Daily Archive: Wednesday, November 15, 2017

Leon Seaton won a whopping 13 races at the Guyana Amateur Swimming Association (GASA) annual national short course championships last weekend at the National Aquatic Centre, Lilliendaal.

The Guyana Human Rights Association (GHRA) today said that the role that Justice James Patterson played in the trial of the surviving 17 alleged ring-leaders of the 1983 coup against then Grenadian Prime Minister Maurice Bishop raises the question of whether he is a `fit and proper’ person for the role of GECOM Chairman.

(Trinidad Guardian) Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley says he is disappointed by the actions of some 13 of 15 Immigration officers who failed to show up for duty at the Piarco International Airport on Sunday, resulting in hundreds of travellers having to wait for close to five hours to be processed.

HARARE, (Reuters) – Zimbabwe’s military seized power today targeting “criminals” around President Robert Mugabe but gave assurances on national television that the 93-year-old leader and his family were “safe and sound”.

President of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) Sir Dennis Byron has described Guyana’s failure to appoint substantive office-holders for the country’s two top legal posts for over a decade as unacceptable.

Mayor Patricia Chase-Green is prepared to beg and bargain for the return of the services of Puran Brothers Disposal Inc and Cevons Waste Management.

Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday charged that Alliance For Change (AFC) leader Raphael Trotman played a very active role during discussions by the teams representing him and the president on the nominations to fill the post of Guyana Elections Commission (Gecom) Chairman.

The fire that destroyed four buildings yesterday morning at Turn Basin, Port Kaituma, North West District is being treated as arson.

Councillors from the Regional Democratic Council (RDC) of Region Two and the Anna Regina Town Council are currently at loggerheads with Regional Executive Officer (REO) Rupert Hopkinson over a decision to fill a main drainage channel in front of the Department of Education at Cotton Field.

Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday maintained that no People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) parliamentarian has been accepting the salary increases instituted by the government in 2015, while explaining that some opt for direct deductions by the Parliament Office while others have standing orders at their respective banks.

Jermaine Abel, the North Ruimveldt man accused of a stabbing a peacemaker when he tried to stop a fight in their neighbourhood last week, was yesterday charged with murder.

The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board (NPTAB) have concluded a three-part series of workshops aimed at improving the evaluation of tenders.

A police constable is currently nursing a gunshot wound to his right hand after he was ‘accidently’ shot by his colleague yesterday afternoon while pursuing a robbery suspect in Charlestown.

In what is becoming a yearly tradition the Mayor and City Council of Georgetown (M&CC) is offering defaulting rate payers an amnesty on the interest accrued on unpaid property rates.

A businessman was yesterday remanded to prison after he was charged with the possession of cannabis and ecstasy.

Preparations are ongoing to have the Kato Secondary School opened for the new school term in January, according to the Regional Executive Officer (REO), Region Eight, Gavin Gounga.

Guyana’s winless run on the International Football circuit continued last evening as they battled to an admirable 1-1 result with home side Trinidad and Tobago at the Ato Bolton Stadium.

The trial of four men, including well-known racer Stephen Vieira, who are accused of trafficking over $550 million in cocaine hidden in lumber, has been adjourned until February next year, when the main witness is expected to testify.

AUCKLAND, New Zealand, CMC – Wicketkeeper BJ Watling has been included in a 12-man squad to face West Indies in next month’s first Test but doubts remain over his fitness, as he continues to battle a hip injury.

AUCKLAND, New Zealand, CMC – West Indies are expected to face a fiery test in their only tour game here later this month after selectors yesterday named the exciting pace trio of Lockie Ferguson, Adam Milne and Scott Kuggeleijn in a strong New Zealand A side for the three-day match in Lincoln.

The new Georgetown metered parking negotiating committee, headed by APNU city councillor Akeem Peter, is expected to meet with concessionaire Smart City Solutions (SCS) in two weeks.

Bids for Lot Two of the excavation of drains and canals, the construction of an access dam and building of hydraulic structures at Buxton, East Coast Demerara, were opened yesterday at the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board (NPTAB).

KARACHI, Pakistan,  CMC – Darren Sammy will oversee Peshawar Zalmi’s title defence after being appointed captain of the franchise for the third edition of the Pakistan Super League set to bowl off next February.

(The Sports Xchange) – Boxing Hall of Famer Oscar De La Hoya remains confident that he still can handle himself in the ring.

A Bartica man was yesterday charged with the theft of over $650,000 in valuables.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Toothless Brazil flattered to deceive as the five-times world champions were held to frustrating 0-0 draw by a makeshift England side in a disappointing friendly at Wembley yesterday.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Roger Federer marched into the semi-finals at the ATP Finals once again yesterday but he made hard work of the task before finally prevailing 7-6(6) 5-7 6-1 in a high-quality battle of the generations with Germany’s Alexander Zverev.

