Daily Archive: Wednesday, March 1, 2017

Yesterday, ranks from the Criminal Investigation Department, Headquarters conducted an operation, a statement from the police said today.

Minister of State, Joseph Harmon this morning said that in line with Government’s policy to ensure that officers do not accumulate annual leave and in turn request pay in lieu of such, James Singh, Head of the Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU), has been asked to proceed on leave effective today, a statement from the Ministry of the Presidency said.

The Guyana Gold and Diamond Miners Association (GGDMA) has called on small miners who have recently formed syndicates to make sure they are not pawns in what it says are government efforts to divide and rule the industry, while detracting attention from the long term threat posed by new tax policies.

Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo will once again submit six nominees for the post of Chairperson of the Guyana Elections Commission (Gecom) to President David Granger, the opposition People’s Progressive Party (PPP) announced yesterday, while saying the decision was taken to move the process forward.

Four Guyanese men who were recently intercepted in a boat in international waters with over 4 tonnes of cocaine, estimated at a street value of over US$71.7M, have since been slapped with two charges, including conspiracy to possess a controlled substance on board a vessel.

The businesswoman of Tain, Corentyne, who is said to be the mastermind behind the murder of a mother of four, was yesterday remanded to prison when she appeared at the Whim Magistrate’s Court.

Two separately organized protests in front of the Ministry of Finance (MoF) and the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) yesterday saw protestors questioning the concept of the “good life” that has continuously been promised by the Government of Guyana in light of recent Value-Added Tax (VAT) measures.

A couple was yesterday charged with trafficking a 15-year-old girl for sex.

Residents of Cummings Lodge and other parts of the city say they are fed up after a recent spate of blackouts in the area, which the Guyana Power and Light Inc (GPL) says was caused by burnt line hardware that it expected to be fixed by the end of yesterday.

A court clerk was yesterday charged with causing the death of Bourda Market butcher Bhagwandat Roopchand while driving under the influence of alcohol.

A special constabulary rank, stationed at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport, Timehri, was yesterday morning arrested for stealing a phone belonging to an outbound passenger.

The body of the 52-year-old farmer, who went missing on Sunday evening after the boat he was in collided with another in the Lower Pomeroon River was recovered on Monday afternoon.

The Ogle Airport Inc. (OAI) carried out a full-scale Mass Casualty Inci-dent Management (MCIM) simulation yesterday afternoon at the Eugene F.

President David Granger says that the Government of Guyana welcomes the recent announcement by the United Nations (UN) Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres of the appointment of Dag Halvor Nylander, a Norwegian diplomat as his Personal Representative on the border controversy between Guyana and Venezuela.

Leroy Williams, one of the men committed to stand trial for throwing a grenade outside of Kaieteur News last year, was on Monday given a two-year sentence for firearm possession.

By: Royston Alkins   Defending champions, Chase Academy, came a step closer to retaining the Guyana Cricket Board, Ministry of Education, National Secondary Schools  limited-overs title after they defeated Mahaicony Secondary by eight wickets at the Fairfield Sports club ground, yesterday.

Karim Price, a manager of the Port Kaituma branch of MACORP, was remanded to prison yesterday after he was charged with the unlawful possession of a gun and 12 rounds of ammunition.

By Royston Alkins   A series of sporting activities in memory of the 94th birth anniversary of Guyana’s first executive president, Linden Forbes Sampson Burnham, ended Sunday night at the National Gymnasium with former national men’s singles champion Nigel Bryan carting of the handicap table tennis tournament.

A mother of seven was yesterday remanded to prison after she was charged with being in possession of a little over 13 pounds of cannabis for trafficking.

The Guyana Table Tennis Association (GTTA) will send male and female teams to the third annual Islamic Solidarity Games it was announced yesterday.

The Teaching Service Commission (TSC) is not yet ready to provide a publication date for either the final or preliminary promotion list for senior teachers.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Batsman Shane Dowrich and fast bowler Miguel Cummins have been chopped from the 15-man squad for the three One-Day Internationals against England starting here Friday.

Million-dollar bids were opened yesterday at the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board (NPTAB) for the Docking and Rehabilitation of the MV Malali under the Transport and Harbours Department.

BASSETERRE, St Kitts, CMC – WICB President’s XI captain, Jahmar Hamilton, says playing against an international side like England had forced him to up his game during Monday’s 50-overs contest at Warner Park.

Dear Editor,   Miners are being advised to form syndicates in order to be awarded mining lands by the government, and special concessions.

Justice Brassington Reynolds is expected to rule tomorrow on the High Court’s jurisdiction to hear the application of Mohendra Arjune, who is seeking judicial review of the controversial parking meter contract between the Mayor and City Council (M&CC) and Smart City Solutions (SCS).

ZURICH, (Reuters) – Former FIFA secretary general Jerome Valcke has appealed to the Court of Arbitration for Sport against his 10-year ban from football, the tribunal said yesterday.

Dear Editor, First, I am neither the author of the letter in last week’s Stabroek News (‘Section M Campbellville has been forgotten’ February 24), nor one of the residents interviewed by the Stabroek News for the article appearing on February 27, but both the author and the residents have my full support.

Linden Town Clerk Jonellor Bowen will return to her post today as Ministry of Communities Permanent Secretary, Emile McGarrell has chosen not to have her reassigned.

(The Sports Xchange) – Jeff Teague and Rodney Stuckey co-authored a rousing comeback as the Indiana Pacers erased a 17-point deficit and shocked the Houston Rockets 117-108 on Monday night at Toyota Center.

