Daily Archive: Tuesday, January 19, 2016

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Director Spike Lee, leading the call for an Oscars boycott, called on Tuesday for affirmative action in Hollywood to address racial disparity while civil rights leader Al Sharpton urged Americans to “tune out” the Academy Awards ceremony next month.

Government is monitoring the level of the water in the conservancies and canals in the main agricultural regions and taking the necessary interventions to help farmers, GINA said.

A Guyana Defence Force (GDF) helicopter, GDF 1, landed safely without incident at Camp Ayanganna, after it was “buzzed” by what appeared to be a remote-controlled ‘Drone,’ recently, a release from the GDF said today.

The opposition PPP today denounced the government’s planned closure of the Wales Sugar Estate and said it will resist the plan.

MELBOURNE, Australia, CMC-Controversial opener Chris Gayle has launched a scathing attack on several former and present cricketers after an explosive innings, possibly his last in the Australian Big Bash T20 League.

MUMBAI, (Reuters) – Sri Lanka captain Angelo Mathews will appear before police today to record a statement in connection with a match-fixing scandal that has led to the suspension of a fast bowling coach.

Wales Sugar Estate is to be closed by next year the government announced yesterday, the first major decision it has taken on the beleaguered industry which has seen slumping production over the last decade and swingeing debt.

A Linden man yesterday stabbed his common-law wife to death and then turned the weapon on himself and slit his own throat.

Publicly expressed concerns about the circumstances surrounding the December 30 Carifesta Avenue crash cannot be addressed with a traffic investigation, according to former Attorney General Anil Nandlall who yesterday reiterated calls for a full probe into the matter.

Emotions ran high among family members yesterday as three men appeared at the Leonora Magistrate’s Court to answer charges of murder.

Tensions were rising in the community of Wales, West Bank Demerara yesterday as information about the sugar estate there being closed at the end of this year began to circulate.

An elderly Canvas City woman was killed yesterday after she was struck down by a car while using a pedestrian crossing along the One Mile, Wismar, Linden Public Road.

Detective Assistant Superintendent of Police Mitchel Caesar yesterday testified that murder accused Leon Duncan was pointed out at an identification parade (ID) as the person who shot and killed Imtiaz Roopnarine at the Cool Square Hotel.

Attorney General Basil Williams yesterday served notice that he is appealing the decision of Justice Navindra Singh in the matter of the private criminal charge that had been brought by attorney Christopher Ram against former President Bharrat Jagdeo over statements he had made during the 2015 general election campaign.

Under cross-examination, Land Court Judge Nicola Pierre and her husband Mohamed Chan yesterday maintained that they were not mistaken when they identified Nicholas Narine as one of the men who was in their home when they were beaten and robbed by intruders.

The government may have to inject a further $12b this year into the struggling Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo).

Lakeram Harry Narine was yesterday charged with the murder of his common-law wife Hafeeza Rohoman, whose badly decomposed body was found in a trench just over a week ago.

The Government of Canada through the local High Commission has signed an agreement that will see it offering Cdn$20,000 ($2.8M) worth of support to the Guyana Elections Commission (Gecom).

A woman who delivered a stillborn baby at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) in November last year is suing the institution for $20m.

Two men accused of cocaine trafficking were yesterday remanded to prison pending the start of their trial.

Guyana Jaguars Head Coach Esaun Crandon said yesterday the team was focused on beating Trinidad & Tobago Red Force in tomorrow’s semi-final in an effort to move one step closer to lifting the limited overs title after some 11 years.

Two young girls, who were removed from a backdam in Region One last Saturday, have been taken into protective custody by the Child Care and Protection Agency (CCPA) as police begin a probe into the circumstances that warranted their removal.

MELBOURNE, Australia, CMC – Mercurial Chris Gayle equalled the fastest ever half-century in Twenty20s with an extraordinary knock, as he brought the curtain down on his controversial – and perhaps final – campaign in the Australia Big Bash here yesterday.

Medicine Chest yesterday donated a quantity of football equipment to Tucville-based Fruta Conquerors football club to assist its Elite League U17 programme.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Leading regional academic Sir Hilary Beckles has thrown his support behind embattled West Indies batsman Chris Gayle and has encouraged the Caribbean to do the same.

The mother of a baby whose shoulder was fractured during birth at the Suddie Hospital, Essequibo Coast in October last year is suing the state and the doctor who supervised her delivery.

MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – It was very much business as usual for Novak Djokovic and Serena Williams at the Australian Open yesterday, even if allegations of widespread match-fixing cast a shadow over the opening day of the year’s first grand slam.

A North West District miner appeared yesterday before a city court, where he was read a charge of attempted murder.

Dear Editor, If there is no FDI document for Bai Shan Lin, how could there be fiscal concessions for more than ten years?

(Reuters) – Skipper Kane Williamson and fellow opener Martin Guptill forged the highest partnership in Twenty20 Internationals to secure New Zealand a series-levelling 10-wicket victory against Pakistan in the second match in Hamilton on Sunday.

