Daily Archive: Wednesday, December 14, 2016

Ranks of the Guyana Police Force are investigating a robbery under arms committed on an employee of the Tower Suites on Main Street, Georgetown at 1230h today, by two males, who have since been apprehended by the police.

ST.GEORGE’S, Grenada, CMC- Sports psychologist Dr.Rudi Webster has welcomed the appointment of former West Indies cricketer Jimmy Adams as the region’s new Director of cricket.

CARACAS, (Reuters) – Political conflict between Venezuela’s opposition-run legislature and socialist government flared again today after the breakdown of Vatican-led talks, as each side moved to appoint its own members to the national election board.

(Trinidad Guardian) A Water and Sewerage Authority (WASA) employee was killed and another wounded as gunmen attacked them as they were repairing a leaking water line in Powder Magazine, Cocorite, yesterday.

Two ranks attached to the Criminal Investigation Department (CID), who recently refused a $4M bribe to duck a murder case, were among the lawmen who were awarded for their services to the Guyana Police Force yesterday.

Author, physicist, educator and former ambassador Edward Ricardo Braithwaite, best known for his book, ‘To Sir With Love,’ passed away on Monday at age 104, according to the Associated Press (AP).

Eight persons, including an ex-police officer, are currently in custody in connection with the Number 79 Village home invasion in which cambio dealer Devendra Churaman was robbed of millions in cash and jewellery early on Monday morning.

Trenton Dazzell, a Sophia taxi driver died following an accident on the Soesdyke Public Road, East Bank Demerara on Monday afternoon.

After being ordered by the High Court to review “all applications  for  promotions  in  the  Teaching  Service  afresh  for the  year  2015,” the Teaching Service Commission (TSC) has decided on “humanitarian grounds” to comply with the order rather than appeal the decision.

Ranks who unlawfully occupied the home of a Berbice River resident are yet to report to their superiors, according to Crime Chief Wendell Blanhum.

A North East La Penitence man died at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) after he was shot twice last night.

A City Constable who sustained several stab wounds last night is being treated at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC).

Following sustained opposition by the Private Sector Commission (PSC) to the city parking meter project, contractor Smart City Solutions (SCS) has dismissed the criticisms as “self-serving and uninformed” while maintaining that both the capital and its residents would see benefits.

The Ministry of Public Health has denied that minister Dr. George Norton instructed the Director of the Government Analyst Food and Drug Department (GA-FDD) Marlan Cole to release all of the consignments belonging to Sueria Manufacturing Incorporated.

While some persons have questioned government’s contention that eighty percent of the Guyana Power and Light’s (GPL) customers pay less than $10,000 monthly, the utility company yesterday stated that the figure is correct.

Only businesses that do not have established relationships with local commercial banks have complained to the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) about trouble obtaining United States currency, Chamber President Vishnu Doerga says.

Mark Thompson was last evening found guilty of manslaughter in the 2010 killing of Brazilian miner Jose Rodriguez De Oliveira.

The decision on whether to close or maintain the Wales Sugar Estate should not be guided by profitability but by humanity, which should be the hallmark of developing countries, PPP/C Member of Parliament Odinga Lumumba said during the budget debate last Wednesday.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC– Former West Indies batsman Jimmy Adams is the new director of cricket for the West Indies Cricket Board, according to regional media reports.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC– The West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) yesterday paid a glowing tribute to Clive Lloyd, the former West Indies captain for his 50 years of service to the game.

O’Neil Ally, who allegedly robbed unarmed policemen while they were assisting in an investigation, was yesterday remanded to prison by a city magistrate after he was charged with three counts of armed robbery.

Scenes from the Guyana Jaguars/Barbados Pride fourth round encounter at Providence

The establishment of a parking lot by Teleperformance Call Centre has coincided with the installation of parking meters around the city, according to a company official.

Police have been able to identify the pedestrian who was fatally struck along the Liliendaal, East Coast Demerara Public Road on Sunday night.

President of the Guyana Cycling Federation (GCF) Horace Burrowes says that according to the constitution of the GCF, the Interim Management Committee (IMC) recently installed by member clubs of the GCF is illegal.

The police have wrapped up their investigation into the two-month-old accident in which boat builder Clement Skeete was fatally struck down on the Bagotville, West Bank Demerara Public Road and the file has been sent to the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP).

(Reuters) – Tiger Woods, who has not competed on the PGA Tour since August 2015, will return to the U.S.

