Daily Archive: Tuesday, October 6, 2015

Former Prime Minister of Guyana and current Mayor of Georgetown Hamilton Green was today bestowed with the Order of Roraima for his “long and outstanding involvement in the struggle for independence and for his role in providing public service for three generations.”

A team from the Civil Defence Commission (CDC) including CDC Director General Colonel Chabilall Ramsarup and CDC Deputy Director General Major Kester Craig will accompany Minister of State who also holds responsibility for disaster preparedness management, Joseph Harmon to Lethem (Region 9) tomorrow.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – U.S. authorities charged a former president of the United Nations General Assembly, a billionaire Macau real estate developer and four others today for engaging in a wide-ranging corruption scheme.

The opposition PPP today called for electoral reforms to be placed on the front burner including a fresh voters list, improved bio-metrics, electronic voting and a new Chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM).

(Trinidad Guardian) Gas prices increased yesterday, former property tax levels return from January 2016 and NIS contribution rates rise next July but the new People’s National Movement Government’s first Budget has kept various election promises, including VAT reduction, increased retirees’ benefits and certain personal tax exemptions.

A permanently-staffed United States Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) office will be set up here by mid-January next year and the person to lead it has already been identified, according to new US Ambassador Perry Holloway.

Two teachers who in February of this year were involved in the brutal flogging of two teenage girls at Awarewanau Primary School in Deep South Rupununi have been dismissed from the teaching service.

The Arbitral Award of 1899 settling the Guyana/Venezuela boundary should be respected, according to newly-accredited US Ambassador to Guyana Perry Holloway, who yesterday stressed that peaceful means consistent with international law should be used to settle the ongoing controversy between the two countries.

A speedboat operator was yesterday remanded to prison on a charge of attempted murder, after he reportedly chopped off the hand of his partner due to a dispute.

The US government remains committed to supporting the holding of local government elections in Guyana, US ambassador Perry Holloway said yesterday.

Alpha United continued its unbeaten run in the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) Stag Beer Elite League blanking Fruta Conquerors 2-0 Sunday at the Georgetown Football Club (GFC) ground to sit on top of the standings.

A miner was yesterday charged with two murders, armed robbery as well as possession of a gun and drugs.

Guyana secured their first win the Pan American Hockey Federation (PAHF) Challenge, swamping Panama by a 14-0 score line in their second group fixture yesterday in Chicklayo, Peru.

Two men, who were apprehended after allegedly committing a brazen robbery on a phone store near police headquarters last Friday, were yesterday remanded after being charged with multiple counts of armed robbery.

The Guyana Media XI savored a much-needed win in memory of fallen teammate and fellow journalist Calvin Roberts when they defeated the Floodlight Masters team by 28 runs to lift the three-match series 2-1.

Buxton United recorded their first win of the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) Stag Beer Elite League, downing Monedderlust FC 1-0 Sunday at the Georgetown Football Club (GFC) ground, Bourda.

The owners of the Future Gill stall at Stabroek Market, say authorities are refusing to remove a vendor’s mobile display case, which has been illegally placed at its entrance and is encumbering its operations.

New Amsterdam shop owner Roxanne Smith will be spending the next three years in prison after she admitted to being in possession of a quantity of cannabis, which she intended to sell to help her brother obtain medical assistance.

Bikers get ready, the most lucrative one day cycling event on the racing calendar will pedal off this Sunday on Homestretch Avenue.

The Guyana Power and Light Incorpora-ted (GPL) is aiming to reduce electricity losses to 23% by 2019, which would be 5.5% less than the current losses of 28.5%, according to Public Infrastructure Minister David Patterson.

Malteenoes all-rounder Kellon Carmichael is ruing Sunday’s semi-final loss to Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC) in the Carib Beer T20 First Division competition, saying it was a tough pill to swallow.

The Guyana Teachers Union (GTU) and the Ministry of Education agree that teachers need to be empowered and acknowledged for their roles in nation building.

