Daily Archive: Tuesday, November 24, 2015

Over the next five days, professionals with a passion for caring for the elderly will receive training in this field, under the patronage of the Office of the First Lady.

President David Granger was yesterday paid a courtesy call by President of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ), Sir Dennis Byron at the Ministry of the Presidency, GINA said.

After two months of rehabilitation works, Motor Vessel Lady Northcote is back in the waters after it was released from the E.C.

President David Granger, yesterday, met with three members of the Moraikobai Craft Group, who presented him with a hand-woven hammock at the Ministry of the Presidency, GINA said.

Notwithstanding the fact that most states are said to be independent and sovereign and the governments of small and weak countries are usually not bashful in laying claims to this status, global political economy suggests a different story.

Orwin and Cleon Hinds, Kevin October and Roy Jacobs have each been sentenced to 81 years in jail after a jury found them guilty of murdering 72-year-old Clementine Fiedtkou-Parris.

A dispute over dates for the Diwali holiday this year seems set to continue next year.

About 1930h. last night, the police say that Deon Primus, 38 years, of Stanleytown, New Amsterdam, was driving a motor vehicle along a road at Stanleytown, when he was attacked by two men, one of whom was armed with a handgun.

The police say that investigations are being conducted into the killing of Troy Brutus, 37 years, of Castello Housing Scheme, Georgetown, which occurred at about 1930h.

(Trinidad Guardian) Relatives of Brian Smith, whose body was fished out from sea on Sunday morning, last night burnt tyres and caused major traffic gridlock along the Western Main Road as they claimed the 30-year-old was killed by regiment officers and called for justice.

Police have confirmed that the mother of four who was stabbed, allegedly by her partner, and dumped from a car onto a city street yesterday afternoon, died last night at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH).

A team from the European Union (EU) Delegation in Guyana will tomorrow be meeting with government and the judiciary to discuss Guyana’s need to join with other countries worldwide in abolishing the death penalty.

A man is now nursing a gunshot wound to his knee after a shootout with several bandits at his home last night.

A Pomona, Essequibo Coast man was yesterday remanded to prison when he appeared before the Charity Magistrate’s Court, charged with raping a woman.

The accused in the murder of Festival City resident Christopher Wharton was charged yesterday in a city court, where he claimed he was brutalised by police ranks.

An East La Penitence greens vendor ended up with three gunshot wounds to his right leg last evening when he was attacked outside of his cousin’s Albouystown home and robbed of the day’s sales.

A man is now dead after the ATV he was driving crashed early yesterday.

A number of sugar workers downed tools on Saturday last for three days in response to the corporation’s refusal of their union’s proposed Annual Production Incentive (API).

The Guyana Bank for Trade and Industry (GBTI) yesterday launched its new Education Savings Plan and Minister of Education Dr Rupert Roopnaraine urged other banks to follow suit, while saying education is the most instrumental sector in development.

Guyana’s indigenous communities feel that enough is not being done to take on board their recommendations in relation to the crafting of the Voluntary Partnership Agreement (VPA) for forest management between Guyana and the European Union.

The Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) has launched an investigation into allegations that four of its employees drugged and gang raped a woman at the entity’s Mahdia location and police have apprehended a suspect.

The Mayor and City Council (M&CC) collected in excess of $174 million in rates during the month of October, almost three times the $59 million collected for the corresponding period in 2014.

Thirteen-year-old Shakiva Clements, who was battling bone cancer, passed away last Thursday.

The Government of Guy-ana is to partner with all banking institutions to implement appropriate policy measures to promote greater financial inclusion.

Amid ongoing concerns about the problematic operations of the Skeldon Sugar Factory which has cost millions to fix since its construction, former President Donald Ramotar says that price was the most important issue in awarding the contract, a point that sugar industry expert Tony Vieira has disputed.

Having completed the Be Your Own Boss component of USAID’s Skills and Knowledge for Youth Employment (SKYE) programme, 70 young men and women were yesterday awarded individual grants of $200,000 to start their own businesses.

As the November 30 deadline approaches for the completion of the report by the Commis-sion of Inquiry (CoI) into the assassination of Dr Walter Rodney the PPP is warning the government not to delay in its public dissemination, as this would be viewed with “deep suspicion.”

Rubis Guyana Inc donated mechanical engineer tool kits and coveralls, in addition to completing a full refurbishment of the workshops at the Government Technical Institute (GTI.)

Gudakesh Motie’s match haul of 9-98 and Vishaul Singh’s first innings 121 helped the Guyana Jaguars break a 31-year curse on home soil when they handed the Barbados Pride a resounding nine-wicket loss, roaring to their third consecutive win when round three of the 2015/16 WICB/PCL Regional 4-Day Tournament wrapped up yesterday at Providence.

Patrina Dalrymple, the Guyana-born American woman now on the run after being charged over an attempt to smuggle nearly a kilo of cocaine onboard a flight out of the country, was yesterday sentenced to 60 months in prison in her absence.

Guyana’s premier junior distance athlete, Matthew McKenzie, was touted to star in yesterday’s 10km road race of this year’s 55th edition of the National Schools Cycling, Swimming and Track and Field Championships.

A Stabroek market vendor was yesterday released on $25,000 bail after she pleaded not guilty to wounding her sister.

Akeem Arthur and his Upper Demerara/ Kwakwani teammates defied the odds to sweep the podium in the male 40km cycling event when this year’s National Schools Cycling, Swimming and Track and Field Champion-ships got under way yesterday.

