Daily Archive: Friday, February 16, 2018

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – A Russian Internet agency oversaw a criminal and espionage conspiracy to tamper in the 2016 U.S.

The Alliance for Change (AFC) today hailed the third anniversary of the February 14th 2015 Cummingsburg Accord which paved the way for the APNU+AFC victory at general elections that year.

(Trinidad Guardian) National Security Minister Edmund Dillon, who represented the Government alongside Attorney General Faris Al-Rawi in a meeting with Muslim leaders yesterday, says the meeting was to foster cooperation and collaboration between the protective services and the Islamic community.

President David Granger yesterday warned that government will not tolerate any attempt to derail the implementation of needed security reform.

Mayor Patricia Chase-Green and Town Clerk Royston King appear to have run afoul of the People’s National Congress/ Reform (PNCR), the largest party in the APNU+AFC coalition which could mean that their positions at the city  council could be under threat.

The Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU) has discovered a drug ring inside two Georgetown secondary schools and charges are expected to be laid soon.

A US-based Guyanese and a woman were robbed at gunpoint of $7.4m yesterday afternoon by two motorcycle bandits, the police say.

With the planned reopening of the Skeldon and Enmore sugar estates, Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday rained criticism on the David Granger-led APNU+AFC government saying that the move  was reflective of their  “phenomenal incompetence”.

Two women went on trial at the  High Court in Berbice this week  for the murder of overseas-based Guyanese, Abdul Majid, whose body was  found with scalp missing and other injuries at the Number 56 Village, Corentyne foreshore back in 2012.

A Number Two Village, East Canje, Berbice mason was on Wednesday remanded to prison after he was charged with unlawfully and maliciously discharging a firearm which injured a West Coast Berbice door-to-door goldsmith last Sunday.

A US$5 million grant from the Government of Japan to Guyana and Dominica, aimed at strengthening the disaster management capacities of women and indigenous people, was signed between the Ministry of Finance and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) yesterday.

The Government of Japan has awarded grants to three local community development organisations.

Regional Super50 LUCAS STREET, Barbados, Feb 15, CMC – Trinidad and Tobago Red Force missed the chance to confirm their spot in the semi-finals of the Regional Super50, when they slumped to a surprise three-wicket defeat to Windward Islands Volcanoes here Thursday.

A mother and daughter are expected to face a narcotics trafficking charge in a city court today following the discovery of cocaine in the latter’s handbag while she was an outbound passenger at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA), Timehri.

The United Nations yesterday handed over 120 solar lanterns to the Education and Health ministries, making Guyana the first South American country to benefit from Panasonic Inc’s 100,000 Solar Lanterns Project.

The Pouderoyen Tarmac tonight, will provide the setting for the dream matchup between two time defending champion Showstoppers, and ESPN,   in the finale of the Guinness ‘Greatest of the Streets’ West Demerara/East Bank Demerara Zone.

In an effort to aid preparation, the Petra Organization has donated one football to each of the 24 competing teams for the upcoming Corona Beer Futsal Championship which begins on the 24th February at the National Gymnasium, on Mandela Avenue.

Two robbery accused were yesterday slapped with additional charges, including for three separate carjackings, among which was the attack on cultural activist Ryhaan Shah.

Ever since his heroics in the 2016 edition of the ICC under-19 World Cup, Keemo Paul has carried the expectation of being one of the players earmarked to go on to the senior West Indies team.

A 31-year sentence imposed on ex-policeman Kevin Waterman for the killing of his girlfriend, policewoman Eleanor Jones, was on Wednesday reduced to 24 years by the Court of Appeal.

Sparta Boss will battle Leopold Street, while Silver Bullets will engage Bent Street tomorrow evening in the inaugural Magnum Mash Futsal Championship semi-finals, following quarter-final wins on Wednesday at the National Gymnasium, Mandela Avenue.

  Ex-policeman Shavon Marks, who was accused of aiding in the smuggling of an AK-47 rifle out of the Tactical Services Unit (TSU) compound at Eve Leary, had the charge against him dismissed on Wednesday after a city court found that the prosecution failed to prove its case.

Former National Ladies champion Ashley Khalil began her participation in Bounty Farm Ltd.

Dear Editor, It is with some interest that I am following the saga involving the Ogle Airport Inc and the monopoly position that is occupied by one family.

The opposition People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) is open to discussing the Production Sharing Agreement (PSA) signed between government and ExxonMobil, according to leader Bharrat Jagdeo in order to ensure a bipartisan approach towards a possible renegotiation.

The Guyana Table Tennis Association’s (GTTA) 2018 programme will kick off this afternoon at 4:00 pm with the staging of the Mashramani Junior and Cadet Table Tennis Championships at the National Gymnasium on Mandela Avenue.

Dear Editor, Please refer to a letter which appeared in your issue of Wednesday February 15, headlined, ‘I intend to move a vote of no confidence against the Town Clerk’ by Councillor Sherod Duncan.

Bandits on Monday afternoon broke into a Cummings Lodge businessman’s car and carted off his licensed firearm and $350,000 in cash while he was in the National Insurance Scheme (NIS) Head office, Brickdam transacting business.

