Daily Archive: Tuesday, February 28, 2017

The PPP this evening said that a second list of names with nominees for the Chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission will be submitted to President David Granger.

Indira Outar, the woman fingered as the mastermind behind the execution-style killing of Tain mother of four Leilawatie Mohamed was today charged with procuring five persons to commit the act and remanded.

BASSETERRE, St Kitts, CMC – Newly-appointed Director of Cricket, Jimmy Adams, has strongly backed the ongoing review of the West Indies Cricket Board’s controversial eligibility rule.

(Trinidad Guardian) The Mighty Chalkdust’s (Dr Hollis Liverpool) victory at this year’s Dimanche Gras on Sunday night pushed him ahead of the “Calypso King of the World’s” (Slinger Francisco) record with nine titles as Calypso Monarch.

Arson yesterday destroyed Benjamin’s Homemade Bakery which had been a fixture in the Buxton community for almost 26 years.

Justice Brassington Reynolds yesterday refused a request to issue a temporary order to the Mayor and City Council (M&CC) to prohibit contractor Smart City Solutions (SCS) from administering the metered parking system in the city, while saying he wanted to be fully briefed on the entire case.

Former president Bharrat Jagdeo was evasive yesterday on his interest in a third term but noted that the opposition People’s Progressive Party (PPP) has not decided who its presidential candidate for the next elections will be.

The Court of Appeal yesterday dismissed an appeal by a group of transgender persons who contended that the cross-dressing law discriminates against them and violates equality provisions in the constitution.

Home Box Office Latin America (HBO LA) an affiliate of HBO, a leading premium pay television network in the United States has accused local company Gizmos and Gadgets of  infringing its intellectually property rights.

A new software application (app), aimed at improving the performance of pupils sitting Mathematics at the National Grade Six Assessment (NGSA) level, was launched yesterday at the National Racquet Centre, Woolford Avenue, Georgetown.

Minister of Public Telecommunications Cathy Hughes yesterday announced plans that would allow citizens to apply for birth and death certificates among other services online, as GTT launched its expanded LTE 4G service to Region Two (Pomeroon-Supenaam).

A medical laboratory technician, who is accused of setting the home of popular Disc Jockey (DJ), Dorrel Romeo called ‘DJ Magnum’on fire, was yesterday charged with the crime and released on her own recognisance.

For the year ended October 31, 2016, Scotiabank Guyana registered net income of $2.4 billion compared to $2.1 billion for the corresponding period in 2015.

A man who was stabbed to death during a scuffle more than one week ago at the Stabroek Market, has been positively identified as seaman, Hemant Persaud and the police are currently looking for a suspect.

The Special Organized Crime Unit (SOCU) is currently looking at 18 forensic audit reports, which have resulted over 100 smaller investigations, according to its head Sydney James.

A Rupununi farmer was yesterday remanded to prison after being charged with killing his wife.

Lindener Jamal Haynes of the Guyana Beach Football Senior Team was crowned the Scotiabank Best Young Player at the recently concluded CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship in Bahamas on Sunday, 27th February.

A Canefield, East Canje woman is now scared for her life, and has been left with no other choice but to move out from her home, after a man tried to strangle her yesterday morning.

Saying that the constitution leans heavily towards a judge being the “ideal person” to Chair the Guyana Elections Commission (Gecom), Attorney-General Basil Williams SC has informed lawyers for Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo that any list of nominees solely comprising “any other fit and proper” candidate would be deemed unacceptable.

BASSETERRE, St Kitts, CMC – All-rounder Rahkeem Cornwall did his West Indies chances little harm with another stellar half-century but the WICB President’s XI went down by two wickets to England in a 50-overs tour match here yesterday.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Pace legend Sir Andy Roberts has his doubts about the quality of the just concluded Regional Super50 and does not expect any major change in West Indies’ fortunes for the One-Day International series against England starting here Friday.

Select Members of Parliament (MPs) yesterday attended a seminar on competition law at the Public Buildings, where they engaged in discussions on the importance of building a competitive culture and the relevance of such policies to consumer welfare.

By Royston Alkins   West Demerara Secondary School continued its unbeaten run in the Guyana Cricket Board/National Secondary School Cricket League when they scampered past St.

After not meeting for over a decade, the Guyana-Suri-name Cooperation Council convened yesterday in a bid to deepen, widen and consolidate the bonds of friendship between the two countries.

Dear Editor, Minister Jordan, in his letter to the editor rebutting the Stabroek News’ editorial of February 17,  opened up the possibility for the legal incidence of the 14% VAT on private education to be assumed by either the private provider or by “the consumer.” 

Regional accounting officers met yesterday with the National Assembly’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC) and many acknowledged the shortcomings of their respective regions with regard to financial management and highlighted their challenges, with the most noted being issues with the national tender board.

The inaugural Motorsports GT Grand Prix which was staged on Friday at GMR&SC was a resounding success and brainchild of the event, Vishok Persaud envisions greater things to come.

Dear Editor, Isn’t is rather revealing that the person most aggrieved by the imminent passage of the State Asset Recovery Bill is a lawyer and accountant of some of the largest companies in Guyana.

The partially decomposed body of an unidentified man was found yesterday morning floating in a trench at Met-en-Meerzorg, West Coast Demerara, and it is believed that he was murdered.

