Daily Archive: Saturday, December 5, 2015

Officials of Wartsila Corp (Americas) yesterday met with the newly appointed Board of Directors for Skeldon Energy Inc.,

Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo and a high-level government team toured Essequibo today.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Guyana Jaguars, replying to Trinidad and Tobago Red Force’s first innings of 210, were 233 for three at the close on the second day of their fourth round match in the Regional First Class Championship at Queen’s Park Oval today.

Ming’s Products and Services last evening celebrated its 25th anniversary at the Pegasus Hotel.

About 1030h. today, police ranks on “Operation Dragnet” stopped a motor vehicle with obscure number plates at Regent Street and Avenue of the Republic, Georgetown, and conducted a search during which an unlicensed sawn-off pump action shotgun and an unlicensed .38 revolver with six matching rounds were found.

(Reuters, Chattanooga, Tennessee) – The United Auto Workers union won its first organizing vote at a foreign-owned auto assembly plant in the U.S.

(Trinidad Express) Finance Minister Colm Imbert says the former PP government raided the National Gas Company (NGC) of almost $14 billion in cash.

The Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) board yesterday requested that government fire Commissioner Rickford Vieira, even as the country’s leading miners’ group announced that it had no confidence in Board Chairman Clinton Williams.

A statement prepared by Nigel Hinds Financial Services (NHFS) says the renovation of the Independence Arch on Brickdam and the inauguration of President David Granger cost $18.7M and were funded by donations.

While acknowledging that the laws and by extension the penalties for cannabis offences ought to be reviewed, Minister of Public Security Khemraj Ramjattan yesterday also argued that the current absence of a clear sentencing policy is a problem.

The suspect in the hit and run accident that claimed the life of teen biker Travis Bollers was yesterday arraigned in a city court on five charges, including causing death by dangerous driving.

Although November was Road Safety Month, it saw the highest number of road fatalities recorded for the year.

Three heavily armed bandits pulled off a daring daylight robbery on an A H & L Kissoon’s Furniture Store outlet yesterday afternoon on Main Street, after which police held three suspects who they say matched their descriptions.

An empty go-fast boat was recently discovered in the North West District of Region One and tests are being conducted to determine if it was involved in any illegal activity, head of the Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) James Singh has confirmed.

A suspect was yesterday charged and remanded to prison over the alleged murder of miner Santee Solomon, who was fatally stabbed almost two weeks ago.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – A century ninth-wicket stand between Marlon Richards and Uthman Muhammad propped up Trinidad and Tobago Red Force after seamer Chris Barnwell threatened to run through the innings, on the opening day of their Regional First Class Championship contest here Friday.

Anthony Morrison will now have to face a second retrial after a jury was unable to arrive at verdict at the conclusion of his trial for the murder of his common-law wife, Donna Thomas.

(Reuters) – Federal agents boarded a Disney cruise ship in Florida yesterday to arrest a Guatemalan judge who is one of dozens of soccer officials charged by U.S.

A Sophia teen was yesterday sentenced to two years in prison after he admitted to carrying out an armed robbery.

A second man was yesterday charged with stealing over $17 million in weapons, jewellery and foreign currency during a burglary.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Sixteen wickets tumbled on a topsy-turvy opening day to leave the fourth round Regional First Class Championship game between Jamaica Scorpions and Leeward Islands Hurricanes in the balance here yesterday.

ST GEORGE’S, Grenada, CMC – Opener Kyle Corbin and in-form Shamarh Brooks struck half-centuries to lead a measured Barbados Pride batting effort on the opening day of their fourth round game against Windward Islands Volcanoes here yesterday.

A man was yesterday placed on $50,000 bail after making an appearance before a city court for allegedly impersonating a police officer.

Team Rising Stars humbled Team-D by a 7-1 score line when the Farfan and Mendes Christmas Team Squash Championship continued at the Georgetown Club on Thursday.

A former Special Constable in the Guyana Police Force was charged yesterday with defrauding five persons of over $1.5 million by pretending that he could get them house lots.

