Daily Archive: Friday, December 13, 2019

LONDON, (Reuters) – Prime Minister Boris Johnson called today for “closure” over the Brexit divisions that have riven the United Kingdom, saying his election victory provided an overwhelming mandate to take Britain out of the European Union on Jan.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – Erik Prince, the controversial private security executive and prominent supporter of U.S.

The Guyana Industrial Training Centre (GITC) held its 53rd Graduation ceremony yesterday at the institution’s auditorium where 178 students graduated in various areas of study.

Government is boosting the Close Circuit Television (CCTV) high technology security camera system to support crime prevention efforts by the Joint Services by adding 17 camera locations including more in the highly congested Stabroek Market area, at the Berbice River Bridge and the Lusignan Prisons on the lower East Coast among other areas.

A petition was filed this morning urging Chancellor Yonette Cummings-Edwards to remove Magistrate Alex Moore from presiding over the proceedings against Marcus Bisram, who is accused of masterminding the murder of a Corentyne carpenter Faiyaz Narinedatt.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – A Democratic-controlled House of Representatives committee today took Republican President Donald Trump to the brink of impeachment when it approved two charges against him stemming from his efforts to pressure Ukraine to investigate Democratic political rival Joe Biden.

The family of murdered Corentyne carpenter Faiyaz Narinedatt has voiced its full support for the office of Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) and State Prosecutor Stacy Goodings in the handling of the proceedings against Marcus Bisram, who is accused of masterminding the crime.

The Police today said that they are investigating the murder of Marcellus ‘Ton’ Reynolds, 31, a miner of Achiwuib, South Rupununi which occurred on Thursday, December 5, 2019 at Marudi Backdam, South Rupununi allegedly by a 17-year-old male who is in custody assisting with the probe.

NEW DELHI,  (Reuters) – Violent clashes erupted in Delhi between police and hundreds of university students on Friday over the enactment of a new citizenship law that critics say undermines India’s secular foundations.

LONDON,  (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – A record number of women were elected as lawmakers in Britain’s general election, with women’s rights campaigners on Friday cheering the result but saying progress towards equal representation must speed up.

(Trinidad Guardian) ANSA Mer­chant Bank Lim­it­ed has signed an agree­ment to pur­chase Bank of Bar­o­da’s op­er­a­tions in T&T, which if ap­proved will al­low it to do all as­pects of com­mer­cial bank­ing.

(Trinidad Guardian) A Sco­tia­bank em­ploy­ee at­tached to the Ch­agua­nas Main Road branch col­lapsed on the job and was lat­er pro­nounced dead.

(Trinidad Guardian) In the last three days, sev­er­al sus­pi­cious trans­ac­tions by du­bi­ous pro­fes­sion­als have been un­earthed in the bank­ing sec­tor as thou­sands of cus­tomers con­tin­ue to rush fi­nan­cial in­sti­tu­tions to ex­change their ex­ist­ing $100 bill for the new $100 poly­mer notes.

Despite its continued engagements with broadcasters, the Guyana National Broadcasting Authority (GNBA) has reported an overall increase in infractions, including the broadcast of graphic videos, unbalanced political commentaries and lewd music.

Heavy and continuous rainfall between Wednesday and Thursday left several communities and farmlands in Regions Two and Three inundated yesterday and the Civil Defence Commission (CDC) dispatched Rapid Damage Assessment Teams to assess the situation.

First Lady Sandra Granger yesterday launched the ANIRA Foundation, a not-for-profit organisation aimed at the empowerment and education of vulnerable groups, including young women.

The police have launched an investigation into the death of a prisoner at the Suddie Police Station lock-up. 

A 16-year old student of Bina Hill Secondary School in Annai, North Rupununi, died on Wednesday after he lost control of the motorcycle he was riding and crashed into bushes along a road in the community.

The Ministry of Natural Resources, through the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC), fulfilled a promise to residents of Region Eight and held a mining lottery on Wednesday morning.

A young Rupununi farmer was remanded to prison yesterday after he was charged with raping an 11-year-old schoolgirl.

An arrest warrant has been issued for Detective Constable Richard Persaud, who was accused by two staffer of a Superbet shop in East Canje, Berbice, of taking over $100,000 to assist them with a court matter in August.

The two men who were found guilty of murdering a security guard during a 2013 multi-million dollar heist in Lethem were on Thursday both sentenced to life imprisonment The charge against the two men, Alvin Kissoon and Calvin King, stated that on January 18th, 2013, they murdered John Christopher Friday during a robbery at the Lethem Post Office.

