Daily Archive: Friday, February 23, 2018

LOS ANGELES,  (Reuters) – Lisa Marie Presley, the only daughter of Elvis Presley, says she is facing financial ruin and has filed a $100 million lawsuit accusing her former business manager of negligence and mismanaging her finances.

In a sharp break with tradition, the after Mashramani cleanup by organisers began today.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – A former senior official in Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign, Rick Gates, pleaded guilty today to conspiracy against the United States and lying to investigators, and is cooperating with a federal probe into Russia’s role in the election.

(Trinidad Guardian)  “Dwight, I forgive you.” So stated reigning Chutney Soca Monarch Neval Chatelal in an open letter to former T&T and Manchester United striker Dwight Yorke yesterday, following the repayment of a $250,000 loan.

Members of the Joint Services last night at D’Urban Park preparing to raise the Golden Arrowhead in observance of the 48th anniversary of Republican status.

The controversial Production Sharing Agreement (PSA) signed between the government and ExxonMobil’s local subsidiary and partners is final and will not be subject to any changes, Minister of State Joseph Harmon said yesterday.

General Manager Holly Greaves yesterday said the National Insurance Scheme (NIS) is re-examining its investment in the Berbice Bridge after dismal returns over the past few years.

A gunman yesterday afternoon shot and robbed a senior CARICOM Secreta-riat employee after he left the Republic Bank (Guyana) Limited branch at Triumph, East Coast Demerara (ECD), in what is the most recent attack on the bank’s customers.

As Guyana celebrates 48 years as a Republic, President David Granger has reiterated his government’s intention to take the Venezuelan border controversy to the World Court and declared each citizen a protector of the nation’s sovereignty.

`B’ Division policemen last evening blocked the Corriverton municipality’s flag raising ceremony because permission had not been sought but Mayor Krishnand Jaichand believes it was stopped because the town council objected to Minister of Public Security, Khemraj Ramjattan as the featured speaker.

Though it was announced last week that the Commission of Inquiry (CoI) into the Lindo Creek massacre had been suspended until further notice, Minister of State Joseph Harmon said yesterday that in-camera hearings are being conducted.

Three of the four persons nominated to be members of the Integrity Commi-ssion were yesterday sworn in during a simple ceremony by Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan at the Ministry of the Presidency.

The Windward Islands Volcanoes booked their place in the final versus the Barbados Pride after beating the Guyana Jagaurs by 52 runs (D/L Method) in the rain affected second day/night semi-final of the Cricket West Indies Regional Super50 on Thursday at the Coolidge Cricket Ground.

Guyana Football Federation (GFF) President Wayne Forde yesterday acknowledged that he is aware of the letter signed by 17 referees demanding the removal of Head of the Referees Department, Stanley Lancaster.

Four years after being committed to stand trial for the alleged rape of nine boys, Muslim scholar Nezaam Ali was yesterday recommitted once more after years of delay and uncertainty over evidence.

The members of the Ethnic Relations Commission (ERC) and the Teaching Service Commission (TSC) were yesterday sworn in by President David Granger who said that they will insulate citizens and institutions against “influence and interference by the executive”.

Qwedada Fraser smacked 12 sixes on her way to an unbeaten 88, the highest individual score of the tournament so far, to lead Patentia Secondary to victory over L’Aventure Secondary in the female division of the 27th Annual Easter Term Windball cricket tournament.

Titans Table Tennis Club will serve off their inaugural Banks Smalta Supreme Junior Table Tennis tournament tomorrow morning at 9:00 hrs, at the Queen’s College Auditorium, on Camp Road.

Kavita Persaud, the woman who was arrested after her daughter was found with over five pounds of cocaine in her handbag at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA), Timehri was yesterday sentenced to four years in jail after she took responsibility for the drugs.

The People’s Progressive Party (PPP) believes that government is keeping an “enhanced threat” from Venezuela a secret and is calling on the David Granger government to come clean with the nation.

Even as Roraima Airways prepares to host the annual Wedding Expo next month, the company’s Chief Executive Officer, Gerry Gouveia has told Stabroek Business that the process of amending the country’s Marriage Act to reduce the residency requirement from fifteen days to two days for non-nationals wishing to marry in Guyana, must be accelerated.

Dear Editor, The GAWU, through reports that appeared in several sections of the press, was, to say the least, surprised to learn that the state-owned NICIL Special Purpose Unit (SPU), according to Finance Minister Winston Jordan, was seeking financing in the region of $10billion to $15billion in order to resume operations at East Demerara and Skeldon Estates.

