Daily Archive: Friday, March 8, 2019

The Technical Vocational Education and Training programme of the Ministry of Education will be further boosted with the launching today of the Heavy Duty Equipment Maintenance Level 3 Programme.

The Ministry of Education has embarked on a widespread outreach in several communities in its bid to ensure all students have maximum support for the National Grade Six Assessment slated for April 17 and 18, 2019.

Statement by His Excellency Brigadier David Granger, President of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana, and Minister of State, Mr.

A meeting between President David Granger and the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) ended today with no decisions being made as the commission’s two factions held onto their previously stated positions.

NEW DELHI,  (Reuters) – Indian cricketers wore army camouflage-style caps in a match with Australia on Friday in solidarity with Indian paramilitary police killed in a militant attack by a Pakistan-based group and in an unusually strong display of patriotic fervour in sport.

(Trinidad Guardian) Prime Min­is­ter Kei­th Row­ley who com­plet­ed one set of med­ical tests on Wednes­day, has to do two more sets of tests to­mor­row and next Mon­day.

Following its two most recent finds, ExxonMobil yesterday revised its estimated gross recoverable resource from the Stabroek Block to approximately 5.5 billion oil-equivalent barrels.

Errol De Souza, a 42-year-old father of 12, was yesterday sentenced to a total of 44 years behind bars for two counts of raping a young girl.Two

With a continuing stalemate between government and Rusal-owned Bauxite Company of Guyana Inc.

Defending champions, Guyana Jaguars held a slim lead of 28 runs over Trinidad and Tobago Red Force after 22 wickets tumbled on the first day of the pink-ball 10th  round match in the Cricket West Indies Regional Four-Day Championships last night at the Providence Stadium.

Russian aluminum giant Rusal, which is the parent company of the Bauxite Company of Guyana Incorporated (BCGI), has declared a net profit of US$1.698 billion for 2018, representing a growth of 39% over the previous year despite US sanctions.

(Reuters) – James Harden is dribbling his way to one of the most prolific offensive seasons in NBA history but it’s probably fair to say that no one saw it coming.

The People’s Progressive Party (PPP) will be formally writing the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), the Organisation of American States (OAS) and the Commonwealth about the current political situation and the impending constitutional crisis, Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo said yesterday.

Skyy Vodka became the latest sponsor to throw its support behind the Richard Mittleholzer birth anniversary domino championship, donating an undisclosed sum during a simple presentation ceremony yesterday at the Ansa McAl headquarters at Beterverwagting.

President David Granger will today meet the seven-member Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) in order to “consult” on the entity’s readiness to hold general and regional elections.

The New Amsterdam [NA] Stelling Tarmac will come alive tonight when the Guinness ‘Greatest of the Streets’ Berbice Championship commences with eight matches slated to be played.

Responding to a video posted on social media with two prisoners brandishing improvised weapons, Director of Prisons (Ag) Gladwin Samuels, has said that the weapons were confiscated and three prisoners will face internal charges.

F Division-A, Presidential Guard, A Division-A and C Division recorded lopsided wins when the Guyana Police Force Inter-Division/Branch 5-a-side Football Championship continued on Wednesday at the Eve Leary ground.

Canada’s Assistant Deputy Minister for the Americas, Michael Grant, yesterday reiterated Ottawa’s support for Guyana in the border controversy with Venezuela, at a meeting with Minister of State Joseph Harmon.

An unbroken third-wicket partnership of 57 between Tagenarine Chanderpaul and Leon Johnson set Guyana Jaguars on course for victory over Trinidad and Tobago Red Force at the Providence National Stadium.

March (Reuters) – Paris St Germain’s Champions League exit has left the club perplexed and searching for answers but there will be no knee-jerk reaction to fire coach Thomas Tuchel after their latest European failure, club president Nasser Al-Khelaifi said.

Calling the proceedings initiated by the State Assets Recovery Agency (SARA) to repossess his land in the ‘Pradoville 2’ Housing Scheme political, Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo became visibly annoyed at persistent queries about his reasons for refusing to settle the price difference for the property and told Prime News reporter and president of the Guyana Press Association (GPA) Nazima Raghubir that the question was “stupid.”

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Cricket West Indies presidential candidate, Ricky Skerritt, wants to see increased trust and respect in the relationship between players and the governing board.

