Daily Archive: Friday, October 27, 2017

  Five commissioners were present for the inaugural meeting of the recently established Local Government Commission, (LGC) today in the boardroom at the Ministry of Communities, Kingston, the Department of Public information said.

The Board of the Guyana Energy Authority (GEA) today expressed concern over a search warrant executed on it yesterday by the Special Organised Crime Unit.

A statement by US Ambassador to Guyana Perry Holloway on the appointment of the GECOM Chairman follows: Like others, my Embassy has been following closely recent developments surrounding the appointment of the Chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM).

  BARCELONA/MADRID,  (Reuters) – The Spanish government moved to impose direct rule over Catalonia on Friday, stripping the region of its autonomy less than an hour after its parliament declared independence in a stunning show of defiance to Madrid.

  NEW YORK,  (Reuters) – Where there is smoke, there tends to be fire, say medical researchers who found frequent marijuana users have about 20 percent more sex than those who abstain.

GASCI Summary of Financials  Session  744  October 23, 2017

GASCI (www.gasci.com/telephone Nº 223-6175/6) reports that session 744’s trading results showed

German’s Restaurant says it has secured a lease at 793 Utica Avenue, Brooklyn, United States to establish the first North American branch of the eatery.

(Trinidad Guardian) The Tobago Regional Health Authority (TRHA) has been ordered to pay compensation to the mother of a 17-year-old boy who died days after he was discharged from the Scarborough General Hospital with stab wounds.

The Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU) yesterday said it will proceed with strike action after it rejected a declaration by the Ministry of Education that teachers would have to accept the same wage and salary increases announced for other public servants.

Mark Campbell was yesterday afternoon handed a life sentence by Justice Simone Morris-Ramlall, after being found guilty by a jury of raping a young boy on two occasions.

As part of its investigation into the findings of a forensic audit of the Guyana Energy Agency (GEA), officers of Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU) yesterday visited the entity’s Quamina Street, Georgetown headquarters.

Twenty-one-year-old Orin Rodrigues yesterday learned that he would be spending the next 30 years of his life behind bars for the killings of his stepsister and nephew, both of whom he knifed to death.

As part of its continuing hurricane-relief efforts, the Government of Guyana will be hosting a mega concert at the D’Urban Park next month to raise funds for the rehabilitation of the affected territories.

Trudy Samuels will be spending the next 18 years behind bars for last year’s killing of his cousin’s husband, Joseph Jaundoo, who was stabbed multiple times about his body.

Over fifty persons benefited from oil spill management training over the last three days which was facilitated by ExxonMobil.

Half-centuries from Chandrapaul Hemraj and wicketkeeper-batsman Anthony Bramble led the Guyana Jaguars to 258 – 8 against the Jamaica Scorpions at stumps on the opening day of the first-round action in the Cricket West Indies (CWI), Professional four – day league at the Guyana National Stadium, Providence yesterday.

A labourer from the Uitvlugt/Meten-Meer-Zorg Neighbourhood Democratic Council (NDC) died after a car collided with him on the Zeeburg Public Road last night.

CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand, CMC – New Zealand Cricket are anxiously anticipating the arrival of West Indies Women, with preparations already underway for the one-day and Twenty20 series starting next March.

A taxi driver, who was charged in July with the possession of over 16 pounds of cannabis, walked out of court a free man yesterday after a city magistrate dismissed the case against him due to lack of evidence.

Ramesh Persaud, the labourer who allegedly chopped Harrynarine Ramnawaj to death more than a week ago during a confrontation over the use of land at Cane Grove Backdam, Mahaica, was on Monday charged with killing him and released on $300,000 bail.

The Guyana Police Force (GPF) is now searching for a travel agent who has allegedly stolen a total of $9M from over a dozen customers.

Cornelius Thomas, the Trinidadian national who was among the six inmates who escaped from the Camp Street Prison in July, was yesterday handed an over three-year-long prison sentence for possession of cannabis with the intent to traffic.

A date was yesterday set for the commencement of the trial of Tiffini Tricia Collison, the woman who is accused of trying to mail four hammocks soaked in cocaine.

Distance runners get ready, in excess of $1 million will be up for grabs when the ‘Oasis 5K Fun Run’ is staged on November 12 at the National Park.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Stroke-maker Sunil Ambris seems to have taken his batting to a different level, says West Indies A head coach, Graeme West.

