Daily Archive: Saturday, July 15, 2017

A government team yesterday met with a team from the opposition on the Camp Street breakout on Sunday and it was disclosed that a Commission of Inquiry into the matter is to be held.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Garbine Muguruza clinched a maiden Wimbledon title on Saturday with a stunning demolition of Venus Williams, whose dreams of a fairytale victory at the age of 37 were blown apart in a devastating second set.

(Trinidad Guardian) Newly reinstated West Indies batsman Darren Bravo will not feature in the upcoming Test series between the West Indies and England when the Caribbean side tours that country because the team had already been selected for the series.

Camp Street Prison inmates temporarily housed at the Lusignan jail yesterday morning protested the conditions under which they are being kept and attempted to set the facility on fire but quick work by the Guyana Fire Service prevented what could have been a major disaster.

Three persons died and two others were in an unconscious state up to press time last night after the car they were travelling in collided with the rear of a truck in the vicinity of Kairuni, along the Linden-Soesdyke Highway.

A manhunt is underway in Berbice for a man who beat and raped a 75-year-old Crabwood Creek, Corentyne, Berbice woman, who succumbed in hospital yesterday afternoon.

­-lawmen among four others remanded Former Republic Bank employee Jamal Haynes will be spending the next six years in jail after he pleaded guilty to charges stemming from the attempted robbery of the bank’s Water Street branch that ended in a fatal shootout last Tuesday morning.

Amid jitters over Sunday’s prison break, the private sector yesterday met with Public Security Minister Khemraj Ramjattan and heads of the police and prisons and the point was made that this government should not have disbanded the Law and Order Commission.

Police on the West Bank of Demerara were last night able to apprehend murder accused Desmond James, one of the six prisoners who escaped from the Camp Street Prison during Sunday’s jailbreak.

The Ministry of Public Security yesterday identified the 57 prisoners who were recently granted an early release by Minister Khemraj Ramjattan in the wake of the devastation of the Camp Street Prison.

Security has been tightened in Berbice since last Sunday’s fire and breakout at the Georgetown Prison, Camp Street.

The opposition People’s Progressive Party (PPP) yesterday said that President David Granger and his government cannot evade blame for the Camp Street Prison jailbreak and fire.

It is highly unlikely that the last qualifier following the semifinal round of any sprint event climbs the podium step.

The Juvenile Justice Bill will be presented to Parliament by month end, Minister of Public Security Khemraj Ramjattan said on Wednesday, while speaking on issues related to ‘Youth, Crime and Violence’ at the University of Guyana’s eighth Turkeyen and Tain talks.

Religious groups yesterday urged elected national leaders to commit to working together more productively in order to ensure peace and development.

International Amateur Athletic Federation (IAAF) World Championship bound athletes along with potential qualifiers were buzzing with excitement yesterday at the Ramada Princess where the final press briefing was held for today’s second annual Aliann Pompey Invitational.

Vice-Chancellor of the University of Guyana Professor Ivelaw Griffith has defended the decision taken to host an Investiture Ceremony for his appointment, while stating that it is a tradition at other institutions and an important part of the university’s maturation.

A 42 year-old boldly predicting to run a sub-10 100m race in Guyana is unheard of.

A second half hat-trick from Rahul Archer propelled Santa Rosa Secondary to a 4-0 win over Karaburi when the Region One zone of the Digicel Schools Football Championships continued yesterday at the Kumaka Community ground.

The suspect who was held in connection with the fatal shooting of bus driver Tedroy James earlier this week during a robbery has admitted his involvement in the crime and has implicated two accomplices who are yet to be apprehended.

Minister of Public Security Khemraj Ramjattan will lobby Cabinet to grant slain prison officer Odinga Wickham’s family $1 million after he was fatally shot during Sunday’s Camp Street Prison jailbreak.

(Reuters) – A lobbyist who was once a Soviet counter-intelligence officer participated last year in a meeting with senior aides to U.S.

After a year of flaunting the Miss Global International Guyana crown and doing Guyana proud at the international leg by becoming the first runner and copping six awards, Poonam Singh handed over her crown to 23-year-old old stunner, Cynthia Dookie, the new queen, two Fridays ago at a simple coronation held at the Pegasus Hotel.

BRISTOL, England,  CMC – West Indies Women are focussed on signing off their disappointing ICC Women’s World Cup with an upset of hosts England Women, when the two teams meet at Gloucestershire County Ground here today.

The family of an Agricola, East Bank Demerara woman, who was accidentally wounded during a shootout between members of the Guyana Police Force and alleged bandits, is seeking compensation to foot her medical bills.

PIETERMARITZBURG, South Africa, CMC – A batting collapse sent West Indies Under-19s to a heavy 115-run defeat to South Africa Under-19s in their third Youth One-Day International here yesterday.

Hi Everyone, Have you had your fill of mangoes yet? Me?

Minister of Public Security Khemraj Ramjattan is hopeful that the risk posed by the overcrowding of prisons across the country will serve as a catalyst for the swift amendment of the laws so that possession of small amounts of marijuana will not carry lengthy prison sentences.

Dear Editor, I want to express my profound gratitude to the police, along with the firemen, the prison officers and the ordinary soldiers who did their duty to the nation over the last few days. 

(Reuters) – The U.S. Justice Department yesteday filed a lawsuit seeking to recover assets that include a $50 million Manhattan apartment and an $80 million yacht that it said were bought using money generated from a scheme to pay millions of dollars in bribes to a former Nigerian oil minister.

NOTTINGHAM, England, (Reuters) – South Africa lost four wickets in the final session of a fluctuating first day of the second test against England at Trent Bridge yesterday but finished with a defiant flourish to end on 309 for six.

