Daily Archive: Wednesday, June 6, 2018

A Glasgow Housing Scheme, East Bank Berbice man was found hanging today after stabbing his wife and daughter to death sometime this morning.

 (Trinidad Guardian) Agriculture Minister Clarence Rambharat yesterday admitted that land fraud is rampant in T&T and that as line minister for land, he had to report land fraud to the police for an investigation.

In a little over a week, the question of whether Venezuela will accept the jurisdiction of the World Court on the border controversy with Guyana will be definitively answered.

After 34 years of operations, B.E.V Processors Inc will be closing the doors to its Fish and Shrimp Processing Plant at Houston next month and owner Bruce Vieira has cited market challenges, including the implementation of more rigorous certification requirements, as the major factors for his decision.

The Pan-American Health Organization (PAHO) will be investigating the presence of mercury at the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) headquarters on Brickdam.

The body of a Betsy Ground Village labourer was found on Monday with bullet wounds at a camp located in the New Forest backlands.

Opposition-nominated members of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) walked out of yesterday’s statutory meeting after a clash between Chairman Justice (retd) James Patterson and Commissioner Robeson Benn on the ethnic composition of the Commission’s Secretariat.

With operators all along the coast protesting the rise in fuel prices and parking their buses, the Georgetown-based United Minibus Union (UMU) is expected to submit to the Ministry of Business a proposal containing a new fare structure and an outline of operational expenses.

A fruit vendor died on Monday evening, hours after he was stabbed on Cornhill Street, Georgetown during a heated argument allegedly by a man who is known to him.

Government yesterday released the names of the 227 local companies and individuals that ExxonMobil has done business with.

The parents of a one-year-old child, who died at the Mabaruma Hospital after receiving an injection for a cold and fever, are calling on the authorities to launch an investigation.

Seven hundred residents of Mabaruma will by August have seventeen hours of reliable electricity daily with the completion of Guyana’s first ever solar farm.

A Timehri businesswoman was yesterday charged with escaping from custody after being arrested for allegedly having cannabis for trafficking and selling liquor without a licence.

The sugar union, GAWU in April lost a libel claim against former AFC leader Khemraj Ramjattan over his allegation in September, 2008 that the union was funnelling money to the PPP/C.

Come the next academic year, students of the University of Guyana will be exposed to an improved language learning environment with the development of a language lab, following the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the university and the Chinese Embassy.

With the focus shifted from the shortest format to the longest today the West Indies senior team will battle Sri Lanka in the first of a three-test match series at the Queen’s Park Oval in Trinidad and Tobago.

Bids were opened yesterday for a series of projects in Moruca and other parts of Barima/Waini, Region One.

Led possibly by the youngest ever captain for any senior sporting side in Stanton Rose, the Guyana Amateur Basketball Federation (GABF) officially presented Men’s Team yesterday for the international three match series against host Barbados.

The trial of Vishwantie Ragnauth and Nyron Thakurdyal for the 2014 Boxing Day murder of Sunil Ramsundar will commence this morning before Justice Sandil Kissoon at the High Court in Georgetown.

Cricket Clubs in Berbice last Saturday received a quantity of balls as Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) president Hilbert Foster and his predecessor, Anil Beharry continued their efforts to assist clubs with sponsorship to the value of one million dollars’ worth of cricket balls.

Charged just last Friday with eight counts of fraud, a Diamond man was taken before a city magistrate once again yesterday to answer to another fraud charge.

The Hero Caribbean Premier League fixtures for the 2018 season have been announced as the best cricketing talent from across the Caribbean and from around the world are set to take part in the Biggest Party in Sport. 

A weeping Turkeyen man was on Monday remanded to prison after he denied snatching a woman’s gold chain.

PARIS (Reuters) – When he qualified for the last eight at the French Open, Marco Cecchinato said it was the happiest day of his life.

