Daily Archive: Saturday, June 15, 2019

Cuba’s Foreign Minister, Bruno Gonzalez Parrilla continued his visit to Guyana today and laid a floral tribute at Guyana’s Independence Arch, the Department of Public Information (DPI) reported.

MANCHESTER, England, (Reuters) – India captain Virat Kohli swatted aside talks about a duel with Pakistan speedster Mohammad Amir and played down the hype around Sunday’s World Cup blockbuster between the arch-rivals at Old Trafford.

BRASILIA,  (Reuters) – Leaked personal messages published today  by a news website show the judge who led the corruption trial that jailed former Brazil president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva advised prosecutors to influence public opinion against the leftist leader.

Following his reappointment hours earlier as Alliance For Change (AFC) leader, Khemraj Ramjattan has received the majority support of delegates at the party’s National Executive Conference (NEC) to be the prime ministerial candidate for governing coalition at the next elections.

(Trinidad Express) Venezuelan school teacher and desperate migrant Isabeth Moren, has a message for the women of Trinidad and Tobago.

Director of Regional and Clinical Services Dr Kay Shako today denied that there is a shortage of drugs and human resources at the Diamond Diagnostic Centre on the East Bank.

Khemraj Ramjattan has been unanimously selected as the new leader of the Alliance For Change (AFC) at the party’s ongoing National Executive Conference (NEC), where he is also hoping to win support as its proposed Prime Ministerial candidate for the APNU+AFC coalition at the next general elections.

(Reuters) – West Indies all-rounder Carlos Brathwaite has received an official reprimand and one demerit point for showing dissent to an umpire’s decision during the World Cup match against England, the International Cricket Council (ICC) said today.

HONG KONG, (Reuters) – Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam today indefinitely delayed a proposed law that would have allowed extraditions to mainland China, in a dramatic retreat after anger over the bill triggered the city’s biggest and most violent street protests in decades.

(Reuters) – – Franco Zeffirelli, the film and opera director acclaimed for movies such as “Romeo and Juliet” and opulent lyrical productions on the world’s major stages, died on Saturday at the age of 96.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Foreign Affairs Minister Kamina Johnson Smith says the Government cannot call in officials from the United States Embassy to shed light on the alleged inhumane treatment meted out to five Jamaican fishermen by the US Coast Guard until she has received “as many facts as possible about the matter”.

(Trinidad Express) There is a video circulating on social media of a female attempting to cross the road in Marabella being hit by a car, somersaulting in the air and landing in the middle of the road.

(Barbados Nation) Barbados’ acute nursing shortage could soon be a thing of the past.

(Jamaica Observer) A man, said to be a member of the notorious Klansman Gang, was yesterday afternoon shot dead while travelling in a taxi on Wellington Street in the old capital.

(Trinidad Guardian) From Mon­day, Venezue­lans seek­ing to en­ter T&T will have to get a visa as the Gov­ern­ment an­nounced the new mea­sure to pre­vent the free flow of im­mi­grants in­to this coun­try.

The sale by the National Industrial and Commercial Investments Limited (NICIL) of two Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) transmission towers to a Bobby Vieira’s Multicultural Communica-tions Inc.

Minister within the Ministry of Finance Jaipaul Sharma is to be appointed as the new Minister within the Ministry of Public Infrastructure, which is where he says the Head of State wants him.

-call for probe of divestment of assets Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) managers have appealed to Agriculture Minister Noel Holder to seek the urgent intervention of President David Granger to immediately remove Colvin Heath-Venture from overseeing the divestment of its assets, while accusing him of pursuing a “vendetta” against the company.

The Board of Directors of the Guyana Power and Light Inc.

If the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) upholds the validity of the no-confidence motion against the government that was declared passed last December, the opposition People’s Progressive Party (PPP) will be “pressuring” the administration for the holding of early elections, party General Secretary Bharrat Jagdeo vowed yesterday.

OAKLAND, Calif. — The Toronto Raptors celebrated their first NBA championship on the Golden State Warriors’ home floor Thursday night.

A motorcyclist is now dead after he collided with a Route 40 (Kitty – Campbellville) minibus at the intersection of Vlissengen Road and Regent Street.

