Daily Archive: Wednesday, November 25, 2015

Minister within the Ministry of Social Protection, Simona Broomes on Tuesday led a team into the Bauxite Company of Guyana Inc.

The Government of Guyana, in collaboration with the Canadian High Commission and the University of Calgary’s School of Public Policy, today began a two-day workshop on the establishment of a Sovereign Wealth Fund (SWF) for the country.

Twenty-three students from Baramita, along with their teachers and guardians, were educated on self-awareness and self-esteem, suicide prevention, personal hygiene, and how to stay healthy during a workshop on Tuesday, GINA said.

The government has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Indian company Fedders Lloyd to build and equip the planned Specialty Hospital.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – West Indies Cricket Board president, Dave Cameron, has caved into pressure from CARICOM and will meet with Heads of Government in Grenada on December 4, to discuss the recommendations of the Cricket Governance Review report.

Fifth form student of Queen’s College, 16 year-old Terron Alleyne, who was on Friday robbed of his laptop computer, School Based Assessments (SBA) and school books, today had his laptop replaced by President David Granger.

About 0345h. today, the police say that Patrick Ross, 57 years, of Grove, EBD, was entering his premises when he was confronted by two men, one of whom was armed with a firearm.

(Trinidad Guardian) The State is moving to deem a Trinidadian convicted in the United States a terrorist and obtain a freezing order of his assets and any transaction done on his behalf.

LONDON, (Reuters) – A proposal to abolish the pre-match toss deciding which team bats first will be discussed at a meeting of the England and Wales Cricket Board on Thursday.

Orwin and Cleon Hinds, Kevin October and Roy Jacobs were yesterday each sentenced to 81 years in jail for the murder of 72-year-old Clementine Fiedtkou-Parris, who was gunned down at her Robb Street, Georgetown home just over four years ago.

Classes at the University of Guyana (UG) will resume today even as lecturers in the Faculty of Natural Sciences are counting losses after a fire last evening destroyed the building that housed their offices.

Melissa Skeete, who was stabbed on Monday and tossed from a car onto a city street, succumbed on Monday night and the police are still hunting for the suspect—her common-law partner.

27-year-old Michelle Bristol of Diamond New Housing Scheme died last evening after collapsing at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport, Timehri.

A Berbice River fuel supplier was shot to the face on Monday night during an attempted robbery in New Amsterdam.

Political parties should not be participating in elections in the Neighbourhood Democratic Councils (NDCs) since their presence can polarise the atmosphere and lead to a further loss of trust on the part of the citizens in the political process, trade unionist Lincoln Lewis says.

Convicted drug trafficker Peter Morgan was on Monday released from a United States Federal Prison after completing a ten-year sentence for trafficking.

Guyana-born US businessman Edul Ahmad who pleaded guilty in 2012 to conspiracy to commit bank fraud and wire fraud will not be sentenced on January 15, 2016 as originally announced.

Most of a new US$165M American aid package to the Caribbean Community (Caricom) will be going towards reducing youth crime and violence in several member states.

Political leadership is needed to take the driver’s seat in the abolition of the death penalty here and in the region, a forum organised by the EU and Britain heard on Monday but Governance Minister Raphael Trotman was non-committal on the topic.

Football coach Vibert Butts was yesterday sentenced to three years in prison after he pleaded guilty to a can-nabis possession charge.

Sugar workers in sections of the industry downed their tools yesterday for the fourth day in a row over annual incentive talks and GuySuCo yesterday appealed for good sense to prevail.

The Executive should be “marginalised” in the process of selecting and appointing judges, according to Senior Counsel Miles Fitzpatrick who has argued that the current constitution makes it virtually impossible to have a fully independent judiciary.

Relatives of Troy Brutus, the city cleaner who was fatally stabbed on Monday evening, say his assailant had previously attacked him on several occasions.

