Daily Archive: Wednesday, February 7, 2018

Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo today wrote President David Granger to say that he was not in support of the two persons nominated to be Chancellor of the Judiciary and Chief Justice.

The police today said they are probing the robbery with violence on Joy Proctor, 71, of Rosa Drive, South Ruimveldt this morning.

President David Granger is no longer delivering the keynote address at today’s GIPEX oil summit at the Marriott Hotel.

The Guyana Securities Council (GSC) is seeking information on a shareholder in ON Energy Inc, a subsidiary of Canadian oil company CGX Inc.

(Trinidad Guardian) In the space of three years, Monica “Cris” Gumbs suffered through the murder of her nephew, husband, son-in-law and the shooting of one of her daughters.

The inaugural Guyana International Petroleum Business Summit (GIPEX) opens today at the Marriott Hotel in Georgetown, promising networking opportunities for both local and international businesses with key players in the oil and gas sector.

A total of four persons are now in police custody as investigators continue to probe the murder of money changer Shawn Nurse and a motorcycle that is suspected to have been used to commit the crime has been found and impounded.

Last evening, Customs Anti Narcotic Unit (CANU) ranks stationed at CJIA intercepted a stash of suspected cocaine concealed in partly frozen fish scheduled for export to the USA.

Hakeem Mohamed, the key witness in the trial of  four men in relation to $550 million in cocaine discovered hidden in lumber, yesterday testified at the commencement of the trial at the Leonora Magistrate’s Court before Magistrate Rochelle Liverpool.

The land identified at Barnwell, on the East Bank of Demerara, for the relocation of squatters from Lombard and Broad streets, Charlestown, has been found to be unsuitable for the move, according to Chief Executive Officer of the Central Housing and Planning Authority (CH&PA) Lelon Saul.

A quick-thinking seven-year-old Glasgow, Berbice girl on Monday evening performed the heroic act of saving her four-year-old brother and herself, after their home caught afire around 9.30 pm.

Despite students calling for protests, the leadership of the University of Guyana Students’ Society (UGSS) yesterday said taking legal action is the “justified and righteous approach” to addressing what it views as the unlawful implementation of new administrative fees.

Permission to develop an indoor shooting range in Subryanville has been denied by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and an alternative location is being examined.

A handful of members of the Guyana Public Service Cooperative Credit Union yesterday staged a protest against the union’s board for non-payment of dividends, which is the result of the union’s Annual General Meeting (AGM) not being held in years.

Republic Bank (Guyana) Ltd has sued the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) for damages in excess of $260 million for what it says are sums owed for breach of contract and a judge on Monday ordered the sugar corporation to bear costs for wasting the court’s time and failing to inform of its plan to change lawyers.

Off-spinner Jonathan Rampersaud backed up his first round four-wicket haul with another exceptional bowling performance to spin Berbice to a five-wicket win over Demerara in the second round of Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) Dave West Indian Imports under – 15 inter county tournament at the Everest Cricket Club ground, yesterday.

By Romario Samaroo Essequibo kept their title hopes alive when they completed a nail-biting win over the President’s XI with Man-of-the-Match Gladwin Henry bagging 4-9 and Ronaldo Scouten clobbering 40 in the second round of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB)/ Dave West Indian imports Inter County Under-15 tournament.

The Central Housing and Planning Authority (CH&PA) is aiming to complete the construction of 10 housing units at Onderneeming, West Bank Demerara by early April as it continues its efforts to provide affordable housing solutions to Guyanese.

The Pouderoyen Tarmac will come alive tonight with several must-win group matches in the the Guinness Greatest of the Streets West Demerara/East Bank Demerara zone.

Collin Hooper, the South Ruimveldt Park man who allegedly flushed a quantity of cocaine down a toilet during a Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU) raid at his home, was yesterday charged with having cocaine for trafficking.

With the objective of resuscitating sports in the Mining Town of Linden, the Linden Youth Leaders Group (LYLG) in partnership with Mayor Carwyn Holland will stage the inaugural Linden Games from February 9th-11th.

Although Minister of Communities Ronald Bulkan has written two letters to Mayor Patricia Chase-Green about the City Council’s reported attempts to repurpose community playgrounds, he has received no response.

Lauding the decision by the United Nations Secre-tary General, Antonio Guterres to send the Guyana-Venezuela border controversy  to the Inter-national Court of Justice after decades of failed talks, former Foreign Affairs Minister Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett has appealed for unity among political parties here on the matter.

The Guyana Amateur Swimming Association (GASA) will hold its Annual General Meeting (AGM) on February 28 at the National Aquatic Centre but the election of office bearers will not he held until later this year.

The Muslim Scholar rape case is expected to be heard by Magistrate Alex Moore on February 22 and the mother of three of the complainants on Saturday appealed for the continuous delays in having the matter referred to the High Court for trial to end.

Dear Editor, Contrary to much of the callous and unfair criticism that the current government has received I have measured their ‘works’ against their critics and I am confident that this regime will deliver a return to a sense of law and a better feeling about being Guyanese.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – English County Hampshire eked out a tense four-run win over Combined Campuses and Colleges in a low-scoring contest under lights here Monday, to snatch their first victory of the Regional Super50.