The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) Chairman, retired Justice James Patterson, has informed the commission’s Legal officer, Excellence Dazzell, that he has no confidence in her.

Heavy rainfall in the Rupununi has delayed the commencement of works on the Lethem to Aishalton road, which was recently damaged by flash flooding, Chairman of the Region Nine Democratic Council Brian Allicock says.

An investigation by the Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU) of the procurement of consultancy services for the Feasibility Study and Design for the new Demerara River bridge has found that no criminal offence has been committed.

Describing the press statement released by Alliance For Change (AFC) executive Imran Khan on Thursday as a “strategy,” outgoing party General Secretary Marlon Williams late yesterday afternoon said that he was still not in possession of a formal complaint about the alleged threats Khan has said he and his wife have received.

President David Granger has commissioned a Board of Inquiry (BoI) to investigate alleged misconduct by staff of the Department of Public Service.

June Alexander, the 10-year-old girl who was critically injured on Monday following an incident at the Regma Primary School at Mackenzie, Linden, succumbed at a city hospital yesterday afternoon.

The use and sale of synthetic drugs by school-aged children is worrying and disturbing, the Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) has said in its 2018 annual report, which related that the majority of those drugs are smuggled through the Suriname border.

The lifeless body of a 17-year-old was on Wednesday evening discovered on the Charity Public Road, Essequibo Coast, and an autopsy has confirmed he was the victim of a hit-and-run accident.

A Corentyne man is now a patient at the New Amsterdam Public Hospital after he was chopped several times by a known drinking buddy of his on Wednesday afternoon.

—Khalil, Fernandes, Cadogan emerge as second-day leading ladies The second evening of the 2019 edition of KFC sponsored Guyana Squash Association (GSA) Senior National Championships saw Guyana’s premier players swinging into action at the Georgetown Club Squash Court on Thursday evening.

An IAAF World Championships berth, one year’s bragging rights and cash incentives will all be on the line when the Athletic Association of Guyana (AAG) stages its flagship National Senior Championships on June 29-30.

A city magistrate yesterday committed a security guard to stand trial for the attempted murder of three men at the Meadow Bank Wharf.

The Guyana Olympic Association joins the rest of the world in celebrating Olympic Day on June 23, 2019. 

A 38-year-old domestic worker who is accused of stealing over $5 million in jewellery from her employer was granted her release on bail yesterday after she denied the charge.

Following last weekend’s exceptional Macorp Golf Extravaganza, the Lusignan Golf Club is set to tee off today with its Pre-Fathers’ Day Classic.

The driver of the vehicle assigned to Mayor of Ubraj Narine, who was involved in the accident in which Buxton resident Mitford Cambridge was killed along the Turkeyen Public Road on Tuesday, has been released on station bail.

SOUTHAMPTON, England, CMC – Barbadian fast-bowling sensation Jofra Archer sparkled for England but West Indies fluffed their lines in an ordinary performance, as they slumped to a chastening eight-wicket defeat here yesterday, to suffer another blow to their top four chances at the World Cup.

“I like helping others. I do my own thing as it relates to helping on my own because of my love and passion for it.

SOUTHAMPTON, England, CMC – Captain Jason Holder said yesterday West Indies had no intention of ditching Andre Russell, even though the injury-plagued all-rounder yet again failed to complete a game at the World Cup here.

I was fortunate to have 2 dads while growing up – my father, John and my beloved uncle, Freddy, whom I never called uncle, always Daddy.

Dear Editor, In his response to a letter to the editor written by a ‘concerned junior officer’ of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF), President Granger, through the Ministry of the Presidency, instead of addressing what appeared to be legitimate concerns raised by the junior officer chose to take aim at the PPP/C administration.

After close to two years, the way has been paved for the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) to be reconstituted after the Parliamentary Committee on Appointments on Wednesday finally agreed to a nominee.

The Guyana Table Tennis Association (GTTA) is set to loop off the 2019 edition of the mini and pre-cadet championships from today at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall (CASH).

Two weeks ago, I showed up for gym and my card wouldn’t swipe me in.

Dear Editor, The Alliance For Change (AFC) would be holding its Conference today.

Government will be holding its seventh ministerial outreach in Bartica, Region Seven, next Tuesday and Wednesday, according to Director-General of the Ministry of the Presidency Joseph Harmon.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Sri Lanka are ready to face an onslaught of fierce Australian pace bowling as they look to get their rain-marred Cricket World Cup campaign back on track at The Oval today.

