Daily Archive: Friday, November 6, 2015

LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – From the Queen of England, a tough chief detective and a handful of ruthless secret agents, Britain’s Dame Helen Mirren has never been a woman to be messed with – on or off screen.

President David Granger (centre) earlier today, chaired a meeting with British High Commissioner to Guyana, Greg Quinn (right) and Minister of State, Joseph Harmon.

Parliament Office this evening announced that the proposed sitting of the House on November 12 has been postponed to a date to be fixed.

The government today appealed to sugar workers not to go on strike and it maintained its position that wage talks cannot begin now as a 10-year road map is being devised for the beleaguered industry and warned that no more bailout money is available from the state.

The Guyana Water Inc (GWI) today said that Chief Executive, Dr.

Seventeen indigenous villages in Region Eight (Potaro-Siparuni) are now better informed on aspects of labour issues and trafficking in persons after their toshaos and village councillors successfully completed a workshop in Kato, GINA said.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Singer Cliff Richard, one of Britain’s best-known entertainers, has been questioned again by police investigating allegations of historical sex crimes, his spokesman said on Friday.

The opposition PPP today rejected the use of the historic Red House for the collections of Presidents other than the late Dr Cheddi Jagan.

(Trinidad Guardian) Relatives of PC Govindra Ramroop, who was shot dead by one of his colleagues at the Guapo Police Station yesterday, wants stiff penalties against the offending officer, saying it was caused by negligence.

Government is moving to table a witness protection bill that will see the establishment of safe houses and new identities for persons who put their lives at risk to testify in court, Minister of Governance Raphael Trotman announced yesterday.

Three suspected robbers have been captured after their getaway was derailed by persistent Mahaicony residents, who went as far as to set a field on fire to force one of the men out of hiding.

Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday accused government of deception on the Amaila Falls Hydropower Project (AFHP) and called on the David Granger administration to join in a “conversation” about the project based on reason.

Observant ranks of the Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU) yesterday unearthed 25 pounds of cocaine concealed in packets of powdered milk in the suitcase of an outbound passenger at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport, Timehri.

Two men were yesterday charged with killing Onderneeming miner Sheldon Rodrigues.

Instead of the asking for a relaxation of enforcement of the 2am cap on liquor sales, the private sector should be lobbying for the law to be changed, Governance Minister Raphael Trotman said yesterday.

The fisherman accused of stealing $1.6 million in items from Guyana Stores Limited was yesterday cleared of the charge after a fingerprint analysis revealed he had been implicated wrongfully.

Agriculture spokesperson for the People’s Progressive Party and General Secretary of the Rice Producers Association Dharamkumar Seeraj is calling on the Agriculture Minister to enact concessions that would ease the financial burden faced by rice farmers and millers.

Nadira Persaud, the Norton Street woman who was in July charged with cannabis possession, was freed yesterday after a city magistrate found that no case had been made against her.

Minister of Finance Winston Jordan yesterday began consultations for Budget 2016.

The Government has requested that the Sitting of the National Assembly scheduled for November 12th, 2015, be postponed to enable the attendance of MPs at important conferences abroad.

Cabinet has given its approval for a tobacco control bill to be submitted to the National Assembly as government moves to bring an end to smoking in public places.

Declaring that the history of Guyana has been a contest between education and stagnation, President David Granger yesterday told the 2015 graduates of President College “there must be a second independence, one that frees us from dependency, frees us from discrimination, domination and the abuse of rights and our freedoms.”

Professional Cricket League (PCL) four-day champs, Guyana Jaguars will commence their title defence today when they square off against the Windward Islands Volcanoes in round one of the West Indies Cricket Board’s (WICB) tournament at the Guyana National Stadium, Providence.

A 17-year old mechanic is now dead after he lost control of a car while driving along the Lusignan Public Road on Wednesday night.

The newborn baby who fell off a cot at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation is in a serious but stable condition.

Two suspects are currently in police custody after the armed attack on a group of moneychangers on America Street on Tuesday night.

Restructuring and lack of financing are hampering Asian timber company, Bai Shan Lin Forest Development Inc.

This Toyota IST plunged into a ditch at Farm, East Bank Essequibo around 2 pm yesterday and the driver and another occupant escaped unhurt.

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, CMC – Opener Johnson Charles says he will be gunning for three figures in tomorrow’s final One-Day International against Sri Lanka, as he looks to build on his exciting half-century in the second game here Wednesday.

A Guyanese delegation headed by Minister of Foreign Affairs Carl Greenidge recently concluded a series of meetings in Barbados to deepen relations between the two countries.

