Daily Archive: Tuesday, January 24, 2017

Patrick Kissoon called ‘Pato’ and Ritesha Rahaman called ‘Tesha’ are wanted by the police for questioning in relation to the disappearance of Shonette Savory which occurred on 2016-08-28 at Herstelling, EBD.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Test opener Kraigg Brathwaite stroked a maiden regional one-day hundred as Barbados Pride opened their Super50 campaign with a 145-run clobbering of Guyana Jaguars at Kensington Oval here Tuesday.

Police ranks of the Narcotics Branch stationed at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport, Timehri at 0630h today, arrested a female outgoing passenger who was on a flight to Toronto, Canada.

The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) has announced  that the Motor vehicle registration series “WW” has commenced.

The Ministry of the Presidency says it finds the Guyana Times headline ‘High-profile sexual assault – President accused of covering up case’, in today’s edition on page 9,  to be slanderous and libelous.

MELBOURNE,  (Reuters) – Four-times champion Roger Federer continued to roll back the years as he took apart Mischa Zverev 6-1 7-5 6-2 with a clinical display of all-court tennis to reach his 13th Australian Open semi-final in 92 minutes on Tuesday.

LONDON, (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Theresa May must give parliament a vote before she can formally start Britain’s exit from the European Union, the UK Supreme Court ruled today, giving lawmakers who oppose her Brexit plans a shot at amending them.

An eight-month-old baby died and 10 persons lost their home yesterday in an early morning fire, believed to be an act of arson, at Kaneville Housing Scheme, East Bank Demerara.

A man is now dead and a family of four homeless, after an early morning fire gutted a two-storey house at Diamond Housing Scheme, East Bank Demerara yesterday.

Banks DIH Limited has filed a $28B lawsuit against the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) and the government for what it says is the overpayment in consumption taxes with interest for the period 2001 to 2006, in light of a settlement last year between fellow beverage company DDL and the agency.

Minister of Communities Ronald Bulkan yesterday officially approved the Georgetown Metered Parking bylaws and drivers will have to pay from today to park in certain areas of the city.

Dear Editor, The Norconsult Report on the Amaila Falls Hydropower Project (AFHP) has very good advice on technical and financial matters that could easily be overlooked with just a cursory review of the report.

Dear Editor, Festival City was established in 1972 under the late President Forbes Burnham, as a village where visiting guests and artists for Carifesta ’72 were accommodated in the 250 houses specially constructed in North Ruimveldt.

A West Berbice labourer lost his life on Sunday evening when he rode his unregistered motorcycle into the concrete base of an electricity pole on the West Coast Berbice public road at Hopetown.

Dear Editor, In a strongly worded and offensive press release issued on January 19, the Guyana Gold and Diamond Miners Association (GGDMA) revealed their contempt for us small miners, calling us puppets and acolytes while accusing us of being sellouts and itinerants.

A man was killed on Sunday morning when he lost control of his vehicle and crashed into a utility pole at Soesdyke, East Bank Demerara.

Dear Editor, I refer to the caption contained at page 1 and the article at pages 3 and 5 of the Guyana Chronicle of January 19 under the headings, ‘Singh strikes’ and ‘Singh strikes twice’, and request that you publish this correspondence so the public would not be misled on the Bharrat Jagdeo, Babu John alleged racial statement case in the Court of Appeal.

Royston Alkins The availability of a number of high-profile players for this year’s Cricket West Indies (CWI) Regional Super50 tournament has stirred up much hype.

With a drop in the paddy price from $4,500 per bag over two years ago to less than $3,000 per bag, farmers have been advised to focus on increasing their productivity so that their yields can become higher.

Teachers and parents of students attending the South Road Nursery are trying to save the school from being phased out.

Dear Editor, It is eminently requisite that the democratic contours of the aspirations of the 1980 Constitution (Art 8) and the language of the pertinent Art, ie 161(2), comprised of the concepts, precepts and its precise words must be given their purposive meaning.

Want to win an Olympic medal? Start long-term planning now. That is the opinion of Guyana’s most decorated athlete Aliann Pompey.

Georgetown units Santos and Western Tigers sealed their semifinal berths in the Stag Nation Cup after eliminating West Demerara outfits Uitvlugt and Pouderoyen respectively Sunday.

Former Ministry of the Presidency Permanent Secretary Omar Shariff and his common-law wife were yesterday each read a charge alleging that they failed to comply with a court order.

Dear Editor, This letter is being penned in frustration.   I am an octogerian, resident from birth at 138 Crown Street, Queenstown, Georgetown. 

By Royston Alkins Trevon `Bugsy’ Griffith last Sunday smashed his way into the Jamaica Cricket Association (JCA) record books when he muscled Melbourne Cricket Club (MCC) into the semi-finals of the JCA All-Island 50-overs-a-side tournament.

The Cuban owner of club in Providence was yesterday remanded to prison after he was charged with trafficking a woman.

Dear Editor, I am not against parking meters but I am completely aghast at how this particular project in Guyana has been implemented.