The Jamaican amateur association will stage a box off to select a team to participate in the International Goodwill tournament which will be hosted here next month According to a release from the Guyana Boxing Association (GBA), Jamaica’s boxing head,

The ratio of Guyanese to Chinese workers on the US$138 million Cheddi Jagan International Airport Expansion Project is in line with what is stipulated in the contract, Public Infrastructure Minister David Patterson said yesterday.

The Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) and Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) have expressed their regrets on the passing of former Guyana and West Indies batsman Steve Camacho who died last Friday in Antigua.

Dear Editor, I refer to your story ‘NIS insurable income ceiling up by 17%’ (Stabroek News, October 3), in which you note that the National Insurance Scheme (NIS) announced an increase in the monthly insurable income ceiling via an advertisement in the Mirror newspaper.

The MV Northcote, which was recently docked to facilitate maintenance is expected to be completed by October 16, while reports on the rehabilitation of the Bartica, Leguan and Parika stellings should be completed by this week, according to Minister within the Ministry of Public Infrastructure Annette Ferguson.

Albion Community Centre Sunday scored a 150-run win over Rose Hall Town at the Port Mourant Community Centre ground in the final preliminary round match of the 2015 Tenelec limited overs first division competition.

Dear Editor, As is very much known by the public, the National Blood Transfusion Services (NBTS) located within the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation’s compound is in dire need of blood and constantly urges healthy individuals to become voluntary blood donors.

NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – Athletics has been at the forefront in the fight against doping and its world governing body will do everything to protect the clean athletes, president Sebastian Coe said yesterday.

Over 13,000 persons had used the Berbice River water taxi service as of Saturday last, the Ministry of Public Infrastructure revealed yesterday.

Dear Editor, I wish to commend our government on its tribute to Stephen Camacho, who died recently.

Dear Editor, I would like to begin by asking the question, what more must Veerasammy Permaul do to make the West Indies cricket team?

The suspect who was arrested in connection with the murder of Cummings Lodge security guard, Michael Woolford has been released on station bail.

HARARE, (Reuters) – Bilal Asif took five wickets and made a handy contribution with the bat as Pakistan cruised to a seven-wicket victory over Zimbabwe to complete a 2-1 series win yesterday.

CUTTACK, India, (Reuters) – South Africa’s fiery bowling and electric fielding restricted India to their second-lowest score in Twenty20 internationals as the visitors won the second match by six wickets amid crowd trouble to bag the series yesterday.

On Sunday, when Suemede Eastman-Critchlow should have been enjoying a joint birthday party with her son, Kevon, she was grieving, not just the loss of her child but also the absence of any explanation for his death six months ago.

Dear Editor, Since the rice last crop many farmers owe rice-harvester owners thousands of dollars in West Coast Berbice, and they owe the Mahaica, Mahaicony, Abary Agricultural Development Authority (MMA/ ADA) drainage and irrigation charges.

ISTANBUL (Reuters) – The United States and NATO denounced Russia yesterday for violating Turkish airspace and Ankara threatened to respond, reporting two incursions in two days and raising the prospect of direct confrontation between the former Cold War adversaries.

A post-mortem examination conducted yesterday on the body of Vanessa Amsterdam, the country’s latest maternal death revealed that she died as a result of lung disease and brain edema.

(Reuters) – A pilot fell ill and died on an American Airlines flight headed to Boston from Phoenix yesterday and the copilot landed the plane safely in Syracuse, New York, airline and police officials said.

Dear Editor, The arrest and subsequent charging of four police officers in the ‘cocaine bus’ bribe case represents a possibly significant development for the Guyana Police Force and larger society.

ABIDJAN (Reuters) – Authorities in Ivory Coast must put an end to what Amnesty International claims is a wave of arbitrary arrests and abuse targeting opposition supporters in the run-up to a presidential election later this month, the rights campaigner said yesterday.

(BBC) Jonny Bairstow hit an unbeaten 66 but opener Moeen Ali managed only 22 as England made 286-5 on the first day of their tour match against Pakistan A yesterday.

