Daily Archive: Saturday, August 1, 2015

The body of a 77-year-old woman was discovered around 9.30 am today in a house at Montrose, East Coast Demerara in a pool of blood.

Former Attorney General Anil Nandlall says the arrest of his ex-security guard in the investigation into the murder of Courtney Crum-Ewing appears as much ado about nothing.

The People’s Progressive Party says it is appalled of recent reports quoting Finance Minister Winston Jordan as saying the Cabinet of David Granger is actively considering pay hikes, in some cases more than 100% for its Ministers and Vice Presidents.

China’s response to the precipitous fall of its stocks betrays not only a profound ambivalence towards free markets, but also a certain measure of scepticism towards the liberal ideals that ought to underpin them.

(Trinidad Express) SEVEN prison officers, including a member of the Prison Service executive, are facing suspension following last week Friday’s jailbreak in Port of Spain.

Minister of State Joseph Harmon has fended off a barrage of criticism over the gender and ethnic makeup of a number of state boards recently announced.

The Guyana Rice Produc-ers’ Association (RPA) yesterday expressed dismay that its nominees were not considered for the rice board and the drainage authority although Minis-ter of Agriculture Noel Holder later said that the government had chosen two RPA members for the former.

Sarwan Darshan, the man accused of setting two women on fire at Huis t’Dieren, Essequibo Coast, on Tuesday, has been charged with their murders.

The body of a missing Corentyne farmer was found buried in a shallow grave at Skeldon on Thursday and one of his customers has since confessed to strangling him.

The government on Thursday passed an amendment to secure the financial autonomy of several constitutional bodies, including the service commissions, by allowing them to receive lump sum allocations in the budgeting process.

The Defence Board, at its meeting slated for later this month, may discuss Coastguard head Gary Beaton’s possible link to a vehicle transfer scandal which has already led to charges being instituted against two persons, including former public service minister Dr Jennifer Westford.

There is no evidence of negligence by staff of the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) in the death of Akeisha Richardson, according to Minister of Public Health Dr.

Dr. Balwant Singh’s Hospital has boosted its laboratory facilities with the addition of two state-of-the-art medical analyzers equipped to test for several infectious diseases.

Two more persons have been questioned in relation to the execution of political activist Courtney Crum-Ewing, according to Crime Chief Wendell Blanhum, who says that a file will be sent for legal advice shortly.

The Guyana Sugar Corporation’s second crop will swing into full gear next week, when it is expected that all eight estates will be brought on board to reach the production target that was revised to a modest 146,000 tonnes.

Police are currently investigating the suspected poisoning of a nurse at the New Amsterdam Hospital.

Desmond McPherson, the Meadowbrook resident who was shot twice to his chest on Thursday at Tucville, is still battling for his life at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH).

A jury yesterday found 40-year-old gold miner Sherwin Sharples guilty of raping an 11-year-old girl.

A second man was yesterday charged with the murder of rice farmer Hardat Kissoon, who was shot dead during a robbery last month.

Months after he was freed of a murder charge at the end of a trial by jury, Edward Skeete yesterday found himself accused of another killing.

One of the two men charged with murdering Pegasus Hotel taxi driver Rudranauth Jeeboo over a year ago was yesterday committed to stand trial.

Yesterday they had a chance to see and place their hands on the beautiful trophy that the winning team in this year’s Digicel nationwide schools football tournament will take home and one is sure that the respective captains of Wismar/Christianburg and Chase Secondary Schools have been motivated to be in sole possession of that coveted trophy come tomorrow.

Penny Smith, 54, who police say was found with cocaine at her Leopold Street home, was remanded to prison on Thursday on a drug possession charge.

Two men suspected in an attack at the regional boathouse at Mabaruma, North West District, in which a boat and engine were stolen, were arrested yesterday.

The Fédération Internationale de Football Association’s (FIFA) has not upheld the protest by the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) that the St Vincent and the Grenadines national football team fielded an ineligible player in their World Cup Qualification match in June.

MANDEVILLE, Jamaica, CMC – Guyana confirmed their place in tomorrow’s final of the Regional Under-19 Championship when they brushed aside minnows Canada by four wickets in their final round game here yesterday.

The Guyana Boxing Association (GBA) on Thursday handed over a quantity of gloves and head guards to the newly formed Ann’s Grove Boxing Gym.

A battle between a teacher and student will be on full display when Kristian Jeffrey clashes with his father Kevin Jeffrey on August 9 at the highly anticipated Race of Champions event.

