Daily Archive: Wednesday, June 17, 2015

The overwhelming support to the clean-up campaign has prompted David Patterson, the Public Infrastructure Minister, to identify a Community Coordinator to liaise with communities to remove debris and garbage, a release from the Ministry said today.

Foreign Affairs Minister Carl Greenidge (right), during his official visit to the United States this week also met with U.S.

Minister of Foreign Affairs Carl Greenidge yesterday met with US Assistant Secretary of State, Roberta Jacobson during which the two sides agreed to boost bilateral cooperation and the fight against drugs.

Minister of State Joe Harmon today announced that the new APNU+AFC government was abandoning the controversial Specialty Hospital project which the previous government had been pursuing with an Indian Line of Credit of US$18M.

(Barbados Today) A Guyanese man was sentenced to seven years in prison by Chief Magistrate Pamela Beckles yesterday.

CLEVELAND, (Reuters) – The Golden State Warriors capped a brilliant season with a 105-97 victory over LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers on Tuesday to win the NBA Finals for the first time in 40 years.

Cabinet has made a decision to bail out the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) with a first tranche of $3.8B, sources say, and will be proceeding with the Commission of Inquiry into the industry as well as a forensic audit of the corporation.

Public Security Minister, Khemraj Ramjattan yesterday said that he will be reviewing the criteria for firearms licences and could possibly make changes or even create new criteria.

While the PPP’s delay in naming its MPs for the 11th Parliament gels with its continuing claims that the May 11th elections were rigged it is also giving it breathing room to deal with internal divisions on the way ahead and to determine who will lead it – former Presidents Donald Ramotar and Bharrat Jagdeo or someone entirely new.

National footballer and Alpha United member, Manasseh Primo was last week busted in the United States for allegedly attempting to smuggle cocaine into that country in pellets which he had swallowed.

A police sergeant was yesterday arrested at a police station in `C’ Division (East Coast) shortly after he collected a bribe from a businessman to settle a gun-related offence.

The level of the East Demerara Water Conservancy (EDWC) last evening was 58.20 Georgetown Datum (GD) and so the Hope Canal project was to have worked through last night draining water into the Atlantic Ocean.

All of the youth prisoners who were granted presidential pardons by President David Granger have been released from prison, according to Prison Director Welton Trotz who said yesterday that they have since been accepted into the USAID’s Skills and Knowledge for Youth Employment (SKYE) Project.

Up to the end of March this year, US$39.4 million earned from Guyana’s efforts in limiting deforestation under its partnership with Norway, remained in the Guyana REDD+ Investment Fund (GRIF) and as the partnership wraps up this month, the new administration seems unsure on how to proceed.

The lead detective in the murder of GTM executive, Bert Whyte told members of the jury yesterday that the accused had admitted to killing Whyte.

Amid reports that he would not be selected again for the top post in the region, former Region Ten Chairman Sharma Solomon said the Regional Democratic Council (RDC) pursued and achieved a number of measures aimed at ensuring equal rights, justice and self-determination, during his three-year tenure.

Minister of Public Health, Dr. George Norton, along with the Deputy Permanent Secretary, Trevor Thomas, and others, travelled to Region Two on June 12 and 13, where they visited health centres/posts in villages along the Pomeroon River and found that key requirements were absent.

The suspect in the recent beating to death of a Goed Intent man is to be charged with manslaughter and will make his first court appearance shortly, according to Crime Chief Wendell Blanhum.

The police are currently seeking a Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) engineer after an illegal firearm was found in the room he occupies at the entity’s Mahdia location, Crime Chief Wendell Blanhum said yesterday.

The Anna Catherina Islamic Complex (ACIC) will launch a system of support desks commencing with the first on June 22 to specifically address issues affecting Muslims and the community at large.

The National Com-munication Network (NCN) Radio VOG begins a new series of folkloric programmes on Wednesday evening at 19:30hrs (7:30 p.m.)

Following their near week long preparatory camp, Amazon Warriors Head Coach Carl Hooper yesterday said that he was satisfied with the team’s progress thus far but admitted that more work will be done in order to get the players fully prepared ahead of Saturday’s opening match in this year’s (CPL) Caribbean Premier League T20 tournament.

