Daily Archive: Tuesday, January 10, 2017

ST JOHN’s, Antigua, CMC – The West Indies Cricket Board on Tuesday confirmed the appointment of former West Indies captain, Jimmy Adams, as its new Director of Cricket.

Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo today wrote President David Granger seeking clarification on the President’s view as it relates to a candidate for the Chairmanship of the Guyana Elections Commission.

Police ranks acting on information received, yesterday conducted several raids in the Broad Street, Charlestown neighbourhood for illegal drugs and firearms.

The People’s Progressive Party today condemned President David Granger’s rejection of the list of six names to be considered for Chairman of GECOM which had been submitted by Opposition Leader, Bharrat Jagdeo.

President David Granger, this morning, promoted Colonel Patrick West to the rank of Brigadier, before swearing him in as the new Chief of Staff of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF).

ZURICH, (Reuters) – FIFA has voted to expand the World Cup to 48 teams from its current 32, brushing aside concerns that the expansion would lower the overall standard of the tournament, and make it too long and unwieldy.

(Trinidad Guardian) After 30 hours of intense conciliation—a marathon session that finally ended yesterday afternoon—the Oilfields Workers’ Trade Union (OWTU) called off a strike at Petrotrin and signed an interim settlement with the state-owned energy company covering the period 2011-2014.

One day after President David Granger announced that he had rejected the list of six names provided for the post of Guyana Elections Commission (Gecom) Chairman, Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo was officially notified of this development.

A man was yesterday remanded to prison when he appeared at the Springlands Magistrate Court charged with chopping his former girlfriend and her mother on Christmas Eve.

After managing to elude the police for almost eight years, murder accused Charles Chapman, who was on Friday arrested in relation to a wounding incident, admitted to fatally stabbing his former lover in 2009.

Rice farmers in Essequibo are now computing their losses as floodwaters have started to recede from their fields after recent rainfall.

A two-year Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) outlining areas of support to drive the achievement of gender equality goals was signed yesterday by the Caricom Secretariat and the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women).

The police were up to yesterday afternoon trying to view surveillance footage which monitors the Tower Suites’ Club Privilege, as they continued to investigate a shooting incident which occurred early Sunday morning during which several patrons were reportedly injured.

A shipment containing over 7,000 cases of milk imported from the Kingdom of Bahrain located in the Persian Gulf was denied entry into Guyana by the Government Analyst-Food and Drug Department (GA-FDD) after it was found that it was adulterated with vegetable oil.

Distance dynamos Winston Missigher and Ashanti Scott took the spoils in the Open male and female categories when the Athletic Association of Guyana (AAG) staged its first Cross Country event for 2017 in Linden on Sunday.

Cycling, one of Guyana’s most active sport is in neutral and there needs to be some sort of an intervention by the Guyana Olympic Association (GOA) and the National Sports Commission (NSC) in order to get the wheels of the discipline turning once again.

Yesterday marked the first day of the new school term and teachers who were eligible for promotion two years ago returned to the same classrooms they occupied in 2015.

After enduring a week-long flood, some Buxton residents were breathing sighs of relief when the water finally receded yesterday.

LONDON, CMC – Head of the Federation of International Cricketers’ Associations Tony Irish described the security threat to foreign players and teams in Pakistan as “excessive and unmanageable”.

A man is now in police custody assisting with investigations following the discovery of 13 kilogrammes of cannabis destined for Port Kaituma, North West District last Saturday.

ZURICH,  (Reuters) – Cristiano Ronaldo won FIFA’s player of the year award for the fourth time yesterday, beating his old rival Lionel Messi who was pulled out of the ceremony only a few hours earlier by his club Barcelona.

JOHN’S, Antigua – Hoping to expand its commercial footprint, improve its management and develop a better relationship with players, the West Indies Cricket Board announced yesterday that Englishman Johnny Grave will take up the position of chief executive officer from February.

Out of the 141 cases that were scheduled to be heard during the October Criminal Assizes, only 28 were disposed of; 15 were dealt with in the High Court of Demerara and 13 were nolle prosequi (discontinued) based on statements from the virtual complaints.

Dear Editor, The picture of a flooded Buxton in the Guyana Chronicle of Sunday January 8, is confirmation of the absence of technical competence within both the Ministry of Agriculture and more particularly within the National Drainage and Irrigation Authority (NDIA).

Two women City Constabulary officers were suspended by the Mayor and City Council for misconduct while on duty in an incident dating back to September 2016.

Dear Editor, As the general public has been made aware via various media, the Professional Nursing Final Examination was reported as having been compromised.

CAPE TOWN, (Reuters) – David Wiese became the latest South African cricketer to forego future national team selection after signing a so-called Kolpak contract to compete in county cricket and bringing to an abrupt end to his international limited overs career.

A push cart operator was yesterday sentenced to 12 months in jail after admitting to stealing nearly $1.2 million in items.

Dear Editor, After losing my fiancé just over a month ago in a vehicular accident it is with anger, sorrow, confusion and tears that I pen this letter, knowing that my life could have been taken in a similar manner.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – General manager of the Jamaica National Stadium, Major Desmond Brown, said that reconstructing the venue with all the modern features would cost US $350 million.

Dear Editor, The assumption by Bharrat Jagdeo of the position of General Secretary of the People’s Progressive Party (PPP) has brought the party to a new stage. 

A gold miner, who was allegedly found with 70 grammes of marijuana, was yesterday remanded to prison on a drug trafficking charge.

