Daily Archive: Tuesday, February 9, 2016

GTT is onboard with the Jubilee Children’s Costume parade which is set for Saturday, February 20, a release from GTT said today.

President David Granger, through his Public Information and Press Services Officer, Lloyda Nicholas-Garrett, today, provided $100,000 in initial support to Cidel Hector, a 22 year old security guard, who lost her home in a fire last week Monday that has left her toddler son nursing first, second and third degree burns.

Former President Bharrat Jagdeo was in Rome on Monday 8th, February to chair the Steering Committee of COFO in preparation for its 23 session in July , 2016.

The Guyana Water Inc said that due to technical difficulties at the Diamond Well Station, East Bank Demerara which occurred yesterday, customers of Diamond Housing Scheme, Kaneville and Diamond Public Road are experiencing a service disruption.

The Motor Barge (MB) Sandaka has resumed operations, serving residents of Leguan, after undergoing repairs late last year, GINA said today.

Small loggers in the Ituni and Kwakwani communities in Region Ten will soon benefit from new markets to supply wallaba poles, GINA said.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, (Reuters) – West Indies players will be thrown off the squad for the World Twenty20 if they do not agree to financial terms by Sunday’s deadline, the head of the region’s cricket board said today.

 Former Guyanese Health Minister Dr Noel Blackman was on Sunday charged in relation to illegal prescription of pain killers.

NAIROBI, (Reuters) – Kenya threatened today to pull its elite runners and other athletes out of the Rio Olympics unless it got assurances they would not be exposed to the Zika virus outbreak in Brazil.

Saying the APNU+AFC government’s promised “good life” is an “elusive dream” for the working class, opposition Member of Parliament (MP) Irfaan Ali yesterday charged that the proposed $230 billion national budget was designed in such a way to benefit a “select few,” including ministers and contract workers.

Junior Communities Minister Valerie Patterson last evening announced that 50 homeowners will be given cash grants to upgrade their homes in celebration of the country’s golden jubilee independence anniversary.

While emphasising that government is attempting to create a path for investments and economic growth, Business Minister Dominic Gaskin yesterday reported that the development of industrial estates at Lethem and Belvedere, which had been languishing, would be completed to create at least 1,500 jobs by year end.

The government is making efforts to rebuild a country destroyed under the PPP/C’s rule, according to APNU+AFC MP Michael Carrington, who yesterday urged the opposition to support this year’s proposed $230 billion national budget.

Opposition members yesterday described the 2016 budget as “life-sucking,” lacking in vision and responsible for the death of the Guyanese dream of a good life.

Minister within the Ministry of Natural Resources Simona Broomes said the 2016 Budget allocations point to the government’s effort to raise the level of attention given the natural resources sector which can do much to take the economy and country forward.

Swift work by members of the Guyana Police Force has led to the arrest of an individual who is being treated as a suspect into the murder of Corentyne businesswoman Su Di Wong.

Orin Jerrick was yesterday sentenced to 28 years in jail after a jury convicted him on the lesser count of manslaughter for the death of Plaisance minibus driver Gavin Fiffee.

Two men were yesterday charged with the murder of two young girls and their father, who died as a result of an early morning fire that was started by arson at Robb and King streets, Georgetown, just over a year ago.

The suspect into the murder of Ramkarran Mohanlall, who was stabbed to death last Wednesday evening, is currently a patient at the West Demerara Regional Hospital under police guard after he attempted to take his own life.

Police in Berbice are investigating the torching of a metal cabinet, resulting in the destruction of over $10 million in pension and public assistance books, at the Ministry of Social Prote-ction’s Probation and Welfare Services Office at Princess Elizabeth Road, in New Amsterdam.

An East Coast Demerara father was yesterday placed on $150,000 bail after denying charges that he ill-treated and caused bodily injuries to three of his five children.

As El Nino continues to scorch acres of rice in the Mahaica and Mahaicony areas, the situation is being compounded by the monopolising of the limited water by farmers closer to the source.

Anthony David, one of the accused in the robbery of Justice Nicola Pierre, admitted that he transported the robbers from the area after they came under fire, Assistant Superintendent Mitchell Caesar testified yesterday.