S&P Global Platts, the international provider of energy and commodities information has reported in its January 2018 Global Survey of member countries of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) that, for the sixth straight month Venezuela’s oil output has fallen,  reaching 1.64m barrels per day in January.

Kelvin Chisholm was yesterday afternoon acquitted of the murder of labourer Nigel Lawson.

East Bank Cricket Association won the Demerara Cricket Board (DCB) Under-17 Inter-Association Tournament after beating West Demerara by 61 runs, yesterday at the Georgetown Cricket Club Ground, Bourda.

Dear Editor, Like many Guyanese, I have been following the increasing number of reports regarding persons being attacked/robbed after conducting financial transactions at various places, including banks.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – The special counsel in the Russia probe filed new criminal charges yesterday against President Donald Trump’s former campaign aides Paul Manafort and Rick Gates, stepping up pressure in a legal battle that started last year.

Minister of State Joseph Harmon yesterday announced that the businessman behind a controversial ad targeting the Guyana Office for Investment (Go-Invest) has apologised to government and claimed that his actions were as a result of frustration.

Berlinda Duncan- Persaud has spent much of the past two years trying to interweave the art and craft of the Amerindian communities into mainstream Guyanese life by making the work of indigenous craftsmen and women available to a coastal market and even to extend the demand outside of Guyana.

The Sanjay’s Jewellery Classic Golf tournament which was postponed from two weekends ago due to inclement weather, will be held tomorrow from 12:30 pm, at the Lusignan Golf Club (LGC).

Dear Editor,  What were the judges looking for when deciding the winner for the Senior Panorama Competition 2018?

The Guyana Sugar Corporation’s Port Mourant Apprentice Training Centre will not be closed or divested as government is currently working to take account of the needs of the oil industry in its curriculum.

In an advertisement in this week’s Stabroek News, Guyana Deep Water Operations Inc (GDO) listed 31 areas for service opportunities.

Dear Editor, During last week, the Stabroek News reported that the Guyana Post Office Corporation (GPOC) and the Ministry of Public Telecommunica-tions are currently researching the introduction of a “debit card-like system” for pensioners to receive their monthly payments.

The body of Mahaicony guard Rakesh Bhajanram, who went missing three weeks ago, was discovered yesterday at the Burma Road, East Coast Demerara.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Renovation of the first 600 metres of berth under the first phase of the expansion of the Kingston Container Terminal (KCT), being undertaken by operators Kingston Freeport Terminal Limited, is now completed and ready to accommodate Panamax vessels.

When the Guyana Boxing Association (GBA) along with Alford McDonald squares up on Sunday to stage the Patrick Forde Memorial Open, Tower Suites will be a key corner man.

(Field Level Media): The NBA champion Golden State Warriors are not going to the White House while in Washington next week.

Winners of this year’s Race To The Altar, the most popular feature of the annual Roraima Airways Company -staged Wedding Expo will benefit from collective contributions to their ‘dream wedding’ from some of the most prominent service providers in the business community valued at more than $3 million, Stabroek Business has been informed.

Dear Editor, As a proud member of the Guyana Bar Association, I took grave offence when I read a letter written to the editor by Rickford Burke and published in the press on the 21st Feb, 2018, seeking to denigrate an association of some of the most distinguished professionals in Guyana.

Lennox De Nobrega the driver accused of causing the death of a teen along Mandela Avenue, was yesterday found not guilty of the crime and freed after a court found that it was the actions of the deceased that led to his own demise.

The Head Teacher and Deputy Head Teacher of the New Amsterdam Multilateral School will be reassigned to other institutions to alleviate tension among staff, who just weeks ago had requested transfers amid claims of racial tension and other issues.

(Jamaica Observer) Science, Energy and Technology Minister, Dr Andrew Wheatley (left) and Group General Manager of the Petroleum Corporation of Jamaica (PCJ), Winston Watson, officially unveil the cover of the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Standards Guide at the launch held at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston yesterday.

Dear Editor, My letter last week evoked a spirited response from Dr Henry B Jeffrey, in his ‘Future notes’ published in SN on February 21, under the bold caption ‘Nandlall’s flawed political theorizing’.

(Trinidad Guardian): Former T&T and Manchester United footballer Dwight Yorke yesterday denied he entered into any contract with Chutney Monarch Neval Chatelal to loan him money to pay off a debt following his Island Vibe fete last year.

