Daily Archive: Tuesday, July 28, 2015

The police say that investigations are being conducted into an armed robbery that occurred at about 1340h.

The Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions today recommended that former Minister of Public Service Jennifer Westford be charged over her alleged attempt to transfer a government vehicle into her name.

Former President Donald Ramotar today criticised the decision of the APNU+AFC government to shorten the life of the inquiry into the killing of Dr Walter Rodney and said that history will record that the PPP/C government had established a credible probe commission.

At about 1830h yesterday, miner Morvin James, 40 years, of Baramita, North West District, was involved in an argument with another man at Baramita, during which he was fatally stabbed to his chest.

CAPE TOWN, (Reuters) – South Africa’s first captain of the post-isolation era Clive Rice died today after battling a brain tumour, the country’s cricket board said.

Hours after Public Security Minister Khemraj Ramjattan urged Shawn Hinds to go to the police, the self-confessed death squad member turned himself in with his attorney and though he remained in custody up to press time, he was not saying anything, police said.

Stating that rice is too big to fail, President David Granger yesterday urged rice farmers and millers to demonstrate their commitment to the industry by being proactive about marketing their product.

Presidential adviser Professor Clive Thomas is tipped to be the Chairman of the new GuySuCo Board of Directors, which would also include union leader Seepaul Narine and industry expert Anthony Vieira.

The Public Infrastructure Ministry is in the process of reviewing three private hydropower proposals as government awaits the economic feasibility study on the Amaila Falls Hydropower Project (AFHP) done by the IDB and contemplates a variety of outstanding issues.

Nonpareil resident Bennita Kissoon is frustrated that her yard is constantly flooded – not just when it rains, but because of an inconsiderate neighbour.

General Secretary of the People’s Progressive Party Clement Rohee has accused this newspaper of colluding with the government to put the party and its supporters in a psychological mode of discomfort and hostility to the Venezuelan people through its publication of a 1964 plot by Venezuela to kidnap Dr Cheddi Jagan when he was government premier responsible for internal affairs.

Agriculture Minster Noel Holder has revealed that the new Board of Directors for the Guyana Rice Development Board has been gazetted with Claude Housty as the Chairman.

Agricola solidified their status as national street football contenders, defeating North Ruimveldt 3-2 via penalty kicks to clinch the inaugural Second Ground Entertainment ‘Ballers in the Summer’ knockout tourney on Sunday at the Pouderoyen Tarmac.

A solution to the impasse between the government and the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) with respect to the Cricket Administration Bill (CAB) passed by the previous government last year might be arrived at shortly.

For a third consecutive year Guyana has been placed on the Tier 2 Watch List of the US State Department’s annual Trafficking in Person (TIP) report as the country is again deemed one that is a source and destination country for men, women, and children subjected to sex trafficking and forced labour.

General Secretary of the People’s Progressive Party (PPP) Clement Rohee said yesterday that his party has no relations with self-confessed death squad member Shawn Hinds but confirmed that the man did visit the party’s Robb Street headquarters Free-dom House one day in last week and when questioned said he was there to see someone.

She has had a history of performing big time wherever she competed locally or internationally.

Chief Executive Officer of the Guyana Bank for Trade and Industry John Tracey yesterday pushed rice stakeholders to introduce a financial instrument for the payment by millers to farmers that would alleviate the frustrations in dealing with the delays that continue to hinder the sector.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, (Reuters) – Former FIFA vice-president Jack Warner’s lawyers plan to file for judicial review against the government of Trinidad and Tobago claiming political bias in the move to extradite him to the United States.

ST PETERSBURG, Russia, (Reuters) – The preliminary round draw for the 2018 World Cup in Russia marked both a first and last step on the road to the finals.

Two men who were yesterday charged with endangering lives which resulted in the death of 21-year-old Kelton Benjamin of Coffee Grove, Essequibo Coast, were granted bail when they appeared before Magistrate Sunil Scarce at the Charity Magistrate’s Court.

