Daily Archive: Thursday, January 26, 2017

The PPP today called on the government to scrap the parking meters project.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Jamaica Scorpions defeated Guyana Jaguars by 41 runs, in the day/night sixth game of the Regional Super50 at Kensington Oval here today.

The opposition PPP today called on the government to rescind proposed hikes in MMA-ADA rents and charges.

MEXICO CITY/WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – Mexico’s president today scrapped a planned summit with Donald Trump in the face of insistent tweets from the U.S.

Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo today distanced himself from “perceived scurrilous” attacks in the state-owned Guyana Chronicle against Chancellor of the Judiciary, Carl Singh and stressed the importance of the separation of powers.

MELBOURNE,  (Reuters) – Roger Federer held firm against a furious fightback from fellow Swiss Stan Wawrinka, edging his former apprentice 7-5 6-3 1-6 4-6 6-3 in a Melbourne Park classic to reach the final of the Australian Open today.

(Trinidad Guardian) Richard Ramlal was killed execution-style. A single bullet to the back of his head, fired at close range, was the only wound to the body, forensic pathologist Dr Valery Alexandrov, who conducted the autopsy on Ramlal’s body, said yesterday.

MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – Having seen her sister Venus win her semi-final at the Australian Open on Thursday, Serena Williams admitted she felt the weight of history to seal her place in their first grand slam title decider in eight years.

Six attorneys have been issued fiats to prosecute a number of high profile matters, including the Omar Shariff case, and will be working closely with the Special Organized Crime Unit (SOCU).

Even though its rating has increased giving it the best score since 2012, Guyana is still listed in the very corrupt category in the latest Transparency International Corruption Index Report; its ranking is 108 out of 176 countries with a score of 34, the highest it has ever scored.

Attorney General Basil Williams SC, while denying that he has been publicly attacking outgoing Chancellor (ag) Carl Singh and the judiciary, yesterday said that he was trying to clean up the mess left behind by the PPP/C administration.

LONDON,  CMC – Sprint superstar Usain Bolt has been stripped of one of his nine Olympic gold medals after the International Olympic Committee confirmed yesterday that his 4×100 relay teammate Nesta Carter had tested positive at the 2008 Olympics in Beijng.

Chairman of the Interim Management Committee  (IMC) set up by some nine clubs to organize cycling in Guyana Linden Dowridge was yesterday tightlipped when asked to comment on the recent pronouncement by the world governing body for the sport, the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) that the Horace Burrowes-led executive is the only executive recognized by the UCI.

Four bandits invaded a residence at Crane, West Coast Demerara on Tuesday night and robbed a family of over a million dollars in jewellery and cash at gunpoint, and two 19-year-old suspects have since been arrested.

Charged with firearm and ammunition possession in 2016, a man was yesterday sentenced to four years in jail and fined $120,000, after changing his plea to guilty.

By Royston Alkins Beaten badly by home team and arch rivals Barbados Pride in their opening Zone B match of the Cricket West Indies (CWI) regional Super50 one-day tournament Tuesday at the Kensington Oval, Guyana Jaguars will look to keep their hopes alive of a semi-final spot when they take on Jamaica Scorpions today.

The Guyana Football Federation (GFF)’s search for a national women’s team coach will commence February 1 with the publishing of advertisements locally and internationally.

Two men already on remand, along with another, were taken before the Chief Magistrate and read three armed robbery charges, where they allegedly stole over $1 million worth of items.

Motorists in Central Georgetown were more relaxed in their approach to paid parking spaces yesterday but there were still many empty slots following Tuesday’s launch of the controversial project.

NORTH SOUND, Antigua, CMC – Windward Islands Volcanoes survived a scare before posting a 21-run victory over West Indies Under-19s in their opening game of the Regional Super50 here yesterday.

By Royston Alkins Ravi Goberdhan, Guyana’s lone participant, attained 91 per cent in the West Indies Cricket Umpires Association oral and practical examinations last year.

The body of missing fisherman Colin Nicholson, who fell overboard on Monday has been recovered from the Pomeroon River.

Rose Hall Town Jammers (RHTJ) defeated Fyrish Black Sharks 43-35 when the Berbice Amateur Basketball Association (BABA) sanctioned Anamayah Championship commenced Sunday at the Rose Hall court.

As the City’s plan to reclaim spaces that are being used illegally by businesses and citizens continues, a team from the City Council yesterday destroyed two concrete ramps on the pavements outside of the entrances to the Teleperformance Parking Lot on Camp and Church streets.

Action in the Petra Organization/Limacol football tournament will  continue tonight at the Georgetown Football Club (GFC) ground with Western Tigers tackling New Amsterdam (NA) United and Santos engaging Ann’s Grove.

An ex-police officer was yesterday placed on $400,000 bail when he appeared at the Leonora Magistrate’s Court charged with falsely obtaining $6.4M for gun licences, before Magistrate Rushell Liverpool.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – President Donald Trump yesterday ordered construction of a U.S.-Mexican

Dear Editor, In response to a letter written by, Ms Raquel Thomas-Caesar, ‘The parking meter project was foisted on the citizenry’ (SN, January 24), I wish to commend her for joining the dozens of people who have bravely spoken out on said issue over the past eight months or so, and for echoing the same sentiments.