Rene Gordon, who was on trial for engaging in sexual activity with a minor, was yesterday freed at the conclusion of his trial in the High Court.

The GTT/GRFU 10s Rugby Tournament continues today at the National Park with two more games.

After three visits to Guyana, the International Children’s Heart Foundation (ICHF or Baby Heart) has left behind an important structure necessary for the surgical care of paediatric patients.

In a ground breaking move, the ‘Sport of Kings’ will for the first time be staged in Guyana under floodlights.

Dear Editor, The Sovereign Wealth Fund (SWF) was first publicly discussed immediately before the May 2015 election when Exxon disclosed a “significant” find of oil reserves.

Dear Editor, I refer to a letter which was written by Mr Conrad Barrow, which appeared in your edition of Friday, November 27, and captioned ‘RED has revolutionised entertainment in Guyana.’

The knockout stages in the 2nd Smalta/Ministry of Public Health Girls U-11 Football Championship will commence today at the Ministry of Education ground with the quarterfinal round.

Work to rebuild the historic Umana Yana, which was destroyed by a fire in 2014, has begun and the foundation and the flooring are expected to be completed by December 31st.

BRISBANE, Australia, CMC – West Indies were staring a humiliating innings defeat in the face after an all too familiar second innings batting collapse left them hanging by a thread on the penultimate day of their four-day tour match against a youthful Cricket Australia XI here yesterday.

Dear Editor, Please permit me to compliment Minister of Social Cohesion Amna Ally, in congratulating the residents of De Kinderen, West Coast Demerara, for having a bridge constructed thus enabling schoolchildren easy access to their school.

The Ministry of Social Protection is partnering with the Mayor and City Council, the National Commission on Disability and UNICEF to ensure Georgetown is made more accessible for persons with disabilities, especially children, the ministry has said.

Beginning on Monday, all approved non-immigrant visa applicants will no longer have to return to the United States Embassy to uplift their approved visas.

Dear Editor, The government’s mouthpiece, the Guyana Chronicle, stated on August 14, 2015 that the Steering Committee on Constitutional Reform was established with attorney Nigel Hughes as convener (‘Steering Committee on Constitutional Reform established -Attorney Nigel Hughes is convenor’).

ZURICH, (Reuters) – A package of reforms proposed by FIFA to clean up the scandal-plagued governing body of soccer was angrily criticised yesterday by Europe’s powerful clubs, who said it would increase frustration among the sport’s stakeholders.

Come December 18, the Pegasus Hotel will host a Broadway-like musical theatre show under the theme Joie de Vivre, brought to Guyana by the New York-based group LARAMADE, which markets itself as a fusion of song, dance, drama and fashion.

Teachers and students at the Bartica Secondary School dormitory are in shock after they awakened on Thursday morning to find the body of a male teacher hanging in one of the dormitories.

Dear Editor, Having traversed over 90% of the major and intermediate roads in this country, including the hinterland over the years, I have grown accustomed to the rude, disrespectful and uncouth manner in which passengers are treated when there is no alternative to the minibuses.

Dear Editor, I read Mr Ralph Ramkarran’s letter published on December 3rd 2015, in the Stabroek News, in response to mine (‘Was Nandlall “flummoxed” by the Duke Street sale?’).

‘Christmas With Us’ Vol 2 by Various Artistes, touts itself in its inner pocket as being “a taste of Guyanese Christmas” and that is exactly what it offers, perhaps too much of a taste.

(The Sports Xchange) – Boston guard Isaiah Thomas scored 21 points and added nine assists as the Celtics made it a miserable trip to Mexico for the Sacramento Kings with a 114-97 whipping at Mexico City Arena on Thursday.

It has been almost six months since the enforcement of parallel parking along some of the city’s most congested streets and so far 185 persons have been charged with breaching the new traffic rule, according to Traffic Chief Dion Moore.

SAN BERNARDINO, Calif./ WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The FBI is investigating the massacre of 14 people in California by a married couple armed with assault rifles as an “act of terrorism,” officials said yesterday, noting the wife was believed to have pledged allegiance to a leader of the militant group Islamic State.