ZURICH,  (Reuters) – Diego Maradona is delighted by plans to expand the World Cup to 48 teams and Argentina’s former captain said yesterday that it would rekindle interest in the tournament.

SYDNEY,  (Reuters) – Women’s world number six Dominika Cibulkova and former top-ranked player Caroline Wozniacki took contrasting routes to the second round of the Sydney International yesterday.

A five-day training programme began yesterday to develop strategies to treat the country’s wastewater.

Dear Editor, By this letter, I am hoping that Commissioner of Police and the Traffic Chief will be provoked to look into the matter set out herein.

Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan has set a date for a ruling on the wounding charge against Calvin Bailey, who is accused of injuring a fellow prison inmate at the Camp Street Prison.

Dear Editor, I humbly request that you publish the following contribution to the Red House issue as it relates to whether all long leases so described in the Deeds Registry Act, Chapter 5:01 of the Laws of Guyana are required to be registered on that act.

(Reuters) – World number two Rory McIlroy has said he still resents the Olympic Games for forcing him to choose between Britain and Ireland and revealed that Tiger Woods sends him texts in the early hours.

COUVA, Trinidad & Tobago, CMC – An extra-time brace from Andrew Jean-Baptiste upstaged a hat-trick from Shahdon Winchester and saw Haiti continue in the CONCACAF Gold Cup following a 4-3 victory over Trinidad & Tobago on Sunday.

Dear Editor, Yesterday, January  8, as myself and some other parishioners were going home from church, we noticed this dog in the middle of the public road at Enmore on the East Coast of Demerara.

A new date was yesterday set for the commencement of the trial of former director of the Guyana Power and Light Inc (GPL) Carvil Duncan, who is accused of conspiring to steal $27.7 million.

Dear Editor, The PPP is making a mountain out of a molehill.

The National Assembly last Friday passed an amendment that will see the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) applying an 18% interest rate on tax arrears.

JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – West Indies Women’s bid to win the ICC Women’s World Cup will begin with a two-week training camp in England.

SYDNEY, Australia, CMC – Sunil Narine delivered a tidy spell after he surprisingly opened the batting for Sydney Sixers, but failed to spare his side from a six-wicket defeat against Melbourne Renegades in the Big Bash League yesterday.

A vendor was yesterday granted more time to pay a businesswoman whom she defrauded of over $200,000 in items.

Dear Editor, Now that the President has found the list of names submitted by the opposition for chairmanship of Gecom unacceptable, I feel that it is timely and appropriate to offer a few comments.

SYDNEY, (Reuters) – Steve O’Keefe’s hopes of joining the Australian slow-bowling attack in the four-test series in India from next month have been boosted after the left-arm spinner was withdrawn from the remainder of the Big Bash League to prepare for the tour.

Manx Powers, the driver who is accused of causing the death of former world champion boxer Andrew ‘Six Head’ Lewis, has been called upon to lead a defence.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – US President-elect Donald Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, will become a senior White House adviser working on trade and the Middle East, transition officials said yesterday, in a rare case of a close presidential family member taking a major job.

Dear Editor, Yesterday, President Granger disclosed to the press that he had rejected the list of names submitted to him by the Leader of the Opposition for the appointment of a Chairman of Gecom as required by Article 161(2) of the Constitution.

CARACAS (Reuters) – Recession-hit Venezuela’s imports plunged by more than half to nearly $18 billion in 2016, President Nicolas Maduro said yesterday, as the nation prioritized foreign debt payments despite chronic product shortages.

Dear Editor, Every time I pass and see the conditions of the Cheddi Jagan Children’s Play Park at Anna Regina, I feel sad.

SHANGHAI/TAIPEI (Reuters) – State-run Chinese tabloid Global Times warned US president-elect Donald Trump that China would “take revenge” if he reneged on the one-China policy, only hours after Taiwan’s president made a controversial stopover in Houston.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Triple Olympic track champion Kenenisa Bekele, the second-fastest marathon runner in history, will make another attempt at claiming the world record over the classic 26.2 mile distance when he leads a stellar field for the London marathon in April.

CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuela’s opposition-led Congress yesterday approved a resolution declaring that President Nicolas Maduro had “abandoned his post,” a symbolic move unlikely to break a year-long stalemate between the executive and the legislature.

GENEVA (Reuters) – Smoking costs the global economy more than $1 trillion a year, and will kill one third more people by 2030 than it does now, according to a study by the World Health Organization and the US National Cancer Institute published today.

Reynolds, Govt In Major New Deal BY SHARIEF KHAN GUYANA and the Reynolds transnational bauxite company yesterday signed an agreement paving the return of the American firm here on a 50-50 joint venture with government.

Dear Editor, It seems to me that in the next few months and maybe years there will be problems with the David Granger administration and the opposition led by Bharrat Jagdeo.

Nothing of substance has been heard from the Government of Guyana in the wake of the visit here at the end of last year by two officials from the Russian aluminum giant RUSAL, which company is the majority shareholder in the locally based Bauxite Company of Guyana Inc (BCGI).

(The Sports Xchange) – .J. Redick scored 25 points, and Los Angeles coasted over shorthanded Miami winning 98-86 at Staples Center.

The National Assembly has assented to an affirmation order meant to initialize the VAT Tax (Amendment) Regulations of 2016, which will bring such changes on stream as the payment of VAT on water and electricity.