Daily Archive: Wednesday, November 18, 2015

Transparency Institute Guyana Inc (TIGI) today hammered the police over two high profile probes involving senior coast guardsman Gary Beaton and a policeman snared in a cocaine extortion case.

ROSEAU, Dominica, CMC – Grenada’s Prime Minister Dr Keith Mitchell has bristled at the suggestion by West Indies Cricket Board president, Dave Cameron, that his board was too busy to have an urgent meeting with CARICOM leaders to discuss the recommendations of the Governance Review Panel report.

Former Home Affairs Minister Ronald Gajraj is suing his successor Gail Teixeira for defamation over statements she allegedly made about him which were contained in a US diplomatic cable released by the Wikileaks website.

President David Granger today signed the Book of Condolence at the French Consulate in Georgetown in memory of the 129 people who lost their lives in horrific terrorist attacks in Paris on Friday, November 13.

PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC- Former Trinidad and Tobago cricketer Zaheer Ali says he is in full support of the immediate dissolution of the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) as well as the appointment of an interim board to run the game in the region.

(Trinidad Guardian) A discussion is currently taking place with the Attorney General on revisiting or changing the current situation of free, unrestricted/unhindered entry of T&T nationals who have joined the Islamic State (ISIS), National Security Minister Edmund Dillon confirmed yesterday.

PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC-Three former presidents of the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) have condemned the decision by the Dave Cameron led WICB to ignore a request for an urgent meeting with Caricom leaders.

The Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU) is calling on the David Granger administration to show it has the best interest of teachers at heart by respecting agreements made for their benefit under the previous administration.

Employees of the Demerara Distillers Limited (DDL) will now benefit from a 20% increase as the local consortium and three trade unions yesterday signed a multi-year collective bargaining agreement.

Historian Tota Mangar was robbed of his SUV on Monday evening, just after he exited Moray House on Camp Street, Georgetown.

A West Ruimveldt gold miner was yesterday sentenced to nearly five years in prison after being found guilty of armed robbery.

The two men busted at a hotel with a quantity of cocaine pellets last Friday were yesterday refused bail after being charged with conspiracy to traffic the drugs.

The People’s Progressive Party has proclaimed that following a meeting on Saturday of its Central Committee (CC) there will be no engagements in relation to unity talks with the government.

Guyana will not be caught unawares by the H1N1/ Swine Flu virus, Minister of Public Health Dr George Norton said, adding that doctors at the Georgetown Public Hospital are aware and alert to the possibility of the virus entering Guyana.

A police officer was chopped on Monday night when he intervened in a fight outside of a wedding house opposite his home and he is dissatisfied with how fellow officers have handled the case so far.

A 69-year-old fisherman of Ruby, East Bank Essequibo drowned in a canal around 2 pm yesterday while trying to set a seine.

One of the three men held after the recent robbery of a Mahaicony supermarket is now blind as a result of injuries he sustained when villagers apprehended him.

The government has revealed that the E-Government Unit has begun rolling out Wi- Fi networks in schools, with the hinterland and remote areas projected to benefit from internet access by the end of the first quarter of 2016.

The statements taken from the late Fitzroy Fiedtkou, who was present when his sister Clementine Fiedtkou-Parris, 72, was gunned down at her Robb Street home, were on Monday read in the High Court, which heard that he had identified two of the four men on trial for the crime.

Reports of dire problems at the Guyana National Cooperative Bank (GNCB) formed the basis of a cable on May 9th, 1978 from the US Embassy here to the State Department and missions in the Caribbean.

An 11-year-old boy was struck down and killed on the Bath Settlement Public Road, at West Coast Berbice on Sunday evening, following the collision of two cars.

The New Amsterdam Hospital’s neonatal unit will be closed for approximately one week while the Ministry of Public Health attempts to address several deficiencies within the unit.

Sterling Products under their Igloo Ice-Cream brand became the latest sponsor to throw its support behind the 2nd edition of the Smalta/ Ministry of Public Health Girls U-11 Football event, donating an undisclosed sum yesterday to the tourney organizers.

One of the men who was reported to have recently been beaten and then shot at afterward in the parking lot of the Pegasus Hotel is being accused of committing a sexual assault, which led to the altercation.

