Daily Archive: Wednesday, December 6, 2017

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Cricket West Indies’ medical panel has been struck by two further resignations, including that of chairman Dr Donovan Bennett.

Matthew Munroe, the owner of the car that is suspected to be linked to the murder of school teacher Kescia Branche, was today charged with her murder.

LONDON, (Reuters) – A 20-year-old man appeared in court today accused of plotting to kill British Prime Minister Theresa May by first detonating an explosive device to get into her Downing Street office.

(Trinidad Guardian) The Counter-Trafficking Unit, working with other law enforcement agencies, will be focusing on disrupting operations at known “places of ill-repute” to deter demands for commercial sexual services, says acting National Security Minister Stuart Young.

WASHINGTON/JERUSALEM, (Reuters) – President Donald Trump will  today recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital and set in motion the relocation of the U.S.

The Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) has issued termination letters to over 2,000 workers at the Skeldon Estate as it moves ahead with plans to consolidate its operations.

Adrian McKenzie, who killed his mother by hammering her in the head, was yesterday sentenced to 12 years in prison for manslaughter.

The Ministry of the Presidency (MoTP) says no army officer provided security for President David Granger at two school events he attended in August and November contrary to a letter in yesterday’s edition of Stabroek News.

Minister of Public Security Khemraj Ramjattan yesterday said the recent reassignment of Senior Superintendent of Police Wendell Blanhum, from Crime Chief to Deputy Commander of ‘A’ Division, is not a demotion.

B Division investigators yesterday were able to get a confession from one of the suspects who was taken into custody in relation to the murder of Number 5 Village, West Coast Berbice waitress, Marissa Rehanna Fraser.

Rahim was the male overall unequipped winner, his Hardcore Gym mate, Hardat Tarson was the male overall equipped winner and Babb of Tower Gym, the female overall unequipped winner defeating her sister Blossom in the process.

Two police officers attached to the ‘A’ Division Traffic Department are now under investigation after they were seen assaulting a civilian in a video that is being circulated.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Selectors have called up the veteran pair of Nikita Miller and Rayad Emrit for the limited overs tour of New Zealand later this month, in a surprise move that has handed both players new leases on their international careers.

Much of the success of team sport is attributed to relationships that are formed and maintained off the field and with Guyana search for a fixed opening partnership after the axing of Rajendra Chandrika, Tagenarine Chanderpaul and Chandrapaul Hemraj are now both focused on making the opening positions their own.

Attorneys for the three men charged with dousing newspaper columnist Freddie Kissoon with human faeces yesterday told a court that the prosecution failed to prove its case against them.

A Canadian jury has found Guyanese-born Rohinie Bisesar unfit to stand trial for the first degree murder of Rosemarie Junior in December 2015.

  The Guyana Football Federation (GFF), will stage its Extraordinary Congress next Saturday at the National Racquet Centre, Woolford Avenue.

Dear Editor, In 2004 the Inter-American Development Bank funded a project titled the Urban Development Programme (UDP), the objective of which included a comprehensive revision of the property tax system of the six existing municipalities; and restructuring the management and operational systems for an upgraded Valuation Division.

By Charwayne Walker When young Essequibo fast medium all-rounder Keemo Paul destroyed the Windward Islands on debut in April earlier this year at the Providence National Stadium with match figures of 9 for 64, the former West Indies U19 vice-captain had eclipsed the previous record by a Guyanese fast or medium fast bowler at the Regional First Class Level.

Statements were yesterday served to the two policemen who are charged with the murder of businessman Godfrey Scipio called ‘Sagga’.

Dear Editor, I no longer enjoy visiting the GCC where I am, I think, the member of longest standing (since 1955). 

Efforts have been intensified to ensure that citizens receive satisfactory and quality electricity distribution during the holiday season, Acting Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Guyana Power and Light Incorporated (GPL), Renford Homer has said.

Stewartville, Annandale, Bladen Hall, and Berbice High were the latest winners in the 2017/2018 (GCB/DMLAS/NSC/NSSCL) which continued with matches across the country.

Dear Editor, The Government of Guyana, through its star, writer, producer and director, Minister Winston Jordan, must be congratulated for the delivery to a dumbstruck audience of Guyanese what can only be dubbed a Monty Python budget. 

Despite the large subsidies given to the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) over the years, there has been no positive impact on the financial state of the corporation, according to Agriculture Minister Noel Holder, who yesterday said it is a situation the economy “simply cannot afford.”

NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – India set Sri Lanka a daunting 410-run victory target and dented the tourists’ top order to maintain their iron grip on the third and final test yesterday.

Dear Editor, As is the case with all Guyanese desirous of attaining a home in our homeland, I applied for a house-lot in 2007 while a single woman.

The University of Guyana (UG), in its aim to provide more effective and efficient service to students, has opened a new Registry building at its Turkeyen campus.

BOSTON,  (Reuters) – Exxon Mobil Corp urged Massachusetts’ top court yesterday to block the state’s attorney general from obtaining records to investigate whether the company for decades concealed its knowledge of the role fossil fuels have on climate change.

Dear Editor, I am following the Budget presentation this week in Parliament and as a resident of Good Hope Phase Three on the East Coast of Demerara, it was disheartening to hear Minister within the Ministry of Communities Valerie Patterson say that the APNU+AFC administration had embarked on a journey towards “the good life,” inclusive of providing accessible and affordable housing in sanitary and safe communities, with the necessities for “wholesome and dignified living for citizens in need”.

Dear Editor, At various gatherings of Muslims, it has been noted that within recent times a number of new restaurants, meat sellers, supermarkets and hotels have been advertising their products for sale, either raw or cooked food, but that only a few are recognised as meeting the Islamic requirements for Muslim consumption. 

(The Sports Xchange) – Kevin Love scored 24 points and grabbed 13 rebounds and LeBron James finished with 23 points, seven rebounds and six assists as the Cleveland Cavaliers won their 12th straight game with a 113-91 victory over the Chicago Bulls on Monday.

Two local security firms yesterday tendered billion-dollar bids for the provision of security services under the Ministry of Education.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Ben Stokes has been included in England’s one-day squad for the five-match series in Australia despite being under suspension.

DHAKA, Bangladesh, CMC – West Indies captain Carlos Brathwaite played small but crucial roles with bat and ball, to help fire Khulna Titans to a 14-run victory over Marlon Samuels’s Comilla Victorians, in the Bangladesh Premier League here yesterday.

MELBOURNE, Australia, CMC – West Indies Women captain, Stafanie Taylor, has signed a new two-year deal with Sydney Thunder and says her objective is to notch her maiden Twenty20 hundred, in the new Women’s Big Bash League campaign which bowls off this weekend.

APNU+AFC Member of Parliament (MP) Audwin Rutherford on Monday described the proposed 2018 National Budget as a “masterly crafted projection” while Opposition MP Neil Kumar charged that it will bring more hardship.

(Trinidad Express) Vicky Boodram and two police officers appeared in court on Tuesday afternoon, jointly charged with fraudulently facilitating her release from the Women’s Prison, Golden Grove eight days ago.

ADELAIDE,  (Reuters) – England were 178 runs from a stunning comeback victory in the second Ashes test after James Anderson grabbed five wickets and Joe Root steered the tourists to 176 for four at close of play on an extraordinary fourth day yesterday.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump has not yet made a decision on whether to formally recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, his adviser and son-in-law Jared Kushner said yesterday, a move that would break with decades of U.S.

Dear Editor, The failure of Guyanese to recognize that we have been caught up in a political and economic crisis which stretches as far back as 1968 when the first in a series of post-independence elections was blatantly rigged, upturning Guyana’s democracy, does not in any way subtract from this truth. 

The Kiwi bird is a real odd ball. It is classified as a member of the Apterygidae family and a member of the ratite group, a set of large flightless birds. 

In 1972 Julius Nyerere, one of Africa’s iconoclastic leaders, stated that the African position in relation to southern Rhodesia ‘is now, as it has always been, the attainment of independence for Zimbabwe on the basis of majority rule, and under conditions which allow the development of human dignity for all citizens.’

(Reuters) – Sri Lanka batsman Kusal Perera and all-rounder Asela Gunaratne have returned to the one-day international squad for the three-match series against India, the country’s cricket board said yesterday.

ASUNCION, (Reuters) – Paraguay’s Congress passed a bill yesterday creating a state-sponsored system to import marijuana seeds and grow the plant for medical uses, a decision that followed other countries in Latin America.

The Guyana National Broadcasting Authority (GNBA) has launched its new website.

Dear Editor, Ramesh Dalchand Kalicharran, a legendary Guyanese New Yorker, is no more.

Christopher Richards has won $1.5M as the grand prize winner of Rubis’ ‘Happy Dayz’ promotion.

Yesterday marked the last day of operation of the factory at the Rose Hall sugar estate as GuySuCo continues with a major downsizing of operations.