Daily Archive: Tuesday, April 25, 2017

The Police say they are investigating the murder of Mark Ifill a/k “Yankie”, 39 year, a labourer of no fixed place of abode, which occurred about 1030h.

Staff of the Deeds Registry of the Deeds and Commercial Registries Authority has called upon the Ministry of Legal Affairs to investigate their complaints of alleged improprieties committed by acting Registrar of Deeds Azeena Baksh, a release from the Ministry of Legal Affairs said today.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Timid West Indies failed to survive the anticipated final day onslaught from Pakistan and slumped to a seven-wicket defeat in the opening Test at Sabina Park here today.

GTT today announced that work is well underway to apply the latest generation of networking technologies and equipment to its broadband network.

(Trinidad Express) Everyone wanted the historic buildings in Sangre Grande to be saved and restored, but not a single person offered a cent to make it happen despite years of talk, said regional corporation chairman Terry Rondon.

Former attorney general Anil Nandlall was yesterday questioned by Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU) investigators about law books the PPP/C government reportedly purchased for him while he held office and he said that it was his public criticisms of his successor Basil Williams SC that made him a target of the agency.

As the APNU+AFC government looks to make the sugar sector more competitive in light of local and global challenges, Presi-dent David Granger met with executives of United Kingdom (UK)-based sugar and ethanol trading, advisory and supply chain management firm, Czarnikow.

Elections officer for the Guyana Public Service Union (GPSU) Herman DeSouza has called the postponement of the union’s elections a major setback.

Shameer Ali was yesterday morning sentenced to 13 years behind bars for the 2013 stabbing death of his common-law wife Shaneza Ramdat, called ‘Reshma.’

An off-duty NYPD officer is accused of driving drunk and causing a crash on Sunday that left two sisters in critical condition and another passenger injured, CBS News reported yesterday.

Mayor Patricia Chase-Green yesterday recused herself from serving as a member of the new City Council negotiating team that will work to iron out issues with Smart City Solutions (SCS) on the metered parking project.

A Bagotville, West Bank Demerara (WBD) motorcyclist died on Sunday morning following a collision with a car on the Nismes Public Road, West Bank Demerara.

After allegedly being abandoned by their mother at the scene of a cocaine bust, a brother and sister were yesterday brought before a city magistrate to answer a drug trafficking charge.

A man was yesterday sentenced to 56 months in jail for robbing an American citizen in a knife-point attack.

“Temptation took me,” was the excuse given by welder Lalchand Wilson, prior to him being sentenced to 24 months in jail yesterday for stealing his aunt’s savings.

An 18-year-old prisoner, Kishan Jeriwan, was rush-ed to the New Amsterdam Public Hospital on Satur-day, after he sustained several stab wounds in a fight with a fellow inmate.

A Barama resident was yesterday charged with the death of a man, whose body was found in a shallow grave at Karrau Backdam, Mazaruni, on Easter Monday.

Residents of Backstreet, Charity, Essequibo Coast were last night forced to spend the night in over one and a half feet of floodwaters after construction being done on a koker in the area caused a breach in a main dam; the wooden koker is being replaced with a concrete structure.

A Bartica resident was yesterday remanded to prison by Chief Magistrate Ann Mc Lennon after being charged with trafficking of narcotics.

The ascension of Dexter ‘De Kid’ Marques in the world flyweight ranks continued Sunday night at the Giftland Mall.

Beverley Persaud, who allegedly masterminded the 2015 murder of her block maker husband, was yesterday committed to stand trial.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – West Indies’ brittle and unproven batting was brutally exposed by leg-spinner Yasir Shah, leaving the Caribbean side staring at yet another Test defeat following a chastening penultimate day of the opening Test against Pakistan here yesterday.

Learning of an executive meeting at the Alliance for Change (AFC) Headquarters in Kitty, the Movement against VAT on Education gathered less than a dozen persons and picketed yesterday afternoon.

A teacher and farmer were on Friday last charged with trafficking in narcotics at the Wales Magistrate’s Court and remanded to prison.

Coach and captain of the Guyana Jaguars team which recently captured the 2016/17 Digicel – West Indies Cricket board regional four-day title for the third successive year Esuan Crandon and Leon Johnson are both pleased with the team’s showing while lauding the efforts of the youngsters who contributed to the team’s championship run.

A Bartica resident was yesterday remanded to prison by Chief Magistrate Ann Mc Lennon after being charged with trafficking of narcotics.

(The Sports Xchange) – LeBron James scored 33 points, including the go-ahead three-pointer with 1:08 remaining, and Cleveland completed a four-game sweep of Indiana in their NBA playoff opening-round series.

Police in ‘F’ Division have arrested a Brazilian miner who was found at Black Water Backdam, Konawaruk, Region Eight (Potaro-Siparuni) with an unlicensed shotgun and cartridge on Sunday afternoon.

NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – Royal Challengers Bangalore learnt the hard way that star power does not always guarantee success after succumbing to the lowest ever score in the Indian Premier League (IPL) in Sunday’s match against the Kolkata Knight Riders.

Dear Editor, The Office of the Minister of State at this time calls on Stabroek News to either retract or apologise for its Monday, April 24, 2017 headline titled `Easing ganja penalties not on priority list – Harmon’.

APNU Councillor Heston Bostwick has tabled a motion that if passed could see councilors sanctioned for “gross misconduct” against the Mayor.

Dear Editor, I noted the photograph of City Hall on the front page of yesterday’s edition of Stabroek News and the caption remarking that the building is in desperate need of a major overhaul.

Eighteen students of the Open Doors Centre, a vocational training institution for persons with disabilities, graduated yesterday with skills in information technology, carpentry and joinery, garment construction and electrical installation.