  (The Sports Xchange) – DeMar DeRozan scored 30 points and was 15-for-15 from the free throw line to lead the Toronto Raptors to a 122-100 victory over the Milwaukee Bucks on Monday.

A man was yesterday sentenced to three years in jail after he admitted to having four grammes of cocaine.

Dear Editor, It is rather unfortunate and extremely sad that the head of state would stoop so low to viciously attack and criticize his supporters in the diaspora at a ceremony in Buxton last Sunday ‒ the very supporters who made sacrifices to help him get elected.

Candace Marshall, one of three women jailed for fraudulently converting in excess of $48 million from Telecom Solutions Guyana Inc, has been granted her release on $500,000 bail pending the outcome of an appeal.

Dear Editor, When all is said and done about the budget, basic conclusions being drawn from the different analysts must be reconciled if different.

Billion-dollar bids were opened yesterday at the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board (NPTAB) for the procurement of pharmaceuticals for the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation.

ALEPPO, Syria/BEIRUT/GENEVA,  (Reuters) – Rebel resistance in the Syrian city of Aleppo ended yesterday after years of fighting and months of bitter siege and bombardment that culminated in a bloody retreat, as insurgents agreed to withdraw in a ceasefire.

SYDNEY, (Reuters) – Australian world number 13 Nick Kyrgios thinks his ATP-imposed suspension will stand him in good stead when he makes a push for the top 10 next season.

Banks DIH Limited says it has won the “Coca Cola Excellence Cup” for Performance excellence (small markets), winning the award over other leading bottlers of Coca Cola within the regional Latin Centre Business Unit (LCBU).

JOHANNESBURG, (Reuters) – South Sudanese rebel leader Riek Machar, who fled to Democratic Republic of Congo in August after fierce fighting, is being held in South Africa to stop him stirring up trouble, diplomatic and political sources said yesterday.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Briton Andy Murray and Germany’s Angelique Kerber were named ITF World Champions yesterday, capping stellar years for the men’s and women’s world number ones.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Industry and Commerce Minister, Karl Samuda has announced that rice imported from Suriname and Guyana will be allowed to be cleared from the wharves starting yesterday afternoon.

Dear Editor, The PPP holds its Congress this weekend to choose the members of the central committee that in turn will select the executive committee which in turn chooses the leader (General Secretary) and executive secretary, as well as other leadership positions.

HAMILTON, Bermuda, CMC  — The Bermuda Football Association (BFA) has thrown its support behind national coach Andrew Bascome after he and his brother David said they were sexually abused in their early soccer careers.

Childcare and Protection Agency closed today The Childcare and Protection Agency will be closed for business today due to the Agency’s Staff Conference.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – President-elect Donald Trump named the head of Exxon Mobil Corp, Rex Tillerson, as his choice for U.S.

The National Toshaos Council (NTC), in a recent statement, blasted the Office of Climate Change (OCC) for what it said was the lack of engagement of the NTC and the indigenous peoples on the ‘opt-in’ mechanism.

Dear Editor, The recent failed budget that was passed by the APNU+AFC coalition is another disaster for our nation.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The White House said yesterday it would be “very damaging” to both Cubans as well as the United States’ standing in Latin America if the next administration reverses President Barack Obama’s normalization of relations with Cuba.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – U.S. prosecutors yesterday announced an agreement allowing Argentine sports media Torneos y Competencias SA to pay about $112.8 million to settle charges stemming from a sweeping bribery probe targeting FIFA, soccer’s world governing body.

The National Accreditation Council (NAC) is encouraging all institutions offering educational programmes in an academic or vocational field leading to certification at the post-secondary and tertiary level to seek registration in 2017.

(Trinidad Guardian) The completed autopsy into the cause of death for Shannon Banfield yesterday revealed the 20-year-old was smothered with a towel in the IAM and Company Limited warehouse where she was found.

Dear Editor, I fully endorse the suggestion by Oscar Ramjeet as outlined in Monday’s Stabroek News’ that the Commentators’ Box at Providence Stadium should be named in honour of Reds Perreira, that icon of cricket commentators and son of the soil, who retired at the conclusion of the four day game between Guyana and Barbados.

(Reuters) – English champions Leicester City failed to continue their mini-revival after a clinical finish by Bournemouth’s Marc Pugh condemned them to a 1-0 away defeat in a scrappy Premier League clash yesterday.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – A former minister of mines in Guinea was arrested yesterday on U.S.

