Daily Archive: Friday, October 30, 2015

KRAKOW, Poland, (Reuters) – Oscar-winning film-maker Roman Polanski said on Friday he was grateful and relieved after a Polish court rejected a U.S.

President David Granger, last evening, attended a dinner and award ceremony to mark the 46th anniversary of the official recognition of nursing assistants in Guyana, GINA said.

President David Granger, yesterday, emphasised the need for a reshaping of the education policies in this country in order to address the decline in the education system and reduce existing disparities, GINA said.

A walk and vigil on breast cancer was held yesterday beginning from the St George’s Cathedral.

Ranks of the Guyana Police Force during a joint operation today nabbed one of their most elusive suspects who had been evading the police for quite some time.

Ranks of the Guyana Police Force ‘C’ Division, East Coast Demerara are now breathing a sigh of relief after “diligent investigative work” resulted in the arrest of the prime suspect in relation to the murder of Akeem Yorrick of Plasiance Squatting Area, East Coast Demerara on August 05, 2015, the police said today.

The Private Sector Commission (PSC) says it is deeply disappointed to learn that Guyana’s status with the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) and the Caribbean Financial Action Task Force (CFATF) has not changed even though the legislative requirements have been met by the passing of an amended Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism Act.

At 1910h. last evening, the police say that three masked men armed with handguns entered the grocery of Mohabir Singh, 25 years, of First Street, Goed Fortuin, WBD, gun- butted him to his head and escaped with a quantity of cash, in a waiting vehicle.

Gregory Emerson Hercules, 29, is wanted by the police in relation to investigations into the murder of Arlene Morgou which occurred between October 23 and 24, 2015, at 1 ½  Miles, Port Kaituma, NWD.

(Trinidad Guardian) Ramdaye Maraj, 74, the mother of Nathan Maraj, 35, whose decapitated body was found in a garbage heap in Port-of-Spain on Wednesday, says her son’s gruesome murder should be a lesson and a wake-up call to all children who are involved in drugs in one way or the other.

Minister of State, Joseph Harmon has called for a reformed public sector which will cater to the needs of the Guyanese public without fear or favour.

Guyana’s troubles with Venezuela was raised at the Open Government Partnership 2015 Global Summit in Mexico by Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo on Wednesday and he said that Caracas has imposed a trade embargo against Guyana while also trying to prevent development of Guyana’s natural resources.

Orvin Kevin Roberts yesterday walked out of the High Court a free man after a jury found him not guilty of murdering 84-year-old drugstore owner Harold Rachpaul.

An elderly East Canje man is now hospitalised after bandits attacked him and his wife in their home early yesterday morning.

The police file on the suspected $600M Ministry of Public Service scam, in which former minister Dr.

Skeletal remains were found in a cane field at Better Hope, East Coast Demerara early yesterday morning.

Teachers awaiting promotion will have to wait longer as the Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU) and the Teaching Service Commission (TSC) have failed to agree on the list of promotions.

The Guyana Trades Union Congress (GTUC) yesterday denied that it had received an $8 million grant in this year’s budget.

Guyana Goldfields Inc (GGI) yesterday announced its first sale of refined gold amounting to 1,400 ounces at an average price of US$1,179 per ounce from its Aurora Gold Mine in Region Seven.

Between 03:00-06:00hrs yesterday, ranks of the Lethem Police Station conducted searches on several houses at Tabatinga, Central Rupununi.

Ranks of the Bartica Police Station whilst investigating reports of indecent assault and the discharging of a loaded firearm which occurred at Puruni Landing, Upper Mazaruni River on October 27, 2015, carried out a search on a house at Puruni Landing, at about 1330h.

Despite concerns about its construction on the Kitty foreshore, the Celina Atlantic Resort is seeking to expand and courida trees crucial to the sea defence were recently cut down around one of the buildings.

After the opening stages of the Tour of Guyana five-stage road race yesterday, it is Team Coco’s Carlos Ospina (4hr:00:50s) who shares the lead with his club mate, Darren Matthews.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Back in August, New Zealand coach Steve Hansen spoke of not allowing Australia “to have a field day at the breakdown” before their Rugby Championship clash and then watched as Wallaby back-rower David Pocock ran amok.

The Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) is seeking to do business here.

MIAMI, (Reuters) – The two final spots for next year’s Centenary Copa America will be decided when Panama face Cuba and Trinidad & Tobago take on Haiti, CONCACAF said yesterday.

In the wake of last week’s disclosure by the Government Analyst Food and Drugs Department that a brand of evaporated milk imported into Guyana had been (apparently deliberately) mislabeled and that its vegetable content was harmful to young children, Stabroek Business has been informed that the continued proliferation of various brands of imported foods and other items by local distributors is placing the regulatory agency under increasing monitoring pressure and that some brands are finding their way onto the local market without complying with the importation-related regulations.

