Daily Archive: Thursday, December 21, 2017

A Guyanese man was yesterday freed from a US prison where he spent nearly 30 years for a crime he never committed and he now faces the legal challenge of fighting to remain in the United States where he had been since the age of five.

(Trinidad Guardian) Three men accused of murdering Special Reserve Police officer Richard Babwah and robbing the owner of a Chinese restaurant appeared in court jointly charged with the crimes yesterday.

A 42-year-old French Guiana-based Guyanese was murdered by bandits during what appeared to be  a robbery yesterday morning at Craig, East Bank Demerara and the police have since arrested one of three suspects.

Justice of Appeal, Rishi Persaud, yesterday ordered the New Building Society (NBS) to pay over to dismissed manager, Maurice Arjoon, the more than $59M in pension owed to him.

The Private Sector Com-mission (PSC) yesterday said that it continues to be dismayed at the Government’s decision to pursue the closure of sugar estates    as the only solution to the crisis in the sugar industry.

A man who incessantly described himself as a devout Catholic who could never hurt children, was yesterday handed a life sentence for raping and sodomising an eight-year- old girl, whom he began abusing at the age of six.

A northwest miner is now dead after being stabbed several times during the course of an argument close to midnight on Tuesday.

Wayne Gilbert, one of the three escapees from the Golden Grove Police Station on Tuesday, was yesterday taken to the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court to answer to a murder charge.

A pedestrian was on Tuesday night killed and his daughter-in-law  injured after they were  struck down by a speeding jeep along the Wallers Delight Public Road, West Coast Demerara (WCD).

An alleged housing scam was last week uncovered in Berbice after two Corentyne residents turned up at the Regional Housing Office inquiring about lands they had paid for.

Shimron Hetmyer, the highly regarded 20-year-old test batsman, was last evening announced as the Guyana Cricket Board’s (GCB) male cricketer of the year at the annual ceremony held at the Umana Yana, Georgetown.

  Minister of State, Joseph Harmon yesterday commissioned a $99M, fully-furnished modern living quarters facility for judges and magistrates at Suddie, Essequibo Coast.

A Lusignan prisoner was yesterday brought before the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court to answer to multiple charges including threatening to kill the President.

WHANGAREI, New Zealand, CMC – Head coach Stuart Law believes conditions here Wednesday played a key role in his side’s five-wicket loss to New Zealand in the opening One-Day International of the three-match series.

Dear Editor, The excitement obvious from the media reports on December 19 on the graduation of the first batch of cadets from the Civil Service Training College is quite understandable; I join in congratulating the graduates and their tutors and believe that all Guyanese will be looking to see what impact such training will have on the day-to-day delivery of services to the public.

Stating  that economic growth here over 10 years has not resulted in better living standards, the IDB says it will be working on a modern national strategy and planning framework for Guyana’s green economy  as part of its  2017 to 2021 plan which also paints a bleak picture of the country’s capacity to implement projects and cites gross infrastructural deficiencies The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) strategy was recently approved by its board and yesterday released to the public.

Andrea Johnson was elected president of the National Association for Women’s Football (NAWF), following its electoral congress on Saturday December 16th at the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) Boardroom.

Dear Editor, I would like to most respectfully add to the perfect interpretation of Mr Timothy Jonas contained in his letter published in the Wednesday’s December 20, 2017 edition of your newspaper (‘Having appointed an acting Chancellor and CJ the President has exhausted his constitutional discretion’).

Plaisance, Tigerbay and Mocha sealed their respective berths to the next round, when the Banks Beer ‘Village Cup’ commenced on Tuesday, at the Victoria Community Centre ground.

Dear Editor, Thank you for affording us the opportunity to respond to Mr.

The Guyana Office for Investment (Go-Invest) is indirectly involved in the Government’s effort to divest the assets of the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) but it doesn’t have the mandate to lead these efforts.

WHANGAREI, New Zealand, CMC – West Indies were left to chase their three-match series against New Zealand after unconvincing batting, coupled with a subdued bowling effort, left them with a five-wicket defeat in the opening One-Day International here yesterday.

The Guyana Police Force  (GPF) yesterday acknowledged Superintendent Charmaine Stuart as its best overall cop for this year during its annual awards ceremony.

Dear Editor, The management and members of the Rose Hall Town Youth & Sports Club, would be very grateful if the powers of cricket can explain the reasons why two of Berbice’s best cricketers, Eon Hooper and Keon Sinclair are not playing in the current Guyana Cricket Board 50-Overs Franchise Cricket Tournament.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – The Republican-controlled U.S. House of Representatives gave final approval yesterday to the biggest overhaul of the U.S.

Beverage giant Banks DIH Limited, and West Demerara Football Association (WDFA) club Den Amstel FC, joined forces to stage the first ever GT Beer Yearend Football Championship.

A man was yesterday taken to the Georgetown Magistrate’s court to answer to charges of defrauding persons by pretending to be First Lady Sandra Granger.

Dear Editor, I refer to a story entitled ‘Bus driver robbed by armed bandits of $6m’ in your newspaper dated December 20.

