Daily Archive: Saturday, January 27, 2018

President David Granger has extended an invitation to the UN Heads of Programmes in Guyana to a roundtable discussion which would allow for them to interface directly with Cabinet members.

The Guyana Bank for Trade and Industry (GBTI) today announced that Director, Richard Isava has been appointed by the Board of Directors to act in the capacity of Executive Director with effect from January 8, 2018.

(ESPN) Chris Gayle and Lasith Malinga, arguably the highest-profile overseas batsman and bowler in seasons past, went unsold on day one of the IPL 2018 auction in Bengaluru.

Protesters greeted Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo and other government officials at stormy meetings yesterday at Canje and Skeldon where former sugar workers were told that they will begin receiving severance from Tuesday but there was little information on alternative employment.

Residents of Bel Air Park have appealed to Minister of Communities Ronald Bulkan for his intervention to stop City Council from continuing land clearing works on their playground on Eping Avenue, which they say are a violation of a recent court ruling.

A police constable, responding to a report of a violent assault, was chopped early yesterday morning by a mentally-ill man, who he then shot.

A total of eight Brazilian nationals, including a 14-year-old girl, who were arrested after an armed robbery at Lethem on Tuesday, were yesterday all remanded after being read multiple charges.

A high-level ministerial team yesterday told dozens of former Enmore sugar workers that they will begin receiving severance pay from Monday and discussions are also underway to find a buyer for the East Demerara Estate (EDE) that could keep it going.

A United States-based candidate has been appointed as the new Director of the Guyana Tourism Authority (GTA), Minister of State Joseph Harmon announced yesterday.

By Romario Samaroo West Indies test batsman Shimron Hetmyer played an innings pleasing to the eye as he raced to a century in the lone warm-up match for the Guyana Jaguars ahead of this month end’s Cricket West Indies Regional Super50 limited overs competition.

Head of the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) Godfrey Statia on Thursday stressed that he is committed to following taxation and legal principles in the matter of a disputed tax assessments against the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company Limited (GTT).

LINCOLN, New Zealand, CMC – Opener Keagan Simmons slammed a career-best hundred to help West Indies crush Canada Under-19s by 187 runs, and book their place in the Plate final of the ICC Youth World Cup here yesterday.

With the aim of greater inclusivity and social cohesion, the President Youth Award Republic of Guyana (PYARG) programme is extending its reach to include young people with disabilities.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Controversial Cricket West Indies president, Dave Cameron, has warned Darren Bravo, Sunil Narine and Kieron Pollard they may never play for West Indies again, following their reluctance to represent the regional side at the upcoming ICC World Cup Qualifiers in Zimbabwe.

Surinam Airways has announced that it will be keeping the Boeing 737-800 aircraft it put into service last December for its Miami to Guyana route to accommodate demand until the end of the Easter holidays.

The Mayor and Council-lors of Georgetown are now mourning that passing of one of their own, Councillor Junior Garrett, who died yesterday.

Some 16 persons from Bartica successfully completed the Coaching Theory Course of the Caribbean Coaches Certification Programme at the Bartica Learning Resource Centre last weekend.

Dhanraj Theophilus, the man who allegedly beat his teenaged wife at Baramita, in Region One, resulting in her death, was yesterday charged with murder.

For the third time in as many years, Dave West Indian has come on board with the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) to sponsor their Under-15 tournament.

The sixth annual Milo U18 Secondary Schools football championships will commence today at the Ministry of Education ground, Carifesta Avenue with a tripleheader.

A husband and wife were yesterday remanded to prison after they were read firearm, ammunition and narcotics charges in a city court.

Dear Editor, In late 2016 four capital projects in Region Nine were awarded to a coastland contractor.

A 17-year-old was yesterday remanded to prison after he was charged with the stabbing of a fellow student, who police say he tried to kill over the theft of a phone.

Seeram’s Bar in association with Dynasty Sports Club dominoes competition will commence tomorrow at Seeram’s Bar, Alexander Village.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Organisers anticipate that the second Grenada Invitational scheduled for April will exceed the high standards set in the inaugural year with planning for the track and field meet already at an advanced stage.

DAVOS, Switzerland,  (Reuters) – China’s development push into poor countries is marginalizing the role of human rights bodies, green groups and other non-profits, making it harder for them to play their traditional role as a check on rampant development, advocates said.

Dear Editor, The Kaieteur News of 19th January 2018 reported on the handing over ceremony of the Security Sector reform report to President Granger by the British expert Lt Col (ret’d) Russell Combe.

A teenager was yesterday charged with raping an eight-year-old boy. Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan read the rape charge to the 16-year-old accused during an in-camera hearing in Georgetown.

Ariel Cappell has been strutting runways flaunting the latest designer styles for the last four years.

JOHANNESBURG, (Reuters) – A dangerous pitch brought play to a close 20 minutes early on the third day between South Africa and India with the home side chasing an unlikely target of 241 in the third and final test yesterday.

