Daily Archive: Friday, August 2, 2019

(Trinidad Express) Two senior officers are expected to appear before the Chaguanas Magistrates’ Court charged for sexual misconduct.

(Trinidad Express) Just over one week after Vaughn “Sandman” Mieres, his wife and two of his bodyguards were shot dead in Las Cuevas, one of the men who allegedly committed the quadruple murder made an appearance in the Port of Spain Magistrates’ Court.

(Trinidad Express) Two women arrested in connection with the deadly attack on seven Couva fishermen last week, appeared before a magistrate on Wednesday charged with robbery with violence.

The police today issued wanted bulletins for four men in connection with murder and rape probes.

FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida,  CMC – Injury has forced marquee all-rounder Andre Russell out of the three-match Twenty20 International series against India starting here Saturday.

(Reuters) – German authorities on Friday said they had seized 4.5 tonnes of cocaine worth 1 billion euros ($1.11 billion) in the northern port city of Hamburg – the nation’s biggest drugs haul to date.

(Jamaica Observer) It is no secret that road traffic deaths are rising rapidly in Jamaica, leaving public agencies like the Road Safety Unit (RSU) concerned that this year could well set a record.

(Trinidad Guardian) Just two months af­ter he got bap­tised and mar­ried the moth­er of his child, Carl Swamber was gunned down in cold blood out­side his home.

(Trinidad Guardian) Ja­mal Young and his wife Nar­i­va St Rose are sleep­ing un­der a tent in Cou­va af­ter their home and shop were torn down by the Hous­ing De­vel­op­ment Cor­po­ra­tion last week.

With evidence of soaring real estate prices and the buyout of most riverfront lands along the Demerara River in Region 4 for the oil industry, Minister of Finance Winston Jordan says that it cannot be dismissed that the feared Dutch Disease is already here in Guyana.

With new GECOM Chairman, Justice (rtd) Claudette Singh having to make a decision soon on the controversial house-to-house (HtH) registration currently underway, the last such exercise took six months in 2008 raising questions about whether the current projected three-month time frame is viable.

A West Coast Berbice pedestrian died and a pedal cyclist has been hospitalised at the New Amsterdam Public Hospital after they were struck along the Number 42 Village, West Coast Berbice Public Road yesterday morning.

The Ministry of Natural Resources is to receive a report on the possible implications here of the death of Indian business magnate V.

Prison escapee, Kevin ‘Long hair’ Narine, was handed over to local authorities by their Surinamese counterparts on Wednesday and is back in jail.

Investigations are still ongoing into the matter in which a bag of money was found in the vehicle assigned to the city’s Chief Constable.

Guyana’s central bank is aware of and paying attention to the possible implications of the Barbadian government defaulting on debt owed to local commercial bank, the Guyana Bank for Trade and Industry (GBTI).

The Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) on Wednesday announced that it has procured and put into service seventy-five galvanized steel baggage carts for free use by passengers in the new Arrivals Terminal.

Over $2M in grants from the Small Business Bureau (SBB) have been presented to small business owners in Anna Regina, Region 2, according to a release yesterday from the Department of Public Information (DPI). 

Guyana bounced back from a humiliating defeat to trounce the Leeward Islands by 119 runs in the third round of the Cricket West Indies “Rising Stars” Regional Under-19 tournament at Cumberland Ground yesterday while the Windward Islands and Barbados also secured wins.

As the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) continues the House to House Registration exercise its enumerators have been forced to deal with varying degrees of abuse and suspicion including accusation that they are registering foreigners in an attempt to pad the subsequent list of electors.

LIMA,  (Reuters) – Cuba punched their way up the medal table picking up four golds and a silver in the boxing ring yesterday but the United States continued to pull away and were closing in on 100 Pan Am Games medals after just six days of competition.

All roads will lead to the National Cultural Centre tarmac tonight when the quarterfinal and semi-final round in the Guinness ‘Greatest of the Streets’ Georgetown Championship kicks-off.

People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) parliamentarian Alister Charlie is adamantly denying accusations that he behaved inappropriately resulting in questioning by the police yesterday in Lethem.

