Daily Archive: Wednesday, October 21, 2015

The Government of Guyana, through President David Granger, today provided some initial support for Berbice High School student, fifteen year old Sarah Shivpersaud, who lost her School Based Assessments (SBA), school books, uniforms and other personal effects, when her home was completely destroyed by fire, earlier this week, a release from the Ministry of the Presidency said.

The Chief Executive Officer of the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GTT), Justin Nedd, says the company is working to help realise the government’s vision for extended and better quality network services to Hinterland regions.

The U.S. Embassy introduced the five-member, all-female musical group Della Mae to Georgetown during their October 15-20 visit. 

Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo today said that nearly $500M was transferred to the National Communications Network and the Government Information Agency by the former administration without parliamentary approval.

The Leader of the Opposition Bharrat Jagdeo today slammed the payment of controversial salary increases to PPP/C MPs.

A Guyana-born New York City police officer died after he was shot in the head while chasing a gunman in East Harlem yesterday, the authorities said.

(Trinidad Guardian) In a twisted series of events that unfolded in the Sangre Grande area last weekend, a 62-year-old retired nurse was killed after returning home from the wake of an 11-month old baby, who died from blunt force trauma to the abdomen.

A 17-year-old mother of three is Guyana’s latest maternal death. Nikacia Allen died on Sunday, 27 days after giving birth to her third child via Caesarean Section (C-Section) at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC).

Marc Angoy, the man wanted for the murder of toddler Arianne Gill, yesterday surrendered to the police with his attorney and confessed to the crime hours after, Crime Chief Wendell Blanhum confirmed.

In addition to increased flights between New York and Georgetown for Christmas, Dynamic International Airways yesterday promised to have an additional aircraft on standby to avoid having a repeat of last year’s flight delays and postponements.

James Wong yesterday walked out of the High Court in Georgetown a free man, after a jury found him not guilty of raping a 14-year-old girl.

The Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) is being accused of negligence after a young mother discovered that a piece of gauze was left inside her after she delivered her first child last month.

In responding to the findings of the 2011 Guyana National Child Labour Rapid Assessment Survey, the Ministry of Social Protection has formulated a plan that includes the creation of a unit specifically to address child labour.

The Guyana Police Force (GPF) issued a wanted bulletin yesterday for a suspect in the murder of a Berbice River resident who died over a week ago after a confrontation.

Over two years after he allegedly attempted to kill a woman and her three daughters, ex-policeman Shawn Fordyce was yesterday captured in the city.

The Woodley Park/Bath Experiment Cash Crop Farmers Association was launched on 17th October, 2015 at the Bath Community Centre ground in Region five.

The Ministry of Social Protection has expressed concern at the increasing number of labour violations reported in the mining industry.

Rampersaud Balgoor, the pensioner who was struck down on Sunday morning during a hit and run at La Bonne Intention (LBI), East Coast Demerara, says he believes the driver who hit him was speeding at the time.

Two men are in police custody after they were found with almost 1.5 kilos of cannabis in a car at Eccles, East Bank Demerara yesterday.

The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) has advised that a charge be laid against a police officer who allegedly fired shots in the air and severed a power cable that fell on two women and caused them to sustain burns about their bodies.

The Ministry of Public Infrastructure yesterday received bids for the construction of community roads in Mahdia, Region No.

Chairman of the National Communications Network (NCN), Bish Panday says that the state entity’s lack of technical expertise has delayed a determination on the capabilities of uplink equipment recently found on its premises.

Junior Social Protection Minister Simona Broomes yesterday vowed to end a long running dispute between management and workers of the Chinese company Bosai Minerals Guyana on the calculation of wages and salaries paid.

A top-of-the-table clash will highlight match day eight in the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) Stag Beer Elite League when fierce rivals Pele FC and Alpha United face off today at the Leonora ground from 18:00hrs.

President David Granger is not worried by the recent strengthening of bilateral ties between Venezuela and several Caribbean countries.

The management of the National Insurance Scheme (NIS) has met with the Berbice Bridge Company Inc (BBCI) on the call by the government for the lowering of the Berbice Bridge tolls but both sides are mum on the content of their discussions.

A City Council worker was yesterday remanded to prison on gun and ammunition possession charges after making an appearance before a city court.

The Indian Action (formerly Arrival) Committee (IAC) will be collaborating with the Cancer Institute of Guyana and Texilla American University (TAU) to host a Cancer Awareness and Health Fair on 31 October, 2015, in support of Cancer Awareness Month.

ZURICH, Switzerland, CMC- Former Trinidad and Tobago midfielder, David Nakhid, a FIFA presidential candidate, has taken a swipe at his main rivals for football’s top position.

Republic Bank Guyana on Monday launched its eighth Youth Link Apprenticeship Programme, which will cater to 31 apprentices over the course of the next seven months.

(Reuters) – Virender Sehwag, one of India’s greatest opening batsmen, has retired from international cricket, he said on Twitter yesterday.

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, CMC-Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) has revealed that the current series against West Indies will incur a financial loss estimated to be around 4.5 million dollars.

(Cricinfo)Dhammika Prasad once rode the Sri Lanka fast bowlers’ injury carousel.

DALLAS, (Reuters) – The Texas boy arrested for bringing to school a homemade clock that was mistaken for a bomb is moving to Qatar, his family said on Tuesday, a few hours after he was at the White House for an astronomy night hosted by President Barack Obama.

