Daily Archive: Monday, March 4, 2019

Guyanese yesterday lined Main Street, New Amsterdam, East Berbice/Corentyne  to celebrate Guyana’s 49th Republic Anniversary with its annual costume and float parade, the Department of Public Information (DPI) said.

Raymond O’Selmo, the miner accused of fatally stabbing Nadina Kalamadeen in an attack last week, was today charged with her murder and remanded to prison.

(Trinidad Express) Police said a seven month old baby was found with three Venezuelans, firearms, game fowls and suspected drug-laced cheese in Moruga on Sunday.

 (Reuters) – Ray Kelvin resigned as chief executive of British retailer Ted Baker on Monday, seeking to allow the fashion brand he founded to move on from misconduct allegations stemming from his habit of hugging colleagues.

Republic Bank Limited has submitted to the Bank of Guyana (BoG) an online repository of documentation via a Virtual Data Room as a requirement for the processing of needed information for its possible acquisition of Scotiabank’s operations here.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – As Special Counsel Robert Mueller has pursued his investigation into Moscow’s role in the 2016 U.S.

(Jamaica Observer) A St Mary woman is believed to have committed suicide and is said to have seriously injured her three-year-old son before committing the act.

(Trinidad Guardian) Com­mis­sion­er of Po­lice Gary Grif­fith is urg­ing all ac­tive po­lice of­fi­cers to turn out for work on Car­ni­val Mon­day and Tues­day, not based on con­se­quences, but be­cause of “pa­tri­o­tism and an an­swer to the call to du­ty”.

(Jamaica Observer) ANOTHER Jamaican claiming sexual abuse, allegedly at the hands of a local Roman Catholic priest, has come forward.

(Jamaica Gleaner) A prominent member of the local Rastafarian community has hailed reports of Rastafarianism being the fastest-growing religion among British soldiers as a victory for the faith, even as the Jamaica Defence Force has not yet warmed up to the idea of enlisting dreadlocked soldiers.

Two vendors who ply their trade at the Bourda Market died  and five persons were  injured after the bus they were heading to the city in, crashed and toppled several times before coming to a halt on the other side of the Success, East Coast Demerara (ECD) public road yesterday morning.

A performance aptly fitting the moniker of Most Valuable Player [MVP] from custodian Devon Charles helped Sparta Boss secure a 2-1 penalty shoot-out victory over Back Circle in the National Sports Commission/Magnum Mash Cup Futsal Championship final on Saturday.

PPP-nominated Guyana Elections Com-mission (GECOM) commissioners have expressed concern at ads appearing in the press yesterday regarding personnel required for the conduct of House to House Registration and have called for them to be withdrawn.

Another nifty showing by the dynamic Jonathan Van Lange landed him the boys Under 15 and 18 titles in this year’s Guyana Table Tennis Association (GTTA) junior and cadet championships at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall (CASH) yesterday. 

Deputy Director of the State Assets Recovery Agency (SARA) Aubrey Heath-Retemyer has said efforts are being made to verify reports that gold, believed to have been stolen in Curaçao after being smuggled from Guyana, was recovered and is in the possession of the island’s government.

An unbeaten half century and four-wicket haul from Ricky Sargeant ensured Independence Cricket Club knock out Cornelia Ida Cricket Club (CICC) from the inaugural West Demerara Cricket Association (WDCA) /Agape Lumber Yard T20 tournament with a two-wicket win at Joe Vieira Ground yesterday.

Five armed men, during the wee hours of yesterday morning, pounced on a Bloomfield Village, Corentyne family and robbed them of cash and jewellery, and took away surveillance camera footage before escaping.

Romello Crawford continues to make hay in the brilliant sunshine. One week after claiming the Burnham Memorial Three-Stage road race, the Berbice native took his talents to West Demerara yesterday and sprinted off with the spoils of the Cheddi Jagan Memorial road race.

Chairman of the Police Complaints Authority (PCA) retired judge William Ramlal will be heading to Berbice from March 25 for five days for his first outreach since taking office in September last year.

