Daily Archive: Thursday, October 22, 2015

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – A former U.N. General Assembly president, a billionaire Macau real estate developer and three others accused by U.S.

Director of Prisons Welton Trotz was today charged with sexually assaulting a female prison guard and he was released on $100,000 bail after denying the charge.

First Lady Sandra Granger in her quest to extend much need services to vulnerable groups, including children and the elderly, today, met with Paula Mohammed-Benjamin, of the Foundation for the Development of Caribbean Children.

President David Granger today addressed Parliament, laying out detailed cases against Venezuela and Suriname over their Guyana border claims.

LONDON, (Reuters) – It may be no coincidence that Agent 007’s latest love interest, played by French actress Lea Seydoux in the new James Bond movie “Spectre,” is called Madeleine Swann, because the film seems like a swan song for some of the participants.

(Trinidad Guardian) T&T recorded its fourth confirmed death from the highly contagious H1N1 Influenza (swine flu), which accounted for over 14,000 deaths worldwide in 2009.

COLOMBO,  (Reuters) – West Indies left-arm spinner Jomel Warrican celebrated his test debut by capturing four wickets on the opening day of the second test against Sri Lanka at the P Sara Oval today.

Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo yesterday said that nearly $500 million was transferred to the National Communi-cations Network (NCN) and the Government Information Agency (GINA) by the former PPP/C administration without parliamentary approval.

The controversial salary hikes approved by the David Granger administration for his Cabinet and all parliamentarians has been paid but Leader of the Opposition Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday slammed it as illegal and the PPP/C is to table a motion in parliament urging that it be reversed.

The family of Randolph Holder, the Guyana-born New York City police officer who was shot dead on duty on Tuesday said he died pursuing his passion and they are proud of him.

Amid an ongoing controversy over significant salary hikes for ministers, Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo waded into the fray yesterday saying that the increases were necessary to offset the loss of earnings that the officials will face in public office.

Copa Airlines plans to increase its flights to Guyana with the addition of two more days of its Guyana – Panama route with onward connections from December 16.

The government is currently negotiating a price for the 40 million shares held by a Demerara Distillers Limited (DDL) subsidiary in the Berbice Bridge Company Inc (BBCI).

An ex-policeman was remanded to prison yesterday when he was charged two years after he allegedly chopped his wife and her children.

A Bronx woman who committed one of the borough’s biggest ever case of benefits fraud got off with five years’ probation Tuesday after paying back a hefty chunk of cash, the New York Daily News reported yesterday.

A member of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) Coastguard was yesterday granted bail after being charged with illegal possession of over 80 rounds of ammunition.

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, CMC – Legendary all-rounder Sir Garry Sobers believes West Indies’ downward spiral will continue unless players begin to pledge their allegiance to the Caribbean side over the lucrative Twenty20 leagues across the globe.

The trial into the murder of Victor Da Silva, with which taxi driver Joseph Williams has been charged, commenced yesterday at the High Court in Georgetown, before Justice Jo-Ann Barlow and a 12-member jury.

As investigations continue into the fuel scam involving police from the Ruimveldt station and fishermen, senior officers visited the koker at Versailles, West Bank Demerara yesterday.

The police were working up to late last evening to close investigations into the murder allegation against Marc Angoy and the case file is expected to be sent to the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Chambers today for legal advice.

After a prolonged absence, the Inter-Ministry/Corporations Banks Beer Futsal Championship was officially launched yesterday at the Ministry of Tourism boardroom on Camp Street.

Fruta Conquerors halted their three- game losing streak in the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) Stag Beer Elite League, squeaking past Monedderlust FC by a 1-0 score line on Tuesday at the Camp Ayanganna ground.

When Cabinet met this week it cleared over $1B in contracts which include monies to procure textbooks for the Ministry of Education.

GROS ISLET, St Lucia, CMC – Captain Stafanie Taylor completed a brilliant all-round performance by picking up three wickets, as West Indies Women crushed Pakistan Women by 109 runs in the third One-Day International to take a 2-1 lead in the fourth-match series here yesterday.

Caricom Secretary General, Irwin LaRocque received Perry Halloway as the new US Ambassador to Caricom on Tuesday.

The identities of the remaining seven Regional Executive Officers (REOs) were disclosed by Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo yesterday.

AUSTIN, Texas, (Reuters) – Lewis Hamilton can live his own American dream by becoming a triple Formula One world champion in Texas on Sunday.

