Daily Archive: Wednesday, June 13, 2018

A Region Five APNU+AFC councillor who was found guilty of a wounding charge at the Fort Wellington Magistrate’s Court on May 30 was today sentenced to 18 months imprisonment.

ADEN,  (Reuters) – A Saudi-led alliance of Arab states launched an attack on Yemen’s main port city today in the largest battle of the war, aiming to bring the ruling Houthi movement to its knees at the risk of worsening the world’s biggest humanitarian crisis.

Three males, one armed with a handgun, who about 4.30 this morning at Lot 18 Grove Public Road, East Bank Demerara, attacked, robbed and bound a Security Guard before breaking into “The Number One Supermarket” have been apprehended and are co-operating with investigators.

The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA), with the assistance of the Guyana Police Force, apprehended four persons in connection with the shooting of GRA’s Law Enforcement and Investigation (LEID) Officers at Beehive, East Coast Demerara.

MOSCOW,  (Reuters) – The 2026 World Cup will be held in the United States, Mexico and Canada after FIFA’s congress voted overwhelmingly today to back the tri-nation joint bid for the tournament and leave Morocco to miss out for the fifth time.

Three PPP/C commissioners once again walked out of a statutory meeting, alleging ethnic bias in the vote for selection of a Deputy Chief Election Officer.

Developer of MovieTowne Guyana, Derek Chin has announced that he and his partners are working towards opening the cinemas and some concessions at the facility by the end of August.

Five men were yesterday remanded to jail after appearing at the Leonora Magistrate’s Court on charges of drug trafficking, following the discovery of over 100 pounds of cocaine and cannabis. 

A 19-year-old clerk succumbed to severe head injuries yesterday, almost two days after she allegedly jumped from a moving car driven by her boyfriend along Lamaha Street, Georgetown.

The Ministry of Communities has released $57 million to the Georgetown municipality to fund community projects in the 15 constituencies, Mayor Patricia Chase-Green announced on Monday.

A cosmetologist, who was allegedly found with 21 pounds of cannabis in her suitcase at the Eugene F Correia International Airport last week, was yesterday remanded to prison on a ganja trafficking charge.

A teenage boy was yesterday granted $200,000 bail after he was charged with raping a teen girl.

ExxonMobil remains on target to begin oil production offshore Guyana by March, 2020, following the start of development drilling for its Liza Phase 1 project.

Minister of State, Joseph Harmon on Monday visited KSM Investments Limited, a company that produces concrete products at Good Hope, East Coast Demerara, where he reiterated the government’s commitment to supporting local manufacturing companies.

A 19-year-old miner died after he was shot in mysterious circumstances on Monday evening and the police have since recovered a shotgun that is suspected to have been used to inflict the fatal wound.

Matthew Zaman, the eight-year-old boy who has been bedridden for almost six months after he was struck down by a minibus along the East Coast of Demerara (ECD) Public Road, will be undergoing physiotherapy sessions, which are being facilitated by the Ptolemy Reid Rehabilitation Centre, at his home.

$550m cocaine in lumber case Materials suspected to have been used in the processing of narcotics were discovered in a bin outside the property belonging to accused drug traffickers Tazim and Nazim Gafoor, the Leonora Magistrate’s Court heard yesterday.

A Canje man was sentenced to 18 years imprisonment at the High Court in Berbice on Monday, after he was found guilty of raping a 13 year old boy in 2010.

The top brass of the Guyana Olympic Association (GOA) and other officials commended the 11 representatives that competed at the just concluded South American Games in Bolivia while once again calling for more tangible support for local sportsmen and women.

Patentia miner Sunil Ramsundar died from shock due to haemorrhaging caused by a puncture wound to the left thoracic artery in his neck, Pathologist Dr Vivekanand Bridgemohan testified yesterday.

Guyana’s senior men’s hockey team is scheduled journey to the Twin Island Republic to match their skills against the Trinidad and Tobago men’s team at the weekend as part of their preparation for the upcoming Central American and Caribbean (CAC) games in Colombia.

Milton Fredericks has been elected new Toshao of Mainstay/Whyaka, on the Essequibo Coast, Region Two (Pomeroon-Supenaam), the Department of Public Information (DPI) said.

Dear Editor, Thirty-eight years ago, today, Dr Walter Rodney was brutally murdered by the government of the day.

A 17-year-old was yesterday granted his release on $10,000 bail after he denied a charge that he had possession of three live rounds of ammunition.

Former national middle distance star Waveney Benn continued her contribution to sports development in Guyana by making another presentation of equipment on Monday to burgeoning entity Three Peat Promotions.

The Ministry of the Presidency yesterday received bids for the construction of athletics tracks in regions 6 and 10.

Dear Editor, A Calypso Icon in Geoffrey Phillips  has fallen and the plight of those affected by the inability by this and previous Governments to enact copyright laws is more glaringly exposed.

