Daily Archive: Sunday, April 29, 2018

LONDON, (Reuters) – Britain’s interior minister has resigned after Prime Minister Theresa May’s government faced criticism for its treatment of some long-term Caribbean residents who were wrongly labelled illegal immigrants, a government official said.

Police on the East Coast of Demerara are investigating the murder of a Better Hope resident who was shot in his back last night sometime around 11.

(Trinidad Guardian) Two alleged robbers are dead while another remains at large following a failed robbery attempt in Petit Valley on Friday.

A decade after 4.7 acres of land at Liliendaal, East Coast Demerara, was controversially sold to Russian aluminium company Rusal, purportedly for the construction of a vacation home for its president Oleg Deripaska, it remains neglected and there has been no word on plans for its development.

The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) is reporting an $8 billion increase in revenue collection for the first quarter of 2018, which has been attributed to improvements in the collection of arrears.

Three ranks implicated in the plot to corrupt the most recent sitting of the learner driver theoretical exam have been removed from their posts.

Saint John is on the West Coast Berbice, 55 miles from the capital and is home to 800 residents.

Natural Resources Minister Raphael Trotman yesterday reported that gold declarations for the first quarter of the year stood at 145,000 ounces.

The offence of misconduct in public office carries a maximum penalty of life imprisonment.

Guyana’s leading supplement retailer, Fitness Express and the Guyana Amateur Powerlifting Federation (GAPF) staged a successful meet and greet and exhibition at the entity’s Sheriff and John Smith Streets venue yesterday.

A change of culture rather than a change in policy may be what is first needed to tackle plastic pollution.

Of all the expressions of unconsolable loss I have read concerning the death of anyone greatly loved, the following lament by Henry James, the novelist, when his older brother, William James, the scientist and philosopher, died is the most heartfelt: “I sit heavily stricken and in darkness – for from far aback in dimmest childhood he had been my Elder Brother; and I still, through all the years, saw in him, even as a small timorous boy yet, my protector, my backer, my authority and my pride. 

Every morning, a pregnant Shondell King leaves her home and treks for about half of a mile to work which entails fetching pieces of wallaba wood and packing them into sandpits and even as she does this she may have a pit burning simultaneously to produce charcoal.

For someone who grew up in modest circumstances and very limited exposure to what Guyanese in those days referred to eerily as the “outer world”, I ended up in a musical career with Tradewinds (something simply unthinkable for me when I left Guyana) which led me to spend time in a number of places in what is widely referred to as “the West”. 

Following her maiden call up to train with the West Indies senior women’s team, Shabika Gajnabi vows to capitalize on the opportunity and make her family proud.

Nineteen-year-old Taylor Fernandes is already back on the squash court after her participation at the recent  Commonwealth Games, maintaining her desire to hone her skills to match her counterparts on the international stage.

“Sometimes I feel as if I am going out of my mind and then at other times I feel guilty as if I am not doing enough and I am failing them,” she said with a sad shake of her head.

David Kunath, the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GTT) technician who sustained burns about his body more than two months ago after an accident in which he was electrocuted, succumbed to his injuries on Thursday.

Guyana Carnival 2018 is right around the corner and gyms and fitness centres countrywide are filled with individuals (including myself) looking to get a tighter physique or primed for the many pool parties, j’ouvert celebrations and the street parade.

More than a week after being seized by the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) with 200,000 gallons of undeclared fuel aboard, the MT Jubilee remains in custody while the owners work  with customs authorities to pay the $36 million in outstanding taxes, according to Commissioner-General, Godfrey Statia.

The month of May promises to be a busy one for the Guyana Boxing Association (GBA) and its boxers.

As part of efforts to curb overpayments on contracts, which have plagued state agencies for years, government has informed officials that those who sign off on incomplete contracts will be surcharged and have their names published in the annual reports of the Auditor General (AG), according to a Treasury Memorandum laid in the National Assembly last Thursday.

Introduction This week’s column wraps up the ongoing discussion from an economic perspective of the last remaining of the five items, which that I had earlier identified from Guyana’s fiscal regime for its 2016 production sharing agreement, PSA.

Plaisance Secondary and Bishops’ High School won their U19 matches while St.

Berbice Under-19 captain Kevin Sinclair has been named the Rose Hall Town Youth and Sport Club (RHTY&SC) Cricketer-of-the-Year while all-rounder Kevlon Anderson copped the runner up award.

Eco (Atlantic) Oil and Gas has reported encouraging findings from its seismic surveying in the Orinduik block, offshore Guyana.

WUHAN, China,  (Reuters) – The leaders of China and India agreed to open a new chapter in their relationship yesterday after an informal summit, just months after a dispute over a stretch of their high-altitude Himalayan border rekindled fears of war.

