Daily Archive: Friday, October 6, 2017

    Minister of Finance,  Winston Jordan last evening hosted a cocktail reception in honour of Julie Katzman, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of the Inter – American Development Bank (IDB), a press release from the ministry said tonight.

Horse cart racing on the East Coast Highway at 5 pm today.

A post-mortem examination was conducted on the bodies of Constance Fraser and Phyllis Caesar today at 9.30 am by Government Pathologist, Dr.

Via a Special Purpose Unit (SPU), the government holding company, NICIL is inviting `Letters of Interest’ in the privatisation and/or diversification of the Skeldon, Rose Hall, Wales and East Demerara `Enmore’ sugar estates.

Prompt and spirited action by a resident of the Soesdyke/Linden area has led to the recapture of prison escapee Dellon Blake who escaped from lawful custody at the Lusignan Prison on October 04, 2017.

  OSLO/GENEVA,  (Reuters) – The Norwegian Nobel Committee, warning of a rising risk of nuclear war and the spread of weapons to North Korea, awarded the 2017 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday to a little-known campaign group seeking a global ban on nuclear arms.

(Trinidad Guardian) Former CL Financial (CLF) executive chairman Lawrence Duprey is being sued by a former subsidiary in The Bahamas for US$122 million, over a failed land development in Florida.

A policewoman was yesterday chopped to death in her Number 30 Village, West Coast Berbice home and her attacker, a neighbour whom she had grown up with, later hanged himself, leaving unanswered questions about what led to the grisly murder.

Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo yesterday said that approximately 80 Guyanese will be flown home after the recent hurricanes, which left Dominica, the British Virgin Islands and Barbuda with catastrophic damage.

The partially decomposed body of the woman who was found at the Foulis Seawall Access road, East Coast Demerara (ECD) more than a week ago has been positively identified as domestic worker, Indroutie Dass.

Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday ex-pressed optimism that President David Granger has chosen a nominee from his third list to serve as Guyana Elections Com-mission (Gecom) chairperson and that the planned meeting between the two will be to inform him of the selection.

With the Pan American Indoor Hockey Cup slated to commence on local shores on October 14th, President of the Guyana Hockey Board (GHB) Philip Fernandes conducted an exclusive interview with Stabroek Sport on the preparation for the continental championship?

The 2nd Annual Antigua Barbuda Cricket Association Independence (ABCA) Tri 20 tournament 2017 commences today and runs until 14th October in Antigua.

More than a year since losing his wife after the motorcycle they were travelling on was hit by a car, Steve Fiedtkou, who has been charged with causing her death, finally got the chance to tell his side of the story when he led his defence at his trial yesterday.

Amid reports that FIFA has halted funding to the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) following an audit probe of the 11-month normalization committee which served from October 2014, it has been disclosed that a qualified opinion was issued on the GFF’s 2016 accounts as it did not provide adequate documentation.

The Commission of Inquiry (CoI) into African ancestral land matters on Wednesday heard from witnesses who said they were dispossessed of family lands under the Bharrat Jagdeo administration.

– sweep all three divisions Colts secured the 1st Division title to clinch an unprecedented sweep of the Georgetown Amateur Basketball Association (GABA) ‘League Championship’ trophies, defeating Plaisance Guardians 93-86, to win their best of three series 2-1 on Wednesday.

Cabinet has given its approval for two payments, totalling almost $6 million, for the medical treatment of former magistrate Fazil Azeez, who was shot in the back in 2015, in Cuba.

The  Guyana Water Inc (GWI) is currently testing modernised ultrasonic meters by means of a three- month pilot project, as it seeks to make estimated bills and misinterpreted meter readings a thing of the past.

There are unmistakable signs of jitteriness in the Coren-tyne business community.

GPF vs Eastveldt,  Pele vs Northern Rangers The inaugural Petra Organization coordinated ‘Turbo Energy Drink Knockout Football Championship’, will commence today at the Ministry of Education ground, Carifesta Avenue.

Dear Editor, We refer to a letter in Stabroek News of October 3, 2017 with the caption ‘Ram left out two names in his letter’ written by Frederick Kissoon.

Two suspects were on Tuesday arrested for questioning in connection with the South Road and Albert Street, Georgetown murder of two elderly women.

Lawyer for United States-based Guyanese pilot Khamraj Lall, who is facing new money laundering and drug trafficking charges, is seeking to have him transferred to another jail to facilitate easier access to him by his family and legal team, among other things.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad,CMC – Head coach, Dennis Lawrence, says Trinidad and Tobago will be keeping their heads up against mighty Mexico, despite already suffering elimination from the 2018 CONCACAF World Cup qualifying campaign.

Guyana’s economy could still falter, the imminent exploitation of oil and gas notwithstanding, unless we remain focused on “the broader imperatives of supporting investments and job creation across our society”, according to the President of the manufacturers association, Shyam Nokta.

