Daily Archive: Friday, March 30, 2018

The United States announced today that as of April 1, the process of requesting immigrant visas for Cuban citizens will take place at its embassy in Georgetown, Guyana instead of in Colombia.

The police today said that the alcohol level of a private motor car driver who was involved in a fatal accident on the Coffee Grove Public Road, Essequibo Coast, was found to be exceedingly above the legal limit.

An intelligence-led operation by ranks of the Guyana Police Force resulted in the arrest of a Chef at Carmichael Street, Georgetown, on Wednesday, the police said today.

Guyana and the Caribbean’s elite U-17 and U-20 Track and Field athletes will blaze into action tomorrow to compete in the Flow CARIFTA Games, the Region’s premier annual athletic meet.

Story and photos from Emmerson Campbell in Nassau, Bahamas President of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), Lord Sebastian Coe reaffirmed the federation’s commitment to the CARIFTA Games while stressing its importance yesterday.

Acting Police Commissioner David Ramnarine yesterday said evidence disproves the claim by labourer Devon Lyte that he witnessed the police’s fatal shooting of three robbery suspects along the Kingston seawall from the rooftop of a Carifesta Avenue building, while the man’s lawyer called for a full, independent investigation due to the lack of confidence in the police force by him and other witnesses.

From Emmerson Campbell in Nassau, Bahamas Hutson, Taylor-Trim and coaches optimistic about historic CARIFTA Games medal haul… President of the local athletic association, Aubrey Hutson along with the manager and the coaches of the 18-member CARIFTA Games outfit collectively agreed that the unit can create history when they represent the 592 at this weekend’s event here in the Bahamas.

Hemwattie Abdulla, also known as ‘Annie’, 42, and her friend, Seerojini Permaul, known as ‘Usha,’ 49, were yesterday both sentenced to death for murdering the former’s husband.

The Guyana Sports Hall of Fame was officially launched last evening at the Umana Yana, Kingston with the aim of creating a collection of sporting memories that will transition throughout the ages.

Andy Boodram was yesterday handed a life sentence by Justice Navindra Singh after being found guilty by a jury of chopping his neighbour, who had asked him to turn down the volume of the music he was playing.

JOHANNESBURG/SYDNEY, (Reuters) – Darren Lehmann is to step down as Australia coach following this week’s test match against South Africa after taking ultimate responsibility for the culture of a team embroiled in a ball-tampering scandal that has rocked cricket.

Minister of State Joseph Harmon yesterday said that the US$18 million signing bonus received from ExxonMobil will be deposited into the Consolidated Fund before being used to pay Guyana’s World Court representatives.

Guyana recorded their second victory, in as many matches, in the Regional Under-15 tournament being played in Jamaica, as they roared to a 79-run win over the Leeward Islands yesterday in a rain hit match.

Asserting that the growth of the country’s manufacturing sector is inextricably linked to the creation of a stable and reliable electricity supply, Minister of State Joseph Harmon on Wednesday told the Annual General Meeting of the Guyana Manufacturing & Services Association (GMSA) that the APNU+AFC administration is currently engaged in discussions that could likely lead to the commercial use of natural gas from the country’s offshore resources as “a transitional fuel for Guyana’s economy.

GCC bounced back to winning ways with a 258 run drubbing of Queen’s College, after compiling 298 runs in the Georgetown Cricket Association/ Toucan Distributors Under-15 tournament yesterday at the Gandhi Youth Organization Ground.

Saying that Venezuelan “sindicato” gangs are terrorising them in the Upper Cuyuni River area, some gold and diamond miners have called on the government and military to provide protection.

ExxonMobil has been accused by watchdog group, Global Witness of aggressively pursuing purchase of an offshore Liberian oil block in 2013 despite its awareness that it was tainted by corruption.

(Reuters) – Fourth seed Alexander Zverev overcame a slow start on Thursday to wear down Borna Coric 6-4 6-4 and set up a Miami Open semi-final against Pablo Carreno Busta, who earlier defeated Kevin Anderson.

The continuity of the UncappeD initiative, described by Guyana Manufacturing & Services Association (GMSA) President Shyam Nokta  as the Association’s “signature” agro processors initiative has won the backing of ExxonMobil.

Several persons are now nursing injuries at the Georgetown Public Hospital after the bus they were in toppled after hitting a car at Providence, East Bank Demerara, last night.

Field Level Media: LeBron James had 41 points to match a record held by Michael Jordan and lead the visiting Cleveland Cavaliers to a 118-105 win over the Charlotte Hornets on Wednesday.

My position managing a garment factory has easily been my most stressful job to date.

Strathspey on the East Coast of Demerara is home to a skillful craftsman who has been building a reputation in the creation of eye-catching furniture for more than two decades.

Dear Editor, It is with interest that I read the interesting debate on the pros and cons of Creolese as a legitimate Guyanese language.

The opposition People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) will not support a parking meter system for Georgetown under the current contract that the Mayor and City Council (M&CC) has signed with smart City Solutions (SCS), Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo says.

Dear Editor, Long before it assumed the reins of government, I have argued that the authoritarianism which permeates the ideology and realpolitik of the People’s National Congress (PNC) would prevent it from co-existing amicably or equitably in any coalition.

Medication for malaria is unavailable at several health centres in Guyana’s interior, resulting in patients having to travel lengthy distances for treatment, according to Guyana Women Miners Organisation (GWMO), which has been seeking the intervention of the Ministry of Public Health to address the situation.

