Daily Archive: Friday, December 9, 2016

Ravi Maniram, 42, is wanted by the police for questioning in relation to fraud committed on the Guyana Police Force which occurred between January 11 and February 01, 2016, the police say.

In a novel move, the Private Sector Commission and the two trade union bodies, the TUC and FITUG have written the Speaker of the National Assembly and the government and opposition sides of the House seeking dialogue on key provisions of the 2017 budget.

The Working People’s Alliance (WPA) today defended its leader, Education Minister Dr Rupert Roopnaraine against suggestions of impropriety related to his directorship of the company which was established to undertake improvement works on D’Urban Park.

New York police are hoping new surveillance video will help them identify two men in connection with the murder of a  Guyanese city correction officer in Brooklyn.

The Demerara Harbour Bridge Corporation (DHBC) this morning signed the contract for the Feasibility Study and Design for the New Demerara River Crossing with LievenseCSO, a Dutch company.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – More than 1,000 Russian athletes competing in summer, winter and paralympic sport were involved in or benefited from an institutional conspiracy to conceal positive doping tests, a WADA report said today.

SEOUL, (Reuters) – South Korean lawmakers voted overwhelmingly on Friday to impeach President Park Geun-hye over an influence-peddling scandal, setting the stage for her to become the country’s first elected leader to be expelled from office in disgrace.

Michael Caesar, 34, called ‘Capone,’ was yesterday sentenced to spend the next 60 years in jail after pleading guilty to unlawfully killing a total of 20 persons in the Lusignan and Bartica massacres.

In a move to stabilise the foreign exchange market, the Bank of Guyana yesterday announced that it was temporarily halting the purchase of Trinidad and Barbados dollars from local cambios.

The APNU+AFC Govern-ment yesterday faced more embarrassing questions about a controversial bond deal when a parliamentary showdown resulted in an impromptu visit to the Sussex Street site and not a single tablet was seen by the MPs on the mission.

An 11-year-old first form student of the Tagore Memorial Secondary School died after a driver lost control of his car and struck him yesterday  around 5 pm.

A man was yesterday charged with the murders of Paul Rodney and Gregory Garraway, who were fatally shot in separate attacks in the city between October and November.

Kester Harvey, a former Citizens Bank manager, appeared before a city court yesterday on a charge of fraudulently converting $3 million to his own use.

Just over six years since her disappearance, the remains of Babita Sarjou were finally laid to rest yesterday at the Kuru Kururu Cemetery.

Minister of Education, Dr Rupert Roopnaraine yesterday rejected suggestions of impropriety in his role as a Director of HDI, the company which originally spearheaded the D’Urban Park Development  Project (DPDP).

A Tripartite Co-operation and Technical Assistance Agreement, which will see the establishment of a centre to assist young people with disabilities, was signed yesterday between the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), Guyana and Cuba.

A South Korean company, Byuckstan Power Company Ltd has won a $454m  consultancy for the Guyana Power and Light (GPL) This was one of the contracts which cabinet gave a green light to at its meeting on November 24, 2016, a release from the Ministry of the Presidency said.

Corporal #21415 Satesh Narine, who was injured after he collided with cows along the Susannah Public Road, Corentyne  just over two weeks ago, succumbed to his injuries yesterday at the Georgetown Public Hospital.

David Outar and Patrick Ross, the two men accused of the July murder of Gafoors manager Terry Lackhan, were yesterday committed to stand trial for the crime after a city magistrate found that sufficient evidence was made out against them.

Cricket broadcasting icon and sports organizer Joseph ‘Reds’ Perreira announced yesterday that the Digicel Regional 4-Day fourth round clash between the Guyana Jaguars and Barbados Pride will be the final cricket match in Guyana that he will be in the commentators’ booth.

KINGSTON, Jamaica,CMC – Andre McCarthy and Brandon King stroked half-centuries while leg-spinner Damion Jacobs struck twice late to put Jamaica Scorpions in control on the opening day of their Regional Four-Day Championship game against Trinidad and Tobago Red Force here Thursday.

The state-owned Guyana National Newspapers Limited (GNNL), publishers of the  Guyana Chronicle yesterday dismissed its Sunday Editor, Neil Marks.