Chairman of the GFF Normalization Committee Clinton Urling said that none of the Golden Jaguars coaches inclusive of head-tactician Jamal Shabazz will be sacked despite Guyana suffering a first round exit in the 2018 FIFA World Cup Qualifiers.

A teenager from Agricola was rushed to the Accident and Emergency Unit (A&EU) of the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH) late Sunday night after being hit down by a vehicle on Carifesta Avenue, Georgetown.

The Golden Jaguars U23 squad for the Caribbean Football Union (CFU) leg of the 2016 Olympic Qualifiers is expected to be encamped today ahead of their possible selection on Friday.

The largest national football tournament will kick-off today when the fifth edition of the Digicel secondary schools championship commences with three matches across several venues.

Former national T20 selectee Rajiv Ivan will lead Port Mourant Cricket Club (PMCC) m for the Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) T20 fundraising competition billed as the “Caricom Championships.”

Guyana got their Caribbean Basketball Confederation (CBC) men’s championship off to the worst possible start, losing to Antigua and Barbuda 80-60 in their group opener yesterday at the Multi Sports Complex in Tortola.

Canje Knights sealed their berth to the final downing home side Fyrish Black Sharks 83-66 when the inaugural NPG Packaging first division basketball competition continued on Sunday at the Fyrish Basketball Court.

Dear Editor, John Willems’ letter ‘Greenheart is in no danger of extinction’ (Sunday Stabroek, June 14) misses the points raised in my letter ‘Guyana’s iconic timber species over-harvested, under-priced’ (SN, April 30, 2015) and the subsequent news item ‘Iconic timber species over-harvested, near commercial extinction’ (Sunday Stabroek, May 31).

ZURICH, (Reuters) – Beleaguered FIFA president Sepp Blatter has taken plenty of blows over the last few weeks, but the snub delivered by the Nobel Peace Center may be painful for a man who gives the impression that he wants to be seen as a statesman.

Dear Editor, Between Carifesta Avenue and Thomas Lands is located a beautifully planned out park known as the National Park.

Demerara Distillers Limited recently confirmed their support for the Guyana Amazon Warriors for yet another year with El Dorado as the official spirit partner for the team.

Dear Editor, I applaud our new government for taking immediate steps to effect a clean-up of the capital city, but I would like to share my observations regarding the most recent flooding of my street, recognising that every bit of information could contribute to a proper diagnosis of the problem.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC-West Indies middle order batsman Marlon Samuels has launched a foundation aimed at supporting the blind and visually impaired in Jamaica.

Dear Editor We, the residents, miners and businessmen of Imbaimadai, take this opportunity to extend heartfelt congratulations to President Granger and Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo on the winning of the May 11 elections.

PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC-The CEO of the Indian Premier League (IPL) franchise, Kolkata Knight Riders, says their decision to purchase a stake in Trinidad and Tobago Red Steel was the best choice for the organization.

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC-Newly-appointed Leeward Islands head coach Reginald Benjamin will make the first pick when the second Player Draft of the West Indies Cricket Board’s Professional Cricket League takes place here tomorrow.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC- Global viewing figures are expected to hit a new high for the third edition of the Caribbean Premier League (CPL) which bowls off this weekend, organisers have indicated.

Dear Editor, Ever since the declaration of the 2015 general and regional elections, the PPP has been agitating for a general recount of all the ballot boxes, and the resignation of Gecom Chairman, Dr Steve Surujbally.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The U.S. Senate voted overwhelmingly yesterday to ban the use of torture, a landmark vote intended to bar any further use of “enhanced interrogation techniques” on detainees and put into law an executive order President Barack Obama signed in 2009.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Real estate mogul and TV personality Donald Trump barged his way into the 2016 U.S.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Opener Alex Hales believes England’s fine performances in the first three one-dayers against New Zealand have brought the smiles back to the faces of their fans even though they trail 2-1 in the series.

MIAMI, (Reuters) – At a Caribbean anti-corruption conference in the Cayman Islands in March last year, politicians and activists called on regional leaders to create a culture of integrity and transparency with zero tolerance for offenders.

