Daily Archive: Friday, February 2, 2018

President David Granger (second from right) being given a tour of the new Lethem Magistrate’s Court today by acting Chancellor of the Judiciary, Yonette Cummings. 

NORTH SOUND, Antigua,  CMC – Guyana Jaguars defeated United States Cricket by eight wickets in the seventh game of the Regional Super50 at the Vivian Richards Cricket Ground here Friday.

On November 04, 2017, Irving Street, Queenstown, Georgetown resident Ryhaan Shah was robbed of her Toyota Allion motorcar by three males as she was about to drive into her yard.

The Private Sector Commission on Wednesday lauded the UN referral of the border controversy with Venezuela to the International Court of Justice and it commended the government over this development.

(Trinidad Guardian) A 17-year-old was among three men, who were killed during a shootout with police in Diego Martin, yesterday.

-forum hears Citing the Philippines’ case against China, Ambassador Cedric Joseph last evening stated that Guyana can unilaterally present to the World Court its case on the border controversy in the absence of Venezuelan participation.

Saying that the Lindo Creek Commission of Inquiry (CoI) was unilaterally established, the opposition People’s Progressive Party (PPP) on Wednesday warned that such an approach would scare off persons with vital information and could also result in its own non-participation.

The Guyana Power and Light (GPL) has announced the appointment of Albert Gordon, a Jamaican as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) with effect from yesterday.

A farmer, who police say reportedly walked into the path of a Route 42 bus along the Sarah Johanna Public Road, on the East Bank of Demerara, succumbed on Wednesday night, Persaud Hari, 61, of Sarah Johanna, was struck around 4.45pm by the minibus, BVV 852, which was proceeding north along the western carriageway at a moderate speed.

Former murder accused and the owner of D and D Pawn shop Andre Gomes, also known as ‘Zipper,’ who was wanted last year for questioning by the Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU), was yesterday charged with the possession of 2.1 pounds of cocaine for trafficking.

More than 200 Wales cane cutters and supporters rallied outside of the Ministry of the Presidency yesterday to protest the non-payment of severance pay to workers by the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo).

The Region Six Regional Democratic Council (RDC) yesterday passed a motion to finance the transportation to school for the children of severed sugar workers.

Minister of Public Security,  Khemraj Ramjattan on Wednesday convened the first meeting of the National CariSECURE Task Force which is aimed at bolstering evidence-driven crime prevention.

A potential oil spill and the effects on the environment remained among the main concerns raised when the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) continued its ongoing public scoping meetings on the oil company’s Liza Phase 2 Development Project in Region Three last Friday.

Two brothers were yesterday released on $150,000 bail each by a city court after they denied stealing items from the Marriott Hotel bond.

Trinidad Guardian – Cricket West Indies (CWI) has made some sweeping changes to their management team as they bid to improve on the performances of the regional outfit.

The Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) has launched an investigation into the circumstances that caused the death of Handel Payne, a young miner who met his demise after the wall of the Potaro pit he was working in collapsed on him.

Dream Team, Up Like-7, ESPN, Brothers United and Cayenne Massive, secured contrasting wins, when the 4th edition of the Guinness ‘Greatest of the Streets’ West Demerara/East Bank Demerara Zone, continued on Wednesday.

West Indies Under – 19 all-rounder Bhaskar Yadram says his World Cup experience has proven to be a learning one.

The two persons who were held in connection with the death of Hemchand Dalchand, the 20-year-old man whose body was discovered on Sunday morning along the Oleander Gardens Public Road, have been released.

Jamaican and former West Indies under -19 skipper, Ramaal Lewis has embarked on a course to advance his first-class career after being named in the Guyana Jaguars’ 50 overs squad to participate in the ongoing Regional Super50 Tournament.

The Ministry of Natural Resources is assuring the small miners of the Rupununi that their concerns raised in a recent letter about the ongoing dispute with Romanex Guyana Exploration Ltd.

A record number of entry forms have been submitted for participation in the inaugural Magnum ‘Mash Cup’ Futsal Classic, slated to commence tomorrow at the National Gymnasium, Mandela Avenue.

A Brazilian national, who was allegedly held with an unlicensed shotgun and ammunition in the Rupununi this week, yesterday accused members of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) of brutally assaulting him.

(Reuters) – Amazon.com Inc yesterday reported a profit near $2 billion, the largest in its history, as the online retailer drew millions of new customers to its Prime fast-shipping club for the holiday season and as changes to U.S.

The Third Annual Petra Organization Futsal Tournament was officially launched yesterday at the Top Brandz Distributors Headquarters, Broad Street.

The man who opened fire on a group of domino players at Mahaica last Saturday night leaving two persons injured has since fled the jurisdiction.

The active involvement of unions, particularly the teachers union, is critical for true and serious reform of the education sector, according to Coretta McDonald, General Secretary of the Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU).

Leading supplement and fitness products supplier, Fitness Express, has once again answered the call for the discipline of powerlifting.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The U.S. State Department’s third-ranking official, Tom Shannon, said yesterday he was stepping down, the latest senior career diplomat to exit since President Donald Trump took office a year ago.

