Daily Archive: Friday, June 26, 2015

The Cuban Ambassador to Guyana, Julio Cesar Gonzales Marchante (right) today paid a courtesy call on Education Minister, Dr.

Improved and efficient service delivery at the Deeds Registry is on the agenda of the new Minister of Legal Affairs and Attorney General Basil Williams.

The APNU+AFC government today named the members of the Commission to inquire into the sugar industry and said it is expected to work closely with the Interim Management Team of GuySuCo over a three- month period commencing July 1, 2015.

Investigations are being conducted into a fatal accident that occurred at about 0420h.

At about 0630h. today, police say that a jet boat passed a cargo boat with fuel in the Mazaruni River and the wave from the jet boat caused the cargo boat to capsize.

The PPP/C today said that its lists of candidates for regional democratic council elections scheduled for Tuesday was rejected by GECOM this afternoon.

Barticians today protested against former Regional Chairman Gordon Bradford, saying that they don’t want him returned to office at elections for the Regional Democratic Council on Tuesday.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The Supreme Court ruled today that the U.S.

Minister of State Joseph Harmon yesterday said that the fuel scam discovered at the Guyana Oil Company (GuyOil) where vehicles not affiliated with any government ministry or agency have been accessing fuel involves millions of dollars and he said the Managing Director of the company has to go.

Commonwealth Secretary-General Kamalesh Sharma is scheduled to arrive in Guyana tomorrow for a three-day visit, to gain a clear understanding of the region’s concerns and priorities, a release from the Commonwealth said today.

Cocaine worth US$12 million ($2.4 billion) was discovered in a shipment of shrimp from Guyana to New York last week and a man has been arrested.

The Government Informa-tion Agency (GINA) owes the state broadcaster, the National Communications Network (NCN) as well as the state newspaper Guyana Chronicle, millions of dollars and an investigation is underway with a shake-up of GINA imminent, Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo says.

By Jeanna Pearson in Grenada   Guyana was placed under the microscope yesterday at the opening of the 60th Caribbean Public Health Agency Research Conference in Grenada, when several health researchers who presented on the prevalence of violence and injury in the Caribbean, ranked this country as one of the top distressed countries.

The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) has announced that it will now be randomly selecting personal effects for inspection and travellers through the CJIA with ‘Nothing to Declare’ will be profiled for 100% baggage examination.

Venezuelan president Nicholas Maduro will address his country’s Parliament today on its new claims to Guyana’s maritime territory.

Government has until early next month to indicate to the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) whether it intends to continue with the Amaila Falls Hydropower Project (AFHP) with the decision hinging on an economic feasibility study done by the Bank.

A team led by Minister of Public Infrastructure David Patterson will examine the controversial $600M High Street building constructed since 2008 but unused due to defects in construction.

Defending champion Anthony Downes got off to an impressive start with a 6/0, 6/1 win over Keenan Persaud in their Men’s Open Singles match when the Guyana Bank for Trade and Industry (GBTI) Open Tennis Tournament continued yesterday.

In the absence of the opposition PPP/C, government yesterday tabled its first five bills in the Eleventh Parliament including one to reduce the benefits of former presidents and the updated anti-money laundering legislation.

The Contingencies Fund continues to be abused with $510 million withdrawn from the fund in 2013 for ventures that did not meet the criteria.

Anthony De Paul Hope yesterday presented the court a new script in the story of his aunt’s murder for which he is currently on trial.

A post-mortem examination performed on the body of Odessa Howard, who died in Sunday’s accident at Nismes, revealed that she sustained broken ribs which punctured her heart.

(CPL T20) The Barbados Tridents made it three wins out of three in the 2015 Hero Caribbean Premier League as they blew the Trinidad & Tobago Red Steel away with another stunning display at the Kensington Oval.

(WICB) ST. JOHN’S, Antigua – The West Indies Cricket Board is pleased to announce the appointment of Dodridge Miller to its Corporate Governance & Nominations Committee.

A Plaisance youth is now hospitalised after he was stabbed several times by an alleged convict outside the Plaisance Market around noon yesterday.

Cyclists from around the country will make their way to the city this weekend to compete in the National Time Trial and Road Race championships.

Two suspicious persons were noticed in Butcher’s Pools Hall and Bar prior to the shooting that claimed a life and injured another on Tuesday night.

Manager of the Guyana outfit Terrence Chase-Green says he is confident his charges will succeed at the fifth annual Guinness Caribbean Street Football Challenge Tournament in Jamaica.

