Daily Archive: Monday, January 19, 2015

The Guyana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) today said that a search operation for an Air Services Limited plane that went missing on December 28 over Region Eight jungle has ended without any sighting of the craft.

Finance Minister Dr. Ashni Singh this afternoon announced that fuel prices at state-owned GUYOIL gas stations will be slashed by around 30% by tomorrow.

Citing the recent verbal attack on an Aishalton teacher by President Donald Ramotar and scathing criticisms of the UK envoy by another senior government official, commentator Ralph Ramkarran says the PPP’s political discourse has become one of personal abuse and it is something that Guyanese should speak out on.

Republic Bank (Guyana) Limited today announced the retirement of its Managing Director, John Alves with effect from June 30, 2015.

PORT-AU-PRINCE, (Reuters) – Haitian President Michel Martelly announced the formation of a new government via Facebook late yesterday in a bid to rescue the impoverished Caribbean nation from political crisis.

(Trinidad Express) A manhunt has been launched by officers of the Police Service for a wheelchair-bound man who was said to be the main suspect in the murder of 19-year-old Salma Chadee on Saturday night.

(Trinidad Express) Passengers on board a JetBlue flight bound for Austin, Texas, on Saturday night narrowly escaped injury after a Caribbean Airlines jet reportedly crossed the runway in front of the craft as it prepared to take off.

A Berbice man is in police custody after he stabbed a teenaged girl to death at Rosignol, West Berbice on Saturday after she reportedly ended a relationship with him.

With Guyana continuing to be listed in the very corrupt category in Transparency International’s (TI) Corruption Perceptions Index, Chargé d’Affaires at the US Embassy here, Bryan Hunt has said that the issue needs to be addressed as it hinders development.

The two police ranks who tortured a teenaged boy at the Leonora Police Station in 2009 during a murder investigation were recently promoted.

A Cotton Tree Village, West Berbice farmer died on Saturday morning after he was struck down by an allegedly speeding vehicle on the No.8 Village Public Road.

A 61-year-old motorcycle mechanic of Pouderoyen, West Bank Demerara suffered major losses when his two-flat, three-bedroom house and workshop went up in flames around 9 pm on Saturday.

The Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) workers on strike are being threatened, according to the Guyana Public Service Union (GPSU).

Leader of the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) and A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) David Granger has repeated his pledge to residents of the Lethem to make their community into a full-fledged town under an APNU administration.

Floodwaters along the Essequibo Coast have risen some two inches after almost 12 inches of water flooded the land since Thursday, affected residents say.

A court will today rule on whether a prima facie case has been made out against Deon Layne, who is on trial for possession of cocaine found in a bottle of SSS multi-vitamin tonic and which claimed the lives of four persons who ingested it.

President Donald Ramotar says that several delegations are expected to visit Guyana very soon to explore possibilities of working with the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) and possibly invest.

By Jeff Trotman The Guyana National Broad-casting Authority (GNBA) has acknowledged the application of the proposed Region Ten Broadcasting Inc.,

Republic Bank (Guyana) Limited has been asked by Stabroek News to state the specific national law or agreement it has subscribed to which requires character references and other requirements for existing customers.

Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry on Friday remanded a Linden resident charged with having a quantity of cannabis in her possession for trafficking when she appeared in court.

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, CMC – AB de Villiers struck the fastest ever one-day hundred and led three other batsmen in triple figures as South Africa inflicted a severe 148-run drubbing on West Indies in the second One-Day International here yesterday.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Statbox on the fastest centuries in one-day international cricket after South African AB de Villiers smashed the record against the West Indies at The Wanderers yesterday.

The former WBA world welterweight champion has suffered a hairline fracture to his collar bone while sparring and Lewis may be forced to pull out of his February 21 ring date versus Sakima Mullings.

The family of Abdul Azad Hamied say they are keenly awaiting word on the fate of the driver of the allegedly speeding car that claimed his life two weeks ago on the Friendship Public Road, East Bank Demerara.

With two breathtaking wins on the trot from their Group ‘A’ matches, semi-finalist Guyana Jaguars will now look forward to a clean sweep of their preliminary fixtures when they oppose the Combined Campuses & Colleges (CCC) team today before Thursday’s first semi-final of the 2015 Nagico Super50 tournament.

