Daily Archive: Wednesday, June 27, 2018

The Interim Management Committee (IMC) that was recently installed to oversee the affairs of the Guyana Public Service Cooperative Credit Union (GPSCCU) has been reinstated.

KAZAN, Russia,  (Reuters) – Defending world champions Germany crashed out of the World Cup after a shock 2-0 loss to South Korea on Wednesday, courtesy of two stoppage-time goals.

 (Trinidad Guardian) A 19-year-old woman hid under a bed to escape a gunman who stormed into her house and sprayed bullets in her bedroom and in the bedroom of her 28-year-old relative Samuel “Sam” David during the wee hours of yesterday morning in Never Dirty, Morvant.

The Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) yesterday upheld the constitutionality of Guyana’s presidential term limit and definitively closed the door on the possibility of a run for a third term by former president and current opposition leader Bharrat Jagdeo.

Two brothers were killed yesterday morning after they were struck by minibuses near the Den Amstel Police Station, on the West Coast of Demerara (WCD), while they were returning home after purchasing their driver’s licence packages.

Accepting the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) decision that bars him from running for another term as president, Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday said the ruling does not stop him from having a formal role in a future People’s Progressive Party (PPP) government, which is what he is pursuing.

Nyron Thakurdyal and Vishwantie Ragnauth, the husband and wife who were convicted for the 2014 murder of Patentia miner Sunil Ramsundar were yesterday sentenced to 40 years imprisonment each.

Charges against three suspects in the case of missing Crabwood Creek man, Saeed Hamid, whose suspected burnt remains were found last Wednesday, were withdrawn by the police when the men appeared at the Blairmont Magistrate’s Court yesterday, after the magistrate pointed out defects.

Britain’s  Queen Elizabeth II yesterday presented Marva Langevine from Guyana with a Queen’s Young Leaders Award at a ceremony at Buckingham Palace, London, in honour of the work she is doing to transform lives in her community.

A Bartica grandmother was yesterday remanded to prison after she was charged with being in possession of over eight pounds of marijuana and cocaine found during a police raid of her home.

A Pan-American Health Organisation (PAHO) five-member team has completed its examinations and has found that the mercury emission levels at the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) office on Brickdam are at a safe level, a source close to the investigation says.

Eson Trim, the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) Coast Guardsman who allegedly struck down and killed a man more than one week ago was yesterday released on a total of $310,000 bail after he was charged with death by dangerous driving and another offence.

The Caribbean Court of Justice’s (CCJ) ruling yesterday upholding presidential term limits should be respected by all as impartial and principled as its basis was founded on Guyana’s own constitution, Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo says.

Devon Smith scored 7, 20, 61, 1, 2 and 0 on his comeback to test cricket.

Georgetown Town Clerk Royston King has committed to ensuring that contracts and money are available to commence planned constituency projects by next Monday.

The Demerara Cricket Club (DCC) is continuing with its tradition of hosting its annual Youth Summer Camp which rolls out from August 13-24.

Cleveland Williams, the man who allegedly stabbed the mother of his child on D’Urban Street in April, was yesterday committed to stand trial for attempted murder.

The Rose Hall Town, Corentyne man, who police were on the hunt for after he had assaulted his ex-wife and torched her Port Mourant home, last Wednesday, was found hanging from a tree in his village yesterday.

Kwakwani Secondary, Linden Technical Institute (LTI) and Mackenzie High secured contrasting wins when the National School Basketball Festival (NSBF) continued on Monday at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall, Homestretch Avenue.

Rum Factory clinched their berth to the next round, defeating Trisco and Brewery when the Banks DIH Limited ‘Mike Perreira’ Memorial Inter-Department Domino Championship continued on Monday.

Floodwaters in the Rupununi have begun to recede in  most areas according to Regional Chairman Brian Allicock.

A gunman yesterday morning beat and robbed an Alberttown porter of $1000 in cash, his cellular phone and a laptop computer.

ST PETERSBURG,  (Reuters) – Argentina and Lionel Messi scraped into the knockout stages of the World Cup by the skin of their teeth yesteday after an 86th minute strike from defender Marcos Rojo gave them a barely deserved 2-1 win over Nigeria, eliminating the African side.

Eighteen-year-old Guyanese basketball sensation, Stanton Rose, recreated history Monday night at the CARICOM Basketball Championships currently underway in neighbouring Suriname.

A mason was yesterday charged with trafficking almost 400 grammes of cannabis, which police say he tried to dump near a toll gate at Port Kaituma during a stop.  

Andre Gomes, also known as ‘Zipper,’ who is on trial for cocaine trafficking, has been ordered to lead a defence to the charge after a city magistrate yesterday found that a case has been made out against him.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – West Indies faltered in their bid to win the three-Test series against Sri Lanka, when they ran out of momentum when it mattered most and went down by four wickets on the penultimate day of the historic day/night Test here yesterday.

KUALA LUMPUR, (Reuters) – Malaysian police said last night the total value of items seized during raids at premises linked to former Prime Minister Najib Razak was 900 million ringgit to 1.1 billion ringgit.