The lifeless body of an Enmore, East Coast Demerara man was discovered early Monday morning floating in a gutter in front of his house and his son believes that he was a victim of foul play.

Castello Housing Scheme and Shopping Plaza were among the sides to clinch their berth to the group stage when the qualifying round of the Guinness ‘Greatest of the Streets’ Georgetown tourney concluded on Monday.

Five new land surveyors, who completed the 2015 Sworn Lands and Surveys examination, were sworn in at a simple graduation ceremony on Monday A release for the Ministry of the Presidency reported that the five took their oath of office before Minister of State Joseph Harmon,

Two persons, including a teenager are patients at   the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) following a stabbing incident at Parika Backdam, East Bank Essequibo on Saturday evening.

PERTH, (Reuters) – The second test between Australia and New Zealand fizzled out in a draw yesterday but not before Mitchell Johnson gave one last reminder of his bowling prowess on the day he announced his retirement from international cricket.

Right handed middle order batsman Totaram Persaud Sunday slammed an unbeaten half century to propel Number 69 Vikings to the 2015 4R Bearings T20 title over rivals Number 70 at the Crabwood Creek Sports Complex ground.

A pastor was shot to his head with pellets after he courageously confronted a masked bandit who was holding his son at gunpoint at their Tuschen, East Bank Essequibo home on Sunday evening.

COUVA, Trinidad, CMC-Trinidad and Tobago’s national women’s football team hammered St.Lucia

Dear Editor, The obvious is restated to furnish context: there are too many vehicles, too few roads, and too little space, especially in Georgetown proper.

As the Labour Department seeks to end a long-running wage calculation dispute between management and workers of Bosai Minerals Guyana, the Chinese company yesterday refused to submit the records of an aggrieved employee and indicated that it would rather go to arbitration to resolve the issue.

A successful collaborative blood donation drive between Massy Industries and the New Amsterdam Hospital Blood Bank, yielded 32 units of blood, surpassing the target of 30 units.

(The Sports Xchange) – Veteran forward Dirk Nowitzki scored seven of his 21 points in the final three-and-a-half minutes as the Dallas Mavericks held off the winless Philadelphia 76ers 92-86 on Monday.

Dear Editor I refer to a letter under the caption ‘Foreign healthcare workers should be fluent in English and Creolese’ in Stabroek News of November 5 by Sherlina Nageer.

As he lay in the hospital after sustaining a fractured skull during his attempts to fight off home invaders, Nicholas Harrinandan heard his phone ringing.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC-Spinner Nikita Miller has described as “decent” his match winning bowling effort for Jamaica Scorpions against Windward Islands Volcanoes in second round action of the WICB Professional Cricket League (PCL) on Sunday.

Dear Editor, Further to the article on page 2 of SN’s edition, November 17, wherein better public health measures to combat the growing problem of diabetes were suggested, I would like to make this observation.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC- The Jamaica Scorpions have made two changes to their 13-man squad to play Trinidad and Tobago Red Force in the third round of the WICB Professional Cricket League which starts on Friday.

Dear Editor, The 12th November letter in SN by our respected trade union leader, Mr Lincoln Lewis, titled: ‘It is not the government’s role to accuse a trade union of a political motive’ appropriately calls attention to the need for respect for the provisions of our industrial relations laws and collective labour agreements.

RIYADH, (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia’s harsh religious tradition is seen by many outsiders – and some Saudi liberals – as a root cause of the international jihadist threat that has inflamed the Middle East for years and struck in Paris last week.

The Guyana Water Inc (GWI) yesterday received bids for the Supply and Delivery of Service Connection Materials at several locations.

(Trinidad Guardian) Fearing the worst after finding his son-in-law hanging behind his home, it was a bitter sweet moment for Purnanand Bhim when he opened his daughter’s car and found his three-year-old granddaughter clutching her mother’s bloodied body yesterday morning.

City Hall’s hope of tapping the Guyana REDD+ Investment Fund (GRIF) to support environmental management within the city is unlikely to be fulfilled anytime soon, according to Governance Minister Raphael Trotman, who has oversight of the management of the nation’s natural resources.