LONDON, CMC – Cricket authorities here are considering fast-tracking Barbadian Jofra Archer’s England qualification, in order to have the high-rated all-rounder available for next year’s World Cup.

A miner was granted bail by a city magistrate on Monday after he denied wounding another man.

Twenty-four young people from various parts of the country will begin training as Air Traffic Control Assistants (ATCAs) and Aeronautical Information Management Officers (AIMOs) at the Civil Aviation Training School (CATS) for a period of three months.

Maintenance Plant advanced to the second round of the Banks DIH Limited ‘President’s Cup’ Inter-Department dominoes tournament by overcoming Vehicle Workshop and Bottle Plant in an absolute thriller of a clash on Monday.

(Reuters) As the outcry following President Donald Trump’s decision to uninvite the Super Bowl champion Philadelphia Eagles from the White House on Monday carried over into yesterday, the sports world was front and center.

MEXICO CITY,  (Reuters) – Mexico put tariffs on American products ranging from steel to pork and bourbon yesterday, retaliating against import duties on metals imposed by President Donald Trump and taking aim at Republican strongholds ahead of U.S.

Dear Editor, Quite recently some of my stalwart colleagues were expressing optimism, even excitement, at the promise offered by a reportedly successful financial bond transaction being negotiated for the revitalisation of the Guyana Sugar Corporation.

HOUSTON/CARACAS  (Reuters) – Venezuela’s state-owned oil firm PDVSA is considering a declaration of force majeure if customers do not accept new contract terms to ease a bottleneck of tankers around its two main export ports, according to three sources familiar with the matter.

Dear Editor, The Indian Action Committee (IAC) having made numerous enquiries through meetings and correspondences with the Government of Guyana (GOG) regarding the installation of the Indian Immigration Monument at Palmyra, is sensing some amount of confusion surrounding the project and therefore seeks clarification.

CARACAS,  (Reuters) – The Organization of American States (OAS) yesterday passed a resolution to call an extraordinary assembly to vote on suspending Venezuela from the 34-member group after President Nicolas Maduro’s widely condemned re-election last month.

PARIS,  (Reuters) – Dominic Thiem reached the last two French Open semi-finals but never quite looked like a Grand Slam champion.

GUATEMALA CITY,  (Reuters) – Guatemalan authorities warned that the Fuego volcano was showing signs of greater activity last night as the death toll from a devastating eruption at the weekend climbed to 75 and nearly 200 people remained missing.

Dear Editor, “Go back to where you came from!”  The words hung in the air, this timeless curse and piercing insult hurled through the Ages at the gypsies, nomads, and caravans of people on the move. 

SYDNEY,  (Reuters) – Former Australia captain Steve Smith says he cried for four days as he tried to cope with the fallout from the ball-tampering scandal in South Africa in March.

 (Jamaica Gleaner) Health Minister Dr Christopher Tufton has announced that starting January 2019, sugary drinks will be restricted in schools.

(Trinidad Express) Police suspect that the killing of two men in Beetham Gardens on Monday night was a reprisal for a killing earlier in the day.

(Reuters) – England seamer Jake Ball has been called up as cover for all-rounder Chris Woakes, who will miss the first part of this month’s one-day series against Australia due to a thigh injury.

LONDON,  (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – A ruling by the European Union’s top court recognising same-sex marriages, even in EU countries where it is banned, is a landmark that reflects new attitudes to gay rights, the lawyer who led the case said on Tuesday.

Dear Editor, The Mayor and City Council had made it clear that no vending or other related business will be allowed on the tarmac in front of the Stabroek Market.

Over the past decade, Guyana has seen a proliferation in the establishment of private educational institutions at all levels, most notably at the post secondary and tertiary levels. 

Do you believe that if the African child pictured at right had followed the missive sent by Mae’s Primary to parents stating that on the day of Guyana’s independence anniversary 2018 ‘pupils will be allowed to dress in their cultural wear, depicting an ethnic group of their choice’ he would have been prevented from attending classes?