Daily Archive: Wednesday, December 18, 2013

The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) in accordance with Section 72 (2) (ii) (a) of the Criminal Law (Procedure) Act, 10:01 has directed that the Preliminary lnquiry (Pl) in the matter of Carlyle Barton charged with the offence of murder be re-opened.

Strategic Action Security Services owes hundreds of millions in unpaid wages to its employees and will be taken to court by the Labour Ministry as it seeks to have the firm’s employees paid what is owed to them, Labour Minister Nanda Gopaul said today.

Muri Brasil Ventures Inc. (MBVI), the company granted a controversial permit for mineral surveying in the ecologically fragile New River Triangle, yesterday defended exploration of the area while signalling that mining will bring “unimaginable” benefits.

GuySuCo’s dismal performance this year will cost it roughly US$14.4m ($3B) in its shortfall to the guaranteed European Union (EU) market.

While buying and selling rates at local cambios have remained somewhat constant, Guyanese using their debit or credit cards and bank drafts for United States dollar transactions will notice what appears to be a further depreciation of the Guyana dollar.

Stalled installation works by the Guyana Power and Light (GPL) in the #76 Housing Scheme in Corentyne, Berbice is taking its toll on residents, impacting their budgets and putting their safety at risk.

Opposition Leader David Granger yesterday said that APNU has gotten an “explanation” from its front bencher Volda Lawrence over her hurried exit from parliament on Thursday which enabled the approval of funds for the controversial Specialty Hospital.

With heavy rainfall over the last few days, there has not been any report of severe losses to crops in Region Five although some riverain areas were flooded.

Residents of Region One and surrounding districts are set to benefit from a new $400M hospital which is to be constructed soon at Port Kaituma.

HAMILTON, New Zealand, CMC-West Indies manager Richie Richardson is encouraging his players to win the third test against New Zealand for suspended team-mate Shane Shillingford and fans around the world.

An accident which occurred yesterday in Moblissa,  has left an infant dead and several other persons injured.

It will be Georgetown versus Linden in a titanic doubleheader when the Georgetown Football Association (GFA)/Banks Beer Knockout Cup competition continues today in the mining town of Linden at the Mackenzie Sports Club (MSC) ground.

President of the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Clinton Urling does not believe the wording of the Permission for Geological and Geophysical Survey (PGGS) granted to Muri Brasil Ventures Inc.

The investigation into the death of four year old Jaden Mars who died at   the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) last week, several days after he was admitted for treatment for a bitten tongue, has been completed.

Local conglomerate, Banks DIH Limited will once again brand and sponsor the Hugh Ross Classic Body Building and Fitness competition.

The preliminary inquiry into the murder charge against Lloyd Britton, who is accused of killing Elvis Fernandes on Mandela Avenue in July, is set to begin on February 17.

Beterverwagting (BV)/ Triumph United edged Northern Rangers 3-2 in their round of 16 matchup when the Georgetown Football Association (GFA)/Banks Beer Knockout Cup continued at the Tucville Community ground on Monday.

A seaman is now nursing stab wounds at the Georgetown Public Hos-pital Corporation after he was brutally attacked by four men armed with machetes on Monday at Pigeon Island Squatting Area, East Coast Demerara.

One of the two men who allegedly robbed an auto dealership at Lusignan, East Coast Demerara, of two cars was yesterday remanded to prison.

The ruling of the independent biomechanical analysis committee of the International Cricket Council (ICC) on West Indies spin bowlers Marlon Samuels and Shane Shillingford could not have come at a worse time for the regional side which prepares to face New Zealand in the third and final test match tomorrow.

The Australian High Commission Direct Aid Program has awarded a US$112,800 grant to the Healthy Caribbean Coalition (HCC) to fund five regional projects aimed at boosting the capacity of key civil society groups to respond to community-based needs for cervical cancer prevention.

The Ministry of Natural Resources and the Environment says that there was never any advice from the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) against issuing the controversial New River Triangle surveying permit to Muri Brasil Ventures Inc.

ROSEAU, Dominica, CMC – The Dominica government yesterday said it was standing behind the embattled West Indies off-spinner, Shane Shillingford, who has been suspended from international ricket because of an illegal bowling action.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – The U.S. government’s gathering of Americans’ phone records is likely unlawful, a judge ruled on Monday, raising “serious doubts” about the value of the National Security Agency’s so-called metadata counter terrorism program.

The Grove Community Policing Group elected office bearers at its recent AGM held in the Grove/Diamond NDC boardroom.

(The Sports Xchange) –  – – LeBron James appeared to sprain his left ankle and exited the game in the third quarter only to return triumphantly in the fourth and finish with 30 points in Miami’s 117-94 points win over the Western Conference’s Utah Jazz Monday night at American Airlines Arena.

ISTANBUL, (Reuters) – Turkish police detained sons of three ministers along with some prominent businessmen in a corruption inquiry yesterday, state officials said, in what was widely seen as a challenge to Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan by a powerful Islamic cleric.

Kwakwani Secondary were crowned Youth Basketball Guyana’s (YGB) Titan Bowl champions, defeating the University of Guyana 79-54 in Sunday’s final at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall on Homestretch Avenue.

The Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit yesterday put out a wanted bulletin for Ceyon Andrew Rydel Weeks, 31, who is wanted for questioning.

Chairman of the Caricom Reparations Commission Sir Hilary Beckles announced that public health has been identified as one of six key issues to receive reparatory diplomacy and action.

NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – – India’s parliament voted yesterday for the appointment of a powerful anti-graft ombudsman to investigate wrongdoing in government, ending years of dithering, as public anger has mounted over a string of corruption scandals.

Dear Editor, Help & Shelter would like to offer sincere condolences to the family of the late Assistant Commissioner Derrick Josiah and the members of the Guyana Police Force.

  Rome,  (Reuters) – A video showing migrants standing naked in the cold while being sprayed for scabies stirred outrage in Italy yesterday and underscored what many have criticised as the European Union’s failure to tackle its immigration crisis humanely.

HEAD coach Ottis Gibson charged his players to “man up” after their loss to New Zealand by an innings and 73 runs inside three days in the second Test in New Zealand.

Dear Editor, The announcement that Travel Span was re-entering the Guyana-New York travel market filled me with a sense of optimism that we would have the type of service that would make airline travel less challenging.

AMMAN,  (Reuters) – Western nations have indicated to the Syrian opposition that peace next month talks may not lead to the removal of President Bashar al-Assad and that his Alawite minority will remain key in any transitional administration, opposition sources said.

It was inadvertently stated in the caption of the picture on page 20 of the Tuesday, December 17th edition, that a quantity of reading glasses were handed over to two Islamic organisations.

Santos FC brushed aside Buxton United 2-0 in their round of 16 fixture when the Georgetown Football Association (GFA)/Banks Beer Knockout Cup competition continued at the Tucville Community ground Monday night.

PERTH,(Reuters) – Australia faltered for pretty much the first time in the series trying to close the deal but rallied to blow away the last vestiges of English resistance and reclaim the Ashes with a third emphatic test victory yesterday.

    NEW DELHI/NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Indian police removed concrete security barriers outside the U.S.

Hundreds of Guyanese gathered at the Caribe Funeral Home on Utica Avenue in Brooklyn, New York on December 11 to celebrate the life of popular former Guyana batsman Vincent Mayers who collapsed and died suddenly at his home in Flatbush.

Overnight showers yesterday rendered the two venues for the third day of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) Senior Inter-County four-day tournament unplayable following inspections by officials of the GCB.

JUBA/UNITED NATIONS,  (Reuters) – The United Nations received reports from local sources in South Sudan yesterday that between 400 and 500 people had been killed and up to 800 wounded in the latest violence, and the government said it had arrested 10 politicians in connection with a “foiled coup”.

Dear Editor, Farmers from Maria’s Lodge to Perseverance on the Essequibo Coast, have been experiencing their 21-day young rice flooded out for the past month owing to heavy rainfall and because the irrigation regulators were left open for days.

Guyana has recorded the highest ever gold declaration of 458,105 ounces as at December 16, 2013, a release from the Ministry of Natural Resources said yesterday.

HAMILTON, New Zealand,  CMC- Shane Shillingford and Marlon Samuels will receive full support from the West Indies Cricket Board, after their bowling actions were found illegal, head coach Ottis Gibson has said.

The Ministry of Home Affairs on Monday expressed its deep regrets at the passing of Assistant Commissioner of Police Derrick Josiah on Friday, calling him an officer of talent and great potential.

Dear Editor, I have never been a supporter of Sammy as captain, but his fans credit him for whatever successes the team has achieved.

MOSCOW,  (Reuters) – Russia agreed a $15 billion bailout for Ukraine and slashed the price of gas exports yesterday under a deal that keeps the cash-strapped country in Moscow’s orbit but fuelled street protests in Kiev.

Dear Editor, I read recently of a seven-year-old child attaining a black belt in karate.

Heavy rainfall throughout the ancient county resulted in the postponement of the Berbice Cricket Board (BCB)/New Building Society Limited 40 overs-a-side second division final between No 71 Cricket Club and the Young Warriors Cricket Club.

SANTIAGO,  (Reuters) – An appeals court has halted operations at a 350 megawatt Endesa Chile plant in the south of the Andean country to study a request by local fishermen who say the coal-fired complex has polluted the area.

Dear Editor, I learned with much grief about the death of Derrick Josiah, Assistant Commissioner and Commander ‘A’ Division. 

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – The 2011 scare about Chinese control of rare earth elements critical for defense manufacturing has faded, with market forces boosting production outside China and prompting a shift to alternative substances, according to a new Pentagon report.

Introduction Many tend to believe, including yours truly, that if we can just chart a new constitution to promote some form of power sharing, establish the Public Procurement Commission, re-establish the Ombudsman, and similar good institutions the country could be on the path of economic certainty and national unity.

(Trinidad Express) Caribbean Airlines Ltd (CAL) narrowly averted having 11 of its aircraft seized by hurriedly securing a US$50 million (TT$320 million) loan from First Citizens bank to cover outstanding arrears owed to the International Lease Finance Corporation (ILFC).

The most important problem in the present relationship between the public servants and the government is not whether the former should be paid a 5%, 10% or 100% increase; it is about the government following established collective bargaining procedures; meeting the union at the negotiation table and if that fails proceeding to binding arbitration.

Dear Editor, On Friday, December 13 at about 09:05 hours, at the Ministry of Labour, Human Services and Social Security Water Street, Stabroek, a number of pensioners who missed the published dates for the collection of their pension books, at designated centres, came to collect them.

Nor entirely unexpectedly, and almost simultaneous with an IMF statement recommending strong measures to deal with a continuing, major fiscal deficit, the Government of Barbados has announced a series of financial and economic measures, the severity of which must undoubtedly have surprised the population.

(Jamaica Observer) KINGSTON, Jamaica — Tessanne Chin is the winner of NBC’s The Voice season five.