Daily Archive: Friday, January 25, 2019

The Leader of the Opposition, Dr. Bharrat Jagdeo,  today met with the Chairman of CARICOM, Dr.

Must have been very interesting conversation at this table at the 70th anniversary of India’s Republican status at the Marriott Hotel last evening. 

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – President Donald Trump said today he has reached a deal with U.S.

Town Clerk Royston King has been fired by the Local Government Commission for alleged gross misconduct.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – Roger Stone, a long-time ally of U.S. President Donald Trump who advised his 2016 presidential campaign, was arrested on Friday and charged with seven counts, according to a grand jury indictment made public by U.S.

(Trinidad Guardian) Last Sat­ur­day’s dead­line for the pay­ment of a US$40,000 ran­som has come and gone for the safe re­turn of Moru­ga cousins Kendall Singh and Ken­rick Mor­gan from Venezuela.

(Jamaica Observer) R Kelly has come under fire in the United States after the Lifetime channel released a six-part docu-series, Surviving R Kelly, on January 3.

Stressing that threats have been made to Guyana’s territorial integrity as far back as 1969 when the Rupununi Rebellion occurred, President David Granger yesterday reminded officers of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) of their responsibility to secure the state.

As government deliberates on proposals submitted for the sale of three shuttered GuySuCo estates, Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo has warned that should his People’s Progressive Party (PPP) be re-elected to office, it will not honour the deals.

An Assistant Superintendent of Police was yesterday remanded to prison after he was charged with the rape of a 13-year-old girl.

Attorney General Basil Williams SC on Wednesday said the selection of Senior Counsel (SC) is at the discretion of the president, who can alter the list of candidates recommended to him by the Chancellor of the Judiciary.

The Trinidad Cement Company (TCL), through a collaboration with its parent company, Mexican building materials company Cemex, yesterday commissioned a concrete plant that represents an investment of over US$1 million and currently employs 35 Guyanese directly.

Students and teachers of the Mae’s Schools were left shocked yesterday after a Fourth Form student committed suicide.

Businessman Tazim Gafoor and former Drug Enforcement Officer Sherwayne De Abreu were yesterday found guilty and sentenced to five years in jail for possession of 187 pounds of cocaine found in lumber in 2017, while their co-accused, motor racers Stephen Vieira and Nazim Gafoor, were acquitted due to insufficient evidence.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados,  CMC – Seamer Kemar Roach’s ninth career five-wicket haul sent a shell-shocked England reeling for a record low at Kensington Oval, as 18 wickets tumbled on a dramatic second day of the opening Test here Thursday.

The Guyana Elections Commission has agreed to meet this afternoon with the chief whips of the government and the opposition on GECOM’s readiness for the holding of general and regional elections, triggered by a no confidence motion against the government, said Public Relations Officer Yolanda Ward.

Following their neglect of sportsmanlike conduct at the conclusion of the East Coast Cricket Committee SPR 40-Over final in December, Enterprise Busta Sports Club has issued an apology to the organisers and sponsors.

A third child who fell grievously ill after pre-chemotherapy treatment at the GPHC passed away early yesterday morning.

While gold continues to lead the way in the overall natural resource contribution to the economy of Guyana a series of both internal and external factors combined to present imposing challenges for the country’s mining sector in 2018, Natural Resources Minister Raphael Trotman told Stabroek Business in exclusive briefing proffered in the wake of the his Ministry’s Monday January 21 Annual Review Session to assess the respective performances of the sub-sectors comprising the country’s natural resources sector.

All roads will lead to the Pouderoyen tarmac tonight, when the 5th edition of the Guinness ‘Greatest of the Streets’ West Demerara/East Bank Demerara edition, continues with the second round of group fixtures.

Sean Goodluck, who was recently charged with three counts of armed robbery, was yesterday brought before a city court and faced with two more charges stemming from an attack on a Pizza Hut deliveryman.

While the recently announced ‘new rules’ made public by the Government Analyst-Food & Drugs Department (GAFDD) setting out conditionalities for the importation of drugs into Guyana, including the stipulation that the labels be printed in English may be well-intentioned, they are likely to have very little effect except the Food and Drugs Department is given “both the authority and the tools” to ensure that the news rules are “rigidly enforced”, an experienced local Hospital Administrator has told the Stabroek Business.

The first cycling event for the 2019 season is scheduled to roll tomorrow at the National Park with an 11-race programme.

Dear Editor, The subject “No-confidence Motion” has been topical recently. Last week the Greek Parliament had before it, a “No-confidence Motion” which after discussion and debate resulted in the Motion being defeated by a one vote majority, the Government survived.

Residents of Region Six for several weeks now have been complaining about the long waiting periods at the hospital before they are allowed to meet with a doctor for treatment.

Set to join forces with the Council for Technical and Vocational Education and Training (CTVET) to roll out a programme in Mineral Prospecting and Map Reading in several communities across the country, the Guyana Mining School and Training Centre is aiming to play a more impactful role in ensuring the enhanced performance of the mining sector in 2019, Member of Parliament and Chairman of the School’s Board of Directors, Audwin Rutherford, has told the Stabroek Business.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua,  CMC – West Indies skipper Stafanie Taylor has opted out of the Karachi leg of the upcoming Pakistan series over security concerns, with former captain Merissa Aguilleira chosen to lead the side in her absence.