PERTH (Reuters) – Batsman Marnus Labuschagne stroked his third straight majestic century, as Australia took advantage of a weakened New Zealand attack in fierce heat on the opening day of the first test yesterday.

Jegede Hodge, who was found guilty of four counts of child rape, was on Thursday sentenced to serve 25 years in prison.

Lakeram Harrinarine, the Helena, Mahaica, East Coast Demerara man who admitted to killing his common-law wife in 2016, yesterday learned that he will be spending most of the next 15 years in jail.

With the rising number of Venezuelans settling in Mabaruma and facing various challenges, the Guyana Medical Relief (GMR) spearheaded a three-day outreach to provide them with medical and dental treatment and even facilitated immigration services. 

Shomari Wiltshire grabbed the silver medal in the Under 17 category of the Canadian Junior Squash Open championship after losing the final to Gabriel Yun on Tuesday at the White Oaks Conference Centre, Niagara, Canada.

Donald Rodney has petitioned the Court of Appeal (CoA) to investigate what he has called a farcical appeal of his 1982 conviction for possession of explosives.

Engineer Charles Ceres and his wife, Ndibi Schwiers, have secured judgment against the Guyana Times in a libel suit after the newspaper’s attorney failed to submit a defence to their claim in the stipulated time.

A delegation of 28 persons, including 16 swimmers, departed for Trinidad on Tuesday to compete in the Amateur Swimming Association of Trinidad and Tobago (ASATT) Invitational Swimming Championship, hosted by the Marlin’s Swim Club at the National Aquatic Centre in Couva, Trinidad and Tobago. 

What transpired at last Sunday’s Guyana Marketing Corporation-staged UncappeD event may well have raised more searching questions about the likely long-term prospects for small and medium-sized businesses in the agricultural agro-processing and craft sub-sectors.

The Guyana Floodlight Softball Cricket Association (GFSCA) will be sending an Under 15 team to participate in the annual Cricket Council USA Open Youth Tournament to be held from December 20 – 23, 2019 at the ICC-approved Central Broward Regional Park, Lauderhill, Florida.

On the anniversary of Martin Carter’s passing Gemma Robinson is inspired by award-winning poet Vahni Capildeo to look at Carter’s work and the art of beginning.

Guyana has been named as one of three countries whose oil exports in the immediate future could impact last week’s agreed production cuts by member countries of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and Russia by an additional 500,000 barrels per day in order to seek to support global oil prices.

There have been multiple thefts at the synthetic track site at Wismar, Linden, and residents are being asked not to traverse the construction zone.

At the conclusion of mayoral elections in the 10 municipalities across the country, all the Mayors and Deputy Mayors have been re-elected.

A Georgetown couple, accused of dragging a neighbour out of his apartment and then stabbing him with a knife, were remanded to prison yesterday after they were jointly charged with the crime.

Recognising that the advent of the oil and gas sector will pose new security challenges, STARR Computers is partnering with a US-based software development company, DIGIFORT, to offer access to modern surveillance technology.

The Golden Jaguars have drawn Barbados, the Group A winner of League C, following the official draw of the 2021 CONCACAF Gold Cup Qualifiers on Wednesday in Miami, USA.

Rather than pat itself on the back over such strides as have been made to this point in the race to significantly reduce carbon emissions, the international community needs to do still more if it is to arrive at a point where the worst consequences of climate change can be staved off, a recently released report from the Australia-based Global Carbon Project (GCP) says.

(Reuters) – Manchester City’s Gabriel Jesus said that he put too much pressure on himself to score and the burden of a barren run threatened to take its toll on the Brazilian striker who surpassed 100 career goals on Wednesday.

A 47-year-old minibus conductor is now a remanded prisoner on an attempted murder charge after he allegedly stabbed his partner during an argument, in which she was also choked and burned with boiling water.

Irene Bacchus’ unsurprising appearance at last Sunday’s UncappeD event at the National Stadium at Providence was as much as a response to one of the creative sector’s rare local market opportunities afforded our local craftsmen and women as it was a tribute to her own sustained commitment to the sector for more than two decades.

MADRID (Reuters) – Barcelona and Real Madrid are level on points at the La Liga summit and both face stern tests this weekend ahead of their rearranged Clasico clash next Wednesday.

