Daily Archive: Saturday, November 21, 2015

Longstanding journalist and reporter on culture at the Guyana Chronicle, Raschid Osman passed away today.

The Ministry of Tourism and the Protected Areas Commission today reported that a female visitor to Kaieteur Falls jumped over the Falls this morning, in an apparent suicide.

At 5:45 hours this morning, the Guyana Power and Light (GPL) said that the Demerara Berbice Interconnected System (DBIS) experienced a total shutdown.

BERNE, (Reuters) – The ethics committee of world soccer governing body FIFA said on Saturday it had completed its investigation into the conduct of FIFA President Sepp Blatter and UEFA president Michel Platini and requested sanctions against them.

Faced with a barrage of criticisms over his seemingly arrogant stance in reacting to questions about significant salary increases granted to ministers, Minister of State Joseph Harmon yesterday offered an apology to the Guyanese people, except for the members of the PPP/C.

Lamenting the “escalation” of crime here, the Private Sector Commission (PSC) yesterday floated strategies for the reduction of crime, while saying that it is willing to partner with the relevant authorities to address the situation.

Three men, including one who was allegedly caught after he found himself on the receiving end of a chopper during the home invasion of Tucberg Park businessman Nicholas Harrinandan, were yesterday charged with the crime and remanded to prison.

Despite a ministerial order to halt the operation of a dredge in close proximity to Isseneru’s residential area, at Middle Mazaruni, Region Seven, the miner on Thursday reportedly restarted his mining operation, triggering concern that conflict could erupt between him and the villagers.

Communities Minister Ronald Bulkan yesterday announced that local government elections, which have been delayed for almost two decades, would be run off on Friday, March 18th, 2016.

The family of a 35-year-old woman, who delivered a stillborn baby at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH) on Wednesday afternoon, blames negligence by medical personnel and is calling for a thorough investigation to be launched.

Students writing the National Grade Six Assessment (NGSA) next year will have their secondary school placement decided on the strength of those scores alone.

Having undergone a multi-million dollar technological upgrade courtesy of Samsung Electronics, the North Ruim-veldt Multilateral is now the local pilot school for Samsung’s Smart School Project.

Just over 50% of the 582 reported domestic violence cases in Berbice made it to court, where there were only 17 convictions for the year up to last Friday, according to police, who say they are concerned about the situation.

The main opposition PPP yesterday accused the government of “flip-flopping” on the Amaila Falls hydropower project, following the administration’s announcement of a plan to review the viability of the venture.

Despite the PPP/C’s position that it will not take part in the unity talks with the government, Minister of State Joseph Harmon said yesterday that the door remains open.

The Cummingsburg Ac-cord, which underpins the alliance between A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) and the Alliance For Change (AFC), is working well, Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo says.

Dwayne Adams was yesterday sentenced to 54 months in prison and fined more than $2 million by a city court for conspiring to traffic cocaine, while his co-accused walked free.

The boyfriend of the United Kingdom-based Guyanese woman who was earlier this month charged with trying to smuggle cocaine out of the country in bottles of rum was yesterday arraigned on the same charge.

Susan Weeks yesterday testified that her foster brother, Kevin October, could not have shot and killed 72-year-old Clementine Fiedtkou-Parris or have been present at the scene since he was in police custody at the time.

Mark Sauers, who is accused of conspiring with another man to traffic over 15 kilos of cocaine at Beterverwagting, on the East Coast Demerara, was remanded to prison yesterday by a city magistrate.

An unbeaten fifty from Guyana Jaguars Captain Leon Johnson highlighted the rain-affected opening day against the Barbados Pride in round three of the WICB/PCL Regional 4-Day match which bowled off yesterday the at the Providence Stadium, Guyana.

A Diamond Housing Scheme resident was yesterday remanded to prison on a drug trafficking charge, after police said he was found with 154 grammes of cannabis at his home.

The National Sports Commission and Fly Jamaica are the main sponsors of the Guyana table tennis team which is set to participate in the upcoming North American Teams table tennis championships which runs from November 27-29 at the Gaylord National Resort, National Harbour, Maryland, United States of America.

Defending Georgetown champ North Ruimveldt, national holders Sparta Boss and former titlist Leopold Street punched their tickets to the knockout round when the Guinness ‘Greatest of the Streets’ Georgetown tourney continued on Tuesday.

The suspect held on Thursday in connection with the murder of Festival City resident Christopher Wharton, called “Taps,” has confessed to the crime, according to Crime Chief Wendell Blanhum.

The two women arrested after the remains of a baby was found buried in a small grave.

MONACO,CMC- Sprint superstar Usain Bolt is among three athletes on the final short list for the 2015 IAAF World male Athlete of the Year award.

ROSEAU, Dominica, CMC – Windward Islands Volcanoes, replying to Leeward Islands Hurricanes 24 for seven declared, were 104 for five at the close of the first day of their third round match in the Regional First Class Championship at Windsor Park here yesterday.

Police will seek advice from the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) on possible charges stemming from the shooting at a Coverden, East Bank Demerara sports bar last Saturday, which occurred after a scuffle between a patron and a policeman who was trying to make an arrest.

The University of Guyana Students Society (UGSS) has called on the university’s administration to reduce the facilities fee, which was increased to $50,000 for the 2014/2015 academic year, while saying that there has continued to be poor management of the institution’s finances.

PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Trinidad and Tobago Red Force were 145 for five against Jamaica Scorpions at the close of their rain affected first day of their third round match in the Regional First Class Championship at the Queen’s Park oval here yesterday.

