Daily Archive: Friday, February 12, 2016

Minister of Natural Resources, Raphael Trotman (standing fifth from right), today, charged the newly inducted Chairman and Board members of the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) to tackle the more demanding challenges hindering the mining sector, a release from the Ministry of the Presidency said.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Barry Manilow has been rushed back to Los Angeles after a performance in Memphis because of complications from emergency oral surgery this week, a statement on his website said.

Guyanese investor and mining executive Dean Hassan (right) and Tesouro Resources, this week donated two desktop computers to the girls at the St.

United States-based Guyanese dentist, Dr. Farouk Ferouz, accompanied his brother, Dr.

Minister of Public Telecommunication and Tourism, Catherine Hughes (seated second from left), on February 3rd and 4th attended a two-day Regional Telecommunications Strategy workshop in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.

As the 50th anniversary of the signing of the Geneva Agreement nears, President David Granger said that he will once again raise the issue of Venezuela’s claim on Guyana’s territory regionally and internationally, a release from the Ministry of the Presidency said today. 

A Valentine’s brunch was held today at the residence of the United States Ambassador to Guyana in aid of victims of abuse.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – West Indies have been struck by the late withdrawals of leading players Kieron Pollard and Sunil Narine, dealing yet another blow to the embattled Twenty20 World Cup squad.

The Guyana Water Inc (GWI) says that Chief Executive, GWI, Dr.

The Police yesterday said that serious crime was down 6% in January this year compared to the same period last year.

BERLIN/NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Meryl Streep, the most admired actress of her generation, fueled Hollywood’s diversity controversy yesterday when she said that all of humanity originated in Africa.

MILWAUKEE, (Reuters) – Democratic presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders clashed sharply in a debate last night over their support for President Barack Obama, with Sanders accusing Clinton of “a low blow” after she compared him to Republicans.

(Photos by Samantha James) Three persons on their way to their farm died following a horrific collision between a car and their motorcycle at Annai, North Rupununi, yesterday morning, leaving residents of the indigenous community in shock and mourning.

Saying that the former PPP/C government allocated all of the country’s productive forests prior to demitting office, Minister of Natural Resources Raphael Trotman yesterday announced plans to review the process.

A 16-year-old Skeldon High School boy was killed last evening after the minibus he was travelling in was involved in an accident at Bengal Public Road, Corentyne, Berbice.

Accused Leon Duncan was yesterday afternoon found not guilty of the murder of Imtiaz Roopnarine at the Cool Square Hotel.

In the face of continued criticism of government’s decision to close the Wales sugar estate, Agriculture Minister Noel Holder on Wednesday defended the move as the beginning of a process to resuscitate the industry and he assured that plans would be put in place to cushion the impact.

Government plans to resuscitate the botched fibre optic cable project that was started under the former administration and Telecoms Minister Cathy Hughes says $100M will be spent to upgrade the link between Georgetown and Linden.

PPP/C MP Anil Nandlall yesterday dubbed government’s expectation that the proposed national budget for this year would stimulate growth “courageous,” while criticising what he called an overreliance on taxation.

Foreign Affairs Minister Carl Greenidge announced yesterday that he would be complaining to United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and the UN Security Council about a speech by his Venezuelan counterpart at the UN Headquarters in which she sought to claim her country’s ownership of Essequibo.

When the reconstruction of the Umana Yana is completed, it will once again stand as testimony to the craftsmanship of the Wai Wai people of the Deep South Rupununi, whose youth have been entrusted with recreating the monument.

There were no indications of any problems before the explosion on board a cargo ship that was docked at the Guyana National Ship-ping Company (GNSC) Wharf on Wednesday afternoon, according to engineer Shane Walker.

A policeman yesterday testified about the man accused of murdering West Canje resident Errol Lindo handing over a Taurus .32 pistol.

A woman is now critical at the Georgetown Public Hospital after the bus she was traveling in crashed into a utility pole at Providence, East Bank Demerara, last night.

Tyre salesman Rajesh Seegobin was yesterday found not guilty of knowingly underreporting £2,000 in cash at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport, Timehri last year.

President David Granger yesterday met with members of the Canadian Branch of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA), who are in Guyana seeking to foster closer ties  among Commonwealth Parliamentarians, a release from the Ministry of the Presidency said.

The finals of the annual Children’s Mashramani competitions will be held from February 17 to 20 at various venues.

At about 1120h on Wednesday, police ranks, acting on information received, conducted a search on a camp at Belle Vue Village, East Bank Berbice, where 4 kilograms of marijuana were found, the police said in a release yesterday.

