Daily Archive: Saturday, January 5, 2019

The National Blood Transfusion Services (NBTS) is in dire need of blood.

RIO DE JANEIRO,  (Reuters) – Comments from Brazil’s new right-wing President Jair Bolsonaro that he would be open to the United States operating a military base on Brazilian soil have not been well received by the country’s armed forces, a senior army officer told Reuters today.

(Jamaica Gleaner) A total of 16,681 Jamaicans were placed in employment opportunities in Canada and the United States under the Ministry of Labour and Social Security’s overseas employment programme during the 2018 season.

(Trinidad Guardian) The moth­er of a two-year-old boy with birth de­fects as­so­ci­at­ed with the Zi­ka virus has threat­ened to sue the State over its fail­ure to pro­vide com­pre­hen­sive health care for the tod­dler.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Days head of the new school term, a Clarendon mother is fuming that the Glenmuir Prep School has asked her to withdraw her son, who she claims has been the victim of bullying for more than a year.

(Trinidad Guardian) The shake-up in the hi­er­ar­chy of the T&T Po­lice Ser­vice has start­ed af­ter ACP Ir­win Hack­shaw was re­moved as ACP (Crime) and re­placed by ACP Jayson Forde.

-no action filed yet on 34 as majority Private citizen Compton Herbert Reid yesterday filed an action, challenging the validity of former government parliamentarian Charrandas Persaud’s election as a Member of Parliament (MP) given his Canadian citizenship – the consequence of which, he contends, is that the no-confidence motion against the APNU+AFC government could not be regarded as having been passed.

With the aim of providing more entertainment options to Guyanese and especially residents on the East Bank of Demerara (EBD), former Guyanese and West Indies  cricketer Ramnaresh Sarwan is moving ahead with the expansion of the Amazonia Mall.

Insisting that the December 21 no-confidence motion against the APNU+AFC government was validly passed, the opposition PPP last evening dismissed the resort to the judiciary to challenge the results, contending that the courts have no jurisdiction and the Constitution protects the vote.

A month after a Commission of Inquiry (CoI) into the operations of City Hall submitted its report, the Local Government Commission (LGC) appears to be struggling to implement its recommendations and might soon find itself embroiled in a legal challenge.

After being hospitalised for almost one month, Reaz Shaw, the teen who survived last month’s hit-and-run accident along the Annandale, East Coast Demerara (ECD) Public Road has been discharged from hospital but is now confined to bed.

Five days after proposing a new schedule to their two major garbage collectors, Cevons Waste Management Inc and Puran Brothers Disposal Services, the companies are still awaiting written proposals from the Mayor and City Council (M&CC).

A 30-seater Coaster bus valued at almost $16 million that was purchased by the Region Ten Regional Democratic Council (RDC) some four months ago is yet to be collected.

A 22-year-old pedal cyclist who was struck down on New Year’s Day while attempting to cross the Coldingen Railway Embankment, East Coast Demerara succumbed to his injuries yesterday morning.

Commissioner of Police Leslie James yesterday confirmed that the police are actively investigating an allegation involving former government MP Charrandas Persaud.

The government on Wednesday briefed representatives of CARICOM and other bilateral partners on its plans following the no-confidence vote of December 21 last.

A 19-year-old man who allegedly stabbed and killed a 23-year-old labourer at Pomona, Essequibo Coast on New Year’s Eve, was charged and remanded to prison on Thursday. 

Despite the post-mortem examination delaying the completion of a police report into the murder of Kurutuku toshao Solomon Lewis, the suspect is expected to be charged soon.

A Haslington man charged with  stealing $500,000 from a workmate, was granted bail when he appeared at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court yesterday.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – West Indies one-day opener Chandrapaul Hemraj punished Barbados Pride with his maiden first class hundred and also passed 1 000 runs at this level, as Guyana Jaguars dominated the star-studded hosts on the opening day of their third round encounter here yesterday.

The name Kareem McKenzie may not ring a bell for many beyond the realms of local hockey but the GCC National Player is one of the most talked about talents locally. 

The man who was deemed a “person of interest” in the gunning down of Canada-based Sean Allister O’Brien Greene last Sunday has been released from police custody.

The democratic process of electing officials to continue the command of cricket administration in the city will take the spotlight on January 29 when the Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA) holds its Annual General Meeting (AGM) and election of office bearers.

Government has announced new boards for several agencies in the financial sector including the National Insurance Scheme (NIS) and Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA).

Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU) prosecutor Patrice Henry yesterday responded to no-case submissions made last month on behalf of the eight Guyana Bank for Trade and Industry (GBTI) directors, who are charged with failing to comply with a court order.

A half century from West Indies Under-16 batsman, Mavindra Dindyal and a five wicket haul from Guyana Under-17 spinner, Niran Bissu propelled Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA) Select Under-17 to a 50-run thrashing of Queen’s College on Thursday at the Malteenoes Sports Club.

Chairman of the South Essequibo Cricket Committee (SECC), Andy Ramnarine appraised 2018 as a successful year despite facing a number of difficulties but plans to march on with new initiatives in 2019.

Dear Editor, The Government in Action column titled “GuySuCo and Sugar creating a viable future” which appeared in the December 30, 2018 Guyana Chronicle spent an inordinate amount of time in seeking to convince readers that the Administration’s actions regarding the sugar industry were correct.

Kerwin Ward is the new Regional Executive Officer (REO) for the Cuyuni-Mazaruni Region as of January 1, 2019, the Department of Public Information (DPI) reported yesterday.