BLOEMFONTEIN, South Africa, CMC – West Indies Twenty20 star, Kieron Pollard, has been named to lead Bloem City Blazers in South Africa’s T20 Global League which bowls off here next month.

Dear Editor, The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) has made note of the letter in your September 28, 2017 edition (p 6) titled ‘Why does GRA no longer give mortgage interest relief to first-time home owners if they don’t have taxable income?’

Alvin Murdock, the American citizen who was charged with cocaine possession on Wednesday, changed his plea to not guilty yesterday after he learned that the offence carries a minimum jail sentence of three years.

Although the leaking of the final report of the Commission of Inquiry (CoI) into the police’s handling of the alleged plot to assassinate him is a concern, President David Granger has said that ensuring there is a police force that can be trusted and is efficient in addressing crime is more important.

BLOEMFONTEIN, South Africa (Reuters) – A lengthy injury list in the bowling department poses a conundrum for South Africa as they decide on the line-up for the second test against Bangladesh starting today, captain Faf du Plessis said.

Dear Editor,   The Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism Act (2009) in Guyana states, “politically exposed person means an individual who is or has been entrusted with prominent public functions on behalf of a state, including a Head of State or of government, senior politicians, senior government, judicial or military officials, senior executives of state owned corporations, important political party officials, including family members or close associates of the politically exposed person whether that person is resident in Guyana or not.”

BELFAST, (Reuters) – Germany qualified for the World Cup in style on Thursday when superb early strikes from Sebastian Rudy and Sandro Wagner set them on the way to a 3-1 win away to Northern Ireland.

(Reuters) – England are focused on getting the best out of their players and beating Australia during the Ashes tour and will not be distracted by the absence of all-rounder Ben Stokes, seamer James Anderson has said.

An Onderneeming, West Bank Demerara shop owner was yesterday afternoon robbed at gunpoint when he came under attack from three men posing as customers.

Dear Editor, This year, October 5, marks the twenty-fifth anniversary of the first free and fair elections in Guyana since independence in 1966. 

Dear Editor,   The visit by the Leader of the Opposition Bharrat Jagdeo to the community of Linden the day before yesterday drew people in the vicinity to listen to what he had to say.

I have spent weeks considering the content of this article; reading numerous articles that were scathingly critical of the archaic way the image of the public has been managed over the past few years.

LA PAZ,  (Reuters) – Brazil were held to a 0-0 draw away to Bolivia in a World Cup qualifier on Thursday with home goalkeeper Carlos Lampe in outstanding form to frustrate the five-times world champions.

Following the flooding of River View and surrounding areas on Wednesday because of an open koker, the attendant and the supervisor have been sent on administrative leave and a detailed analysis of all of the sluices in the city has been launched.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – President Donald Trump is expected to announce soon that he will decertify the landmark international deal to curb Iran’s nuclear programme, a senior administration official said yesterday, in a step that potentially could cause the 2015 accord to unravel.

NEW YORK,  (Reuters) – Puerto Rico’s benchmark general obligation bonds fell on Wednesday, hitting a record low, after U.S.

Dear Editor, This country is becoming an increasingly dangerous place.  There are lots of unhinged and unaccounted for folks out there who are more dangerous than people armed with guns. 

LONDON, (Reuters) – England qualified for next year’s World Cup finals after Harry Kane’s stoppage time goal earned a 1-0 win over Slovenia on Thursday although his late effort masked a turgid display.

An East Coast Demerara family is seeking the public’s help to find their motor car after they say it was hijacked by a gunman on Wednesday evening in the vicinity of the Sheriff Street Royal Castle.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Divisions over the future of British Prime Minister Theresa May burst into the open yesterday with allies saying she should carry on and a former Conservative Party chairman claiming the support of 30 lawmakers for a plot to topple her.

(Reuters) – Uruguay failed to break down Venezuela in a 0-0 draw on Thursday and were left waiting to bag what looks a certain place at the 2018 World Cup finals.

The government is to table a bill at the next sitting of parliament to address the issue of the loss of farm produce through theft, according to a release yesterday from the Department of Public Information (DPI).

Dear Editor, President Granger was reported to have said that “Guyana’s vast landscape can serve as a ‘gift’ to Caribbean islands devastated by recent hurricanes”. 

OSLO,  (Reuters) – Norway will study ways to make its economy greener and reduce dependence on oil and gas reserves that are likely to lose value amid efforts to slow climate change, Environment Minister Vidar Helgesen said yesterday.

(Prepared by the Guyana Marketing Corporation and published by Stabroek Business as a public service)

It is unclear when a decision will be handed down in the case brought by a group of Seafield, West Coast Berbice rice farmers, who have challenged the revocation of their land leases by President David Granger.

With domestic food security continuing to be a matter of the highest national priority, the National Agricultural Research and Extension Institute (NAREI) says that the protection of the country’s agricultural sector from the introduction of imported pests and diseases continues to the focus of the National Plant Protection Organization.