Dear Editor, As a resident in the village of Schoonord, Parfaite Harmonie housing scheme on the West Bank Demerara for some three-and-a-half years, my experience has been one of a tremendous sense of achievement tempered by the fact that some important services are not functioning effectively.

CAIRO, (Reuters) – An Egyptian court sentenced deposed President Mohamed Mursi to death yesterday over a mass jail break during the country’s 2011 uprising and issued sweeping punishments against the leadership of Egypt’s oldest Islamic group.

Dear Editor,   The vision to establish a channel and other infrastructure to facilitate the urgent and immediate release of excessive water from the East Demerara Water Conservancy (EDWC) has manifested.

VATICAN CITY, (Reuters) – The world could see the destruction of entire ecosystems this century without urgent action on climate change, Pope Francis says in a draft of his keenly awaited encyclical on the environment.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Just when it seemed safe for Rafa Nadal devotees to peer up from behind the sofa the Spaniard suffered another horror show at the hands of Ukrainian spin wizard Alexandr Dolgopolov at Queen’s Club yesterday.

RIO DE JANEIRO, (Reuters) – Venezuela gave landing permission yesterday for a Brazilian Air Force plane set to carry a group of Brazilian senators to visit jailed Venezuelan opposition leaders, the head of Brazil’s opposition party said.

Dear Editor,   The Stabroek News editorial of Monday June 8, ‘Transition and the road ahead’ for me was a masterpiece.

(Trinidad Express) The CLICO board has collapsed. In a major slap to Central Bank Governor Jwala Rambarran, and in a most unwelcome development for the Government, two directors of the CLICO board, Jagdeesh Siewrattan and Denyse Mehta, have resigned on principle, citing the Central Bank Governor’s “unfair, unjust and insensitive” dismissal of ex-chairman Gerald Yetming and managing director Carolyn John.

CASTRIES, St. Lucia, CMC- South African all-rounder Jacques Kallis will join the Trinidad and Tobago Red Steel in St Lucia tomorrow ahead of their opening match of the Caribbean Premier League (CPL) Sunday against the Zouks, manager Colin Borde has confirmed.

Dear Editor,   Please permit me to agree with Ian McDonald on the trashing of our regional side by Australia.

In `The Berbice Regional Health Authority is an Illegal… says Health Minister (KN 6/6/2015) the Minister of Public Health, Dr.

Finished: The completed bridge at Liliendaal on the railway embankment. The area had been closed off for around a week.

(Trinidad Express) Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar on Monday night praised her Government for achieving economic growth in successive years in government and bashed the PNM for having no plans or policies to take the country forward in the next five years.

SAO PAULO, (Reuters) – Olacyr de Moraes, the one-time “Soy King” of Brazil who pushed the frontier of large-scale agriculture far into the country’s interior to become the world’s largest soybean grower, died on Tuesday at age 84.

SANTIAGO, (Reuters) – Chilean President Michelle Bachelet made a colorful dig at Copa America referees yesterday, the day after two controversial offside calls foiled the national soccer team’s chance to win after a thrilling comeback against the Mexican squad.

A few days ago I bumped into Mr. Robert Badal who is a well-known Guyanese investor and capitalist.

At a time of what can be described as maximum global publicity, deriving from the challenges involving the arrest of former CONCACAF President and Minister of National Security in the People’s Partnership Government Jack Warner, Trinidad Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar has announced general elections to be held on September 7th.

CARACAS, (Reuters) – Venezuela’s socialist government has criticized U.S.-based Procter & Gamble for charging “criminal” prices for sanitary towels selling for a fifth of the monthly minimum wage.

No minibus today: A horse-drawn ride for schoolboys at Ann’s Grove, East Coast Demerara on Monday.

Dear Editor,   David Commissiong of Barbados is someone I hold in very high regard; I consider him to be a brother who I have heretofore found to be very erudite.

(Trinidad Express) Acting Police Commissioner Stephen Williams has ordered an investigation into the discovery of “five grammes of a plant-like material resembling that of mari­juana” at Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar’s Phillipine home more than two years ago.