Four months after former Minis-try of the Presidency Permanent Secretary Omar Shariff and his wife, Sabeita Hardeo, were told that they would have to lead their defence against a charge of failing to comply with a court order, they are yet to do so.

A brilliant all-round performance by Andre Gibson sealed an intense four-wicket win for the University of Guyana (UG) over GNIC in the final round of the New Building Society (NBS) Second Division 40-over tournament at GNIC on Saturday. 

The local Golden Jaguars squad’s preparation for the CONCACAF Nations League clash with Belize later this month suffered a setback, after the side lost  to Fruta Conquerors 0-1 in a training match on Saturday at the National Training Centre, Providence.

A woman who was charged with obstructing a police officer, was granted bail on Friday after the charge was read to her in a city court.

Minister of State, Joseph Harmon, yesterday promised the residents of Victory Valley, Upper Demerara- Berbice that the Linden Johnson Community Centre, which was ravaged by a fire of unknown origin over the weekend, will be rebuilt by the Government in the coming months.

Christianburg/Wismar mauled Agricola 9-0 when the 7th Milo Secondary Schools football championships resumed yesterday at the Ministry of Education ground, Carifesta Avenue.

Industrial Supplies of Guyana (ISG), on Friday launched their ‘Np/Ultra Lubricant Oil and Go’ promotion, which gives patrons the chance to win one of six motorbikes up for grabs, by purchasing any Ultra Lubricant product.

GROS ISLET, St Lucia, CMC – West Indies’ opening batsman Chris Gayle said despite not coming into the One Day International series against England in form, he never doubted his ability to score runs.

A West Bank Demerara businessman is now in police custody after he was found with an unlicensed gun along with live rounds in his possession yesterday.

KINGSTOWN, St Vincent,  CMC – Legspinner Imran Khan claimed his second five-wicket haul of the match to help bowl the Trinidad and Tobago Red Force to an emphatic 190-run win over the Windward Islands Volcanoes at the Arnos Vale Stadium yesterday.

GROS ISLET, St Lucia, CMC – Exciting all-rounder Jofra Archer will be given a chance to make England’s World Cup squad following the touring side’s sub-par performance against the West Indies in the just concluded One Day International series.

Striking workers from the Bauxite Company of Guyana Inc (BCGI) have denied claims that the company has suspended operations and moved their equipment to storage.

NAPLES, Italy,  (Reuters) – Serie A leaders Juventus held on to win 2-1 at Napoli in a stormy top-of-the-table clash yesterday which saw both teams have a player sent off and Lorenzo Insigne miss a late penalty for the hosts.

Even if government wanted to go to parliament for supplemental funds for the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to meet its 2019 proposed budgetary needs, it cannot because of the effects of the no-confidence motion, Minister of Finance Winston Jordan says.

(Reuters) – First-half goals from Gonzalo Higuain and Jorginho earned Chelsea a 2-1 win over struggling Fulham in an entertaining southwest London Premier League derby yesterday but they had to work hard for the points.

Bail was granted to a 35-year-old deejay, after he was charged with a possession of narcotics offence on Friday.

Donovan Mitchell scored a career-best 46 points, and the Utah Jazz rallied from a 17-point, fourth-quarter deficit to end the Milwaukee Bucks’ seven-game winning streak 115-111 on Saturday night in Salt Lake City.   

Intensified security and joint operations between the Guyana Police Force and City Constabulary, were matters discussed between Mayor Ubraj Narine and Police Com-missioner Leslie James on Friday, during a meeting at the commissioner’s chambers.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – The House Judiciary Committee will seek documents from more than 60 people and organizations as it begins investigations into possible obstruction of justice and abuse of power by President Donald Trump, the panel’s chairman said yesterday.

Dear Editor, Many people are sweating over the impending “constitutional crisis” on March 19.

MUMBAI,  (Reuters) – The International Cricket Council has assured its members of a tight security plan for this year’s World Cup in England after the Indian cricket board sought guarantees from the governing body following a suicide-bomb attack in Kashmir last month.

