Daily Archive: Tuesday, June 9, 2015

The stage is set for the ceremonial opening of the  11th Parliament which begins at 14:00 hrs.

At about 1030h. today, police say that the body of Pooran Lalchand, 59 years, of Mon Repos, ECD, was found in his house with several suspected stab wounds.

The PPP today ridiculed reports in various sections of the media that billions of dollars had been siphoned off annually while it was in government.

In the wake of her recent visit to the New Opportunity Corps (NOC), Onderneeming, Essequibo, Minister within in the Ministry of Education, with responsibility for the Department of Culture, Youth and Sport, Nicolette Henry says that she will set up a Task Force to address the issues currently existing there.

An 18-year-old miner was stabbed to death by robbers early yesterday morning on the Kitty Public Road.

An impromptu inspection of the Guyana Power and Light Inc (GPL) power station at Bartica on Saturday uncovered hazardous and unsanitary working conditions.

The Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) has not received any bailout money and this will not happen until the process is taken to the National Assembly for approval, Finance Minister Winston Jordan has said.

A nine-year-old died yesterday after a concrete pillar fell on him at his Sparendaam Squatting area home.

Sparta Boss will represent Guyana at the Guinness Caribbean championships in Jamaica after edging North Ruimveldt 2-1 in the grand finale of the Guinness Greatest of the Streets National Championships on Sunday.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has denounced a recent decree by Venezuela purporting to annex maritime zones belonging to Guyana, calling it a “flagrant violation” of international law.

CAIRO, (Reuters) – The former head of Egypt’s football federation said on Sunday that ex-FIFA Vice President Jack Warner asked for $7 million from Egypt, suggesting it could help with Egypt’s bid to host the 2010 World Cup.

Minister of Education Dr Rupert Roopnaraine has said that appointments to the posts of Directors of Youth and Sport will come only after consultations with various stakeholders have been concluded.

PPP General Secretary Clement Rohee has denied that an invite from Minister of State Joseph Harmon to engage on inclusive governance was issued on behalf of the government.

What seemed like a piece of old metal that washed ashore at Vergenoegen, East Bank Essequibo turned out to be a part from a satellite and was removed by police yesterday.

Junior Social Protection Minister Simona Broomes yesterday defended her decision to ask the Public Service Commission (PSC) to suspend interviews to fill vacancies in her ministry, after being criticised by the PPP for unlawfully interfering with the commission’s work.

LONDON, (Reuters) – New Zealand expect a new-look England squad to match their aggressive style of cricket in the five-game one-day series, captain Brendon McCullum said yesterday.

Eleven women, comprising four Colombians, two Venezuelans and five Dominicans, were yesterday fined for illegal entry and overstaying in Guyana.

Dear Editor, I cannot help but feel a sense of long forgotten hope for my country when I read about the issue of President Maduro’s map-making exploits.

Former Auditor General Anand Goolsarran says that those in the former PPP/C government who hired now dismissed bloggers and ghost writers should also be sacked.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Legendary West Indies opener Desmond Haynes believes effective planning could prove the difference for Barbados Tridents, in the defence of their Caribbean Premier League title later this month.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Former World champion Yohan Blake took a huge towards his participation in this summer’s World Championships in Beijing, when he won his made his first competitive appearance in nearly a year, at last weekend’s Jamaica Athletics Administrative Association All-Comers development series here.

In the report headlined ‘27 swept up by Broomes in Bartica anti-human trafficking raid,’ published in the Monday June 8, 2015 edition of Stabroek News, it was erroneously stated that one of the places that was raided was the Upper Level Restaurant and Bar, when it was in fact it was Top Notch Restaurant and Bar.

Dear Editor, I refer to the recent flooding in Georgetown that normally occurs around this time of the year, and say that myself another engineer, Mike Ragwen, were involved in trying to solve the problem during the 1970s.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – A confident Barbados 20-man squad were scheduled to leave the island yesterday for Aruba, where they face the hosts in the first leg of their second round 2018 World Cup qualifier on Wednesday.

Dear Editor, I refer to the disclosure that cabinet has given the green light for forensic audits to be conducted in thirty organizations I hope that Clico is on the list, and if not, I suggest that it be included.