ST GEORGE, Grenada, CMC – Roland Cato failed to reach his maiden first-class hundred, as he led Windward Islands Volcanoes’ batting before Leeward Islands Hurricanes fought back with a cluster of late wickets in the Regional 4-Day Championship on Thursday.

The attorney for Franz Paul, the former cadet officer charged with shooting a 15-year-old in the mouth in 2014, has requested that a summons be issued for the final defence witness to return to court.

Dr Leyland Lucas,  Visiting Professor at the School of Entrepreneur-ship and Business Innovation (SEBI) at the University of Guyana has said that the pursuit of an effective local content policy for the oil and gas industry must seek, among other things, to create a local content policy that seeks to bring an equity of benefits.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – No play was possible in the day/night, third “Test” between Windies “A” and Sri Lanka “A” on Thursday.

Dear Editor, In reference to an article published in SN’s October 26, 2017 edition under the headline, `More works needed on La Parfaite Harmonie roads, residents say’ please be advised that the works highlighted were not executed by the Ministry of Public Infrastructure, as stated in the article.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Very little play was possible between Barbados Pride and Trinidad & Tobago Red Force in the Regional 4-Day Championship, due to wet conditions on Thursday here.

A construction worker was yesterday remanded on two counts of armed robbery after a city court heard that there are more charges pending against him.

Dear Editor, The PPP/C continues to express its grave concerns about the unfair and unhealthy developments as it relates to the procurement process to identify the Contractor for the New Demerara River crossing.

Some of the country’s major and modest agro-processors will set out their stalls at the `Uncapped’ event today at the National Exhibition Centre, Sophia, hoping for a fruitful interface with major supermarkets and other outlets that will significantly grow the home market for local agro produce. 

  BLOEMFONTEIN, South Africa, (Reuters) – Quinton de Kock scored his highest Twenty20 international score of 59 to lead South Africa to a 20-run victory over Bangladesh on Thursday in the first game of the series.

Dear Editor, The recent Constitutional appointment by His Excellency David Arthur Granger has publicly revealed what Africans in Guyana and the Caribbean all know.

The Georgetown Football Association (GFA) Stag Beer Premier League resumes today at the Georgetown Football Club (GFC) ground, Bourda with a doubleheader.

An interior businessman who said that he took a quantity of raw gold from a mining camp as payment for the use of his machinery,  on  Wednesday appeared before Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan and was charged with intent to steal.

MEXICO CITY, (Reuters) – Lewis Hamilton says he wants to secure his fourth Formula One title by winning Sunday’s Mexican Grand Prix, rather than finishing fifth.

As 2020 draws closer the learning curve associated with Guyana becoming an oil and gas country will become steeper.

Dear Editor, I wish to refer to the news item `Berbice Bar hammers President over GECOM’ (SN October 24, 2017).

SINGAPORE, (Reuters) – Swiss great Martina Hingis has announced she will retire from tennis at the end of this week’s WTA Finals, where the 37-year-old multiple grand slam champion is playing in the doubles tournament alongside Taiwan’s Chan Yung-jan.

Dear Editor, Recent events in the country have left many aghast.

By Dr.  Leyland Lucas   Visiting Professor School of Enterprise and Business Innovation University of Guyana   As Guyana prepares for the flow of oil and gas in 2020, there is a great deal of discussion surrounding how this nation will benefit.

BASEL, Switzerland,(Reuters) – Top seed Roger Federer needed less than an hour to dispatch Benoit Paire 6-1 6-3 and reach the quarter-finals of the Swiss Indoors tournament on Thursday — treating his home fans to another masterclass.

TORONTO,  (Reuters) – A regional Latin American grouping on Thursday agreed more steps may be needed to further isolate Venezuela, where President Nicolas Maduro has been accused of stamping on rights and democracy, said Canadian Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland.

Dear Editor, As Guyana celebrates cancer awareness month once again let us continue to support victims and survivors of this dreadful affliction that has claimed the lives of so many human beings.

SINGAPORE,(Reuters) – Venus Williams let her tennis do the talking after she avenged her Wimbledon final defeat by Garbine Muguruza to battle past the Spaniard and into the WTA Finals semi-finals on Thursday.

Gold Prices for the three day period ending Thursday October 26, 2017 Kitco is a Canadian company that buys and sells precious metals such as gold, copper and silver.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – The U.S. House of Representatives helped pave the way yesterday for deep tax cuts sought by President Donald Trump and Republican leaders, but barely overcame a revolt within party ranks that could foreshadow trouble ahead.

