Daily Archive: Thursday, September 10, 2015

The Department of Natural Resources and the Environment (NRE), under its Wildlife Management Authority (WMA), today held its National Stakeholders Consultation on the final draft of the Wildlife Import and Export Bill, which is expected to be tabled in the National Assembly by Minister of Governance, Raphael Trotman in October.

As Guyana joined with the rest of the world in observance of World Suicide Prevention Day today, Minister within the Ministry of Public Health Dr.

Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo met with staff of the Government Information Agency (GINA) this morning.

SMALTA will be making the next four weeks exciting for its customers with the launch of its first promotion for the year, ‘The Price Is Right’ which commences on September 12th and concludes on November 4th 2015.

The police say that investigations are being conducted into the murder of Nathan Persaud, 43 years, of Herstelling, EBD, who was found at about 1000h today on his premises with wounds to his head.

The Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) today said that Michael Khan, Chief Executive Officer, GPHC has proceeded on administrative leave with effect from September 09, 2015.

A Guyanese man was last Saturday nabbed at the JFK International Airport in New York attempting to import cocaine mixed in a bottle of rum, the New York Daily News has reported.

(Reuters) – Tropical Storm Henri, the eighth named storm of the 2015 Atlantic Hurricane Season, has formed in the Atlantic, the U.S.

Amid heckles to “name the date” for local government elections, Minister of Communities Ronald Bulkan successfully piloted a bill in the National Assembly to pave the way for the long-delayed polls but did not name a date saying this would have to be done in consultation with the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM).

Detectives have discovered that an ‘armed robbery’ committed at Crabwood Creek on Sunday was staged and the mastermind and two other men who played varying roles in the house invasion have since been arrested.

A Charlestown resident was yesterday charged with the murder of Senassie Lewis who was gunned down last Friday in front of the popular Albouystown nightspot, Ghetto Flex.

President of the Upper Corentyne Chamber of Commerce and Industry (UCCCI) Abraham Subnauth is urging the government to explore other options for competition with the Berbice Bridge Company Inc.

With registration commencing today, Guyanese law students say that they are being subjected to emotional torture as they are yet to be told whether they have been accepted into the Hugh Wooding Law School (HWLS) in Trinidad and Tobago.

Former President and Leader of the Opposition, Bharrat Jagdeo remains of the view that the Berbice Bridge which was constructed during his tenure is not only economically viable but is a good investment.

The Zoological Park is expected to receive a major boost with the gift of some 15 animals including lions.

Gold smugglers both inside and out of Guyana are on the radar according to Minister of Governance Raphael Trotman who yesterday revealed that a meeting on the issue will be convened today.

Football organisation, Kashif and Shanghai (K&S) yesterday acknowledged a debt to the Guyana National Stadium at Providence on the East Bank and says it hopes to settle the matter quickly.

An East Ruimveldt man who may have been set up by his roommate, found himself yesterday in a city court facing charges of unlicensed gun and ammunition possession.

The government plans to release the draft code of conduct for ministers of government, members of the National Assembly and public office holders for public scrutiny but in the meantime cabinet ministers have already started to abide by the draft, Minister of Governance Raphael Trotman said yesterday.

President David Granger is expected to travel to Toronto, Canada this weekend to meet members of the diaspora who have invited him, Minister of Natural Resources Raphael Trotman said yesterday.

A Kaneville man was yesterday remanded to prison until the commencement of his trial after he appeared before a city court on an attempted murder charge.

Ever since she was struck by a speeding unlicensed motorcyclist in April, five-year-old Afya Harte remains confined to a wheelchair and is scheduled to undergo more corrective surgery.

A jury was yesterday empanelled to hear the trial of Kevin Gordon who has been charged with committing the act of buggery on a child.

A guard at the Cummings Lodge Secondary School is in a critical condition at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH) after he was shot to his eye last night.

Cabinet on Tuesday gave the green light for a number of public servants to attend training and conferences which are expected to help them to better execute their jobs, Minister of Governance Raphael Trotman said yesterday.

Charges against the driver who struck down William Nurse and Lelita Khedoo two Sundays ago are still being decided on as police are waiting for the incapacitated victims to visit the scene of the accident to continue investigations.

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC- The West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) is seeking to clear the air over the circumstances surrounding the decision to remove Denesh Ramdin as captain of the regional side.

With the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) announcing that its Electoral Congress will be officially held on November 14th, its largest affiliate, the Georgetown Football Association (GFA) has initiated the first step in its mandated constitutional reform process.

A 60-year-old man is now hospitalised in a critical condition in a city hospital after he was struck off his motorcycle at Eccles Public Road, East Bank Demerara (EBD) on Tuesday.

Despite declaring that the upcoming Stag Beer Elite League is the most lucrative tourney ever in Guyana at its grand launch last week, the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) has yet to announce the management contract’s successful applicant although reportedly budgeting over $50 million dollars to run the event.

Three persons are said to be in critical condition at the Georgetown Public Hospital following an accident on the Perth Public Road, Essequibo Coast.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Serena Williams kept her bid for a calendar-year grand slam on track, powering past big sister Venus 6-2 1-6 6-3 on a steamy star-studded night at the U.S.

A 64-year-old widow of Better Hope, Essequibo Coast is thankful to God for her life after her house was broken into in the wee hours of yesterday morning by a lone man who carted off money, cash and tools.

ZAGRED, Croatia, CMC- Jamaica’s die-hard sprinter Asafa Powell has become the first athlete in history to run sub-10 seconds in a 100 metre race over 100 times.

