Daily Archive: Friday, January 10, 2020

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – The Democratic-led U.S. House of Representatives will send formal impeachment charges against President Donald Trump to the Senate as early as next week, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said today, setting the stage for his long-awaited trial.

(Trinidad Express) In the last few days, three women have been killed by men with whom they had romantic relationships.

(Trinidad Express) Two children remained patients at the Mt Hope Hospital after they were struck by a vehicle along the Priority Bus Route (PBR) on Wednesday.

(Jamaica Star) Incarcerated dancehall artiste Vybz Kartel is the number one trending artiste in Jamaica yet again.

(Jamaica Star) The Westmoreland police have now deployed a strong detachment of officers in and around the relatively quiet community of Whitehouse in an aim to apprehend a group of gunmen responsible for the robbery and murder of a popular service station operator in the area on Wednesday night.

(Jamaica Observer) In an impassioned plea on Wednesday, Prime Minister Andrew Holness urged families that have been rocked by violence not to seek revenge.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Six persons, including a two-year-old infant, were shot about 6:30 yesterday evening on Bowens Road, off Waltham Park Road, in the St Andrew South Division, one of seven police zones under a state of emergency.

Businessman and chartered accountant Deodat Indar has endorsed the candidacy of Irfaan Ali for the presidency of Guyana at the upcoming general elections.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Meghan, the wife of Prince Harry, has gone back to Canada to be with their son after the couple provoked a rift with Britain’s royal family by unexpectedly announcing they would be stepping back from their roles to spend more time in North America.

NEW DELHI/SRINAGAR,  (Reuters) – India’s Supreme Court said today that an indefinite shutdown of the internet in Kashmir was illegal, rebuking the government for the communications lockdown imposed after it withdrew the Muslim majority region’s autonomy in August.

Today between 1 and 5 pm the largest number of political parties ever to contest a General and Regional Election (GRE) in Guyana is expected to descend on the Umana Yana and submit their lists of Candidates for the much anticipated March 2, 2020 elections.

Two weeks after bauxite miner, Bosai was fined $1 million for waste water discharges from its tailings pond into the Kara Kara Creek, an apparent  breach in the dyke surrounding the pond has led to flooding in the Linden community of Noitgedacht.

Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo has accused the APNU+AFC government of using recently approved contracts as a means to “siphon money” from the public treasury.

A taxi driver who allegedly raped a seven-year-old child he was hired to take home from school was remanded to prison yesterday after he was charged.

In separate statements, the United Nations Security Council and CARICOM yesterday expressed deep concern at deteriorating conditions in Haiti and urged dialogue among stakeholders.

The Ministry of Public Infrastructure (MoPI) returned more than $4 billion in loans provided for the execution of various projects after seeing very little to no movement on four projects, says MoPI Minister, David Patterson.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Ireland bungled two run outs in a melodramatic last over but tail-ender Sheldon Cottrell held his nerve to smash the penultimate delivery for six, as West Indies won a cliff-hanger by one wicket to register their first series win in the Caribbean in six years.

Arguing that he was unlawfully discharged from the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) by the Chief of Staff to deprive him of his pension and other financial benefits, former captain Rawle Blake has sued the state.

KINGSTOWN, St Vincent, CMC – All-rounder Kyle Mayers struck a maiden first class hundred in his first-ever four-day appearance for his native Barbados Pride but Windward Islands Volcanoes did well to share the honours on the opening day of the contest at Arnos Vale Stadium.

LAUSANNE, Switzerland (Reuters) – Politicians and athletes should keep politics out of this year’s Tokyo Olympic Games to protect the event’s neutrality and its status as a peaceful meeting place, International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach said yesterday.

The  driver who struck a pensioner along the Nigg Public Road, Corentyne on Tuesday morning killing her has since been released on station bail.

Former national youth player Keshram Seyhodan was named the Most Valuable Player for 2019 while Sudesh Persaud was deemed Cricketer of the Year at the McGill Super Stars Sports Club annual awards ceremony on Wednesday.

Farmers at Cane Farm in Mocha are the most recent beneficiaries of the Ministry of Agriculture’s sponsored Rural Agricultural Infrastructure Development (RAID) programme after receiving 300 coconut plants.

