Articles published on Saturday, January 6, 2018
The Private Sector Commission (PSC) today said that the Petroleum Agreement between Guyana and ExxonMobil’s subsidiary and its partners was deficient in key areas and better negotiators should be hired for future contracts.
The Office of the Leader of the Opposition today decried a move to block PPP/C MP Juan Edghill’s attendance at Parliament on January 10 as a result of a reputed error in computing his suspension for disorderly behaviour.
(Trinidad Guardian) Madame Justice Paula-Mae Weekes is likely to become the country’s first female President.
Government and ExxonMobil yesterday announced a major oil discovery at the Ranger-1 well in the Stabroek Block, which is being called the largest single find since it began exploration offshore Guyana.
The Georgetown Mayor and City Council (M&CC) will be moving to charge residents a per barrel fee for garbage collection from the start of next month, Town Clerk Royston King announced yesterday, while saying it would be used to assist the cash-strapped municipality in offsetting the extremely high cost of the service.
After twenty years of waiting on a radio broadcast licence, television broadcaster Chandra Narine Sharma was yesterday granted a licence along with Kaieteur News and four others.
Forty-one women, all foreign nationals, were detained yesterday morning after the Guyana Police Force (GPF) raided the Diamond Hotel and Bar on George Street, Georgetown and investigators are working to determine if they are human trafficking victims.
Former Muneshwers Limited Travel Service agent Priya Lall, who was accused of defrauding customers of millions and fleeing the country, was yesterday charged with three counts of embezzlement.
The mother of four of the boys who were allegedly raped by Muslim scholar Nezaam Ali yesterday claimed that she has been offered $8 million by an Islamic organisation to settle the matter.
Contesting the challenge to President David Granger’s unilateral appointment of retired judge James Patterson as Guyana Elections Commission (Gecom) Chairman, the state’s lawyers yesterday called for the entire application filed by PPP/C Member of Parliament Zulfikar Mustapha to be struck out, while arguing that he had no capacity to bring the action in the first place and therefore should not be heard.
City Hall has turned to the Local Government Commission (LGC) to discipline officers who were found to be delinquent in the probe into the alleged rape of a minor.
Deputy Superintendent of Police Motie Dookie has been temporarily transferred to the Strategic Planning Unit of the Guyana Police Force after being investigated for smuggling of 30 cases of whiskey at the end of December.
Acting Police Commissioner David Ramnarine yesterday reported an overall 11% decrease in serious crimes for last year compared with 2016.
A total of 115 deaths were recorded in 2017 as a direct result of traffic accidents on the country’s roadways.
Two Corentyne men were yesterday remanded to prison on charges of attempted murder and wounding after the recent shooting at a wedding house at Hampshire in which three persons were wounded.
Two men, who admitted to stealing cement and tools from a contractor, were yesterday sentenced to two years in prison for the crime.
Zamani Archibald, the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) rank charged with causing the death of a pensioner he struck down along the Soesdyke Public Road last March, was yesterday sentenced to 12 months in jail for the lesser count of dangerous driving.
Dear Editor, We, residents of Subryanville, write to object to the development of a commercial Indoor Gun Range at Lot 2 & 4 Subryanville, Georgetown, Guyana.
Michael Wolff’s account of the Trump administration’s chaotic misrule will surprise no one who has read a newspaper during the last year, detailing as it does, the President’s profound unreadiness for his new role, his childish ignorance of world affairs, his obsequious and feuding advisers – who privately voice contempt for him – his fleeting attention span and tendency to repeat anecdotes every ten minutes.
The feasibility study and design for the East Bank-East Coast bypass road, which are being undertaken from this month by Indian company RITES Limited, are expected to be completed before the end of July, Coordinator of the Works Services Group of the Ministry of Public Infrastructure (MPI) Geoffrey Vaughn has said.
SYDNEY, (Reuters) – Usman Khawaja hit his first century against England in a 188-run third wicket partnership with Steve Smith as Australia moved to 277 for three at lunch on the third day of the fifth Ashes test last night.
A study has been completed on the reestablishment of a state-owned quarry and it is currently being reviewed by consultants, according to Head of the Works Services Group Geoffrey Vaughn.
Dear Editor, Bharrat Jagdeo is playing Russian Roulette with the welfare of sugar workers, which is dangerous.
Dear Editor, Having been a member of the Commission of Inquiry which made some specific recommendations for the sugar industry over two years ago, I have naturally been reluctant to make any public comment on the industry or its employees, or the increasing numbers of suggestions/recommendations being publicly offered by various concerned individuals and organizations.
KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Half-centuries from left-handed openers John Campbell and Assad Fudadin led a Jamaica Scorpions fightback but a clatter of wickets late in the day left leaders Guyana Jaguars firmly in control of their eighth round contest in the Regional Four-Day Championship here yesterday.
The evaluation of the bids to finance, design, build and maintain the new Demerara Harbour Bridge is expected to be completed by the end of this month, General Manager of the Demerara Harbour Bridge Company (DHBC) Rawlston Adams says.