OTTAWA,  (Reuters) – Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau broke some conflict of interest rules when he accepted a vacation last year on the Aga Khan’s private island, the ethics watchdog said yesterday, the first time a prime minister has been found to have committed such a transgression.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Bristol City, from English football’s second-tier, pulled off a sensation in the League Cup quarter-finals as they knocked out the holders Manchester United 2-1 amid late and wholly improbable drama at their Ashton Gate home yesterday.

Sixteen men and women were yesterday certified as Supremacy Constables with the authority to enact Guyana’s environmental and conservation laws.

Dear Editor, It seems chaotic scenes and unparliamentary conduct and behaviour are not peculiar to Guyana. 

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – The top Democrat on the U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee, responding to escalating Republican attacks on Special Counsel Robert Mueller, said on Wednesday that if President Donald Trump fires Mueller, it “has the potential to provoke a constitutional crisis.”

WHANGAREI, New Zealand,  CMC – West Indies could be in danger of losing  Chris Gayle for the one-day doubleheader after the superstar opener fell ill during the opening match here Wednesday.

Dear Editor, I wish to thank Commander Pareshram of ‘G’ Division for taking the initiative in sending  out his policemen to neighbours to get a written ‘objection’ or ‘no objection’  before he issues a pass for any fete, dance or party, during the Christmas holidays.

In recognition of the significant progress made on addressing  safety oversight deficiencies and the effective implementation of the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) Standards and Recommended Practices (SARPs) in 2016, Guyana was conferred with the Council President Certificate by the ICAO.

PERTH,  (Reuters) – Nathan Lyon’s wish to see the end of some England careers after another Ashes whitewash could easily come true if the tourists’ struggling senior players fail to lift quickly, former Australia paceman Mitchell Johnson has said.

VATICAN CITY,  (Reuters) – Cardinal Bernard Law, the former Archbishop of Boston who resigned in disgrace after covering up years of sexual abuse of children by priests and whose name became a byword for scandal in the Catholic Church, died on Wednesday.

Dear Editor, So another life lost to crazy driving on Vlissengen Road on Monday last.

The Guyana Police Force has commended the brave and courageous action of several public- spirited citizens who responded to a call for help by a female resident of Section ‘B’ Non Pariel, East Coast Demerara (ECD) who was attacked on Tuesday night and robbed of her handbag containing cash and a cellular phone.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Theresa May forced her most senior minister, Damian Green, to resign on Wednesday after an internal investigation found that he had made misleading comments about pornography found on computers in his parliamentary office.

Dear Editor, I would like to thank Vishnu Bisram for his letter ‘PPP should embrace all opposition forces’ in (GT, Dec 18) support of my call for the PPP/C to regroup and rethink its strategy to win the General Election due in 2020.

CAPE TOWN, (Reuters) – Zimbabwe coach Heath Streak is unsure if four-day matches are the future of test cricket, but says they will help to level the playing field between the so-called bigger nations and the minnows.

BARCELONA,  (Reuters) – The defining image of the previous ‘Clasico’ in the league last April was the sight of Lionel Messi defiantly showing the back of his shirt to the baying Real Madrid crowd after burying the winning goal to settle a thrilling contest 3-2 for Barcelona.

WASHINGTON/TEGUCIGALPA,  (Reuters) – The United States yesterday followed Mexico in signaling that Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez had won a heavily disputed presidential election last month, lending weight to his legitimacy in spite of ongoing opposition protests.

Dear Editor, Reports suggest that Minister of Natural Resources Raphael Trotman is considering reducing the powers now invested in him to control our patrimony.

MOORE TOWN, Jamaica,  (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – A Jamaican pledge to protect a mountainous jungle region from mining is a long-sought victory by an unlikely alliance of greens and the descendants of runaway slaves who claim the land.

The sharp scent of freshly ground spices, the cooking of traditional foods and the dull drone of drums like the dholak and the tabla would have helped make the tough ship-rolling-journey more bearable for the Indian indentured immigrants during the “Sheila’s” maiden trip to the West Indies.

JOHANNESBURG,  (Reuters) – Cyril Ramaphosa, the new leader of South Africa’s governing ANC party, said yesterday he aims to stamp out corruption and pursue a policy of “radical economic transformation” that will speed up expropriation of land without compensation.

Move over cocaine, heroin, marijuana, ecstasy and methamphetamine, the latest illegal drug activity is upwards of $200 billion, seemingly easier for the criminally-minded to navigate and more difficult to detect.

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., Reuters) – Tennis star Venus Williams will not face any criminal charges in relation to a June fatal traffic accident she was involved in near her Florida residence, the Sun-Sentinel newspaper reported on Wednesday, quoting police.

President David Granger, last evening, arrived at the Juscelino Kubitschek International Airport in Brasilia, Brazil at the invitation of Michel Temer, President of the Federative Republic of Brazil.

Dear Editor, Never before in the history of local football have privately promoted tournaments, and by extension 5-a-side outstripped organised football, in any Association.