Relatives of Margaret Singh, 55, an Orangestein, East Bank Essequibo housewife who was murdered on December 20, 2012 are “disappointed” that her alleged killer has been freed.

Dear Editor, I have great respect for Region Two Regional Chairman Devanand Ramdatt, since we are friends and we worked together at the Guyana Rice Development Board.

A cattle farmer of Parika Backdam, Blackwater Trench, East Bank Essequibo suffered about $500,000 in losses when thieves escaped with five of his cows on Wednesday night.

The Guyana senior Futsal squad departed yesterday to participate at the Caribbean Football Union (CFU) Futsal Championships in Havana, Cuba.

A man was on Friday remanded to prison on a charge of attempted murder, although his lawyer claimed that he had provided evidence to the police that he was elsewhere at the time.

Dear Editor, Local government elections are to be held on March 18, 2016.

The Guyana Hockey Board (GHB) will stage its Annual General Meeting (AGM) on January 30th at the Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC) pavilion from 14:00hrs.

Dear Editor, “Notably at the meeting, concerns were also raised about the cost on the taxpayers in Guyana for the Secret Service escort to the event.”

A Lamaha Springs man was yesterday ordered to pay a $100,000 fine after he admitted to operating a fishing boat with an expired fishing licence.

Mike Gayadin Saturday emerged the winner of the Safeway Security sponsored one-day golf tournament at the Lusignan Golf Course.

Just days after being charged with receiving stolen property, Kerry Dick was yesterday back before a city court on an escaping custody charge.

(Reuters) – LeBron James headlined a group of 30 finalists named by USA Basketball yesterday who will compete for a spot on the men’s team that will be looking to defend their gold medal at this year’s Rio Olympics.

Dear Editor. As Brian Arthur, a famous economist once said, “What differentiates a great leader from a good one is their ability to understand the new rules of the game as it is being played.”

The Guyana Boxing Board of Control (GBBC) ‘Brazilian Invasion’ card set for February 20 will see Guyana’s national champion, Kwesi ‘Lightning Struck Assassin’ Jones facing American, Samuel Clarkson for the World Boxing Council light heavyweight FECARBOX championship So said an official from the GBBC.

Dear Editor, As the coalition finalizes the 2016 Budget, I hope that the following partial wish list of mine coincides with the priorities identified.

A miner was yesterday granted bail after he denied a charge of unlawful wounding that dates back almost two years ago.

Food for the Poor (Guyana) Incorporated (FFP) recently distributed furniture to ten schools in and around Georgetown, a release from the organisation said yesterday.

Dear Editor, Propaganda press is not new in Guyana, the Caribbean, or the world over, but it could be very damaging.

BRASILIA, (Reuters) – President Dilma Rousseff’s opponents within her main coalition partner, the fractious Brazilian Democratic Movement Party (PMDB), are losing hope that they can impeach the leftist leader and replace her with their man, Vice President Michel Temer.

Eagles and Republic Bank Nets won the U23 and second division tournaments of the Guyana Amateur basketball Association defeating Pacesetters and Pepsi Sonics 2-0 respectively in their best of three finals Sunday at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.

ABUJA, (Reuters) – Fifty-five people who were government ministers, state governors, public officials, bankers and businessmen stole 1.34 trillion naira ($6.8 billion) from Nigeria’s public purse over a seven-year period, the information minister said yesterday.

Dear Editor, This society must at all times call for an explanation of concepts that will impact our well-being from those who expound them.

Just over a month after being charged with impersonating a policeman, a minibus conductor found himself back in court on Friday facing the exact same accusation.

Colts survived a fourth quarter assault highlighted by a missed Nikkoloi Smith three-pointer in the final second to defeat Plaisance Guardians 77-74, leveling their best of three division one final of the Georgetown Amateur Basketball Association (GABA) Championships on Sunday at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.

PORT-AU-PRINCE, (Reuters) – Haiti’s runoff presidential election will take place on Jan.

A man was released on bail last Thursday after he denied a breaking and entering and larceny charge.

Dear Editor, Oxfam, in its most recent survey, found that one per cent of the world’s population owns more wealth than the remaining ninety-nine per cent !

Land Court works: Foundational works being undertaken on a plot of land in the compound of the Supreme Court in Georgetown, where the Land Court will be relocated.

After spending a week in Argentina, I concluded that there are six reasons why President Mauricio Macri — who took office a month ago after 12 years of radical populist governments — is off to a very good start.

(The Sports Xchange) – LaMarcus Aldridge scored 23 points, 13 of them in a pivotal third quarter, to help San Antonio whip the Dallas Mavericks 112-83 on Sunday and stay undefeated at home this season.

Less than a year after receiving news of the country’s first significant oil find it must surely be a sobering thing for Guyana to watch neighbouring oil-rich Venezuela experience a condition that now bears a conspicuous resemblance to an economic freefall as the price of crude oil, which brings in more than 90 per cent of the Bolivarian republic’s earnings, continues to tumble.

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