Daily Archive: Tuesday, October 27, 2015

After striking for the past three days, sugar workers are expected to head back to the fields and factories today even as their union called on the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) to begin wages’ talks.

(Reuters) – Oscar-winning actress Halle Berry and her French actor husband, Olivier Martinez, said on Tuesday they are divorcing after two years of marriage.

Former President Donald Ramotar today rapped the EU Ambassador here for statements he made in a letter sent to a local newspaper over stalled disbursements from the EU for various sectors here.

A high-level team comprising government ministers, officials of the Ministry of Agriculture, Amerindian Associations, and representatives from the National Toshaos Council recently conducted a ‘fact finding’ visit to Baramita, Region One, GINA said.

Three Guyanese-American siblings, Ima, Asha and Caleb Christian, who created the FIVE-O mobile app that allows citizens to rate, review and rank police officers, woke up to the uplifting news that their creation was selected as one of the three finalists for the 2015 Innovating Justice Challenge in The Hague, Netherlands.

(Reuters) – The United States plans to sell 58 million barrels of crude oil from its strategic petroleum reserve between 2018 and 2025 under a budget deal reached on Monday by the White House and lawmakers from both parties, Bloomberg reported.

MUMBAI, (Reuters) – India leg-spinner Amit Mishra was arrested by police and then released on bail in Bengaluru on Tuesday in connection with a complaint of assault filed by a woman.

Guyana is not prepared to give away even an inch of its territory, President David Granger said yesterday at Bartica as he praised the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) on completion of Exercise Greenheart, reasserting that while this country has one of the best defence forces in the Caribbean, he is committed to peaceful resolutions of the issues with Venezuela and Suriname.

Civil society and human rights activist and the 2014 winner of the US Embassy Woman of Courage Award Zenita Nicholson died yesterday morning at the St Joseph Mercy Hospital in an apparent suicide, but following reports of domestic violence the police have since launched an investigation.

Minister of Agriculture Noel Holder accused the Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU) of playing politics by striking prior to the findings of the Commis-sion of Inquiry being made public, while stating that the reports reveal sugar workers to be the highest paid in the country.

An elderly man was found lying dead in a pool of blood in his Linden home last Saturday and his son who was reportedly recently released from a jail in Suriname is the prime suspect.

Head of the State Assets Recovery Unit (SARU) Dr Clive Thomas has shrugged off criticisms by the opposition PPP and says the unit wants the authority to be able to order a freeze in assets where necessary.

Taxi driver Joseph Williams who was accused of murdering Victor Da Silva yesterday pleaded guilty to the lesser charge of manslaughter, and will be sentenced on November 6, pending the presentation of a probation report.

Amid overwhelming expressions of grief, Liloutie Ashantie Ramlall Khamis, 33, and her newborn son were laid to rest on Sunday, by family members who are now seeking answers to why certain procedures were taken.

The executive of the Working People’s Alliance (WPA) is to meet and discuss the recent hike in salaries for government ministers and other officials, but executive member Desmond Trotman yesterday said the alliance supports the position of its youth arm, which among other things said it was dissatisfied with the method and timing of the increase.

Law enforcement officers attached to the Criminal Investigations Department are on the hunt for three people who they believe can aid with investigations into a murder of a Corentyne man.

Four men were yesterday remanded to prison when they appeared before Magistrate Crystal Lambert at the Vreed-en-Hoop Magistrate’s Court to answer charges of seven counts of robbery under arms.

There was a caustic exchange between Attorney Nigel Hughes, who is representing Orvin Kevin Roberts and Leonard Rachpaul, son of the Robb Street drugstore owner Harold Rachpaul, Roberts is accused of murdering when the trial commenced yesterday before Justice Navindra Singh and a 12-member jury at the High Court.

The Guyana Defence Force’s (GDF) ‘Exercise Greenheart,’ which is aimed at testing the preparedness of troops to operate in close country (jungle) operations closed yesterday in the Bartica-Potaro area of Region 7.

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, CMC – West Indies extended their wretched record in Sri Lanka of never having won a Test when they crashed to a 72-run defeat in the second and final Test here yesterday at the P Sara Oval.

After much consideration, Fruta Conquerors President Wayne Forde has officially signalled his intention to contest the post of president of the Guyana Football Federation (GFF).

The Restore Guyana project is not just a cleanup for a 50th anniversary or for Christmas but is aimed at transforming the culture and behaviour of citizens, Chairman of the National Task Force Commission Major General (rtd) Joseph Singh has stated.

Dear Editor,   Until now I have deliberately remained silent on the raging controversy over the government’s decision to give a large increase in salaries to ministers and members of parliament.

An Albouystown youth was yesterday remanded to prison after being charged with wounding another man.

Off-spinner Steven Jacobs picked up six wickets for Leon Johnson’s XI to help restrict Robin Bacchus’ XI to 141 all out on the first day of the second Guyana Jaguars four-day practice match played at the Guyana National Stadium, Providence yesterday.

Dear Editor,   After reading an article carried in several media outlets I feel compelled to make a much needed suggestion to the Government of Guyana.

A Kitty resident appeared before a city court yesterday where he was charged with robbing an acquaintance at gun point.

Alpha United jumped to second position in the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) Stag Beer Elite League, downing nine member Guyana Defence Force (GDF) 3-0 Sunday at the Tucville Community ground.