National men’s singles champion Christopher Franklyn and fellow national senior player Shemar Britton Sunday won the Open doubles category when the Guyana Table Tennis Association (GTTA) staged its doubles, novices and fundamental challenge competitions at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.

The Court of Appeal last week dismissed the race baiting appeal case involving PPP/C Leader Bharrat Jagdeo, whose lawyer yesterday accused the Guyana Chronicle of being misleading in its reportage on the outcome of the matter.

Dear Editor, The African Business Roundtable congratulates the Government of Guyana on its hiring of a consultant to evaluate whether Guyana should have a refinery or not, and whether it should be a private-public partnership or another financial structure.

Players from the Vice President’s 15 defeated the President’s outfit 22-17 when the Guyana Rugby Football Union (GRFU) kicked off its second week of activities for the year on Saturday at the National Park.

Michael Caesar, who pleaded guilty to the 2008 Bartica mass killing, yesterday told Justice Roxane George SC and a jury, that the three men currently being tried for the crime were not there when 12 men, including three police officers, were killed.

Dear Editor, A few days ago I learnt with shock from a friend that long time WPA activist Mobutu Kamara (also known as Drummer), farmer, poet and political activist, passed away last December.

The Guyana Motor Racing and Sports Cub (GMR&SC) will kick the season into high gear on March 5 with its first official drag meet but prior to that, the Annual General Meeting (AGM) will be held on February 9.

Former veteran policeman Leon Lindo was yesterday committed to stand trial for conspiring to murder businessman Mohamed Khan, whose decapitated corpse was found at Cummings Lodge in 2015.

Dear Editor, Just like almost everything else in this Land of Many Waters, infrastructure like roads especially, is constructed and well laid out, then comes one of the utility companies and digs up the road to facilitate the laying of water mains, or of Gtt or GPL cables.

Gregory Richardson, scorer of the most goals in the Ministry of Health/ Busta Soft Shoe football competition collected his prize of one gold chain yesterday from Robb Street establishment Junior’s Jewellery and Gift Gallery.

Deputy Mayor Sherod Duncan yesterday protested the installation of parking meters in front of the Ptolemy Reid Rehabilitation Centre and the Bishops’ High School.

Dear Editor, The Leader of the Alliance for Change AFC, Mr Khemraj Ramjattan, continues to maintain that the AFC constitution is silent about a third term and therefore it’s his democratic right for a third term to be bestowed upon him at the National Conference.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – A programme is being designed for West Indies A all-rounder, Rahkeem Cornwall, which is aimed at ensuring the player fulfills his immense potential.

A Berbice man was yesterday remanded to prison on two counts of rape.

Dear Editor, In the Kaieteur News of Friday, January 13, a story under the caption ‘REO blamed for flooding in Region Two’ detailed the reason why he was blamed and from whom the comments emanated. 

MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – Rafa Nadal returned to the grand slam big-time by fending off Gael Monfils 6-3 6-3 4-6 6-4 in a tense clash yesterday to reach the Australian Open quarter-finals.

Hauled before a city court on a drug trafficking charge, a woman yesterday told a magistrate that she was framed by police.

Dear Editor, I have been following the controversy about third term leadership in the Alliance for Change (AFC) of which I have been a member since its formation.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The new US administration of President Donald Trump vowed yesterday that the US would prevent China from taking over territory in international waters in the South China Sea, something Chinese state media has warned would require Washington to “wage war.”

NEW YORK (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – US President Donald Trump yesterday reinstated a global gag rule that bans US-funded groups around the world from discussing abortion, a move that was widely expected but nonetheless dismayed women’s rights advocates.

Dear Editor, I am amazed to hear so many persons are saying that the leadership of the AFC should be rotated.

CAPE TOWN, (Reuters) – South Africa have recalled fit-again batsman AB de Villiers to captain their one-day international side in the five-match home series against Sri Lanka.

A man from Number 19 Village, Corentyne, Berbice was yesterday placed on $200,000 bail on an attempted murder charge when he appeared at the New Amsterdam Magistrate’s Court.

SAN SALVADOR (Reuters) – Remittances to El Salvador jumped by 7.2 per cent in 2016 compared to the same period a year earlier, reaching the highest level in the country’s history and marking the biggest increase in a decade, El Salvador’s central bank reported yesterday.

Aggrieved workers in Guyana faced with industrial relations disputes over conditions of service are rarely afforded the opportunity to secure the focused and structured attention of the media.

Bicycles May Arrive From February TWENTY thousand ladies and gents bicycles are expected here within the next five months, providing relief for Guyana’s existing transportation difficulties.

Dear Editor, There is a workshop opposite the secondary school in Sixth Street Cummings Lodge where numerous derelict vehicles are parked on the state reserves, which is an eyesore.

LIBREVILLE, (Reuters) – The African Nations Cup burst into life as Tunisia joined Senegal in the quarter-finals and Algeria, among the pre-tournament favourites, were eliminated after 10 goals were scored at the conclusion of Group B yesterday.