Daily Archive: Thursday, July 16, 2015

At about 2015h. last night, the police say that vendor Janice Paul, 40 years, and her husband Eusi Paul, 41 years, had just arrived at their residence at ‘D’ Field, Sophia, when they were attacked by a man armed with a dagger.

An earth tremor was felt in Georgetown at about 11.20 am today.

Due to the rising flood waters threatening NCN’s equipment a decision had to be taken to take all three radio stations and NCN TV off air, Director of Public Information, Imran Khan said today.

Navigating the flood today on Regent Street between Albert and Oronoque Sts.

President David Granger at 4:00 am today summoned an emergency meeting of the Cabinet, in light of intense flooding in Georgetown, East Coast and other coastal areas.

Residents of Georgetown and the lower East Coast awoke today to find floodwaters higher than they were at any point over the last two months after an intense storm dumped inches of rain between yesterday afternoon and early this morning.

Results from a ten-year surveillance have revealed that 79% of the persons diagnosed with cancer receive no treatment; a fact that should be of major concern to all Guyana, according to Director of Disease Control at the Ministry of Health Dr Morris Edwards who also revealed that the second most affected group is made up of persons between the ages of 15-39.

Two detained taxi drivers have confessed to planning the armed robbery on mall owner Ganesh Ramlall and subsequently transporting the killers including the now dead Rolston Morrison to and from the businessman’s La Jalousie home, Crime Chief Wendell Blanhum said yesterday.

Relatives of Colleen Forrester yesterday struggled to contain their tears of relief as High Court Judge Roxane George sentenced the men accused of killing her to a total of 117 years in prison.

President David Granger will be attending the Mercosur summit this week in Brasilia but will venture to Brazil one day early to seek support over the ongoing controversy with Venezuela which was exacerbated by two recent maritime decrees from Caracas seeking to appropriate Guyana’s Atlantic waters.

The two men who were charged with murdering businessman Ashok Raghoo following a robbery in the city late last year, were yesterday committed to stand trial at the High Court.

President David Granger has assented to the bill capping benefits for former Presidents and yesterday Minister of Governance Raphael Trotman said that the APNU+AFC administration is fully prepared to defend the amendments in court.

The High Court was plunged into a state of confusion as murder convict Anthony De Paul Hope used a makeshift knife to pick his handcuffs in an attempt to escape lawful custody yesterday afternoon.

Police yesterday found two more illegal weapons and a large quantity of fake ATM cards during two search exercises, Crime Chief Wendell Blanhum yesterday revealed.

Torrential rain pounded Georgetown and the East Coast from yesterday afternoon up until last night swamping large parts of the city and leaving wards like Albouystown in accustomed misery despite two months of massive cleaning of drains spearheaded by the new government.

Cabinet has approved a recommendation made by the Guyana Revenue Authority to centralise the issuance of vehicle licence plates.

Minister of State Joseph Harmon yesterday said that the State Assets Recovery Unit (SARU) had already yielded results.

The Fernandes Bread Box Bakery (FBB) is set to formally open this Saturday at 92 Middle Street.

The Ministry of Communities has announced plans to establish a new 400-lot housing development at Four Miles, Bartica, Region Seven starting from January 2016.

Eulenea Charles, whose body was found in her home in a decomposing state died as a result of pneumonia and while an autopsy on her baby was inconclusive, it is believed that the infant died as a result of starvation, according to Crime Chief Wendell Blanhum.

President David Granger said the Third International Conference on Financing for Development is about “shaping the future we want for our peoples for generations to come” and advocated for further global action for sustainable development.

The Guyana National Newspapers Limited (GNNL) registered an after-tax profit of $20.3m in 2013 but the auditors raised concerns about whether $145m in receivables were collectible.

Consistent rainfall last evening forced match 24 of the Hero CPL T20 tournament between the Guyana Amazon Warriors and the Jamaica Tallawahs o be abandoned without a ball being bowled at the Guyana National Stadium, Providence.

A man was sentenced to 14 years imprisonment by Magistrate Charlyn Artiga last Wednesday after he pleaded guilty to seven counts of robbery under arms.

Director of the Child Care and Protection Agency (CC&PA) Ann Greene has returned to her job after the 36 days leave she was sent on by Minister of Social Protection Volda Lawrence.

PPP General Secretary Clement Rohee has accused the government of targeting 18 Amerindian Villages that are known supporters of the party through recent audits.

National junior table tennis champion Chelsea Edghill will participate in a high-level training programme next month in Puerto Rico.

The Ministry of Public Works is to restore barriers on the railway embankment bridge at Liliendaal to prevent trucks from crossing.

A teenager who stole a cellular phone from a woman was yesterday sentenced to 12 months imprisonment after he appeared at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court facing two charges, one of which he admitted to.

