deadlocked wages and salaries negotiations with the union, Guyanese were informed of the regime’s decision to table in parliament a bill to give a million plus dollars in pension benefits to former Mayor of Georgetown, Mr Hamilton Green.

Champions of the 2016 “Guyana Softball Cup 6” tournament, Floodlights Masters, will lock horns with 4R Auto Parts of Duncan Street in a 20/20 softball match to be played under the lights at the Demerara Cricket Club (DCC) ground this evening at 18:30hrs.

BOGOTA,  (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Colombia must move swiftly to implement a new peace accord signed between the government and rebels to stop armed groups filling power vacuums and committing human rights violations amid the fragile ceasefire, the United Nations said yesterday.

(Trinidad Guardian) -Police believe a father, his firstborn child and the father’s employee were killed at Reid Lane, D’Abadie, on Tuesday night, because they failed to attend a funeral or show any support to grieving relatives of three people killed in the community two weeks ago.

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Dear Editor, Over the past few months, there have been increasing concerns about the inefficient and unreliable services offered by the Guyana Power and Light Company (GPL) to residents in Berbice, Bartica, Georgetown and Essequibo.

MERIAN MINE, Suriname, (Reuters) – Suriname President Desi Bouterse and Newmont Mining Corp Chief Executive Gary Goldberg inaugurated the open-pit Merian gold mine yesterday, which is expected to give a boost to the small, economically struggling South American country.

The trial of Devindra Rooplall, who is accused of bludgeoning his drinking partner to death over a gambling row, continued yesterday before Justice Jo-Ann Barlow and a 12-member jury at the High Court in Georgetown.

VIJAYAWADA, India, CMC – Head coach Vasbert Drakes says West Indies Women were already bracing for the harsh reality of having to play a qualifying series, in order to secure a berth at next year’s ICC 50-overs World Cup in England.

It made for encouraging news that the GO-Invest Chief Executive Officer Owen Verwey met with a sizeable group of Brazilians, potential investors we are told, at the Brazilian Cultural Centre earlier this week “to explore investment opportunities” in Guyana’s economy.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe met with Donald Trump yesterday seeking clarity on campaign statements by the president-elect that rattled the Tokyo government, later telling reporters he was confident Trump was a “trustworthy leader.”

  OTTAWA, (Reuters) – The leaders of Mexico and Canada will hold talks this weekend on the potential impact that a Donald Trump presidency could have on the NAFTA trade pact, a source close to the matter said yesterday.

Following countrywide consultations, the Ministry of Social Cohesion says safety and security, economic equity and harmonious ethnic relations have emerged as the major preoccupations of the public and therefore the issues most likely to hamper social cohesion.

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Junior national U17 player Alex Cheeks fashioned the first upset of the Farfan and Mendes Junior Squash Championship, defeating Category-A favourite, Caribbean Girls U19 runner-up Taylor Fernandes 3-2, on Wednesday’s opening night at the Georgetown Club.

A man was remanded to prison yesterday after a court heard that he was caught on camera breaking into a businesswoman’s car and stealing over half a million dollars in items.

Dear Editor, If I were a West Indian cricketer I would make every effort to persuade other cricketers to demand a different type of contract from the WICB.

-My simple anti-crime suggestions The commentaries, analyses and dissertations regarding the stunning upset electoral victory of billionaire-businessman-playboy Donald J Trump are not likely to end.

One of the recommendations of the Justice James Patterson led Commission of Inquiry into the state of the Georgetown prison following a deadly riot in March was the need for an effective surveillance system in the prison yard to monitor and record both prisoners and officers’ conduct.

Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo, who is performing the functions of the President, attended the Guyana Rice Development Board’s (GRDB) “An Evening of Rice, a cocktail and Exhibition celebrating the versatility of rice, held at the Umana Yana.