Despite the overcast conditions, Day Two of this year’s National Schools Cycling, Swimming and Track and Field Championships had some commendable performances.

Bheerkumar Ramrattan, the vendor who was shot by bandits during a robbery on Monday evening, remains in a stable condition at the Georgetown Public Hospital.

Dear Editor, Electronic voting machines (EVM) are badly needed in Guyana; enough of the old fashioned way of voting with pencils and ink.

Businessman Naipaul Basdeoram found himself before a city court once again yesterday, when he faced charges of receiving stolen property and illegally exiting the country.

Following the conclusion of a gruelling 14 game campaign for each team, the business end in the GFF Stag Beer Elite League will commence today with heavyweight semi-final matchups at the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) ground.

Dear Editor, As Professor Opadeyi is about to take his leave as Vice Chancellor of the University of Guyana (UG), Professor Nigel Harris, Chancellor of the UG, and Mr Joshua Griffith, President of the UG Students’ Society (UGSS), have publicly expressed their praise of him for his stewardship (‘UG Council approves transformation team’, (Stabroek News, November 16; and ‘Professor Opadeyi improved UG – insists UGSS President’, Kaieteur News, November 23).

Following last week’s postponement of the semi-finals and final of the Petama Enterprise/Motor Trend Softball competition one of the organisers Ricky Deonarain yesterday disclosed that the much anticipated final, which is expected to bring the curtain down on the softball season, will now take place Sunday at the Demerara Cricket Club ground.

Police in Berbice have intensified their presence at several hotspots in an effort to reduce criminal activities during the Christmas season.

Dear Editor, It redounds already to the credit of the administration that Minister Ronald Bulkan wrote to you on Nov 23, rising to my challenge regarding local government elections (LGE).

A man who stole a phone from former Minister of Education Priya Manickchand, while she was engaged in a food distribution exercise in Tiger Bay, was yesterday fined $50,000.

Following a colorful march past, Minister of Education, Rupert Roopnaraine yesterday trumpeted the importance of the annual National Schools Cycling, Swimming and Track and Field Championships in his feature address at the opening ceremony at the National Stadium.

(The Sports Xchange) – The Miami Heat’s sputtering offence continued but they used an improving defense to defeat the New York Knicks 95-78 on Monday.

Dear Editor, I would like to highlight some points for the attention of the public and the relevant authorities, in relation to my river dredge working on a privately owned river claim that is located around the Isseneru area.

A seaman was yesterday released on $30,000 bail after he pleaded not guilty to using abusive and threatening language to his common-law wife.

NAGPUR, India, (Reuters) – South African spearhead Dale Steyn is struggling to be fit in time for the third test against India in what would be a big blow to the tourist’s chances of levelling the series.

The PPP continues to play its Local Government Election strategy close to its chest so that even though the March 18, 2016 date has been given the party is yet to begin the process of consideration for mayoral candidates.

Dear Editor, This new Ministry of Social Cohesion from what I have been reading, is not an original concept, however, it has long been a main missing ingredient which every nation desires.

NAGPUR, India, (Reuters) – India captain Virat Kohli is “excited” Australia and New Zealand have agreed to play cricket’s first day-night test and called the match starting on Friday at the Adelaide Oval a “landmark” occasion.

Dear Editor, The effort wasted by Minister of Social Protection Volda Lawrence to defend her trips abroad, could have been better used to explain why, one year after I first submitted an application to adopt a child who’s biological mother I’m now married to, a child is being denied a father due to the incompetence of her stewardship in getting rid of an Adoption Board before a new one was even selected or approved by cabinet.

Seeking alternative methods in the battle against crime, the ‘D’ Division- West Demerara- East Bank Essequibo section of the police force, has been vigorously exploring and implementing partnerships with faith-based groups as part of its strategic plan to control crime in the region.

Dear Editor, As an eighteen year old student studying overseas, I was deeply distraught when I read the story about the recent suicide of a young woman at Kaieteur Falls.

