Daily Archive: Monday, August 24, 2015

The Guyana Power and Light Inc. (GPL) today announced interim appointments of a Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and a DCEO following the removal of CEO Bharat Dindyal.

GUATEMALA CITY, (Reuters) – Guatemalan President Otto Perez dismissed corruption allegations leveled against him by prosecutors and said yesterday he would not stand down, despite mounting pressure on the government and calls for his impeachment as a presidential election looms.

One hundred days after David Granger was sworn in as President, the APNU+AFC coalition government has managed to fulfill several of its 100 days pledges but more than half are still in various stages of being implemented.

Minister of Agriculture Noel Holder on Friday told the National Assembly that a major restructuring of the sugar industry is an essential prerequisite for its survival.

The success of the government’s gun amnesty programme during a two-month trial period will determine whether it will be continued, according to Minister of Public Security Khemraj Ramjattan.

The local manufacturing sector yesterday appealed to government to re-examine the $1.2 billion settlement over an environmental tax imposed by Guyana on Surinamese company RUDISA International saying that the firm may owe more in taxes after its representatives admitted to under–invoicing.

Police have arrested a man suspected to have vital information about the murder of Zhenjz Su, the owner of the Jade Stone Chinese restaurant who was killed earlier this month.

Gopaul Seecharran, one of the suspects in the attack carried out on a West Coast Berbice family last Sunday, has been arrested and charged with three counts of armed robbery.

Family members of Danrasie ‘Carmen’ Ganesh, the elderly woman who was bludgeoned to death at Montrose earlier this month, yesterday denied that a close relative had hired the killer who was nabbed by police on Saturday.

Dr Nigel Gravesande, a former Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Trade and Tourism here has been appointed the new Registrar of the University of Guyana (UG).

A motorcyclist said that he sustained three fractured ribs after a Tundra crashed into him on July 6 but the police have not followed up on the matter and he saw the driver hand over money to the cops at the scene.

Eighty-three West Deme-rara youths never knew they possessed skills until the ‘D’ Division police encouraged them to participate in a six-week training programme that would help to change their lives.

A speeding car with a sick passenger crashed into another yesterday after the driver ignored the traffic lights at the Conversation Tree junction.

A taxi driver on Friday admitted to fraudulently converting $708,000 entrusted to him for delivery to someone else, to his own use and was remanded to prison after the court heard that some of the money was already repaid while arrangements were being made to repay the rest.

BEIJING, (Reuters) – Usain Bolt once again produced his best when it mattered most to retain his 100 metres world title and reassert his status as the number one sprinter on the planet at a rocking Bird’s Nest Stadium yesterday.

PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – A leading member of the Trinidad and Tobago Cricket Board (TTCB), Patrick Rampersad, has scolded the president of the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) Dave Cameron, over his failure to stage a Town-Hall meeting on the island.

A cook who is accused of trafficking cannabis was on Friday remanded to prison.

Guyana ended their Caribbean Football Union (CFU) Olympic Qualifiers on an unbeaten note, drawing with Cuba in their final group-4 fixture yesterday at the Estadio Panamericano in San Cristóbal in the Dominican Republic.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Australia secured a consolation victory in the final test by an innings and 46 runs yesterday before England captain Alastair Cook lifted the Ashes urn at the end of a dramatic and fluctuating series.

COLOMBO, (Reuters) – Sri Lankan batting great Kumar Sangakkara made 18 in his final test innings as India dominated fourth day’s play in the second test yesterday to stand eight wickets away from a series-levelling victory.

Banks DIH Limited presented bursaries to 25 children of employees and shareholders who were successful at the recent National Grade Six Assessment (NGSA) during a ceremony on Saturday at its Sports Club at Thirst Park, a release from the company said yesterday.

Dear Editor, The Principal of Marian Academy, Sr. Marie Harper, OSU, declared “I am pleased” with the 2015 CSEC results, when I saw her last in church.

Dear Editor, We are getting there. There is hope that by the end of next year at least three more countries will join the appellate division of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ).

GREENSBORO, North Carolina, (Reuters) – Davis Love III became the oldest winner on the PGA Tour in 40 years when he clinched the Wyndham Championship yesterday while Tiger Woods’s bid to end a two-year victory drought ended in a tie for 10th.

  By Jairo Rodrigues in Port-au-Prince, Haiti   The streets of Port-au-Prince were crowded on Friday with thousands – yes, thousands of Haitians lining the avenues and roads for the official start of Carifesta XII.

Dear Editor, Everyone knows GuySuCo is ailing and has been for a long time.