DUBAI/WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – The United States yesterday blamed Iran for attacks on two oil tankers at the entrance to the Gulf and said it was seeking international consensus about the threat to shipping, despite Tehran denying involvement in the explosions at sea.

Local Design House Akilah’s Creative Expressions and Sincerity Studio of Trinidad will put on a series of fashion shows and concerts around Guyana from August 4.

One-time national footballer Jobe Caesar was yesterday sentenced to six months behind bars after being found guilty of wounding a police officer.

Dear Editor, This is meant to alert the general public. Scammers and imposters are out plying their trade and the Lower East Coast seems to be the targeted area.

(Trinidad Guardian) Na­tion­al Se­cu­ri­ty Min­is­ter Stu­art Young has an­nounced that from Mon­day, the Gov­ern­ment of Trinidad and To­ba­go will im­ple­ment a visa sys­tem for Venezue­lans wish­ing to come to Trinidad and To­ba­go.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Out-of-favour limited overs all-rounder, Rovman Powell, has been named in a 15-man group for a high performance training camp starting here next Monday.

BRASILIA, (Reuters) – Brazil’s Justice Minister Sergio Moro said he would not resign over a scandal about leaked personal messages that raised doubts about his impartiality as the anti-corruption judge who jailed the country’s former leftist president.

Dear Editor, I refer to a letter written by Leslie Gonsalves, President, Guyana Bauxite and General Workers Union (GBGWU) in the Stabroek News dated June 13, 2019 entitled `GTUC’s rules state that affiliation as a member requires a Collective Labour Agreement’. 

Guyanese born Anthony Persaud popularly known as “Mr Bollywood” dreams of one day putting on one of the biggest shows his homeland has ever witnessed.

MANCHESTER, England, (Reuters) – The Sri Lanka team have complained to organisers of the World Cup about the pitches rolled out for their games and are also unhappy with the quality of their accommodation.

VATICAN CITY,  (Reuters) – Pope Francis said yesterday that carbon pricing is “essential” to stem global warming – his clearest statement yet in support of penalising polluters – and appealed to climate change deniers to listen to science.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Miami, Fort Lauderdale and West Palm Beach in Florida are among the first areas to receive Jamaican mangoes in the United States.

Of the nine films currently showing in local cinemas, six of them are either giant studio-remakes or sequels.

H&T Theatre Arts Group will put on its annual production ‘Dedication To Daddy’ at the National Cultural Centre tomorrow night.

Political parties campaign on promises. More jobs, improved living standards and, in the case of Guyana, an end to blackouts.

GENEVA,  (Reuters) – A World Health Organization panel decided yesterday not to declare an international emergency over Congo’s Ebola outbreak despite its spread to Uganda this week, concluding such a declaration could cause too much economic harm.

Dear Editor, The allegation that at least one of the men recently electrocuted was not wearing protective safety gear (`Man electrocuted while installing cameras at Stadium was not wearing safety gear, wife says’ SN June 13 2019), raises seriously the question of safety for employees engaged by companies  in the type of work these unfortunate persons were engaged in.

The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) has announced that it would no longer be granting tax exemptions and registration of vehicles in the ‘G’ series, such as Toyota Noah, Voxy, Liteace, Grand Hiace, Regius or any other similar type of vehicle.

On Thursday more than twenty photojournalists wore helmets, gas masks and protective clothing to a police press conference in Hong Kong to express their outrage at the violent suppression of peaceful demonstrations.

SALVADOR, Brazil (Reuters) – Argentina defender Nicolas Tagliafico has praised captain Lionel Messi for his desire to win a trophy for his country as they begin their quest to end a 26-year wait for silverware with their Copa America opener against Colombia today.

MEXICO CITY/EL PASO, Texas,  (Reuters) – The United States has doubled the number of asylum seekers it sends back each day to Mexico from El Paso, Texas, a Mexican immigration official said on Friday, in the first sign of action following a deal struck to avert U.S.

The state-run Power Producers and Distributors Inc. (PPDI), which operates and maintains four power plants on behalf of the Guyana Power and Light Inc.