Claims in a recent newspaper article that the State Asset Recovery Unit (SARU), set up by government to investigate the use of state resources, had questioned whether the circumstances under which the Ogle Inter-national Airport (OIA) passed into private hands should not be reviewed have been dismissed by Michael Correia, Head of Trans Guyana Airways and Chairman of the body that manages the country’s second international airport.

Guyana’s agricultural sector may be moving closer to taking advantage of an estimated US$400 million Caricom poultry meat market following a disclosure that points to the likelihood that the local poultry sector could be close to securing self-sufficiency in the production of two key ingredients in the manufacture of poultry feed.

When the cream of the Caribbean’s daredevils invade local shores to compete in the fourth and final leg of the Caribbean Motor Racing Championships (CMRC) next week, among them will be a fast and furious female.

A London-based Guyanese woman will be charged today with attempting to smuggle over three kilogrammes of cocaine in bottles of locally-produced rum onto a flight out of the country.

MOHALI, India, (Reuters) – Part-time spinner Dean Elgar ripped through India’s batting line-up with four wickets as South Africa made the hosts rue their decision to bat first on the opening day of the first test yesterday.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – New Jamaica Scorpions captain Paul Palmer says he is looking forward to the challenge of leading the franchise in the Professional Cricket League four-day championship which bowls off today.

Ten persons lost their home when a fire gutted a Cummings Lodge house early yesterday morning.

It is entirely fair to give City Hall a gentle pat on the back for what we expect is an ongoing effort to change the appearance of the city – and its own image in the process – even as it appears to enjoy a relationship with the present administration than it apparently did with the previous one.

PORT-AU-PRINCE, (Reuters) – Ruling party candidate Jovenel Moise and former government executive Jude Celestin led voting in Haiti’s Oct.

Top of the table clashes will highlight round 12 in the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) Stag Beer Elite League when league leader Pele FC opposes Slingerz and Fruta Conquerors tackle the Guyana Defence Force today at the Camp Ayanganna ground.

PARIS/MOSCOW, (Reuters) – The former head of world athletics is suspected of receiving just over 1 million euros ($1.09 million) in bribes in 2011 to cover up positive doping tests of Russian athletes, the office of France’s financial prosecutor said yesterday.

Three key laws have been reproduced in braille to help visually-impaired citizens know their rights.

A missed layup in the final seconds relegated Colts to a 79-77 loss to fierce rival Pacesetters when the Georgetown Amateur Basketball Association (GABA) 2015 League Championship continued on Wednesday at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.

BRISBANE, (Reuters) – Opener David Warner put New Zealand’s bowlers to the sword with a masterful 163 and Usman Khawaja scored his maiden test century as Australia dominated the opening day of the first test at the Gabba yesterday.

Dear Editor, I have read the interview with Mr Ramotar in your issue of 2nd November 2011 and there are several misleading, if not deceptive comments contained therein, which I summarize below.

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Almost two months after William Nurse and Lisa Khedoo were struck off a bicycle near Lamaha and East streets, Georgetown, the driver of the car that allegedly caused the accident has been charged.

The Probation and Social Services Department of the Ministry of Social Protection on Tuesday engaged its staff in an interactive workshop on improving the quality of service provided to citizens.

(WICB) BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – As the six WICB Professional Cricket League franchises were busy going through their final week of preparations, so too were the men and woman that will join them on the field this coming season.

Dear Editor, Guyana’s Public Security Minister, Khemraj Ramjattan is very correct in his ruling that there shall be no extension of the opening hours of bars and night clubs beyond the 2 am curfew.

Guyana’s FIFA Referee Assessor Roy McArthur will depart local shores shortly for Canada to assess in a group-A matchup between Canada and Honduras in round four of the 2018 World Cup Qualifiers.

Restaurant Week began in New York City in 1992. Origi-nally a four-day event, it was created as a goodwill gesture to the 15,000 journalists and reporters covering that year’s Democratic National Convention.

National cyclist, Alanzo Greaves will belatedly celebrate his birth anniversary by doing what he does best.

The St George’s Cathedral will be celebrating its 121st anniversary on Sunday.

Dear Editor, We are writing in response to the article in KN, November 3, under the headline, ‘CH&PA cracks down on empty house lots.’

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Director of cricket, Richard Pybus, says players should use the Professional Cricket League first class championship starting today, to force their way into the West Indies senior side for upcoming tours.