Dear Editor, Many Guyanese are perturbed by the offer of free land to victims of the recent hurricane in the Caribbean, whereas refugees who have no food, water or shelter are at the mercy of the elements.

LAS VEGAS,  (Reuters) – The U.S. gun lobby, which has seldom embraced new firearms-control measures, voiced a readiness yesterday to restrict a rifle accessory that enabled a Las Vegas gunman to strafe a crowd with bursts of sustained heavy fire as if from an automatic weapon.

(Reuters) – Scotland kept alive their hopes of reaching the World Cup Finals with a last-gasp 1-0 victory over 10-man Slovakia at Hampden Park on Thursday.

RIO DE JANEIRO, (Reuters) – The Brazilian police on Thursday arrested the head of the national Olympics committee, who is accused of arranging more than $2 million in bribes to get the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to pick Rio de Janeiro as host of the 2016 games.

GASCI Summary of Financials Session 741 October 2, 2017

A humanist approach should be taken in addressing land issues, Dr Kimani Nehusi told the tribunal investigating ancestral land matters on Monday, even as he urged that Africans be given lands approximate in size to what they would have “humanised” on the coast.

 Dear Editor, The main provisions of the Local Government Commission Act 2013, differ substantially from those relating to the Local Government Commission contained in its predecessor, the Municipal & District Councils Act, Cap 28:01.

The Guyana Defence Force and the University of Guyana yesterday signed a  Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for educational collaboration.

BARCELONA/MADRID,  (Reuters) – Spain’s Constitutional Court yesterday ordered the suspension of Monday’s session of the regional Catalan parliament, throwing into doubt its plans to declare unilateral independence from Spain.

Arnold Rodney Castello, the 27-year-old minibus driver, who was driving when he collided with 42-year-old labourer Mahendra Dyal, resulting in his death, last Saturday, was on Monday granted bail in the sum of $750,000.

Dear Editor,   The gruesome murder of two elderly women at their Bourda residence has once again brought to the fore the extent to which some people can go to satisfy their material wants.

SUZUKA, Japan, (Reuters) – Lewis Hamilton says there will be no easing off the throttle even if he does not have to win another race after Sunday’s Japanese Grand Prix to secure a fourth Formula One title.

SAN JOSE,  (Reuters) – Tropical Storm Nate killed at least 10 people in Central America yesterday as it pummeled the region with heavy rain while heading toward Mexico’s Caribbean resorts and the U.S.

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SAO PAULO,  (Reuters) – The Brazilian Congress approved yesterday legislation allowing parties and candidates to force social media outlets to immediately withdraw offensive or defamatory content by anonymous authors.

Gold Prices for the three-day period ending Thursday October 5, 2017

Trotman and Turbot The good news This column keeps meeting distractions from week to week.

STOCKHOLM, (Reuters) – Kazuo Ishiguro, the British author of “The Remains of the Day”, won the Nobel Prize for Literature on Thursday for a run of “exquisite” novels that the award body said mixed Franz Kafka with Jane Austen.

The murders, the rapes, the robberies, the corruption, the road fatalities, at the courts and hospitals mentally saturated, today I employ the escapist route, for relatively “lighter sides.”

The alleged housing fraud in Essequibo, which led to the detention and subsequent dismissal of two senior housing officers is still being investigated, CH&PA Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Lelon Saul said recently.

Dear Editor,   I am a Guyanese living in Jamaica, and a keen cricket fan, revelling in the glory days of batting giants like Kanhai, Butcher, Solomon amd Fredericks in the ʼ60s, and then later on the likes of Lloyd, Hooper and Chanderpaul.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – A former British spy who compiled a dossier with allegations that Russia helped Donald Trump in the 2016 U.S.

(Trinidad Guardian) Dominica is in urgent need of heavy equipment to clear “thousands of tonnes of debris,” roadways and landslips that continue to hamper relief efforts.

Challenged by a limp economy and a wave of competition from internationally-branded fast food franchises, Jad and Ryan Rahaman are busying themselves seeking to restore the fortunes of J.R.

Two very important statistics in assessing the overall health of a society are the number of maternal deaths – that is, the death of a woman while pregnant or within 42 days of the termination of pregnancy ‒ and the rate of infant mortality, defined as the number of infant deaths for every 1,000 live births.

(Reuters) – Russian teenager Andrey Rublev recovered from a set and a break down to storm past former winner Tomas Berdych and into the China Open quarter-finals on Thursday.

GASCI (www.gasci.com/telephone Nº 223-6175/6) reports that session 741’s trading results showed consideration of $27,708,720 from 206,687 shares traded in 9 transactions as compared to session 740’s trading results which showed consideration of $2,328,445 from 11,794 shares traded in 6 transactions. 

The disclosure yesterday that DDL is looking to invest $10 billion dollars in consolidation and expansion initiatives over the next three years is good news in more ways than one.

LOS ANGELES,  (Reuters) – Oscar-winning movie producer Harvey Weinstein yesterday threatened to sue the New York Times after it reported that he had been the target of sexual harassment complaints.