Daily Archive: Friday, July 21, 2017

CARACAS,  (Reuters) – Venezuela’s opposition-led congress today appointed alternative judges to the country’s Supreme Court, whose current pro-government members have been a bedrock of support for leftist President Nicolas Maduro.

The Haags Bosch facility is designed to have four cells, each with a life-span of 10 years.

The Police say they are making stringent efforts to apprehend a male suspect who answers to the sobriquet `Chokadag’  and who is alleged to have fatally stabbed a fisherman last night at the Meadow Bank Wharf, EBD.

The ongoing problems at Guyana Power and Light (GPL)  have led to blackouts across the city and along the coast today.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Tanzania detained and questioned two senior local Acacia Mining staff at an airport this week in a dispute with the government, two sources said on Friday, and the company said it was having trouble renewing work permits for foreign staff.

Defending champion Alex Arjoon, Richard Chin, Nicolette Fernandes and Kristian Jeffrey were amongst the winners when the 2017 Digicel Senior National Squash Championships continued on Wednesday.

From Royston Alkins in the Bahamas   Guyana’s Onassah Rogers narrowly missed out on a podium finish after finishing fourth in the girl’s under-18 100m dash, in a time of 11.78s, last evening at the Sixth Commonwealth Youth Games at the Thomas A Robinson Stadium, Nassau, Bahamas.

SOUTHPORT, England, (Reuters) – Americans Jordan Spieth, Brooks Koepka and Matt Kuchar tamed a fiendish course in tough conditions to fire sparkling first-round 65s and lead the British Open by one shot on Thursday.

– wins  7th consecutive Region 10 title Four time Digicel Schools Football Champions Christianburg/Wismar sealed their seventh consecutive Region 10 title, dismantling Kwakwani Secondary 5-1, yesterday at the Wisburg Secondary Ground, Linden.

Three Guyanese miners were shot dead, while three other persons were wounded in an early morning attack on Wednesday, when their camp at Imataka, on the Venezuelan side of the border, was raided by gunmen.

140 karatekas were successful at last Sunday’s grading exercise conducted by the Association do Shotokan Karate-Guyana at its headquarters dojo, YMCA, Thomas Lands.

Businessman Andrif Gillard yesterday told a Commission of Inquiry (CoI) of how his neighbour allegedly offered him money to assassinate President David Granger and the subsequent runaround he was subject to before the police took a report from him.

Members of the STEMGuyana team, having adeptly represented the country at the just-concluded First Global Games, where they finished in 10th position, received a warm welcome upon arriving in Guyana on Wednesday night.

Wrongfully dismissed New Building Society (NBS) Manager Maurice Arjoon, was yesterday awarded just over $79M, which the Society owes him for loss of earnings, severance and pension benefits plus interest.

John Da Silva and Kevin Fitz Gordon, the two men held on a boat in the Pomeroon River, Essequibo, with 210 pounds of cocaine, were yesterday both charged with drug trafficking and remanded to prison.

Heavy rainfall and excessive flooding is being blamed for the collapse of a two-storey building in the Lethem, Region Nine district, however Mayor of the town, Carlton Beckles said that a thorough assessment needs to be done before flooding can be cited as the cause.

Taxi driver Noel De Freitas, who was charged earlier this year with causing the death of a pedestrian along Mandela Avenue, had the charge against him dismissed yesterday after a city magistrate upheld a no-case submission in his favour.

Kellon Mc Leod,  also known as ‘Pinny’, 29 years, a miner of Victory Valley, Wismar, Linden who was found in possession of a .38 revolver and seven matching rounds early Wednesday morning in Mackenzie, appeared before Magistrate Clive Nurse at the Wales Magistrate’s Court yesterday morning and pleaded guilty to unlawful possession of firearm and ammunition without licence.

The prosecution yesterday sought arrest warrants for the three absent accused, including a former Agriculture Ministry project engineer, for the alleged Guyana Marketing Corporation (GMC) fraud, where payments were approved for substandard work on the rehabilitation of the company’s Robb Street headquarters.

The trial of ex-policeman Ruel Brandon, who is charged with the murder of Davonan Sookram, commenced yesterday before Justice Nareshwar Harnanan and a 12-member jury at the High Court in Georgetown.

APNU+AFC  Region Ten Member of Parliament Jermaine Figueira on Wednesday appeared before Magistrate Clive Nurse charged with the offence of playing music at a public event without first obtaining a licence from the magistrate of the district.

