Daily Archive: Tuesday, October 20, 2015

The Berbice Regional Health Services (BRHS), which is responsible for health care throughout Region Six, has recently been hosting a series of outreach services, GINA said.

An aviation security agent from a private company contracted by an airline was fired for stealing US currency from an outgoing passenger at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA).

At 0820h. today, the police say that Marc Angoy of Buzz Bee Dam, Craig, EBD, turned himself in to the police at Grove Police Station.

MONTREAL/CALGARY, (Reuters) – Canada’s Liberal leader Justin Trudeau rode a late surge to a stunning majority election victory yesterday toppling Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s Conservatives with a promise of change and returning a touch of glamor, youth and charisma to Ottawa.

“…We are not going to take the salary increase. We are just not going to take it,” Leader of the Opposition Bharrat Jagdeo told Stabroek News yesterday just hours after General Secretary of the People’s Progressive Party Clement Rohee had stated that the party was yet to made a decision on the issue.

A young farmer was yesterday afternoon discovered dead at his Good Hope, East Coast Demerara (ECD) home with injuries to his head and the police are treating the case as a suspected murder.

Ravindra Paremdass was yesterday sentenced to 57 years in jail after being found guilty of murdering another man after a row over a bicycle.

A Guyanese woman is expected to be jailed and later deported after she pleaded guilty in a US court last Friday to being involved in a scam that targeted Price Chopper supermarkets in the United States.

A Vreed-en-Hoop carpenter was killed on Sunday night after he was run over by a car along New Road, Vreed-en-Hoop, West Coast Demerara.

Head of National Industrial Commercial Investments Limited (NICIL) Winston Brassington has slammed as “premature,” a recent statement, purportedly made by Minister in the Ministry of Finance Jaipaul Sharma, that it has been recommended that he be criminally charged, given that a final report on the findings of a forensic audit into the agency is yet to be submitted.

A man is now dead and another hospitalised after a late night collision on the public road at Ogle, East Coast Demerara on Sunday.

A call for local government elections to be held before the end of December 2015, is one of a list of 26 demands that the People’s Progressive Party will be lobbying for as it is of the view that the country is on the cusp of a national crisis.

Five persons, including a mother of two, were yesterday charged after the discovery of almost four kilos of cocaine and cannabis by police at a house at Perseverance, Essequibo Coast over the weekend.

President David Granger yesterday pledged to arrest the decline of President’s College (PC), which he would like to see open a new chapter in science and technology education in the country.

Minister of Public Security Khemraj Ramjattan maintained yesterday that the gazetted date of the Diwali holiday this year remains November 10 and there will be no consideration for changes.

The Skeldon Sugar Factory last week recorded its highest daily production since the factor was commissioned in 2009, according to the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo).

The police yesterday issued a wanted bulletin for Marc Angoy, suspect in the murder of toddler Arian Gill, who was shot dead at her Eastville, Annandale, East Coast Demerara (ECD) home on Sunday.

Ram & McRae has been contracted by the Guyana Office for Investment (GO-Invest) board to hire the agency’s Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and the Ministry of Business has indicated that the agency is fully responsible for the advertising the position.

A little over a year after being charged with murdering elderly remigrant Joyce Lewis, Junior Williams was yesterday committed to stand trial in the High Court.

Another suspect in the robbery attempt on a police rank and his family, who were believed to have been trailed from the airport, was yesterday remanded to prison after being charged with illegal firearm possession and discharging a loaded firearm at an off-duty rank.

Steve’s Jewellery this week presented for the fifth time two (2)14 carat, 10 penny weight gold bracelet with diamond studs which will be up for grabs by the MVP’s at the upcoming “Guyana Softball Cup 5”.

The People’s Progressive Party is yet to comprehensively respond to the glaring report by the State Assets Recovery Unit (SARU) that could lead to criminal action against its members for their involvement in the acquisition of land at the controversial Pradoville 2 Housing Scheme.

Guyana’s representatives had a tough day at the office on Sunday during the grueling 90-mile road race of the Caribbean Elite Cycling Championships which was hosted by Barbados last weekend.

A man is partially paralysed after he was involved in a crash at Eccles Public Road, East Bank Demerara (EBD) over one month ago and his son is hoping that the police would soon take necessary action against the driver of the car that allegedly hit him.

Imran ‘Magic’ Khan is looking forward to his pro debut on Saturday at the Giftland Mall after an outstanding amateur career and it looks like fight fans are going to have an exciting, young lightweight to follow.

A Waini farmer was yesterday remanded to prison after he was charged with wounding another man.

All-rounder Sherfane Rutherford and Kevon Boodie helped engineer a 30-run win for the Demerara Cricket Club (DCC) over the Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC) boys in Saturday’s Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA) Carib Beer T20 finals.

GraceKennedy has announced a recall of its filled evaporated milk in Guyana due to some omissions on the label and will be refunding its customers.

Following a period of deliberation, the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) Normalization Committee has officially sanctioned Slingerz FC for their deliberate refusal to compete against the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) in the Stag Beer Elite League.

