Daily Archive: Friday, April 12, 2019

The opposition PPP today called for the shutting down of the Special Organized Crime Unit (SOCU) and for an investigation to be mounted into its operations.

SANTIAGO,  (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Friday defended sanctions on Venezuela and said the United States would not “quit the fight” in the socialist-run Latin American nation which is spiraling into deepening economic and political crisis.

 (Reuters) – Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s uncharacteristic outburst against a controversial umpiring decision led to the Chennai Super Kings captain being fined 50 percent of his match fee in last night’s Indian Premier League (IPL) match in Jaipur.

 (Reuters) – Chevron Corp today said it will buy Anadarko Petroleum Corp for $33 billion in cash and stock to bolster its position in shale oil and the liquid natural gas (LNG) market with the biggest industry merger since Royal Dutch Shell bought BG Group in 2016.

(Trinidad Guardian) Na­tion­al Se­cu­ri­ty Min­is­ter Stu­art Young says Ja­maica’s dance­hall and reg­gae star Bu­ju Ban­ton will be the green light to en­ter the coun­try for his much-an­tic­i­pat­ed “Re­demp­tion” con­cert sched­uled next Sun­day at the Queen’s Park Sa­van­nah.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Residents in a section of Mountain View, east Kingston are still in shock following an early morning attempted murder-suicide in which one man is dead and a woman is hospitalised.

(Trinidad Guardian) A div­er lost at sea was able to swim ap­prox­i­mate­ly 44 miles, bat­tling strong cur­rents in the At­lantic Ocean, be­fore mak­ing it ashore in To­co on Thurs­day.

An audit of the financial records of the Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU) has uncovered serious irregularities, including the falsification of records, and it has recommended immediate transfers and a fraud investigation of several of the discrepancies, sources say.

Although Chairman of the Central Housing and Planning Authority (CH&PA) Board Elsworth Williams cannot remember issuing a contract to Godfrey Yearwood, the husband of minister with responsibility for housing Valerie Adams-Patterson, he says that the board will have to take responsibility for the impropriety in such a circumstance.

In the face of continuing questions about the authenticity of his academic qualifications, People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) presidential candidate Irfaan Ali yesterday said that he has made all his transcripts and certificates public on his Facebook page and had no further comments on the matter.

On assuming office, all ministers should relinquish ownership of businesses to avoid potential conflicts of interest, according to Working People’s Alliance (WPA) executive Dr.

Five of the 12 workers from the Guyana Manganese Inc. (GMI), who fell ill while working at a mine in Matthews Ridge, Region One, have been diagnosed with histoplasmosis, Deputy Director of Medical Services at the Georgetown Public Hospital, Dr.

The Georgetown Public Hospital (GPHC) was hit with a five-hour electricity outage yesterday after an electrical breaker was burnt, accelerating plans to equip the hospital with more backup power. 

Sukhdeo Dharamdat and his son, Ishwar Dharamdat, are now facing sentencing, after a jury yesterday afternoon convicted them both for the 2015 killing of their neighbour, Suresh Nandkishore.

Less than a month after being elected to the helm of Cricket West Indies (CWI), President Ricky Skerritt described the landscape in Guyana as it relates to regional cricket as “troubling.”

The Ministry of Citizenship yesterday concluded its second round of bilateral talks on migration, with a delegation from the Government of Cuba and the spectre of human trafficking and the possible imposition of a visa requirement were raised.

A Bloomfield Village, Corentyne woman was pushed off of the roof of a shed during a robbery by four armed bandits in the wee hours yesterday.

The Guyana Under 15 cricket team departed yesterday morning for Antigua where they will be participating in the Cricket West Indies (CWI) Regional Tournament set to get underway from tomorrow.

Following a meeting on Wednesday, the Private Sector Commission (PSC) and the Mayor and City Council (M&CC) have agreed to co-operate on several issues including the payment of outstanding rates by members of the business community.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – New Cricket West Indies president Ricky Skerritt said the decision to appoint Floyd Reifer and Robert Haynes to interim positions of head coach and chairman of its selection panel respectively, was designed to try and bring back a “sense of pride and aspiration” to the West Indies team.