Dear Editor, I simply love to listen to Mix 90.1 FM from Georgetown. 

CARACAS, (Reuters) – Venezuela freed yesterday another four opponents of President Nicolas Maduro, but activists demanded the immediate liberation of more than 100 others they say are also unjustly imprisoned.

A family is to today receive a new home thanks to the Beharry Build Partnership – A Dollar Makes a Difference programme.

East Coast heavyweights Buxton United and Victoria Kings defeated Topp XX and Monedderlust FC respectively when the first half of the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) Stag Beer Elite League concluded Monday.

Dear Editor, I am feeling so sad at the treatment of members of our sport disciplines in Guyana; immediately my mind wanders to the great boxers that this country produced such as the likes of Lennox Beckles, Lennox Blackmore, Caesar Barrow, Patrick Ford, Michael Benjamin and many more, some already deceased.

SHANGHAI, (Reuters) – China will appoint “river chiefs” to prevent pollution in the nation’s waterways, the official Xinhua news agency reported on Monday, in the latest step taken by Beijing to rein in environmental damage.

BRASILIA, (Reuters) – Brazilian senators yesterday passed a 20-year public spending ceiling proposed by President Michel Temer to control a ballooning budget deficit, a crucial step in an austerity drive to rescue Brazil’s stalled economy.

A Middle Road man was yesterday sentenced to 18 months in jail after being found guilty of escaping lawful custody.

The Guyana Manufacturing and Services Association (GMSA) on Saturday mourned the passing of its President Eon Caesar.

(Reuters) – U.S. stocks racked up new all-time highs yesterday and the Dow Jones industrial average ended fewer than 100 points away from the 20,000 mark as a post-election rally showed no signs of fatigue.All

Dear Editor, I have always embraced a vision of a classless society in which there would be no exploitation of man by man and where people will be compensated on the basis of their needs and not according to their ability to earn.

(Reuters) – Ashley Williams powered home a towering header in the 86th minute as Everton fought back to claim a 2-1 win over Arsenal as the title hopefuls blew the chance to return to the Premier League summit yesterday.

BOGOTA,  (Reuters) – Colombia’s government can move laws needed to carry out the country’s peace deal with the Marxist FARC rebels through Congress more quickly than usual, the Constitutional Court ruled yesterday.

The Central Demerara Lions club on December 11th entertained over three hundred children at their annual Christmas parties, a release from the group said.

KABUL, (Reuters) – Afghanistan’s First Vice President Abdul Rashid Dostum denied yesterday accusations that he had beaten and abducted a political rival and threatened him with sexual violence, in a case that sparked Western calls for a full and fair investigation.

First Lady, Sandra Granger yesterday held a graduation ceremony to mark the conclusion of a one-month Instruction on Table Management and Menu Planning course for the staff at State House.

Dear Editor, Berbice rice farmers have a golden opportunity to capitalize on the Mexican market according to Mexico Ambassador Ivan Roberto Sierra-Medel.

LIMA, (Reuters) – The office of Peru’s attorney general has reopened a corruption inquiry into whether President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski helped a Brazilian company win public work contracts while he was prime minister a decade ago, legal documents showed yesterday.

No Problems :Kero stoves spares is good business REPAIRING, mak­ing or selling spares for kerosene stoves are good things to be doing these days.

Having won the general elections of 2008, called eight months ahead of time by the Barbados Labour Party (BLP) then led by Owen Arthur, the Democratic Labour Party (DLP), led then by David Thompson (now deceased) and subsequently, by Prime Minister Freundel Stuart, managed to obtain a mere 16 seats to the BLP’s 14 in the subsequent elections of 2013.

The 1990s, the Queen’s Park Oval, West Indies playing – India, if memory serves, but mine is more likely to spit in my soup – and Carl Hooper slid down the wicket, like a cobra on cocaine, to lift some poor sap – Anil Kumble?

‘The national budget is a document that … authorises the government to raise revenues, incur debts and effect expenditures in order to achieve certain goals ….

Admitted to practice: Another young attorney, Joshua Abdool (centre) was admitted to the bar last week with Senior Counsel, Eddie Luckhoo (right) presenting the petition before Justice Diana Insanally (second from left). 

The Rotaract Club of Georgetown (RCG) on December 10, 2016 spread Christmas Cheer to 124 children drawn from their Sophia Literacy Programme (SLP) and seven orphanages in and around Georgetown, Greater Georgetown, Linden and the East Coast of Demerara, a release from the club said.