Daily Archive: Wednesday, September 13, 2017

  KARACHI, Pakistan,  CMC – The Pakistan Cricket Board has confirmed a three-match Twenty20 series against West Indies set for Lahore in late November.

Maverick De Abreu, a Robb Street resident was today arraigned at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court on a charge of wounding Trinidadian soca singer, Rodney LeBlanc, well knowns as, Benjai.

  SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico,  (Reuters) – Despite economic problems and its own damage from Hurricane Irma, Puerto Rico is taking thousands of refugees from the U.S.

(Trinidad Guardian) An Arima community last night paid their respects to a well loved resident who lost her life trying to save her grandson from a massive wave during the passage of Hurricane Irma in St Maarten last week.

The Christianburg/Wismar Multilateral School and the Mackenzie Market were among the structures that were damaged after a freak storm hit Linden yesterday afternoon.

Crime Chief Wendell Blanhum has proceeded on accumulated leave from yesterday and Senior Superintendent of Police Ravindradat Budhram will be acting in his post until December.

President David Granger’s Public Information and Press Services Officer Lloyda Nicholas-Garrett was yesterday accused by Opposition Member of Parliament Nigel Dharamlall of using a racially derogatory term to describe staff at the Ministry of the Presidency.

The Ministry of Public Telecommunications yesterday commissioned its first public Information and Communications Technology (ICT) hub for the city, at Agricola, Greater Georgetown, and residents were urged to use the service to improve themselves.

The absence of Regional Executive Officer (REO)  Rupert Hopkinson at the statutory meeting of the Regional Democratic Council (RDC) of Region Two yesterday, led to a walkout by Councillors of the People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPP/C).

A primary school teacher has gone into hiding after being accused of setting her husband’s Sophia house on fire early yesterday morning while he and his 16-year-old son were asleep inside.

A member of the government contingent to ExxonMobil’s Houston, Texas headquarters had tendered her resignation from the Natural Resources Ministry one month prior to the visit.

The Chambers of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) yesterday withdrew an application for the forfeiture of $9 million that had been seized from convicted drug trafficker Barry Dataram and his brother Troy Dataram.

Residents of Wakapoa, in Region Two (Pomeroon-Supenaam), suspect that there is a typhoid outbreak in the community, where the absence of medical professionals and drugs at the community health centre have become the norm.

The Coroner’s Inquest into the death of Sew Persaud, the man who was reportedly struck down last year along the Diamond Public Road, ended yesterday with a jury being unable to find anyone criminally liable.

An 18-year-old miner was shot on Sunday evening when armed bandits invaded a mining camp at Five Star, North West District.

Dear Editor, Is there a mandate for the retention of the parking meters installed on the streets of Georgetown, the capital city?

Dear Editor, Yesterday, I saw two policemen on motorcycles taking a bribe from a motorist.

BELFAST, Ireland, CMC – Bowling coach Roddy Estwick has warned Ireland that West Indies will be playing at full throttle, when the two teams meet in the one-off One-Day International here today.

This year the Bishops’ High School recorded a 100% pass rate in at least five subjects at the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) exams, including English and Mathematics, but an overall pass rate of 94.06% has shifted the administration’s focus on improving the areas of English B and Additional Math.

PORT-AU-PRINCE,  (Reuters) – French President Emmanuel Macron vowed to quickly rebuild the islands of the French Caribbean during a visit yesterday meant to dispel anger at his government’s response to Hurricane Irma, which killed at least 43 people in the region.

Dear Editor, This society must stop allowing elected officials to carry us for a ride. 

LAHORE, Pakistan, CMC – Former West Indies captain Darren Sammy blasted a late cameo but it proved in vain as the World XI went down to Pakistan in the opening Twenty20 International of the Independence Cup here yesterday.

Dear Editor While fans around the world were thrilled to the high heavens by the Windies victory against England in the second Test match of the current tour, I join in the chorus that one tree does not a forest make.

The Ministry of Public Infrastructure has invited bids for the upgrade of the Good Success/New Hope river defences.

With Guyana set to participate in the 2017 Antigua and Barbuda annual Independence T20 tournament, preparation is now the focus.

Fresh from competing in the recent Canadian National Full-bore Rifle Shooting Championships, Mahendra Persaud, was in fine form Sunday winning the Guyana National Rifle Association (GNRA) Recorded Shoot at the Timehri Rifle and Pistol Ranges.

A gold processing fee on miners of $2,500 per ounce which came into effect from September 1st will be reviewed.

Dear Editor, We reference your article in the Stabroek News issue of Friday, September, 8 2017 under the caption ‘Council votes 13 to 12 for metered parking with revised contract’.

Jermaine Figueira, a former executive of the Upper Demerara Football Association (UDFA) and current APNU/AFC Parliamentarian is upset at the state of football in Upper Demerara.

Garbage collectors Purans Bros Disposal Inc and Cevons Waste Management have submitted a joint bid to operate the second phase of the Haags Bosch Sanitary Landfill.

Dear Editor, I would like to add my voice to those of many others, including Christopher Ram, Dr Troy Thomas of the Transparency Institute, the Extractive Industry Transparency Initiative (EITI), and editors and columnists of our various media, calling for the immediate release of the oil and gas contract.

ISLAMORADA, Fla.,  (Reuters) – Hurricane Irma evacuees from the Florida Keys began returning to the storm-ravaged island chain yesterday to find homes ripped apart and businesses coated in seaweed amid a debris-strewn landscape where an estimated 25 percent of all dwellings were destroyed.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Chelsea enjoyed a triumphant return to the Champions League after a year out yesterday, thumping the competition’s debutants Qarabag 6-0, including a stunning, if miscued, strike from new signing Davide Zappacosta.