With the local rice industry keen to maximize such opportunities as may arise to secure replacements to help compensate for the loss of the Venezuelan market under the PetroCaribe arrangement, Cuba, an importer of around 500,000 tonnes of rice annually, could emerge as a key replacement market for Guyana’s rice industry.

President David Granger has justified the Ministry of the Presidency’s intervention in the post office’s planned issuance of stamps to commemorate the centennial birth anniversary of late president Dr.

Even as the local co-operative movement seeks to recover from its decades of doldrums, not least its countless failed and abortive excursions into start-stop business ventures that have left groups across the country in a condition of acute disappointment, a University of Guyana business Professor insists that there is a way back for the sector.

Dear Editor, I wish to respond to Mr George N Cave’s letter titled ‘There is merit in learning Creolese at university level but also about Creolese’ published in Stabroek News on March 24.

Wisburg Secondary crushed Linden Foundation Secondary, while Harmony Secondary edged Linden Technical Institute, when the Edward ‘Screw’ Richmond Under-18 Football Championship continued on Wednesday.

Roopan Ramotar retains a generous measure of optimism about the long-term outcome of his investment in the coconut industry notwithstanding what, up until now, has been his failure to break into the regional coconut water market.

KARACHI, Pakistan,  CMC – Fast bowler Hasan Ali says Pakistan will not underestimate West Indies, even though the Caribbean side will boast a weakened side for the three-match Twenty20 series starting here Sunday.

Dear Editor, I assume that the news of three games between Pakistan and the West Indies starting on April 1 is not “fake news”.

Taxi driver Keron Jordan, 23, who police say was intercepted with almost three pounds of cannabis in his vehicle, was yesterday remanded to prison on a charge of possession or narcotics for trafficking.

Dear Editor, Much has been written in the media on the role played by Dr Jagan in the liberation struggle for a free, democratic and modern Guyana.

NEW YORK,  (Reuters) – A federal judge yesterday dismissed Exxon Mobil Corp’s lawsuit seeking to stop New York and Massachusetts from probing whether the oil and gas company covered up its knowledge about climate change and lied to investors and the public about it.

This year, perhaps more than at any time in its previous ten years of the event’s existence, the unceasing insistence by Roraima Group of Companies CEO Gerry Gouveia’s that his company’s annual Wedding Expo is underpinned by a significance that goes beyond the glitz and glitter of an exotic wedding ceremony for some hitherto unknown couple was in evidence.

A Campbellville Housing Scheme man was yesterday remanded to prison on a charge that police found almost a pound of cannabis under his bed and in his kitchen.

– East Coast Zone It was an evening of upsets, as 2013 winner Plaisance-A, 2014 champion Melanie-A, 2016 titlist Beterverwagting (BV)-B, and 2017 losing finalist Plaisance-B were eliminated, when the Sixth Guinness ‘Greatest of the Streets’ East Coast Demerara zone commenced on Wednesday.

GASCI (www.gasci.com/telephone Nº 223-6175/6) reports that session 766’s trading results showed consideration of $3,244,000 from 4,438 shares traded in 9 transactions as compared to session 765’s trading results which showed consideration of $3,219,150 from 4,467 shares traded in 3 transactions.

Dear Editor, It is said that the education system is failing Guyanese.

A homeless man was yesterday remanded to prison by a city court after being charged with breaking into the Bedford Methodist Church’s manse and stealing $125,000 in items.

LONDON, (Reuters) – No British referees will take part in this year’s World Cup in Russia, the first such absence in 80 years.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – West Indies selectors on Thursday belatedly named a 13-man second string squad for the historic three-match Twenty20 tour of Pakistan, with several of the leading stars opting out because of security concerns.

(Trinidad Express) T&T has joined the list of countries probing embattled British political consultants, Cambridge Analytica’s (CA) work — and a local probe is targetting the organisation’s alleged link with the past People’s Partnership administration for the 2015 general election.

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

Managers of the Guyana Power and Light Inc. (GPL) took to the streets for the second day in a row yesterday to protest over the company’s “callous and slothful approach” to fulfilling promised allowances and an incremental increase that was agreed in principle during negotiations.

Dear Editor, It is baffling that permission has not been obtained from the relevant authority for American Airlines to fly here, but airline tickets are going on sale on April 2.

-when historian Granger writes about LFSBFor many years on this day, though trying to be more secular, I would discuss the definition of “faith” as it is understood by devoted activist Christians.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump accused Amazon.com Inc yesterday of not paying enough tax, taking advantage of the U.S.

What now appears to be an emerging trend towards a modest breakthrough for the local rice industry on the Cuban market is a sign, albeit a modest one, that some inroads are being made to attempt to compensate for what was once a considerable market in Venezuela.

The criminal justice system has three major components: law enforcement (mainly the police), the courts or legal system and the penal system (the prisons).

Dear Editor, I equate President Donald Trump’s behaviour with the sexual harassment by celebrities and others, recently investigated and revealed.

Two East Canje, Berbice residents were yesterday arrested and taken into police custody at the Weldaad Police Station after they were found with suspected cannabis.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Title-holders Barbados started their campaign on a losing note then they went down to eight-time champions Trinidad and Tobago, in the opening round of the Regional Under-15 Championship here Wednesday.

Gold Prices for the three day period ending Thursday March 29, 2018

(Trinidad Express) Foreign and CARICOM Affairs Minister Dennis Moses has responded to the criticism and concern over Trinidad and Tobago’s decision to object to Dominica’s request for a waiver of its fees to the Organization of American States in the wake of the destruction caused by the hurricane in September 2017.