Just as prom pictures were about to dominate my Facebook timeline for the next two weeks or so, they were quickly dwarfed by the stories and photos of the recently averted Republic Bank robbery and the Camp Street jailhouse fire respectively.

Dear Editor, Last week swift public accountability reinforced good governance in Trinidad & Tobago.

HAVANA,  (Reuters) – Cuban President Raul Castro yesterday denounced U.S. President Donald Trump’s partial rollback of the U.S.-Cuban

The Guyana Gold and Diamond Miners Associa-tion (GGDMA) on Thursday bemoaned the amount of time it is taking the government to fix key roads in the interior, saying it is stymying efforts to ship supplies and fuel to mining camps.

General Secretary of the Rice Producers’ Association (RPA) Dharamkumar Seeraj is accusing the APNU+AFC coalition government of using “skillful statistics” to inflate the rice production for this year.

(Trinidad Guardian) On the heels of an emergency landing in St Lucia by an ATR aircraft belonging to Caribbean Airlines (CAL), pilots yesterday held a “critical” meeting to discuss safety concerns over the aircraft.

LONDON, July 14 (Reuters) – Venus Williams will try to become the oldest woman to win Wimbledon for 109 years today although, ominously for her the last time a 37-year-old reached the final, it was a Spaniard who ruined the script.

Colwyn Lonsdale Murray may seem like the ordinary Immigration Officer many persons think him to be but when he pulls a note there’s nothing ordinary about him.

SAO PAULO,  (Reuters) – Brazil’s government has sent Congress a bill to shrink the size of a national forest in the Amazonian state of Pará, according to a statement from the Environment Ministry yesterday, a move environmentalists said would speed deforestation of the area.

Dear Editor, Living in Guyana can be very challenging, especially for those who are forward-thinking, objective or constructive.

GUATEMALA CITY,  (Reuters) – Guatemalan police on Friday arrested 17 people on suspicion of involvement in a web of money laundering and illegal election financing, in an investigation that also has embroiled a local unit of Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim’s America Movil.

FOIX, France, (Reuters) – Chris Froome remains in contention for a fourth Tour de France title after Team Sky put the pressure on their rivals with a perfectly executed plan in yesterday’s 13th stage, won on Bastille Day by France’s Warren Barguil.

Mackeson and Empire Media Inc are set to host what they describe as the highly anticipated Art of War 2017 on Saturday, July 22 at GFC ground, Bourda.

Dear Editor, The Commission of Inquiries Act empowers the President to commission an inquiry into any matter of public interest.

Thresha Griffith, the Essequibo woman who was stabbed late last month, has been discharged from the hospital and is at home recuperating.

It seems like even the atheists were praying on Sunday night.

Gabriella Chapman is this year’s representative to the Jaycees International Queen show in Antigua, the oldest pageant production in the Caribbean.

The state yesterday closed its case against Aniki Jones, who is accused of murdering Carl Garnette on December 15, 2013, at Lot 8 Clifford Street, Lamaha Springs, Joint Services Housing Scheme, Georgetown.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions said on Friday that the Justice Department will ask the Supreme Court to block a judge’s ruling that prevented President Donald Trump’s travel ban from being applied to grandparents of U.S.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Roger Federer’s relentless pursuit of a record eighth Wimbledon title continued as he fought off stubborn Czech Tomas Berdych 7-6(4) 7-6(4) 6-4 to reach the final for the 11th time yesterday.

HAVANA, (Reuters) – Cuba’s economy bounced back from recession and expanded an estimated 1.1 percent in the first half of this year, driven by growth in tourism, construction and agriculture, Economy Minister Ricardo Cabrisas told the National Assembly yesterday.

Coach of the National Under-17 cricket team Orin Bailey has expressed optimism about his side’s chances of winning the Regional under – 17 One-Day tournament even after a win and a loss in the opening rounds of the tournament.

Dear Editor, Bartica, one of the latest municipalities in Guyana, with the beach at the bandstand and other areas; black water which once you get into you don’t want to leave; beautiful houses; supermarkets; well-maintained roads and pavements; and a drainage system, is so clean you can even smell the cleanness. 

NEW YORK,  (Reuters) – Rap artist and Hollywood actor DMX pleaded not guilty on Friday to federal charges that he concealed income from the government for years to avoid paying $1.7 million in taxes.

COLOMBO,  (Reuters) – Craig Ervine hit an unbeaten 151 for his highest score as Zimbabwe recovered from a shaky start to reach 344 for eight at stumps against hosts Sri Lanka on the opening day of the one-off test at R.

Dear Editor The citizens of Guyana should not expect Minister of Public Security Khemraj Ramjattan to resign after the horrific jail break.

A mother of five minor children was yesterday granted her release on bail after she denied a charge that she had 2.5 grammes of cocaine in her possession.

In the final weeks of his life, Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo was granted a brief respite from the usual rigours of his 11-year prison sentence for “incitement to subvert state power.” 

From its opening, Spider-Man: Home-coming announces that it places emphasis on youth.

LIMA,  (Reuters) – Peru’s former left-leaning President Ollanta Humala, ordered to spend 18 months in pre-trial detention, was moved on Friday to a prison built for his longtime foe ex-autocratic leader Alberto Fujimori.

Members of the public will today at 4:30 get an opportunity to see the 1992 film Deewana on at the Indian Cultural Centre, Lot 67 New Haven, Bel Air, Georgetown.

Desmond James, one of the six men who fled the Camp Street jail on Sunday was held last night on an access dam at Canal No.1 Polder, West Bank Demerara.