The exciting cycling season continues this weekend with back-to-back events. First up tomorrow, the National Park’s circuit will be transformed into a speedway with the hosting of the 15th edition of the Universal Auto Sales 11-race programme.

A contract for the design of a Hospitality Institute, which will provide top-notch technical and supervisory industry training locally, was yesterday signed between the Minis-try of Education and architecture firm, Deen and Partners.

(Reuters) – Tottenham Hotspur’s England striker Harry Kane suffered serious ankle ligament damage in Tuesday’s 1-0 Champions League victory over Manchester City, the Premier League club said yesterday.

Opposition PPP/C parliamentarian Joseph Hamilton yesterday confirmed that he is the local representative of a Suriname-based company, which has won and successfully executed several contracts to build houses for the Central Housing and Planning Authority (CH&PA).

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Cricket West Indies has started to chart a new course for the coaching and selection of the West Indies team with the appointments of Floyd Reifer and Robert Haynes to interim positions of head coach and chairman of its selection panel respectively, new president Ricky Skerritt said yesterday.

What over the years, has been loosely described as the post-bauxite economic circumstances of the township of Linden are still very much evident today.

Two men who were charged with the murder of a Williamsburg man in 2016, were yesterday found not guilty of the murder, at the end of the High Court trial in Berbice.

Former Golden Jaguars head coach Wayne Dover is quietly optimistic of the team’s chances of progressing from the group stage in the 2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup.

Just days after the Trinidad and Tobago-owned conglomerate ANSA McAl disclosed its introduction of fifty new imported products, including manufactured foods, on the local market, in a move which the company has described as “investing in Guyana,” the owner of a local manufacturing company has spoken out sharply against the development, demanding a local pushback against what he says is the company’s “investing in Guyana” tag line which he says could   ultimately hurt the Guyana market for locally manufactured foods.

A vendor accused of chopping a police officer about her body during a fight over her child’s father, was yesterday remanded to prison.

With the Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) industry predicted to grow exponentially over the next five years, Nations Inc.

Cricket West Indies (CWI) President Ricky Skerritt yesterday revealed that the entire selection panel, including its Chairman Courtney Browne, have been sacked.

 Perhaps surprisingly, particularly given its well-known versatility and widespread popularity as a fruit eaten directly from the tree, the mango has not made as nearly a comparable impact in the Guyana agro-processing sector.

By Louis Holder The young and particularly unemployed in Guyana are frequently advised to become entrepreneurs and to gravitate to the agro-manufacturing sector for their ‘salvation’ and as a means of gainful employment. 

LONDON, (Reuters) – An Aaron Ramsey strike and a Kalidou Koulibaly own goal gave Arsenal a 2-0 victory over Napoli in the first leg of their Europa League quarter-final yesterday – and a rare and valuable clean sheet to take to Italy in a week’s time.

Dear Editor, There is hardly a day which goes by in which newspapers do not report an incident of domestic violence  or a matter pertaining to domestic violence.

A 42-year-old woman, who after being found with  477 grammes of cannabis in her possession, told ranks from the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) that she bought the narcotic for her son-in-law, was yesterday remanded to prison after being charged with the offence.

The Guyana Badminton Association (GBA)/E-Networks B-Division Easter Badminton Tournament will begin today at the National Gymnasium from 17:30-22:30hrs.

Dear Editor, The struggles of the sugar workers since May 2015, are well documented.

An arrest warrant was yesterday issued for Diamond nightclub owner Freeman Fordyce.

Lyndel Danzie-Black, Chief Executive Officer of Cerulean Inc, one of two companies involved in the planning and execution of the first-of-its-kind     Twenty Five Influential Women Leaders Award, has told Stabroek Business that the organizers are hopeful that the nominees for the awards come from all sectors of the society and that the nominations take account of “all of the various social groups and areas of economic life.”

A report prepared by the GUYSUCO Training Centre- Port Mourant (GTCPM), on the Ministry of Natural Resources’ (MNR) Industrial Skills Training Enhancement Programme (INSTEP), has indicated that  many of those who participated have gone on to land jobs in the areas they received training.