Owing to a change in the court’s schedule, the start of the first trial of Nezaam Ali, the Muslim scholar charged with nine counts of child rape, was postponed from yesterday.

INDIAN WELLS, Calif. (Reuters) – Venus Williams played through illness to win a seesaw opening round match against German Andrea Petkovic 6-4 0-6 6-3 at the BNP Paribas Open yesterday.

The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) is conducting an international search for oil and gas experts as the agency prepares for first oil next year.

Staving off stiff competition from a number of better-known international tourism destinations, Guyana was, on Wednesday March 6th, declared the #1 “Best of Ecotourism” destination in the world at the ITB Berlin, the world’s leading travel and trade show.

MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – The IAAF will elect its first female vice-president at its congress in September as part of minimum gender targets to bring parity to athletics governance, the global governing body said yesterday.

PPP presidential candidate Irfaan Ali has been conducting outreaches in various parts of the country, according to Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo.

Carol Fraser is a talkative but thoughtful ‘creative spirit’ who comes across as surprisingly blunt about the condition of women artists.

BASSETERRE, St Kitts, CMC – Assistant coach Vasbert Drakes has underscored the importance of execution as West Indies go in search of a series-leveling win in the pivotal second Twenty20 International of the three-match series here today.

Captain Vanessa Merchant has broken new ground by becoming the first Guyanese woman to obtain a Masters in navigation and she is one of only three female ship captains in Guyana.

For all the country’s internal challenges linked mostly to domestic crime and the negative international press associated with the phenomenon, Jamaica continues to be one of CARICOM territories of choice for international tourists and successive political administrations in Kingston, the country’s capital continue to back its tourism industry as one of the main bulwarks of the country’s economy. 

OTTAWA, (Reuters) – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau yesterday denied interfering in Canada’s judicial system as he sought to defuse a crisis threatening his political future, and offered no apology, asserting only that lessons had been learned.

Staff of the National Agricultural Research and Extension Institute (NAREI) have benefitted from training in plant protection and risks management as the agency looks to boost its capacity with an eye on exports. 

With 17 games remaining in the regular season and the Los Angeles Lakers 6 1/2 games out of a playoff spot, their playoff chances grow slimmer by the day.

ALEXANDRIA, Va.,  (Reuters) – President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman Paul Manafort was sentenced yesterday by a U.S.

In a global environment where even the routine pursuits associated with human existence brings with it myriad stress-related challenges, massage therapy, essentially ‘hands-on’ techniques design-ed to enhance circulation, relieve tension, reduce stress, ease anxiety, improve sleep and promote relaxation, have become as widespread a resort for people the world over as visits to the doctor.

A labourer was yesterday sentenced to nine months in jail after admitting to a charge that he damaged $900,000 in property.

NORTH SOUND, Antigua, CMC – Sunil Ambris missed out on his eighth first class hundred but ensured his name remained in the Test selection frame, on the opening day of Windward Islands Volcanoes’ final round match against Leeward Islands Hurricanes here yesterday.

RIO DE JANEIRO,  (Reuters) – Brazil’s far-right president yesterday described the country’s armed forces, which led the country under a military dictatorship for over two decades, as the ultimate arbiters of democracy.

Facilitating exchanges between and amongst groups of Guyanese farmers whose livelihoods are intertwined in the fortunes of the land is one of the more important pursuits of the Ministry of Agriculture’s Guyana Marketing Corporation (GMC).

Dear Editor, The Ministry of Public Telecommunications takes this opportunity to address the hypocritical attempt of former Minister of Home Affairs, Mr.

GENEVA,  (Reuters) – Three dozen countries, including all 28 EU members, called on Saudi Arabia yesterday to release 10 activists and cooperate with a U.N.-led

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Nkrumah Bonner agonisingly missed out on his second first class hundred in his first match of the season as he led a Jamaica Scorpions fightback against Barbados Pride on the opening day of their final round contest in the Regional Four-Day Championship here yesterday.

An Alliance For Change (AFC) Region Six councillor yesterday said that the region’s health system is in a bad state, as he noted that he has been receiving numerous complaints from persons who have suffered at the hands of the region’s health sector.

We met Kevin Murray and Carolyn Caesar-Murray at The Women Expo, a Sonia Noel Foundation for Creative Arts (SNFCA) event staged in collaboration with the Women’s Association for Sustained Development.