Four mining company workers were yesterday charged with invading a rival camp, shooting a worker and causing millions of dollars in property damage.

Dear Editor, It is good to hear that the Minister of Education has seen the wisdom of the futility of allowing students to write large number of CXC subjects, and the scourge of extra lessons and the burden of paying for same.

After being put on hold by President David Granger almost three weeks ago, the Guyana Police Force yesterday announced a major shakeup of senior officers in several positions including the posts of Crime Chief, Divisional Commander `C’ Division and Tactical Services Unit (TSU).

JOHANNESBURG, (Reuters) – South African athlete Oscar Pistorius will be released on parole on Aug.

The National Agricultural Research and Extension Institute (NAREI) is working assiduously to establish the scale of the infestation of Red Palm Mites on the coconut farms in the Pomeroon area and reduce the spread of the pest.

Dear Editor, Historically, the prerogative of the sovereign was emblematic of residual powers inherent in the dispensation and devolution of the justice system.

The People’s Progressive Party (PPP) has condemned the Venezuela Presidential Decree claiming sovereignty over Guyana’s territorial waters in the Atlantic Ocean off the Essequibo region.

WINNIPEG, (Reuters) – Francisca Ordega scored a late equaliser for Nigeria to earn a 3-3 draw with Sweden in their Group D Women’s World Cup opener yesterday, signalling that Africa will be heard from during the month-long tournament.

An ex-convict yesterday found himself once more before a court, where he was accused of robbing two Fly Jamaica employees of over $5 million.

Dear Editor,   I see that Mr Peter Ramsaroop is at it again, writing sheer nonsense about how the PPP should boycott Parliament and trying to be noticed and pertinent to the politics of Guyana.

(Reuters) – Thoroughbred racing fans wanting a historical keepsake or possibly a cash windfall from American Pharoah’s Triple Crown-clinching Belmont Stakes victory have not cashed $315,829 worth of $2 win tickets, track officials said yesterday.

A security guard was yesterday charged with possession of an Intratec 9 mm Luger submachine gun, which police said he used to shoot at a woman and then tried to stash in a septic tank when law enforcers approached him.

Dear Editor, Here are a few observations of mine in relation to Ralph Ramkarran’s take on the split between Cheddi Jagan and Minister Balram Singh Rai that led to the expulsion of the latter from the PPP, thus ending his ministerial career in 1962 (Sunday Stabroek, June 7).

LONDON, (Reuters) – French Open champion Stan Wawrinka has moved up five places to number four in the official ATP world rankings released yesterday.

The national male and female 7s rugby outfits departed yesterday to compete in the 2015 NACRA Championships and Olympic Qualifiers which is scheduled to kick off on June 13 in Cary, North Carolina.

Dear Editor, I refer to the article captioned ‘Roopnaraine takes aim at extra lessons’ (SN, June 7) to offer the following comments.

Dear Editor, President David Granger has demonstrated discipline in relation to punctuality which one would expect to be emulated by cabinet ministers and others.

Anthony De Paul Hope, one of the three men accused of killing Colleen Forrester and stashing her body in a septic tank, had implied that she had gone to Trinidad and Tobago, the woman’s daughter testified yesterday.

Dear Editor, Bishop Cornell Jerome Moss would be remembered for the many possibly controversial things that he achieved in his short term with us, (a bit more than five years) as spiritual leader to Guyana’s Anglican community.

(Reuters) – The Cleveland Cavaliers let an 11-point lead slip in the fourth quarter but dug deep in overtime to beat Golden State 95-93 on Sunday and square the NBA Finals series at 1-1.

The People’s Progressive Party is still to compile its list of parliamentarians while the Guyana Elections Commission has approved the 2015 General and Regional Election results inclusive of the government’s list of MPs which have been gazetted.

New Attorney General Basil Williams says he believes he should have been made a senior counsel ever since and he asserted that his record as a legal practitioner over 33 years has been unblemished.

The formula that the Athletic Association of Guyana (AAG) is using to attract spectators to their events is broken and needs to be fixed.

Dear Editors, I refer to a letter from Chairman C C Kennard Chairman of the Police Complaints Authority in Stabroek News of June 6, under the caption ‘Police Complaints Authority investigators do not conduct investigation under the Police (Discipline) Act.’