Dear Editor, Janette Bulkan, in a letter appearing in your last Sunday edition, points to two features of laws governing presidential immunity from prosecution, which clarify some of the confusion surrounding this issue.

A last gasp goal from Delroy Fraser relegated league leader Pele to their first loss in the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) Stag Beer Elite League, losing to the Guyana Defence Force 2-1 on Saturday at the Camp Ayanganna ground.

Daniel Baird, a St Ignatius labourer who escaped police custody five months ago while being on remand for other charges, was yesterday sentenced to five months in prison after pleading guilty to the crime.

Dear Editor, A situation fraught with danger arose in the Southern Caribbean when the Venezuelan Government in its May decree sought to violate Guyana’s territorial integrity and by marshalling troops on our border sought to subdue   us by intimidation.

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, CMC – Jermaine Blackwood’s confidence has remained unshakened by West Indies’ heavy innings and six-run defeat in the first Test last week, and the right-hander said he will continue to play in his natural aggressive way when the second Test bowls off later this week.

Dear Editor, The rationale used to justify the increase in salaries for the Ministers is not only absurd, it is self-incriminating.

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, CMC – West Indies off-spinner Marlon Samuels will have to undergo testing on his action within two weeks after being reported for having a suspect bowling action, for the third time in seven years.

MUMBAI, (Reuters) – Pakistan umpire Aleem Dar has been withdrawn from the ongoing series between India and South Africa, the International Cricket Council (ICC) announced yesterday.

CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuela’s president on Sunday urged legal action against billionaire businessman Lorenzo Mendoza over a phone call which airs the possibility of an international bailout for the OPEC nation’s ailing economy.

TRAPANI, ITALY (Reuters) – Germany, Turkey and Italy are set to keep their deployments in Afghanistan at current levels, senior NATO officials said yesterday after the US government decided to prolong its 14-year-old military presence there.

Dear Editor, I fully support the views of Vidyaratha Kissoon that consensus can be achieved when there are different views (‘Diwali date difference has consensus opportunities’ – SN 17/10/20150).

MINSK, (Reuters) – Barcelona are hopeful Neymar’s rich vein of form will help the Spanish and European champions cope during the glaring absence of injured talisman Lionel Messi, midfielder Sergio Busquets said yesterday.

Dear Editor, Former Prime Minister Mr. Sam Hinds commented on 16 October 2015 on my article entitled “Will NICIL be different?”

Dear Editor, On October 18, 2015 at 1:34 AM, I was awoken from my sleep.

PARIS, (Reuters) – Michel Platini said the two million Swiss francs ($2.1 million) he received from FIFA, a payment which has cast a cloud over his bid to become president of the world football body, was legitimate reward for genuine work.

NEW YORK (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – The World Medical Association, representing more than ten million physicians, has adopted guidelines to treat transgender people in ways that respect their choices and rights and do not question their sexuality, the global group said.

RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – Brazil President Dilma Rousseff on Sunday expressed support for Finance Minister Joaquim Levy and said the government will continue efforts to push austerity measures through Brazil’s Congress.

Dear Editor, Distortion of the GHRA’s recent Press Release of October 17, 2015  (36th.

Flag bridge? This bridge linking Cemetery Road with La Penitence/ Ruimveldt is freshly painted in the colours of the flag.

ST GEORGE’S, Grenada, CMC – Lester Smith and Nigel ‘German” Mckie were yesterday placed on EC$50 000 bail when they appeared at the St George’s number one Court on multiple charges of fraud and forgery.

BERKASOVO, SERBIA/LJUBLJANA (Reuters) The Balkans struggled with a growing backlog of migrants yesterday after Hungary sealed its southern border and Slovenia tried to impose a limit, leaving thousands stranded on cold, rain-drenched borders where tempers frayed.

GROS ISLET, St Lucia, CMC – An unbroken 44-run partnership between Kyshona Knight and Anisa Mohammed pulled West Indies Women out of trouble and lifted them to an exciting three-wicket victory over Pakistan Women in the second One-Day International here late Sunday night.

Dear Editor, At last and finally we read from the news that this Government will ban Styrofoam containers for sale and or use in Guyana.

LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Anti-slavery campaigners called today for a major increase in research and funding to treat the mental trauma suffered by survivors of slavery, including victims of sex trafficking and bonded labour.

NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – All-rounder Ravindra Jadeja has been recalled to India’s squad in place of spinner Harbhajan Singh for next month’s first two tests against South Africa, the country’s cricket board said yesterday.

Dear Editor, On the issue of second chances and pardoning of judicial sentences we must consider the children at the New Opportunity Corps.

I don’t know who is going to be elected president of the United States in 2016, but I can tell you this: he or she will be much more hawkish than President Barack Obama.

The government has decided to stick with its widely unpopular ministers’ salary increase.

BRASILIA (Reuters) – The speaker of Brazil’s lower house of Congress, Eduardo Cunha, said yesterday he is not considering quitting his post despite a series of accusations of corruption that have led for calls for his ouster.