With the Junior Caribbean Area Squash Association (CASA) championship set to commence July 18th-25th in Barbados, Communications heavyweights Digicel and Beverage Corporation Ansa McAl yesterday presented uniforms to the Guyana team at a simple ceremony.

Morgan Learning Centre sealed their berth to the final of the North Georgetown Zone, swamping Guyana Industrial Training Centre (GITC) 4-0 in their semi-final matchup when the Digicel Secondary Schools Championship continued yesterday at the Tucville ground. Idany

A 37-year-old man was yesterday refused bail by Magistrate Fabayo Azore before whom he appeared to answer to three charges, which included escaping from lawful custody.

CAUTERETS, France, (Reuters) – Chris Froome enjoyed a safe day in the saddle yesterday, retaining the overall leader’s yellow jersey after his rivals failed to attack him on the 11th stage, a 188-km Pyrenean trek won by Pole Rafal Majka.

SYDNEY, (Reuters) – A guitar-strumming rocker when not keeping wickets, Australia’s Peter Nevill will hope to hit the right note when he makes his surprise test debut against England in the second Ashes match today.

Dear Editor, Having read the excellent letter by Denis Benn on the Chanderpaul issue which was recently published in your newspaper, I feel compelled to join the debate on the future of West Indies cricket.

Dear Editor, Please allow me to correct mis-statements made in the Stabroek News report of Thursday, July 9 under the caption ‘Control of Mackenzie-Wismar bridge returned to Linden Town council’, written by Jeff Trotman.

LONDON, (Reuters) – England’s cricketers are riding the wave of a rare “feelgood factor” but have put their Cardiff success behind them and are looking only forward, captain Alastair Cook said ahead of the second Ashes test against Australia.

(Reuters) – Bangladesh continued their giant-killing exploits with a nine-wicket victory over South Africa in yesterday’s rain-hit final one-day international to clinch the three-match series 2-1.

Dear Editor, I posit that one can get a sense of the real motive behind the Venezuelan bullying from its history.

NASSAU, Bahamas, CMC- Bahamas says it is preparing a strong team, which will include athletes on the verge of turning professional, in a bid to recapture the Central American Caribbean (CAC) Bodybuilding Fitness Championships later this year.

(Reuters) – Sri Lanka opener Kusal Perera blasted the second fastest one-day fifty in their series-levelling two-wicket victory against Pakistan in the second ODI at Pallekele yesterday.

Dear Editor, There is a large hole on the Montrose Railway Embankment Road about twenty yards from the Montrose Bridge going west.

SYDNEY, (Reuters) – The Champions League Twenty20 tournament, which has been run since 2009 by the cricket boards of India, Australia and South Africa, has been discontinued with immediate effect because of lack of interest.

ATHENS, (Reuters) – The Greek parliament passed sweeping austerity measures demanded by lenders to open talks on a new multibillion-euro bailout package to keep Greece in the euro, but dozens of hardliners in the ruling Syriza party deserted Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras.

Dear Editor, West Indies cricket won’t be fixed unless the problems are correctly diagnosed.

PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC-St. Lucia Zouks edged Trinidad and Tobago Red Steel by four wickets in a rain shortened thriller, the 23rd match of the Caribbean Premier League here Tuesday night.

WASHINGTON, (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Rich and poor countries agreed yesterday to overhaul global finance for development, unlocking money for an ambitious agenda to end extreme poverty, protect the environment and improve economic opportunity by 2030.

YAOUNDE, (Reuters) – Cameroon has banned burqas in the Far North region after two women dressed in the religious garments blew themselves up last week in a suspected Boko Haram attack, a local governor said yesterday.

Dear Editor, The protest on July 14 by the group called the Coalition for the 1823 Monument is a clear violation of the democratic rights of Guyanese.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – President Barack Obama, asked yesterday about possibly revoking entertainer Bill Cosby’s Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest U.S.

Rule V of the Code of Conduct contained in the Fourth Schedule to the Legal Practitioners Act requires that an “attorney-at-law shall not accept a brief in a matter or field in which he does not have the requisite expertise, knowledge, skill or ability to effectively and properly represent the interest of his client.”

PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC- Captain of the St.Lucia Zouks Kevin Pietersen has praised “a good all round performance” by his team for allowing them to pull-off a thrilling last ball victory over Trinidad and Tobago Red Steel in match 23 of the Caribbean Premier League at the Queen’s Park Oval Tuesday night.

Dear Editor,   Now that the new coalition government has made a decision not to continue the very expensive hydro project of the previous regime, an alternative should be looked at to generate energy to meet growing demand.

Rice farmers are no doubt reassured that they do not have an immediate crisis on their hands as regards the sale of the last and current crops.