Daily Archive: Thursday, July 9, 2015

The Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) on Wednesday churned out 78 graduates during its 54th Apprentice Graduation programme at the Corporation’s Training Centre, Port Mourant, Berbice, GINA said.

President David Granger (fourth from right) and Minister of Governance, Raphael Trotman facilitated a meeting with a group of miners and businesspersons from Imbaimadai, Region Seven.

Representatives of Anadarko Petroleum Corporation; Luis Derrota, Associate General Counsel and Richard Lapin, International Business Development held discussions with Raphael Trotman MP, Minister of Governance (third from right) and other officials of the sector and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Acting Chief Justice Ian Chang this afternoon ruled that the presidential term limit is unconstitutional, clearing the way for former president Bharrat Jagdeo to make another run for the presidency.

Effective July 20, importers and licensed Customhouse Brokers will be required to submit a third (3rd) copy of their Customs declarations (otherwise known as Form C 72) documents to the Guyana Revenue Authority’s (GRA) Customs Lodging Area, a release from the GRA said today.

At about 0120h. today, police say that four men armed with  firearms broke into the home of Land Court judge Nicola Pierre, 43 years, at Felicity, ECD, after overpowering  and tying up the Special Constable on duty.

ZURICH/BERN, (Reuters) – Former FIFA executive committee member Chuck Blazer, a key figure in a U.S.

The government will be working closely with the Guyana Police Force to ensure that there is a serious approach to tackling the country’s escalating crime situation, according to Minister of State Joseph Harmon who yesterday announced that there is a five-part security strategy in the works to crush this criminal network.

President David Granger will address the National Assembly today on the controversial May 26th maritime decree by Venezuela which has rocked relations with Guyana.

Former President Donald Ramotar says that the PPP/C will stand firmly with the APNU+AFC government as it relates to the Venezuela controversy.

Former President Donald Ramotar has stated that while neither he nor the PPP/C’s Prime Ministerial Candidate, Elisabeth Harper will be representing the party in the National Assembly, the list is indicative of the party’s move to transition to younger leadership.

Nakash Persaud, the driver who was charged with causing three deaths by dangerous driving following a series of hit and runs on the Corentyne in June 2014, has been found guilty and will serve a sentence of four years.

The truck driver accused of causing the death of Police Constable 22349 Edson Williams by dangerous driving yesterday appeared in a city court and was remanded to prison.

Cabinet on Tuesday approved $9.7 million for the procurement of additional equipment for the Guyana passport office in an effort to reduce the waiting time of persons, especially those outside of Guyana, to acquire new passports which at present can take up to five months.

While close to $100 million of the $1 billion Rural Development Fund approved in last year’s national budget has been spent, the government yesterday said it has found no proposal or documentation for the sum spent or on what was planned for the way forward under the fund.

A mature fifty from Brad Hodge was instrumental in taking the Guyana Amazon Warriors to a crucial victory in a rain-affected match against St.

Several non-governmental organizations have made calls for an investigation to be done into the events following the flogging of two teenage girls from Awarewanau primary school in Deep South Rupununi.

Bramanand Singh who is on trial for the killing of his father Manseh Singh in January 2005 had admitted to the police that he gave his dad a “couple cuffs” which caused him to fall, hit himself and die and said he was sorry it happened.

Mark Xavier, Faizal Khan and Frank `English’ Parris have been relieved of their Golden Jaguars management duties last week according to a source within the GFF’s Normalization Committee.

SCARBOROUGH, Tobago, CMC – Title-holders Barbados rebounded from their opening round loss to trounce Leeward Islands by nine wickets in the second round of the Regional Under-17 Championship here yesterday.

Government is awaiting a report from head of the e-Governance project Alexei Ramotar and his team to decide on a way forward, not just on that project but also on the connectivity of others, Minister of State Joseph Harmon said yesterday, while also announcing that a review of the One Lap Top Per Family (OLPF) is also on the cards.

Orin `Vege” Hickerson is a table tennis player who is known for having a strong offensive game but the former national junior player has reserved his strongest attack for the current administrators of the sport.

Dear Editor,   In a letter three months ago I suggested that marijuana should be legalized.

Up to September last year, all lots of the $3.8B East Coast Highway improvement project were behind schedule and contractors cited varied excuses including a shortage of construction material, according to the 2013 report of the Office of the Auditor General.

The contingents of badminton and swimming departed Guyana on Tuesday, joining some of their counterparts in Toronto, Canada where they will represent the nation at the 2015 Pan American Games which starts tomorrow.

Dear Editor,   One of my little friends on the West Bank Demerara got the results of the latest Grade 6 (+4+2) Assessment.

On Tuesday the Success Elementary School hosted its fifth annual prize giving and graduating ceremony at the National Cultural Centre in honour of its performance at the 2015 National Grade Six Assessment (NGSA) which resulted in the institution producing the largest of number of students in the top one percent including Solomon Cherai, the country’s top performer.

Athletes of the Running Brave Athletic Club occupied most of the podium spots when the inaugural CARICOM relay meet was staged on Sunday at the National Park.

Dear Editor,   The Constitutional (Amendment) Bill No 1 of 2015 seeks to amend the Third Schedule of Article 222A of the constitution by adding certain entities to the said schedule.

President David Granger is expected to shortly assent to the recently passed Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT) (Amendment) Bill, Minister of State Joseph Harmon said yesterday, adding that government is anxious to see the bill become operational.

Fitness fans get ready, Fitness Paradise’s annual Gym Expo returns to Pegasus’ Savannah Suite on Sunday.

Dear Editor,   I wish to register a strenuous objection to President David Granger’s statement about our neighbour to the west.

CARDIFF, (Reuters) – Joe Root plundered a superb century to defy Australia as England recovered from a poor start to post 343 for seven on the first day of the first Ashes test yesterday.

