Daily Archive: Monday, February 27, 2017

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres today appointed a Norwegian diplomat who dealt with the Colombian peace process to try to settle the longstanding border controversy between Venezuela and Guyana by the end of the year, the Associated Press said.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – President Donald Trump is seeking what he called a “historic” 9 percent increase in military spending, even as the United States has wound down major wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and remains the world’s strongest military power.

Former attorney general Anil Nandlall today said the latest discussion with Attorney General Basil Williams SC on the deadlock over a Chairman for the Guyana Elections Commission has been futile.

Ogle Airport Inc (OAI) will conduct a full scale Mass Casualty Incident Management (MCIM) exercise at the Eugene F.

(Trinidad Express) An ex-soldier was stabbed to death on the streets of Port of Spain on Monday.

Fire of unknown origin completely destroyed the Benjamin’s Homemade Bakery at Buxton early this morning.

SEOUL,  (Reuters) – South Korean intelligence believes suspects wanted for the murder of the half-brother of North Korea’s leader included several officials who worked for the reclusive state’s foreign and security ministries, according to lawmakers in Seoul.

After two weekends and 137 miles of intense racing on the roadways, Stephano Husbands (Team Coco’s) emerged winner of the Burnham Memorial Three-Stage Road Race yesterday.

Former President Donald Ramotar says the PPP’s support of term limits has not changed and head of the 1999-2000 constitutional commission, Ralph Ramkarran  says that if necessary a referendum on the matter should pass easily as both major parties support   limits on presidential terms.

The proprietor of Dabi’s Variety Store has boldly given financial support for the proposed formation of a Region 8 football association.

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts, CMC – The fast bowling pair of Reynard Leveridge and Kemar Roach have been withdrawn from the WICB President’s XI squad for today’s 50-overs clash with touring England at Warner Park.

Dear Editor, Community Development is noble work. After ten months in office as Councillors of Constituency 14: South Ruimveldt /Ruimveldt Industrial Estate, yours truly and Noelle Chow-Chee have seen tangible gains.

Starting today, persons who operate drones and other Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) weighing more than 7 kg will have to apply to the Guyana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) for permission to fly them.

Four and a half years after an agreement was signed for the people of Linden to have their own television station – part of the pact with the then PPP/C government following bitter protests and the deaths of three men in 2012 – the residents of the mining community are still waiting for it to become operational.

Dear Editor, I noticed with much pain of heart that for the 47th Republic Anniversary, President David Granger pardoned only 9 persons and all were female.

Athletes and sporting fans mark your calendars, the Guyana Fitness Games ‘Fitness Challenge’ returns to the National Park for its third staging on March 5.

Dear Editor, I commend President Granger for the substance, tone, and sweep of his inclusive words in that Republic Day address. 

A Bourda Market butcher died after he was struck down by a drunken driver on Saturday as he was walking home on the Pouderoyen Public Road.

(Reuters) – Multiple world champion Manny Pacquiao has agreed to fight Britain’s Olympic silver medallist Amir Khan on April 23, both boxers said yesterday.

The police say that a robbery suspect was shot yesterday morning at Bagotville after he resisted arrest but this version has been hotly disputed by residents of the area.

Dear Editor, My students and I for over a month have purchased lunch from a Lusignan, ECD Chinese eatery.

Dear Editor, I too, like Dr Henry Jeffrey, must beg the editor’s sufferance on a debate he provoked.

MADRID, (Reuters) – Lionel Messi came to Barcelona’s rescue for the second time in a week by snatching a late winner to give his side a barely deserved 2-1 win at Atletico Madrid yesterday which provisionally took the champions top of La Liga.

Former long-serving GuySuCo executive Dr Ian McDonald has urged that everything possible be done to save the sugar industry and called for focus on the market in CARICOM and other options.

Dear Editor, At the opening ceremony of the 28th Inter-Sessional Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of CARICOM which was held in Guyana on February 16-17, Ambassador Irwin LaRocque, CARICOM Secretary-General and Chairman, David Granger failed once again to present meaningful and concrete policies and programmes for implementation for the social and economic growth and development of Community Members to enable them to service their heavy debts and provide employment opportunities for their people.

MADRID, (Reuters) – Real Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane threw caution to the wind as his side showed the capacity to handle adversity with a stirring late comeback to beat Villarreal 3-2 and stay top of La Liga yesterday.

In light of the Public Procurement Commission (PPC) pointing to a conflict in the Procurement Act pertaining to Cabinet’s role in the no-objection to contracts over $15m, the People’s Progressive Party says that while the section could be ambiguous it is clear that Cabinet should have no role.

Unused bases of parking meters on pavements within the central business district of the city are posing  a hazard to pedestrians.

SAN JOSE, Costa Rica, CMC – Trinidad and Tobago ended an otherwise disappointing CONCACAF Under-20 Championship on a high note when they beat El Salvador in their final game here Saturday.

