Daily Archive: Friday, May 8, 2015

At about 1130h. today, the police say that during the clearing of a cargo consignment at the GNIC Wharf by GRA Officials a cache of arms and ammunition was found comprising two (2) AK 47 Rifles, four (4) 40 pistols, eleven (11) 9mm.

The Privatisation Unit and government holding company, NICIL today flayed a statement from opposition alliance APNU+AFC which said that “credible information suggest that there is an unusual amount of shredding of documents which is (taking) place at the Privitisation Unit located in Kingston”.

The Roman Catholic students of the University of Guyana today held a mass for peace at the University’s Learning Resource Centre.

Thus far 19 children and young adults ranging from nine months to 21 years have benefited from heart surgery at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC), through collaborative efforts by the Ministry of Health with support from International Children’s Heart Foundation commonly known as Baby Heart, GINA said.

The Private Sector Commission (PSC) met on Wednesday with the Chairman of the Joint Services, Chief of Staff of the Guyana Defence Force, Brigadier Mark Phillips and his team.

Former US President Jimmy Carter arrived at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport, Timehri, this afternoon, in advance of the May 11 general and regional elections.

The Guyana Elections Commission this afternoon said it was fully ready for free, fair and transparent elections on Monday.

Former US President Jimmy Carter, 90, (right) arrived here today to head up the Carter Center observer mission for Monday’s general elections.

The police today rejected an APNU+AFC press release saying that there was a plan for mass arrests to prevent persons from voting.

APNU+AFC today said that it is confident of a majority at Monday’s elections.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Prime Minister David Cameron won a stunning election victory in Britain, overturning poll predictions that the vote would be the closest in decades to sweep easily into office for another five years, with his Labour opponents in tatters.

With general elections a few days away, President Donald Ramotar yesterday upped his appeal for votes, announcing an $8b payout from Norway and issuing several statements in which he promised to cut taxes on imported vehicles and hinted at governance changes.

While stressing that their role was simply to observe and not sanction, the seven members of the Commonwealth’s elections observer mission yesterday urged political parties to engage in “constructive” campaigning and be responsible in their response to the declared results.

Latchman Partap, the man who allegedly shot and killed his former teenage girlfriend at Moraikobai, Mahaicony, has been held after over a year on the run and charged with the murder.

The Women’s Progressive Organisation (WPO), the women’s arm of the PPP, has identified the woman caught on camera urinating on the party’s flag at a political meeting as Abigail Baveghems, an employee of the Child Welfare Department of the Ministry of Education, who it says should be fired.

Convict Romel Bollers, who was present when Shaquille Grant was fatally shot during an encounter with police at Agricola, yesterday refuted evidence suggesting that he had opened fire on lawmen, prompting them to shoot back.

A dredge owner and a housewife were yesterday charged with the abduction of Bhena’s Footwear clerk Xanier Waaldijk, who was freed hours after he was taken on Monday.

Accused drug trafficker Barry Dataram and his common-law wife Anjanie Boodnarine were yesterday charged with illegal possession of ammunition that was recovered at a Diamond Housing Scheme house, where over 129 kilos of cocaine were found last month.

By Pushpa Balgobin in Mahdia   Mahdia and areas throughout Region 8 (Potaro/ Siparuni) are struggling to keep up with the dissemination of information, as there is no landline internet service.

The Private Sector Commission (PSC) is set to deploy a team of 50 observers to monitor general elections on Monday.

Guyana is in need of democratic governance, according to United Republican Party (URP) presidential candidate Vishnu Bandhu, who says the political forces that led the country for the past half of a century have instead been trying to rule it.

Former murder accused Odinga Greene has filed a $20M libel suit against the Kaieteur News.

A carpenter was charged yesterday after allegedly misusing money he was given to buy pipes.

Nearly two months have passed and police are yet to make an arrest for the murder of Dwayne Kennedy, who was gunned down at the Golden Grove market tarmac, while the victim’s mother says the suspect has been seen liming in neighbouring villages.

A miner was yesterday granted bail after allegedly robbing a woman of her jewellery.

The Guyana Police Force is informing the general public that members of the Force will be participating in a security exercise between 0600h.

MUMBAI, India, CMC – Kolkata Knight Riders champion off-spinner Sunil Narine has been cleared by the Indian Premier League to continue bowling, in another farcical twist to the saga surround the West Indies player’s action.

It has been declared the winner of Caribbean Export’s inaugural ‘Green Exporter of the Year’ Award, but there was a distinct air of unfussiness to the response of the Nand Persaud Investments (NPI) official when congratulations were offered.

I hinted at this intriguing editorial which appeared in the State-controlled, PPP-oriented, government-friendly Guyana Chronicle of last week Tuesday (April 28, 2015).

Dissatisfaction in the mining industry over what is felt to be disproportionate official interest in the welfare of the sector and of miners when account is taken of the extent of the industry’s contribution to the country’s economy, is—not for the first time—being publicly expressed by President of the Guyana Gold and Diamond Miners Association (GGDMA) Patrick Harding.

After several years of attending events like GuyExpo, interacting with manufacturers, particularly in the agro-processing sector, monitoring the emergence of the Small Business Bureau and attending endless fora where small business issues are discussed, this newspaper has arrived at some unshakable conclusions.

Dynas Ravens clinched a 64-45 win over West Side Warriors when the Open Section of the Georgetown Amateur Basketball Association (GABA) ‘King of the Hard Court’ Championship continued on Wednesday at the Burnham Court.

Dear Editor, Stabroek News reported (‘Baishanlin says lack of funds delaying promised wood processing facility’, 02 May 2015) the protests of the Chinese transnational logger Bai Shan Lin (BSL), including the statement that Kaieteur News has carried ‘reports that are erroneous in nature, which fail to highlight, even in a single instance, where the company itself has broken any law or regulation’.

