Daily Archive: Monday, November 13, 2017

A cashier/receptionist who was employed at the Woodlands Hospital and a security guard were today charged with stealing a little over $1 million from the institution.

DUBLIN, (Reuters) – Irish musician and activist Bob Geldof called Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi “a hand maiden to genocide” on Monday as he returned his Freedom of the City of Dublin award in protest over his fellow recipient’s response to the repression of Rohingya Muslims.

(Trinidad Guardian) Hundreds of arriving passengers had to wait for several hours yesterday to be cleared by immigration as only two officers were on duty as several international flights touched down at Piarco International Airport.

Minister of Business Dominic Gaskin agrees with the Private Sector Commission’s (PSC) condemnation of the Guyana Power and Light Company’s (GPL) management which it says seems to hold no solution to a reliable power supply.

Minister of Communities, Ronald Bulkan has written to the city’s Town Clerk saying that the corporal who was dismissed for supposedly failing to take action during an alleged sexual assault on a minor by a lance corporal, must be given a fair hearing.

Two police constables and the ex-partner of Kescia Branche remain in custody following an attack which left her mortally wounded along Cemetery Road.

The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) received more than $4 billion in income tax from the self-employed last year but according to Auditor General Deodat Sharma only a mere 20% of the active registrants filed returns.

Just over two months after it said it was seeking a dual-fuel, 50-megawatt (MW) generating plant, the Guyana Power and Light (GPL) yesterday altered the advertisement so that it pertains only to natural gas.

The Bar Council of the Guyana Bar Association (GBA) is finalising its list of nominees for the Legal Practitioners Committee (LPC), which could be up and running by the end of this month, GBA President Kamal Ramkarran says.

The Public Procurement Commission (PPC) has a responsibility to investigate all complaints and cannot use workload or the unavailability of resources to determine which case is looked at first, PPP Executive Gail Teixeira said on Saturday.

The investigation into the discovery of a plane near an illegal airstrip near Yupukari, in Region Nine, found significant collusion by residents of several villages in supporting unlawful aircraft activities, with the knowledge of a number of their leaders.

The number of hours spent commuting between Port Kaituma and Matthews Ridge has reportedly been significantly reduced, as the rehabilitative works on the road, connecting the two communities, which started in April, nears completion.

Alliance for Change Leader Raphael Trotman is still to explain his presence at the State House meeting when President David Granger informed Opposi-tion Leader Bharrat Jagdeo of his unilateral choosing of Gecom Chairman, retired Justice James Patterson.

Guyana Times columnist Ryhaan Shah, who was robbed at gunpoint of her car over a week ago is disappointed with the manner in which the matter is being investigated and is calling for a thorough probe so that the perpetrators can be apprehended.

Three driver Vishok Persaud capped a fine day at the final leg of the  Guyana Motor Racing and Sports Club (GMR&SC) race of Champions meet yesterday at the South Dakota Circuit by winning three Group Three races in his Lotus.

Despite low attendance at the estates across the country, the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) says it is on the track to achieve its second crop target, but is still imploring workers to focus on their tasks.

Guyana’s 19-year-old badminton sensation Narayan Ramdhani struck gold when he captured the U23 men’s singles title at the VRC Remembrance Day Open badminton tournament in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada played at the Vancouver Racquets Club last weekend.

Guyana’s participation in the upcoming Rugby Americas North (RAN) Sevens championships in Mexico later this month hangs in the balance according to the Guyana Rugby Football Union (GRFU).

KINGSTON, Jamaica,  CMC – Barbados Pride got the better of the exchanges on the penultimate day of their day/night third round encounter against Jamaica Scorpions to close in on first innings lead in the rain-hit contest.

BASSETERRE, St Kitts, CMC – Veteran former West Indies left-hander, Shiv Chanderpaul, carved out a phenomenal 77th first class hundred and passed 27 000 runs career runs as he rescued Guyana Jaguars and forced a draw on the final day of their Regional four-day contest against Leeward Islands Hurricanes here yesterday.

DHAKA, Bangladesh, CMC – West Indies Twenty20 captain, Carlos Brathwaite, played a key role to help lift Khulna Titans to an 18-run win over Chittagong Vikings in the Bangladesh Premier League at the Shere Bangla National Stadium here yesterday.

MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – England coach Trevor Bayliss is concerned by his batsmen’s tendency to collapse and says starts will need to be converted into centuries if the touring side is to win the Ashes series against Australia.

Lest we forget: Government officials, members of the military and diplomatic corps along with veterans from the Guyana Legion and others, yesterday morning braved the rainy weather, to commemorate Remembrance Day at the Cenotaph, Georgetown, the Department of Public Information reported.

(The Sports Xchange) – Rookie Lonzo Ball became the youngest player in NBAhistory to record a triple-double, finishing with 19 points, 13 assists and 12 rebounds, but it wasn’t enough as the Los Angeles Lakers were dealt a 98-90 loss by the Milwaukee Bucks on Saturday.

