Daily Archive: Thursday, June 4, 2015

Head of State, David Granger (right) and Deputy Secretary General of the Organisation of American States, Ambassador Albert Ramdin during their meeting at the Ministry of the Presidency today.

President of Guyana, David Granger, has officially proclaimed that the 11th Parliament will convene at 14:00hrs on Wednesday, 10th June, 2015 at the Parliament Chamber, Public Buildings, Georgetown, a release from Parliament Office said this afternoon.

(Reuters) – Adam Voges became the oldest player to score a century on debut as Australia seized control of the first test against the West Indies on the second day in Dominica today.

At about 1030h. today, the police say that they conducted a search on a house at East Ruimveldt, Georgetown, during which an Uzi sub-machine gun with 14 matching rounds and a .38 special revolver with 6 rounds were found in addition to 482 grams of marijuana.

Manu Durant who was a suspect in the disappearance of Buxton teen, Tenisha Morgan died earlier this morning after being shot during a `gun play’ incident at a popular gentleman’s club, police sources have confirmed.

(Trinidad Express) Republic Bank Ltd (RBL) managing director David Dulal-Whiteway has said the bank is doing an internal investigation into the FIFA-related wire transfers.

The discovery of two bodies in a home at Tain, Corentyne, Berbice, first suspected to be the result of a murder/suicide is now being treated as a double murder and a suspect is currently in custody.

Amid a crisis in the sugar industry, the Government of Guyana yesterday dismissed the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Guyana Sugar Corporation, Dr Rajendra Singh, while also asking the Board of Directors to resign with immediate effect.

-Regional Executive Officers likely to be replaced   Former Chief Election Officer Gocool Boodoo earned close to half a million dollars per month as a consultant for the Ministry of Local Government but has since resigned his position according to new Minister of Communities, Ronald Bulkan who said he is unclear as to what services were provided by Boodoo.

The police and fire service are probing an attempted arson at the Ministry of Communities last evening, Fire Chief Marlon Gentle said.

At about 2020h yesterday, police ranks intercepted a motor vehicle at Stewartville Public Road, WCD, during which they came under fire from one of the men who were in the vehicle, police say.

The Guyana Elections Commission will be gazetting the 2015 General and Regional Election results along with the list of Parliamentarians provided by the APNU+AFC governing coalition this week with or without the submission of the opposition’s list.

Junior Communities Minister Keith Scott, who has responsibility for housing, plans to move housing development in the country from the sale of house lots to the sale of turn-key homes in communities that are outfitted with basic services, such as schools and police stations.

A Wakapoa, Pomeroon River man is currently in police custody following reports that he had impregnated his 14-year-old daughter, who is currently some five months pregnant and hospitalized.

A crime scene detective testified yesterday when the trial of Ralph Tyndall, Anthony DePaul Hope and Kevin O’Neil continued for the murder of Colleen Forrester, whose body was found in a septic tank in Kitty in 2008.

Elderly forklift operator Balgobin Persaud was on Tuesday sentenced to five years in jail after being found guilty of causing the death of a University of Guyana (UG) worker.

ROSEAU, Dominica, CMC – Life for West Indies in the post-Shiv Chanderpaul era began disastrously when they were bowled out for 148 in their first innings, on the opening day of the first Test against Australia here yesterday.

ZURICH, (Reuters) – Interpol put two top former FIFA officials on its “red notice” wanted list at the request of U.S.

Two juveniles are expected to be charged today for the assault on 10 year-old Shaquille Sears, Alex Parks, and Conroy Washington, which occurred at Independence Street, La Grange last Wednesday.

It has been almost one month since 11-year-old Ricky Samaroo has been admitted as a patient at the Georgetown Public Hospital Burn Care Unit, where he is being treated for second and third degree burns about his body.

Cabinet on Tuesday approved the formation of a Public Infrastructure Task Force to assess and holistically approach drainage and irrigation reform for the city.

Technical Director of the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) Claude Bolton said that a training camp will be held from June 18th-23rd in Canada to help scout for female players for possible international duty.

Residents of Plaisance on the East Coast came together yesterday and braved the scorching heat as they tried to clean up a main trench and roads.

Dear Editor,   I would like to address this issue regarding the koker at our port facility at Water Street.

With an opportunity to represent Guyana at the Caribbean tournament at stake, the third edition of the Guinness Greatest of the Streets national championships was officially launched yesterday at the Banks DIH Headquarters.

Dear Editor,   Communities throughout Guyana have many questions surrounding the election of new village councils which had the statutory deadline of April 2015.

The second retrial of Charles Woolford, called ‘Tony,’ who is accused of murdering his wife in 2009, began yesterday in the High Court before Justice Brassington Reynolds.

Golden Jaguars Head-Coach Jamal Shabazz said that competition for places on the senior squad has been fierce and that the 2018 FIFA World Cup Qualifier against St.

Magistrate Ann McLennan yesterday handed down a five-year prison sentence to a miner after finding him guilty on two counts drug possession for the purpose of trafficking.

Dear Editor,   I realize I am stepping into murky waters by addressing assumptions and charges of racism made against Swami Aksharananda.

A serving member of the Guyana Police Force was yesterday fined $15,000 after he pleaded guilty to stealing a quantity of alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages from a colleague.

Dear Editor, My cousin Harold, Deputy Mayor of New Amsterdam, died and is now buried.

Three teams are through to the second round of the Central and Lower East Bank Demerara Zone 18th annual End of school Year Primary Schools windball cricket competition following play at the farm Ground recently.