Four months after being freed of the murder of Dexter Lindo, businessman Lawrence Wayne has once again been taken into police custody on advice of the Director of Public Prose-cutions (DPP) to have the case reopened.

Fugitive Steve Mohamed was yesterday sentenced to 10 years in prison and fined $200,000 at the end of a trial that went on in his absence.

FATULLAH, Bangladesh, CMC – Captain Shimron Hetmyer struck a half-century in a timely return to form while opener Tevin Imlach chipped in with another, as West Indies Under-19s reached the final four of the Under-19 Cricket World Cup with a convincing five-wicket over Pakistan Under-19s here yesterday.

A former clerk of General Equipment Guyana Limited (Genequip), alleged to have stolen nearly $30 million from the company, was yesterday arraigned on 34 counts of embezzlement at a city court.

Police yesterday afternoon arrested a man during which they discovered a firearm and ammunition, just minutes after he allegedly carried out an armed robbery on a driver and passenger of a Route 42 minibus.

Royal Youths downed Sparta Boss when the Corona Beer National Beach Football Championship continued Sunday.

The three persons who were arrested in connection with the shooting of Berbice resident Caitanya Kishundyal were all released from police custody, Crime Chief Wendell Blanhum said.

Cleveland Thomas, Linton Mentis, Natrena Hooper and Avon Samuels were some of the standout performers when the Athletic Association of Guyana (AAG) held its second development meet of the season Sunday at the Police Sports Club ground, Eve Leary.

A match-winning performance by Gajanand Singh inspired The Guyana National Industrial Corporation (GNIC) to a 10-wicket win over the University of Guyana (UG) last weekend in the first division Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA) two-day competition played at the Malteenoes Club.

Residents of Bath Settlement, West Coast Berbice, will soon benefit from the services of a new health centre that was commissioned on Friday by Minister of Public Health, Dr.

Mahesh Shivraj upset some of the country’s top golfers Saturday to win the Prabudial Ramdial Memorial one day tournament held at the Lusignan Golf Course (LGC).

The Regional Democratic Council (RDC) of Upper Demerara/Upper Berbice has completed its Plan of Action for Regional Development (PARD) and discussions are underway to bring it to fruition, a release from the Ministry of Communities said on Friday.

Samaroo Dam, Champion Boys and Upsetters were amongst the teams to seal their berth to the main round when Guinness of the Streets West Demerara qualifiers concluded on Sunday.

Dear Editor, The auto dealers of Guyana would like to co-operate and work with the government’s vision of a green and clean Guyana.

Dear Editor, There are too many school-based assignments which are being prepared by students and hurriedly submitted to meet deadlines set by CXC.

FATULLAH, Bangladesh, CMC – Captain Shimron Hetmyer’s character has come in for high praise from team management following his half-century in a winning cause against Pakistan Under-19s in yesterday’s quarter-final of the Under-19 Cricket World Cup.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Test captain Jason Holder will sit out Barbados Pride’s sixth round clash in the Regional First Class Championship against Windward Islands Volcanoes at Kensington Oval this weekend.

SAN FRANCISCO, (Reuters) – Super Bowl MVP Von Miller etched his place in NFLhistory but yesterday was full of praise for Peyton Manning, saying the Denver Broncos’ triumph was about much more than just his dominant defensive effort.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – The struggling New York Knicks have fired head coach Derek Fisher less than two years after he was brought in to help turn around the once-proud franchise, the National Basketball Association team said yesterday.

Dear Editor, Is there an explanation for why there is a vast difference in the educational standards of my two grandsons (born a week apart).

  (The Sports Xchange) – Highlights of Sunday’s National Basketball Association games:   – – – Clippers 100, Heat 93 The Los Angeles Clippers, the second-best road team in the NBA this season, survived poor shooting early to defeat the Miami Heat 100-93 on Sunday afternoon at AmericanAirlines Arena.

Dear Editor, I have been following with keen interest arguments for and against the closure of the Wales sugar factory.