Former national rider, Robin Persaud has won the Reagan Rodrigues Memorial 50-mile road race on three consecutive occasions.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – The former chairman of an Argentina-based sports marketing business, one of 14 people indicted in a corruption case that has roiled the soccer world’s governing body FIFA, pleaded not guilty in a U.S.

Dear Editor, The boundaries of the City of Georgetown have not changed over the years and yet after a little rainfall the main section of the city is inundated.

BIRMINGHAM, (Reuters) – England would love to regain the Ashes in the next test at Trent Bridge but the loss of leading bowler James Anderson to injury is a disappointment they must overcome, captain Alastair Cook said.

If you’ve ever had a job interview you would know that it can be nerve-wracking.

SPANISH TOWN, Jamaica, CMC – Jamaica made sure of their place in the final of the Regional Under-19 Championship when they defeated Barbados by 39 runs in their final round contest here yesterday.

Dear Editor, I am aware that under certain ideologies the facts do not matter; sometimes they do not exist.

A mere 22, the age at which many young women are starting their careers, Bobbi Kristina Brown, the daughter of legendary singer Whitney Houston and Bobby Brown has died and will likely be laid to rest on Monday although a funeral service is reportedly set for today.

EWARTON, Jamaica, CMC – Rain ruined Trinidad and Tobago’s chances of overhauling Jamaica and reaching the Regional Under-19 Championship final, when it forced a no-result in their contest against Leeward Islands here yesterday.

Dear Editor, In the next two weeks all of Guyana’s young people who wrote examinations will be anxiously visiting their respective schools or signing on to the CXC website to access the results of the May/June 2015 CSEC and CAPE examinations.

PESHAWAR, Pakistan, (Reuters) – At the Taliban meeting this week where Mullah Akhtar Mohammad Mansour was named as the Islamist militant group’s new head, several senior figures in the movement, including the son and brother of late leader Mullah Omar, walked out in protest.

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HARARE, (Reuters) – The American dentist who killed Cecil the lion was a “foreign poacher” who paid for an illegal hunt and he should be extradited to Zimbabwe to face justice, environment minister Oppah Muchinguri said yesterday.

BIRMINGHAM, (Reuters) – Ian Bell guided England to an eight-wicket victory over Australia in the third test at Edgbaston yesterday to put the hosts 2-1 up in the series with two matches to play.

Dear Editor, Russia has vetoed a draft of the UN Security Council resolution calling for an international tribunal on the crash of the Malaysian Airlines MH17 flight over eastern Ukraine on July 21, 2014.

(Jamaica Observer) Last week Thursday, on July 23rd, Jamaica raised a mammoth US$2 billion on the international capital market through the issue of two new Eurobonds.

BIRMINGHAM, (Reuters) – Michael Clarke conceded his side’s middle-order woes were down to his poor form with the bat and vowed to get among the runs in the last two Ashes tests after Australia lost the third match yesterday to trail England 2-1.

Since the establishment of the Link show in 1981 by the Theatre Company, Guyanese theatre goers look forward to their yearly dose of the lampooning of politicians and other key public figures.

The government of Jamaica announced yesterday the launch of the country’s first electronic procurement platform, which will improve the efficiency and quality of public procurement, a release from the IDB said.

Dear Editor, Mr Royston King, recently appointed Town Clerk of the Mayor & City Council was seen on TV making an informative presentation of his agenda for upgrading the capacity of the council’s officers and employees to deliver a better level of services and products.

Government makes donation to ACDA: The Government of Guyana yesterday handed over a $2 million cheque to the African Cultural and Development Associa-tion (ACDA) to support the organisation’s annual Emancipation month activities.

SAN SALVADOR (Reuters) – El Salvador’s bus drivers ended a four-day work stoppage yesterday, resuming their routes with security beefed up following deadly gang violence that forced them off the roads.

I was in conversation earlier this week with a friend of mine and I was relating to her the frustration of being stylish in a world where fashion has become ‘dog cheap’.

YANGON, (Reuters) – Myanmar’s newspapers and social media users reacted with anger and disappointment yesterday to the government’s decision to include 155 Chinese in a mass amnesty, just eight days after they were jailed for illegal logging.

DHAKA, (Reuters) – The entire second day’s play in the second and final test between Bangladesh and South Africa was wiped out yesterday as rain continued to wreak havoc in the series.

Dear Editor, Not so long ago I was involved in a rambling discussion concerning writers.

CARACAS, (Reuters) – One person was killed and dozens were detained following looting of supermarkets in Venezuela’s southeastern city of Ciudad Guayana, the state governor said yesterday, amid the ongoing food shortages in the recession-hit OPEC nation.

Staff of the Georgetown Public Hospital were yesterday attired in African outfits as part of an early observance of Emancipation Day.