By Jeff Trotman   Chief Executive Officer of the Linmine Secretariat, Horace James, is happy that control of the Mackenzie/Wismar Bridge is being returned to the Linden Municipality.

The sentencing of Anthony De Paul Hope and Ralph Tyndall, the two men found guilty of murdering caretaker Colleen Forrester and dumping her body in a septic tank, has been deferred until probation reports on the men are presented.

(Reuters) German Andre Greipel was again far too strong for the opposition as he claimed his second win in this year’s Tour de France with an impressive sprint in the fifth stage on Wednesday.

Dear Editor, In his letter to SN of 4th July Ambassador Kopecky spoke the truth when he said the death penalty is a cruel and inhuman punishment (‘Guyana should abolish the death penalty’).

The file on the vehicles transfer scandal involving former Public Service Minister Jennifer Westford was returned to the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) yesterday, Crime Chief Wendell Blanhum has confirmed.

(Reuters) Novak Djokovic won the battle of grand slam champions by downing Marin Cilic 6-4 6-4 6-4 on Centre Court to reach the Wimbledon semi-finals yesterday.

Dear Editor, The PPP has announced that Bheri Ramsaran and Anil Nandlall are on their list of MPs for the 11th Parliament.

(Reuters) Roger Federer was at his regal best as he floated into the Wimbledon semi-finals with a silky 6-3 7-5 6-2 win over Frenchman Gilles Simon yesterday.

BEIJING/SHANGHAI, (Reuters) – Chinese stocks bounced yesterday, after the securities regulator banned shareholders with large stakes in listed firms from selling, in Beijing’s most drastic step yet to stem the dramatic plunges that have roiled global financial markets.

Ballistics tests on a gun and matching ammunition found in the possession of the suspected Nandy Park shooter, have confirmed that it was stolen during a house breakage several weeks ago, Crime Chief Wendell Blanhum said yesterday.

Dear Editor,   Like many conservatives, Mr Keith Williams (‘Every civilized society has laws regulating hours for the sale of alcohol’ SN, July 7), perhaps a teetotaller, equates the availability of rights with his acceptance of the conduct being asserted.

Dear Editor,   A disturbing letter on the brutal flogging of two girl students (aged 13 and 15) from the Awarewanau Primary School, appeared in your edition of July 3, 2015.The

(Reuters) Richard Gasquet sent French Open champion Stan Wawrinka flying out of Wimbledon on Wednesday, winning the battle of the slingshot backhands 6-4 4-6 3-6 6-4 11-9 to reach the Wimbledon semi-finals for the second time.

STRASBOURG/BRUSSELS (Reuters) A race to save Greece from bankruptcy and keep it in the euro gathered pace yesterday when Athens formally applied for a three-year loan and European authorities launched an accelerated review of the request.

Regent Street garbage dump? Some Regent Street business owners have complained about the presence of silt that has been sitting in front of their entities since they returned to work on Tuesday.

The 168 students who excelled at the recent National Grade Six Assessment will each receive a tablet, following a proposal by Minister of Education Dr Rupert Roopnaraine.

(Reuters) Baltimore Police Com-missioner Anthony Batts was fired yesterday following criticism of his handling of rioting over the death of a black man from an injury in police custody and a skyrocketing hom-icide rate.

A decision has been made on the controversial Atlantic Hotel Inc board, according to Minister of State Joseph Harmon, who says that information will be released after the matter goes to Cabinet.

(Reuters) South Africa have released captain AB de Villiers from their one-day international squad in Bangladesh ahead of the three-match series starting in Mirpur tomorrow.

Dear Editor, I am tired of listening to and reading a lot of piffle about Shivnarine Chanderpaul not being given the opportunity to break Brian Lara’s record of scoring the most Test runs by a West Indian batsman and being unjustly treated by the West Indies Cricket Board of Control.

The executive members of the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) yesterday afternoon met with President David Granger, GINA reported.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Maria Sharapova would have done well not to have watched Serena Williams out-slug Victoria Azarenka in a Wimbledon quarter-final of extraordinary quality yesterday.

LA PAZ, Bolivia, (Reuters) – Pope Francis arrived in Bolivia yesterday, praising the government of leftist President Evo Morales, the country’s first indigenous leader whose frosty relationship with the Catholic Church has begun to thaw under the Argentine pontiff’s papacy.

BEIJING, (Reuters) – Chinese Premier Li Keqiang has again expressed his frustration with officials who are ignoring orders to reduce bureaucracy amid an economic slowdown, blasting them for being little better than the corrupt cadres the government is trying to root out.

Dear Editor,   The letters column should be an avenue of information, but like all things human it sometimes expresses depressing opinions and disinformation.

Around midday yesterday a passenger travelling in a car heading east on Forshaw Street said the car he was in and another car heading south collided at the intersection with New Garden Street causing the second car to flip over and uproot a tree which later fell on it, with both cars coming to a rest in the positions pictured.

(Reuters) Zimbabwe have made four changes to their One-Day International squad for the three-match series at home to India starting tomorrow, including a return for Malcolm Waller.

(Trinidad Express) Mighty Sparrow (Slinger Francisco) will celebrate his 80th birthday today.

(Reuters) A Canadian woman at the center of sexual assault allegations against comedian Bill Cosby accused him on Wednesday of violating a confidentiality agreement in their 2005 lawsuit, and asked a court to make public his entire testimony.

Given his ineffectual performance at the helm of the Ministry of Home Affairs, it would have been wise for former minister Clement Rohee to employ his well-worn coy mode when he was asked about the new government’s controversial initiative to curb the sale of alcohol after 2 am; not that wise was ever an adjective that could be used to describe the former minister or his actions.

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