Dear Editor, In continuing my letter of February 14 relevant to Word Radio Day, which was celebrated on February 13, 2018, I would like to share a bit more on the impact of radio.

Former champion [2014] Lodge Secondary maintained their unbeaten record in the Milo Schools Football Championship, downing Queenstown Secondary 3-1 on Wednesday at the Ministry of Education ground, Carifesta Avenue.

Statements were served on Wednesday to Lance Corporal Clifton Pellew, the City Constabulary rank charged with raping a juvenile in his custody at the constabulary’s Regent Street outpost last August.

Dear Editor, During last week much discussion and debate were generated by an advertisement calling on investors not to invest in Guyana.

Leonard Grant called `Snakie’, 36, a labourer of Westbury, Essequibo Coast is now the latest guest of the state after he was remanded to prison yesterday for allegedly stabbing his reputed wife several times about her body.

Following months of dormancy, the third season of the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) ‘Elite League’will resume today at the Georgetown Football Club (GFC) Ground, Bourda.

The top of the points table Guyana Jaguars will play their final Group B match against the Jamaica Scorpions today, and a victory will almost guarantee a spot in the  Regional Super50 playoffs.

According to Town Clerk Royston King, the Mayor and City Councillors of Georgetown will by the end of February be considering a new set of metered parking by-laws.

MEXICO CITY,  (Reuters) – Mexico’s foreign minister will travel to Jamaica, Grenada and Saint Lucia in March, a Mexican official said yesterday, as part of efforts to erode Venezuela’s oil-based influence in the Caribbean.

Dear Editor, There is not a day that goes by as we open the pages of the newspapers when there isn’t an item to tickle our funny bones. 

The Guyana National Broadcasting Authority (GNBA) yesterday said that its monitoring and compliance department is fully functional.

Photos by Keno George The Children’s Mashramani Dance Competition Finals were held at the National Cultural Centre yesterday with the nation’s children displaying their usual wide variety of colourful talent.

0CAPE TOWN,  (Reuters) – Cyril Ramaphosa was elected as South Africa’s president in a parliamentary vote yesterday and pledged to tackle endemic corruption after scandal-ridden Jacob Zuma resigned on orders from the ruling African National Congress.

Dear Editor, Many persons know that I hold a view that Guyana has the potential to become the Singapore of South America, however, on our way there, we have to make some fundamental changes.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – James Adams and Joe Weatherley hammered half-centuries as English county Hampshire made light work of Combined Campuses and Colleges Marooners, brushing them aside by nine wickets in the battle of the bottom-placed teams in Group A of the Regional Super50 here Thursday night.

(Reuters) – Roger Federer is one win from becoming the oldest world number one in ATP Tour history after beating Philipp Kohlschreiber 7-6(8) 7-5 in the last 16 of the Rotterdam Open on Thursday.

VALENCIA, Venezuela/ CARACAS  (Reuters) – Billionaire businessman Lorenzo Mendoza has ruled out challenging Venezuela’s leftist President Nicolas Maduro in the upcoming election despite multiple calls for him to stand, sources from his company’s workforce said yesterday.

Eighty-six persons  from 20 organisations have completed mass casualty management training and many of them are to be deployed for the upcoming Mashramani celebrations.

NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – Punjab National Bank, India’s second-largest state-run lender, sought to soothe investors yesterday after the discovery of a $1.77 billion scam at a single branch sent its shares plunging and raised fears about the scale of fraud in the sector.

Dear Editor, This PNC-led coalition administration is making clear their intention to do whatever suits their fancy as policy. 

Recently, the violent arrest, by members of the City Constabulary, of a man said to be of unsound mind shocked many who read about it in the formal news media, or viewed it on social media and television.

Field Level Media,James Harden worked through a subpar shooting performance to help the Houston Rockets carry a 10-game winning streak into the All-Star break following a 100-91 victory over the visiting Sacramento Kings on Wednesday.

-We’re now an “other-people” people? Nostalgia usually refers to (fond) memories of something pleasant; sometimes a yearning for a return to past events and times.

SYDNEY, (Reuters) – A major rift opened up in Australia’s coalition government on Friday as Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce refused to resign over an affair with a staff member, and blasted Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull’s condemnation of his behaviour as “inept”.

Dear Editor, The announcement that the ICC would grant international status to a match to be played in England on May 31 between the Rest of the World and the West Indies, the reigning champions of the shortest form of the game (20 overs), to raise funds to restore cricket grounds in Dominica and Anguilla destroyed by recent hurricanes, will be music to the ears of most fans, because it will generate much interest (both live and on TV), and more importantly, major revenue.

  Introduction Readers will recall that Article 27 – Applicable Law, was addressed in Column 29 which is available on the website of the Stabroek News as well as on chrisram.net.

CARACAS, (Reuters) – Venezuela’s unpopular socialist president Nicolas Maduro said yesterday his right-wing Latin American counterparts showed intolerance by trying to exclude him from an upcoming summit in Lima – and he vowed to go anyway.