After police said they received information which led them to search the home of a Linden man for guns and ammunition, a logger appeared in a city court and was remanded to prison.

Mortland Richmond, 26, one of the members of a family injured in the Independence Day crash at West Berbice died on Monday after his liver collapsed, his mother Joan Rodney said.

Matthew Harrison’s helmet trick powered North Ruimveldt Multilateral past Freeburg Secondary School yesterday, when action continued in the Digicel Secondary School Championship.

Parallel parking will soon be implemented on Camp Street as the Guyana Police Force Traffic Department continues its efforts to ease congestion throughout the city.

A father of two, who had been on remand since January on charges of unlawful possession of a firearm and ammunition was yesterday found guilty and sentenced to prison for one year on each charge.

Berbice Educational Institute (BEI) overcame a three-goal deficit to defeat Vryman’s Erven Secondary 3-2 on penalty kicks when the 5th edition of the Digicel Secondary Schools Football Championship continued yesterday at the Burnham Park ground.

The man who was fingered as having been involved in an armed robbery and having in his possession the weapon used in the murder of Saleem Azeez Abdool was yesterday freed of the unlawful possession of firearm and ammunition charges after the prosecution failed to prove its case.

By Donald Duff in Barbados  After a week of meetings of the various committees, affiliates and associate members that make up the International Cricket Council (ICC) the annual conference of the organization will come to an end today at the Hilton Hotel in Barbados.

Spanish oil company Repsol has asked for an additional six months before making a decision on drilling which could see the company searching for oil offshore Berbice in 2017 rather than in 2016 as originally envisioned.

(Barbados Nation) America’s Carl Lewis, one of the greatest athletes of all time, is arriving here next month.

Travic Rudder, the 18-month-old baby who was shot several times at Nandy Park will soon be moved out of the Intensive Care Unit and into the Paediatric Ward.

ASUNCION, (Reuters) – Paraguay’s president ratified a new law stripping the headquarters of South America’s CONMEBOL soccer confederation of its immunity, paving the way for possible police raids on the complex as the investigation into graft in world soccer deepens.

KINGSTON, (Reuters) – Mystery and confusion surrounded Usain Bolt after he declined to race in the 100 metres at Jamaica’s national trials yesterday, raising concerns about his fitness ahead of the world championships.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court yesterday rejected a conservative legal challenge that could have doomed President Barack Obama’s healthcare law, upholding nationwide tax subsidies crucial to his signature domestic policy achievement.

Dear Editor,   If the Champions trophy were to begin now, the West Indies would not participate, as they are ranked number 9 in 50 overs cricket, and only the top 8 participate in the Champions trophy, which the West Indies won in 2004.

The Ministry of Public Security has advertised for consultants for the implementation of a training programme for the Guyana Police Force.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – A lawyer for a Costa Rican soccer official arrested in Switzerland last month on corruption charges, said there is no evidence his client took bribes or participated in a criminal enterprise, and called the prosecution “a legal absurdity.”

Dear Editor,   Over the past two weeks in Region 3, a car ran into the Boerasirie Creek (EBE), one into Silk Cotton trench at Zeelugt (EBE), one into the Canal No 2 Polder trench (WBD) and two into the trench at Plantain Walk (WBD).

(Reuters) – When Mahendra Singh Dhoni collided with Mustafizur Rahman during the first one-dayer against Bangladesh, the incident appeared to serve as a metaphor for the teenage paceman’s ability to block India’s path throughout the series.

Two years after it was completed, the modern five-storey building at the corner of Camp and Lamaha streets is still looking for a long-term occupant An advertisement in Friday’s Stabroek News said that the 40,000 sq.ft.

BRUSSELS, (Reuters) – Greece failed again to clinch a deal with its international creditors yesterday, setting up a last-ditch effort on Saturday to either avert a default next week or start preparing to protect the euro zone from financial market turmoil.

SANTIAGO, (Reuters) – Uruguay bowed out of the Copa America with a bitter taste in their mouths after having two men controversially sent off in their 1-0 quarter-final defeat by Chile, their coach Oscar Tabarez said.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – U.S. intelligence chief James Clapper said on Thursday that China was the top suspect in the massive hacking of a U.S.

Dear Editor,   Please permit me to comment on Asquith Rose and Sase Singh’s letter in SN of June 23.