Old Fort secured their first win in the Woodpecker Products women’s first division hockey league after edging Spartans 2-1 Sunday at the St.

Dear Editor, Republic Bank (Guyana) Ltd (RBGL) has this week released its unaudited half year 2017 performance as at March 2017. 

Three accused robbers were yesterday committed to stand trial for allegedly abducting two men, including a policeman a 2015 attack in which $42 million were stolen from the Guyana Post Office Corporation (GPOC) during a transfer to the Bourda Post Office.

Dear Editor, I refer to a letter in your Sunday Stabroek of April 23rd captioned: `Region 5 REO owes Nurse Marks an apology.’

Fruta Conquerors and Buxton United secured wins over Monedderlust and Victoria Kings when the Guyana Football Federation GFF Stag Beer Elite League continued Sunday at the Buxton Community Ground.

Dear Editor, Not having full time responsibility of being the General Secretary of the PPP allows for travel extensively in Guyana.

Gandhi Youth Organisation (GYO) defeated the Transport Sports Club (TSC) by four wickets last Friday evening at the Demerara Cricket Club (DCC) in the Well Teen, Trophy Stall, Tropical Springs & Nauth Motor Spares day/night Under-13 cricket competition.

Dear Editor, This is an appeal to the Minister of Finance.

Caribbean youth leaders have called for a review of the age of consent as it is not aligned with the age when most young people are allowed to access sexual and reproductive health services.

Arch rivals Demerara and Berbice will be in action today when the Guyana Cricket Board’s Igloo Ice Cream U17 Inter County One-Day tournament commences at two grounds in Georgetown.

COLOMBO, (Reuters) – A fit-again Angelo Mathews will lead Sri Lanka in June’s Champions Trophy in England and Wales, the cricket board announced yesterday, unveiling a 15-member squad which also includes maverick paceman Lasith Malinga.

SEOUL (Reuters) – A nuclear-powered US submarine made a port call in South Korea today in a show of force amid concerns that North Korea may mark the foundation of its military with a missile launch or a nuclear test, defying US and Chinese pressure.

Dear Editor, Please allow me a chance to congratulate the Carifta Games team that did Guyana proud.

Vaccination week was officially launched yesterday at the Dorothy Bailey Health Centre, under the theme ‘Get vax to celebrate a healthy tomorrow.’

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States will impose preliminary anti-subsidy duties averaging 20 per cent on imports of Canadian softwood lumber, Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross said yesterday, escalating a long-running trade dispute between the two neighbours.

CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuelans erected barricades with garbage and even bathtubs yesterday and snarled traffic with mass “sit-ins” along major thoroughfares to press their demand for early elections as anti-government protests entered a fourth week.

Defending champs Team 25, Amelia Ward Russians, Dave and Celina All-Stars and Jermaine and Family Silver Bullets all won their matches when the sixth Guinness ‘Greatest of the Streets’ Linden edition commenced Sunday.

Dear Editor, Guyana’s exceptional performances and achievements at the recently held Carifta Games in Curacao must be lauded.

CAPE TOWN, (Reuters) – Former South Africa bowler Lonwabo Tsotsobe has been charged with match fixing and has been suspended immediately after a lengthy investigation, Cricket South Africa said yesterday.

For potential homeowners seeking comfort, style and quality, at a price that is affordable, the Central Housing and Planning Authority (CH&PA) may have what they are looking for at the Perseverance Housing Development, East Bank Demerara.

The Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of the Guyana Police Force (GPF) has received much needed human resources with the addition of 60 detectives and aides all of whom would have successfully completed the recently concluded CID Induction Course No 1/2017.

Dear Editor, It seems to me that reports/textbooks are used for learning.

SANTIAGO (Reuters) – A strong earthquake of magnitude 6.9 struck off the west coast of Chile yesterday, rocking the capital Santiago and briefly causing alarm along the Pacific Coast but sparing the quake-prone nation of any serious damage.

(Reuters) – The leader of a 2004 coup that toppled Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide pleaded guilty yesterday to a money laundering charge related to an international drug trafficking scheme, the US Department of Justice said.

KINGSTOWN, St Vincent, CMC – Results of matches played in the third round of the Regional Super50 Championship here yesterday.

This disability-friendly bus was donated by the Ministry of Public Health to the Open Doors Centre yesterday.

The most surprising — and hopeful — recent development in Latin America’s diplomatic scene is Mexico’s decision to champion the regional offensive to restore democratic rule in Venezuela.

(IPL) Rising Pune Supergiant ended Mumbai Indians’ six-match winning streak when they defeated them by a slender margin of 3 runs at the Wankhede Stadium yesterday.

Starr Computer hosts students of five city secondary schools yesterday and today at were hosted at Girls in Information and Communication Technology seminars.

PARIS (Reuters) – France’s outgoing president, Francois Hollande, yesterday urged people to back centrist Emmanuel Macron in a vote to choose his successor next month and reject far-right leader Marine Le Pen, whose place in the run-off represented a “risk” for France.

With a focus on the welfare of Guyana’s elderly population, the Ministry of Social Protection is the process of establishing a committee aimed at ensuring elderly residential facilities are in compliance with the minimum standards set for operation of such facilities.

Dear Editor, Marlon Samuels was not one of the handful of popular contemporary West Indian cricketers.

BRASILIA (Reuters) – The governments of Spain and Brazil yesterday reinforced their commitment to completing a trade pact between the European Union and South American trade bloc Mercosur despite protectionist sentiments.

No astute witness to the cataclysmic decline of the University of Guyana over the years would seriously challenge the view that the prevailing conditions at the institution are, in large measure, a function of the debilitating diet of crass political intervention that it has had to endure and much of which has manifested itself in some of the most unenlightened and counterproductive feuding between the country’s two main political parties.