Dear Editor, Public commentary in Guyana does come with personal attacks especially when you upturn the traditional narrative on its head with new facts.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – The United States has indicted the daughter of the late president of Uzbekistan on corruption charges for allegedly using her official position to solicit more than $865 million in bribes from three telecommunications companies, the Justice Department said on Thursday.

(Reuters) – Germany coach Joachim Loew’s decision to end Thomas Mueller’s international career has left the Bayern Munich midfielder “angry” and struggling to come to terms with the manner in which he received the news.

One of the high points in the development of Guyana’s manufacturing sector in recent years has been the emergence of a growing number of small and medium scale agro-processors whose products have secured increasing levels of consumer acceptance on the local market.

(Trinidad Guardian) Two po­lice of­fi­cers from east Trinidad have been grant­ed a to­tal of $285,000 bail af­ter ap­pear­ing in court on cor­rup­tion and gang charges.

(Trinidad Guardian) The dam­age to one of Caribbean Air­lines’ (CAL) ATR air­craft will cost the State US$1 mil­lion to re­pair, a cost which the act­ing Prime Min­is­ter Colm Im­bert has de­scribed as a “pre­lim­i­nary es­ti­mate.”

Dear Editor, I would like to express appreciation to the Leader of the Opposition, Mr.

Breadfruit is widely believed to have been cultivated for over 3,000 years and is now widely consumed in Africa, Asia and in other tropical countries including the Caribbean.

NEW YORK,  (Reuters) – A U.S. Appeals Court ruled yesterday that immigrants ordered deported by U.S.

INDIAN WELLS, Calif.  (Reuters) – Roger Federer is looking forward to having more freedom and more time with his family when he eventually leaves behind the sport he has dominated, the Swiss master said on Wednesday.

(Trinidad Guardian) In­ves­ti­ga­tors prob­ing the death Multi­na­tion­al Pro­tec­tion Spe­cial­ist Net­work own­er Richard Ed­wards have con­clud­ed it was ac­ci­den­tal due to neg­li­gence in us­ing his li­censed firearm.

Kitco Market Data Gold Prices for the three day period ending Thursday March 7, 2019

MANCHESTER, England,  (Reuters) – If Manchester United chief executive Ed Woodward was still fretting over whether to give caretaker manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer the job on a permanent basis, Wednesday’s triumph in Paris surely tipped the scales in the Norwegian’s favour.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – The U.S. Justice Department indicted Mozambique’s former finance minister, along with eight executives, officials and investment bankers, over their alleged roles in a $2 billion fraud and money laundering scheme, the department said yesterday.

Dear Editor, Sometime not too long ago I read a news report that quoted the Chief Election Officer, Mr.

BRASILIA,  (Reuters) – Brazilian anthropologists are looking for members of an Amazon tribe that has had little or no contact with the outside world to steer them clear of a rival indigenous group and avoid a bloody clash of cudgels against arrows.

In the United States of America (USA), the term “vehicular homicide” is used to describe the criminally negligent or murderous operation of a motor vehicle which results in the death of someone other than the driver of the said vehicle.

Two days ago, at the the world’s leading Travel and Trade Show, the ITB Berlin, staving off stiff competition from a number of better-known international tourism destinations, Guyana was declared the #1 “Best of Ecotourism” destination in the world.

(Field Level Media) LeBron James reflected emotionally on his life and career after passing Michael Jordan to move into fourth place on the NBA career scoring list on Wednesday night.

Electoral rigging – Under PPP? (Pt 5) Frankly Speaking, I would now hereby advise my fellow citizens, especially those resident here at all times, not to expect any significant earnings coming their way from our emerging oil and gas sector before, say 2022.

*Prices only represent the average Wholesale Farmgate and Retail Prices at the above mentioned markets and are NOT prices set by the Guyana MArketing Corportation or Ministry of Agriculture.

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Dear Editor, The road in Guyana keeps getting rougher: from hardline to deadline to immovable lines in the mud. 

CARACAS,  (Reuters) – A major power outage hit crisis-stricken Venezuela yesterday, according to Reuters witnesses, a problem the government of President Nicolas Maduro quickly blamed on “sabotage” at a hydroelectric dam that provides much of the country’s power.Electricity