Minister of State Joseph Harmon on Friday announced that Courtney Benn Contracting Services Limited has been awarded a $352.7 million contract for the construction of a new building for St.

British High Commissioner Greg Quinn honoured the legacy of William Shakespeare, the greatest playwright of all time, with his third Annual Shakespeare Film Night on April 25.

Overnight rains caused the final of the Guyana Cricket Board/ Hand in Hand Mutual Fire and Life Insurance Inter-County Under-19 to be shifted to the reserve day today.

The family of Sunil Mangra, the Uitvlugt Estate labourer whose body was discovered at the Stewartville seashore, West Coast Demerara (WCD) last Monday, believes that he was murdered and is calling for a thorough investigation by police after what it has described as a lackluster approach so far.

KIGALI,  (Reuters) – African leaders resisting “democratic transformation” must heed their citizens’ calls for change, former Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf said yesterday after receiving an award aimed at promoting good leadership on the continent.

Gladiolus commonly called Sword Lily originated in the Mediterranean, Europe, Asia and South Africa.

The inaugural Junior Forrester Fund Raising Benefit Football series will commence today at the Georgetown Football Club (GFC) ground, Bourda.

Workers yesterday morning averted what could have been a major disaster at the Ministry of Public Health’s Brickdam, Georgetown offices, where a fire erupted.

DAR ES SALAAM,  (Reuters) – Tanzania has approached the African Development Bank (AfDB) to finance a 2,100-megawatt (MW) hydroelectric plant in a World Heritage site renowned for its animal population, despite concerns from conservationists.

The second leg of the Triple Crown Series scheduled to run off today at the Rising Sun Turf Club has been postponed due to inclement weather.

MANCHESTER, England, CMC – Veteran former Test batsman Shivnarine Chanderpaul ended a run of low scores with a half-century as Lancashire flourished on the second day of their rain-hit County Championship match against Surrey yesterday.

Dear Editor, To reinforce and put structure to comments I have made on social media, Section 18.1 (a) of the 2016 Cybercrime Bill has no place in the laws of a modern liberal democracy. 

A charge is expected to be laid this week against a man linked to the recent discovery of 150 pounds of marijuana, which were found two weeks ago in a car abandoned in front of the Royal Castle outlet on Sheriff Street, George-town.

PARIS,  (Reuters) – French billionaire Vincent Bollore yesterday fought allegations that his family-run group corrupted foreign public officials to win port concessions in West Africa.

The report ‘DPP advises inquest into seawall killings,’ which was published in our April 28th, 2018 edition, mistakenly included a photograph of Lawrence Assanah, who was misidentified as Kwame Assanah.

Dear Editor, I wish to comment on the proposed Cyber Crimes Bill (2016) which is expected to undergo deliberations in Parliament.

(Reuters) Indiana guard Victor Oladipo paced a potent Pacers attack with team highs of 28 points, 13 rebounds and 10 assists in a 121-87 rout of the Cleveland Cavaliers on Friday night in Indianapolis to even the first-round series at three games apiece.

Armed bandits on Friday evening invaded Tiwari’s Drug Store at Uitvlugt, West Coast Demerara, from where they carted off over $1 million in cash.

MOSCOW, (Reuters) – Russia does not consider nationalisation of aluminium giant Rusal that was targeted by the latest round of U.S.

When the two ears are put side by side [they form] the shape of a heart.

(Reuters) Russell Westbrook took a swipe at a Utah Jazz fan’s cellphone moments after the Oklahoma City Thunder were eliminated from the NBA playoffs on Friday night. 

In November 2015, a few months after the present government took office, Road Safety Month was launched at which none other than the President of the Co-operative Republic gave the inaugural address.

A model at the ‘Trash to Fashion’ show and exhibition, which was held by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Friday, displays a dress made of repurposed plastic cups and bottle caps.

Dear Editor, I write to respond to a letter by GAWU General Secretary Seepaul Narine (‘Government has contrasting approach to BCGI workers from sugar workers’ SN, April 28).

The problem with the use of trade sanctions is that the innocent get hurt.

STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – Swedish pop icons ABBA will release their first new music for 35 years with two new songs set for broadcast in December, the quartet said on Friday.

(Barbados Nation) An outburst by a Queen’s Counsel who ended his tirade with an expletive left those in the Bridgetown Traffic Court in shock on Friday.

Blackish Nightjar (Caprimulgus nigrescens) is a relatively small dark nightjar, well named for its predominantly blackish plumage.

A woman and her partner were injured last evening after they were beaten and robbed in front of their Charles Place, New Amsterdam business.