Daily Archive: Monday, September 14, 2015

ZURICH, (Reuters) – U.S. authorities have expanded their investigations into corruption in global soccer and expect to file additional criminal charges, U.S.

A special team from the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) today located and secured the body believed to be of the tourist, Laleta Sivanand who had been reported missing at the Kaieteur National Park (KNP).

ROSEAU, Dominica,  CMC – Legendary former West Indies batsman Brian Lara has thrown his full backing behind newly appointed Test skipper Jason Holder.

Minister of Public Security, Khemraj Ramjattan, has expressed his satisfaction with the gun amnesty initiative so far but, he continues to plead with Guyanese in possession of illegal guns and ammunition to surrender these as the amnesty period is swiftly coming to a close at the end of this month, GINA reported today.

A police vehicle recently double-parked on Robb Street.  

Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo today lauded the gun amnesty programme recently launched by the Ministry of Public Security.

(Reuters) – When the contestants for the 2016 Miss America pageant took the stage in Atlantic City on Sunday night, they were greeted by two blasts from the past — and a new social media feature.

A student of the Uitvlugt Secondary School is nursing injuries at the West Demerara Regional Hospital (WDRH) after she was struck down by a police car PRR 2032 on the pedestrian crossing around 7:50 this morning.

(Trinidad Guardian) The usually quiet coastal town of Icacos, Cedros, descended into chaos on Saturday night, after gunmen opened fire outside a party, killing two people and wounding six others.

Less than $400 million (US$2 million) was spent by the AFC for the May 11 general and regional elections, according to party treasurer Dominic Gaskin who said that while accounting for funds spent by the party is almost complete, they are waiting on APNU.

Former workers of the bankrupt and shuttered Tower Hotel hope they will soon be paid more than $5 million in outstanding wages and salaries since the repossessed property has been sold and a court is expected to hand down its decision soon on workers’ compensation.

Guyana is about to prepare the groundwork to possibly benefit significantly from investments by several overseas-based countrymen and women as part of a wider strategy to engage the diaspora.

Minister of Governance Raphael Trotman says   that Malaysian timber   firm Barama Company Limited’s forest concession will be renewed but the agreement has to be renegotiated to make it stronger.

The PPP’s bitterness against AFC executives Moses Nagamootoo and Khemraj Ramjattan should not be an obstacle to unity talks with the government, former PPP stalwart Ralph Ramkarran says.

Waves of vendors and other volunteers flooded Water Street yesterday to clean up and “water the dead roots of the Garden City”.

Two Guyanese nationals have been slapped with eight drug charges after being caught with drugs aboard their fishing vessel, Barbados Today reported yesterday.

Newly-appointed Registrar of Lands, Rosalie Robertson was chosen from among several who had applied for the post, according to Attorney General Basil Williams who said that this appointment was necessary given the mountain of problems including a backlog which currently exists in the department.

The deplorable state of the Bartica-Potaro Road has persons who traverse it asking why there has been no visit by government officials since the May General and Regional Elections as well as no signal as to if or when major maintenance is likely to happen.

An Omai worker was on Friday released on $100,000 bail after he accused police of falsely implicating him in the theft of a motorbike.

A stop and search landed a Montrose man before a court on Friday facing a drug trafficking charge.

Two neighbours found themselves in court on Friday after threats allegedly escalated into violence.

A Kitty man accused of breaking into a woman’s home and stealing, among other items, her underwear and slippers, was on Thursday remanded to prison by a city magistrate.

Chief Education Officer (CEO) Olato Sam has urged that Guyana should develop a “culture of literacy” since a more literate citizenry will lead to a more progressive society.

Three Timehri, East Bank Demerara children who had been reported missing by their grandmother have been returned to their family.

The Progressive Youth Organisation (PYO), the youth arm of the PPP is celebrating its 63rd anniversary.

RIO DE JANEIRO, (Reuters) – Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff has one last chance to stem a growing political and economic crisis before being forced to step down, one of the country’s leading daily newspapers said yesterday.

LAS VEGAS, (Reuters) – Floyd Mayweather Jr. cemented his place among the pantheon of boxing greats with a unanimous decision over fellow American Andre Berto on Saturday in what he has repeatedly said would be the final fight of his career.

Patanjalee ‘Pur’ Persaud on Saturday defeated a strong field to win the Silvie’s General Store sponsored 18-hole Medal Play tournament played at the Lusignan Golf Club (LCG).

Cleveland Forde continues to make strides on the international circuit. Yesterday in Couva, South Trinidad, the ‘Little Kenyan’ placed second in the Venture Credit Unit 5Km event which was won by Kenneth Rotich of Kenya.

US-based Guyanese Vivian Harris suffered his second successive technical knockout (TKO) defeat and 11th career loss on Friday against undefeated Prichard Colon (16-0) at the Ricoh Coliseum in Toronto, Canada.