Kayshav Tewari and Larissa Wiltshire of Queen’s College have collected their Caribbean Examinations Council awards for being named Most Outstanding Candidate Overall at the CSEC and Most Outstanding Candidate in Natural Sciences at the CAPE respectively.

North East La Penitence stormed their way quarterfinal round, dismissing Up Like-7 by a 3-0 margin when the group stage in the Guinness ‘Greatest of the Streets’ Football Championship concluded yesterday.

The National Task Force for the Prevention of Sexual Violence will soon be revived.

A man was shot and robbed in ‘B’ Field, Sophia yesterday afternoon while visiting a mechanic and is currently at the Georgetown Public Hospital.

Large and multinational companies operating in Guyana are to be engaged by government with a view to determining whether local suppliers can provide them with some categories of goods currently being imported from overseas.

A Craig, East Bank Demerara (EBD) man is  battling for his life at a city  hospital after being involved in an early morning accident at Herstelling (EBD).

Natural Resources Minister Raphael Trotman a week ago used the forum of the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry Annual Gala Dinner to tag what he described as “activities of grave disrepute” in the mining sector and to place stakeholders on notice that, going forward, the administration will be taking aim at the slew of irregularities that have persisted in the sector, albeit against a backdrop of official failure, over the years.

On the eve of the first Day/Night Pink Ball match at Providence, in the Digicel Professional Cricket League (PCL) 4-Day tourney, Guyana Jaguars wicket-keeper Anthony Bramble said the table leaders will be seeking to make full use of their familiar home conditions against opponents Barbados Pride.

The Ministry of Citizenship is moving to implement the online processing of visa applications for visiting non-nationals in order to make the process hassle-free and reduce cases of fraud.

In last Friday’s issue the Stabroek Business published a lead story regarding some of the details of the training regime being provided by the Small Business Bureau (SBB) under the Micro and Small Enterprise Development (MSED) project launched by then president Donald Ramotar in October 2013.

Two promising athletes, karateka Kemo Cornelius and squash player Rebecca Low are Banks DIH Limited newest Brand Ambassadors.

Not only has the government failed to properly address crime, but the cries of the Guyanese continue to fall on deaf ears, according to former public service minister Dr.

The December 7 Trinidad Guardian has reported that Trinidad and Tobago has been invited to participate in a discussion, along with 14 other countries, being convened by the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) on the subject of cutting back on oil production.

The semi-finals of the Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA) Noble House 2nd Division 2-day tournament bowls off this weekend.

Two youths employed by Colours on Robb Street were yesterday charged with stealing over $360,000 in shoes and clothing from the store.

As the budget presentations and debates gather steam, the eyes of the public are once more focused inexorably on the antics and elucidations of those who seek to represent us in that most august of houses ‒ the National Assembly.

Dear Editor, About two months ago, Dr Alain Kaloyeros, the president of SUNY Polytechnic Institute, the university neighbouring mine in upstate New York, resigned amid charges of corruption.

Automation, Part IV By Louis Holder This is the fourth of a seven-part series on changes to labor employment in the future, causes of this upheaval, and some possible measures to mitigate their disruptive effects.

MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – Australia named an unchanged squad on Thursday for the first test against Pakistan next week, which will be the first day-night test held at Brisbane’s Gabba.

Stabroek Business has learnt that the Ministry of Business may now be contemplating a new date, before the end of December, for the restart of scrap metal exports but that the measures will remain temporary since the creation of a structure for the permanent restart of the trade remains incomplete.

MUMBAI,(Reuters) – England opener Keaton Jennings struck a century on debut before off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin led an Indian fightback with late wickets to leave the visitors 288 for five on the first day of the fourth test at the Wankhede Stadium on Thursday.

Dear Editor, I received a phone call from Toshao Doreen Jacobus of St Denys mission, Tapakuma, last Sunday to say that the long drought which started three weeks ago has taken its toll on 35 acres of the women’s group farm which were cultivated months ago.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Newly appointed Trinidad and Tobago head coach, Tom Saintfiet, says his immediate focus will be on results, not style, as he tries to rescue the country’s fading World Cup dreams and haul them into the CONCACAF Gold Cup.