A Sophia man, who allegedly robbed another man of his jewellery and money while armed with a cutlass, was granted bail yesterday after his accuser indicated that he was approached to accept compensation and drop his complaint.

Dear Editor, The Ministry of Public Infrastructure has announced plans to repair/upgrade roads in several villages and housing scheme across the country.

On Wednesday evening at the Pegasus Hotel, Nekisha Prince-Haynes launched her first book, “Your Client is not Your Friend.”

LONDON (Reuters) – Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Conservative Party was on course for a resounding victory in Britain’s election after voters backed his bid to deliver Brexit on Jan.

Dear Editor, In a letter in the Stabroek News of December 8th, Mr Tony Vieira, a former legislator and management executive who has worked in the sugar industry for over 40 years, expressed the view that many tragedies appear to be unfolding at the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) as it closes its sugar estates and destroying much of the fields’ infrastructure for other purposes as at Wales for rice cultivation.

Dear Editor, The title says it all. Due to a shortfall of beet sugar in the USA, which was caused by weather and other factors beyond the control of growers in that country, there is now a need to increase the level of cane sugar being imported into the USA by four million tonnes!

NORTH SOUND, Antigua, CMC – West Indies’ freefall in the Under-19 Tri-Nations Series continued here yesterday with a five-wicket defeat at the hands of England.

Kitco Market Data Gold Prices for the three day period ending Thursday December 12, 2019

The Maritime Administration Department (MARAD) on Wednesday commissioned a new Maritime Safety Centre at New Amsterdam, in Region Six as part of its ongoing efforts to ensure safety against the backdrop of increasing maritime traffic, which is credited to the oil sector and expanding fisheries.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler, in a surprise move, ended a marathon hearing late yesterday without voting on two articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump.

Dear Editor, Permit me to query once again why our Guyanese accents (on television and radio) must be sacrificed for the American one.

(Trinidad Express) It is two weeks before Christmas and the people living in flood-ravaged South Trinidad are facing a financial disaster.

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

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Cricket West Indies has appointed Australian Chris Brabazon as it’s first-ever coach education manager, a move aimed at “producing world-class players” for the international sides.

Republic Bank on Monday donated $500,000 for a steel pan construction workshop.

SANTIAGO (Reuters) – The Chilean Air Force said yesterday it has recovered human remains in the search for an Antarctica-bound plane that crashed earlier this week with 38 people on board.

Dear Editor, With 2019 ending, I arrive at a steely conclusion: the local lunatic fringe is now in total charge. 

Most people in this country have probably never heard of the Programme for International Student Assessment, or PISA, as it is better known.

President David Granger on Wednesday morning accepted letters of credence to accredit Brazil’s new ambassador to Guyana.

For much of 2019 the Stabroek Business has sought to focus editorial attention on the small business sector, particularly the agro processing sub sector and even more specifically the emergence of women as the main drivers behind agro processing this year.

BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Bolivian ex-President Evo Morales arrived in Argentina yesterday seeking refuge under the country’s new leftist government after he left his homeland last month following a disputed election.

GASCI (www.gasci.com/telephone Nº 223-6175/6) reports that session 855’s trading results showed consideration of $21,163,368 from 229,196 shares traded in 29 transactions as compared to session 854’s trading results which showed consideration of $61,252,691 from 329,662 shares traded in 12 transactions.

Last month, 21 persons lost their lives to traffic accidents. To date, the cumulative reported figure for the year stands at 114 deaths, a significant increase from last year.

Aha! Land “acquired for public purposes!” Greetings and blessings for this Season of Giving with eleven/twelve days to the December 25 Christmas Day.

Last week’s column # 80 described Guyana’s Third Draft Local Content as junk and recommended that it be scrapped.

ZURICH (Reuters) – When a Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) team played at the 1992 European championship in place of the former Soviet Union, they wore bland shirts with no badge and Beethoven’s ninth symphony replaced a national anthem before games.

Dear Editor, The unreadiness to move forward in the Marcus Bisram matter is not only embarrassing but must be seen as an indictment on the State head with responsibility for the agency prosecuting the case.

The Government of Guyana, through the Office of the Prime Minister (OPM), has embarked on a nationwide exercise to educate citizens about the Constitution.

WHAKATANE/WELLINGTON (Reuters) – A New Zealand military team recovered six bodies today from the volcanic island that fatally erupted earlier this week, in a high risk operation watched by dozens of grieving family members waiting on the mainland.