A youth, 17, was yesterday accused of assaulting an elderly woman with intent to rape her.

Even as he hailed last year’s near record-breaking performance of the rice industry including the stellar sectorial performance of Region Six in 2019, the Chairman of the largest rice-milling operation in Guyana has told the Stabroek Business that he believes that performance of the sector can significantly exceed that of last year if what he described as “politics” were kept out of the sector.

The APNU+AFC coalition administration’s strategy for the rolling out of a Decade of Development, beginning this year, envisages significant inputs from the private sector, not least the manufacturing, ICT and telecommunications sectors, President David Granger says.

Santos U20 stormed into the quarterfinals of the Turbo Energy Drink Knockout Football Championship, dismantling Black Pearl by an 8-0 scoreline on Wednesday at the Ministry of Education ground, Carifesta Avenue.

With public expectations now firmly fixed on oil and gas to rescue the Guyana economy from its protracted condition of poverty and underdevelopment, President David Granger cautioned attendees at the country’s First Youth Empowerment Summit recently  to equip themselves with the skills and knowledge to help advance Guyana’s development beyond the lifespan of the country’s petroleum sector.

High on the agenda of the Guyana Squash Association (GSA) this year are plans to send a junior boys team to the 2020 Pan Am games.

The long-delayed Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) Expansion Project is 93 percent complete and management has use of almost the entire facility.

History was made Monday when John Mootooveren became the first person of Guyanese descent to be appointed City Council president of Schenectady in New York according to the timesunion.com.

With an eye, she says, to the opportunities that are beginning to open up in Guyana, Rosalyn Neblett has established Clean 4 You, advertised on her calling card as a Professional Cleaning Service and says that she is prepared to work her hardest to put her days as an employee behind her.

A Georgetown salesman is now hospitalized at the New Amsterdam Public Hospital with serious burn injuries to his face and shoulders after he was doused with hot oil by his girlfriend in Gangaram Village, East Canje, Berbice yesterday afternoon. 

JEDDAH (Reuters) – Atletico Madrid pulled off a stunning turnaround to beat Barcelona 3-2 in an enthralling Spanish Super Cup tie in Saudi Arabia yesterday and book their place in the final of the revamped competition.

Members of the Guyana Elections Commission were informed on Tuesday that two technical officers from the Electoral Commission of Jamaica will be providing assistance to GECOM under the auspices of the International Republican Institute.

By Brooke Glasford According to the Oxford dictionary the phrase avant garde refers to new and experimental ideas and methods in art, music, or literature.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Fast bowlers Oshane Thomas and Obed McCoy have been added to the West Indies squad for the Ireland series to undergo “supervised fitness and technical work” with head coach Phil Simmons.

Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) on Wednesday launched its Medical Surveillance Programme which will allow for the analysing and monitoring of employees’ health before and during employment.

Guyana’s annual gold production could “far more than double” if some of the burning issues relating to the efficient management of the sector can be tackled and corrected, a well-placed source in the sector has told the Stabroek Business.

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – England wicketkeeper Jos Buttler has been fined 15% of his match fee and handed one demerit point after a foul-mouthed verbal volley aimed at South Africa batsman Vernon Philander during the second test at Newlands on Tuesday.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Captain Darren Bravo was one of three batsmen with half-centuries to extend his purple patch as Trinidad and Tobago Red Force flourished on the opening day of their first round match against Jamaica Scorpions here yesterday.

The High Commission of India yesterday celebrated the 16th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (PBD) – Indian Diaspora Day – at its Swamy Vivekanand Cultural Centre in George-town.

Examining some of the growing pains of the small business sector the past decade or so has witnessed the impressive growth of the small business sector, particularly in the context of its role as a provider of both substantive employment and as an income supplement for individuals and families already formally employed but in need of alternative additional money-earning options to subsidise existing incomes.

Dear Editor, The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) wishes to respond to the contents of a Guyana Times article “134.2B in tax concessions, doubled under APNU/ AFC Government, significant amount of luxury vehicles – AG report”.

Dear Editor, The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) over the past few days has seen several articles in the press and other news media attributed to the Auditor General’s 2018 report.

LONDON (Reuters) – Olympic champion Mo Farah said yesterday he would have been “the first one out” had he known that his former coach Alberto Salazar faced a ban from athletics for doping violations.