Winners Connections and Botofago got off to the perfect start in the UDFA First Division Football League, crushing Netrockers and Blueberry Hill respectively when the event commenced on Wednesday at the Mackenzie Sports Club (MSC) ground.

Dear Editor, Time plays a vital role in the life of nearly all the major religious traditions of the world.

BELIZE CITY, (Reuters) – Fresh off a historic win at the polls, Belizean Prime Minister Dean Barrow yesterday voiced confidence that a looming territorial spat with neighboring Guatemala can be headed off once its president-elect reconsiders his position.

At a time when large construction projects have become commonplace in coastal Guyana, the Labour Department of the Ministry of Social Protection is even more determined to rigidly enforce laws governing workplace safety, Minister within the Ministry Simona Broomes told Stabroek Business on Tuesday.

A Leopold Street woman yesterday admitted to slashing her neighbour’s face after a row over stolen sanitary pads and panty liners.

Do I dare ask? How relevant is trade unionism in Guyana today?

YANGON, (Reuters) – Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi said yesterday she would be “above the president” if her party wins a historic election on Nov.

BRASILIA, (Reuters) – A dam holding back waste water from an iron ore mine burst yesterday in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais and local media reported as many as 16 people may have been killed.

Part of the objective of the proprietors of the North Cummingsburg ‘store’ Web Source is to create as customer-friendly a service as they can in a trading environment that has left the old-fashioned variety store behind.

Dear Editor, I read in the papers that the Private Sector Commission, comprising people who should have knowledge in business, is asking the Minister to change the curfew time for rum shops, restaurants, bars and night clubs from 2am to 4am, or else they may need to close shop.

(Reuters) – Pakistan’s spinners handed their team a 2-0 series victory after ripping through England’s batting line-up on the fifth day of the third and final test at Sharjah yesterday.

GASCI (www.gasci.com/telephone Nº 223-6175/6) reports that session 640’s trading results showed consideration of $4,630,456 from 240,375 shares traded in 9 transactions as compared to session 639’s trading results, which showed consideration of $5,341,879 from 17,358 shares traded in 3 transactions.

Dear Editor, Interesting that the ex-Head-of-State and ex-PPP boss stepped forward to report that his party is firm on two-term presidential limits.

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, CMC – West Indies will have to do without Twenty20’s leader bowler, Samuel Badree for their two-match series against Sri Lanka starting next Monday.

BELGRADE, Nov 4 (Reuters) – Serbia’s 72-year-old Tanjug news agency, once the mouthpiece of socialist Yugoslavia, has been shut down after two failed privatisation attempts, the government said on Wednesday.

China’s Ambassador to Guyana, Zhang Limin (second from right) says his government will be working closely with Guyana in the areas of renewable energy generation and infrastructural development.

Massive undertaking: An aerial shot of the large-scale construction works that are ongoing at the site of the US$30M MovieTowne Guyana complex at Turkeyen, East Coast Demerara.

Dear Editor, President Granger’s administration needs to take measures to alleviate the plight of the rice farmers to save the rice industry.

A new peer mentorship-based programme designed to support high-potential women entrepreneurs in the Caribbean targets Guyanese as well as counterparts from several other countries in the region.

Cuba is transforming; and there is no clearer sign of this than the presence at this year’s Havana International Fair of hundreds of western business houses including several major US firms seeking to secure places as close as possible to the top of the cue to seek to do business with a resilient communist regime which, for over more than half a century, Washington had gone to all sorts of extremes to topple.

Black Sigatoga has been wreaking havoc in the local plantain industry and while the disease is probably always likely to pose a threat to the agriculture sector, examples like the one in picture of the combined efforts of farmers and NAREI can help keep the disease at bay.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Superman can use his X-ray vision whenever the need arises.

As we had opined early in the life of the APNU+AFC administration (SN, June 2, 2015), the appointment of Carl Greenidge as the country’s Foreign Minister was a clear signal by the new government of “a serious readiness to place economic diplomacy on its diplomatic front burner.”

Dear Editor, The latest discovery of the young couple Kavita Ackloo and Ramesh Beharry on the seawall, victims of a seeming suicide pact, once again brings home the grim fact that suicide is on the rise in Guyana.

(Barbados Nation) Legal battle lines have been firmly drawn and neither Banks Holdings Limited (BHL) nor ANSA McAL intend to back down from their positions in the controversial takeover bid for BHL, which is now in the court’s hands.

LONDON, 5 (Reuters) – British Prime Minister David Cameron said on Thursday it was increasingly likely a bomb brought down a Russian airliner over Egypt with the loss of 224 lives, and U.S.