First Lady Sandra Granger yesterday launched an entrepreneurial workshop for Blueberry Hill, Linden residents.

Minister of Social Protec-tion Volda Lawrence has assured that the government is working to significantly increase the Old Age Pension and better protect the country’s senior citizens.

MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – Australia’s opening tour matches against New Zealand will be a roll call of auditions for the hosts’ rebuilding test side, with a number of batsmen hoping for big runs.

Dear Editor, I have noticed in the media that the Jawalla Village Council is complaining about a decision handed down by the High Court stating that the Mazaruni River is not part of the Amerindian Titled Lands.

MIAMI, CMC- A new code of conduct was launched yesterday by the Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF).

A Guyhoc Park youth was yesterday placed on $150,000 bail after he denied assaulting a man.

Dear Editor, The National Library’s Gillian Thompson Reading Challenge initiative is praiseworthy (SN 18 Oct).

Two new street sweepers will be deployed in the ongoing efforts to clean up the city.

LONDON, CMC  — Bermuda internationals Nahki Wells and Reggie Lambe both scored to guide their respective English teams, Huddersfield Town and Mansfield Town, to victory last night.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – U.S. prosecutors unveiled more charges against a billionaire Macau real estate developer and three others accused of engaging in a bribery scheme involving a former president of the United Nations General Assembly.

(Jamaica Observer) KINGSTON, Jamaica – The Ministry of Health has called on health authorities outside of Jamaica for help, in the wake of an outbreak of bacterial infection at the University Hospital of the West Indies and the Cornwall Regional Hospital, where 18 of 42 infected newborn babies have died since June.

Dear Editor, A news item in yesterday’s edition of your newspaper informed that the Government of Guyana has engaged a recruitment agency to conduct the “search” for suitable candidates to head the Guyana Office for Investment (Go-Invest).

GROS ISLET, St Lucia, CMC – Seasoned off-spinner Anisa Mohammed says West Indies Women are highly motivated to win the next two One-Day Internationals of the four-match series against Pakistan and pick up the all-important six ICC Championship points on offer.

MEXICO CITY, (Reuters) – Mexico’s government will mount a new search in tandem with international experts for the remains of dozens of students training to be teachers who were abducted and apparently massacred a year ago, bowing to widespread domestic and international pressure.

BRASILIA, (Reuters) – Brazil has dropped out of an international mission to observe Venezuela’s parliamentary election in December because President Nicolas Maduro’s government barred a former Brazilian Supreme Court chief justice from heading the team.

MONTREAL/OTTAWA, (Reuters) – Canada’s Prime Minister-designate Justin Trudeau, who came from behind to trounce his Conservative rivals and snatch a majority mandate, now has to deliver on pledges from tackling climate change to legalizing marijuana.

ZURICH, (Reuters) – One of FIFA’s top officials, charged with reforming the scandal-hit organisation, has called for a rotating presidency – a move which could transform the politics of soccer’s global governing body.

Dear Editor, Permit me not to overshadow or minimize in any way shape or form the elation inherent in the letter Stabroek News, October 20, 2015 `Welcome Styrofoam ban’ by Ruplall Dudhnath.

(Trinidad Guardian) The quiet, middleclass community of Carnbee has been shocked with a double murder.

ZURICH, (Reuters) – Former France winger David Ginola is ready to run for the FIFA presidency but said yesterday it was reckless to keep the Feb.

The decision by the current regime to substantially raise its own salaries has been a disaster that I believe will follow it far into the future.

(Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Large purchases of farmland can at times be cloaked in secrecy, but a new online database is aiming to shed light on such deals globally by publishing contracts between governments and investors, according to its organizers.

Dear Editor, Marlon James appeared on my radar around the time his book, “A Brief History of Seven Killings,” was placed on the long list for the coveted Man Booker Prize.

Dear Editor, I have been quietly observing the standoff over the recent increases granted to senior government officials, and it seems as though this will probably go into the next election if the provocateurs aren’t brought around to the idea that there are much more productive ventures which can benefit from their energies.

KIEV, (Reuters) – Jose Mourinho accused the referee of being “weak and naive” for failing to award Chelsea a penalty in their 0-0 Champions League draw at Dynamo Kiev yesterday.

Previous Development Watch columns made the point that the heavy handed and non-transparent manner in which the PPP went about governance often magnified the perceptions of corruption.

(Barbados Nation) Trin-idad conglomerate ANSA McAL Limited is preparing to flex its financial muscle with a Bds$337.2 million offer to “all” Banks Holdings Limited (BHL) shareholders.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Regardless of who wins Sunday’s Rugby World Cup semi-final between Australia and Argentina, for one man the result is bound to be bittersweet.

As he had promised during the last general election in Britain, Prime Minister Cameron has now gone on the hustings again to justify, and seek the support of the British electorate for continued membership of the European Union (EU).

Dear Editor, The Liberal Party won Monday’s general elections in Canada and the incumbent Prime Minister Stephen Harper immediately congratulated the challenger Justin Trudeau and announced his resignation as leader of the Tories (Conservatives).

LOS ANGELES,(Reuters) – Early ticket sales for December’s “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” broke IMAX records with more than $6.5 million for U.S.