Red-Line, LA Ballers, Germans United, Dave & Celina All-Stars and NK Ballers recorded dissimilar victories on Wednesday in the 6th edition of the New Era Entertainment/Mohamed’s Enterprise Futsal Tournament.

The Private Sector Commission (PSC) is upbeat about the prospects for Guyana’s economic fortunes once oil and gas becomes a factor in the country’s economy and says that the promise of this is already being manifested in what it says are “significant inflows of foreign direct investment to our shores,” a phenomenon that is “improving our external accounts whilst stimulating our economy.”

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad,  CMC – Raheem Cornwall pressed his case with a half-century while fast bowler Chemar Holder impressed with a stunning five-wicket haul but West Indies A lay in shambles after 19 wickets fell on a turbulent second day of the second four-day “Test” here yesterday.

The Private Sector Commission (PSC) has come out in condemnation of what they see as “the recent overt racist attack of a Government appointed GECOM Commissioner on the person of the PSC’s elected Chairman.”

Stabroek Business has learnt that the national teams being prepared for two forthcoming major international robotics events in Dubai and South Korea are to receive valuable technical help in their preparation from ExxonMobil, as STEM Guyana, the local entity behind the building of a technology base at the level of young Guyanese, continues to work with public and private sector agencies to ensure Guyana’s participation in the events.

Back in June last year, Chief Executive Officer of the Small Business Bureau, Dr Lowell Porter, expressed open disappointment over the fact that the country’s commercial banking sector did not work with the Bureau to provide more funding options for small businesses and startups across several sectors of the economy.

(Reuters) – Sri Lanka captain Dimuth Karunaratne is impressed with the bench strength displayed during their one-day international series win over Bangladesh, saying the next generation of players represent a fresh start for the island nation.

(Reuters) – The English Football Association has increased its mandatory minimum ban for first-time offenders found guilty of discriminatory behaviour to six matches from five ahead of the 2019-2020 season.

An Upper Corentyne woman is pleading with the Minister of Public Security, Khemraj Ramjattan, to intervene and assist her in recovering her animals from the pound, since she believes that they were wrongfully captured.

Her youthfulness belies the focus and confidence with which she talks about her “business ambitions,” her determination to transform her fledgling entrepreneurial pursuits into “something big” – something that can challenge and eventually replace imported agro-produce that have long been fixtures on local supermarket shelves – and which she has come to see as choking off the market growth of locally produced options waiting impatiently to take what she considers to be their rightful places.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump vowed to impose a 10% tariff on $300 billion of Chinese imports from Sept.

After an intense four hours, two chefs along with their assistants, who participated in an Emancipation day cook-up competition yesterday, were rewarded with prizes which include a catering contract with ANSA McAL for their mouth-watering renditions of the rice and lentils fusion  The competition, which was a collaboration between ANSA McAL and the African Cultural and Development Association (ACDA), was held in the National Park on Carifesta Avenue.

(Field Level Media) Five-star recruit MarJon Beauchamp, a high school junior in Arizona, plans to pass on college to enter a training program designed to prepare him for the 2021 NBA Draft.

BRASILIA, (Reuters) – Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said yetserday that if a senior government scientist had betrayed his confidence regarding deforestation data, he would be fired, underlining how growing international pressure to protect the Amazon is weighing on his government.

By Laurel Sutherland and Lazeena yearwood In just a few hours, the National Park was transformed into a tiny, overcrowded and colourful enclave as Guyanese decked out in their African cultural wear gathered to celebrate the 181st Anniversary of Emancipation Day.

Just how lucrative the returns can be for Caribbean countries from the tourism industry can be measured through the fortunes of Jamaica’s Tourism Enhancement Fund (TEF).

In the convoluted world of international politics, you sometimes have to take a long, hard, deeply contemplative look to make sense of what, all too often appears at first glance, to be incomprehensible developments.