A Linden man was yesterday charged with beating a woman who owed him money and shooting at another who went to her rescue.

AMSTERDAM, (Reuters) – An arbitration court in the Netherlands ruled yesterday that it has jurisdiction to hear some territorial claims the Philippines has filed against China over disputed areas in the South China Sea.

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., (Reuters) – An engine on a passenger jet bound for Caracas, Venezuela, burst into flames while taxiing for takeoff at a Florida airport yesterday, forcing frightened passengers to exit the plane using inflatable emergency slides.

The preliminary inquiry (PI) into the charge against Andel Forde, one of the men accused of killing sex worker Neefi Noel, began yesterday.

MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – Cricket Australia recorded a net surplus of $99 million in the last financial year following the co-hosting of the 2015 World Cup with New Zealand, the board said after its annual general meeting yesterday.

Dear Editor, There can be no doubt that sooner or later the courts of Guyana will be called upon to determine the entitlement of former Presidents of Guyana to immunity from civil or criminal process.

The newest tenants of Orange Walk say they feel more than a trifle betrayed by the Georgetown Municipality, insistent as they are that they were promised that their original vending spots situated roughly on the corners of Robb and Bourda streets would be restored to them once the ancient Bedford Methodist school had been torn down.

Dear Editor, Our children are our most precious assets. They are the future leaders of our country.

BEIJING/WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The U.S. and Chinese navies held high-level talks yesterday after a U.S.

The suspect in the murder of a Ruimzigt, West Coast Demerara resident, who was beaten to death on Sunday, is to be arraigned today.

By Marilyn Collins The Food Manufac-turers’ Institute (FMI) “2011 Trends Survey” found that 13% of participants reportedly believe that eating food past its sell-by date is not a serious health risk; 10% reportedly believe that eating food past its best-by date is a serious health risk and 25% of people always discard food when it is past its sell-by date.

MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – Cricket Australia boss James Sutherland has defended the use of the controversial pink ball in the face of players’ criticism and is adamant it will prove a success during test cricket’s first day-night match in Adelaide next month.

Local Telecommunications provider Digicel and the Lusignan Golf Club (LGC) yesterday officially launched their 2015 Digicel Guyana Open Golf 2-day competition which will tee off tomorrow at the Lusignan Golf Course.

MIAMI, (Reuters) – A Venezuelan state prosecutor who helped put prominent opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez behind bars said he apologized to the jailed man’s parents by phone this week after fleeing the country to avoid pressing the government’s trumped-up case.

Dear Editor, More than three years ago I received a mail from the Guyana Power and Light (GPL) stating that they will improve my experience as a customer and give me the benefit of monitoring my power usage and avoid disconnection by transitioning all post-paid meters to pre-paid meters.

UWI/China Agricultural Innovation Park launched The first phase of the University of the West Indies (UWI) St Augustine Campus UWI/ China Agricultural University (CAU) Agricultural Innovation Park (AIP) has been launched at the university’s 200 acre farm at Orange Grove.

At approximately 18:30hrs on Wednesday, October 28, 2015, ranks of the Lethem Police Station whilst conducting a search on a motor vehicle at the Guyana/Brazil Multi-Complex Crossing, unearthed six 20-gauge cartridges and a shotgun component.

BLOEMFONTEIN, South Africa, CMC – West Indies all-rounder Andre Russell will campaign in the South African Ram Slam Twenty20 League for a second straight year after signing for VKB Knights ahead Sunday’s start of the new campaign.

Alpha United recorded their second win in as many matches, downing a disjointed Fruta Conquerors by a 2-0 margin when the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) Stag Beer Elite League continued on Wednesday at the Camp Ayanganna ground.

BERLIN, N.H., (Reuters) – U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton said on Thursday she believes the U.S.

Gold Prices for the three day period  ending Thursday  October 29, 2015

The Cheddi Jagan International Airport Corporation (CJIAC) held a blood drive in the Greeters Hall of the airport on Wednesday and saw a 30-unit donation from staff.

Dear Editor,   Dr Baytoram Ramharack, by any definition an “Indian Intellectual” (interesting book on Balram Singh Rai as pro-Indian militant), has written a letter which you published in your edition of October 28, “bemoaning,” and the word is chosen for its connotations, his perceived absence of Indo-Guyanese intellectuals pushing a racial agenda and doing so to national applause.

The assault case against the two police officers charged with assaulting detainee Colwyn Harding was adjourned again yesterday.

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, CMC – All-rounder Carlos Brathwaite smashed a scintillating hundred to once against press his claim for a place ahead of the One-Day International series as West Indies beat Sri Lanka Cricket President’s XI by 43 runs in a rain-affected one-day tour game here yesterday.

