Daily Archive: Thursday, December 7, 2017

Under criticism for not standing up to its founding principles in the governing coalition or representing its constituencies, the Alliance For Change today expressed deep concern for the welfare of sugar workers.

Miner Wayne Vieira who had been issued a cease order by the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) today won his case at the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ).

Oudit Persaud, 38 years, of No. 4 Village, WCB, has been charged with the murder of waitress Marissa Fraser and was due to appear at the Fort Wellington Magistrate’s Court today.

An alleged speeding motorist has been taken into custody, following a fatal accident about 2355h.

(Trinidad Guardian) Police were last night questioning seven people in relation to a multi-million dollar robbery at the Piarco International Airport yesterday morning.

Skeldon was reeling yesterday after approximately 2,000 terminations by GuySuCo from the estate there and workers and residents contemplated a bleak future even amid signs of division in the government over the mass retrenchment.

A post-mortem examination on the cemetery guard, who went missing last Thursday and was later found at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH), with a claim that he had been struck by a truck, has revealed injuries inconsistent with those from an accident.

A City Magistrate yesterday sentenced one of the three men who were accused of robbing a Chinese businessman of millions in cash and items, to 56 months in jail, for the crime.

In its $600M lawsuit against Kaieteur News, the Guyana Bank for Trade and Industry Limited (GBTI) has secured an injunction, prohibiting the newspaper from further publishing certain materials contained in its November 15, 2017 publication pertaining to the Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU).

A Guyana team will be heading to Antigua within a few days to once again meet with United Nations (UN) representative Dag Nylander to discuss the Venezuela border controversy as an end-of-year deadline for substantial progress on the matter approaches.

The Guyana Trades Union Congress (GTUC) says that it continues to see an ad hoc approach by the current government in the hope of achieving structured development.

Minister of Public Telecommunications Cathy Hughes on Tuesday said the 2018 budget is offering Guyanese a “taste of a good life” and stressed that her administration has been picking up the pieces left by the former administration but the process is taking longer than anticipated.

The US$150M Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) expansion project  will not be completed by the proposed December 31st 2017 deadline but works are forging ahead and Minister of Public Infrastructure David Patterson yesterday assured of a “sometime soon in 2018” completion.

Defending champion Sparta Boss, Gold is Money, Future Stars and Leopold Street earned their berths to today’s [Thursday] quarterfinal following round of 16 victories on Tuesday in the Guinness ‘Greatest of the Streets’ Georgetown Championship.

A man was yesterday sentenced to two years in jail, after he was found guilty of engaging in sexual activity with a seven-year-old.

The popular Trophy Stall of Bourda Market will sponsor the eighth annual Open Guyana Tennis Association (GTA) doubles tournament which is set to commence shortly.

Opposition MP Adrian Anamayah yesterday accused government of dismantling the PPP/C’s “legacy of continued economic growth” by putting 2,000 sugar workers on the breadline but this was rejected by Minister within the Ministry of Natural Resources Simona Broomes who said that the workers had no good life under the previous administration.

While some 20,000 house lots were developed by the former PPP/C administration from 2011 to 2015, less than 20% of them are occupied, Minister of Communities Ronald Bulkan told the National Assembly on Tuesday.

HAMILTON, New Zealand, CMC – Despite a crushing win in the opening Test in Wellington, the Black Caps are not writing off a West Indies fightback, in the second and final Test starting here Saturday.

Forty-six pick-ups, which were among the fleet of vehicles donated to the police force over a month ago by the People’s Republic of China, were on Tuesday afternoon dispatched to the various policing divisions across the country to support anti-crime patrols during the holiday period.

There is a poem written by Sandra Haight named the ‘The Gift of Time’ which states “The giving of time is a special gift.”

PPP/C parliamentarian Dr. Frank Anthony on Tuesday lambasted the government for failing sugar workers, saying they have become collateral damage in a “spate of vindictive politics.”

The fifth annual Upper Demerara Football Association (UDFA)/GT Beer football championship, was officially launched Tuesday in Linden.

Dear Editor, The Beacon Foundation would like to notify its cancer patients and families that it is at present unable to provide morphine to treat their pain.

The Jumbo Jet Thoroughbred Racing Committee held an all-important meeting on Sunday where several topics were discussed.

PPP/C Member of Parliament Dr. Jennifer Westford on Monday declared that the government’s proposed 2018 national budget will not improve the social status of Guyanese, while saying that the administration is incapable of inspiring the confidence needed to move the economy forward.

The government has kept its promises and delivered on human development through enhancing people’s capabilities and improving their opportunities, Minister with responsibility for labour Keith Scott told the National Assembly on Monday, while contending that the job market is vibrant.

DHAKA, Bangladesh, CMC – West Indies batting star, Marlon Samuels, struck his third half-century of the Bangladesh Premier League and passed 300 runs, as Comilla Victorians finished on top of the standings with an impressive 25-run win over Sylhet Sixers here yesterday.

Dear Editor, The Indian Action Committee (IAC), in a press release issued in March 2017, expressed the organization’s extreme concern regarding the distressed state of the sugar industry in Guyana, especially in light of the anxieties oppressing the minds of thousands of sugar workers whose livelihoods were seen to be in jeopardy as rumours of the closure of a number of sugar estates permeated the society.

Dear Editor, In response to a letter published in the Wednesday 6, 2017 edition of the Stabroek News captioned ‘How long must citizens be in limbo because of the Central Housing and Planning Authority’s negligence?’

ADELAIDE, (Reuters) – Josh Hazlewood snuffed out England’s hopes of a remarkable second Ashes test triumph with two wickets in the first 16 balls of the final day as Australia wrapped up a 120-run victory in brilliant sunshine at Adelaide Oval yesterday.