With the latest oil find by the United Kingdom-based Tullow Oil having reportedly fallen significantly below the company’s pre-drill expectations, expert assessment of its immediate-term prospects is unlikely to bring smiles to the faces of the company’s Board of Directors.

(Trinidad Express) A young mother who broke off a relationship and returned to the home of her parents recently, has been found shot dead.

The Ministry of Education yesterday handed over steelpans to the Port Mourant Secondary School and the Skeldon High School in Region Six.

Dear Editor, Henry B Jeffrey has come up with a bogus analysis of my letter dated January 6, 2020 in Stabroek News, with his logic defying response in Stabroek News on January 8, 2020.

A miner who robbed his lover during a three-day stay at the Status Hotel in Georgetown was granted bail on Wednesday after he was charged for the offence.

SYDNEY 10 (Reuters) – Australia’s Shane Warne’s prized “baggy green” cap raised more than A$1 million on Friday for bushfire relief efforts across the states of Victoria and New South Wales after the former leg-spinner donated it for auction.

                                              Kitco Market Data Gold Prices for the three day period ending Thursday Januuary 9, 2020

(Jamaica Gleaner) Tesha Miller, the man convicted in relation to the 2008 murder of former chairman of the Jamaica Urban Transit Company Douglas Chambers, was yesterday sentenced to 38 years and nine months. 

Dear Editor, I recalled reading the opposition PPP/C describing their Election Launch Rally, at the Kitty Market Square, as a “low-cost rally”.

OTTAWA/WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – A Ukrainian airliner that crashed in Iran, killing all 176 people aboard, was likely brought down by an Iranian missile, Canada’s prime minister, Justin Trudeau, said yesterday, citing intelligence from Canadian and other sources.

LONDON (Reuters) – Tottenham Hotspur striker Harry Kane will undergo surgery on his hamstring and is expected to be out of action until April, the Premier League club said yesterday.

*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.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo yesterday called for Venezuelan negotiations to form a transitional government which would organize fair elections and end the country’s long-running political crisis.

CARACAS, (Reuters) – Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido yesterday urged the European Union to officially label as “blood gold” the precious metal informally mined in the country’s southern jungles as he seeks to increase pressure on the government of President Nicolas Maduro.

Dear Editor, Happy New Year to you and your staff along with the readers. 

WASHINGTON/BAGHDAD,  (Reuters) – The U.S. House of Representatives voted yesterday to stop President Donald Trump from further military action against Iran as the Middle East remained tense after the U.S.

Government officials in Region One who are eagerly waiting for the construction of the Moruca Maternal Waiting Home to commence says that once it is built they are confident that it will boost health care in the Region.

GASCI (www.gasci.com/telephone Nº 223-6175/6) reports that session 859’s trading results showed consideration of $79,199,340 from 886,256 shares traded in 36 transactions as compared to session 858’s trading results which showed consideration of $50,020,929 from 249,961 shares traded in 17 transactions.

(Reuters) – The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) formally asked the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) yesterday to rule on Russia’s four-year ban for doping, after the agency handed down the punishment for manipulating laboratory data.

Dear Editor, In a letter titled `GECOM’s tinkering with Revised List of Electors is unlawful and must be discontinued’ (Stabroek News, 09/01/2020), Commissioner, Sase Gunraj, expressed alarm that the Secretariat of the Commission is manipulating the Revised List of Electors (RLE).

-Changing Guyana? Concerning businessman Badal Hello there. Although I consider myself largely “retired” and “tired” my past significant brushes with “PNC politics” have left a residual urge to share comments from my armchair/recliner, relevant to you know what.

MUMBAI, (Reuters) – A top Indian actress who joined students protesting against the government drew calls on social media on Tuesday  for a boycott of her upcoming film, as well as praise for being a rare Bollywood A-lister to stand up against a crackdown on dissent.

It is now just over a year since the Small Business Procurement Programme, provided for under Section 11:1 of the Small Business Act of 2004 was scheduled to come into effect.

We have had Mao’s Little Red Book, Gadaffi’s Little Green Book, and metaphorically speaking, the Little Black Book. 

Throughout my childhood and well into my teenage years, I was a frequent victim of the horrors of corporal punishment.