President David Granger has assured the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) Coast Guard that the intuitional strengthening of that unit is among his chief priorities.

Three swimmers on Sunday took their gold medal count to five apiece on the second day of the Guyana Amateur Swimming Association (GASA) Independence National Long Course championships at the National Aquatic Centre.

Dear Editor,   The Zimbabwean team is the first international cricket team to visit Pakistan in six years.

Dear Editor,   All cultural and religious practitioners in Guyana and its diaspora should be aware that Guyanese culture is today what Jamaican, Cuban and Haitian culture was in the 1940s and 1950s: source material for anthropologists, sociologists, film-makers and journalists.

Telephone service was disrupted to about 800 customers on the lower East Coast as a result of extensive damage done to a GT&T cabinet at the junction of UG Road and the railway embankment.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – A former executive committee member of soccer’s global governing body FIFA told a U.S.

Dear Editor,   It must be clearly understood that I am no one’s mercenary; there’s no one who can bring a document to me, paint a scenario of half-truths and I become their Cerberus.

CARACAS, (Reuters) – Military intelligence raided the headquarters of the Venezuelan Football Federation (FVF) yesterday as part of a corruption investigation following the arrest of its former president Rafael Esquivel in Switzerland.

Magistrate Sunil Scarce granted two women accused of using threatening language and behaviour $10, 000 bail each, when they recently appeared in the Charity Magistrate’s Court.

Dear Editor,   I am the holder of an ATM card for Republic Bank.

(Reuters) – The Cleveland Cavaliers and Golden State Warriors will both be trying to deliver a championship to their title-starved fans when the NBA Finals open today with a mouthwatering matchup between two of the game’s best players.

NEW YORK/ZURICH, (Reuters) – The FBI’s investigation of alleged corruption at FIFA includes scrutiny of how soccer’s governing body awarded the 2018 World Cup to Russia and the 2022 competition to Qatar, a U.S.

CARACAS, (Reuters) – Dissenting and former members of Venezuela’s ruling Socialist Party yesterday requested the government investigate alleged multi-billion dollar frauds they say have flourished under the South American OPEC country’s strict currency controls.

Dear Editor,   I thank SN for publishing (Jun 2) my complaint of the racial abuse of Swami Aksharananda, the highest ranking title of a Hindu religious figure outside of India, the equivalent of a bishop in the West.

Dear Editor,   The development of our country is totally dependent on the capabilities of our human resources which must be groomed from the cradle through to university.

PARIS, (Reuters) – If there were any lingering doubts that Serena Williams could claim a third French Open title at this year’s tournament they were swiftly dispelled in an expertly-executed quarter-final victory over Sara Errani yesterday.

Dear Editor,   The sowing of the present rice crop has commenced in Region Two, and the exercise is moving apace in all parts of the Essequibo Coast.

PARIS, (Reuters) – Andy Murray preserved his 100 percent claycourt record in 2015 to reach the French Open semi-finals with a 7-6(4) 6-2 5-7 6-1 win over Spanish warrior David Ferrer yesterday.

PORT-AU-PRINCE, (Reuters) – Haiti’s presidential campaign is barely under way and election officials are already under fire for barring the candidacy of former prime minister Laurent Lamothe, who hoped to succeed his former boss, President Michel Martelly.

(Reuters) – A regional Costa Rican court has recognized Central America’s first same-sex civil union, despite opposition from the Catholic Church and conservative politicians, local media reported yesterday.

PARIS, (Reuters) – It was sharp, quick and brutal as Novak Djokovic finally dropped the French Open guillotine on Rafa Nadal — ending the most remarkable of Roland Garros reigns in ruthless fashion yesterday.

ABUJA, (Reuters) – More than 8,000 people have died while being detained by Nigeria’s armed forces during the campaign against militant Islamist group Boko Haram, Amnesty International said yesterday, allegations that the military denied.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Jamaica is indebted to foreign governments and agencies to the tune of J$53.9 billion, nearly half of which is owed to China.

Dear Editor,   The equivalent of a manmade natural disaster has just begun here in Guyana.

TEGUCIGALPA, (Reuters) – Facing a wave of protests calling for his resignation, Honduran President Juan Hernandez said yesterday that his 2013 presidential campaign took money from companies linked to one of the worst corruption scandals in the country’s history.

BUJUMBURA, (Reuters) – Burundi’s electoral body has delayed planned local and parliamentary elections in response to an appeal from African leaders, the head of the election body said yesterday, after more than a month of protests against the president’s bid for a third term.

GUATEMALA CITY, (Reuters) – One of Guatemalan former dictator Efrain Rios Montt’s defense lawyers was gunned down in the country’s capital yesterday, authorities said, the latest twist to a tumultuous genocide trial.

VIENNA, (Reuters) – Venezuela sought to open a new front in its months-long verbal assault on the U.S.

(Barbados Nation) United States (US) trade officials are increasing pressure on Barbados as they maintain claims that American cable programming is being intercepted and retransmitted in Barbados without permission and adequate payment.

Dear Editor,   The victory of the APNU+AFC at the May 11 general and regional elections is a victory for all Guyanese.

While she may be a professional in her field and can lay claim to working in the public service for over 40 years, Director of the Childcare and Protection Agency Ann Greene has never been shy about demonstrating her lack of tact and disingenuousness.

Declaring that the revelations prior the 65th FIFA Congress along with the sudden resignation of the re-elected Sepp Blatter has come as a shock, GFF Normalization Committee Chairman Clinton Urling said the events should be used as a reference point for the world body and all the member associations.