LAS VEGAS, (Reuters) – Floyd Mayweather Jr. signed off from professional boxing as he had planned on Saturday, going out unbeaten and on his own terms as ‘The Best Ever’ after improving his career record to 49-0.

Raul Leal won his third race of the season yesterday by winning the fifth annual 50-mile PowerAde sponsored event at West Demerara in a thrilling five-man sprint finish.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Trinidad and Tobago’s FA have congratulated Darryl Smith on his appointment as the new Minister of Sport, and says they are looking forward to a productive working relationship with the former youth footballer.

Zurich/New York, (Reuters) – The Swiss Attorney General’s Office will investigate a contract for media rights to the 2010 and 2014 World Cups, two Swiss law enforcement officials said over the weekend.

Defending Professional Cricket League (PCL) Four-Day champions, the Guyana Jaguars will take time off their ongoing pre-season training sessions to engage in a bit of theoretical physical training at the Georgetown Cricket Club pavilion.

Dear Editor, According to time-honoured principle every group has the right to identify its participants and this should be respected.

(Reuters) – Max Gesner Beauvoir, the “Ati” or supreme leader of voodoo, Haiti’s traditional Afro-Caribbean religion, died at the age of 79, his family said.

Dear Editor, The more things change for the better under the coalition government, the more some medical staff are resisting change.

Dear Editor, A question that is often asked of Heads of State late in their first term in office is, “Mr.

Mocha Champs upset hosts Grove Hi-Tech by a 3-1 score line when the Lens Craft Optical sponsored East Bank Football Association (EBFA) Under-13 league recommenced at the Grove Community ground Saturday.

BERLIN/BRUSSELS, (Reuters) – Germany re-imposed border controls yesterday after Europe’s most powerful nation acknowledged it could scarcely cope with thousands of asylum seekers arriving every day.

Dear Editor, The debate on the ‘Good Life’ budget is now over, and much has been said.

BOGOTA, (Reuters) – Colombia has asked for an explanation from Venezuela after detecting two military airplanes that flew into its airspace late on Saturday, the defense ministry said.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Leicester City staged a thrilling comeback from two goals down to beat Aston Villa 3-2 and go second in the Premier League table yesterday, scoring three times in 17 minutes.

MANCHESTER, England, (Reuters) – Australia thrashed England by eight wickets in their fifth and final one-day international at Old Trafford yesterday to win the series 3-2 and take some consolation for the pain of Ashes defeat.

Dear Editor, I have been much perturbed about these social cohesion stories that have been filling up the papers in the last few days.

CAIRO, (Reuters) – Egypt’s police and military killed 12 Egyptians and Mexicans and injured 10 when they accidentally shot at a Mexican tourist convoy whilst engaging militants in the country’s western desert, the ministry of interior said yesterday.

HAVANA, (Reuters) – Cuban police detained about 50 people when a predominantly Roman Catholic dissident group led a march in Havana yesterday, less than a week before Pope Francis visits the communist-ruled country.

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Dear Editor, I am all for consensus politics and a national unity government.

DHAKA,  (Reuters) – Bangladesh fast bowler Shahadat Hossain has been suspended from all forms of cricket after facing allegations of torturing an 11-year-old housemaid, officials said yesterday.

BELFAST, (Reuters) – When IRA-linked gunmen turned their fire on one other this summer they triggered a political crisis in Northern Ireland’s fragile government of pro-British unionists and republicans working for a united Ireland.

MUMBAI, (Reuters) – Former captain Ravi Shastri will continue in his role as India’s team director until next year’s World Twenty20 competition at home, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) said yesterday.

BEIJING, (Reuters) – China unveiled details yesterday of how it would restructure its state-owned enterprises (SOEs), including partial privatisation, as data pointed to a cooling in the world’s second-largest economy.

Last week, the Institute of Internal Auditors Local Chapter held a two-day workshop/seminar under the theme, “Transparent Governance (Accountability for Public Funds; Internal Audit Impact in Financial Integrity).

Dear Editor, There seems to be a missing link that the government is not paying attention to when they decided to back the PM as the driver of a national unity government.

Aside from the loss to the economy in taxes, royalties, foreign exchange earnings and the undervaluing of the GDP, the large-scale gold smuggling which the new government says it detected when it entered office in May will be a major test of its intent to unearth the depths of this crime and prosecute fully.

Interviews and photos by Shabna Ullah This week on What the People Say, we asked members of the public to comment on the current crime situation and other issues affecting them.

Dear Editor, Permit me to further elucidate in relation to Melinda Janki’s letter on social cohesion (‘For any improvement in social cohesion we must first practice basic good manners’ SN, September 11);   GHK Lall’s letter (‘Is social cohesion really desired?

Abandoned? This vehicle has been in this position at the Ogle Junction for some three months, residents of the area say.

SANTIAGO, Chile — When I interviewed President Michelle Bachelet earlier this week, there were news reports that she was ill or secluded and depressed by the latest polls showing that 75 per cent of the Chilean people disapprove of her presidency.