By Charwayne Walker This year will mark the 50th year since Guyana won its first Regional youth cricket championship. 

Despite being the leading wicket-taker in the last Cricket West Indies Regional Four-Day tournament and being the third highest the previous year, Veerasammy Permaul still seems to be unable to earn a recall to the West Indies test team after three years of continued dominance.

Dear Editor, The recent set of anti Queen Victoria letters are not necessarily a majority view.

Up to May this year,  755 domestic violence cases were filed across four of ten magisterial districts, Acting Chief Magistrate Sherdel Isaacs-Marcus related on Friday at a conference on the problem.

SINGAPORE,  (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump made a stunning concession to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Tuesday about halting military exercises, pulling a surprise at a summit that baffled allies, military officials and lawmakers from his own Republican Party.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Prime Minister Theresa May defused a rebellion in parliament over her Brexit plans yesterday but only after having to compromise and hand lawmakers more control over Britain’s departure from the European Union.

The survivors, from the May 13th Mother’s Day fatal accident at Kuru Kururu on the Linden-Soesdyke Highway in which four persons lost their lives, have all been discharged from the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH) and are now at home recuperating.

As fans and seasonal followers alike hold their breaths in anticipation of the kickoff of the world’s most significant sporting event – the FIFA Football World Cup on Thursday in Russia – a few national crickets who frequently share their perspective on the sport, were invited by Stabroek Sports to weigh in with their predictions.  

Dear Editor, I am reading Allan Quartermain, by H Rider Haggard, an old time story by the author of King Solomon’s Mines. 

A teenager is now nursing multiple stab wounds about his body, after he was attacked and robbed on Saturday night while walking along Lombard Street, Charlestown.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – Donald Trump’s dramatic meeting with North Korea’s leader may have been choreographed to look like a Nixon-goes-to-China moment, but the summit appears to have failed to secure any concrete commitments by Pyongyang for dismantling its nuclear arsenal.

Dear Editor, On Friday June 8th, Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) employee, Jermain Hermanstyne, appeared in Georgetown Magistrate’s Court #2, charged with using threatening language to Patrick Yarde, President of the Guyana Public Service Union.

BRASILIA,  (Reuters) – Brazilian prosecutors said yesterday that they were investigating a U.S.

(Jamaica Information Service)  Prime Minister Andrew Holness yesterday renamed the North-South Highway the Edward Seaga Highway.

Caribbean Premier League (CPL) Head of Public Relations (PR) Peter Miller says they are awaiting the final confirmation with respect to Guyana being a venue for the upcoming CPL tournament.

Eight persons graduated on Monday from a three-month training programme on skills required to work with special needs children.

NEW YORK,  (Reuters) – A Russian oligarch yesterday got a court to delay his fraud lawsuit against U.S.

Dear Editor, June 13, 2018 is exactly thirty-eight years since Walter Rodney was assassinated by the PNC regime.

A pedal cyclist of Essequibo Coast was fatally struck down on Monday night by a driver, who was allegedly driving under the influence of alcohol.

ATHENS/SKOPJE,  (Reuters) – Greece and Macedonia have reached an historic accord to resolve a dispute over the former Yugoslav republic’s name that has troubled relations between the two neighbours for decades.

(A teenager who allegedly pulled a gun and attempted to fire on police officers, was killed in Laventille in the early hours of yesterday.

Dear Editor, Please permit me to extend my sincere condolences to the family of Beyoncé Ross, the 15 year old champion cyclist.

Cuba’s Vice Foreign Minister, Rogelio Sierra Diaz arrived in the country yesterday and is expected to engage in several bilateral meetings with President David Granger and Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo.

 Marking his return with a win veteran Ian Gouveia took the field by storm to emerge the Lusignan Golf Club (LGC) champion by winning the best net as well as best gross categories when the club hosted its championship on Sunday.

Thirty-eight US Peace Corps Trainees arrived in the country yesterday morning to begin their 27 months of service here. 

The Guyana Amateur Basketball Federation (GABF) finalized their 12 member women’s team for the impending Caribbean Basketball Confederation (CBC) Championships in Suriname from June 15th-22nd.

At a seminar on the topic of ‘sortition’ in about 2006, one participant was moved to claim it is ‘one of the sexiest ideas in political theory’.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – AT&T Inc won court approval yesterday to buy Time Warner Inc for $85 billion, rebuffing an attempt by U.S.

Tomorrow, the world’s population will begin its quadrennial vacation from reality.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Attorney Jennifer Messado has been arrested and charged with addit-ional breaches of the Forgery Act.

Dear Editor, Analyzing mainstream and social media reactions to the release of the ‘local content’ list for ExxonMobil and its contractors for the 1st quarter of 2018, very clear conclusions can be drawn among which is the fact that different benchmarks are used to determine what constitutes ‘local content’ as opposed what may be considered by some as small-scale, indirect product and service provision.