Hi Everyone, What’s Cooking is a series in which I answer questions and share advice about food and cooking that you may have but are too shy to ask.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – In a surprise move, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency reversed itself yesterday and halted the approval process for the proposed Pebble Mine copper and gold mine project in southwest Alaska’s Bristol Bay region.

Jermaine Smartt, the Guyanese man who admitted to smuggling cocaine into the United States last year by swallowing 39 pellets filled with the drug, is expected to be sentenced to between 12 and 18 months in jail.

(Trinidad Express) Days after threats were made against prison officers during a suspected jail break attempt, a prison officer was shot and killed after leaving the Port of Spain State Prison last evening.

Dear Editor, Mr Vincent Alexander purported to respond to my column, ‘Federalism to end ethnic conflict’ in a letter: ‘I maintain that Dev’s Federalism proposal is highly flawed’ (SN, Jan 25).

Fashion has always been seen and appreciated as a safe haven by those who felt isolated.

SYDNEY, (Reuters) – Australia romped to a three-wicket victory in the fourth one-day international at Adelaide Oval yesterday after threatening to dismiss England for the lowest score in the history of the format by reducing the tourists to eight for five inside seven overs.

Five months after a member of the City Constabu-lary allegedly raped a juvenile who was in his custody, a charge is yet to be filed in the matter.

Fashion has always been seen and appreciated as a safe haven by those who felt isolated.

PARIS,  (Reuters) – French President Emmanuel Macron called yesterday for further European Union sanctions on Venezuela, days after the 28-nation bloc agreed a travel ban and asset freezes on seven senior Venezuelan officials.

Dear Editor, Congratulations to Alan Fenty for contributing twenty-five years to Stabroek News.

TORONTO,  (Reuters) – Canadian pharmaceutical billionaire couple Barry and Honey Sherman were murdered in a targeted killing, Toronto police investigators said on Friday in their first detailed comments on the case since the couple’s bodies were found on Dec.

(Trinidad Guardian) After several years of ups and downs with some controversy in attempting to appoint a permanent Police Commissioner, the Police Service Commission (PSC) has selected acting deputy Police Commissioner (Operations), Deodath Dulalchan to be T&T’s new top cop.

Dear Editor, The Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU) refers to Mr Steve Fraser’s letter titled ‘GAWU, the PPP/C and the Goose that laid the golden egg’ which appeared in the January 24, 2018 Kaieteur News.

Designer and founder of the brand Original Stush (OS) Carlos Anthony is currently in Guyana making preparations for his first runway show here as well as the launching of Original Stush’s clothing line and the OS perfume for men and women: He Stush and She Stush.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – A unit of BNP Paribas SA agreed to plead guilty and pay a $90 million criminal fine for rigging foreign currency prices, the U.S.

(Reuters) Russell Westbrook scored a season-high 46 points, and the Oklahoma City Thunder extended their winning streak to six games with a 121-112 victory over the visiting Washington Wizards on Thursday.

It is not often that women come together in our society for the purpose of inspiring each other and reclaiming and rediscovering the feminine power.

Burglars broke into Brickdam office of the Police Complaints Authority (PCA) sometime between Thursday afternoon and yesterday morning and carted off over $200,000 in electronics.

Guyanese and Caribbean films will this year continue to be celebrated by the Caribbean Film Academy (CaFA), which in partnership with the Caribbean-American culture blog Rewind And Come Again (RACA) will for the third year running hold the Timehri Film Festival (TFF) from May 30 to June 3, 2018.

GUATEMALA CITY, (Reuters) – A former Guatemalan general was arrested on corruption charges relating to a special bonus paid to President Jimmy Morales by the defence ministry, prosecutors said yesterday.

There is a key scene in “Darkest Hour” that will either make or break the film for viewers.

The police have identified the victim of Thursday afternoon’s shooting in Albouystown, Georgetown and have established robbery as the motive for the attack.

Dear Editor, President David Granger on Thursday announced at the GDF Officer’s conference that extrajudicial killings, phantom death squad murders and other targeted killings as well as torture that occurred in Guyana from 2001 to 2009 under the previous administration, will be investigated and the perpetrators will be brought to justice.

Two days ago, much of the world’s financial and economic elite sat through a jeremiad from the billionaire George Soros.

COLOMBO,  (Reuters) – Sri Lanka’s president said yesterday that more than $58 billion, or 90 percent, of foreign loans borrowed by the previous government was unaccounted for in Finance Ministry records.

MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – Defending champion Roger Federer reached a record seventh Australian Open final when South Korean Chung Hyeon retired injured in the second set of yesterday’s semifinal, trailing 6-1 5-2.

KINGSTON, Jamaica,  CMC – Controversial Cricket West Indies president, Dave Cameron, has warned Darren Bravo, Sunil Narine and Kieron Pollard they may never play for West Indies again, following their reluctance to represent the regional side at the upcoming ICC World Cup Qualifiers in Zimbabwe.