Daily Archive: Saturday, November 25, 2017

DAKAR, (Reuters) – Ivory Coast’s President Alassane Ouattara called on the International Criminal Court on Saturday to indict criminals who are selling black African migrants in Libyan slave markets.

Regional Executive Officer of Region Five, Ovid Morrison has called on a Bagotville, West Bank Demerara contractor to remove rejected furniture from the region’s compound at Fort Wellington, West Coast Berbice.

(Trinidad Guardian) Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley is condemning the lawlessness that took place in two Port-of-Spain communities on Thursday, and is warning criminals his Government will not tolerate anarchy.

Although due to return to work yesterday after four months of vacation leave, Police Commissioner Seelall Persaud has been given a directive to proceed on indefinite “special leave” in the public interest.

The Ministry of Education has concluded its investigations into the allegations of sexual predation against Bishops’ High School teacher Coen Jackson and the case has since been handed over to the Guyana Police Force.

Longtime Working People’s Alliance (WPA) activist Desmond Trotman, 71, was yesterday sworn in as the newest member of the Guyana Elections Commission (Gecom) amidst criticism by governing coalition partner the Alliance for Change (AFC), which said it expected that the appointee would have been either a woman or a youth as it had proposed.

A toddler was killed yesterday morning after he was reportedly crushed to death by a minibus, which his father was reversing out of their yard in Newtown, Kitty.

A Guyanese woman is now clinging to life in a hospital in Tortola, British Virgin Islands (BVI), following an attack by gunmen that claimed the life of two people, including her 11-year-old daughter.

A section of State House, a national monument, is being repaired and repainted by government but no permission was sought from the National Trust of Guyana, which has overall responsibility for such sites.

The University of Guyana’s inaugural Oil and Gas stakeholders’ symposium yesterday heard Minister of Natural Resources Raphael Trotman call for the enhancing of critical skills that can be transferred to all sectors in the country and he also said that a national petroleum company will be set up.

The government last evening opened an agricultural exhibition in Region Four and the Minister of Business imploring that farmers be helped so that the country’s US$200 million food import bill can be slashed.

The Minister of Public Health Volda Lawrence last week acknowledged that the district and regional hospitals are not operating at full capacity, and has since announced that two district hospitals will be upgraded to regional status.

More than two months after being handed a draft anti-corruption work plan by United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) advisor David Robinson, government is yet to decide on the way forward.

Defending champions Pepsi Hikers remained on course to defend their Diamond Mineral Water Indoor Hockey title after downing hapless the Mixed Nuts unit 16 – 0 to cruise to their third consecutive win last evening at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall when the third evening of the 2017 festival ended last night.

Mark Louchee, the suspect in the 14-year-old murder of Collis De Abreu, who was shot and killed outside of the Blue Iguana night club, was finally charged with the crime yesterday.

The charge against APNU+AFC Region Ten Member of Parliament Jermaine Figueira for the offence of playing music at a public event without a permit has been dismissed.

The Golden Jaguars will attempt to create history today when they oppose Indonesia in an International Football Friendly from 7:30am at the Patriot Candrabhaga Stadium, Indonesia.

Two time defending champion Sparta Boss, Bent Street, North Ruimveldt and Future Stars won their matches when the Guinness ‘Greatest of the Streets’ Georgetown Zone, started on Thursday.

Since taking office in May this year, Ombudsman Justice (rtd) Winston Patterson has received a total of 71 complaints.

  New Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for handling Trafficking in Persons (TIP) cases are expected to strengthen investigations and prosecutions, while ensuring the protection of victims, according to Minister of Social Protection Amna Ally.

Athletes who exercise their heartstrings in the relatively unknown sporting discipline of volleyball where spikes, serves and blocks provide entertainment for its followers, in contrast to popularly supported cricket and to a lesser extent football, are beginning to deserve their due.

Rajendra Persaud, the missing Newtown, Kitty man whose badly decomposed body was discovered at Brighton Village, Corentyne on Wednesday, died from ingesting a poisonous substance, an autopsy has found.

Dear Editor, First of all, I’d like to make a correction to reporting in both papers Stabroek News and Kaieteur News that I brought the issue of Mr Jackson to the attention of the Chief Education Officer five months ago. 

CHITTAGONG, Bangladesh, CMC – Andre Fletcher’s second half-century of the Bangladesh Premier League was not enough to prevent Sylhet Sixers from their fifth defeat, as they went down by 40 runs to Chittagong Vikings here yesterday..

Nikita Ignacio-Ferguson is one of the newest and talented R&B artistes attached to Ssignal Productions and has recently released three new singles.

Dear Editor, On November 25, which is Inter-national Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women and marks the start of 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence, Guyana is faced with shocking reports of the sexual abuse of high school students allegedly by Coen Jackson, an economics teacher who spent the last 10 years teaching at Bishop’s High School.

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A 19-year-old labourer was yesterday placed on $50,000 bail after he denied stealing a phone from a child.

