Daily Archive: Tuesday, January 17, 2017

The People’s Progressive Party (PPP) says it will be holding a Public Forum on the appointment of the Chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), on Friday, January 20, 2017, commencing at 17:00 hours at the Umana Yana, Kingston.

The Ministry of Education today said that the Mashramani float parade this year will travel along Brickdam to D’Urban Park as was the case last year.

Effective February 1, 2017, agents and brokers will be required to pay new administrative and miscellaneous fees when conducting business with the Customs and Trade Operations (CE&TO), according to a statement from the GRA on Monday.

(Trinidad Guardian) An autopsy on the body of 16-year-old schoolgirl Rachael Ramkissoon yesterday revealed that she was strangled.

SYDNEY,  (Reuters) – The deep-sea search for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 ended on Tuesday without any trace being found of the plane that vanished in 2014 with 239 people on board, the three countries involved in the search said.

A decision by bus operators to discontinue operating until the deplorable condition of the Coomacka Access Road is addressed has left an estimated 250 students living at Coomacka Mines, in Region 10, unable to travel to their school, which is located outside of the community.

Two men, including the stepson of Kawall Shivnauth, who was stabbed to death during an altercation one week ago at Leonora, West Coast Demerara were yesterday charged with the crime and remanded to prison.

The army’s move to enforce a strict policy against members having clearly visible tattoos has left one potential recruit with dashed hopes as he says he is unable to pay the huge cost to have his ink removed.

In the near future, maintenance of irrigation canals and outfalls within the capital will be the responsibility of the Georgetown Drainage Authority, a new entity comprising representatives of the Ministry of Public Infrastructure, Georgetown City Council, National Drainage and Irrigation Authority and the Ministry of Communities.

A Guyanese man who gained residency in Canada in 2009, lost it after immigration officials found that he was no longer eligible as he spent most of his time in Guyana and his appeal of that decision was subsequently thrown out.

Workers from the City Engineer’s Department yesterday dismantled the frame of a wooden structure on Arapaima Street in Ruimveldt, which would have constituted an expansion for a car wash on the government reserve.

The police in Berbice are investigating a series of home invasions in the Corentyne area on Saturday evening, Commander of ‘B’ Division Ian Amsterdam has said, though no arrest has yet been made.

After persons lit a fire at the Bartica dumpsite, which spread to almost the entire landfill, Mayor Gifford Marshall says the municipality will embark on a sensitizing programme to ensure that residents are adequately informed on the proper waste disposal methods.

The hearing by the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) of the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company’s (GTT) proposal to raise the rates for landline services was delayed again yesterday and adjourned indefinitely.

The Ministry of Education (MoE) through junior Minister Nicolette Henry yesterday handed over a cheque to the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) in support of the second annual National Secondary School Cricket League (NSSCL).

By Royston Alkins The national senior cricket team known as the Guyana Jaguars will look to end a 12-year title drought when the West Indies Cricket Board’s regional Super50 one-day tournament commences January 24 in Barbados and Antigua simultaneously.

Abdul Budhoo, charged with killing his two cousins, was yesterday found guilty of the crimes and is now awaiting a probation report for his sentencing.

NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – Virat Kohli appears able to produce miracles with his bat and the India captain masterminded yet another successful chase in Sunday’s run-feast against England to enhance his reputation as the second innings king of one-day cricket.

Dear Editor, Given the apparent disposition of our competent decision-makers to eschew determinations based on the applicable law, it is not without considerable significance that suggestions were made for the current controversy regarding the appointment of a Gecom Chairman to be referred to the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) for resolution.

An Uitvlugt man and a 16-year-old boy were yesterday remanded to prison after being charged with three counts of armed robbery, including the attack on a North Road grocer that led to their capture last Tuesday.

Dear Editor, I had contacted Ms Halley at City Hall shortly after parking spots were painted/marked in Quamina Street in December, as I observed parking spots were painted across active driveways, including the entrance to my office located in Quamina St between Carmichael and Main Sts. 

Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan has set a date for a ruling on whether a case has been made out against murder accused Ganga Krishna and Avishkar Bissoon, who are alleged to have started the fire at the Robb and King streets building that claimed the lives of a father and his two daughters.

An article with the headline `Hutson says clubs happy with his performance’ written by me and which was published on Sunday, seems to have ruffled the feathers of Kaieteur News’ reporters Edison Jefford and Rawle Welch.

In seeking to improve the housing delivery system in 2017, the Central Housing and Planning Authority (CH&PA) plans to regularise 21 areas, which will make 1,852 lots available for housing.

ADELAIDE, Australia, CMC – West Indies all-rounder Kieron Pollard shone with the ball but then flattered to deceive with the bat, as his Adelaide Strikers were eliminated from playoff contention with a six-run loss to Sunil Narine’s Melbourne Renegades in the Big Bash League here yesterday.

Dear Editor, As the Gecom chairperson nomination and final selection process continues to sizzle, I offer some final thoughts.

Dear Editor, The Suddie Police Station is in a terribly run-down state.

A Paramakatoi farmer was yesterday sentenced to three years in jail for being in possession of almost one pound of cannabis, which he claimed he was using to make tea for a sick niece.