Incumbent Lawrence Simon was returned to the helm of the Linden Amateur Basketball Association (LABA) when the entity staged its Electoral Congress and Annual General Meeting (AGM) on Sunday.

Dear Editor, I believe that the Norconsult Report provided extremely important advice by suggesting that since the perceived risks of investing in Guyana are high, mainly due to political and regulatory reasons, one possible way for Norway to support the project would be to issue guarantees to the project for the repayment of the loan.

During Monday’s statutory meeting, the Mayor and City Council passed a motion that barbers and cosmetologists operating on the Merriman Mall would have until July 31st to find themselves in enclosed spaces.

BEIJING, (Reuters) – China is calmly mapping out global leadership aspirations from trade to climate change, drawing distinctions between President Xi Jinping’s steady hand and new U.S.

The Guyana Rugby Football Union (GRFU) will be holding trials for the team scheduled to compete in the Hong Kong 7s this Saturday at the National Park rugby field.

Dear Editor, On Friday I will deliver a comprehensive set of documents to the President and Prime Minister of Guyana asking for a Commission of Inquiry into the media.

BARCELONA, (Reuters) – Real Madrid crashed out of the King’s Cup quarter-finals 4-3 on aggregate after being held to a 2-2 draw at Celta Vigo yesterday in another major setback for the stuttering European champions.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – U.S. stocks climbed yesterday and the Dow Jones Industrial Average closed atop the 20,000 mark for the first time as solid earnings and optimism over President Donald Trump’s pro-growth initiatives revitalized a post-election rally.

Four men pulled off a daring daylight robbery early yesterday on a Chinese Supermarket in South Ruimveldt Gardens and escaped with $700,000.

MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – Only three women can now prevent Serena Williams from clinching a 23rd grand slam title on Saturday, her sister Venus, a younger compatriot and a 34-year-old Croatian she last played nearly two decades ago.

Dear Editor, In a few months, it will be almost two years without even a hearing of the election petition filed in the Supreme Court of Judicature, while in contrast, for example, Trinidad and Tobago has not only had a hearing but a ruling with a written decision and an appeal and the dismissal of that appeal by their Court of Appeal.

The absence of a juror and one of the accused in the 2008 Bartica massacre, yesterday morning, hindered the continuation of the trial which was scheduled to commence at 9:00hrs before Justice Roxane George SC at the High Court in Georgetown.

(Reuters) – Emmy-winning actress Mary Tyler Moore, who brightened American television screens as the perky suburban housewife on “The Dick Van Dyke Show,” and then as a fledgling feminist on “The Mary Tyler Moore Show,” died yesterday at the age of 80, a representative said.

Four women, who were arrested during a raid at the Rio Night Club last Friday, were taken before a city magistrate yesterday, where they were read several charges, including forgery and overstaying their permitted time.

MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – Rafa Nadal continued his brilliant revival at the Australian Open to topple Milos Raonic 6-4 7-6(7) 6-4 yesterday and reach his first grand slam semi-final in three years.

Dear Editor, So impressive! The millions of women marching in America and in so many countries around the world to bring attention to their rights as well as their demands.

BRASILIA,  (Reuters) – Public health officials in Brazil are working to stop an outbreak of yellow fever that has killed at least 40 people from becoming an epidemic and urged people in nine states yesterday to seek vaccinations.

United States Court of Appeals judge J Clifford Wallace is in Guyana assisting with the implementation of a case management system for judges that is expected to help them make a dent in the 10,000 backlogged cases.

BRISBANE, Australia, CMC – Neither West Indies stars Samuel Badree nor Hayley Matthews will feature on finals day of the Australia Big Bash League after both players tasted defeat for their respective franchises in the semi-finals here yesterday.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Two babies rescued from previously incurable leukaemia after receiving infusions of gene-edited immune cells are doing well at home more than a year after initial treatment, scientists said on Wednesday.

(Barbados Government Information Service) There will be no devaluation of the Barbados dollar!

Dear Editor, I am very disappointed that the Guyana media did not see it fit to write on the very important Brexit case which can affect the lives of 30 thousand Guyanese living in Britain and the tens of millions in the UK and Europe.

American journalist Steve Coll describes an illuminating exchange in 2001 between then President George Walker Bush and the Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee.

United Kingdom security expert Lt Col. (Rtd) Russell Combe is in Guyana to work on the Security Sector Reform Action Plan (SSRAP) in collaboration with the Ministry of Public Security and the Guyana Police Force, Director of Public Information Imran Khan has said.

Mayor plans shopping mall for Bourda Green CITY Mayor Compton Young says he plans to set up a two-storey shopping mall on Bourda Green, which will in­clude a bank, cinema and two restaurants.

In any ordered state governed by laws, the procurement of justice is the role of the public prosecutor’s office.

Dear Editor, On January 24 the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom upheld an earlier decision of the High Court, that Prime Minister Theresa May cannot invoke Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty, to commence formal withdrawal from the European Union (EU), without the consent of the Parliament. 

(The Sports Xchange) – Bradley Beal scored 13 of his 31 points in the fourth quarter and the Washington Wizards won their hyped matchup with the Boston Celtics 123-108 on Tuesday night.