By Karen Abrams Karen Abrams is a Consultant for the Tech Industry.

(Reuters) – A U.S. appeals court today rejected Texas financier Robert Allen Stanford’s bid to overturn his conviction and 110-year prison sentence for running what federal prosecutors called a $7.2 billion Ponzi scheme.

Dear Editor,   It is indeed difficult at this juncture of uncertainty across ranks, generations and other divisions, not to share their expressed perplexity about job values, more particularly in what is described as the Guyana Public Sector.

MEXICO CITY, (Reuters) – Mexican prosecutors will take new testimony from federal security officials to determine what part they played during the disappearance of 43 students training to be teachers last year, which battered the government’s image at home and abroad.

Breast cancer vigil: The Ministry of Social Protection yesterday held a walk and a candle light vigil to raise awareness of and in memory of persons who died as a result of breast cancer.

During Tuesday’s opening of tenders at the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board (NPTAB), Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Public Infrastructure-Hinterland Electrification Co.

Dear Editor,   I refer to a letter by His Holiness Swami Aksharanandaji   as published in your newspaper and wish to thank him for bringing clarity to the question of the date which is in consonance with a previous letter by Pandit Balbadar for observance of Deepavali in Guyana this year which he has established to be the 10th of Novemberr as appropriate for Maha Lakshmi Puja and of course the traditional lighting of diyas.

GASCI (www.gasci.com/telephone Nº 223-6175/6) reports that session 639’s trading results showed consideration of $5,341,879 from 17,358 shares traded in 3 transactions as compared to session 638’s trading results, which showed consideration of $7,791,483 from 296,103 shares traded in 10 transactions.

Slingerz FC secured their sixth win in the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) Stag Beer Elite League, dismissing Buxton United by a 4-0 score line on Wednesday at the Camp Ayanganna ground.

(Trinidad Express) Trinidad and Tobago has withdrawn its candidature for the Office of Secretary General for the Commonwealth, ending any chance Dr Bhoe Tewarie had of securing the coveted post.

MEXICO CITY, (Reuters) – Mexico’s government, tarnished by a conflict-of-interest row over its links to public contractors, said on Wednesday it would follow new global transparency standards in awarding bids for a $13 billion airport.

Dear Editor, I would like you to publish my reflection on the old Guyanese statement ‘Dutty pun Dutty build dam’.

ST GEORGE’S, Grenada, CMC – Deandra Dottin took centre stage for the first time on the tour as West Indies barely broke a sweat in disposing of Pakistan Women by eight wickets in the opening Twenty20 International of the three-match series here yesterday.

What the Mayor and City Council says is a new approach in its efforts to “rebrand, renew and revitalize” the capital will be unveiled this morning in the form of a three-day ‘Green Conference and Expo’ at two neighboring city venues: the Pro-menade Gardens and the Parade Ground.

(Trinidad Express) A 52-year-old man has been ordered extradited to Canada to face 54 charges, including murder and kidnapping.

Vanetta Williams is 34, a mother of four and the energetic owner of a business establishment that offers services, some of which might not ordinarily be associated with a woman.

SINGAPORE, (Reuters) – Maria Sharapova made light of her long injury layoff by advancing to the last four of the WTA Finals with an unbeaten record in round robin play after the Russian breezed past Flavia Pennetta 7-5 6-1 yesterday.

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Wake for Zenita Nicholson: Members of the Art of Living centre located at Turkeyen,  held a wake last night for human rights activist Zenita Nicholson who had been a part of the institution since 2010.

The results of the West Indies’ Test series against Sri Lanka do not make for pretty reading.

SHANGHAI/BEIJING, (Reuters) – The easing of family planning restrictions in China to allow all couples to have two children will benefit around 100 million families, a professor told the official China Daily yesterday.

(Trinidad Guardian) Chief Executive Officer of Caribbean Airlines (CAL) Michael DiLollo has quit after just 17 months on the job. The

Today is to be among my briefest offerings. But hopefully, effectively terse and pointed.

Dear Editor, Belizeans are going to the polls on November 4 either to elect a new government or to give the incumbent UDP another five-year term in office.

At a time when governments in developed countries are embracing legislative measures to protect their populations against food-borne diseases associated with lax importation policies that pay less than careful attention to food imports, it behooves governments in poor countries, which, on account of their already profligate and often less than carefully overseen import policies, to follow suit by adhering to their own already existing laws and regulations and where necessary to have those tightened.

Let’s assume that you are present on a regular basis in the same home as your child/children, grandchildren, niece, or other young female relative/s, that you are paying attention, and that you have enough of a relationship with them to be aware of the basics of their lives.