President David Granger on Thursday threw out a challenge to the students and alumni of Tutorial High School to establish an Education Scholarship Trust to assist children from deprived families secure a secondary education.

LONDON, (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – A Sierra Leonean footballer who used to play in Britain’s top league has revealed he was trafficked as a teenager, taken to Britain by a man who tried to force him into the sex trade.

State Minister Joseph Harmon has pledged that government will uphold collective bargaining agreements brokered with the public service union.

(Reuters) – Golden State talisman Stephen Curry continues to steal the spotlight from Los Angeles Clippers point guard Chris Paul, consistently leaving his rival in his wake as he climbs towards the top rung of the NBA ladder.

MOSCOW/LONDON, (Reuters) – The sportswoman who blew the whistle on doping in Russian athletics is in hiding abroad, pursued by a barrage of criticism from former colleagues and officials at home who accuse her of betraying her country.

Media InSite Ltd has launched its regional media monitoring company in Guyana.

Dear Editor, The stinging rebuke by a sitting President to a former president seemed, in my view, unstatesmanlike.

BAMAKO, (Reuters) – Islamist militants killed 19 people in an attack on a top hotel in the capital of Mali yesterday before Malian commandos stormed the building and rescued 170 people, many of them foreigners.

Following an exciting opening round of matches, the 2nd edition of the Smalta/Ministry of Public Health Girls U-11 Football Championship continues today at the Ministry of Education ground on Carifesta Avenue.

Dear Editor, President David Granger is known to have a great interest in the history of our nation, hence he suggested that Ogle be renamed the E F Correia International Airport.

Supah Elites are the new kids on the block. Matthew ‘Lil Dubs’ Das and Sean ‘SoSik’ Tribuhan are hip-hop dancers who have been turning heads.

Dear Editor, ‘Coke in Poke’ was the headline in Kaieteur News (November 20) referencing an article about two St Lucian women attempting to smuggle cocaine out of Guyana.

(Reuters) – Jos Buttler’s record-breaking century and a more routine one from Jason Roy fired England to an 84-run win over Pakistan in a high-scoring final one-day international in Dubai yesterday and a 3-1 victory in the series.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The Obama administration yesterday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to revive President Barack Obama’s executive action to protect millions of illegal immigrants from deportation, saying Republican-led states had no legal basis to challenge it.

Hi Everyone, With the Christmas holidays just weeks away, the shopping craze has begun.

CAPE TOWN, (Reuters) – South Africa have added fast bowler Marchant de Lange to their squad for the final two test matches in India as concerns remain over the fitness of attack spearhead Dale Steyn.

Dear Editor, I noted with no surprise the naturally intellectually flaccid response by the Department of Public Information (hereinafter referred to as ‘DPI’) in seeking to justify the President and the Attorney General’s receipt of a tax-free salary in an attempt to justify their very own existence at the DPI.

LONDON, (Reuters) – The militants who killed 130 people in Paris, triggering waves of air strikes on Syria and security alerts around the world, may have spent as little as around 7,000 euros ($7,500) to stage their attacks.

SYDNEY, (Reuters) – Michael Clarke has hit out at former coach John Buchanan for criticism levelled at him when he retired earlier this year, saying his dog could have led Australia to world domination in the 2000s.

Dear Editor, The rice farmers are blaming the government for the low prices for rice, which I think is wrong.

(Barbados Nation) The slogan on its trucks screams Grab An Ice Cold Banks Beer, but the battle for ownership of parent company Banks Holdings Limited (BHL) was anything but cold by sunset on Thursday.

BERLIN, (Reuters) – Franz Beckenbauer, the former World Cup-winning player and coach at the heart of a scandal surrounding the 2006 tournament, is unhappy with the German FA’s response to his offer of a “personal” discussion with the association.

ABUJA, (Reuters) – Nigeria hopes to reach a deal with China within weeks to set up 40 rice mills, its new agriculture minister said, as part of plans to eliminate the need for any imports of the grain within two years.

Shauna Ramdyhan, a 25-year-old stunner, who is a Foreign Service Officer at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, is Las Vegas bound having won the Miss Guyana Universe 2015 pageant held last Sunday evening at the Ramada Georgetown Princess Hotel.

Dear Editor, Harry Hergash is spot on in asserting that “the PPP needs introspection and hard work to make it compliant with 21st century democratic norms” (SN, Nov12).

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – South America’s vast Amazon region harbors one of the world’s most diverse collection of tree species, but more than half may be at risk for extinction due to ongoing deforestation to clear land for farming, ranching and other purposes, scientists say.

Dear Editor, To celebrate the 70th birth anniversary of my grandmother, the matriarch of our family, we visited a number of restaurants where we could dine for the evening.

Christmas is almost here. It is the time of year that I believe consumers spend the most willingly, without feeling too guilty about it, or at least I do.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said he would implement a database to keep track of Muslims in the United States as part of his immigration policy.

These students seemed unbothered by the mess the afternoon downpour left behind yesterday as they treaded their way through the floodwaters along Church Street.

GENEVA, (Reuters) – The World Trade Organization’s Appellate Body ruled against the United States yesterday in a dispute with Mexico over tuna labelling, upholding an earlier ruling issued in April that found U.S.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Rafael Nadal emulated Roger Federer by winning a third successive round-robin match at the ATP World Tour Finals yesterday, edging fellow Spaniard David Ferrer at the O2 Arena.

“Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter,” said the Reverend Martin Luther King.

(Barbados Nation) A win-win situation. That is how Leader of the Senate Maxine McClean has described the move by the Freundel Stuart administration to borrow Bds$240 million from the Export-Import Bank of China to help fund the redevelopment of Sam Lord’s Castle.