Team Yvette Bunbury, Bibi Hasan and Vonette Mayers secured contrasting wins, when the ‘We Believe Cup’ Women’s Futsal Championship, commenced on Wednesday at the National Gymnasium, Mandela Avenue.

Dear Editor, Dead men, even the mightiest, tell no tales. As such it is unsurprising that someone as uncomfortable with the truth as Hamilton Green, should present the late Julius Nyerere as witness to his claim that Walter Rodney was expelled from Tanzania because of a thirst for violence.

MADRID/BARCELONA,  (Reuters) – Catalonia’s leader Carles Puigdemont yesterday said he would not hold a new regional election to break the deadlock between Madrid and separatists wanting to split from Spain, sharpening a political crisis that could turn into direct confrontation.

(Jamaica Gleaner) The Agriculture Ministry says the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signed with China does not allow Chinese vessels or fishers to fish in Jamaican waters.

(Trinidad Guardian)  T&T’s middle class is shrinking, squeezed between the super-rich and a growing number of poor at the bottom, Independent Senator David Small has warned.

(Trinidad Guardian) Education Minister Anthony Garcia has once again made the call to principals to enforce the ban on cell phones with cameras in all schools.

Amid much anticipation, the playoff round for the 2017 edition of the Guinness ‘Greatest of the Streets’ Georgetown Zone, is slated to commence November Saturday 11th.

OSLO,  (Reuters) – Norway’s $1 trillion sovereign wealth fund should remain a unit of the Norwegian central bank, though a split could be considered if the fund invests in more unlisted assets, the bank’s board said on Thursday.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump declared the opioid crisis a public health emergency yesterday, stopping short of a national emergency declaration he promised months ago that would have freed up more federal money.

Dear Editor, The Gecom Chairman selection imbroglio has become the new talking point in the local media and among politically inclined Guyanese at home and abroad, and for good reason: the future of the country is at stake, depending on which party or party leader different media houses and Guyanese favour.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday ordered the unveiling of 2,800 documents related to the 1963 assassination of President John F.

The Guyana Boxing Association (GBA) annual Lennox Blackmoore Intermediate Champion-ships will box-off tonight at the National Gymnasium.

Uncapped agro-processing expo set: The Uncapped agro-processing expo is set to get underway today at the Sophia Exhibition Centre.

(Trinidad Express) A man who allegedly set his wife on fire because he did not want the meal of patchoi and roti she was cooking went on trial on Wednes-day.

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Dear Editor, It is said that a good deal is when both parties to the deal leave the negotiating table feeling disappointed.

Qualfon is hiring, hiring, hiring…   (And to think, to decide that I had reserved the description “petulant” exclusively for Doctor Bharrat Jagdeo during the latter years of his active presidency.

KOSAMBI, Indonesia,  (Reuters) – Two explosions tore through a fireworks factory on the outskirts of Indonesia’s capital yesterday, killing at least 47 people and injuring dozens.

As the 2017 cycling season winds down, more and more riders are turning up to the starting line looking for some late season form to ride into 2018.

Part 21   EITI Admission That troublesome confidentiality provision in the law and the Petroleum Agreement has once more attracted attention with the announcement that Guyana is now officially the 53rd candidate country of the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI).

-says draft Petroleum Commission Bill not perfect Even as the need to further enhance public understanding of the oil and gas industry leading up to the commencement of the recovery process in 2020 becomes increasingly important the Stabroek News continues to play an important role in the local reportage on what is “one of the most important occurrences in Guyana’s history,” former Trinidad and Tobago Energy Minister Kevin Ramnarine said earlier this week.

(Trinidad Express) While Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley was addressing the media yesterday afternoon regarding his trip to Belize and flood-related matters, the country was recording its 400th murder.

Since coming into office in May 2015, the APNU+AFC administration has shown an unusual appetite for courting controversy by making decisions and taking actions that are not only unwelcomed by the political opposition, but unpopular with the masses as well.

Dear Editor, The Mabaruma Township (Barima-Waini) residents are somewhat relieved that their deplorable roads are in the process of being fixed by a road fixing crew even though no one is engaged in monitoring and evaluation (M&E) to ensure that sub-standard work is not done.

Yesterday morning Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs, Basil Williams SC (third from right) met with US Ambassador Perry Holloway (second from right) and Canadian High Commissioner  Lilian Chatterjee (second from left) to discuss the Justice Education Society Project- Strengthening the Criminal Justice System in Guyana.