CAPE TOWN, (Reuters) – South Africa seamer Dale Steyn grabbed his first test wicket after an injury absence of 14 months as the hosts fought back against a fired-up India on an enthralling first day of cut-and-thrust cricket in the opening test at Newlands yesterday.
Dear Editor, SN’s revealing headline, ‘Can’t send home 4000 workers without options -Corentyne Chamber Head tells Holder -Gov’t “scraping together” $5b severance’ refers (January 5).
Not a man of many words, Daniel Sears lets his photography speak for him and if, as the saying goes, ‘a picture is worth a thousand words’ then Daniel’s pictures tells double for each one of them.
Major works are set for the Leguan and Bartica stellings this year, General Manager of the Transport and Harbours Department (T&HD) Marcelene Merchant has said.
CARACAS, (Reuters) – President Nicolas Maduro said yesterday that Venezuela would issue 100 million units of its new oil-backed cryptocurrency in coming days, although it is unclear whether any investors will want to purchase the “petro” at a time when the OPEC member is going through a deep economic crisis and its leftist government has little credibility.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The United States imposed sanctions yesterday on four current or former Venezuelan government officials, including an ex-food minister who is accused of corruption and mismanagement of the country’s food supply.
Assistant Commissioner of Police Paul Williams has been confirmed as the new Crime Chief.
Dear Editor, Any assessment that views the sugar industry through the lens of dollar and cents or profit and loss, would be deeply flawed and highly myopic.
Hi Everyone, Today marks the beginning of the 12th year of this column, Tastes Like Home.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The author of a deeply critical book about Donald Trump’s first year in office said yesterday he had spoken with the president while working on it, contradicting Trump’s assertion that he had never talked to the writer for the book and had not authorized any access to the White House.
The year of 2017 can be described as dramatic for the football fraternity both on and off the field.
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Half-centuries from Kavem Hodge and Roland Cato led defiant batting from Windward Islands Volcanoes, but West Indies fast bowler Kemar Roach bowled with purpose to keep Barbados Pride in the hunt in the Regional 4-Day Championship yesterday here.
Perhaps you have grown tired of hearing it by now, but please allow me to extend well wishes to you and yours for the New Year.
(Trinidad Express) Chutney Soca Monarch is back on, says Southex chief executive officer George Singh.
City Hall will on Monday file an appeal of the High Court ruling by Justice Nareshwar Harnanan which declared null and void the decision by Minister of Communities Ronald Bulkan last year to approve the by-laws for metered parking in the city.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The United States is examining ways to mitigate any Pakistani retaliation as it piles pressure on Islamabad to crack down on militants, a senior U.S.
Dear Editor, There is a strange letter about adults watching a child drinking alcohol ‘Toddler drank Guiness’ at a bar (SN, January 5).
Dear Editor, Stacy Singh, another Guyanese sister was brutally murdered. Again, as in the past, the outrage is loud especially on social media/Facebook.
The prosecution yesterday closed its case in the Preliminary Inquiry (PI) into the charge against Shannon Cox and Andy Peters, the youths accused of murdering 16-year-old Brian Charles Yearwood, who was stabbed while attending a school concert last April.
(Trinidad Guardian) Chief Justice Ivor Archie is being blamed for the situation in which the courts now find themselves asking jurors to bring their lunches because caterers are no longer accepting vouchers.
Two-time Calypso Monarch, two-time Chutney Monarch and five-time Shanto King, Roger ‘Young Bill Rogers’ Hinds is gearing up for three competitions in the upcoming Mashramani season.
TORONTO/MONTREAL, (Reuters) – Canada’s largest city, Toronto, scrambled to find emergency shelter for the homeless as temperatures dropped to record lows after a “weather bomb” knocked out power to tens of thousands in eastern provinces and destroyed coastal roads.
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Leg-spinner Imran Khan’s 20th five-wicket haul in first class cricket undermined Leeward Islands Hurricanes and put Trinidad and Tobago Red Force in a good position in their eighth round Regional Four-Day match here yesterday.
A Better Hope taxi driver was yesterday remanded to prison on charges that he had possession of a firearm and matching ammunition.
What would happen if more people started eating to live rather than living to eat?
NEW YORK, (Reuters) – A nephew of former U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon pleaded guilty yesterday to U.S.
I went into “Molly’s Game” knowing much nothing about it beyond the fact that it was written by directed by Aaron Sorkin, in his directorial debut, and that it starred Jessica Chastain and Idris Elba.
(Reuters) – Dozens of passengers were evacuated from an aircraft at Toronto’s Pearson Airport yesterday, after a plane under tow struck an arriving jet that was waiting to park, sparking a small fire, the airport authority said.
Movie lovers this afternoon will get the opportunity to view the 2015 drama hit Drishyam at the Indian Cutural Centre.
Dear Editor, I learnt of the passing of Ms Sybil Patterson by way of a letter appearing in a newspaper written by my friend and mentor, Mr Michael Parris.
(Trinidad Guardian) A timely intervention by Cricket West Indies (CWI) saved the Eighth round match of Cricket West Indies (CWI) Digicel PCL tournament, between T&T Red Force and the Leewards Hurricanes.