The GAWU Co-operative Credit Union Society Limited says that it has requested that the Guyana Sugar Corporation Inc (GuySuCo) recommence deductions of contributions in favour of the Credit Union from workers’ earnings with effect from work-week, 5th – 11th July, 2015.

The Ministry of Public Infrastructure has advertised for supervision services for the East Bank Berbice Road project.

Following their 49-run loss in the first match against host and defending champions Barbados Tridents, the Guyana Amazon Warriors will now look to rebound against a dangerous-looking St Lucia Zouks today in match six of the 2015 Hero CPL T20 tournament.

Dear Editor,   This economy needs foreign investment and trade on a scale which has not been attempted before, based on the potential of new industries to create well-paid jobs for our people and bring increased revenues for our country.

BEIRUT, (Reuters) – Islamic State fighters have launched simultaneous attacks against Syrian government and Kurdish militia forces, moving back onto the offensive after losing ground in recent days to Kurdish-led forces near the capital of their “caliphate.”

THE HAGUE, (Reuters) – The Palestinian Authority made its first submission of evidence of alleged Israeli war crimes to the International Criminal Court yesterday, trying to speed up an ICC inquiry into abuses committed during last year’s Gaza conflict.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, CMC – Bangladesh have overtaken West Indies for seventh spot in the latest International Cricket Council one-day team rankings.

Dear Editor,   The article captioned ‘Massive fraud taking place with Bai Shan Lin’s logs export’ in the Sunday, June 21, edition of Kaieteur News refers.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – The Minnesota Timberwolves selected Karl-Anthony Towns from the University of Kentucky with the first overall pick of the 2015 NBA Draft at Barclays Center yesterday.

Executives of the Guyana Postal and Telecommunication Workers Union (GPTWU) met with Minister within the Ministry of Communities Keith Scott recently in relation to house lots for its 200 members.

President David Granger was on Wednesday presented with a trophy, which GINA says has an enormous amount of significance to former motor cyclist racer, and chief race starter 81- year-old Pat Holder Holder, according to GINA, said he won the trophy when he was just 14 years old and it was one of the most challenging races, in his career as a racer.

JOHANNESBURG, (Reuters) – A South African commission into the fatal police shootings of 34 people in 2012 during a wildcat strike at platinum producer Lonmin’s Marikana mine found the company did not do enough to stop the violence, President Jacob Zuma said yesterday.

MADRID, (Reuters) – The spectre of doping was again looming over athletics and cycling yesterday with a top running coach, a world champion steeplechaser from Spain and a Tour de France-winning cyclist on the defensive.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Twelve months on from making the most bizarre of exits from Wimbledon, drama queen Serena Williams will be back at the All England Club next week eager to complete the “Serena Slam”.

Dear Editor,   I have written a poem called ‘The Mask’ which I see in action daily through the behaviour of people.

VANCOUVER, (Reuters) – The global gold mining industry is showing signs of life as merger activity picks up and industry veterans set up new companies and hunt for projects, taking advantage of weak prices to lay the groundwork for a rebound.

From Donald Duff in Barbados   As the International Cricket Council’s General Manager- cricket, Australian Geoff Allardice has his plate full.

SYDNEY, (Reuters) – England coach Trevor Bayliss was encouraged by the performance of his new charges in their recent encounters with New Zealand and thinks they have every chance of winning the Ashes if they can keep producing good cricket.

BUJUMBURA, (Reuters) – One of Burundi’s vice presidents has fled to Belgium, saying he had been threatened after denouncing President Pierre Nkurunziza’s bid for a third term in office, an allegation denied by the government.

I suspect that I’ve “grabbed” your attention with my lead caption.

COLOMBO, (Reuters) – Sri Lanka off-spinner Tharindu Kaushal scythed through Pakistan’s batting order to pick up his first five-wicket haul as the visitors were bundled out for 138 on the opening day of the second test yesterday.

Dear Editor, The letter I sent you on June 19, which you published June 22 as referred to by Mark Da Costa in his letter published yesterday, made no mention of the Minister of Communities.

(Jamaica Observer) Contractor General Dirk Harrison says that his office remains highly concerned about the high level at which corruption is perceived in the society.

Minister of State Joseph Harmon told reporters, on Wednesday, that Guyana will be seeking a “very strong statement” of support by Caricom Heads of Government on Venezuela’s recent claim on Guyana’s maritime territory.

Politikles

LONDON, (Reuters) – Scientists have identified a key gene used by poppies to make morphine, paving the way for better methods of producing the medically important drug, potentially without the need for cultivating poppy fields.