Daily Archive: Saturday, July 29, 2017

Murder accused Stafrei Alexander, who was one of the six inmates who escaped from the Camp Street Prison on July 9, has been recaptured.

Director of Prisons Gladwin Samuels late this afternoon confirmed that at approximately 16:20hrs today inmates at the holding area of the Lusignan Prison were involved in a series of assaults and aggressive behaviour which resulted in extreme disorder and threatened their own safety, that of the joint services members providing security and could have escalated further and compromise the integrity of the facility.

  CARACAS, (Reuters) – Venezuelan protesters blocked streets on Saturday in a last-ditch effort to derail the election of a legislative super-body that opponents of President Nicolas Maduro say will give the socialist leader a stranglehold on power.

Attorney Joseph Melville was yesterday sentenced to 19 years in prison for attempting to murder his former secretary Patricia Cox in 2001.

Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday sounded a warning over the government’s proposed changes to the broadcast legislation, dubbing them a threat to press freedom while saying they would force broadcasters to air government propaganda free of cost.

Acting Commissioner of Police David Ramnarine yesterday told the Commission of Inquiry (CoI) probing an alleged plot to assassinate President David Granger that the investigation was “lacking” because the suspect’s early release compromised it.

This month’s destruction of the Camp Street jail and escapes from that facility and the Lusignan prison have triggered a request by government for $756.1 million in supplementary funds.

Guyana will receive revenue from the first day of oil production, ExxonMobil’s Upstream Operations Manager Doug McGehee said on Thursday night.

Following a call by government to meet with members of Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) and cricket stakeholders, Minister of Education with responsibility for sports, Nicolette Henry, said yesterday that she will meet with Cricket Ombudsman, Dr.

GALLE, Sri Lanka, (Reuters) – A dominant India spared Sri Lanka the ignominy of a follow-on but Virat Kohli and Abhinav Mukund struck fluent half-centuries to tighten the touring side’s grip on the first test yesterday.

A quantity of improvised weapons and cellphones were among the contraband recovered yesterday in a Joint Services search of the New Amsterdam Prison, after police were tipped off that attempts were being made to smuggle items into the facility.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Ben Stokes underlined his prowess as the rarest of all-round talents with his glorious century propelling England to a challenging total of 353 on the second day of the third test against South Africa at The Oval yesterday.

Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday said he was almost done compiling a third slate of nominees for the post of Chairperson of the Guyana Elections Commission (Gecom), which he hopes to submit to President David Granger next week.

The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) in March of this year successfully challenged a move by the Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU) to gain access to and make copies of taxpayer records for three persons who were at the time the subjects of a money laundering investigation.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Cricket West Indies director, Conde Riley, won a landslide victory here Thursday night to become the new Barbados Cricket Association president.

Murder accused Pascal Smith, one of the 13 prisoners who escaped from the Lusignan Prison pasture on Monday, was apprehended yesterday in the city, where he was found hiding in a pit latrine.

SAO PAULO, (Reuters) – A pitch-side reporter accused by Santos of influencing the result of a Brazilian cup match this week defended himself yesterday after receiving death threats.

Tilawattie Singh, a Port Mourant mother who says she was arrested for allegedly supplying food to a Camp Street Prison escapee, is accusing the police of brutalising her after she was taken into custody.

Guyana’s winless streak in the Central America & Caribbean Basketball Championships (CentroBasket) U17 tournament continued yesterday with the team going down to Mexico 63-74 in the Dominican Republic.

Dear Editor, I am flummoxed by the discussions (ad nauseam) of the global diaspora having a burning fire to return and contribute to the homeland.

The University of Guyana (UG) in collaboration with the University of the West Indies (UWI) yesterday launched the Centre for Caribbean Diaspora Engagement, at the conclusion of the five-day Diaspora Engagement Conference.

Guyana and the USA South Panthers are set to clash in a thrilling Rugby America’s North (RAN) 15’s Championship final today at the National Park.

SEOUL/WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – North Korea said yesterday it had conducted another successful test of an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) that proved its ability to strike all of America’s mainland, drawing a sharp warning from U.S.

Dear Editor, The Stabroek News article headlined: ‘Ministerial advisor faces private criminal charges after property dispute’ which was published on Monday, July 3, 2017 at page 13 refers.

City Hall has identified four potential sites for the relocation of approximately 800 vendors before the start of the rehabilitation of the Stabroek Market Wharf as part of the waterfront development project.

WASHINGTON/MOSCOW,  (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump will sign legislation that imposes sanctions on Russia, the White House said yesterday, after Moscow ordered the United States to cut hundreds of diplomatic staff and said it would seize two U.S.

Dear Editor, President David Granger’s remarks in reference to acting Chief Justice George’s ruling in the case filed by Marcel Gaskin was steamrolled to the back burner of the news cycle by the ongoing catastrophe involving prisoners.

