Daily Archive: Thursday, August 10, 2017

The suspect in the murder of a Canje girl was nabbed by the Surinamese police in Nickerie and not held by the authorities here at Springlands as had been erroneously reported by the cops.

LIMA,  (Reuters) – Peru fears Venezuela may be headed toward civil war as a political crisis deepens and its economy implodes under the rule of socialist Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, Peru’s foreign minister told Reuters on Wednesday.

The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) today said that its Commissioner-General, Godfrey Statia will share details of the ExxonMobil agreement with his staff when necessary.

  COLOMBO, (Reuters) – Sri Lanka’s foreign minister resigned today over corruption charges in a bond scam that is now being investigated, maintaining that he was not guilty of wrongdoing.

Acting Chief Justice Roxane George SC on Tuesday ruled that President David Granger’s cancellation of leases granted to several West Coast Berbice rice farmers last March was unconstitutional given in part that those agreements were valid and binding.

Acting Chief Justice, Roxane George SC, yesterday ordered that the Cheddi Jagan Research Centre Inc (CJRCI) be allowed occupancy of historic Red House and the enjoyment of the status quo, until a full trial to determine its challenge to Government’s revocation of its lease.

The former soldier who is accused of decapitating his 51-year-old uncle on Sunday in what he claimed was an act of self defence was yesterday remanded to prison after being charged with murder.

The Private Sector Commission (PSC) yesterday called on President David Granger to send the Broadcast (Amendment) Bill back to Parliament for extensive public consultation.

A 51-year-old grandmother was yesterday sentenced to four years in jail, and fined $21 million, after she pleaded guilty over the almost 20 lbs of cocaine which was found in a cooking gas cylinder at 25 Delph Avenue, Campbellville, last Sunday.

Dear Editor, In a previous letter, I emphasised that the coming constitutional reform process will yield nothing but wasted time and money unless we cultivate a culture of deference to, and compliance with the provisions of the Guyana Constitution.

The man who fled the scene after allegedly murdering his 16-year-old wife two Saturdays ago in Number Two Village, East Canje Berbice, was yesterday apprehended in Springlands, Upper Corentyne around 11.30 pm.

The police during a search last evening discovered two hand grenades concealed in the roof of an abandoned house in Linden.

Dear Editor, The treatment meted out recently by the Guyana Power and Light (GPL) to the residents of Ocean View, Uitvlugt has been reprehensible.

Under a barrage of questioning, Luanna Walker yesterday told the Commission of Inquiry into an alleged assassination plot against President David Granger that the accuser, Andrif Gillard did tell her that he planned to frame Nizam Khan, the man who is accused of orchestrating the scheme.

Dear Editor, The Mabaruma sub-regional hospital (Barima-Waini) is desperately in need of medicines to treat patients bitten by scorpions and snakes, since it is a hinterland hospital.

A year after an accident left her teenage son bedridden in a semi-vegetative state, Sharon Cosbert remains hopeful that he will one day be able to walk and talk again.

An application made for Minister of Public Security, Khemraj Ramjattan to appear before the Commission of Inquiry into the alleged plot to assassinate President David Granger has been denied by the Commissioner.

Dear Editor, While some sections of the population find the term ‘negro’ is a proper descriptor for Guyanese of African descent, it would be useful for the state institutions to update their lexicon given our history, the socio-cultural context and the cohesive society we aspire to build.

Residents of the Essequibo Coast, West Bank and West Coast of Demerara say they are frustrated and “fed up” with the continuous blackouts, which had some parts of Region Three without power for more than 24 hours.

Dear Editor, As a child, my friends and I walked and played in drains which were concrete and free from grass, wild eddoes, mud and garbage. 

Guyana got off to the worst possible start in the CONCACAF Girls U17 Football Qualifying Championship, losing to Barbados by a 1-5 score line yesterday at the National Track and Field Centre, Leonora.

The New Building Society (NBS) has moved to the court, challenging the recent $79M judgment in favour of dismissed manager Maurice Arjoon, citing more than a dozen grounds including that it was erroneous and that pension cannot be awarded together with severance and other benefits when an employee is terminated or dismissed.

Passengers travelling with Dynamic Airways are expected to depart this morning after being stranded for several days in light of a backlog caused by mechanical failure last Friday.

Author Miriam Rice- Walcott’s `Cricket- The Spectators Guide to the Game’ is a must read for all cricket lovers.

Dear Editor, This government has found itself in hot water with the international media community on the passage of the Broadcasting Bill, and it will continue to find itself in such a dilemma with other stakeholders when it makes decisions without regard to its constitutional responsibility.

Dear Editor, I attended a rehearsal for Carifesta on Monday evening, at the National Cultural Centre.

A federal judge in Houston, Texas recently denied ExxonMobil’s request to reduce a nearly US$20 million civil penalty for releasing millions of pounds of air pollutants from its Baytown refinery over the course of eight years.

Dear Editor, All four daily newspapers in their Wednesday, August 9, 2017 editions carried articles on President David Granger’s request for the Police Service Commission to put on hold police officers’ promotions.

Linden’s international star athletes, Daniel Williams and Chantoba Bright will be on show when the eighth annual Boyce/Jefford Track and Field Classic is staged this weekend at the Mackenzie Sports Club Ground.

Guyana’s last hopes of medaling at this year’s IAAF World Championships were dashed yesterday when Winston George finished seventh in heat three of the men’s 200m event.

Dear Editor,   I thank Mr Sookram Persaud for his letter, ‘Albion produced ethanol until mid-2015’ (SN, August 9). 

President of the Guyana Bodybuilding and Fitness Federation Inc. (GBBFFI) Coel Marks and his executive has labelled the National Senior Championships which was staged on Sunday at the Marriott as a massive success.