BRASILIA, (Reuters) – Brazil’s President Dilma Rousseff suffered two setbacks yesterday in her fight against impeachment, as a minister from her main coalition ally resigned and the Supreme Court quashed appeals from supporters seeking to stop the impeachment process.

Dear Editor, I understand through the dailies that there is an initiative to rename fifty streets in Georgetown in anticipation of fifty years of independence.

Hi Everyone, This week I am delivering on a promise I made a couple of weeks ago – to share with you a recipe for a pudding using passion fruit.

BOGOTA, (Reuters) – Colombia has found the wreck of a Spanish galleon that sank off the coast of Cartagena and is thought to be laden with emeralds and gold and silver coins, President Juan Manuel Santos said yesterday.

NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – India rode Ajinkya Rahane’s cultured century to post a series-high 334 before returning to skittle out South Africa for 121 to take full control of the fourth and final test yesterday.

Ranks of the Police Narcotics Branch have managed to score their biggest haul of marijuana in recent times.

(Trinidad Express) Three weeks before Christmas, the Central Bank has announced that this country is officially now in a recession.

Dear Editor,   Surely the time is long overdue to rename the Guyana Prize for Literature the Dabydeen Prize.

BUENOS AIRES, (Reuters) – Police raided the headquarters of Argentina’s media regulator yesterday, prompting the watchdog’s head to accuse President-elect Mauricio Macri of involvement in what he called a “mafia plot” designed to force his resignation.

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PARIS, (Reuters) – British cyclist Chris Froome said yesterday that tests he took after winning the Tour de France proved that he does not use performance-enhancing drugs, although at least one rival coach said they would not silence the doubters.

ISTANBUL/ANKARA, (Reuters) – Several hundred Turkish soldiers have been deployed to provide training for Iraqi troops in an area near the northern Iraqi city of Mosul, which is under Islamic State control, a Turkish security source told Reuters yesterday.

(The Sports Xchange) – Guard Dwyane Wade scored 28 points, including two game-winning free throws with 1.5 seconds left to lead the Miami Heat to a 97-95 victory over the Oklahoma City Thunder.

I love Sandra Granger’s style! And I honestly thought that with her rocking all those sleeveless dresses as First Lady, we would have seen a shift in the archaic rules we still have in Guyana when it comes to dress codes in a majority of public offices.

(Barbados Nation) Cash-strapped CLICO has been pulled from the brink of liquidation and given a new lease on life by the High Court.

Dear Editor, By now it is apparent that when Guyanese go big they really go big, what with our high suicide rate, our high maternal and neonatal mortality rate, our high road fatality rate, our high incidence of gun related crimes and now our high femicide/uxoricide rate.

WASHINGTON/SAN JUAN, (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court yesterday agreed to hear Puerto Rico’s bid to reinstate a law that would allow restructuring of the debt-burdened U.S.

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ATLANTA, (Reuters) – Atlanta police on Thursday charged a young man with the fatal shooting last month of former cruiserweight boxing champion O’Neil “Supernova” Bell.

A serving member of the Guyana Police Force was one of two suspects who police say confessed after being arrested on Thursday for the carjacking of a taxi-driver at Bachelor’s Adventure, East Coast Demerara.

Dear Editor, Much has been said about the recent spate of suicides in Guyana, with many commentators speculating about whether or not any one ethnic group or social class is predisposed to such a terrifying end.

In light of the landing of a Venezuelan helicopter at Kaikan, in Region Seven, on Thursday, protestors yesterday once again picketed in front of the Venezuelan Embassy on Thomas Street, Georgetown.

BOGOTA, (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – A decision by the Dominican Republic’s constitutional court to reinstate a total ban on abortion is putting women’s lives at risk, rights groups said.

Before media coverage of the San Bernardino shootings turned into a post-mortem of an alleged terrorist attack, they seemed depressingly familiar to US television viewers — “just another day in the United States of America” in the words of one BBC newsman.

A Hampton Court man was killed on Thursday when a driver lost control of his car and crashed into him along the Exmouth Public Road, on the Essequibo Coast.