Minister of Social Protection Amna Ally has moved to distance herself from the controversial plan by her junior minister Keith Scott to bar security companies from using single mothers on night shifts.

Dear Editor, We have before us a revenue stream diversification question as it pertains to economic stability and risk mitigation.

Dear Editor, I refer to a letter written in your newspaper on September 8, 2017 by Robin Singh captioned ‘Umpire’s behaviour was completely misguided’.

BARCELONA,  (Reuters) – When Barcelona’s Andres Iniesta was serenaded off the pitch yesterday following a vintage display in a 3-0 win over Juventus that was only rivalled by Lionel Messi, it was easy to forget the gloom that had gripped the Nou Camp two weeks ago.

Despite promises from the school’s board, the expected rehabilitation of the Queen’s College field is yet to start.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said yesterday the U.N.

GUATEMALA CITY, (Reuters) – Guatemala’s federal auditor yesterday said it will investigate a salary bonus the Defence Ministry gives to President Jimmy Morales that raises his earnings by more than a third, making him one of the best paid leaders in Latin America.

Dear Editor, We have read with great interest the article in last Sunday’s Kaieteur News concerning the efforts of Canadian based Guyanese in partnership with international groups to bid for contracts in Guyana.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Cricket West Indies may have dumped the entire West Indies Women’s management team but selectors have retained all 17 players from the failed World Cup campaign, for a 10-day training camp ahead of the upcoming series against Sri Lanka Women.

The family of Goed Fortuin resident Robin Samaroo, who has been missing for three weeks, is seeking the public’s assistance in locating him.

WASHINGTON/SAN FRANCISCO,  (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court yesterday allowed President Donald Trump to broadly implement a ban on refugees entering the country from around the world.

Dear Editor, September 11 marked seventeen years since that fateful day when over two thousand persons perished following the destruction of the World Trade Center at the hands of terrorists.

Four Government Technical Institute (GTI) graduates are benefitting from hands-on training in the oil and gas industry through a programme facilitated by El Dorado Offshore (EDO).

BRASILIA, (Reuters) – A Brazilian Supreme Court judge yesterday authorized an investigation of President Michel Temer for suspected corruption involving a decree regulating ports, adding to graft allegations the president has so far parried with backing from Congress.

GLASGOW,  (Reuters) – Paris St Germain’s attacking trio of Neymar, Kylian Mbappe and Edinson Cavani were all on the scoresheet as they tore Celtic apart to lead the French club to a 5-0 rout in their Champions League Group B opener yesterday.

LONDON,  CMC – Test captain Jason Holder hopes Yorkshire’s acquisition of Kraigg Brathwaite for the two final games of the County Championship can lead to a breakthrough on the circuit for other West Indies players.

Assistant Commissioner of Police Clifton Hicken on Monday said that out of the 170 bicycles that the US embassy recently donated to the Guyana Police Force, 25 were allotted to ‘A’ Division and patrols have commenced in the division.

Dear Editor, The Guyanese economy has now lost its ability to grow at 5%. 

GENEVA,  (Reuters) – Venezuela’s Supreme Court has progressively dismantled the rule of law, becoming an instrument of President Nicolas Maduro’s government in what amounts to a coup against the constitutional order, an international human rights group said on Tuesday.

OSLO,  (Reuters) – Norway’s sovereign wealth fund, the world’s largest, totalled $1 trillion for the first time on Tuesday as booming global stock markets and a rising euro lifted the value of its assets.

BELFAST, Ireland, CMC – Seamer Kesrick Williams is looking forward to building on a solid start to his one-day career when West Indies take on Ireland in a one-off One-Day International here today.

LIMA,  (Reuters) – A ballet dancer in Peru who was caught hiding the leader of the Shining Path in her apartment in 1992 was freed from prison after finishing her 25-year sentence on Monday.

Dear Editor, Of late the nation has heard a lot of noise about “serious deficiencies” in the Guyana Police Force.

Over 300 children from the communities of Charles-town, Albouystown, Tiger Bay and D’Urban Backlands, turned out on Saturday at the Carmel Secondary School, where they participated in group reading sessions in observance of World Literacy Day.

CUPERTINO, Calif., (Reuters) – More than two years after releasing the Apple Watch, Apple Inc has finally been able to replicate 1940s comic strip technology, an advance that analysts say will spur sales.

Around midnight on Saturday the 5th of August Varnika Kundu, a 29-year-old female Indian DJ based in Chandigarh alleged that she was involved in a motor car chase with the son of a politician and his friend who tried to abduct her.

PARIS, (Reuters) – Venezuela’s government and opposition will hold a round of talks in the Dominican Republic today, France’s foreign minister said yesterday, warning Caracas’s leadership that it risked EU sanctions if it failed to engage in negotiations.

Dear Editor, If there is anything that Guyanese have learnt over our brief post-independence period, it is that economic policies very often have a prolonged impact, and policy reversals can be extremely painful and socially destructive. 

PORT-AU-PRINCE,  (Reuters) – Protesters in Haiti damaged commercial buildings in the capital city and set cars on fire yesterday, angered by government tax hikes that come at a time when foreign aid is declining.

(The Sports Xchange) – The Los Angeles Lakers plan to retire the jersey numbers of Kobe Bryant on Dec.

First Lady, Sandra Granger, yesterday sounded the call for amendments to be made to the legal system in the Caribbean that would “comprehensively address the needs of vulnerable groups in the Region, including women and children; the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) community; victims of trafficking and other forms of abuse, and persons living with or affected by HIV/AIDS.

“In time to come,” to borrow the title from Crazy’s masterpiece calypso, West Indian cricket fans will look back at the events that took place last week – 3rd-9th September, 2017 ‒ at the MCC at Lord’s and their feelings will run the gamut from hope to utter disgust.