Ramesh Persaud was heading to spend the night with his wife but he never made it as he was killed in a road crash before reaching his Better Hope, East Coast Demerara (ECD) destination.

Dear Editor,   Two buildings in Georgetown are crying out for attention.

League leader Pele FC and arch rival Fruta Conquerors battled to a scoreless draw when the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) Stag Beer Elite League continued on Saturday at the Tucville Community ground.

Dear Editor,   It was poor judgement by the Administration to confer a National Award on Mr.

A businessman was yesterday placed on remand after making a court appearance before Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan on an illegal gun possession charge.

AUSTIN, Texas, (Reuters) – Lewis Hamilton joined the elite group of triple Formula One world champions on Sunday after winning a thrilling U.S.

A trash heap outside the Bartica Market. Vendors outside the market complained that the vendors inside the market would all dump their garbage on the cart which would remain there for days before it is moved.

SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Brazilian police raided the offices of a company owned by the son of former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva yesterday as part of a bribery investigation that threatens to drag his family into yet another scandal.

One week after Good Hope farmer, Shariz Ali was discovered dead in his home by his mother, the police yesterday arrested five persons at various locations along the East Coast Demerara (ECD), according to Crime Chief Wendell Blanhum.

DUBAI, (Reuters) – Pakistan overcame belligerent resistance from England’s tail-enders to win the second test by 178 runs yesterday after bowling out Alastair Cook’s men for 312 with just 6.3 overs remaining.

Dear Editor,   I am really amazed at the continuous articles being published in all the newspapers concerning the increase of salaries for Ministers of the Government.

KABUL/ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Rescuers today rushed to deliver relief aid to victims of a massive earthquake that hit northern Afghanistan and Pakistan, killing at least 275 people over a wide swath of mostly mountainous terrain.

Three days after Stanley Lovell, a car rental agent was gunned down near Bourda Market investigators are still reviewing CCTV footage and are currently following some leads, according to Crime Chief Wendell Blanhum.

Dear Editor,   The 50% salary increase is now a closed matter as far as the Government is concerned, so writing on this is like flogging a dead horse.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – West Indies limited overs opener Lendl Simmons has been ordered by High Court Judge Frank Seepersad to pay TT$150 000 (US$23 692), inclusive of aggravated damages, to a former lover in a case dubbed here as “revenge porn”.

HAVANA (Reuters) – Cuban Interior Minister Abelardo Colome, a career military man who helped bring the Interior Ministry closer to the armed forces following a purge in 1989, resigned due to failing health, Cuba said yesterday.

Harris Paints on Saturday opened its fourth location at Third Avenue, Diamond, East Bank Demerara.

GROS ISLET, St Lucia, CMC – Opener Natasha McLean has been added to the 14-member West Indies Women squad for the three-match Twenty20 series against Pakistan Women which bowls off in Grenada on Thursday.

Following the recent robbery of an electronic store, police swooped down on a house at Middle Road, La Penitence at approximately 05:30hrs on Sunday, and conducted a search, during which an unlicensed point .32 revolver, 3 rounds of ammunition and several stolen cellular phones were recovered.

Dear Editor, Reference is made to the raging controversy surrounding the date for the Diwali holiday (Nov 10 or 11); it is noted that some countries (even communities within some countries) are celebrating on one or the other day.

WASHINGTON/BEIJING (Reuters) – The US Navy sent a guided-missile destroyer close to China’s man-made islands in the disputed South China Sea today, US defense officials said, a move that could heighten tensions over the strategic waterway.

The People’s Progressive Party (PPP) has accused the government of attempting to subvert the role of elected regional chairmanships with the transformation of Bartica, Mabaruma, Mahdia and Lethem into towns.

When I interviewed the 2015 Nobel Prize winner in economics Angus Deaton a few days ago, I asked him a simple question: “If you had to give one piece of advice to Latin American countries, what would it be?”

BOGOTA (Reuters) – Colombia’s second-largest rebel group, the ELN, killed 12 members of the security forces in the central province of Boyaca yesterday, the government said, as the troops transported votes from the country’s regional elections.

CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuela’s chief prosecutor yesterday denied her office had put pressure on officials to use false evidence in the trial of opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez, days after a prosecutor in the case fled abroad and called the trial a “farce.”

Politikles

BERLIN, (Reuters) – Franz Beckenbauer, who headed Germany’s 2006 World Cup organising committee, said yesterday a transfer of 6.7 million euros to world soccer’s governing body FIFA in 2005 was a mistake but rejected claims it was a return of a loan to buy votes in favour of the country’s World Cup bid.

Dear Editor,   I have observed within the central districts of Georgetown, a flurry of activity in terms of the cleaning of drains, weeding and leveling of parapets and the replanting of trees that were lost over time.

The battle has already been manifestly enjoined with the PPP finding itself trying to fend off a continually (virtually daily) unfolding tirade of official accusations of corrupt practices during its tenure in office against which it has – up until now – mounted weak responses.

Caribbean subscribers to DirectTV will now have access to Black Entertainment Television (BET) channel as a part of its standard line-up.

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Roman Catholic leaders from around the world made an unprecedented joint appeal yesterday to a forthcoming UN conference on climate change to produce “a truly transformational” agreement to stem global warming.