KRUEN, GERMANY (Reuters) – Leaders of the world’s major industrial democracies resolved yesterday to wean their energy-hungry economies off carbon fuels, marking a major step in the battle against global warming that raises the chances of a UN climate deal later this year.

A young mother was yesterday refused bail after she appeared in a city court to answer to a charge of possession of ganja for trafficking.

Dear Editor, In mid-2013, after I again raised this issue of perennial nepotism and discrimination in the selection of delegations to represent Guyana, the Ministry of Culture boldly announced that there would be open auditions to be part of the national delegation to attend Carifesta XI in Suriname.

East Ruimveldt Secondary defeated St. Joseph’s Secondary to win the Inter Schools Independence draughts competition organized by the Guyana Draughts Association (GDA) on Saturday.

HAVANA (Reuters) – Communist Cuba’s newfound interest in foreign capital has its limits, as Philippe Pouletty found out.

An Essequibo Coast businessman is now counting his losses after his stall at the Anna Regina Market was broken into in the wee hours of Sunday morning.

Marian Academy and President’s College U19 teams both secured victories when the Youth Basketball Guyana (YBG) National School Basketball Festival Georgetown Division continued on Saturday at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.

SKHIRAT, Morocco (Reuters) – United Nations negotiators yesterday handed Libya’s warring factions a draft proposal for forming a unity government in an attempt to end a conflict that threatens to push the North African country into becoming a failed state Western officials say the UN talks are the only hope of halting fighting between two rival governments and their armed forces that has battered the OPEC country since the 2011 uprising that ended Muammar Gaddafi’s one-man rule.

A woman was yesterday chopped to death with an axe by her partner in Yarrowkabra, Soesdyke/Linden Highway, police said.

A pensioner was yesterday charged with the rape of a child who is under the age of 16, when he appeared before Magistrate Charlyn Artiga in the Number 51 Magistrate’s Court.

Victor Fausette, the Linden policeman who was shot in his head by the man he arrested on Sunday, underwent surgery to remove a lodged bullet and has since been removed from the Intensive Care Unit (ICU).

LONDON (Reuters) – Modernising mud huts and other traditional housing could significantly cut the risk of malaria for people living in some of the highest risk areas of Africa, Asia and South America, according to new research.

An East La Penitence man was yesterday refused bail after being charged with attempted murder.

Girl Friday? A young girl negotiates the Essequibo River on Saturday last on a ‘pallet’ raft.

Dear Editor, According to Gordon Moseley’s News Source (June 7) Sharma Solomon will not be retained as Regional Chairman, Region 10.

Dear Editor, I refer to the updated news story on the robbery and killing of rice farmer Hardat Kissoon a week ago (SN, June 7).

Principal Partner of the Caribbean Premier League (CPL) T20 tournament, New Guyana Pharmaceutical Company Incorporated (GPC), under its popular Limacol brand, yesterday confirmed that it will continue as the competition’s main sponsor.

HAVANA (Reuters) – Cuba and the Paris Club of wealthy creditor nations have agreed that Cuba owes $15 billion stemming from a 1986 default, an important first step toward renegotiating the debt, Western diplomats said.

Field day? Cattle grazing on the median along the Rupert Craig Highway in Goedverwagting, East Coast Demerara.

CARACAS (Reuters) – Former Spanish Prime Minister Felipe Gonzalez’s trip to support jailed opposition leaders in Venezuela has brought cheers from anti-government foes but cries of interventionism from socialist President Nicolas Maduro.

BANJUL (Reuters) – Gambian President Yahya Jammeh has called for the International Criminal Court (ICC) to investigate the deaths of African migrants trying to cross the Mediterranean by boat to Europe.

Dear Editor, Practicality and accountability must be applied to secure meaningful growth in our body politic post-2015 elections.

The revelation last week that Minister Simona Broomes met what was described as “atrocious” working conditions during an impromptu visit to the Linden bauxite operations run by the Chinese company Bosai is probably not as surprising as it may seem to those who have not kept abreast of issues of safety and health in the workplace.

Current FIFA Assessor and former referee Roy McArthur will become the first Guyanese to assess a FIFA World Cup Qualifying match.

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