The Rugby Americas North (RAN) Sevens championships kicks off in Mexico City today with a lot more than Regional pride at stake.

The Guyana Police Force (GPF) will battle Camptown in the final of the inaugural Turbo Energy Drink Knockout Football Championship following semi-final wins on Friday at the Ministry of Education ground, Carifesta Avenue.

“Beach Rats,” the winner of the best director award at this year’s Sundance film festival, is a filmic bildungsroman.

Dear Editor, In Shakespeare’s ‘Julius Caesar’, Cassius advised his friend Brutus that, “The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, but in ourselves.”

MCAIRO,  (Reuters) – Militants killed more than 230 people at a mosque in North Sinai yesterday, detonating a bomb and gunning down fleeing worshippers in the deadliest such attack in Egypt’s modern history, state media and witnesses said.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Batsman Emmanuel Stewart will captain a predictable 15-man West Indies Under-19 squad announced yesterday for next January’s ICC Under-19 World Cup in New Zealand.

BRISBANE,  (Reuters) – Captain Steve Smith frustrated England with a fighting half-century and pushed Australia to 165 for four at the close of a see-sawing day two, rescuing the hosts after a top order collapse in the series-opening Ashes test in Brisbane yesterday.

In an industry like fashion that is filled with so much clutter and pompous noise, sometimes it takes death to single out those who have made impactful influence and strides.

Randy Smith, 17, of West Ruimveldt, is now a remanded prisoner after being charged with assaulting a senior citizen.

With the aid of public-spirited citizens, a businessman managed to disarm a bandit, who attacked him yesterday afternoon on South Road.

HARARE,  (Reuters) – New President Emmerson Mnangagwa laid out a grand vision yesterday to revitalise Zimbabwe’s ravaged economy and vowed to rule on behalf of all the country’s citizens.

At minutes after 2 am this past Sunday (November 19), 18-year-old Farah Valentina Bates made history when she clinched the title of the inaugural ‘I’m A Big Deal’, Miss Berbice Pageant in a stiff competition against 11 other beauties.

League leader Eagles and second-placed Netrockers, maintained their unbeaten records in the Upper Demerara Football Association (UDFA) Senior League after defeating Topp XX and Amelia’s Ward Thursday.

(Reuters) – Ravichandran Ashwin spearheaded a dominant bowling display by India taking four wickets as they dismissed Sri Lanka for 205 after the visitors had won the toss and opted to bat on the first day of the second test in Nagpur yesterday.

Dear Editor, The press recently reported that the AFC chairman Khemraj Ramjattan referred to the AFC as a “liberal democratic party.”

AUCKLAND, New Zealand, CMC – BJ Watling has been ruled out of wicket-keeping duties for the first Test against West Indies in Wellington, after failing to recover in time from a nagging hip injury.

Police have arrested three suspects in the robbery of a Haslington, East Coast Demerara pastor, who was attacked shortly after he exited a city bank on Wednesday.

BERLIN,  (Reuters) – Germany’s Social Democrats agreed yesterday, under intense pressure, to hold talks with Chancellor Angela Merkel on renewing their outgoing coalition government, but pledged that party members would have the final say on any deal.

Dear Editor, There appeared to be several rounds of hearty self-congratulations on the reported achievement of 97% passes at the purported ‘Nurses’ examination(s).

The WIST Ministries International will host its annual Christmas production tonight at the National Cultural Centre.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Dr Akshai Mansingh has quit as Cricket West Indies’ chief medical officer, citing an “untenable” relationship between the medical panel and the board.

Although the Guyana Police Force transport workshop is responsible for the maintenance of the force vehicles, private contractors have been identified in each policing division for repairs and servicing.

In 1942 large numbers of American GIs were posted to Britain, forcing the world’s two leading English-speaking cultures to take stock of each other.

LIMA, (Reuters) – The Peruvian attorney general’s office accused former president Alejandro Toledo yesterday of taking bribes from Brazilian construction firm Camargo Correa SA in exchange for a lucrative highway contract during his 2001-2006 term.

­CARACAS,  (Reuters) – Just months ago, with crowds of protesters baying on the streets for the resignation of the “dictator” and “murderer,” Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro looked like a goner.

Our society makes it is difficult for people to admit that they were abused because victims are often manipulated into believing that they are blameworthy.

Medical student, Kuchipudi dancer, poet and sports enthusiast Manushi Chhillar was last Saturday crowned the new Miss World.

Dear Editor, I wish to convey my deepest condolences to the wife and family members of Mr Ali Baksh who passed away recently at his Cotton Field, Essequibo residence.

LINCOLN, New Zealand, CMC – West Indies captain Jason Holder believes the three-day tour match against New Zealand A starting here today will be enough to complement his side’s preparation for the upcoming Test series.

Next Level Fitness presents a Men’s Health Fair today from noon on Main Street opposite Courts.

Eleven registered nurses of the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) are now qualified as the Post-Anaesthetic Care (PACU) nurses following their graduation from a training programme.