How ExxonMobil’s Liza Phase Two Development Project will affect the marine life and the plans for the management of the hazardous waste that will be produced were paramount among the concerns raised at a public scoping meeting held in Georgetown on Monday.

Dear Editor, I refer to an editorial captioned ‘King of the City’ which appeared in the Thursday, January 23, 2018 edition of your newspaper.

BOGOTA, (Reuters) – Secretary of State Rex Tillerson yesterday said the United States is heartbroken by the economic and social situation effecting Venezuela and appreciates Colombia’s help in dealing with the humanitarian crisis.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Wicketkeeper/batsman Aldaine Thomas punished England Lions with an attractive hundred, as a Jamaica XI provided stout resistance on the penultimate day of their the three-day tour game here yesterday.

Dear Editor, I was greatly annoyed and disgusted to read media reports that certain self-important officials of the Georgetown City Council had plotted to commandeer the Bel Air Park and Farnum grounds for their own purposes while most of the city’s residents had no idea about their scheme.

MANILA,  (Reuters) – Bulldozers and backhoes pounded more than two dozen seized luxury cars in the Philippines yesterday, including Porsches, Mercedes, Jaguars and Corvettes, in a dramatic demolition showcasing the no-nonsense leader’s crackdown on crime and corruption.

Million-dollar bids were opened yesterday for the construction of a new fire station at Onverwagt, West Coast Berbice, Region 5, which has an engineer’s estimate of $31.8M.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Leeward Islands Hurricanes suffered a second straight defeat in the Regional Super50 when they went down to English County Kent by nine wickets in their Group B encounter here yesterday.

PYEONGCHANG, South Korea,  (Reuters) – Evidence against Russian athletes was strong enough to merit sanctions despite its rejection by the Court of Arbitration for Sport, the head of an International Olympic Committee (IOC) probe into doping at the 2014 Sochi Games said  yesterday.

Dear Editor, In my observance of matters relating to article carried by your news outlet with the headline ‘Venezuelan women say they are here for jobs to feed starving children’.

The Ministry of Public Telecommunications on Friday launched its 98th Information and  Communication Technology (ICT) Hub at Mocha/Arcadia on the East Bank Demerara.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The U.S. House of Representatives yesterday approved another stopgap bill to keep the federal government from shutting down, hours after President Donald Trump said he would “love” to see a shutdown if immigration legislation were not included.

LIMA,  (Reuters) – Peru’s trade minister defended China as a good trade partner yesterday, after U.S.

Dear Editor, The absurd and outrageous nature of the Exxon contract which has been highlighted by a number of persons in the public domain triggers the impulse to shout ‘incompetence!’

The presence of police patrols within the environs of the headquarters of the Guyana Society for the Blind has brought some level of comfort, but members are calling for more frequent patrols, and at the same time, for permanent armed guards for the institution.

JOHANNESBURG, (Reuters) – South Africa’s ruling African National Congress party on Tuesday put off a key meeting due to discuss President Jacob Zuma’s future later this week, while an online news service quoted sources saying he was ready to quit if certain conditions were met.

(Reuters) If any teams had hopes of prying LeBron James from the Cleveland Cavaliers before tomorrow’s trade deadline, it seems they can disregard that possibility.

CARACAS,  (Reuters) – A power outage which the government blamed on “sabotage” hit parts of Venezuelan capital Caracas yesterday, forcing at least 10 subway stations to close and affecting traffic signals and phone lines during rush hour.

Dear Editor, With the upcoming Mash season and its importance to the economy, no time must be wasted in putting a stop to the crime wave taking place.

NEW YORK,  (Reuters) – False tsunami warnings flashed on cellphones along the U.S.

(BBC) World number one Rafael Nadal will play in the Queen’s Club Championships in June – 10 years after winning the event as part of a summer treble.

MALE/COLOMBO,  (Reuters) – Maldives President Abdulla Yameen’s administration said yesterday it had put down a coup after declaring a state of emergency the day before and arresting two Supreme Court justices and opposition figures.

(Reuters) Dirk Nowitzki became the sixth NBA player to reach the 50,000-minute milestone, but Danilo Gallinari stole the spotlight with two lead-changing free throws with 24 seconds remaining Monday, helping the host Los Angeles Clippers overtake the Dallas Mavericks 104-101.

The Guyana International Petroleum Business Summit & Exhibition (GIPEX 2018) begins today at the Guyana Marriott Hotel, in Kingston, Georgetown.

Dear Editor, Most have heard the saying, “Power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely.” 

Below are some important parts of a statement taken from a letter by former Prime Minister Samuel Hinds (KN: 02/02/2018), intended partly to place the blame for the violence that took place between 1998 and 2008 on the PNCR and its supporters, which came at a opportune time for this closing contribution on an alternative form of government for Guyana.

A Stanleytown chef was on Friday placed on a total of $210,000 bail after denying three fraud charges.

HAVANA, (Reuters) – Leading Cuban independent media said they want nothing to do with a Trump administration initiative to foster more such outlets on the communist-run isle, contending it interferes in Cuba’s politics and creates the impression they are U.S.