Dear Editor, The Government’s refusal to reduce the price of fuel to consumers and businesses is just another example of how repressed Guyanese are and how repressive the current PPP/C regime is.

Former World Boxing Council (WBC) Caribbean Boxing Federation (CABOFE) welterweight champion, Simeon ‘Candy Man’ Hardy’s career has taken off ever since he started campaigning in North America.

Dear Editor, The most recent concession by the government to the mining industry, of dropping the tax on diesel fuel, is most welcome.

Dear Editor, After reading with interest the comments and opinions of various distinguished West Indian personalities on the subject of West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) governance woes, I feel obliged to add my views.

(The Sports Xchange) – The Atlanta Hawks matched their second-longest winning streak in franchise history night by beating the Chicago Bulls 107-99 for their 12th straight victory.

Dear Editor, On Wednesday March 3, 1982, the University of Guyana Council terminated my appointment as a Research Fellow at the Institute of Development Studies.

MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – Novak Djokovic pronounced himself fit and raring to go in search of his fifth Australian Open title yesterday after overcoming a bout of illness that had prompted social media users to suggest he was in doubt for the tournament.

Dear Editor, Late last year emerging from an official visit to Cuba, was an announcement of the intention to engage assistance of Cuban expertise for Guyana’s sugar industry.

(Reuters) – CBS Sports basketball analyst Greg Anthony has been suspended indefinitely by the network, a CBS spokesperson said on Saturday, a day after he was arrested in Washington, D.C.,

COLOMBO/NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – Sri Lanka expelled the Colombo station chief of India’s spy agency in the run-up to this month’s presidential election, political and intelligence sources said, accusing him of helping the opposition oust President Mahinda Rajapaksa.

Dear Editor, Unless somebody was living under a rock, they will know about the attack on the French cartoonists a couple of weeks ago.

Dear Editor, Under a facebook post of an elderly Guyanese woman who committed suicide at Golden Fleece on the Essequibo Coast, another Essequiban asked “Where is Annan Boodram?”

Minibus, BNN 3109 was yesterday speeding east along Robb Street and attempted to jump the intersection at Camp Street when it slammed into Toyota Spacio, PRR 949 which was heading south on Camp Street .

Last week, we began a discussion of our country’s performance on governance, transparency and accountability in 2014.

MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – Australia beat world champions India by four wickets in a thrilling One Day International at the Melbourne Cricket Ground yesterday, overcoming a late mini-collapse to win with just six balls remaining.

MANILA, (Reuters) – Pope Francis concluded his trip to Asia yesterday with an open-air Mass for a rain-drenched crowd in Manila that the Vatican and the government said drew up to seven million people, the largest ever for a papal event.

MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – A first-week choke by leading woman Sam Stosur and a grudging loss by ageing men’s warrior Lleyton Hewitt has generally been the blueprint for the home players at the Australian Open, but teenage talent Nick Kyrgios may be poised to buck the trend of local underachievement.

Dear Editor, Recent developments in the relationship between Cuba and the United States have reinforced my belief in the ‘audacity of hope’ and the positives which can result from having such hope.

KIEV, (Reuters) – Ukrainian troops recaptured almost all the territory of Donetsk airport in eastern Ukraine they had lost to separatists in recent weeks, as thousands gathered in Kiev for a state-sponsored peace march yesterday.

By United States Embassy Chargé d’Affaires Bryan Hunt Americans on each third Monday of January honor the life and achievements of the Rev.

In time it may become one of the most important arteries ever built in the country’s history but today the road to the proposed Amaila Falls Hydropower Project serves little purpose while its maintenance could cost at least $200m annually, according to Public Works Minister Robeson Benn at his press conference on Friday to review 2014.

EBEBEYIN, Equatorial Guinea, (Reuters) – Little clarity on the likely outcome of African Nations Cup Group B was offered by the four protagonists on their opening night of competition at the Estadio de Ebebeyin yesterday.

Interviews and photos by Dacia WhaulConcerns have been raised yet again about repackaged goods being sold without proper labelling and with the packaging done under unhealthy conditions.

Dear Editor, I excuse cricket journalists for not saying or writing too much on the Deonarine story and Duckworth-Lewis because, after all, one does not want to go around making the people with whom one works regularly, angry, unless one must.