HOBART, Australia, CMC – West Indies Women’s captain, Stafanie Taylor, suffered the ignominy of a first-ball ‘duck’ as her Sydney Thunder crashed to a six-wicket defeat to Hayley Matthews’ Hobart Hurricanes, in the Women’s Big Bash here yesterday.

The trial of former PPP/C minister Dr Jennifer Westford and her former aide Margaret Cummings for the alleged theft of over $600 million from the government continued yesterday with the testimony of a detective, who recounted that they both opted to remain silent when confronted about stealing state funds.

Dear Editor, Something in the December 18, 2016 edition of Kaieteur News caught my eye: ‘Consumer body challenges GTT’s claim that landline applications declining.’

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Trinbago Knight Riders have named Australian Simon Katich as head coach for the upcoming Caribbean Premier League season.

MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – World number two Novak Djokovic needs no reminder of the threat posed by Spain’s Fernando Verdasco as he begins his quest for a seventh Australian Open title today.

Dear Editor, Contemporary developments on the political front have clearly demonstrated that the court has long been and will, in the near future, be the battle ground again for resolving a number of legal/political issues either between the executive and the political opposition, the executive and parliament and/or individual citizens.

A police corporal yesterday testified that checks revealed that no passport was issued to Anjanie Boodnarine bearing the number of the travel document that she had used to exit the country.

MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – Defending champion Angelique Kerber battled her nerves and blew a match point in the second set before finally overcoming Lesia Tsurenko 6-2 5-7 6-2 to reach the second round of the Australian Open yesterday.

Dear Editor, One of the greatest haemorrhages experienced by Guyana following the intellectual and capital flight since the early 1990s is the erosion of integrity.

BRUSSELS (Reuters) – If Washington’s European allies had any hope that Donald Trump would sound less like Donald Trump now that he is days from the US presidency, his first European newspaper interview quickly buried it.

SAN JOSE (Reuters) – Costa Rica’s government said yesterday it has filed a complaint against Nicaragua at the International Court of Justice for establishing a military post on its territory, heightening the risk of renewed tensions between the two nations.

Dear Editor, In 2016 I reaped a lot of produce from my yard (cherries, passion fruit, pigeon peas, papayas, plantains, bananas, etc).

MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – Roger Federer made a winning return to competitive tennis after six months out of the game yesterday, thrilling a packed Rod Laver Arena as he beat qualifier Juergen Melzer 7-5 3-6 6-2 6-2 to reach the Australian Open second round.

The 12 victims of the 2008 massacre at Bartica died after sustaining multiple gunshot injuries, with the majority dying after being shot to their heads.

  HAVANA (Reuters) – Cuba and the United States yesterday signed an agreement to cooperate in the fight againstterrorism, drug trafficking, money laundering and other international criminal activities on the eve of president-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration.

-New Zealand win despite conceding almost 600 in first innings WELLINGTON, (Reuters) – Kane Williamson seized New Zealand’s run chase by the scruff of the neck to lead his side to an improbable seven-wicket victory against Bangladesh on the final day of the first test at the Basin Reserve yesterday.

Dear Editor, It seems as if problems are ahead between the government and the opposition, and there might be a confrontation with the government and the judiciary.

A decision is expected on Thursday on whether the case concerning the seizure of funds from convicted drug lord Barry Dataram and Troy Dataram should be before the Magistrates’ Courts.

RIO DE JANEIRO/SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Police put down a new uprising at a prison in northeastern Brazil where 26 inmates were killed by a rival gang faction over the weekend and questioned five drug gang leaders they think ordered the bloodshed, authorities said yesterday.

A little-noticed paragraph in the recent US intelligence community report about Russia’s hacking of the US elections makes me wonder whether Moscow’s next step will be to conduct cyber-espionage campaigns to help elect authoritarian populist leaders in Germany and France’s elections this year, and in Mexico’s 2018 elections.

The sense of national anticipation that had attended the announcement by ExxonMobil in May 2015 that a “significant oil discovery” had been made offshore Guyana has subsided.

CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuela’s socialist leader said yesterday that US president-elect Donald Trump was the victim of a global “hate campaign” and could not be worse than outgoing Barack Obama.

Dear Editor, Bangladesh was beaten physically into submission by bodyline bowling, the likes of which would have been frowned on if used by West Indians in their heyday.

KINGSTON, Jamaica (Jamaica Observer) — The police are reporting that the six men who were in an alleged gun battle with members of the security forces in Goodwill, St James were members of the ‘Ski Mask’ gang operating in Montego Bay.

Three miners were granted $50,000 bail by the Chief Magistrate on Friday after they denied a charge of stealing raw gold from another miner.

MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – Victorian all-rounder Marcus Stoinis will replace the injured Mitchell Marsh in Australia’s one day international squad for the ongoing series against Pakistan, Cricket Australia said yesterday.

Deputy Mayor Warns Of Noise Nuisance Danger To City THE noise nuis­ance in and around the city, described by Deputy Mayor, Herbert Harper, as an annoyance, is to get the ‘Number Two Citizen’s’ spec­ial attention.