Hi Everyone, Several years ago while standing in the cashier line at one of the supermarkets here in Barbados, a man (tourist) standing immediately behind me pointed to the small tray I had just put on the cash belt and asked what it was.

(Reuters) – They have played Super Bowls, World Series and NBA championships in Miami but today soccer, and one of the sport’s great rivalries, will be the hot ticket when Real Madrid and Barcelona meet in a rare El Clasico away from Spanish soil.

Just after 5 pm yesterday, Professor Ivelaw Griffith took his seat as the Tenth Vice-Chancellor (VC) of the University of Guyana (UG) to the tune of trumpet fanfare.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – As fellow Republicans laboured to repeal Obamacare this week, U.S.

Dear Editor, I have been following with interest the exchange of ideas on diaspora engagement.

Over the past week, a total of 16 corneal transplants were conducted at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) by a team of visiting specialists from the US-based Subraj Foundation.

Whenever I am buying shoes, I try to remember the wise words from the Guyanese proverb: ‘When yah like play cheap yah does pay dare,’ that my Godmother always preached to me.

Despite returning with just a single medal, there were some positives to be taken following the Commonwealth Youth Games which concluded in the Bahamas last Sunday.

(Reuters) – Exxon Mobil Corp, the world’s largest publicly traded oil producer, said yesterday its quarterly profit nearly doubled on surging margins at its operations outside the United States, but results fell shy of Wall Street’s expectations.

GEMS Theatre Productions presents a new half an hour sitcom “Days Like Dese,” a family-oriented comedy that surrounds the Rupauls, a middle-class Guyanese family.

Twenty-six (26) persons have completed the National Sports Commission (NSC)/Royal Dutch Football Association (KNVB) five-day training course and received their certificates yesterday at the closing ceremony held at the National Racquet Centre.

Dear Editor The Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU) once again must express its concern over the direction and operation of the Guyana Sugar Corporation Inc (GuySuCo).

The new wing of the Georgetown High Court, which now houses the Land Court and its Registry, was yesterday morning commissioned by President David Granger, who said it represents the beginning of a new chapter in the quest to improve the administration of and access to justice for all.

Just three weeks short of the staging of the Miss Guyana Renaissance pageant, twelve ladies are kept busy perfecting dance routines, walk and speeches.

I kept experiencing a kind of cognitive dissonance while watching War for the Planet of the Apes, the last film in the rebooted trilogy.

(Trinidad Guardian) While the Government was given the green light to appoint joint provisional liquidators to preserve the assets of CL Financial (CLF) as its seeks to recover a $15 billion debt, it recently discovered that substantial profits from one of CLF’s subsidiaries—Angostura Ltd—had been transferred to a foreign company, creating a pool of funds outside of T&T.

Dear Editor, The day before yesterday, the US Congress passed a bill on tougher sanctions against several countries including the Russian Federation.

The 10th annual St Romain Memorial games will get underway tomorrow at the Fitzburg Community Centre ground, Port Kaituma, North West District and end Tuesday.

The Government Analyst Food and Drug Department (GA-FDD) on Monday commenced a workshop to sensitise stakeholders in the agro-processing industry on the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) Signed into law by former US President Barack Obama on January 4, 2011, the FSMA aims to ensure the US food supply is safe by shifting the focus from responding to contamination to preventing it.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – The seven-year Republican quest to scrap Obamacare, a major campaign vow by President Donald Trump, lay in ruins yesterday after the Senate failed to dismantle the healthcare law, with congressional leaders now planning to move on to other matters.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – The U.S. government proposed cutting nicotine in cigarettes to “non-addictive” levels yesterday in a major regulatory shift designed to move smokers toward potentially less harmful e-cigarettes.

Democratic governance rarely rises to the cinematic denouement of the fight over the American Health Care Act that ended yesterday morning in the US Senate.

  Twenty-year-old Keisha Brazh under the African name ‘Serwah Mawusia,’ is representing Ghana.

Like a play, we all have a beginning, a middle where we face various challenges and conflicts that we must resolve, and, of course, an end.

Dear Editor, I was around in the days when Forbes Burnham was Mayor of Georgetown, and the activities undertaken in those days have now become a reality again.

CARACAS, (Reuters) – Rock-throwing Venezuelans braved tear gas and rainstorms yesterday, blocking streets in protest against a legislative super-body to be elected tomorrow that critics call an attempt by President Nicolas Maduro to create a dictatorship.

The Demerara Tobacco Company Limited (Demtoco) yesterday pledged to comply with the impending tobacco legislation but nonetheless urged that it be reviewed by a parliamentary select committee to address “contentious” issues.

All roads will lead to the Victoria Community Center ground when the Hamilton Green Cup football tournament (formerly Mayor’s Cup) continues today with a triple-header from 16:00hrs.

President David Granger and First Lady Sandra Granger, last evening, attended a cultural celebration entitled ‘Juliana!