After saying he knew nothing, Guyanese Heeralall Sukdeo, who has been charged in the United States with attempting to smuggle 268 kilogrammes of cocaine in a shrimp shipment, is now in plea negotiation the US government the results of which may be known on August 9.

GENEVA, (Reuters) – FIFA boss Sepp Blatter deserves a Nobel Prize for his stewardship of soccer’s governing body, Russian President Vladimir Putin said in an interview aired by Swiss broadcaster RTS yesterday.

As the Commission of Inquiry (CoI) into the death of Dr Walter Rodney began its final hearings yesterday, the attorney for Donald Rodney, brother of the deceased, submitted that there was compelling evidence that the Forbes Burnham-led PNC government was responsible for the politician’s June 13, 1980 death.

—-Guyana/B/dos match washed out An all-round performance by Trinidad & Tobago took the Twin Island Republic to a nine-wicket defeat of Jamaica in round three of the ongoing West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) Regional Under-15 limited overs tournament at the Guyana National Stadium, Providence yesterday.

The Mayor and City Council will recommend that Carol Sooba be dismissed from her substantive post as Legal Officer as she has not resumed her duties.

SPANISH TOWN, Jamaica, CMC – First class batsman Shimron Hetmyer narrowly missed out on his second successive hundred as Guyana easily brushed aside Barbados by seven wickets in their fourth round Regional Under-19 Championship encounter here yesterday.

Dear Editor, We appreciate the reported commitment of government to continue the school uniform voucher programme and its promise to consider increasing the amount.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – Windward Islands kept up their unbeaten record to go clear at the top of the standings when they beat Leeward Islands by 18 runs in their third round game of the Regional Under-15 Champonship at Albion Sports Complex here yesterday.

The post-mortem examination of the Mocha Arcadia man, who died at the hospital after being shot in his thigh two weeks ago, which was scheduled for yesterday has been postponed to tomorrow.

Dear Editor, Since the May ruling of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) on the Rudisa Environmental Tax matter, much has been said about what should or should not be the position of the Government of Guyana on the ruling.

Dear Editor, I have been horrified after learning of the spate of fatal and other crimes committed by the youths in the recent past.

Almost three weeks after receiving the file a second time, the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) is yet to make a final pronouncement on the vehicle transfer probe involving former minister of Public Service Dr Jennifer Westford and several others.

By Jannelle Williams Much like a baton in a relay race, cultural traditions are passed from generation to generation.

SANTA CRUZ, Jamaica, CMC – Mrinal Wadwha’s calm head made all the difference as Leeward Islands squeezed past Windward Islands by a single wicket with three balls to spare in their Regional Under-19 Championship contest here yesterday.

ABUJA (Reuters) – Nigeria’s government has been approached by a group that says it is a faction of the Islamist Boko Haram with an offer to hold peace talks, a spokesman for President Muhammadu Buhari said yesterday.

Dear Editor, There is a reason why Peter Ramsaroop’s political career is defined by what I view as ‘grasshopper’ errors.

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, CMC – Jamaica’s dream of becoming the first-ever Caribbean side to win the prestigious CONCACAF Gold Cup ended in disappointment, when they suffered a 3-1 defeat to giants Mexico in the final Sunday night here.

As we approach August 1 and the celebration of 177 years of the emancipation of slavery, this issue of Lifestyle has ‘freedom’ as its underlying theme.

Minister of Public Infra-structure David Patterson is intent on investing in the training of staff in the various departments and agencies that fall under the ambit of his ministry.

Dear Editor, The Shawn Hinds matter has really opened the door to an interesting aspect of the Guyanese society.

By Mark McGowan There is a special place in the rich history of cricket in the Caribbean reserved for the Bourda Cricket Ground, the home of the Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC).

A man who admitted to breaking into a store and stealing a quantity of clothing was yesterday sentenced to two years in jail.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Chris Froome celebrated his second Tour de France triumph with a bacon sandwich yesterday before chewing over the appetising prospect of a rare grand tour double in Spain next month.

