Daily Archive: Monday, September 21, 2015

The Ministry of Public Infrastructure today issued a statement saying that 382 persons used the Berbice River taxi on its first day of service.

At about 1430h. yesterday, the police say that the decomposed bodies of Brazilian nationals Jose Carlos Barbosa Araujo, 45 years, and Adonias Ferreira, 37 years, were found in a swamp at Aramau Backdam, Cuyuni River.

GWI is notifying customers served by the L’Oratoire Well Station, West Bank Demerara of a water service disruption due to operational challenges.

President David Granger today handed over laptop complete with a printer, headphones, a DVD writer and a flash drive to Ceion Rollox an 18-year old, visually impaired first year student of the University of Guyana.

(Trinidad Express) CORRUPTION accused Jack Warner was told in court today that Attorney General Faris Al-Rawi has signed the documents which allows the extradition case against him to proceed.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, CMC – Former West Indies captain and current team manager, Sir Richie Richardson has been appointed to sit on the International Cricket Council’s Elite Panel of Match Referees.

Responding to reports on the prospects of political dialogue, the PPP today said that there was no agreement yet with APNU+AFC on any engagement.

The Guyana Police Force is responding to an article published in the Guyana Chronicle on Saturday September 19, 2015, under the caption “Immigration Officer must apologise to Chanderpaul” and which was penned by Hema Ramcharran, the Coordinator/Secretary, of the Indian Action Committee.

Oswald Junior Yaw, who allegedly killed Herstelling block maker Nathan Andrew Persaud based on a verbal contract with Persaud’s wife Beverly, was today remanded to prison after appearing before a city court to answer to a murder charge.

The police say they are investigating a fatal accident that occurred at about 1845h.

Minister of Social Cohesion, Amna Ally, yesterday attended the Guyana Equality Forum’s Peace Day, Novelty Sports and Health Fair organised by the Society Against Sexual Orientation Discrimination (SASOD), in collaboration with the United States Embassy and the Peace Corps.

LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – HBO shows “Game of Thrones” and “Veep” won the top prizes at the Emmy Awards for the first time on Sunday, bringing a breath of fresh air to television’s biggest night on an evening that also made history for black actresses.

VIENNA, (Reuters) – Environmental samples have been taken at a sensitive military site in Iran, the head of the U.N.

(Trinidad Guardian) Another double murder and another young couple killed by the gun.

The Giftland Mall has submitted a working proposal to the Minister of Public Infrastructure David Patterson, to supply excess electricity to the grid.

Government has identified Moco Moco, Kato and Tumatumari as priority sites for small hydropower systems and says a 300 megawatts hydropower plant can cater for Guyana’s current and future energy needs but in its latest outline of plans to lower carbon emissions, makes no mention of Amaila Falls.

A 45-year-old Sheet Anchor, Berbice fisherman is in a critical condition at the New Amsterdam Hos-pital after he was stabbed in the neck allegedly by his wife during a drunken squabble on Friday night.

The Berbice Bridge Company Inc (BBCI) has written to the National Insurance Scheme requesting that the NIS give its views on whether to accept the recent Government of Guyana proposal to reduce the bridge toll without further negotiations by Tuesday.

A mother died on Saturday night at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corpora-tion (GPHC) almost two weeks after she had given birth to a baby girl.

With gold smuggling rampant, the Guyana government might reopen the Curaçao gold heist investigation after it studies a report on the three-year-old incident where over 450 pounds of gold was stolen from a Guyana-registered vessel.

A government approved river taxi service across the Berbice River will commence today even as government and the Berbice Bridge Company Inc (BBCI) remain in talks to reduce the tolls to cross the bridge.

Director of Nursing Services at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) Collene Hicks is back on the job bringing an end to a months-long feud with the administration of the medical institution.

Dear Editor, Once again the issue of maternal mortality raises its head, forcing me to utter the already overworked exclamation, ‘No!

It was like last year never happened for Cleveland Forde. The heartache of having to sit out the 2014 Courts 10k is definitely a thing of the past after the local distance king regained his throne following yet another dominant performance in yesterday’s run.

Dear Editor, On 25th March, 2010 the Pegasus Hotel had applied for the de-recognition of the CCWU.

Junior star cyclists, Jamal John and Raphael Leung proved that they can not only hang with the big boys, but they can also beat them.

After months and repeated callings, the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) is still to appoint a temporary judge to consider the request by Justice William Ramlall for constitutional redress for the deduction of millions in income tax from his salary.

Dear Editor, During August-September 2005, I wrote a series of letters on remittances.

The Cumming’s Lodge Secondary School guard who was shot in the head by a stray bullet intended for another on September 10 died at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH) Friday afternoon and his family is determined to secure justice.

SINGAPORE, CMC-Leader Lewis Hamilton retired for the first time this year as Sebastian Vettel sped to victory in the Singapore Grand Prix yesterday.

Following another successful stint in England, seasoned Guyanese all-rounder Kellon Carmichael is eying a spot in the local Cricket Guyana Inc.

  Government will not interfere in the work of the Guyana National Broadcasting Authority (GNBA) board, Minister of State Joseph Harmon has assured.

Dear Editor, Donald Trump could be politically successful here. He would find crowd(s) to which he can play; he can titillate and unnerve receptive listeners with his barbs at deep-seated phobias, inclusive of colour, religion, and foreign hordes.

Dear Editor, Two months ago residents of Wakenaam signed a petition calling for the immediate removal of a Neighbourhood police officer.