NEW YORK, (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – The planet endured what may have been the hottest July in history, the World Meteorological Organization said on Thursday, just a week after a European heat wave shattered all-time records and also coming on the heels of the world’s warmest-ever June.

As part of the Guyana Police Force’s 180th anniversary, ‘E’ Division, Upper Demerara-Berbice held its inaugural award ceremony, which saw 28 ranks receiving trophies and $190,000 in cash, according to the Department of Public Information (DPI).

Dear Editor, Permit me to respond to an erroneous letter in yesterday’s Stabroek News written by the Guyana Police Force (GPF) Public Relations & Press Officer, Superintendent Jairam Ramlakhan.

Delegates to the Miss Guyana Princess Pageant earlier this week paid a visit to the Big Apple Mall Quite apart from drawing greater public attention to the Mall , the visit, coordinated by Wiles Fabric, one of the businesses occupying the Mall, livened up the neighbourhood for an hour or so.

BIRMINGHAM, England, (Reuters) – Australia’s Steve Smith struck a superb 144 on his return to the side as they recovered from 122-8 to reach 284 all out against England in the first innings of the first Ashes test before the hosts saw out two overs unscathed at Edgbaston yesterday.

NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – India’s Supreme Court yesterday moved the rape trial of a powerful regional politician to the capital, New Delhi, to allay fears he could influence the outcome, a further embarrassment for the Hindu nationalist ruling party.

Dear Editor, There is an old adage in Guyana which says that one needs to learn to creep, before one can learn to walk, but it sounds like the Georgetown Municipality has never heard of this, as they always seem anxious to get involved in secondary activities before they even come close to mastering the primary ones that they are obligated to provide to the citizenry, and I will give a few of many such unfortunate examples.

Gold Prices for the three day period ending Thursday June 20, 2019 Kitco is a Canadian company that buys and sells precious metals such as gold, copper and silver.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said yesterday he was considering a quarantine or blockade of Venezuela, as the United States steps up pressure on President Nicolas Maduro to relinquish power.

LAUDERHILL, Florida,  CMC – West Indies head coach Floyd Reifer has underscored the value of experience in the Twenty20 unit, as the Caribbean side prepares to take on India in a three-match series starting here tomorrow.

(Trinidad Guardian) Un­der Gary Grif­fith’s tenure as Po­lice Com­mis­sion­er so far, an es­ti­mat­ed 485 peo­ple have been mur­dered.

Despite excellent delaying strategies by His Excellency’s People’s National Congress (PNC) dominance, circumstances – dictated from without – have now propelled all interested into top-flight elections mode.

Minister of Public Security Khemraj Ramjattan, never a one for great reflection on our liberal values, was unsurprisingly in full rapturous mode at the launch of the Safe City surveillance system in Georgetown last week. 

Introduction Column 71 published last week included a summary table of the Statements of Financial Position (the Balance Sheet) of the three oil companies which will lead Guyana to First Oil projected to take place during the first quarter of 2020.

Dear Editor, Now that the cricket world cup has ended, I would like to make a few comments on the performance of the West Indies team.

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

GASCI (www.gasci.com/telephone Nº 223-6175/6) reports that session 836’s trading results showed consideration of $5,528,470 from 19,204 shares traded in 12 transactions as compared to session 835’s trading results which showed consideration of $52,066,822 from 128,732 shares traded in 17 transactions.

Where environmental concerns that impinge on the safety and health of the citizens are concerned, we in Guyana have lived pretty much ‘on the edge,’ so to speak.

(Trinidad Guardian) A major boost in the police’s anti-crime arsenal is expected to unfold following Wednesday night’s passage of the Bail (Amendment) Bill which was surprisingly supported by the Opposition.

Only 181 years ago, the ancestors of present day Afro-Guyanese were liberated from the shackles of slavery.

ASUNCION/BRASILIA,  (Reuters) – Paraguayan lawmakers backed down on their threat to impeach President Mario Abdo yesterday after Brazil and Paraguay canceled an energy deal that sparked controversy and threatened to destabilize his government.

(ICC website) I captained an Australia team that won 16 Tests in a row between 1999 and 2001.