Dear Editor, I checked in at the Ogle Airport for my LIAT flight number 398 from Guyana to Trinidad on 3rd January 2019.

Minister of Foreign Affairs Carl Greenidge is optimistic about Guyana/Brazil relations under new Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro and says the relationship with Brasilia remains a priority.

The nation’s most exciting bantamweight fighter, the entertaining Elton ‘The Guyanese Gladiator’ Dharry (23-5-1) is looking forward to another successful year inside the ring as he continues to punch towards a world title crack.

Dear Editor, The decision by the Speaker of the National Assembly not to revisit the No-Confidence Motion was widely anticipated and accords fully with the thinking of legal minds, both in Guyana and abroad.

Government has got to make good on its promises to workers in order to restore confidence and trust, President of the Guyana Public Service Union, Patrick Yarde has posited.

TAROUBA, Trinidad, CMC – Opener Montcin Hodge hit his third first class century and anchored a string of partnerships, as Leeward Islands Hurricanes rallied to take honours on yesterday’s opening day of their third round fixture against Trinidad and Tobago Red Force.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – President Donald Trump threatened to keep the U.S.

SYDNEY,  (Reuters) – Cheteshwar Pujara grounded out a masterful 193 and Rishabh Pant smashed a magnificent unbeaten 159 as Australia’s hopes of winning the match and saving the series were washed away by a torrent of Indian runs on day two of the fourth test yesterday.

DHAKA,  (Reuters) – The United Nations yesterday called for an independent and impartial investigation into the Dec.

Dear Editor, The no-confidence motion called by the opposition leader Mr Bharrat Jagdeo and supported by former AFC parliamentarian Mr Charrandas Persaud has brought to an end, the APNU+AFC coalition government, described as the most expensive government in Guyanese history.

An East La Penitence man was yesterday released on bail after denying charges that he robbed five persons at a “J’ouvert” celebration at D’Urban Park on New Year’s Day.

CAPE TOWN, (Reuters) – South Africa captain Faf du Plessis led from the front with a hard-earned century to give the hosts a commanding 205-run advantage at the end of the second day of the second test against Pakistan at Newlands yesterday.

Dear Editor, I am writing this letter as a representative of all the ordinary Guyanese who hustle and slog away every day in these hard times to barely meet the needs of their families: those who sweat and labour each and every day on farms and in fields; in factories; in logging and mineral industries; in sawmills;  in quarries; at markets; in the civil service, as nurses and teachers; in the sugar industry, the employed and unemployed; in the minibuses and taxis; in construction; in the service industries; as grandparent baby sitters, and in all other fields of work and careers that I am unable to mention. 

he Guyana National Shipping Corporation Limited (GNSC) has commissioned  two new 5-tonne Doosan Fork Trucks at a cost of $19M to complement its existing fleet, a release from the company yesterday said.

LIMA,  (Reuters) – Mexico’s new leftist government yesterday called on its peers to refrain from interfering in Venezuela’s internal affairs, declining to back a regional declaration that urged Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro not to take office on Jan.

QUITO,  (Reuters) – Ecuador’s President Lenin Moreno yesterday asked the country’s prosecutor to probe $4.9 billion of oil-related infrastructure projects, alleging that the OPEC nation’s money was looted during the decade-long tenure of his leftist predecessor.

Dear Editor, I hesitate to write this letter, as it concerns a very great and highly revered figure; an avatar, a spiritual savant. 

BRASILIA,  (Reuters) – Brazil President Jair Bolsonaro yesterday called for minimum retirement ages significantly lower than those proposed by his predecessor, sparking concerns among investors that he will back watered-down pension reform legislation.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court is giving itself another chance to make a definitive ruling on the legality of the long-established but often-criticized political practice called partisan gerrymandering in which state legislators draw electoral districts with the intent of entrenching their party in power.

The Region Four Education Department recently held a one-day training session for teachers of Health and Family Life Education (HFLE) in a bid to combat social ills.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – There is major concern that “significant high cost” could result from the appointment of Englishman Richard Pybus as interim head coach of the West Indies men’s team.

Dear Editor, Since they are so adamant that the No Confidence Motion  needed two votes to pass, can the brilliant and eloquent Prime Minister, National Security Minister and Attorney General kindly tell the world their two numbers, A and B, the sum of which equals 65, but when subtracted from each other equals 2? 

LONDON, (Reuters) – Undefeated British heavyweight Tyson Fury is now bigger box-office than his compatriot world champion Anthony Joshua, according to promoter Frank Warren.

(Trinidad Guardian) There have been ten con­firmed cas­es of H1N1 virus or swine flu in the coun­try.

Fifty years ago, when Ruth Bader Ginsburg attended Harvard, the dean of the law school would meet with female students once a year.

MEXICO CITY,  (Reuters) – Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said yesterday he owns no real estate, vehicles or personal property, echoing what experts say is a pattern among the country’s politicians of shifting assets to relatives.

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) says it will continue to monitor three operations it had previously sanctioned and others to ensure the owners are taking steps towards safe environmental practices and will step up enforcement activities this year.

A seventy-year-old man walks into a bank. He is charming, diffident, well dressed.

On Wednesday,  the Police Service Commission met with the newly promoted Officers and Inspectors of the Guyana Police Force and its Chairman, Retired Assistant Commissioner  Paul Slowe elaborated on the process employed in the selection of those promoted.

Most people perhaps do not question the laws by which they live.