Dear Editor, November 25, 2015 – Inter-national Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women – will mark Help & Shelter’s 20th anniversary.

The four men accused of killing 72-year-old Clementine Fiedtkou-Parris will likely know their fate today.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – John Campbell stroked an unbeaten half-century to complete an extraordinary day and a Man-of-the-Match performance as Jamaica Scorpions easily beat Trinidad and Tobago Red Force by six wickets here yesterday, to go second in the Regional First Class standings.

Dear Editor, Minister of Finance Winston Jordan paints a rosy picture of Malaysian transnational logger known locally as the Barama Company Limited.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – The West Indies Cricket Board said Monday it would launch an investigation into the preparation of the pitch at Windsor Park after the third round game of the Regional Regional First Class Championship finished inside two days there last Saturday.

A Linden teen was yesterday fined $5,000 and sentenced to three months of community service after she pleaded guilty to possession of cannabis.

Dear Editor, The announced intent of the APNU+AFC and PPP that they are going to be participating in the local government elections (LGE) is an indication that the national politicians have an interest in determining and occupying every political space, stifling the free-spiritedness and local camaraderie of the people.

The Lady Jaguars will resume their campaign to qualify for the 2016 Olympics in Brazil on February 11th 2016 at the BBVA Compass Stadium in Texas as they have been selected in group-B of the CONCACAF Olympic Qualifier Tournament.

Four persons were yesterday charged with trafficking marijuana after a Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) bust at an East La Penitence house uncovered almost 2.5 kilos of the drug.

Dear Editor, According to a BBC news item, Morocco is focused on renewable energy production.

MIRPUR, Bangladesh, CMC – Trinidadian seamer Kevon Cooper grabbed five wickets in a cameo all-round performance to fire Barisal Bulls to a convincing 13-run victory over Darren Sammy’s Rangpur Riders on day two of the Bangladesh Premier League here yesterday.

The APNU+AFC government will soon be moving to Parliament with a bill to widen the definition of a coroner.

Dear Editor, Human needs are basically the same, that is the need for food, shelter and security.

Dear Editor, It was a breath of fresh air when I learnt that Patricia Chase-Green, Deputy Mayor, is interested in contesting for the mayorship.

As the government pursues a holistic approach to fixing Guyana’s drainage system, Minister of Public Infrastructure David Patterson and Minister of Agriculture Noel Holder yesterday met a Dutch Risk Reduction team, which is here in a consultancy capacity.

A first half four goal blitz propelled Victoria Kings in the semi-final round of the GTT/Limacol Football Championship, downing New Amsterdam United 4-2 in their eliminator matchup on Sunday at the Victoria Community ground.

DUBAI (Reuters) – Iran’s supreme leader, at a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Tehran, said yesterday US policies in the Middle East were a threat to both countries and called for closer bilateral ties.

Slingerz FC finished as the point’s leader in the League Genesis section of the GFF Stag Beer Elite League, edging arch-rivals Alpha United compliments of a 1-0 margin on Sunday at the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) ground.

IDOMENI, GREECE (Reuters) – Moroccans, Iranians and Pakistanis on Greece’s northern border with Macedonia blocked rail traffic and demanded passage to western Europe yesterday, stranded by a policy of filtering migrants in the Balkans that has raised human rights concerns.

A Republic Park man was yesterday remanded to prison after he made an appearance before a city court on a gun possession charge.

Dear Editor, Several years ago the WICB (the board) recognized there was something inherently wrong with its governing structure, so it asked three prominent persons to look into it.

Main Street’s tree-lined avenue yesterday. (Photo by Keno George)

Following the recent conclusion of the national indoor championship, the 11th edition of the annual Diamond Mineral Water Hockey Festival was officially launched yesterday by the Guyana Hockey Board (GHB) at the Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC) venue.

PARIS (Reuters) – French jets from the Charles de Gaulle aircraft carrier struck Islamic State targets in Iraq and Syria yesterday while Britain offered France the use of an air base in Cyprus to hit the militants group behind the Paris attacks.

BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – President-elect Mauricio Macri vowed yesterday to get Argen-tina’s stalled economy moving again but refrained from laying out specific measures until he gets to know the “real” state of the nation’s accounts.

Dear Editor. I am venturing into deep water here. I am about to make a layman’s comparison in relation to a complex crisis.

            US Ambassador to Guyana Perry Holloway recently paid a courtesy call on Commissioner General of the Guyana Revenue Authority Khurshid Sattaur.

The suddenness of Minister of State Joseph Harmon’s apology for his controversial ‘no apology’ remark made more than a month ago and arising out of the official announcement regarding a salary increase for ministers of government is not as small a matter as it might seem.

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – A 5.5 magnitude quake hit Mexico City yesterday, according to the US Geological Survey (USGS), shaking buildings and forcing office towers to be evacuated, although there were no initial reports of damage or injuries.

SEOUL (Reuters) – UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has said he was discussing with North Korea the dates for his visit to the isolated state but no decision has been made in his first public comments on the trip since news reports last week said he would go soon.

Dear Editor, His name was Aylan Kurdi, and he was the three-year-old Syrian who drowned fleeing Syria, bringing the refugee crisis into focus when he was found dead on a beach.

Venezuela’s December 6 congressional elections will be the most undemocratic Latin America has seen in recent history, with the exception of Cuba’s.

The fourth night in the Guinness ‘Greatest of the Streets’ Georgetown Championship continues today at the National Cultural Centre tarmac on Mandela Avenue with another round of group fixtures.