A woman who gave her name as Vanessa Spooner was yesterday handcuffed to a lamppost on Brickdam after she stood in the middle of the road armed with a large brick threatening to stone passing vehicles and later made good on her threat.

LONDON (Reuters) – Some 30 years after the world’s worst nuclear accident blasted radiation across Chernobyl, the site has evolved from a disaster zone into a nature reserve, teeming with elk, deer and wolves, scientists said yesterday.

VINA DEL MAR, Chile (Reuters) – Chile said yesterday it will create one of the world’s largest marine conservation parks, and Washington announced two new marine sanctuaries and an increased drive against illegal fishing to help protect the world’s oceans.

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, CMC – Experienced seamer Kemar Roach believes the bowling department will have to produce consistent performances if West Indies are to win their first series on Sri Lankan soil.

Coglan Ross aka ‘Sonny’ celebrated his 90th birthday at a simple ceremony on October 4 at the Herdmanston Lodge.

First Lady Sandra Granger and Luminous Women’s Group yesterday collaborated with business mogul Stanley Ming to treat a group for retired head teachers as part of the World Teachers’ Day observance.

Dear Editor, Recently a letter of mine relating to the number of fatal accidents involving pedestrians was published in both the Stabroek News and Kaieteur News.

SANTA CATARINA PINULA, GUATEMALA (Reuters) – Beneath the mud and rock that engulfed the small Guatemalan town of Santa Catarina Pinula last week, search crews have found entire families who died huddled together after they were buried alive.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Jamaican Asafa Powell says he is thrilled by the prospect of becoming the official “sub-10 King”, when his international campaign gets underway next season.

GENEVA (Reuters) – Finger-printing and registering all refugees reaching Europe would keep out Islamist militants bent on attacks, the European Commission’s deputy chief said yesterday in response to concerns raised in some EU countries.

When young people ask me what will be the jobs of the future, my answer — contrary to the prevailing view in marketing circles — is simple: anything related to older people.

Dear Editor, Since there are no legal or political avenues open to those who are not directors or have the right to vote in meetings of the WICB, perhaps such outsiders should use their powers of persuasion to plead with the insiders to do something.

(Trinidad Express) – Finance Minister Colm Imbert spent two hours yesterday afternoon detailing how he said the previous administration mismanaged the economy and squandered the country’s money, before calling on citizens to help reverse the decline.

Among the issues raised by President of the Guyana Public Service Union (GPSU) Mr Patrick Yarde in his opening address to the Union’s Twenty First Biennial Delegates Conference last week was the worrisome issue of the continued occupancy of the Camp Street complex by the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) in the face of the revelation some weeks ago by GRA Board Chairman Mr Rawle Lucas that the physical conditions pose a threat to workers’ health and arrangements should be made for the relocation of the staff at the earliest possible time.

Dear Editor,   My friend came to visit the other day to proudly announce that his second form son had started sports at his school.

Ana Palacio, a former Spanish foreign minister and former Senior Vice President of the World Bank, is a member of the Spanish Council of State, a visiting lecturer at Georgetown University, and a member of the World Economic Forum’s  Global Agenda Council on the United StatesBy Ana Palacio   MADRID – The recent downgrade of Brazil’s credit rating to junk status was followed by a raft of articles heralding the crumbling of the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa).

As part of a series of activities in the run-up to World Post Day being observed on Friday, October 9, the Guyana Post Office Corporation (GPOC) in collaboration with the Ministry of Health yesterday held a mini health clinic for pensioners at its Robb Street headquarters as well as at Anna Regina Mackenzie and New Amsterdam.

An early morning crash at North Road and New Garden Street yesterday resulted in one of the cars bursting into flames.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Trinidad and Tobago Red Force fast bowler Marlon Richards has credited South African star Jacques Kallis for helping to improve his game, and says he is eager to put his enhanced skills to use in the upcoming WICB Professional Cricket League.

Scenic once more: Main Street avenue presents a picturesque view once again.