Dear Editor, I want to thank the Chairman of GuySuCo, Prof Clive Thomas for his timely statement now placed on the public record.

WASHINGTON/LONDON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama will ask the US Congress for more than $1.8 billion in emergency funds to fight Zika at home and abroad and pursue a vaccine, the White House said yesterday, but Obama also said there was no reason to panic over the mosquito-borne virus.

FATULLAH, Bangladesh, CMC – West Indies Under-19 team manager, Dwain Gill, said the “Mankad” controversy had done little to dent the confidence or preparation of his side for yesterday’s Under-19 Cricket World Cup quarter-final clash against Pakistan Under-19s.

MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – Aaron Finch has been dumped as Australia’s captain in the shortest form of the game and replaced by test skipper Steve Smith just a month before the start of the World Twenty20.

LONDON (Reuters) – At least 12 groups are now working to develop a Zika vaccine and health authorities said yesterday they were working to ensure development proceeded as rapidly as possible.

BEIRUT/ONCUPINAR, Turkey (Reuters) – The Syrian army advanced towards the Turkish border yesterday in a major offensive backed by Russia and Iran that rebels say now threatens the future of their nearly five-year-old insurrection against President Bashar al-Assad.

BOGOTA (Reuters) – The National Liberation Army, Colombia’s second-largest leftist rebel group, must release a civilian and a soldier held hostage before the government will agree to begin a peace process, President Juan Manuel Santos said yesterday.

(Reuters) – Former England batsman Kevin Pietersen will not be recalled for this year’s World Twenty20 in India, captain Eoin Morgan was quoted yesterday as saying.

LONDON (Reuters) – A quarter of a century since Margaret Thatcher was deposed by her own party, Britain’s ‘Iron Lady’ has stirred a row: Would the hero of Prime Minister David Cameron’s Conser-vative party have voted to leave the European Union?

Dear Editor, It was always predictable that the attempt of some Caricom leaders to engender radical changes in the formidable WICB would peter out, as only a few of those moderately popular leaders were keenly interested in the arcane subject of cricket governance, and whatever interest there was, emanated almost solely from the circumstance that the team had been losing for so long.

(Gleaner) – A teacher who succumbed to his injuries after being shot in Bushy Park, Clarendon, on Saturday night, reportedly named his alleged killer—a policeman—before his death.

(Reuters) – New Zealand captain Brendon McCullum ended his one-day international career with a series victory over Australia yesterday with his side sealing a 55-run win in the deciding third match at Seddon Park in Hamilton.

Dear Editor, We are overseas-based Guyanese who want to return home with our family and encourage investors to support development in Guyana, but the authorities are making it difficult for me in seeking justice.

TAINAN, Taiwan (Reuters) – Rescuers pulled out alive an eight-year-old girl and her aunt from the rubble of a Taiwan apartment block yesterday, more than 60 hours after it was toppled by a quake, as the mayor of the southern city of Tainan warned the death toll could exceed 100.

Judging from the anti-immigrant rhetoric from Republican hopefuls in the Iowa caucuses, the Republican Party is marching straight to its third consecutive defeat in the November presidential elections.

Making a living: Broom seller hawking her wares along the East Coast Demerara

What a Sunday night! This white Toyota Premio PSS 9589 turned turtle last evening on Camp Street between Church Street and North Road after it collided with a black Premio PPP 1791.

By Nouriel Roubini NEW YORK – Since the beginning of the year, the world economy has faced a new bout of severe financial market volatility, marked by sharply falling prices for equities and other risky assets.

Mostly for the wrong reasons, the majority-owned Bauxite Company of Guyana Inc (BCGI) has been in the news fairly frequently in recent weeks.

Dear Editor, It would be very useful for GT&T to advise me on the way forward in relation to my landline service which has remained ‘dead’ for more than three months now.

(Reuters) – New Zealand all-rounder Mitchell Santner has been ruled out of the first test against Australia and replaced by spinner Mark Craig, the team said yesterday.

DUBAI (Reuters) – The United Arab Emirates plans to outsource most government tasks to the private sector and cut the number of ministries, Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum said on Monday.