Ragesh Ragbeer is calling on the public for assistance after being left paralysed from the waist down following an accident some five months ago.

PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC-Former West Indies Players’ Association (WIPA) president Dinanath Ramnarine has come under fire for criticizing the Trinidad and Tobago Cricket Board’s (TTCB) position on the sacking of Denesh Ramdin as captain of the West Indies Cricket team.

Dear Editor, Amy Grant, Girls 13-14 National Long Course and Short Course Freestyle and Butterfly Champion returned on Monday,September 14 to the National Aquatic Centre, Liliendaal after five weeks off swimming due to illness.

LAKE FOREST, Illinois, (Reuters) – Jason Day claimed his fourth victory in six starts and surged to the world number one ranking after going wire-to-wire to win the BMW Championship by six shots yesterday.

Despite staring down a 0-2 deficit, home side Monedderlust FC fashioned the first upset win of the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) Stag Beer Elite League, downing the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) 3-2 on Saturday at the No.

Dear Editor, The countdown clock was launched on Manezhnaya Square in Moscow marking a 1000 day countdown to the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia.

Following his history making feat of being the first Guyanese to assess a FIFA World Cup Qualifying match in June 2015, present FIFA Assessor Roy McArthur will be adding further to his august resume when he leaves Guyana to participate in a match of the CONCACAF Champions League.

Dear Editor,   We have a serious, ongoing problem in Guyana, perpetrated by those who hold political office.

Dear Editor, Much has been said and written about the need for a mechanism to allow for shared governance and a government of national unity.

ATHENS (Reuters) – Greek leftist Alexis Tsipras stormed back into office with an unexpectedly decisive election victory yesterday, claiming a clear mandate to steer Greece’s battered economy to recovery.

MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – Australia have employed former India all-rounder Sridharan Sriram as a coaching consultant to help with their troubles playing spin bowling in the leadup to their tour of Bangladesh.

OUAGADOUGOU (Reuters) – Regional mediators seeking to peacefully roll back a military coup in Burkina Faso said they negotiated a draft deal yesterday to end the crisis though they failed to secure the immediate restoration of civilian rule.

Dear Editor, Since the election for a Toshao was held in Capoey, the villagers are now split into two factions.

With the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) declaring that its Congress will possibly be held November 14th, GFF Elite Club Fruta Conquerors announced yesterday that it will begin its constitutional reform process on Thursday.

KOLKATA, (Reuters) – Former International Cricket Council (ICC) chief Jagmohan Dalmiya, hailed as the architect of India’s rise as the game’s financial superpower, passed away in a private hospital in Kolkata yesterday.

Interviews and photos by Jeffrey Trotman Chairman of the Linden IMC Orrin Gordon and the rest of IMC members expressed disappointment at the July statutory meeting over the slow pace at which the current administration is moving to meet their expectations, which include reopening the Kara Kara Toll Point, making speedy arrangements for a new system of operating the Mackenzie-Wismar Bridge, increasing councillors’ stipend and employees’ wages among other issues that they feel should be urgently addressed.

WELLINGTON/SYDNEY (Reuters) – Nearly four years after dozens of black-clad police rappelled into his New Zealand mansion and cut him from a safe room, flamboyant German tech entrepreneur and would-be hip-hop star Kim Dotcom may finally be about to face the music.

Dear Editor, To some Guyanese the bad experiences that Chanderpaul is reported to have had at his country`s international airport reflect some sort of racial animus.

An unfortunate injury to forward Travis Thornhill inspired Fruta Conquerors to a 1-0 win over Buxton United in their opening fixture of the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) Stag Beer Elite League on Saturday at the No.

LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – If you donated cash to survivors of the Nepal earthquakes this year, you may want to consider exactly how – or if – your money has been used.

Dear Editor, As the world today observes Inter-national Day of Peace let us not lose sight of the fact that without justice there can be no peace.

At a conference in Chile last week, I heard a statement that left me thinking: “Latin America has always been the land of hope, and the land of frustration.”

With the change in administration following the May 11, 2015 national and regional elections, several Perma-nent Secretaries and Regional Executive Officers (REOs) have either been replaced or have resigned because they were candidates for the opposition political party.

HAVANA (Reuters) – Pope Francis met Cuba’s revolutionary leader Fidel Castro yesterday hours after warning Cubans to beware the dangers of ideology and the lure of selfishness as their country enters a new era of closer ties with the United States.

(Reuters) Jackie Collins, the best-selling author of dozens of steamy novels who depicted the boardrooms and bedrooms of Hollywood’s power crowd, died on Saturday of breast cancer at age 77, her family said.

LONDON, (Reuters) – The biggest crowd to ever watch a Rugby World Cup match were treated to a classic yesterday as Argentina pushed New Zealand all the way before the holders’ class eventually earned them a 26-16 win in front of almost 90,000 fans at Wembley.

By the Caribbean Voice The Caribbean Voice is a New York based NGO that has been involved in social activism since its launch in 1998.

Tuesday’s formal opening of Guyana Goldfields’ Aurora mining project will again place under close examination the quantum of benefits accruing to the country in return for the extraction of its non-renewable mineral wealth.

        Filling up: Children filling water containers from a pipeline submerged in a drain at Buxton, East Coast Demerara.

Dear Editor, When we work they take out tax from our wages, then when we save a little in the bank and we go to get interest on our savings, they take out 20% as withholding tax.