Daily Archive: Tuesday, May 2, 2017

Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo today submitted a list of six nominees to the post of Chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission.

Trade union grouping FITUG today came out against the 14% VAT on private education fees.

(Trinidad Express) A total of 660,375 calls were intercepted by the Strategic Services Agency (SSA) in 2015, according to a report laid by National Security Minister Edmund Dillon in the Parliament.

A fired up Nigel Bryan served his way to championship honors in the Linden Table Tennis Open Championship male invitational 16s at the Mackenzie High school auditorium yesterday.

In an effort to create awareness for the sport of bodybuilding and fitness across Guyana, the local federation continued its outreach initiative in the town of Bartica yesterday.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Bowling coach Roddy Estwick has called on West Indies to produce a massive fielding effort on today’s third day to prevent the second Test and the three-match series against Pakistan from slipping away.

United labour leaders yesterday urged the APNU+AFC administration to deliver on promises to unions and to act to reverse the decline of the economy, while the government’s representative argued that some progress has been made.

(Reuters) – Liverpool’s Emre Can produced a goal of quite stunning brilliance to earn a crucial 1-0 victory at Watford yesterday that boosts the Reds’ push for a top-four finish in the Premier League.

The Guyana Agricultural and General Workers’ Union (GAWU) and members of the opposition People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) yesterday took aim at government’s plans for the sugar industry, while urging that it reconsider closing estates or privatisation.

(IPL) Ben Stokes almost single-handedly helped Rising Pune Supergiant to their sixth win of VIVO IPL 2017 last night.

MADRID, (Reuters) – Real Madrid do not have a psychological advantage over Champions League semi-final opponents Atletico Madrid despite beating them in two finals in three years, coach Zinedine Zidane said yesterday.

The origin of 476 pounds of gold, believed to have originated from Guyana before being stolen in Curacao in in 2012, is not being investigated by the Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU) even though questions continue to linger and an audit of the Guyana Gold Board found that the initial local probe was sloppy, presumably to protect those who may have been involved in the shipment.

(The Sports Xchange) – Georgia sophomore running back Elijah Holyfield was arrested yesterday on multiple misdemeanor drug charges.

Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of KSM Investments Inc Mahadeo Panchu is of the firm belief that the company can make a difference by supplying all projects, both private and public, with quality building supplies that will last a “lifetime and beyond.”

The police have two suspects in custody in connection with the murder of Covent Garden student Brian Charles Yearwood, who was stabbed on Saturday night while attending a school concert and a knife suspected to be the murder weapon has been found at the house of one of the suspects.

(Reuters) – European Athletics called yesterday for new record ratification rules to maintain the integrity of the sport which could have a big impact on existing marks.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Three wickets in the final session helped West Indies claw their way back after three earlier blemishes had put Pakistan firmly in control of the second Test at Kensington Oval here yesterday.

Dear Editor, Regardless of  political affiliation, it is important for us to have a civil, honest and inclusive conversation about the future of Guysuco and Guyana’s economy.

A doctor of the West Demerara Regional Hospital (WDRH) was attacked on Sunday by a patient and the patient’s relatives after being informed that the hospital’s x-ray department was closed.

(The Sports Xchange) – The Indiana Pacers officially announced yesterday that Larry Bird is stepping down as president of basketball operations.

Dear Editor, Two years into its administration, the government of today has succeeded in disappointing many, including its own. 

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Al Pacino was considered too short, Marlon Brando was required to do a screen test, and director Francis Ford Coppola was almost fired.

Director of the Government Analyst-Food and Drug Department (GA-FDD) Marlan Cole says the soon-to-be-established Caribbean Regulatory System (CRS) will not ban generic pharmaceuticals from entering Guyana but will in fact ensure that the drugs entering the country are approved as being of a high quality.

CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuela’s unpopular socialist President Nicolas Maduro announced yesterday the creation of a new popular assembly with the ability to re-write the constitution, which foes decried as a power-grab to stifle weeks of anti-government unrest.

The USA Cricket Association’s (USACA) continued existence after more than 52 years as an Associate Member of the ICC may be nearing its end.

(Reuters) Bill Shine, co-president of Fox News Channel, has become the latest executive to resign in the wake of a sexual misconduct scandal at the cable channel.

Former murder accused Jamil Charles was on Friday charged in a city court with last year’s $9 million Princess Casino last year.,

Dear Editor, Hail up to President David Granger and our entire APNU+AFC Political Administration…specifically Hon.

CARACAS (Reuters) – Security forces fired tear gas at youths throwing stones and petrol bombs yesterday as  Venezuela’s opposition began a second month of protests against socialist President Nicolas Maduro.

Work on the Liliendaal Bridge along the Railway Embankment is nearing completion and Minister of Public Infrastructure David Patterson has said that it should be finished before Independence Day.

Dear Editor, The issue of Barbers and Cosmetologists operating on the streets of the City has once again surfaced. 

(Reuters) China’s box office sales grew at their fastest pace in over a year in April, driven by the US action movie The Fate of the Furious, the eighth instalment of the high-octane fast car franchise.

WASHINGTON/SEOUL (Reuters) – US President Donald Trump yesterday opened the door to meeting North Korea’s Kim Jong Un, saying he would be honoured to meet the young leader under the right circumstances, even as Pyongyang suggested it would continue its nuclear weapons tests.

HAVANA (Reuters) – A protester waving a US flag briefly disrupted May Day celebrations in Havana, running out in front of hundreds of thousands of Cubans set to march across Revolution Square before being tackled and carried away.

(Reuters) – There has been no shortage of compelling horse racing storylines in recent years but Patch could top them all when the one-eyed underdog sets off in the Kentucky Derby for the first leg of U.S.

Amid the massive anti-government protests that have left at least 29 dead and more than 400 wounded, Venezuela’s National Assembly president, Julio Borges — one of the country’s top opposition leaders — told me in an interview that there are behind-the-scenes talks with Latin American presidents to create a “group of friendly countries” that would seek a negotiated solution to the political crisis.

Dear Editor, Guyana will have no choice but to restrict the import of some goods to protect the foreign reserves as the local $ slides to historic lows against the US dollar. 

PARIS – I vividly remember French presidential candidate Marine Le Pen’s first appearance on television.

SAO PAULO (Reuters) – More than a dozen members of an indigenous tribe were injured in a dispute over land in northern Brazil, including at least one whose hands were hacked off, according to reports from indigenous rights groups yesterday.

Eighty-eight young people, including a 12-year-old boy, graduated on Sunday from the Youth Leadership Training Programme, which was hosted at the Madewini Training Centre on the Linden-Soesdyke Highway, by the Office of the Presidential Advisor on Youth Empowerment.

(Reuters) Provocative documentary maker Michael Moore is bringing politics to Broadway with a one-man show billed as “guaranteed to take audiences on a ride through the United States of Insanity.”

Even allowing for the fact that the Com-mission of Inquiry (COI) into the state of education in Guyana required a good deal of investigatory leg work (and a good deal of contemplation and analysis, as well) that would have taken the Commissioners into the various remote corners of the country, it took too long (a year or thereabouts) before we finally arrived at the juncture of a preliminary report on the findings of the undertaking.

LONDON (Reuters) – Britain can no longer rely on US leadership on Middle East policy and must work more closely with Europe to ensure the Iran nuclear deal stays in place, among other policies, a committee of lawmakers said in a report today.

(Reuters) – IBF, WBA and IBO heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua is eager for a rematch with Ukrainian Wladimir Klitschko following the pair’s thrilling fight at Wembley on Saturday.