BRIANCON, France, (Reuters) – Tour de France leader Chris Froome remained rock-solid on a thrilling Col d’Izoard climb won in audacious fashion by Warren Barguil on Thursday and now looks unstoppable in his bid to claim a fourth title in Paris.

One of the witnesses in the murder case of Number 70 carpenter, Faiyaz Narinedatt, is presently hospitalised for suspected poisoning.

Dear Editor, Now that the results of the National Grade Six Assessment are out, students with the guidance of their parents are busy trying to gain admission to the secondary school of their choice.

MONTE-CARLO, CMC – Superstar sprinter Usain Bolt says he hopes to remain involved in athletics even after retiring following the London World Championships next month.

One person was seriously injured yesterday when a boat taking mourners to the funeral of Ravin Piper, who drowned last week, hit a submerged log in the Pomeroon River, then crashed into a tree on the bank of the river.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Formula One’s decision to introduce a ‘halo’ cockpit protection device next year is a mistake, according to former champion Niki Lauda.

Guyana’s proposed Tobacco Control legislation does not seek to ban the sale of cigarettes nor criminalise smokers   but aims to protect the population from the ravages of second-hand smoke and the ensuing health costs.

Dear Editor, I note today the calls for constitutional reform, and the attendant expectations of such a reform process.

DERBY, England,(Reuters) – India are through to take on England in the Women’s World Cup final after defending champions Australia fell 36 runs short of their victory target in a dramatic semi-final at Derby on Thursday.

Dear Editor, I recently visited the Karrau Amerindian village, very close to the green town of Bartica where I was confronted with numerous complaints of mining lawlessness by persons who own mining properties on Karrau’s village lands.

President David Granger yesterday conducted a fact-finding visit to the Kuru Kuru Training Centre (KKTC)  on the Linden-Soesdyke Highway to meet and interact with students and instructors, a statement from the Ministry of the Presidency said.

RABAT, (Reuters) – The African Nations Cup will move from January to June and July from its next staging in Cameroon in 2019, and be expanded from 16 to 24 teams, the executive committee of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) decided on Thursday.

A Stanleytown, West Bank Demerara taxi driver was on Wednesday night shot while in conversation on the public road.

Dear Editor, I wrote several letters pertaining to the deplorable state of Agriculture Road.

(Reuters) – Essex batsman Tom Westley will make his international debut for England in next week’s third test against South Africa, replacing injured Garry Ballance at number three in the 13-man squad.

Dear Editor, Please refer to a letter captioned ‘Process I encountered to recoup bail money from city has potential to promote corrupt behaviour’ which appeared in the Monday, July 17 edition of your newspaper.

Two Haitian nationals, who were discovered during a police raid at Rose Hall, were yesterday fined and ordered deported for overstaying.

Dear Editor, The current tension between the Working People’s Alliance (WPA) and the ruling APNU+AFC Government is symptomatic of a much deeper conflict.

Eagles and Colts secured wins in the under 23 Division, when the Georgetown Amateur Basketball Association (GABA) League Championship continued on Wednesday at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall, Homestretch Avenue.

CARACAS/HOUSTON  (Reuters) – Russia’s top oil producer Rosneft is negotiating to swap its collateral in Venezuelan-owned, U.S.-based

Decades ago I actually was allowed to experience two separate Cabinet meetings for very, very brief periods, representing the then Ministry of Information.

WASHINGTON/HOUSTON, (Reuters) – Exxon Mobil Corp sued the U.S. government yesterday, blasting as “unlawful” and “capricious” a $2 million fine levied against it for a three-year-old oil joint venture with Russia’s Rosneft .

Introduction The absence of or rather failure to appoint inspectors and a Chief Inspector was highlighted in last week’s column.

West Front Road-Gold is Money, Sparta Boss, Future Stars and Leopold Street secured contrasting wins, when the ‘Keep Ya Five Alive’ Futsal Championship continued on Tuesday night, at the National Gymnasium, Mandela Avenue.

Dear Editor, When President Granger at a luncheon hosted at State House on the occasion of his 72nd birthday declared: “You are family … you are my second family” he knew exactly what he wanted to telegraph to his cabinet colleagues.

Guyana is a country that has been so blessed geographically and culturally that it is usual to refer to it as having rich potential in terms of its mineral wealth, its flora and fauna, and its people, who have been known to excel in all fields of endeavour in countries where they have taken up residence.