Dear Editor, As every cricket fan knows, the DRS was designed to improve the quality of umpiring, not to judge how good captains are at assessing whether a batsman was or was not out.

Reuters) – Joseph Wapner, the former real-life judge who presided over “The People’s Court” on reality television with a Solomonic presence that made him one of the best-known legal figures in the United States, died yesterday at the age of 97, news reports said.

Residents of Section `M’ Campbellville says that they feel as though the city and authorities responsible for drainage, irrigation and other facilities have neglected them over the years and are calling for these problems to be fixed.

BASSETERRE, St Kitts, CMC – Chadwick Walton said he was delighted with his second List A hundred especially since it came against an international side.

(Reuters) – American actor Bill Paxton, who rose to stardom with roles in Hollywood blockbusters such as “Aliens” and “Titanic,” has died at age 61 after complications from surgery, his family said in a statement yesterday.

(Reuters) – It is in Kuala Lumpur’s “Little India” neighbourhood, behind an unmarked door on the second floor of a rundown building, where a military equipment company called Glocom says it has its office.

Ranks of the Guyana Police Force acting on information received went to a house at Cumberland, East Canje, Berbice about 09:30 hrs yesterday morning and carried out a search, during which they found in excess of six kilograms of cannabis.

Dear Editor, As a freelancer working for National Communications Networks Inc and the Guyana Chronicle,  I find it difficult sometimes to get news and information from government officers in Region Two.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump’s first budget proposal will spare big social welfare programmes such as Social Security and Medicare from any cuts, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said in an interview broadcast yesterday.

WELLINGTON, (Reuters) – All Blacks coach Steve Hansen once quipped that it was probably better to “flush the dunny (toilet) and move on” after a poor performance against Italy in 2009 and his cricket counterpart Mike Hesson expressed similar thoughts yesterday.

Dear Editor, Developments in France and several other Western European countries such as Britain and Germany are pointing in the direction of a rise in right wing politics. 

The Police are in pursuit of a male suspect known as `Sareckee’ who they say indiscriminately discharged a loaded firearm recently at Blackwater Landing, Konawaruk River, Mahdia, during an altercation with a miner.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Tullow Oil surveyed far and wide offshore Jamaica, utilising modern oil-sensing equipment, but largely to no avail until fisherfolk led the company to an oil sheen near the Pedro Banks.

Social Cohesion Minister, Dr. George Norton on Wednesday met with residents of Charity, Pomeroon-Supenaam (Region Two) including teachers, business owners and members of the Regional and Neighbourhood Democratic councils to discuss issues affecting them.

Dear Editor, As reported in a national newspaper on February 23, Republic Day, President David A Granger sent a most powerful and inspiring message to all the peoples of this country.

PUNE, India, (Reuters) – Australia’s utter dominance in Pune provided clear evidence that the touring side arrived in India armed with the tactics and personnel to beat the hosts at their own game in what promises to be a compelling four-test series.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, CMC – Opener Chris Gayle finally found his touch while West Indies teammate Kieron Pollard once again had a crucial role with the bat, as Karachi Kings won their second game in as many days, to power into the playoffs of the Pakistan Super League here yesterday.

   President David Granger yesterday issued a called for men to assume their rightful place in the home, to treat their partners as their equals and to assume greater responsibility for their children so as to reduce the incidence of dysfunctional households in which anti-social behaviour could flourish, a release from the Ministry of the Presidency said.

Before proceeding with today’s article, a comment on the work of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) would not be inappropriate.

$5.5m Owed To The Caribbean’s Most Modern Workshop COLDINGEN Workshop on the East Coast is a multi-million dollar maintenance facility built by the East Germans in 1980 and thrown into op­eration two years later.

PUNE, India, (Reuters) – India will be hoping that by the end of March their Pune capitulation can be viewed from the lofty heights of a seventh consecutive test series triumph as an aberration that acted as a brutal wake up call to the world’s number one side.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Members of the Andrew Holness-led Cabinet have six more months to prove to him that they deserve to keep their jobs.

These two motor cars, PJJ 8498 and PTT 8030 were damaged on Saturday afternoon after one of the drivers allegedly failed to stop at the intersection of Camp Street and Brickdam.

Dear Editor, There must be a solution to our governance problem.

Othneil Chance, contractor, ‘From day one when I heard about the parking meter I said government should rethink putting it in place.

After great expectations that the long-awaited Public Procurement Commission (PPC) would immediately relieve government of the responsibility of giving the green light to contracts over $15m, the public has now been told differently.

Guyanese women will join countless others around the Caribbean who will be marching in recognition of the historic achievements women have made worldwide, and to continue the struggle for equality.

LOS ANGELES,  (Reuters) – African-American coming-of-age tale “Moonlight” won the Oscar for best picture on Sunday on a big night for Hollywood diversity that was overshadowed by an embarrassing onstage gaffe over the top award.