Daily Archive: Tuesday, July 18, 2017

WASHINGTON/CARACAS,  (Reuters) – The Trump administration is preparing sanctions against several senior Venezuelan government figures, U.S.

Port of Spain, 18 July, 2017. Caribbean Airlines advises that due to Tropical Storm Don and the consequent closure of the Maurice Bishop International Airport, Grenada, the following flights for today, Tuesday 18 July and tomorrow, Wednesday 19 July are cancelled: FLIGHT NUMBER SCHEDULED DATE AND DEPARTURE TIME ROUTING BW 448 Tuesday 18 July at 5:45 p.m.

President David Granger is to swear in four Puisne Judges and a Justice of Appeal tomorrow, the Ministry of the Presidency said today.

LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – R&B singer R. Kelly on Monday denied an article by U.S.

Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo last night said that the ruling of Justice Roxane George yesterday vindicates several positions he and his party have taken as it relates to the selection of a new Chairman of GECOM.

(Trinidad Guardian) When 17-year-old David Sancaro rushed to a bar to protect a woman he didn’t even know from physical abuse being meted out by her enraged lover on Sunday, little did he know his gallantry would have cost him his life.

(Trinidad Guardian) CAL’s communications manager Dione Ligoure yesterday apologised to the hundreds of passengers affected by the delays.

Acting Chief Justice Roxane George SC yesterday ruled that the list of nominees for the post of Guyana Elections Com-mission (Gecom) Chair does not have to include a judge, a former judge or a person qualified to be a judge and that the President must state reasons for rejecting any candidate.

Saying that former New Building Society (NBS) Manager Maurice Arjoon was “wrongfully dismissed,” Justice Brassington Reynolds yesterday found that he is entitled to recover all benefits that were lost as a result of the decision.

Orwin Peters, who was held in connection with the fatal shooting of bus driver Tedroy James, was yesterday charged with the murder.

Guyana’s team participating in the first Global Robotics Championship for high school students in Washington DC was in first place yesterday after three rounds, Co-founder of STEMGuyana Karen Abrams said yesterday.

There is ample evidence constituting probable cause that US-based Guyanese Marcus Brian Jainarine Bisram murdered Number 70 Village carpenter Faiyaz Narinedatt, according to a pretrial memorandum in support of his extradition filed in Magistrate Judge Peggy Kuo’s court by the prosecution.

Ranks of the Joint Services during an intelligence-led operation yesterday afternoon apprehended accused Trinidadian drug trafficker Cornelius Thomas, the second of six prisoners who escaped from the Georgetown Prison on July 9.

A 33-year-old vendor who died on Sunday evening after he was shot to his forehead at Tuschen, East Bank Essequibo (EBE) had earlier been threatened.

Some of the convicts at the Georgetown Prison were wearing civilian clothing and not prison uniform at the time of the July 9, fire and escape because the facility that was being set up to produce uniforms with identification numbers had been destroyed in last year’s fire, Director of Prisons Gladwin Samuels has said.

Some 200 inmates were yesterday temporarily transferred to the newly constructed holding facility near the Lusignan Prison, according to a press release from the Department of Public Information (DPI).

The Region Eight administration was yesterday accused by members of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of colluding with contractors in order to misappropriate funds under the guise of overpayments.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua,  CMC – The region’s stars are now likely to return to international cricket after Cricket West Indies yesterday announced a temporary player amnesty, the first step towards scrapping the contentious eligibility rule.

Residents of the northern end of the Essequibo coast continued to experience daily power outages up to yesterday as the Guyana Power and Light Inc (GPL) said it was experiencing “challenges” in seeking to restore the electricity supply to the area.

Nearly six months after the Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) proudly announced that it had rehabilitated over 300 fire hydrants in Georgetown, the public utility company is refusing to respond to questions about one hydrant it failed to fix outside the Camp Street jail.

COLOMBO, (Reuters) – Zimbabwe were seven wickets away from their maiden test win over Sri Lanka yesterday after setting the hosts a target of 388 in their one-off match at the R.

He delighted the world with his ‘chest roll’ dance move at the ICC U19 World Cup in 2016.

The Deputy Permanent Secretary (DPS) of the Ministry of Indigenous Peoples’ Affairs yesterday found herself facing intense scrutiny over a $52 million transaction for the purchase of tractors, trailers, and other such equipment, without a written agreement.

LONDON, CMC – West Indies Women’s wretched outing in the ICC World Cup has cost captain Stafanie Taylor her lofty position in the ICC rankings.

Several vehicles were forced to wait for more than 30 minutes at the Demerara Harbour Bridge (DHB) early yesterday morning after drivers found the gates inexplicably closed and the bridge company says it will investigate why there was such an inconvenience.

NOTTINGHAM,  (Reuters) – South Africa took full advantage of an abject England batting display yesterday to complete a crushing 340-run win in the second test at Trent Bridge which levelled the series 1-1 with two games remaining.

The Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GTT) on Saturday rolled out its US$25 million ‘Blaze’ high speed internet at the Guyana National Stadium, Providence, calling it “the fastest internet [service] Guyana has ever seen.”

Dear Editor, I had very much hoped to be able to move on and not have to write anything more about the imposition of the 14% VAT on private education.

(Reuters) – Afghanistan have replaced Australia in a development tour of South Africa after the latter pulled out due to a pay dispute between its players and board.

Police are on the hunt for two men who robbed a pensioner during the wee hours of Sunday morning at her home in Eccles, East Bank Demerara.

A Laing Avenue man is now a remanded prisoner after he was faced with three charges, including shooting at another man.

Dear Editor, Guyana Lands and Surveys Commission (GLSC) officers in the Mabaruma sub-region, Region 1 (Barima- Waini) are currently in the process of removing from Barabina its status as an Amerindian community.

The eighth annual Boyce and Jefford Track and Field Classic will take place in Linden August 12-13 at the Mackenzie Sports Club ground.

Dear Editor, Residents of Triumph Front Lands (north of the Public Road), suffered from the worst of systems’ failures last weekend (July 14-16), caused by the National Drainage and Irrigation Authority (NDIA) and the Police Force.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Former Namibian sprinter and IAAF Council member Frankie Fredericks has been provisionally suspended from athletics pending an investigation into a potential ethics violation, the sport’s governing body said yesterday.

The Postal and Telecommunications Workers Union (PTWU) is considering taking the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GTT) to court again after the company laid off another 15 workers last month, in breach of a court agreement.

Dear Editor, Thus far what has been the primary goal of the Camp Street prison?

RABAT, Morocco, CMC – Olympic champion Elaine Thompson’s smooth build-up to next month’s London World Championships continued when she streaked to a new meet record in capturing the women’s 100 metres at the Rabat Diamond League here Sunday.

BANGKOK/KHON KAEN (Reuters) – As the trial of former Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra over an extravagant rice subsidy programme winds to a close, her rural supporters are resisting attempts by the ruling junta to silence her family’s political machine.

A driver was yesterday placed on bail after he denied stealing equipment from a gold mining company in the interior.

Dear Editor, I am not sure how much has changed in Guyana over the last thirty years.

Milerock maintained their unbeaten record in the Upper Demerara Football Association zone of National Milling Company (NAMILCO) u17 League, crushing Amelia’s Ward Panthers 4-0 on Saturday.

Dear Editor, Mr Adams, the Development Officer, and Mr Grave, the Chief Executive Officer, both expressed publicly a desire to change selection eligibility, so that the West Indies cricket team can once again be selected from the best cricketers in the region.

MUMBAI, (Reuters) – Shikhar Dhawan has replaced injured opener Murali Vijay in India’s squad for the three-test series in Sri Lanka starting later this month.

CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuela’s opposition called yesterday for a national shutdown against President Nicolas Maduro in a major escalation of protests against a leftist government it accuses of flouting the people’s will.

Frank Thompson, the former Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) who was recorded verbally abusing a junior rank, was yesterday given a date for the commencement of this trial.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The US Senate’s healthcare overhaul appeared to be in serious trouble yesterday after two more Republicans said they opposed a revised version of the bill.

NEW YORK (Reuters) – The FBI yesterday warned parents of privacy and safety risks from children’s toys connected to the internet.

A new champion will be crowned in the Region One zone of the Digicel schools football championships after Hosororo eliminated defending champs North West Secondary 5-4 on penalty kicks, after the game ended scoreless in regulation time.

Dear Editor, I have some questions regarding the Camp Street jailbreak”What were the prison guards doing that allowed four fires to be started at separate locations in the prison?

SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Construc-tion of a power plant on the Teles Pires River in Brazil was paralyzed by protesting members of the Munduruku tribe, a leader of the movement told Reuters yesterday, adding to tensions over land conflicts in South America’s largest country.

Linden champs Dave and Celina’s All-Stars are the new street football kings after crushing Hustlers 4-1 Sunday in the final of the Guinness ‘Greatest of the Streets’ national championships at the Demerara Park Tarmac.

It may well come as a surprise to many Guyanese to know that Sports Tourism – international travel to participate in or view sport-related activities is reportedly worth an amount in excess of US$600 million a year, and has been growing at the rate of around 6 per cent annually over the past decade or so.

CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuela’s state prosecutor’s office called yesterday for the detention of eight security personnel who savagely attacked a man with Asperger’s syndrome near an anti-government protest.

What a travesty. Despite Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro’s bloody repression of opposition protests that has resulted in more than 100 dead, thousands of wounded and hundreds of political prisoners over the past three months, the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) has not uttered a single word about Venezuela’s human rights crisis.

Dear Editor, President David Granger has noted that the July 9th jailbreak and fire at the Lot 12 Camp Street facility was an accident “waiting to happen”.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – US President Donald Trump threatened yesterday to take “strong and swift economic actions” if Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro goes ahead with plans to create a super-legislature known as a Constituent Assembly in a July 30 vote.