Dear Editor, The Indian Action Committee (IAC) has noted government’s announcement of a series of inquiries into past incidents that have been described as crime spree killings.

CAVE HILL, Barbados, CMC – Jonathan Carter and Test batsman Roston Chase carved out half-centuries as title-holders Barbados Pride marched to their second win of the Regional Super50 with a comfortable seven-wicket victory over English County Hampshire here yesterday.

Saying that the nearly six decades of rule by the two main political parties have not enhanced Guyana’s development, analyst Ramon ‘Rambo’ Gaskin on Tuesday launched a new political party.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The White House was working yesterday to clear the release of a Republican memo alleging bias within the FBI and Justice Department against President Donald Trump as they investigated contacts between his 2016 presidential campaign and Russia, according to an administration official.

NEW DELHI/PORT VICTORIA,  (Reuters) – India has signed a 20-year pact with the Seychelles to build an airstrip and a jetty for its navy in the island chain, the two countries said, as the South Asian nation steps up a contest with China for influence in the Indian Ocean.

Dear Editor, There is a lot in a name and we need to get names right.

The Mayor and Town Clerk, councillors— past and present—as well as family members of the late city councillor Junior Garrett, gathered for an extraordinary statutory meeting on Wednesday in his honour.

Dear Editor, The main objective of the Rupununi Mining Association is to conduct our operations in an environmentally friendly way.

Golfers will be delighted to know that there is a unique club tournament tomorrow at the Lusignan Golf Club.    

Courts Guyana on Wednesday held a presentation of prizes for more customers who shopped with them over the 2017 Christmas Season.

Dear Editor, I do strongly believe that the severed sugar workers must be given subsidized water and electricity due to the tremendous hardships they and their families have been facing.

National cyclist Alonzo Greaves was on Wednesday brought before a city court on charges of assaulting the mother of his child and damaging property.

DURBAN, (Reuters) – Captain Virat Kohli struck a stylish century to lead India to a comfortable six-wicket victory over South Africa in the first one-day international on Thursday and end the hosts’ 17-match winning streak on home soil.

Ex-sugar workers from the Wales Estate say that they feel discriminated against as they are yet to receive severance payments, 13 months after the estate’s closure and are calling on government to look into their “plight that is making life hard.”

Dear Editor, I am overjoyed that Mr Maurice Arjoon has been finally vindicated in court.

CARICOM boxing nations will have to decide the route to be taken after the AIBA Executive Committee (EC) requested that the region resubmit its proposal for support for the Year of the Caribbean.

AUSTIN, Texas, (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson yesterday raised the prospect that the Venezuelan military could decide to oust President Nicolas Maduro but said he did not know whether that would happen.

(Reuters) – Los Angeles County homicide detectives have named actor Robert Wagner a “person of interest” in the probe of the unexplained 1981 drowning of his wife, actress Natalie Wood, saying he was the last person with her before she vanished off Southern California.

AUSTIN, Texas,  (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson warned Latin American countries yesterday against excessive reliance on economic ties with China, saying the region did not need new imperial powers.

Following a spate of attacks on members of the Guyana Society for the Blind, the association is continuing to call for the permanent placement of armed guards at its head office.

Dear Editor, With the sacking of over 7,000 Guyanese (5,000 sugar workers and nearly 2,000 Amerindian Community Support Officers) over the last two-and-a-half years it is presumed that poverty in Guyana is on the increase.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – It was carded as a day/night affair but Trinidad and Tobago required less than three hours to dispose of a listless Combined Campuses and Colleges Marooners by nine wickets in their second match of the Regional Super50 here yesterday.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua – Two former Windies legends will headline the live ball-by-ball television coverage of the upcoming of the Super50 Cricket Festival of West Indies cricket.

Dear Editor, We are grateful to Minister of Public Security Khemraj Ramjattan for recognising The Caribbean Voice (TCV) as a credible NGO.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – International health campaigners and alcohol concern groups called on a major global HIV and malaria fund yesterday to end immediately a partnership it had signed with the Dutch brewer Heineken.

(Trinidad Express) Two teenage boys are expected to appear before an Arima Magistrate charged with the January 25 murder of Francis Stafford, and with wounding a woman.

BRASILIA/SAO PAULO,  (Reuters) – A federal court yesterday ordered the arrest of the former chief executive officer of Bank of New York Mellon Corp’s unit in Brazil, a source with knowledge of the matter said.

HAVANA,  (Reuters) – The eldest son of late Cuban revolutionary leader Fidel Castro, Fidel Castro Diaz-Balart, committed suicide yesterday after being treated for months for depression, Cuban state-run media reported.

Dear Editor, GAWU and Komal Chand at this time cannot desert the redundant workers when they need him and the union most.

LONDON, (Reuters) – England included all-rounder Ben Stokes in their squad for the five-match one-day international series against New Zealand starting later this month.

Just a reminder that this series within a series seeks to compare the Janet Jagan administration’s 1999 Agreement with the Trotman 2016 Agreement and as we closed last week’s column we were on Article 20.

Guyana’s agriculture sector has not shown any significant growth overall, or in its major subsectors for more than a decade.

Look friends, I’m one (dubious) fan of our Historian-President’s penchant for naming things.