Dear Editor, Soviet and Russian poet and author Yevgeny Yevtushenko said: “When truth is replaced by silence, the silence is a lie.”

A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) has been signed to facilitate the submission of a project proposal by the Amerindian People’s Association (APA) to the Swedish-based International Land and Forest Tenure Facility for assistance in land tenure security, among other things, in indigenous communities.

(Reuters) – Pakistan captain Sarfraz Ahmed has apologised for a controversial on-field taunt during Tuesday’s second one-day international against South Africa in Durban.

Despite the role of women in the production, processing and marketing of agricultural goods in Guyana, the available evidence suggests that production resources and opportunities to consolidate what are mostly their modest economic ventures remain strictly limited.

With global demand for honey set to increase significantly over the next five years the local beekeeping industry is seeking to position itself to, first, increase its market share locally and beyond that to make further inroads into the regional market where domestic restrictions on imports into Trinidad and Tobago, particularly, has been creating frustrations for honey producers here.

MELBOURNE,  (Reuters) – U.S. Open champion Naomi Osaka staved off a fightback from Karolina Pliskova to reach her maiden Australian Open final with a 6-2 4-6 6-4 win yesterday setting up a title clash with double Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova.

Dear Editor,   I attended government’s public “consultation” on the decriminalisation of marijuana in Port of Spain on Wednesday evening to make a contribution as a cultural and medical anthropologist.

A Kitty woman, who was wanted by the police for allegedly making a false declaration for a passport, was yesterday charged with the crime and granted bail after she proclaimed her innocence.

Dear Editor, I just finished watching a press conference held by opposition leader, Bharrat Jagdeo, one that was as mesmerizing as it was macabre. 

MELBOURNE,  (Reuters) – Rafa Nadal ended Stefanos Tsitsipas’s trailblazing run at the Australian Open yesterday, serving up a semi-final masterclass to blitz the 20-year-old Greek 6-2 6-4 6-0 and reach his fifth final at Melbourne Park.

Director of STEM Guyana, Karen Abrams has told the Stabroek Business that one of the critical aims of the 2019 Class Technical Training Programme will be to empower young women in order to better position them for “options outside the employment and career boxes from which they have traditionally had to choose.”

Guyana’s Foreign Minister Carl Greenidge on Wednes-day met with the Deputy US Secretary of State John J Sullivan in Washing-ton, D.C.

(Jamaica Gleaner ) A court battle is looming between the Government and UC Rusal over Jamaica’s decision to revoke the mining licence that was issued to the Russian owners of West Indies Aluminium Company (Windalco) nearly 18 years ago.

Dear Editor, The response by the Postmaster General in your letter column of Friday 18 January makes interesting reading.

(Reuters) – Indian cricketers KL Rahul and Hardik Pandya, who were suspended earlier this month for making controversial comments about women, have had their bans lifted with immediate effect, the Indian cricket board (BCCI) said yesterday.

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A Colombian man, who admitted to entering the country illegally, was remanded to prison yesterday in order for him to undergo psychiatric and medical evaluations prior to his sentencing for the crime.

(Trinidad Express) It was a tale of lies, trickery and broken promises as told by a 72-year-old man who said he gave a $5,000 gold chain to a woman less than half his age in exchange for sex but in the end, she took the item and refused to keep her side of the bargain.

Let’s debate: America’s immigrants Coming from where I came from – voting for the People’s National Congress (PNC); then participating in its elections campaigns (’80, ’85, ’92) – I will not here prevaricate or equivocate: I’m aware of allegations and realities of electoral rigging of polling and votes when Forbes Burnham and Desmond Hoyte administered this land.

Dear Editor, Taxi-man again, complaining about his child mother overseas with their only child.

Over a period of several years urban street vending has experienced a painstaking graduation process from the status of a nuisance that simply got into the way of the various other more mundane pursuits of city life to a facet of commerce that is recognized (there are those who would say tolerated) as what one might call ‘legitimate business,’ insofar as it has not only become legitimized in more ways than one but also given the fact that it provides a living for hundreds of urban, almost certainly mostly working class families..

BRISBANE, (Reuters) – Australia bundled out Sri Lanka for 144 in just over two sessions before their new-look batting order reached 72 for two to put the hosts in a commanding position on day one of the series opening day-night test at the Gabba yesterday.

(Trinidad Express) National Security Minister and Minister in the Office of the Prime Minister, Stuart Young, has reiterated Government’s commitment to respecting the sovereignty of Venezuela and said yesterday it continues to recognise Nicolas Maduro as the president of the troubled Latin American neighbour.

Guyana’s entire medical system, government and private has never been made accountable for medical errors or malpractice.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – When U.S. national security adviser John Bolton branded Venezuela as part of a hemispheric “troika of tyranny” in a speech in November, the Trump administration was still struggling to decide how far it would go in confronting the country’s socialist president, Nicolas Maduro.

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