(The Sports Xchange) – Celtics guard Avery Bradley scored 21 points off the bench and the Celtics turned a pair of back-breaking runs into a 111-95 victory over the struggling Houston Rockets at Toyota Center on Monday.

Dear Editor, This is my final response to Abu Bakr on this issue.

BRASILIA, (Reuters) – Brazilian miner Samarco said yesterday it is conducting real-time monitoring and emergency repairs on two of its tailings dams that suffered damage in the wake of the Nov.

Dear Editor, I wish to publicly seek some answers from Regional Executive Officer, Region 3.

Government has taken aggressive actions to improve health care delivery in the hinterland community of Baramita, Region One.

KIGALI, (Reuters) – Rwanda’s senate yesterday unanimously ap-proved a draft constitution to allow President Paul Kagame to seek a third term in office, the head of the senate said, clearing the path for a referendum that is not expected to face much opposition.

Dear Editor, An optimist is someone who sees the glass as being half full rather than half empty.

The implementation of the Berbice River taxi service has seen 62,465 passengers, from September 21 to November 7, 2015, using the service between New Amsterdam and Rosignol, a release from the Ministry of Public Infrastructure said on Monday.

BRUSSELS/PARIS, (Reuters) – French police had three opportunities to catch a Belgian suspect in the Paris attacks and each time let him go, a defence lawyer said yesterday, adding to the missed signals complicating efforts to track down those behind an onslaught in which 129 people were killed.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Mixing the top eight players in London for the ATP’s grand finale should be a recipe for thrilling fare but a large crowd were again left short-changed on Monday with Swiss Stanislas Wawrinka the biggest disappointment.

PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC-Three former presidents of the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) have condemned the decision by the Dave Cameron led WICB to ignore a request for an urgent meeting with Caricom leaders.

On 30th October 2015, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) published its Global Response to Climate Change Keeps Door Open to 2 Degree C Temperature Limit, which synthesized the Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDCs) from some 146 countries, including all the developed and three quarters of the developing countries, including Guyana.

International basketball will return to local shores later this month on when the Guyana Amateur Basketball Federation (GABF) hosts an Antigua and Barbuda Men’s All Star Team for a four-match series.

E-Networks customers will now be able to access 10 network channels with no monthly subscription with the purchase of the new Orange Box.

BRASILIA, (Reuters) – Brazil’s Congress yesterday upheld President Dilma Rousseff’s veto of a bill to raise judiciary employees’ wages, in a victory for the leftist leader as she tries to avert a fiscal meltdown and regain investors’ confidence.

Dear Editor. With much consternation and anxiety I read Dr David Hinds latest piece on this blog www.guyanacaribbeanpolitics.com.

(Trinidad Guardian) Tragedy struck early yesterday morning in Diego Martin as a two-year-old girl was shot and killed by gunmen.

(Barbados Nation) The court’s decision to “take itself out of” the bidding war for Banks Holdings Limited (BHL) has opened the door for a higher offer from Brazilian company AmBev.

Dear Editor, For my 81st birth anniversary, it was a delight sharing breakfast and brunch with both men and women at three of our senior citizens homes in Georgetown.

Charity carpenter Safraz Ally was on Monday sentenced to 18 months in prison after a city court found him guilty of misusing $2.6 million that had been entrusted to him.

BUENOS AIRES, (Reuters) – Police raided the trading desk of Argentina’s central bank yesterday after a prosecutor accused the monetary regulator’s president of directing the bank to sell U.S.

The extreme shock demonstrated by the French government and people at the attacks on individuals in Paris has been obvious.

A youth was on Monday accused of robbing a man of a $100,000 phone and then selling it for just $3,000.

LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – Oscar-winning actress Julia Roberts may be best known for her trademark big smile, but in her latest film “Secret in Their Eyes,” she taps into a much less glamorous side of herself to play a traumatized police officer.

(Barbados Nation) Michael Kenan Blackett appeared before Magistrate Graveney Bannister yesterday in the District “A” Magistrates Court charged in connection with three murders and two counts of wounding with intent.

Dear Editor, Culture was again at the centre of the 2015 Guyana Cultural Association (GCA) New York annual Symposium held at Empire College in Brooklyn, New York.