KHARTOUM,  (Reuters) – President Omar al-Bashir, who ruled Sudan in autocratic style for 30 years, was overthrown in a military coup yesterday, but protesters’ jubilation was short-lived as they took to the streets demanding military leaders hand over power to civilians.

Distribution Warehouse defeated Sales by six wickets when the Banks DIH Limited Inter-Department/Branch Tapeball Cricket Championship continued on Tuesday at Thirst Park.

Dear Editor, One would not attempt to match the erudition of the letter writer on the subject `Any discussion of specific land distribution pattern must include behavioural factors, occupational choice, vision and discipline’ in SN of April 2, 2019, but it is respectfully offered that there are gaps in the submission regarding the development of Indo-Guyanese workers.

As if the crippling sanctions on its oil industry by a United States administration that now has its sights set firmly on bringing down the administration of President Nicholas Maduro in Venezuela were not enough, the recent widespread power shutdowns across large parts of the country have had a crippling effect on many of the country’s oil wells and rigs, slashing its oil output and in effect further compromising the lifeline which its oil earnings represent against the backdrop of the already debilitating oil sanctions imposed on the Maduro administration by the United States.

The Haslington Market Tarmac will come alive tonight when the Guinness ‘Greatest of the Streets’ East Coast Demerara edition, commences with eight exciting elimination matches from 19:00hrs.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – British police dragged WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange out of Ecuador’s embassy yesterday after his seven-year asylum was revoked, paving the way for his extradition to the United States for one of the biggest ever leaks of classified information.

In an effort to carry out its mandate to promote safe and stable communities, the Ministry of Communities (MoC) is collaborating with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Community, Family and Youth Resilience (CFYR) programme in conducting a training session for Local Government Councillors on Social Crime Prevention.

The new Guyana Marketing Corportation has agreed to provide us with the above information which we will publish on a weekly basis subject to receipt.

Dear Editor, With reference to the article on ineffective security at Stabroek Market (SN April 11).

Gold Prices for the three day period ending Thursday April 11, 2019Kitco is a Canadian company that buys and sells precious metals such as gold, copper and silver.

-My own farewell funeral concert In countries – especially those which strive to be, or remain, democracies – which are governed by the rule of law, judges must be considered among the most vital officials of those societies.

Invariably, when we conceptualize what one might call a ‘tourist package’ that Guyana can offer to visitors the options afforded by the beauty and adventure that can be derived from our far-flung interior locations are always ‘front and centre’ in that vision.

MUMBAI, (Reuters) – Kieron Pollard last turned out for West Indies in a one-day international in 2016 but the burly all-rounder has not given up hope of making the squad for this year’s World Cup.

There are, it would appear, nearly 6,000 registered Venezuelans here, and according to Minister Winston Felix, an unknown number of unregistered ones.

Minister of Indigenous Peoples’ Affairs, Sydney Allicock has called on the Bethany Village Council in Pomeroon-Supenaam to ensure proper management and accountability for village assets in which millions of dollars were invested. 

Dear Editor, A tour d’horizon of letters to editors of the mainstream media, would reflect the political views of both government and opposition, the positives and negatives in Guyanese current affairs, as well as the hopes and aspirations of letter writers.

(Jamaica Observer)  “Daddy, don’t kill Mommy” was the earnest cry of a 12-year-old girl when her father chased her mother and shot her before killing himself on Waltham Park Road on Wednesday.

GASCI (www.gasci.com/telephone Nº 223-6175/6) reports that session 820’s trading results showed consideration of $24,231,237 from 290,124 shares traded in 18 transactions as compared to session 819’s trading results which showed consideration of $3,794,381 from 43,874 shares traded in 15 transactions.

VATICAN CITY,  (Reuters) – Pope Francis, in a dramatic gesture after an unprecedented retreat at the Vatican, knelt to kiss the feet of South Sudan’s previously warring leaders yesterday as he urged them to not return to a civil war.

The Guyana Police Force is investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of a Rosignol, West Bank Berbice labourer who fell from the back of a canter on Wednesday afternoon.