With Guyana’s tourism product continuing to be characterized by unfulfilled potential and unrealized ambitions, government, in its 2017 budget proposals has once again outlined undertakings that would appear to leave open the door to a more wholehearted official endorsement of the role that tourism can play in enhancing the country’s economy.

Dear Editor, A working definition of propaganda is the spreading of information or rumour for the purpose of helping or injuring a cause.

Dear Editor, At least we are seeing one thing at work in the letters from Mr Craig. 

The No. #5 Ground in West Coast Berbice will come alive tonight when the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) battles Monedderlust FC, and Victoria Kings engage Topp XX in the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) Stage Beer Elite League.

Nand Persaud International Communication Inc has won this year’s Excellence in Services Exports Award conferred by Caribbean Export on the regional service agency deemed to have made the outstanding contribution to service delivery.

A report in the Sunday December 4 issue of the Jamaica Gleaner has quoted Kelly Tomblin, the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS), the island’s electricity supplier, as saying that the country’s growth continues to be stymied by its inefficient use of energy, making it one of the worst in Latin America and the Caribbean.

Dear Editor, Budget 2017 will result in retarded economic growth and the social decline of our nation.

Dear Editor, I read with interest a letter by Jeumayne Dummett entitled ‘Government’s PR needs a complete revamp’ (SN, December 8) in which he proposes that the APNU+AFC government should up its game to get its message across by better PR.

The launch today of the Holiday Craft and Music Festival at the 76-77 Robb Street Courtyard Mall (opposite the Stabroek News) will kick off an initiative by a group comprising artists, craftspeople and musicians to attempt to create a longer-term creative space at a modest but potentially attractive downtown venue.

(The Sports Xchange) – Warriors 115, LA Clippers 98 Klay Thompson scored 24 points and Draymond Green added 22 as the Golden State Warriors routed the Los Angeles Clippers 115-98.Stephen

Dear Editor, As the 2017 budget street level debate rages, the private sector has weighed in repeatedly with a succession of dirges and angled self-serving critiques. 

(Reuters) – Frustrated athletes will be watching today’s release of the McLaren report into doping in Russia and are ready to take action if their voices are not heard, said United States Anti-Doping Agency head Travis Tygart.

Stock market updates

NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – Prime Minister Narendra Modi handpicked a trusted bureaucrat, little known outside India’s financial circles, to spearhead a radical move to abolish 86 percent of the country’s cash overnight and take aim at the huge shadow economy.

Pele FC secured a hard-fought scoreless draw with Uitvlugt Warriors when the Turbo Energy Drink sponsored Fruta Conquerors U19 Academy League continued on Wednesday at the Tucville Community ground.

Dear Editor, England is scheduled to play three one day matches against the West Indies beginning in Antigua on March 3, 2017.

The Rotary Club of Stabroek last month partnered with the Peace Corps Guyana to host Bagotville’s first CAMP BRO project at the Bagotville Community Centre.

(Prepared by the Guyana Marketing Corporation and published by Stabroek Business as a public service)

(Reuters) – John Glenn, who became one of the 20th century’s greatest explorers as the first American to orbit Earth and later as the world’s oldest astronaut, and also had a long career as a U.S.

The Demerara Tobacco Company as part of its Christmas outreach and Community Service Initiative has donated several mattresses and electric fans to the Help and Shelter programme of the Ministry of Social Protection.

High Stars pounced on Amelia’s Ward Panthers by a 3-1 score line when the 4th Annual GT Beer Football Championship continued on Wednesday evening at the Mackenzie Sports Club (MSC) ground in Linden.

Dear Editor, Could 98.1 (‘Hot’) FM  end the horror to the listeners and return VOA Music Mix to the airwaves in the early morning hours?

Means test for pensioners should be $750 – Mrs Jagan tells Parliament PPP Member of Parliament Janet Jagan on Wednesday accused the government of giving a “death penalty” to old age pensioners.

OTTAWA, (Reuters) – Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who came to power promising to run an open and ethical government, is embroiled in allegations over political fund raisers that could tarnish his image as a youthful reformer.

– Feliz Navidad companero Moses   If you’re really into the year-end Christmas “syndrome”, this very brief budget 2017 commentary might be the column for you.