Police Corporal Jermaine Laundry was yesterday closely questioned about why he omitted reference to a key statement from a witness taken just two days before he first testified before the Commission of Inquiry into the alleged plot to assassinate President David Granger.

A mentally ill man was yesterday sentenced to three months in jail and ordered to continue psychiatric treatment, after he cut his mother’s throat with a broken drinking glass.

Dear Editor, There can be no denying that a free media is essential to democracy in Guyana.

President David Granger yesterday emphasised the important contribution small businesses make to the growth of the economy during a visit to F&H Printing Establishment in Campbellville, where he was invited by the entity’s proprietor to have a look at their operations.

LONDON, CMC – Caribbean athletes endured a disastrous day at the IAAF World Championships here yesterday, as Olympic champion Shaunae Miller-Uibo suffered a dramatic defeat in the women’s 400 metres final and all but one of the region’s men failed to make it to the final of the 200 metes.

Dear Editor,   The Caribbean Voice notes an article in a section of the local media in which PAHO’s Dr Adu-Krow, is quoted as saying that the suicide rate in Guyana has  “plummeted to 20.6 per 100,000 people.”

CANTERBURY, England, CMC – With two half-centuries in four innings on tour, in-form stroke-maker Jermaine Blackwood says he feels in great touch as he gears up for the opening Test against England later this month.

SEOUL/WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – North Korea dismissed yesterday warnings by U.S. President Donald Trump that it would face “fire and fury” if it threatened the United States as a “load of nonsense”, and outlined detailed plans for a missile strike near the Pacific territory of Guam.

The Guyana Public Service Union (GPSU) has condemned the government’s approach to dealing with the payment and conditions  of sweepers and cleaners in public schools as uncaring and unkind.

B Division lawmen yesterday placed into custody the prime suspect in last Saturday night’s robbery of the Corentyne boat owner, who along with his pregnant wife and their four year-old son escaped via a window.

LONDON, CMC – South Africa captain Faf du Plessis says he has received “positive feedback” about Ottis Gibson, as speculation over the Barbadian becoming the next Proteas coach continued to intensify.

Dear Editor, I am writing this letter with the hope that some assistance from the new APNU+AFC government could he rendered to our Yarrowkabra Housing Group.

NAIROBI, (Reuters) – Kenya’s election commission dismissed claims yesterday by opposition leader Raila Odinga that its systems and website had been hacked to produce a “fictitious” lead for Odinga’s long-time rival President Uhuru Kenyatta.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – A raid on the Virginia home of President Donald Trump’s former 2016 election campaign manager showed an investigation of possible ties between the campaign and Russia is intensifying and focused on the financial dealings of Trump associates, sources familiar with the probe said.

As the situation in Venezuela worsens, Minister of Foreign Affairs Carl Greenidge says that Guyana and other CARICOM states are looking on with concern.

Dear Editor, There has been scathing criticism of REO Mr Rupert Hopkinson’s slothfulness in addressing financial matters in Region Two.

LONDON, CMC – Barbadian all-rounder Jofra Archer closed in on 50 wickets in his first full season of English County cricket when he snatched a three-wicket haul to help Sussex crush Worcestershire by nine wickets inside three days here Tuesday.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The Trump administration yesterday imposed sanctions on eight more Venezuelan officials, including the brother of late socialist leader Hugo Chavez, to punish them for helping President Nicolas Maduro to create a new legislative superbody, U.S.

SAN FRANCISCO, (Reuters) – The hype is fading for coding “boot camps,” for-profit U.S.

CARACAS, (Reuters) – Venezuela’s asphyxiating economy will contract between 7 and 10 percent this year, the head of the country’s main business chamber Fedecamaras said on Wednesday at the Reuters Latin America Investment Summit in Caracas.

Over forty nursery school students in Hiawa, North Rupununi, Region Nine, will turn out to a new school in September, the Department of Public Information (DPI) said on Tuesday.

Dear Editor The call by a letter writer for the restoration of the original broadcast duration of the ‘Basil P Show’  (ie 18:00 – 00:00 hrs)  is testimony to the popularity of this programme from its inception more than a decade ago (‘Why has the Basil ‘P’ Show been cut short?’

KINGSTON, Jamaica,  CMC – Controversial Sunshine Girls head coach, Jermaine Allison-McCracken, has quit the post following four turbulent months in charge of the high profile side.

WASHINGTON/HAVANA, (Reuters) – Cuba said yesterday it was investigating allegations by the United States that unspecified “incidents” caused physical symptoms in Americans serving at the U.S.

We were quietly savouring a traditional Belizean lunch of spicy black beans and fresh salsa when the sudden knocking resumed.

Dear Editor, ‘Gatlin beating Bolt nightmare for sport’ was the headline of Damien Cox’s piece in the Toronto Star on August 8.

PUERTO ORDAZ, Venezuela,  (Reuters) – Rising rivers have flooded homes in southern Venezuela, affecting more than 15,000 people and forcing some 500 to leave their homes, according to civil protection officials.

With the 2017 Caribbean pre-and mini cadet championships scheduled for August 21-27 at the National Arena, Kingston, Jamaica, Stabroek Sports looks at some of the youngsters selected by the Guyana Table Tennis Association (GTTA) to represent the Golden Arrowhead at the upcoming championships.

The United States Embassy is happy to answer some common questions that non-immigrant visa holders and applicants may have.

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For at least a decade, if not longer, waste disposal in the city has been operating on a teetering pile of debt, which the average citizen knows is not a good thing.

A Kingston vendor was yesterday remanded to prison after he was charged with wounding his brother, who is now hospitalised, over a land dispute.