A Mabaruma farmer was yesterday accused of cultivating cannabis. The court of Georgetown magistrate Fabayo Azore heard that 64-year-old Lawrence Joseph confessed his ownership of the plants to the police, although he pleaded not guilty to the charge.

The pastor, who was arrested last week after being accused of raping a church member, has been released on bail by the High Court.

(The Sports Xchange) – LeBron James had 23 points and came one rebound short of a triple-double as the Cleveland Cavaliers stormed back from a 24-point deficit to defeat the host New York Knicks 104-101 on Monday night at Madison Square Garden.

Team Trinidad and Tobago drove off with the winner’s spoils of the 2017 edition of the Caribbean Motor Racing Championships (CMRC) which concluded on Sunday at the South Dakota Circuit.

Dear Editor, I write this letter responding to the editorial entitled “GPL” in the Sunday Stabroek of November 12th.

Dear Editor, The Motion moved on November 2nd by the Mayor, Her Worship Patricia Chase-Green, seconded by Chairman of the Finance Committee, Councillor Oscar Clarke is indeed revealing.

The Petra Organization officially launched the fourth annual Smalta Girls Pee Wee football championships yesterday at the National Library on Main and Church Streets.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, and CMC – Dennis Lawrence has praised Grenada’s development and his own side’s tenacity, following a thrilling 2-2 draw in their international friendly here last weekend.

Dear Editor, We thank you for the opportunity to respond to a letter appearing in the November 14, 2017 edition of the Stabroek News and headlined ‘Guyanese need the release of the Exxon contract and to know if a signing bonus was paid’.

DHAKA, Bangladesh,  CMC – Kieron Pollard’s match-winning half-century trumped Carlos Brathwaite’s career-best maiden Twenty20 fifty, as Dhaka Dynamites rallied to beat Khulna Titans by four wickets with a ball to spare, in the Bangladesh Premier League here yesterday.

Dear Editor, Discretion, if not wisdom, suggests to any public official who mis-cites himself, misrepresents the facts on which he makes false claims, accuses others of amnesia and of stupidity, that at the very least, he should just stay silent, if not apologise.

Dear Editor, One of the things that remain a mind-boggling nightmare for most civil Guyanese is the frequent, unconstrained, unbridled level of lawlessness in this country.

MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – England were caught out by Australia’s aggression during the ill-fated 2013/14 Ashes campaign but captain Joe Root says they are fully prepared for short-pitched bowling and on-field chatter when the series kicks off in Brisbane next week.

Dear Editor, Two happenings have prompted this brief correspondence on what could now be considered a relatively quaint issue, once of national significance – the Co-operative Movement.

The opening night of the Playoff Round of the 2017 Guinness ‘Greatest of the Streets’ Football Championships will kick-off Friday at 18:00hrs at the Meadowbrook Gardens Tarmac with 21 matches.

Following months of uncertainty the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) Elite League Season Three will commence on Sunday at the National Track and Field Centre, Leonora.

Dear Editor, Our Union was not surprised to read the comments of GuySuCo’s Senior Communications Officer, Ms Audreyanna Thomas which were contained in an article titled “Despite low attendance, GuySuCo says on target for second crop” that appeared in the November 13, 2017 Stabroek News.

BEIRUT,  (Reuters) – Saad al-Hariri will return to Lebanon from Saudi Arabia within two days, he said yesterday, 10 days after his shock resignation as prime minister in a broadcast from Riyadh.

Dear Editor, I have read with interest the comments made by President David Granger’s son-in-law, Minister Dominic Gaskin, in attempting to justify, and poorly so, the AFC denial of being consulted on President Granger’s unilateral appointment of James Patterson as the GECOM Chairman and denial of playing any part in the selection process, in face of the presence AFC leader, Raphael Trotman, at the October 19th, 2017 meeting between the President and the Opposition Leader.

Camex Restaurant Incorporated (CRI), under its Church’s Chicken Brand, continued its support of the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) Elite League by donating an undisclosed sum towards the staging of the tournament’s third season.

Two days ago, on Monday, November 13th, the World was put on notice for the second time in twenty-five years by the Union of Concerned Scientists. 

About a week after President David Granger made his controversial choice of Justice James Patterson as the chairperson of the Guyana Elections Commission, which many viewed as signalling the PNCR’s intention to manipulate future elections, he took to the podium to speak to the North American Chapter of the PNCR in Georgia, USA.

CARACAS, (Reuters) – Venezuela’s cash-strapped government yesterday vowed it was making debt payments responsibly, even as two ratings agencies declared partial default on a crippling debt load that has fueled hunger and disease.

HARARE,  (Reuters) – Soldiers deployed across the Zimbabwe capital Harare and seized the state broadcaster yesterday after 93-year-old President Robert Mugabe’s ruling ZANU-PF party accused the head of the military of treason, prompting frenzied speculation of a coup.

The police yesterday setting up an outpost outside of Republic Bank (Guyana) Limited  at Robb and Camp Sts.