Dear Editor, It was the right of those who felt the need to challenge the Constitution of Guyana and exercise their will in the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) to seek to have former president Bharrat Jagdeo serve a third term in office outside of the constitutional framework.

A taxi driver is now left contemplating his next move after he was robbed at gunpoint on Monday evening at the Eccles Industrial Site, East Bank Demerara of a Toyota Allion motor car by a lone bandit posing as a customer.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court yesterday handed Donald Trump one of the biggest victories of his presidency, upholding his travel ban targeting several Muslim-majority countries and rejecting the argument that it represented unconstitutional religious discrimination.

(Reuters) – A federal court in California dismissed climate change lawsuits by the cities of San Francisco and Oakland against five oil companies, saying the complaints required foreign and domestic policy decisions that were outside its purview.

MOSCOW,  (Reuters) – The goals finally dried up at this thrilling World Cup yesterday when a flat France and dull Denmark played out a mutually beneficial 0-0 draw at the Luzhniki Stadium which allowed the French to finish top of Group C and the Danes to qualify in second spot.

Dear Editor, I am kindly asking you to please publish this letter since I feel very sad for our hard working Magistrates who preside over some of the most technical and complicated cases and have done themselves and the judiciary proud but are not promoted  to the High Court as often when vacancies arises.

ADDIS ABABA, (Reuters) – Long-time foes Eritrea and Ethiopia “opened the door of peace” yesterday after the first high-level visit from Asmara to Addis Ababa in nearly two decades, raising hopes for an end to one of Africa’s most intractable military stand-offs.

The Public Infrastructure Ministry yesterday received bids for the rehabilitation of the Chi Chi West Airstrip in Region 7.

(Trinidad Express) Government’s highly-anticipated Initial Public Offering (IPO) for its National Investment Fund (NIF), through a company formed to monetise some assets recovered from the CLICO bailout, will run from July 11 to August 8.

VATUTINKI, Russia,  (Reuters) – Germany look set to rely on players who did not win the 2014 World Cup to carry them past South Korea in their final Group F match today and into the knockout stage.

Dear Editor, When I was in Parliament I was rotating as Chairman of the Economic Services Committee [ESC] with Gail Teixeira of the PPP/C, and we asked GPL to come before the committee to tell us what was going on at GPL and in particular what were their plans to explore renewable power opportunities for Guyanese, this was sometime late in 2008 or early 2009.

SYDNEY,  (Reuters) – Australia is expected to pass new legislation today aimed at preventing interference by foreign governments, a move likely to further stoke tensions with major trading partner China.

(Barbados Nation) Faced with Bds$1.6 billion in arrears accumulated over the last five years, Government is assembling a “dedicated task force” to help solve the problem.

Close to 50 farmers in the Moruca Sub District, Region One recently benefited from technical advice for the planting of cassava and coffee during a meeting with a team of agricultural specialists and junior Minister of Indigenous People’s Affairs Valerie Garrido-Lowe.

SOCHI, Russia,  (Reuters) – Brazil may have been one of the big disappointments so far at the Russia World Cup, but the pressure is on their opponents Serbia in their final Group E match in Moscow today.

(Barbados Nation) Sir Fred Gollop was remembered as a courageous and thoughtful leader at his funeral service yesterday morning.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump’s former campaign manager Paul Manafort was dealt a setback yesterday when a judge who had expressed some sympathy for Manafort’s argument that a special counsel lacked the authority to prosecute him, refused to dismiss the case.

Dear Editor, Recently, two men who all the people who knew them would agree were role models, not only for the people from Aurora but for the entire country passed away.

ROSTOV-ON-DON, Russia,  (Reuters) – A revamped but businesslike Croatia topped their World Cup Group D as Ivan Perisic’s last-gasp goal helped them maintain their perfect record with a 2-1 win that also ended valiant Iceland’s tournament yesterday.

A police rank stationed at the Madewini Police outpost has been transferred after he allegedly arrested a Timehri, East Bank Demerara resident for payments due for his personal motor car during last week.

ST PETERSBURG, (Reuters) – Argentina great Diego Maradona appeared to need help to walk after watching his national team dramatically beat Nigeria to survive in the World Cup, according to a video clip posted on Twitter.

(Trinidad Express) Two men were shot and killed, and a woman wounded in Morvant yesterday morning.

The first ever day/night Test match in the West Indies began last Saturday at 3:00 pm, East Caribbean Time, at the Kensington Oval, Barbados, and finished yesterday afternoon just before 4:00 pm, with Sri Lanka beating the West Indies by four wickets in a tense low-scoring affair.

(Reuters) – A federal judge yesterday ruled that U.S. immigration agents could no longer separate immigrant parents and children caught crossing the border from Mexico illegally, and must work to reunite those families that had been split up in custody.

Guyana is replete with a kind of formalism that requests that we accept almost without question the possibility of actually compartmentalizing appropriate but conflicting moral roles, i.e.

Dear Editor, To ease the boredom of the unchanging local world, I would amuse myself, and clear head at the same time, by reading the news from abroad.