In a blistering 30-minute presentation to the National Assembly on Monday, PPP/C Member of Parliament Gillian Burton-Persaud took aim at the proposed government spending for next year, while saying that  “nothing has materialised” from previous budgets despite a “lot of flamboyant words” from ministers.

ADELAIDE, (Reuters) – Cricket’s Decision Review System (DRS) was in the spotlight in the Ashes test between Australia and England in Adelaide as both captains had to make quick decisions time and again on whether to challenge the umpire’s call.

Dear Editor, Reference is made to your article titled ‘GFF to stage Extraordinary Congress December 16’.

Minister of Public Health Volda Lawrence yesterday played up developments in her ministry, boasting that tenders for drug supply for 2018 had already been opened  while PPP/C MP Vindhya Persaud lamented the state of the sector.

A 32-year-old Albouystown man was yesterday placed on $55,000 bail after pleading not guilty to two charges.

HAMILTON, Bermuda, CMC – Clarence Hill, Bermuda’s only Olympic medallist, is to be honoured with the opening of a new boxing facility in St George’s, the island’s second town.

Dear Editor, It is becoming clearer with each passing day that the CEO and the entire Board of Directors of the Guyana Sugar Corpora-tion should be made redundant.

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

Dear Editor, On the 15th of September, 2003 under the PPP government I made an application to the Ministry of Legal Affairs to be appointed a Justice of Peace and Com-missioner of Oaths to Affidavits (JP and COA).

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

Two young men were yesterday placed on $75,000 bail each for a charge of theft from a Christmas tree.

The Council for Technical and Vocational Education Training (TVET) last week held a Gender Policy National Workshop.

Dear Editor, When President Granger came into office, he came in on a wave that had the support of the most important constituent in any economy (the youths) and he squandered that goodwill with a geriatric collection of public policies that today have rendered him an incompetent pageant President.

NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – Sri Lanka’s Dhananjaya de Silva struck a heroic hundred and Roshen Silva made a gallant unbeaten 74 to help secure a morale-boosting draw in the final test against India, who won the three-match series 1-0 yesterday.

Dear Editor, Guyana was set to host a major petroleum summit, November 22-24, 2017 or the inaugural GIPEX 2017.

WASHINGTON/JERUSALEM, (Reuters) – President Donald Trump yesterday reversed decades of U.S.

NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – India’s state-run NTPC is launching bids for clean technology for two coal-fired power plants near New Delhi, officials said, as criticism mounts over the country’s failure to end a toxic smog which strikes the capital every winter.

Armed bandits on Tuesday morning invaded the North Ruimveldt, Georgetown house of a cell phone technician during which they held the occupants at gunpoint before escaping with an undisclosed amount of jewellery and valuables.

A gold miner was yesterday granted bail after he was accused of being in possession of three pounds of cannabis.

Dear Editor, Mr Ronald Bulkan’s letter, ‘The tables are now turned’ (Stabroek News, November 28, 2017) seems to reveal the thinking within APNU which likely influenced the decision of Messrs Trotman and Ramjattan to support President Granger’s unilateral choice of Justice Patterson as Gecom chairman.

TEGUCIGALPA, (Reuters) – The Organization of American States (OAS) said  yesterday it may call for new Honduran elections if any “irregularities” undermine the credibility of results in last month’s disputed vote that has sparked a crisis in the Central American nation.

(The Sports Xchange) – Bradley Beal scored a career-high 51 points as the Washington Wizards trounced the Portland Trail Blazers 106-92 Tuesday night.

HAVANA, (Reuters) – Chinese exports to Cuba have plunged this year in the latest sign of a worsening in the Communist-run island’s financial situation, which began in 2015 with the economic crisis in its top trading partner Venezuela.

Dear Editor, Mr Moses Nagamootoo had said at a rally in Canje (ironically the first set of workers in Berbice to be given redundancy letters) that, “Guyanese should light a candle for sugar workers…sugar workers are being screwed”.

The Ministry of Communities, in collaboration with the Ministry of Education, launched the first national crossword and word search competition at the Umana Yana on 29 November.

Dear Editor, President Donald Trump has taken the unprecedented decision of recognizing Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and is also initiating steps to move the US Embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.

CODRINGTON, Barbuda, (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Three months after Hurricane Irma devastated Barbuda, residents are in a state of limbo over plans to shake up the Caribbean island’s ancient communal land ownership, a move they fear will destroy their culture and pave the way for property speculation.

“Sweet Evelina, dear Evelina, My love for thee shall never, never die.

It is heartrending and perplexing that in 2017, people in their 70s and 80s still have to spend four hours and more at post offices around the country every month to encash pension vouchers.

(Reuters) – Sinopec USA, a subsidiary of the Chinese oil and gas conglomerate, has sued Venezuela’s state oil company PDVSA in a U.S.

MADRID, (Reuters) – Cristiano Ronaldo set another Champions League record yesterday by scoring in Real Madrid’s 3-2 win over Borussia Dortmund and becoming the first player to net in all six group games.

In photo: Minister of Public Security  Khemraj Ramjattan (centre), Dr. Raul Martin del Campo and Stefano Berterame (right and left of the Minister) of the International Narcotics Control Board and representatives of the Ministry of Public Security, National Anti-Narcotics Agency (NANA) The  Minister informed the representatives of the Government’s efforts in addressing drug trafficking and illicit production of drugs, including, the establishment of the National Anti-Narcotics Agency (NANA), a release from the Ministry of Public Security said.