Daily Archive: Wednesday, February 1, 2017

The Government Analyst Food and Drug Department yesterday issued a stern warning to fast food outlets to desist from importing products which are expired or have very little shelf life remaining.

(Reuters) – Pop superstar Beyonce said on Wednesday that she and her husband, rap star and entrepreneur Jay Z, were expecting twins, sending social media into a meltdown.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The U.S. Senate confirmed Rex Tillerson as President Donald Trump’s secretary of state on Wednesday, filling a key spot on the Republican’s national security team despite concerns about the former Exxon Mobil Corp chief executive officer’s ties to Russia.

The Ministry of Public Infrastructure (MPI) says that North-West District commuters are expected to benefit from significantly shortened travel time when the MV Barima returns to operation in about two weeks following more than a year of rehabilitation.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – President Donald Trump on Tuesday nominated Neil Gorsuch for a lifetime job on the U.S.

A movement against the implementation of parking meters in Georgetown is calling for citizens to starve Smart City Solutions (SCS) out of the market.

A trip with friends to the canal at Hague Backdam went horribly wrong on Sunday, when a 17-year-old business student of Cornelia Ida, West Coast Demerara lost his life, reportedly by drowning.

Former Chairman of the Guyana National Broad-casting Authority (GNBA) Leonard Craig has rejected the findings of the Board of Inquiry that cleared board members Anthony Vieira and Vic Insanally of allegations of misconduct, while saying that there are records to show they acted outside of their mandate.

Owners of properties listed in a notice from the Mayor and City Council have begun to come forward and payment plans for property rates owed are currently being worked out says Debra Lewis, the council’s spokeswoman.

Bandits robbed an East Coast Demerara (ECD) businesswoman of $6 million around noon yesterday, shortly after she left the Republic Bank Water Street branch.

Five armed bandits escaped with a quantity of gold jewellery and an undisclosed amount of cash following a daring robbery around midday yesterday at a De Willem, West Coast Demerara goldsmith’s workshop and home.

Orpheus Johnson, the accused in the murder of Nandy Park miner Travis Rudder, flew into a fit of anger and cursed at the magistrate yesterday after he was committed to stand trial for the crime.

NORTH SOUND, Antigua, CMC – Reigning champions Trinidad and Tobago crushed an out-of-sorts West Indies Under-19s by eight wickets in quick time here yesterday, to win their second game and move into second spot in Group A of the Regional Super50.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Jamaica Scorpions suffered their second loss in three outings after Barbados Pride snatched a dramatic one-wicket win in a compelling low-scoring contest under lights at Kensington Oval here Monday.

Guyanese students entering the Hugh Wooding Law School (HWLS) in September 2017 will be asked to pay an increase in tuition of more than TT$4,000.

Charged in 2015 with fatally beating his elderly, bedridden father with a piece of wood, Ali Mohamed was yesterday sent to the National Psychiatric Hospital at Berbice until he is deemed fit to stand trial.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – West Indies Twenty20 star, Andre Russell, was yesterday ruled out of several major upcoming global tournaments after being slapped with a 12-month ban for an anti-doping whereabouts violation.

Kenkassie Lynch, the suspect in the murder of mechanic Terrence Lanferman, who was gunned down at his Mocha home two years ago, was yesterday committed to stand trial for the crime.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – English Premiership legend Sol Campbell has joined Trinidad and Tobago men’s senior team as an assistant coach.

MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – Australia named uncapped batsman Michael Klinger and bowlers Jhye Richardson, Ashton Turner and Billy Stanlake in their Twenty20 squad for their series against Sri Lanka this month.

Ganga Krishna and Avishkar Bissoon, the welders charged with killing a man and his two young daughters after setting their Robb and King streets home on fire, were yesterday committed to stand trial for the crime.

MUMBAI,  (Reuters) – Opener Abhinav Mukund was recalled to India’s test squad for next week’s one-off match against Bangladesh, more than five years after playing his last match for the side.

Dear Editor, In Guyana, there are some educators who live with starvation compensation packages and a hostile environment with aplomb and serenity. 

PPP/C MP Anil Nandlall has written to Attorney-General (AG) Basil Williams SC urging that he appoint a Governing Board for the Deeds and Commercial registries, while saying that its absence they are encountering “innumerable administrative problems” that are affecting their functioning.

Dear Editor, Last Friday, January 27, 4 young boys were arrested from their homes.

(The Sports Xchange) – Led by James Johnson’s spectacular last-minute dunk, the Miami Heat won their eighth straight game, defeating the Brooklyn Nets 104-96 on Monday night at AmericanAirlines Arena.

The PPP/C’s move to have the government reveal the causes of frequent blackouts in the country and measures it would take to end them was defeated late Monday night even as both sides played the blame game as to who was responsible for state of the Guyana Power & Light, while the opposition maintained that the controversial Amaila Falls Hydropower Project (AFHP) remained the only hope for the country to access clean, reliable electricity.