Amelia’s Ward Jets successfully defended the biennial Brusches Classic Basketball championships after defeating 2013 winners and Georgetown unit Ravens 55-44 Saturday at the Mackenzie Sports Club (MSC) Hardcourt, Linden.

These garbage bags filled with grass that was weeded from the parapets of New Market and Waterloo streets are still waiting to be picked up by the Mayor and City Council nearly a week after.

SAO PAULO, (Reuters) – Sebastian Vettel restored Ferrari pride with victory in the Brazilian Grand Prix yesterday while newly-crowned four-times world champion Lewis Hamilton produced the drive of the day from last to fourth for Mercedes.

Winston Missigher capitalized on the absence of Cleveland Forde to win yesterday’s Oasis 5 K road race which started and ended outside the Children’s Monument in the National Park yesterday.

Dear Editor, I wish, as a citizen and a former parliamentarian, to make an appeal to the members of the National Assembly on both sides of the aisle.

The annual GTM Health and Fitness Expo yesterday attracted a large turnout at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall yesterday.

Dear Editor, The debate on the interpretation of  Article 161 (2) of the Constitution has continued, with increased intensity, following the rejection of lists of eighteen persons named by the Leader of the Opposition and the unilateral appointment of Justice James Patterson by President Granger.

Dear Editor, In an exclusive interview with HGP Nightly News on Thursday, November 9, Minister of Social Protection, Amna Ally “fired back” at the Leader of the Opposition, calling him a “lawless leader” and a “reckless leader”, for saying that the PPP do not respect the Head of State.

BARCELONA, (Reuters) – When Spain play Russia in St Petersburg tomorrow, Real Betis midfielder Javi Garcia will watch from home in envy as his former international team mates tread on the turf he never got to grace.

LONDON, (Reuters) – A few hours after old master Roger Federer reminded everyone of his enduring magic, Alexander Zverev, the man leading the next generation of men’s tennis, dazzled on his ATP Finals debut.

Dear Editor, Rastafari community of all Guyana and their counterparts are moved to release this manuscript and response to a recent letter by ‘Sam Hinds, Roger Luncheon, Bishop Edghill, Gillian Burton and others of African Descent, members of the of the PPP and PPPC’, that appeared in Stabroek News (October 31, 2017) as ‘Fair minded Guyanese of African descent must stand against this departure from the Carter Formula’.

It has been little more than a year with little progress in the case of the assault on Roger Gautier, the handicapped man who was dealt a blow to the jaw by an irate minibus driver after an accident at the Demerara Harbour Bridge.

Dear Editor, I refer to the article titled, `Do not fly out and abandon Guyana’ (SN November 12). 

BAGHDAD/ANKARA,  (Reuters) – A magnitude 7.3 earthquake hit the region around the border between Iran and Iraq yesterday, killing at least 145 people state media in the two countries said, as rescuers searched for dozens trapped under rubble.

(Trinidad Guardian) Trinidad and Tobago country imported $32.7 billion in food—mainly fruits and vegetables, cereals, dairy and meat—between 2011 and 2016.

CARACAS,  (Reuters) – Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said yesterday the country would never default on its debt, a day before debt talks with creditors that will be overseen by two officials under sanction by the United States.

BEIRUT,  (Reuters) – Saad al-Hariri warned yesterday Lebanon was at risk of Gulf Arab sanctions because of the Shi’ite group Hezbollah’s regional meddling and said he would return to Lebanon within days to affirm he had resigned as the country’s prime minister.

Dear Editor, I write to bring to the Nation’s attention – the disturbing trend of animal abuse emerging from Berbice – Home Ear Cropping.

(Trinidad Guardian) One of the issues the forensic audit currently being completed by Kroll Consulting Canada Co (Kroll) will seek to answer is why A&V Oil and Gas’ daily oil production fell by 65 per cent in a matter of two months.

LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – Putting aside the sexual harassment scandal for a night, the stars of Hollywood came out on Saturday to celebrate the work of actor Donald Sutherland and four other filmmakers awarded honorary Oscars.

 The disclosure that the Private Sector Commission (PSC) has tendered a proposal to take over the running of the Enmore Sugar Estate is most welcome.

Dear Editor, I broadly concur with the sentiments expressed by Craig Sylvester in his illuminating missive of 9th November in SN, where among other things, he has enumerated  PPP malfeasances over the period 1992 -2015.

By Filiberto Penados This article draws from a presentation made at the World Youth Forum in Belize on November 8th, 2017.

Last Monday, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change began its meeting in Bonn, Germany, mainly to review progress made since the 2016 Paris Agreement on climate change to which 197 countries are signatories.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – Two former top U.S. intelligence officials said yesterday they fear President Donald Trump is being manipulated by Russian President Vladimir Putin, after Trump said he believed Putin was sincere in denying Russian meddling in the 2016 election.