An employee of Builders Hardware and General Supplies was charged on Tuesday with embezzling $500,000 from the company.

In the presence of his partner and two young children, a vendor was on Tuesday shot in his home by a man with whom he had had an altercation just days before at a football game.

The Guyana Volleyball Federation (GVF) received a welcome boost on Tueaday when the Joseph `Reds’ Perriera Sports Foundation Inc.

Initially programmed to be played on a home and away format, the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) Stag Beer Elite League will now be contested on a different match-day basis, with none of the competing teams slated to host their allotted amount of seven home fixtures.

SYDNEY, (Reuters) – Australia wicketkeeper Brad Haddin announced his retirement from first class cricket yesterday, following Michael Clarke, Shane Watson and Chris Rogers in stepping down from tests in the wake of the Ashes series defeat.

Dear Editor, In a recent letter (SN, August 18), I wrote that Guyana’s population “is not expected to increase significantly by 2050” and that a “Preliminary Report of the 2012 national population census found that Guyana’s population fell by 3,339 between September 2002 and September 2015, falling from 751,223 to 747,884”.

PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC- Former West Indies manager Omar Khan has called on the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) to come clean on the sacking of Denesh Ramdin as captain of the regional test side.

Shanzin Khan, the businessman who was involved in an accident last month was on Monday discharged from the High Dependency Unit (HDU) of the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH).

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Top seed Novak Djokovic was tested by net-charging Spaniard Feliciano Lopez in a duel of volleys and passing shots before booking a berth in the U.S.

Dear Editor, So few in governance past and present are aware of the fact that the Guyana National Printers is one of the enterprises nationalised at the time when larger business counterparts of the Booker empire were compelling greater attention in Guyana – like the former Bookers Sugar Estates, which alone now make up what is GuySuCo.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Second seed Simona Halep, cheered on by Romanian gymnastics great Nadia Comaneci, fought off a determined challenge from former world number one Victoria Azarenka to reach the semi-finals of the U.S.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC-Jamaican sprinters Asafa Powell and Sherone Simpson have reached an out-of-court settlement with the company that sold them a banned substance which led to their suspension from the tracks, media reports here have said.

Introduction Apart from the economic meaning of the word, the acronym POOR, coined by Robert Kiyosaki, as Passing Over Opportunities Repeatedly seems an apt description of the country.

CARACAS, (Reuters) – Venezuela has charged nine people, including a Lieutenant who helped oversee security for state-run oil company PDVSA, with trafficking 15 tonnes of copper and lead belonging to the energy firm, the state prosecutor office’s said in a statement yesterday.

SINGAPORE/TAIPEI, (Reuters) – By adding a more realistic sense of touch to its iPhone, Apple Inc may have conquered a technology that has long promised to take us beyond merely feeling the cold glass of our mobile device screens.

A North East La Penitence man was shot to his foot early Tuesday morning during a home invasion.

Dear Editor,       I found perplexing the reason given by Leader of the Opposition, Mr Bharrat Jagdeo, for not agreeing to President Granger’s request for the PPP/C to participate in the work of the proposed bipartisan sector committees.

MOSCOW/BEIRUT/WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Russian forces have begun participating in military operations in Syria in support of government troops, three Lebanese sources familiar with the political and military situation there said yesterday.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The U.S. Justice Department has issued new guidelines that emphasize prosecuting individual executives in white-collar crime cases, and not just their corporations, according to a memo the New York Times posted on its website yesterday.

AMMAN, (Reuters) – Prince Ali Bin Al Hussein of Jordan is back in the race to be elected FIFA president having declared his candidacy yesterday four months after losing May’s vote to Sepp Blatter.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – The Italian flag was waving proudly over the U.S.

BUENOS AIRES, (Reuters) – Brazil’s popular but scandal-weary former leader Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva endorsed Argentina’s ruling party presidential candidate yesterday, shoring up Daniel Scioli’s credentials with the political left a month and a half before the election.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Yorkshire, coached by former Australia fast bowler Jason Gillespie, retained England’s County Championship after bowling out Middlesex for 106 at Lord’s yesterday.

KUALA LUMPUR, (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Almost $20 billion in dirty money linked to corruption, crime and tax evasion has left Myanmar in the past five decades, slashing government revenue and driving a thriving underground economy, a money-laundering watchdog said yesterday.

RIO DE JANEIRO, (Reuters) – Standard & Poor’s stripped Brazil of its investment-grade credit rating yesterday, further hampering President Dilma Rousseff’s efforts to regain market trust and pull Latin America’s largest economy out of recession.

Dear Editor, The government has practically come straight out and said that they intend to renege on the contract the Berbice Bridge Company signed with the previous government.

MANAGUA, Nicaragua, CMC- Substitute Simon Dawkins pulled Jamaica from the brink of expulsion by scoring in the penultimate minute of regulation time to hand Reggae Boyz a two-nil victory over Nicaragua in their second leg third round World Cup Qualifier here Tuesday night.

President David Granger yesterday met with some of the country’s top performers at the 2015 Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination (CAPE) and Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC).

Dear Editor, It is a vexation to the soul to confirm what one always believed with respect to abuse of workers’ rights.

Dear Editor, I write with much frustration as a customer of Guyana Telephone and Telegraph (GT&T).

It was recently made public that two private sector business entities and an opposition Member of Parliament are indebted to the Guyana National Stadium at Providence.