Daily Archive: Tuesday, March 20, 2018

Statements were today served on murder suspect Troy Anthony Thomas in preparation for the commencement of proceedings for his extradition to the United States, where he is wanted.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Players withdrawing from West Indies squads on two consecutive occasions will now have to advise the chairman of selectors on their availability, before they can be considered for future selection.

(Reuters) – A student who shot and critically wounded two fellow students at a Maryland high school on Tuesday morning, died after exchanging gunfire with a campus security officer, the county sheriff said.

CAPE TOWN,  (Reuters) – South Africa fast bowler Kagiso Rabada has been cleared to play the remainder of the test series against Australia having won his appeal against a Level Two breach of the International Cricket Council’s (ICC) code of conduct.

The recent fatal shooting of the three accused robbery suspects along the Seawall Public Road, in Georgetown, was justified, according to Commissioner of Police (ag) David Ramnarine, who yesterday warned that failure to swiftly apprehend the lone escaped suspect could result in an act of retribution.

Speaking at a recent mining conference in Canada, Minister of Finance Winston Jordan projected that by the late 2020s, Guyana could be producing one million barrels of oil per day.

Workers of Power Producers and Distributors Inc (PPDI) and the Guyana Fire Service (GFS) yesterday managed to contain and put out a fire in the Guyana Power and Light Inc (GPL) Kingston power plant compound.

The value of Guyana’s gold reserves has decreased as the Bank of Guyana takes advantage of higher international prices to sell.

United States Ambassador to Guyana Perry Holloway yesterday handed over US$20,000 in electronic equipment to the Guyana Police Force’s Strategic Planning Unit in an effort to enhance its capacity to address modern crimes.

Region Two’s Regional Democratic Council (RDC) has distanced itself from Regional Executive Officer (REO) Rupert Hopkinson’s unauthorised spending, while denying his claim that funds were only for emergency purposes.

The Ministry of Public Infrastructure will soon move to tender for emergency repairs to the West Coast sea defence, even as an assessment of the infrastructure in the affected areas is being conducted.

President David Granger yesterday called for the introduction of further initiatives to protect freshwater resources, particularly the rivers of the Guiana Shield.

A 17-year-old, who was charged last month with stealing his father’s gun and ammunition, was freed yesterday after the complaints against him were dropped.

HARARE, Zimbabwe,  CMC – Marlon Samuels countered Brendan Taylor’s spectacular 10th One-Day International hundred with an audacious half-century as West Indies completed their fifth highest run chase in One-Day Internationals, to beat Zimbabwe by four wickets and haul themselves back into contention for a spot in next year’s World Cup in England.

Minister of State,  Joseph Harmon, yesterday, swore in Colonel (Retired) Windee Algernon as Chairman of the Board of Inquiry (BOI), which has been set up to probe the circumstances surrounding the accident, involving a boat that was provided under a presidential programme to get children to school.

HARARE, Zimbabwe, CMC – Veteran stroke-maker Marlon Samuels said yesterday he was no stranger to pressure, after guiding West Indies to their fifth highest successful run chase to beat Zimbabwe by four wickets, in a crucial second stage match of the ICC World Cup Qualifiers.

Guyana has been working towards compliance with the new standards for the export of catfish to the United States (US) since 2016, according to Head of the Fisheries Department of the Ministry of Agriculture Denzil Roberts, who says the process is nearly completed.

MUMBAI, India,  CMC – West Indies will visit India for a bilateral series for the first time since the controversial abandoned tour four years ago, when they play two Tests, five One-Day Internationals and a one-off Twenty20 International later this year.

Despite President David Granger instructing the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) to brief a parliamentary security committee on efforts to secure communities located along the 800-kilometre border with Venezuela, Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo has bemoaned that it is yet to happen.

When the Guyana Rugby Football Union (GRFU) opens their 2018 Rugby season on Saturday, with a Sevens tournament, it will feature Trinidad and Tobago’s Harvard Rugby Club.

Amos Ramsay netted the equalizer in the dying moments as defending champion Guyana Defence Force (GDF), secured a 1-1 draw with Buxton United in the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) Elite League Sunday.

The trial into the $550 million cocaine-in-lumber case continued yesterday with the testimony of the officer from the Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU) who discovered the cocaine stashed away in the lumber on the day the bust was made.

Dear Editor, After listening to the entire video stream of the presidential term-limit case (The Attorney General of Guyana, Raphael Trotman v Cedric Richardson), argued before the CCJ last week, I can only conclude that the CCJ will find it extremely difficult to reject the arguments put forward on behalf of Richardson.

Kevon Johnson, the Tactical Services Unit (TSU) rank who was last year charged with stealing a pistol and 10 live rounds of ammunition, last Friday said he discovered the weapon in one of his boots.

Settling Star trampled its opposition and galloped away with the spoils of the feature E and Lower, seven furlong event of the Kennard Memorial Turf Club post-Phagwah meet on Sunday.

Dear Editor, In September 2017, in the Demerara Waves Online News, Foreign Affairs Minister Carl Greenidge was quoted as saying, “Guyana will soon put in place a more lenient immigration policy to avoid persons fleeing harsh economic and political conditions in their homeland from being deported for illegal entry.”

The Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) yesterday said that it has dismantled a fence that was encroaching on the Lamaha Canal reserves.

New Amsterdam (NA) United and Arsenal FC secured lopsided wins when the Berbice Zone of the Frank Watson Memorial U15 Football League continued Sunday at the Esplanade Ground.

National badminton players, Priyanna Ramdhani and Jonathan Mangra are scheduled to enter a High Performance training camp in Guatemala later this month.’