Dear Editor, I’m sitting here wondering if I lack basic comprehension skills or if Minister Henry is suffering from an inability to effectively engage the citizens of this country? 

Residents of Mon Repos and the surrounding East Coast Demerara communities are pleading with the relevant authorities to fix the deplorable and “almost impassable” Agriculture Road.

Dear Editor, It is always simple to complain but more difficult to give thanks.

Ravens downed Republic Bank Nets in the Open division while Colts and Eagles edged Pacesetters and Plaisance Guardians respectively in the U23 section when the Georgetown Amateur Basketball Association (GABA) ‘League of Champions’ continued on Sunday.

Minister of Finance Winston Jordan yesterday clarified that while he had provided to parliament the yearly increases in salaries for public servants, ministers and the presidents during the period 1998 and 2014, he did not total up these increases.

Verdicts are likely tomorrow, for the trio accused of the massacre of the 12 men, including three police officers, at Bartica, on the night of February 17, 2008.

Dear Editor, A press release purportedly coming from the office of the Prime Minister (PM) which was published in three of the daily newspapers on January 31, concerned the relative increases in salaries of the presidents, ministers and public servants over the years 1998 to 2014.

BOSTON/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Legal challenges to President Donald Trump’s first moves to restrict the flow of people into the United States spread yesterday as Massachusetts and San Francisco sued to challenge two of his early executive orders.

RIYADH, (Reuters) – Ten Kuwaiti lawmakers filed a motion yesterday to hold a vote of no-confidence in the minister of information and youth after questioning him over the country’s 15-month international sports ban, according to state news agency KUNA.

Dear Editor, For decades Guyana’s foreign policy was fashioned to concentrate on a matter of fundamental national importance, viz, the controversy with Venezuela.

(Reuters) – President Donald Trump’s controversial immigration policies could hurt an expected U.S.

The trial into the murder of Glenn Xavier, who was shot and killed after being robbed at the Corn Bread Mini Mart, commenced yesterday before Justice Navindra Singh at the High Court in Georgetown.

BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Donald Trump has joined Russia, China and radical Islam as a threat to the  European Union, EU  leaders were told yesterday by the man chairing a summit where they will debate relations with the United States.

Dear Editor, After months of consultative and careful preparation by local minds and the input of international experts, the SARA (State Assets Recovery Agency) Bill found its way into the hallowed chambers of the Guyana Parliament on January 30 for tabling.

(Reuters) – The prospect of another doomed Arsenal title challenge reared its head at a disgruntled Emirates Stadium yesterday as Arsene Wenger could only look on gloomily from the stands while his team succumbed to a potentially calamitous defeat by Watford.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Nationals from the seven Muslim-majority countries temporarily blocked from entering the United States by President Donald Trump’s executive order on immigration may be barred indefinitely, Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly said yesterday.

Dear Editor, First of all let me congratulate Mr Raphael Trotman, the new leader of the Alliance for Change (AFC), and the new faces in the National Executive Committee Mr Moses Nagamootoo, Sherod Duncan and Imran Khan, as well as the new Youth Leader Miss Cynthia Rutherford.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Nick Davies, former chief of staff to IAAF president Sebastian Coe, has been expelled from athletics’ governing body after he admitted taking payments to help cover up Russian doping and then misleading the ethics investigation into the issue.

(Trinidad Guardian) – Concerns about crime and US immigration are affecting Carnival 2017 as some mas bands are reporting that registration has been affected.

Nearly six and a half decades after the PPP first came to government in 1953, with other hopeful junctures in 1964, 1992, 2011 and 2015, Guyana stands at another political crossroads and the outcome will again depend largely upon how the political elite and our diffracted civil society respond to the current difficulties.

To mark its 26th Anniversary, employees of the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GTT) pooled their resources and donated more than $1 million in care items to residents of the Palms on Friday last.

Former Guyana and West Indies all-rounder Roger Harper was last night returned as president of the Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA) at the association’s Annual General Meeting (AGM) and election of office-bearers at the Muslim Youth Organization (MYO) pavilion, last evening.

Dear Editor, Between 2002 and 2004 at least two public sector modernisation projects were undertaken by the Government of Guyana.

BRASILIA (Reuters) – The worst yellow fever outbreak in decades is not just killing Brazilians, it threatens to wipe out monkeys in the Atlantic rainforest that are already close to extinction, experts warned yesterday.

The government recently announced the imminent passage of the SARA (State Asset Recovery Agency) Bill through Parliament.

Our Man In Havana PRESIDENT Hoyte’s recent visit to Cuba has attracted some comment.

The Guyana Police Force (GPF) climbed atop the group-D standings in the second annual Petra Organization/Limacol Football Championship after edging Camptown 1-0 Monday at the Georgetown Football Club (GFC) ground, Bourda.

Smythfield Rockers overcame New Amsterdam (NA) Warriors 52-46 in overtime when the Berbice Amateur Basketball Association (BABA) sanctioned Anamayah tournament continued on Sunday.