With the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) Senior Inter-county fixtures nearing their start, the Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) has organised two 50-over trial matches to be played at the Albion Sports Complex ground.

St. JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – West Indies Cricket Board president, Dave Cameron has labelled the Caribbean’s side third Test win over England as “remarkable” and said the performance proved the team could compete at the highest level.

Caribbean social commentators and academics across the disciplines have, for years, been making more than discreet noises for a region-wide legalization of marijuana.

Dear Editor, As this election campaign winds down, what stands out is that it was not the silly season, as is customarily anticipated; it became a time of the most shameless incitement and race-baiting.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Prime Minister David Cameron’s Conservatives are set to govern Britain for another five years but fall just short of an outright majority, an exit poll showed, a result likely to trigger an in-out EU membership referendum.

Even as the growth of the economy continues to depend in various ways on the success of the local food industry, former director of the Food and Drug Analyst Department Marilyn Collins believes that public attitudes and, perhaps more importantly, official policy towards issues of food safety need to keep pace with the growing importance of the food sector.

Bona fide white elephant: An expensive parking lot controversially built for the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) by the Chinese logging company Bai Shan Lin now appears to be a complete waste of time.

Dear Editor, Now that it is clear that the APNU-AFC is nothing but the old PNC, Now that it is revealed that the race is again PPP versus PNC, The track records of both in Government become of great importance.

NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – Sim Bhullar knows it is going to be a tall order but the first NBA player of Indian descent believes that, like Yao Ming in China, he can trigger basketball frenzy in the country his parents left before he was born.

DHAKA, (Reuters) – Azhar Ali struck his maiden test double hundred and Asad Shafiq registered his sixth century as Pakistan took firm control of the second and final test against Bangladesh yesterday.

The local aviation sector continues to expand the frontiers of interior travel and by extension the destination options.

(Trinidad Express) INDIFFERENCE overcame anguish in the Diego Martin West constituency of Opposition leader Dr Keith Rowley yesterday, as people reacted to his suspension from the Parliament Wednesday.

Dear Editor, I am compelled to respond to Ryhaan Shah’s letter in SN (May 6, 2015) in which she criticizes what she terms my Indian self denial.

PANAMA CITY, (Reuters) – Panama will investigate a Supreme Court judge on suspicion of selling judicial decisions and abuse of minors, a commission in the National Assembly decided yesterday, in the country’s latest high-profile scandal.

BRASILIA, (Reuters) – Brazil urged Venezuela’s government yesterday to set a date for a parliamentary election as soon as possible, stepping up pressure on its leftist ally and neighbor to resolve a simmering political crisis.

LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – Manny Pacquiao underwent successful arthroscopic surgery on his right shoulder on Wednesday, just days after his loss to Floyd Mayweather in the so-called “Fight of the Century”.

(Reuters) – A federal jury in North Dakota yesterday convicted a Jamaican man of participating in a lottery scam that cost dozens of people losses totaling more than $5 million, prosecutors said.

GASCI (www.gasci.com/telephone Nº 223-6175/6) reports that session 614’s trading results showed consideration of $1,930,504 from 90,931 shares traded in 10 transactions as compared to session 613’s trading results, which showed consideration of $7,954,243 from 200,850 shares

Dear Editor,   Kindly permit me to respond to a news item carried by Prime News on Wednesday, May 06, 2015, in which it was reported that staff of the Guyana Oil Company Limited (GUYOIL), were told that they could only wear red polo jerseys to work and not green, and if they happened to wear any green polo jersey they would be sent home.

Dear Editor, It always amazes me, particularly during election campaign season, that the PPP never seems to mention the name Hugh Desmond Hoyte.

MIAMI, (Reuters) – Miami cigar maker Jose Montagne has been fighting for more than a decade to protect his catchy Cuban brand name, Guantanamera, from Cuban government trademark lawyers.

BARCELONA, (Reuters) – Lionel Messi’s exquisite Champions League double for Barcelona against Bayern Munich was a case of history repeating itself with an added magnificent assist for Neymar to seal an emphatic 3-0 semi-final, first leg win.

By Concerned Guyanese   Concerned Guyanese is a diverse group of young people and professionals, in Guyana and the diaspora, who have been steadily compiling information on the clear absence of a level playing field in Guyana As Guyanese go to the polls in three days, a recent report appeared in Kaieteur News (May 4, 2015), in which in an interview on Hard Talk, President Donald Ramotar defended his government against local and international accusations of corruption.

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Dear Editor,   I write to make it pellucid that the Child Welfare Officer referred to in the Guyana Chronicle newspaper article “Unruly behaviour at PPP/C Warlock rally” in the daily of May 6, 2015 is not a member of the staff of the Childcare & Protection Agency.

This Sunday, many people worldwide are going to be celebrating Mother’s Day.

GUATEMALA CITY, (Reuters) – Guatemala’s Supreme Court yesterday ruled lawmakers could revoke the vice president’s immunity from prosecution to face a probe over a customs corruption racket allegedly led by her personal secretary.

Tension, apprehension, fear, anger, excitement and hope are all jostling for space in the nation’s psyche.

Deen Douglas has become used to seeking out markets in Caribbean countries and further afield for his wicker and rattan furniture.

SAO PAULO, (Reuters) – Brazilian soccer legend Pele has undergone prostate surgery and is in stable condition, a Sao Paulo hospital said yesterday.

President Donald Ramotar (right) and Presidential Adviser Odinga Lumumba at the podium at the Buxton community meeting last night.

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