(Reuters) – Australia batsman David Warner says he expects South Africa’s bowlers will be smarter against him than they have been in the past when his touring side play four tests against the Proteas in March.

Queen Elizabeth II today recognised Guyanese acti-vist, Denise Dias as the 17th Commonwealth Point of Light in honour of her “exceptional voluntary work campaigning for better road safety regulations following the tragic death of her daughter, Alicea”.

HAVANA, (Reuters) – A draft of new Cuban economic regulations proposes increasing state control over the private sector and curtailing private enterprise, a copy of the document seen by Reuters showed.

(Reuters) – China has the world’s largest and farthest-ranging fishing operation, outstripping the next 10 biggest combined, according to what researchers say is the most comprehensive and data-intensive study on the subject.

CHICAGO/MEXICO CITY,  (Reuters) – Mexican buyers imported ten times more corn from Brazil last year amid concern that NAFTA renegotiations could disrupt their U.S.

Dear Editor, Since the discovery of oil in our territory in 2015, our media has been dominated by the news.

BERN, (Reuters) – Napoli came agonisingly close to pulling off a dramatic Europa League comeback when they won 2-0 at RB Leipzig but went out on away goals at the last 32 stage on Thursday while Arsenal got through despite an embarrassing 2-1 home defeat by Ostersund.

The Court of Appeal yesterday denied Hubert Pilgrim’s request for a reduction of the 24-year sentence he is currently serving for the stabbing death of his common-law wife, Natalie Loncke.

GASCI (www.gasci.com/telephone Nº 223-6175/6) reports that session 761’s trading results showed consideration of $20,735,105 from 251,919 shares traded in 30 transactions as compared to session 760’s trading results which showed consideration of $2,535,754 from 35,463 shares traded in 15 transactions.

PORT-AU-PRINCE,  (Reuters) – Haiti has temporarily revoked Oxfam Great Britain’s right to operate in the Caribbean country after allegations of sexual misconduct by some of the charity’s staff there, Planning and External Cooperation Minister Aviol Fleurant said yesterday.

MUMBAI, (Reuters) – An Indian financial crime-fighting agency said on Thursday it has seized a Rolls-Royce Ghost, a Porsche Panamera and some half a dozen more luxury vehicles belonging to billionaire jeweller Nirav Modi and his firms, in a probe into an alleged $1.8 billion fraud against state-run Punjab National Bank.

Dear Editor, In the wake of the reopening of the sugar estates there is an opportunity for GuySuCo and NICIL to renegotiate the wages of the sugar workers and remove the need for union fees given the potential length of the labour contracts.

First Lady, Sandra Granger on Wednesday evening attended a lecture at the University of Guyana (UG) held to observe International Mother Language Day.

Dear Editor, City Councillor Sherod Avery Duncan has arrogated to himself the right of the Town Clerk to interpret for himself (subject of course to any contrary authoritative ruling by a court of law) the Municipal and District Councils Act Chapter 28:01 by which the Town Clerk has been vested with the general administration of the Georgetown City Council.

Recently, the issue of drug use in schools in Guyana has made the headlines with the announcement by the Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU) that it had discovered a drug ring inside two Georgetown schools.

BOSTON/NEW YORK,  (Reuters) – The world’s largest asset manager put U.S.

It is hard to think of any national issue that has secured more traction with the populace over the past two years than the issue of the discovery of oil offshore Guyana and the processes involved in recovering and exploiting the commodity for the nation’s benefit.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates,  CMC – West Indies star Kieron Pollard produced a cameo as Multan Sultans raised the curtain on the latest edition of the Pakistan Super League with a seven-wicket victory over Darren Sammy’s Peshawar Zalmi here Thursday.

(Prepared by the Guyana Marketing Corporation and published by Stabroek Business as a public service)

Two terse introductory points up front: because I don’t –and suspect can’t- write every day, a Selwyn Persaud (KN Sat.

Scores of the 350 former cane cutters from the now closed Wales sugar estate who GuySuCo says do not qualify for severance pressed their case again on Tuesday outside of the Ministry of the Presidency.

BOGOTA, (Reuters) – The legal daily entry of Venezuelan migrants into Colombia has fallen by 30 percent in the last two weeks, the Colombian migration agency said yesterday, after the government imposed stricter border controls.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, , CMC – Windward Islands Volcanoes defeated Guyana Jaguars by 52 runs under Duckworth/Lewis, in the second day/night semi-final of the Regional Super50 at Coolidge Cricket Ground here Thursday.