The Ministry of Public Health yesterday received two All Terrain Vehicles (ATVs), from the Pan-American Health Organisation/ World Health Organisation (PAHO/ WHO), to help with the distribution of vaccines in hinterland communities.

Buxton United recorded a major upset in the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) Stag Beer Elite League, defeating third-placed unit the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) 2-1 on Tuesday at the Camp Ayanganna ground.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – The Trinidad and Tobago FA are searching for a new general secretary after Sheldon Phillips was axed earlier this week.In

A ‘B’ Field Sophia youth has been remanded to prison pending his next court date after he was charged with gun and ammunition possession in a city court yesterday.

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, CMC – West Indies will attempt to rebound from the sound thumping handed them by Sri Lanka last week, when they square off with the hosts in the pivotal second and final Test starting here today (12:30 am Eastern Caribbean time).

The Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) and the Region Three administration have met to discuss improved water services.

Today the Bar Association continues the discussion we began in our last column on presidential pardons, prompted by the granting of pardon by Presidential David Granger to some score of persons.

JOHANNESBURG, (Reuters) – The mother of slain model Reeva Steenkamp said yesterday she did not want retribution against South African Paralympian Oscar Pistorius, who was released into house arrest this week just under a year into his five-year jail term.

Dear Editor, Any contract between a government and its people is predicated on trust.

Dear Editor, One of the contentions of the coalition government regarding ministerial salary increase is the argument put forward by the President himself that higher salary increases for ministers (presumably not the rank and file public servants) will lead to “good governance”.

CAPE TOWN, (Reuters) – South African riot police fired stun grenades yesterday at hundreds of protesting students who stormed the parliament precinct in Cape Town to try to disrupt the reading of Finance Minister Nhlanhla Nene’s interim budget.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Chinese President Xi Jinping has sealed a multi-billion dollar deal to finance nuclear power stations in Britain, crowning a visit that Prime Minister David Cameron hopes will unleash a wave of investment from the world’s second largest economy.

(Reuters) – World number one Serena Williams will again launch her season at the Hopman Cup in Australia, tournament organisers said yesterday.

Dear Editor, In the High Court, Singh, J. has ruled inter alia, that Magistrate Singh can sentence Samuel Hinds Jnr.

BRASILIA, (Reuters) – Opposition lawyers filed a new petition to Congress for the impeachment of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff yesterday, seeking to unseat the unpopular leftist leader for allegedly doctoring government accounts in 2014 and into her second term.

BALLABHGARH, India, (Reuters) – Police in northern India have arrested four men over allegations that they burnt alive two low-caste children, an official said yesterday, a case that triggered a street protest and drew condemnation from an opposition leader.

Dear Editor, I learnt with much grief about the death of an outstanding Guyanese educator Mr.

BUENOS AIRES, (Reuters) – In the affluent Recoleta neighborhood of Buenos Aires, where grand 19th century buildings hark back to an era of prosperity, middle class voters fear a presidential election on Sunday will do nothing to halt Argentina’s long decline.

Dear Editor, It seems like before the ink could even dry on the last letter I wrote (via the printed media) to GTT about their internet service that leaves a lot more to be desired, here I am again in a sense of deja vu expressing the utter dissatisfaction of customers at the cellular service GTT offers.

ZURICH, (Reuters) – The FIFA scandal swept up one of the greatest soccer players of all time yesterday, when Franz Beckenbauer’s name appeared on a new list of individuals facing possible sanction from the scandal-hit body’s ethics committee.

MOSCOW, (Reuters) – Vladimir Putin used a rare visit to Moscow by Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to talk up the Kremlin’s potential to help broker a political settlement to the crisis as he tried to show the West Russia has become a major player in the Middle East.

It is events like the death of 17-year-old Nikacia Allen after her third Caesarean Section (C-section) in four years that bring forcefully home to us the fact that not only is society failing our children, but that our health and social/welfare systems suck.

CARACAS, (Reuters) – President Nicolas Maduro’s government predicted on Tuesday that Venezuela’s inflation, already the world’s highest, would be 85 percent in 2015 and 60 percent next year.

Dear Editor, I attended Saint Stanislaus (1977-1982) with Winston Brassington’s brother (my classmate).

CANBERRA, (Reuters) – New Zealand are under no illusions how tough it will be to win their first test series in Australia in 30 years despite the hosts undergoing a transition phase, coach Mike Hesson said.