SPA-FRANCORCHAMPS, Belgium, (Reuters) – Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton celebrated a dream Belgian Grand Prix victory yesterday to stretch his lead over Mercedes team mate Nico Rosberg to 28 points with eight races remaining.

Two clutch free-throws by Terrence James alongside a steal with under 10 seconds remaining propelled Half Mile Bulls to a 77-73 win over Plaisance Guardians when the GABF Forbes Burnham Memorial Championship bounced off on Saturday.

Dear Editor, Your Sunday edition of yesterday reports on page 3 that Director of Norway’s International Climate and Forest Initiative Per Fedrik Pharo was talking to Government and members of civil society.

On a night highlighted by penalty shoot-outs, Alexander Village recorded an outright win when the inaugural RDE Vibes and Sparta Boss ‘King of the Streets’ Football Tourney commenced on Saturday.

Dear Editor, There are few things that are as quintessentially Guyanese as Demerara sugar and Demerara rum.

(Reuters) – Roger Federer avenged his Wimbledon final loss to Novak Djokovic by beating the top-seeded Serb 7-6(1) 6-3 yesterday to capture his second consecutive Western & Southern Open title.

Dear Editor, If one should asked the rice farmers in most of the rice growing regions of Guyana if they have seen the extension officer within their district for the cropping season their answer would be no.

If you ask me what was the most interesting thing that Secretary of State John Kerry told me in an interview the week before last, it wasn’t any of his statements about human rights in Cuba that made headlines, but his open admission that the United States and Cuba are talking about ways to solve the Venezuelan crisis.

With 76 goals already scored during the first two nights, another action packed evening is expected when the inaugural GT Beer Futsal Championship continues tonight at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall on Homestretch Avenue.

Sao Paulo, (Reuters) – An ongoing political and economic crisis once more threatens to fell the tallest tree in Brazil’s political landscape: former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.

BEIRUT, (Reuters) – Protests against the Lebanese government turned violent for a second day yesterday, and Prime Minister Tammam Salam threatened to resign as public discontent brought thousands into the streets.

POTCHEFSTROOM, South Africa, (Reuters) – An unbeaten century from opener Martin Guptill eased New Zealand to an emphatic eight-wicket victory over South Africa in the second One-Day International at Senwes Park yesterday.

Dear Editor,   With the opening of the World Athletics Championships in Beijing this weekend, there is much excitement.

Dear Editor, I would like to issue a call to all my fellow Guyanese to rethink the situation on the national level in which we find ourselves from a fresh perspective, and make an effort to resolve once and for all the relationships we share so that we can really join together and contribute to the mutual development of our people.

(Reuters) – Wriddhiman Saha and Murali Vijay have been ruled out of the remainder on India’s tour of Sri Lanka after suffering injuries in the second test, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) said on Sunday.

(Trinidad Express) the foreign exchange shortage has been dealt with, says Finance Minister Larry Howai.

By Juliette Maughan “He took my arm and said, ‘Is over a whole year I waiting, yuh is a big girl now, yuh wukking and ting.

TORONTO/VANCOUVER/SYDNEY, (Reuters) – Many of the world’s junior miners are laying down their picks and shovels to start new ventures ranging from egg exporting to medical marijuana farming, as they as try to survive a crash in metals prices by shifting away from exploration.

LONDON, (Reuters) – The contribution of an unassuming Australian to England’s surprise Ashes victory has been overlooked amid the euphoria of a frenetic roller-coaster series.

A legal dispute has arisen over the appointment of Ms Rosalie Robertson as Registrar of Lands following the sending off on leave of the previous holder of the position, Ms Juliet Sattaur.

Following the Minister of Finance’s presentation of the 2015 Budget on 10 August 2015, the National Assembly began a week-long general debate on the budget speech, as provided for by Section 71 of the Standing Orders of the National Assembly.

This week on What the People Say we asked members of the public to comment on this year’s budget.

(Trinidad Express) The Telecommunications Authority of Trinidad and Tobago (TATT) is calling on cable television providers to remove 16 channels for which they have not acquired Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) from local channel line-ups.

SEOUL, (Reuters) – Top negotiators from North and South Korea talked through a second consecutive night and into this morning in a marathon bid to defuse tensions that have brought the peninsula to the brink of armed conflict.

Dear Editor, The upsurge in violent crime this year understandably has all stakeholders distressed.

On August 6, Minister of Social Cohesion, Amna Ally met with officials at the Private Sector Commission (PSC) to discuss areas of collaboration and the status of the Ethnic Relations Commission (ERC).