Daily Archive: Monday, November 6, 2017

President David Granger’s unilateral appointment of a Chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission is undemocratic and has been compounded by his refusal to provide reasons for the rejection of nominees by the Opposition Leader, according a lengthy statement today from Transparency Institute Guyana Inc (TIGI).

  TOKYO,  (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday that Japan would shoot North Korean missiles “out of the sky” if it bought the U.S.

Floodlights softball Masters, watched by a fair sized crowd, retained the Guyana Softball Seven Masters Cup after defeating Regal by nine wickets in the Masters final played at the Demerara Cricket Club (DCC) last evening.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Vincentian stroke-maker Sunil Ambris has been rewarded for his recent prolific scoring and named in a West Indies 15-man squad for the two-Test tour of New Zealand starting later this month.

Guyana’s Mahendra Persaud is in excellent position to win the Commonwealth Shooting Federation (CSF) rifle shooting championships held at the Belmont Shooting Centre, Brisbane going into today’s final day.

Guyana got off to the perfect start in the Central American and Caribbean Games 2018 Hockey Qualifiers defeating Panama and Puerto Rico in the women and men’s division respectively yesterday.

FLORENCE HALL, Jamaica, CMC – Man-of-the-Match Sheldon Cottrell conjured up a lethal spell to fire West Indies A to a series-levelling 45-run win over Sri Lanka A in the final one-dayer of the three-match series here yesterday.

(The Sports Xchange) – For the first time since the 2008-09 season, the Detroit Pistons are off to a 7-3 start following a 108-99 victory over the Sacramento Kings on Saturday.

The Private Sector Commission (PSC) has submitted a proposal on its interest in the acquisition of the Enmore, East Coast Demerara sugar estate, sources say.

Addressing a PNCR conference on Saturday in Georgia, USA, President David Granger inveighed against elitism in the party and said  a big question for members is how the party will retain office after 2020 when elections are to be held.

MADRID, (Reuters) – Just six months after Cristiano Ronaldo racked up 25 league goals to propel Real Madrid to the Liga title, the Portuguese hitman seems to have lost his scoring touch.

TAROUBA, Trinidad, CMC – Leg-spinner Imran Khan snatched his 19th five-wicket haul in first class cricket but it proved in vain as Trinidad and Tobago Red Force were held to a draw by Jamaica Scorpions on the final day of their second round contest here yesterday.

Dear​ ​Editor, We wish to respond to the claims of Sherlina Nageer and friends who penned a letter titled `Government should halt HPV vaccination programme, there are better options’ to your​ ​newspaper​ ​dated​ ​03/11/2017.

Handing out of new radio licences by the broadcast authority constitutes acceptance of the controversial distribution by former President Bharrat Jagdeo in 2011, just weeks before he demitted office, according to attorney Anil Nandlall.

Santos and Northern Rangers secured hard-fought wins when the Georgetown Football Association (GFA) 2017/2-18 Senior League continued yesterday at the Georgetown Football Club (GFC) ground, Bourda.

Columnist Ralph Ramkarran has decried President David Granger’s characterising on Thursday of the governing coalition as a `winner-does-not take-it-all’ model.

Dear Editor, I read with great pleasure the training of members of the Guyana Police Force Strategic Management Unit (SMU) which was recently conducted by the British Government.

The family of a 22-year-old teacher of Richard Ishmael Secondary is seeking answers after she was found unconscious on the side of the road in the vicinity of Princes Street and Louisa Row, Georgetown yesterday morning.

Oops! They did it again. Cleveland Forde, Cleveland Thomas and Winston Missigher’s dream run continued yesterday in the second leg of the South American 10k Classic as they swept the podium a week after pulling off the same feat on the streets of Paramaribo, Suriname.

Dear Editor, I just finished reading a 400-page biography of Jorge Bergoglio, now Pope Francis. 

(Trinidad Express) Trinidadian Andre Neverson is one of the Most Wanted men in the United States.

As of January 1, 2018, all importers of timber products, who focus on the importation of Pinewood, will be required to obtain an import permit from the Guyana Forestry Commission (GFC), the Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR) says.

Dear Editor, According to the mother, on Tuesday her daughter left for school as per normal.

(Reuters) – Paceman James Anderson picked up four wickets as England’s opening warm-up game of their Ashes tour against a young Western Australia XI ended in a draw in Perth yesterday.

(Trinidad Express) Two months after the death of a police officer in an apartment fire, a 33-year-old woman has been charged with his murder.

The Ministry of Public through its Department of Adolescent Health, staged the second annual Inter-Schools Fitness Challenge recently at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall, Homestretch Avenue.

Stable owners get ready, the provisional race programme for the Jumbo Jet’s Guyana Cup Rematch scheduled for December 3 has been released.

Dear Editor, Please grant me the space in your publication to clear up a misconception that the public may have regarding the sordid situation at City Hall involving a former rank of the City Constabulary and a minor.

After returning home from grocery shopping on Saturday afternoon, Guyana Times columnist Ryhaan Shah was held at gunpoint and robbed of her car.

(Reuters) – Opener Colin Munro smashed a career-best 109 not out to help secure New Zealand’s series-levelling 40-run victory in the second Twenty20 International against India on Saturday.

A powerful 5.7 earthquake was felt in sections of Trinidad and Tobago and as far north as St Vincent and the Grenadines yesterday.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross has kept investments in a shipping firm with significant business ties to Russian President Vladimir Putin’s inner circle, U.S.

This article is based on a presentation that I made at Moray House last Thursday evening.

Guyana’s Shemar Britton whipped reigning Caribbean men’s singles champion Samuel Galvez 3-1 Friday when the WASA Invitational Table Tennis Tournament commenced at the WASA club, Farm Road, St Joseph, but his team Gladiators was beaten 2-4 by Invaders in the opening encounter.

CARACAS, (Reuters) – Prominent Venezuelan lawmaker Freddy Guevara has sought refuge in the Chilean ambassador’s residence in Caracas amid fears he could be jailed, a development that leaves the ailing opposition with even fewer leaders to take on leftist President Nicolas Maduro.

We welcome the long-awaited appointment by the APNU+AFC government of the seminal Local Government Commission (LGC) notwithstanding concerns about the basis on which the AFC General Secretary Marlon Williams was chosen as a member.

By Nigel Westmaas   Nigel Westmaas teaches at Hamilton College   A few months ago Gerald Pereira, the leader of the Organisation for the Victory of the People asked a bold, pointed question in a letter to Stabroek News: “Where are all the socialists and anti-imperialists in our midst?”

Dear Editor, As we start November and year-end beckons, it is a sad reminder that there exists no premier football competition in the country.

(Trinidad Guardian) A prison officer narrowly escaped being shot and killed at his Foster Road, Sangre Grande home on Friday night.

Berbice police have taken two suspects into custody as they continue to probe the alleged drugging and rape of two teenagers on Tuesday last.

Lalloo Tekchand: `I think the President’s decision is very much unfair to the Guyanese people and it’s very much unconstitutional in the sense that the opposition leader presented on three occasions 18 names and the law is saying that you’re supposed to choose one of the 18 and he went out on one of the darkest nights in Guyana, Diwali night, to make this announcement, an old man who is 84 years, James Patterson, to be the GECOM Chairman.

A new Digicel cell tower was commissioned on Saturday in Coomacka, Region 10 by Minister of Public Telecommunications Catherine Hughes, Chief Executive Officer of Digicel Gregory Dean, Chairman of the community Dexter Harding and other officials.