NEW DELHI,  (Reuters) – Australia paceman Mitchell Starc is bracing for a heavier workload in the second test against India having hardly broken a sweat in his team’s romp in the series opener in Pune.

Former chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission (Gecom) Dr Steve Surujbally believes that the best person to replace him would be a judge, if the candidate qualifies as “fit and proper.”

Dear Editor, I write in response to Mr Christopher Ram‘s letter which was published in the Sunday Stabroek of February 26, under the caption, ‘If the SARA Bill is not radically restructured it will be challenged in the courts’.

UN constitutional experts who visited last month will analyse the information they gathered and provide guidance to UN decision-makers on technical support for the constitution reform process here.

MADRID, (Reuters) – Real Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane launched a passionate defence of his team yesterday amid accusations the La Liga leaders have benefited from favourable refereeing decisions this season following their 3-2 win at Villarreal on Sunday.

Dear Editor, I refer to an article in Stabroek News on Thursday, February 2, re ‘Queenstown wash bays told to shut -city in moves to standardise sector’, which in part reports Town Clerk Royston King as stating “wash bay operations would no longer be allowed on bridges”.

An ex-convict was fined $25,000 on Friday for breaking and entering.

BASSETERRE, St Kitts, CMC – Director of Cricket, Jimmy Adams, believes initial signs point to Australian Stuart Law enjoying a successful tenure as West Indies head coach but believes there will be no quick fixes for transforming West Indies into a world class side.

Dear Editor, Since the launch of GTT’s cellphone service in the North Rupununi a couple of years ago, the quality of service has been far from perfect, but we the residents of Annai and surrounding villages were grateful because at least we could make immediate phone contact with Georgetown and Lethem and other places with access to cellphone service.

A man was on Monday remanded to prison after he was accused of stealing over $2 million in property, including a Bedford truck, from his supposed employer.

Dear Editor, I believe that Mr Lincoln Lewis is one of the most unbiased contributors to your letters column which is why I pay special attention to his letters. 

SHARJAH, United Arab Emirates, CMC – Marlon Samuels failed again while captain was left stranded at the other end, as Peshawar Zalmi suffered a last-over heartbreak in a one-run loss to Quetta Gladiators in the first semi-final of the Pakistan Super League here yesterday.

Dear Editor, The African Business Roundtable (ABR) salutes all African Guyanese entrepreneurs during Black History Month.

NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – Pune’s debut as a test venue last week proved far from memorable with the pitch used for India’s first test against Australia incurring a “poor” rating from match referee Chris Broad yesterday.

Dear Editor, It has come as no major surprise to us in the Rose Hall Town Youth & Sports Club, but for the first time since 1994, a Berbice junior cricket team has been selected without a club member.

Although disappointed that Guyana fell short in the final of the 2017 IBF Lesser Antilles 3X3 championships, Junior Hercules, Head-Coach of the boys U18 team, said yesterday that he was tremendously pleased with the team’s overall performance.

Dear Editor, The recent announcement of the syndicate initiative by the Ministry of Natural Resources leaves more questions than answers for the industry. 

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.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said yesterday he was open to a broad overhaul of the U.S.

Dear Editor, I read about a possible third term presence and revulsion rises. 

KANSAS CITY, Kan.,  (Reuters) – The deadly shooting of an Indian engineer and wounding of his co-worker last Wednesday at a bar in Kansas is being investigated as a hate crime, the Federal Bureau of Investigation said yesterday.

(Jamaica Gleaner) The Independent Commission of Investigations (INDECOM) expressed concern on Monday about a spike in the number of police fatal shootings reported since the start of the year.

LONDON, CMC – Rookie Tom Curran will fly out to the Caribbean to join up with the England one-day squad in Antigua, after being called up as cover for injured fast bowler Jake Ball.

The American President, Donald Trump’s war with the media over ‘fake news’ may be attracting the attention of the world on a daily basis, but on the other side of the globe the Kim dynasty  and their stranglehold on power in North Korea  continues to grow as it approaches its seventh decade.

Dear Editor, The New York kick-off event of the commemorative activities marking the centenary of the end of Indian indentureship takes place this Friday March 3 in New York City among the Indo-Guyanese and Indo-Caribbean diaspora and others starting with a symposium and banquet.

The APNU+AFC government does not have a strategic approach for dealing with the Private Sector Commission (PSC); thus its recent reactive response to the legitimate concerns expressed by that organisation in relation to the State Assets Recovery Agency (SARA) Bill, parking meter controversy, rule of law and economy have been highly propagandistic and unhelpful if one believes that the private sector is indeed the engine of growth.

MEXICO CITY,  (Reuters) – A defiant Mexico said yesterday it would only stay in NAFTA if it suited it and rejected the imposition of any tariffs or quotas when renegotiating the trade deal U.S

By SHARIEF KHAN   THE backlash of the FITUG one-day protest last Friday is turning out to be furious and is intensifying the rift between government and the dissident seven-member trade union alliance.

The West Demerara Football Association (WDFA) sanctioned Den Amstel Mash Cup will kick-off on Friday  with a doubleheader at the National Track and Field Centre, Leonora.

LOS ANGELES,  (Reuters) – An accountant for the Academy Awards botched the meticulous procedure for announcing the Oscar for best picture when he handed victory to “La La Land” before declaring “Moonlight” the real winner, PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) said on Monday.