A Devon Millington hat-trick propelled Western Tigers into the final of the Petra Organization/Limacol Football Championship, defeating Santos 3-2 on Sunday at the Georgetown Football Club (GFC) ground, Bourda.

Guyana secured a silver medal at the 2017 International Basketball Foundation (IBF) Lesser Antilles 3X3 Championships going down agonizingly to Martinique 9-8 in the final on Sunday in St Lucia.

A 52-year-old farmer is missing and feared dead, after the boat in which he was travelling collided with another on Sunday evening in the Lower Pomeroon River.

Dear Editor I was somewhat bemused to see the notice in SN of February 21 from the Ministry of Public Security (MoPS) declaring Sunday, March 12 a public holiday in respect to the Hindu Festival of Phagwah.

The City Engineers Department has been given one month to complete work at the Albouystown Health Centre which has been under renovations for almost a year.

Dear Editor, The trade unions are to bring security guards together with the objective of representing their interests.

St. Joseph’s High School’s boys team remained unbeaten while Marian Academy secured two wins in the girls division when the Smalta U14 Indoor Hockey League continued Friday at the Marian Academy auditorium.

Dear Editor, On December 29, 2014, the Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) held its last Biennial General Meeting, when Anil Beharry of the Young Warriors Cricket Club, succeeded Keith Foster of the Rose Hall Town Youth and Sport Club as President, by defeating Victor Seebarran on a vote of 22 to 16.

Work on the Kitty Market has been placed on hold once again, Mayor Patricia Chase-Green said at yesterday’s statutory meeting.

At least seven athletes made sure that their tickets could be booked for the 46th CARIFTA Games in Curacao in April when they competed at the National Youth and Junior Championships over the weekend at the National Track and Field Centre.

The Bishops’ High and Mackenzie High Schools along with the Linden Technical Institute, won titles when Youth Basketball Guyana staged its annual Fives Challenge Series recently.

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – A federal appeals court yesterday rejected a US Department of Justice request to place on hold an appeal over President Donald Trump’s travel ban on people from seven majority-Muslim countries.

Dear Editor, One Sunday last year I heard a radio programme on the Fire Service whereby a senior officer was saying that he had paid a visit to Linden, and being informed of the type of system that was used by the Fire Service many years ago when it was managed by the Demerara Bauxite Company (Demba), thought it the ideal system they would like to put in place.

  Work on the sinkhole on the Seawall Road near the head of Vlissingen Road is expected to begin by next week, according to Chief Works Officer Geoffrey Vaughn.

Dear Editor, Reference is made to the article ‘PPP support for term limits has not changed –Ramotar’ (SN,  February 27).

Magistrate Leron Daly is due on March 16 to make a decision on the charge against Ron Cole, the driver accused of causing the death of traffic policeman Nakosi ‘Kelvin’ La Fleur on the East Bank Demerara public road last year.

Guyana finished the 2017 CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship in the 12th position losing to Antigua and Barbuda 6-8 Sunday at the Malcolm Beach Soccer Facility in Bahamas.

SOUTH OF MOSUL, IRAQ (Reuters) – Iraqi forces seized a damaged Mosul bridge yesterday which could link up their units on either side of the Tigris river, as thousands of civilians fled the fighting for Islamic State’s remaining stronghold in the west of the city.

Dear Editor, Since assumption to office as president, David Granger would have taken home approximately $50 million in terms of salary, a sum which excludes any of the additional significant sums he would have obtained from frequent overseas trips.

East Coast of Demerara football club Victoria Kings has inked a three-year kit sponsorship deal with Devcon Construction ahead of the restart of the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) Stag Beer Elite League 2016/2017 season.

Two accused robbers met the same fate yesterday when they were remanded to prison.

(Jamaica Observer) – Declaring that she is without fear of reprisal when it comes to women’s and children’s rights, former Youth and Culture Minister Lisa Hanna on Sunday lashed her critics, some of whom had sent death threats, for attacking her comments on convicted murderer Vybz Kartel producing music from behind prison bars.

Dear Editor, I watch events unfold, and crash one into another with unremitting intensity. 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – US President Donald Trump, who has attacked China on issues from trade to the South China Sea, held his first face-to-face talks with a member of the Chinese leadership yesterday, and the White House said it was a chance to discuss shared security interests and a possible meeting with President Xi Jinping.

Many Venezuelan opposition leaders and exiles are hopeful that President Trump will take a tough line on Venezuela, and help restore democracy in that country.

‘Altering’ More Profitable Now Than Tailoring – Hermon The Small Businessman HERMON Bholaisingh (43), is a tailor who comes from a family of tailors.

The Guyana Football Federation (GFF)/Scotiabank Academy Training Centre (ATC) staged its first practice session in Berbice, Saturday at the All Saints Primary School ground.

Air Conditioning technician Pascal Smith was remanded to prison yesterday on a robbery charge after a court heard that he used a knife to rob a friend in what they both described as a joke.

Immediately on his assumption to office in May 2015 President David Granger signalled his concern that the quality of the service delivered by the Guyana Public Service be enhanced to better match the national need by setting up a Com-mission of Inquiry (CoI) into the Public Service of Guyana.