Dear Editor, Dave Martins’ marvellous column on Sunday captures a great and fundamental truth about how we all should live and work.

The Guyana Islamic Trust (GIT) on Sunday distributed 750 hampers costing around $2M to severed Rose Hall Estate sugar workers.

Dear Editor, The current situation in neighbouring Venezuela is tense. All eyes are on the forthcoming elections which ares scheduled for May 22.

Former Chairman of the Buxton/Foulis Neighbourhood Democratic Council Randolph Blair was last Wednesday charged with cultivating cannabis on his property.

Defending champion Wendell Meusa won the men’s title while Joshua Gopaul won the junior crown when the Guyana Chess Federation (GCF) Sasha Cells National Senior and Junior Championships ended last night at the National Racquet Centre on Woolford Avenue.

As has been the case with a number of government agencies, the Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) was last week upbraided for failing to return unspent monies to the Consolidated Fund at the end of the year.

Tactical Services United, Headquarters, President’s Guard,  and `E’ and `Divisions recorded victories in the latest matches  of the Police Commissioner’s T20 Cup competition following matches recently at the Police Sports Club ground, Eve Leary.

Dear Editor, The Ministers of Agriculture and Public Health are responsible for the loss of the fish export market to America.

BRUSSELS,  (Reuters) – Britain and the European Union agreed yesterday to a transition period to avoid a “cliff edge” Brexit next year — though only after London accepted a potential solution for Northern Ireland’s land border that may face stiff opposition at home.

Dear Editor, I have been following the discussions in relation to the revocation of Dr Hinds and Mr Lewis’s columns from the national newspaper, the Guyana Chronicle.

Malteenoes, led by Jeremiah Scott’s century defeated the Guyana National Industrial Corporation (GNIC) Sunday in the New Building Society 40 over second division tournament.

The trial of George Dover, who is accused of attempting to murder another man, is to begin this morning before Justice Navindra Singh and a 12-member jury at the Georgetown High Court.

Dear Editor, There has not really been a serious debate about the merits of learning Guyanese Creolese at university level.

A woman was yesterday fined $20,000 for sending false letters to a co-worker.

(Reuters) – The return of all-rounder Ben Stokes will be a welcome boost to the England squad as he provides much-needed balance and lifts morale, team mate Moeen Ali said ahead of the two-match test series in New Zealand.

Trinidad’s sixth President Paula-Mae Weekes was inaugurated yesterday at a ceremony at the Queens Park Savannah, Port of Spain.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – President Donald Trump yesterday signed an executive order barring any U.S.-based

Dear Editor, I have been perusing viewpoints in the printed media in Guyana supporting the belief that all citizens of a country should vote.

TEMPE, Ariz./SAN FRANCISCO, (Reuters) – An Uber self-driving car hit and killed a woman crossing the street in Arizona, police said yesterday, marking the first fatality involving an autonomous vehicle and a potential blow to the technology expected to transform transportation.

A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) will not publicly discuss any dissatisfaction the WPA may have with coalition until such time as those concerns are formally communicated to the party.

CAPE TOWN,  (Reuters) – There will still be plenty of needle in the third test between South Africa and Australia whether or not Kagiso Rabada wins his appeal against suspension, opener Dean Elgar said yesterday.

BUENOS AIRES,  (Reuters) – Colombia proposed yetserday that the International Monetary Fund provide assistance to help several hundred thousand Venezuelan refugees who have fled an economic and political crisis to neighboring countries, officials at the G20 summit said.

(Reuters) – British privacy regulators are seeking a warrant to search the offices of the political consultancy Cambridge Analytica late Monday following reports that the company may have improperly gained access to data on 50 million Facebook users, according to a Channel 4 television report.

Dear Editor, My letter about my runaround at the Guyana Power and Light (GPL) company for a pre-paid meter was published on Monday, 12th March, 2018.

A 16-year-old was one of two persons charged in a city court yesterday over two attacks in which the victims were robbed of their phones.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Four current or former Venezuelan government officials were added yesterday  to a list of people sanctioned by the U.S.

CAPE TOWN, (Reuters) – Australia opening batsman Cameron Bancroft is unsure what to expect from the Newlands pitch for the third test against South Africa starting on Thursday but he is expecting Mitchell Starc to overcome a sore calf in time to play.

To attempt the chronicling of the life and times of Cheddi Jagan within the inadequate confines of a single newspaper editorial, harnessed as it is by the constraint of brevity, is to court all sorts of risks.

A joke making the rounds in Mexico says that President Donald Trump has become the de facto campaign manager of leftist populist candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, who is leading in the polls for the July 1 presidential election.

Dear Editor, On Thursday, March 15, there was an exchange of gunfire between the police and suspected bandits at the Georgetown Seawall.

PUNTO FIJO,  (Reuters) – Venezuela has arrested the former refining boss of state oil company PDVSA for alleged corruption, two sources told Reuters yesterday, extending a crackdown on the OPEC nation’s ailing oil sector.

(Reuters) Russell Westbrook capped his 23rd triple-double of 37 points, 14 assists and 13 rebounds by hitting the tiebreaking layup with 39.7 seconds remaining as the Oklahoma City Thunder snapped the host Toronto Raptors’ team-record, 11-game winning streak with a hotly contested 132-125 victory Sunday.

A group of investors are eying Guyana’s lands to invest in oil palm cultivation.

The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has mounted an Observation Mission for Antigua and Barbuda’s General Elections on 21 March 2018.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson said today that Russia has been stockpiling the deadly nerve agent used to poison a Russian former double agent in England and has been investigating how such weapons can be used in assassinations.