SAO PAULO, (Reuters) – Brazilian police investigating corruption around state-run oil firm Petrobras also plan to probe more than $10 billion of construction contracts for the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, a lead investigator said.

Following the passing of veteran journalist Raschid Osman, the Guyana Press Association (GPA) yesterday released a statement commending his commitment and dedication to the profession.

(The Sports Xchange) – Christmas might still be a month away but the San Antonio Spurs and Phoenix Suns are already in a giving mood, or so it seems from the two teams’ combined 49 turnovers in the Spurs’ 98-84 win versus the Suns Monday.

ANKARA/MOSCOW, (Reuters) – Turkey shot down a Russian warplane near the Syrian border yesterday, saying the jet had violated its air space, in one of the most serious publicly acknowledged clashes between a NATO member country and Russia for half a century.

(Barbados Nation) Trinidadian Zahra Gomes is the latest recipient of the Commonwealth Caribbean Rhodes Scholarship.

Dear Editor, Reference is made to Mr Abu Bakr’s query ‘Who is the Indian intellectual?’

A South Cummingsburg man was yesterday accused of being a ‘Peeping Tom,’ while the woman he allegedly spied on found herself on an assault charge after she threw a bucket of water on him.

CHICAGO, (Reuters) – A white Chicago policeman who fatally shot a black teenager was charged with murder yesterday, hours before authorities released a long-awaited video that shows the youth walking away from officers as he is slain by a volley of 16 gunshots.

Dear Editor, Karl Marx when asked what character trait he detested most in men said servility, which is a tendency to go along with positions taken by others, especially those in positions of authority even if it goes against their better judgement.

By Ban Ki-moon Secretary-General of the United Nations   For the nearly nine years that I have been Secretary-General, I have travelled the world to the front-lines of climate change, and I have spoken repeatedly with world leaders, business people and citizens about the need for an urgent global response Why do I care so much about this issue?

SAO PAULO, (Reuters) – Brazilian federal police on Tuesday arrested businessman and rancher Jose Carlos Bumlai, a friend of former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, for suspected fraud in a drillship contract with state-run oil firm Petrobras.

Sol’s ‘Licence 2 win’ promotion, offers its customers the opportunity to win several prizes inclusive of Samsung S6 phones, flat screen TVs, free fuel and dinner at the Pegasus under weekly and grand prize drawings.

TUNIS, (Reuters) – A bomb exploded on a bus packed with Tunisian presidential guards in the capital Tunis yesterday, killing at least 12 people in an attack one source said was probably the work of a suicide bomber.

PARIS, (Reuters) – Former French football great Michel Platini, until recently seen as the man to lead soccer’s governing body FIFA out of its worst ever graft crisis, could face a life ban from the sport if recommendations from FIFA ethics investigators are followed.

The Iwokrama International Centre for Rain Forest Conservation has initiated phase 2 of Its model forestry operation.

ST.JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC– Leeward Islands Hurricanes head coach Reginald Benjamin wants their third round match against Windward Islands Volcanoes in the WICB Professional Cricket League (PCL) to be replayed.

SAO PAULO, (Reuters) – Brazil’s environmental assets exchange BVRio yesterday launched an app that promises to help foreign traders and buyers of Brazilian timber make sure the product hasn’t been illegally logged.

MINNEAPOLIS, (Reuters) – Minneapolis police yesterday arrested three men in the shooting of five people near a police station where demonstrators have gathered for more than a week to protest the killing of an unarmed black man by police officers.

The murderous rampage in France, attributed to IS or IS-related forces, has forced the major powers of the Security Council to seek ways and means of agreement on a strategy, or strategies, for coping with the spread of the Syrian disorder, particularly onto the European continent.

Dear Editor, I cannot help but comment on the serious attempt that is being made to clean up our city, Georgetown.

Celina’s Atlantic Resort, Kitty is continuing to defy the government’s prohibition on construction work.