By Oluatoyin Williams It might be seasonal, but African head wraps are very much a going thing in Guyana even though many who step out in the headgear are more enamoured of the fashion than of the culture and tradition.

ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – US President Barack Obama told Ethiopia’s leaders yesterday that allowing more political freedoms would strengthen the African nation, which had already lifted millions out of a poverty once rooted in recurring famine.

LA PAZ (Reuters) – Bolivia already has the largest urban cable car system in the world.

Dear Editor, Last Saturday night (July 19), I visited the Congress Place to be part of the birthday celebrations for the President, David Granger.

ISTANBUL/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Turkey and the United States are working on plans to provide air cover for Syrian rebels and jointly sweep Islamic State fighters from a strip of land along the Turkish border, bolstering the NATO member’s security and possibly providing a safe haven for civilians.

No one can be absolutely sure when the first enslaved Africans were brought to our shores, but we do know that when the first Dutch arrived in what was to become the Colony of Berbice in 1627, they brought six Africans with them.

Ricardo Hausmann, a former minister of planning of Venezuela and former Chief Economist of the Inter-American Development Bank, is Professor of the Practice of Economic Development at Harvard University, where he is also Director of the Center for International Development.

A North Ruimveldt man who was allegedly found with a quantity of cannabis in his possession was remanded to prison yesterday when he appeared at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts.

(Reuters) – South Africa will play four test matches in India for the first time as part of their longest ever tour to the sub-continent later this year, the country’s cricket board announced yesterday.

Minister of Education Dr Rupert Roopnaraine (second, right) at a meeting with Caribbean Examination Council (CXC) Registrar Glenroy Cumberbatch (left) on Thursday last.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Struggling England batsman Ian Bell is backing himself to come good at number three in this week’s third Ashes test against Australia at Edgbaston, he said yesterday.

Dear Editor, Mayor Green wrote: “Last week, in a 24 hour period, “we had 8.26 inches of rainfall”, then goes on to suggest that we increase our pumping capacity.

BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazil’s largest party is standing by deeply unpopular President Dilma Rousseff for now despite the defection of one of its own leaders, but that could change if an expected recession stirs up social unrest, party leaders say.

Just says after he graduated from a welding course at the Sophia Training Centre, a Turkeyen man found himself in a city court charged with break and enter and larceny.

DALLAS (Reuters) – The Boy Scouts of America lifted its outright ban on openly gay adult leaders and employees yesterday, rolling back a policy that has deeply divided the membership of the 105-year-old Texas-based organization.

A Cuban national was yesterday fined after he overstayed on his vacation in Guyana.

Dear Editor, A former Prime Minister has given some good advice to the newly elected Granger-Nagamootoo administration.

Taking a dip: Young men captured taking a dip in the canal at Canal Number One Polder, West Bank Demerara (Photo by Keno George)

By moving to put in place a Code of Conduct for ministers (which we hope would apply equally to other senior functionaries in the political administration) President David Granger is demonstrating an awareness of the endless difficulties which the previous administration faced with the delinquent excesses of some of its own ministers, many of which have long been public knowledge and need hardly be mentioned here.

Some of the children at the Seventh National Eid Fest hosted by the Indian Action (formerly arrival) Committee at the Kingston Development Center Mosque, Corriverton, Berbice on Saturday last.

TORONTO, (Reuters) – A city that had been largely indifferent to the Pan American Games arrival did not want the party to end on Sunday, as Toronto bid a dazzling goodbye to the largest multi-sport event ever staged in Canada.

‘Canje Pheasant’ – a sculpture by Brentnol Lewis, which was on display at the Museum of African Heritage as part of the exhibition ‘The Making of the Guyanese Nation’ held from June 26 to July 3 in collaboration with Guyana United Artists.

By Cynthia Nelson Caribbean food is a creative combination of cuisines from all over the world.

SAN SALVADOR (Reuters) – El Salvador’s bus drivers went on strike yesterday, demanding better security in the wake of escalating gang attacks and leaving thousands of commuters stranded on the streets of the Central American capital.