Dear Editor, In 1998, I was a Member of Parliament and found myself at odds with the policies of the party/government of the day, the PPP; I resigned from Parliament and from the PPP and publicly denounced the lack of democracy in the PPP and their governmental misdirection in developing  Guyana’s economy, among other major mistakes (coalition politics, decentralism of the bureaucracy, making sure to make the private sector the real engine of growth – which the PPP disagreed with).

(Reuters) – At least fourteen people, some of them children, died after a tornado swept through Lee County, Alabama yesterday, destroying numerous homes and leaving a death toll that could rise as rescuers sift through the rubble, Sheriff Jay Jones said.

A man was fined $20,000, after he pleaded guilty to two simple larceny charges brought against him on Friday at a city court.

Dear Editor, Football in totality needs a shot in the arm.

A man was on Friday fined $10,000 after he admitted to stealing a bicycle from a city resident.

JOHANNESBURG, (Reuters) – South Africa captain Faf du Plessis scored an unbeaten century to lead his side to a comfortable eight-wicket victory over Sri Lanka in the first One-Day International at The Wanderers yesterday.

ALGIERS,  (Reuters) – Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, facing mass protests over his 20 years in power, will run in April’s elections, his campaign manager said yesterday, with Ennahar TV saying he had offered to step down after a year if re-elected.

Dear Editor, As I ponder over the looming constitutional crisis, my initial thoughts were to allow the situation to run its course and let the chips, as it were, fall where they belonged.

The Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry has teamed up with the Guyana Office for Investment (GO-Invest), to send a team to the Offshore Technology Conference (OTC) in May, to not only sell Guyana, but to secure business and investment opportunities for small entrepreneurs   here.

(Reuters) – Reining in their “natural” attacking instincts when required can help England’s batsmen adapt better to different wickets, the team’s one-day international skipper Eoin Morgan has said.

CARACAS/SALINAS, Ecuador,  (Reuters) – Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido said yesterday he would return home to lead new protests against President Nicolas Maduro on Monday, running the risk authorities arrest him given that he flouted a travel ban to leave the country last week.

(Reuters)- Liverpool were left a point behind Premier League leaders Manchester City after they were held to a 0-0 draw by Everton in yesterday’s Merseyside derby.

(Trinidad Guardian) How could Richard “Muscle” Edwards, a man with at least 25 years training in the Defence Force, point a weapon to his head with a round chambered and squeeze the trigger?

Dear Editor, With reference to Kaieteur News’ article dated 24/02/2019 – ‘Pilot’s recklessness caused crash’- the bereft family members wish to highlight the harmful presumption of this article and question the motive of the source of this unfounded attack on the illustrious reputation of Captain Liverpool.

CAMPO NOVO DE RONDONIA, Brazil,  (Reuters) – Ten days after Brazil’s right-wing President Jair Bolsonaro took office, dozens of men entered protected indigenous land in a remote corner of the Amazon, hacking a pathway beneath the jungle canopy.

RIO DE JANEIRO/SAO PAULO, (Reuters) – Investors were skeptical yesterday about the surprise decision by Brazil’s Vale SA to remove its high-profile chief executive in the wake of a deadly January accident at one of the world’s largest iron ore miner’s facilities.

Dear Editor, The Maritime Administration Department (MARAD) facilitated a training session for Linesmen from several port facilities.

LONDON,  (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Britain launched a global “period poverty” fund and taskforce today to help all women and girls access sanitary products by 2050 and to tackle the stigma around menstruation.

By Phil Miller Phil Miller is a British investigative journalist based in London.

In a previous column, we had referred to a statement from the Private Sector Commission (PSC) that the Chief Justice’s ruling remains intact until it is overturned by a higher court and that it expects the President and his government to respect and honour the ruling by calling elections before 21 March 2019.

From his recent correspondence with Justice (Rtd) James Patterson, Chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), President Granger has made it seem as if he always recognised the constitutional stipulation for general elections to be held within three months of the motion of no confidence which was passed against his government on December 21,  2018. 

Keon Playter – ‘It is my humble and honest opinion that the no-confidence motion tabled against the present administration is one of great importance to the future of this country.