Fourteen US Peace Corps Volunteers will now be working with local health professionals  to boost health care delivery to the residents of four  regions – Two, Three, Six and Ten, GINA said yesterday.

An elderly Berbice man was on Tuesday brought before a city court on a charge that he used a forged birth certificate in a bid to get a US visa.

A Baramita, Region One man is currently nursing serious head wounds at the Georgetown Public Hospital after allegedly being chopped by another man during a fight.

A Mon Repos man was fined $15,000 on Wednesday after he was found guilty of verbally abusing his wife for not cooking his food.

A man who allegedly assaulted a 16-year-old boy who he claimed attempted to rob him was on Wednesday released on his own recognizance when he appeared before Magistrate Alex Moore at a city court.

DHAKA, Bangladesh, CMC – West Indies will make their second appearance in the Under-19 World Cup final after a stunning three wicket victory over Bangladesh in the semi-final at Shere Bangla National Stadium, here Thursday.

(Trinidad Guardian) Autopsy results today revealed that Japanese pan player Asami Nagakiya was strangled.

ST.JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC- Nikita Miller has moved past Gudakesh Motie to become the leading wicket taker in the WICB Professional Cricket League which resumed with the start of a lone fixture in round six yesterday.

Dear Editor, In his regular column last Sunday (7th February), Clive Thomas reiterated that Guyana’s 2015 unit cost of production of sugar was US 45 cents/lb.

Dear Editor, An observation has been made by the Guyana Association of Women Lawyers (GAWL) that various persons have been writing and having published, articles which purport to quote the legal position on a particular subject – for example rape.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC- Only three players so far have signed contracts with the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) to represent the region in the T20 World Cup, just days before a Valentine’s Day deadline runs out.

The Guyana Police Force (GPF) and Flamingo secured lopsided wins when the GFA-sanctioned Stag Beer League continued on Wednesday.

Heavyweight matches will highlight the start of the League Finale section in the GFF Stag Beer Elite League as Slingerz FC tackles Pele and Alpha United oppose Fruta Conquerors today at the Camp Ayanganna ground.

Guyana Jaguars’ newest addition to their four-day team, Robin Bacchus says he will be looking to cement a place in the side once given a chance to perform during the final leg of the 2015/16 Professional Cricket League (PCL) competition which restarts today.

Dear Editor, I am an ex-member of the Mounted Branch of the Guyana Police Force.

The performance of the local timber industry in 2015 reflected a significant decline in both production and export sales, mirroring the myriad challenges facing the industry.

The Lady Jaguars CONCACAF 2016 Olympic qualifying campaign got off to the worst possible start, losing to giants Canada by a 5-0 score line yesterday at the BBVA Compass Stadium in Houston, Texas.

Defending Open Category champ Jason Ray Khalil as well as Nyron Joseph, Reagan Pollard and Raphael DeGroot were amongst the winners when the Guyana Squash Association-sanctioned Bounty Farm Ltd Handicap Squash Tournament continued on Wednesday.

Dear Editor, Many assumed that Mash 2016 activities would have been a passing memory due to the grand celebration of the fifty years’ jubilee.

A senior official of the Essequibo Coast business enterprise Imam Bacchus and Sons has told the Stabroek Business that the protracted dependence of Guyana’s rice industry on “Venezuela’s rice prices” may well have left the sector unfit to compete in the international marketplace.

Dear Editor, I write in relation to the article captioned, ‘Nagamootoo says suffered “major disqualifications” while in PPP’, in the Stabroek News of February 10.

When the Stabroek Business learnt that an organization called the General Contractors Association of Guyana (GCAG) had been created we agreed to meet with members and – arising out of that meeting – to bring the existence of this organization to the attention of the public.

Dear Editor, The caption ‘Ministers promise big improvements for Kwakwani and Ituni’ and the story which follows is something that readers have grown accustomed to (SN, February 10).

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – A New York City police officer was convicted of manslaughter yesterday for fatally shooting an unarmed black man in a darkened public housing stairwell.

By Valrie Grant Managing Director GeoTechVision   Have you ever used a map?

Dear Editor, There is a reason why the public sector was called the civil service or the public service; and the Guyana Defence Force, Guyana Police Force, Guyana Prison Service and the Guyana Fire Service are called the disciplined services.

WELLINGTON, (Reuters) – Australia’s Josh Hazlewood and Peter Siddle destroyed New Zealand’s batting lineup with a disciplined plan of bowling straight and full to skittle the hosts for 183 shortly before tea on the first day of the first test last night.

In what was considered to be, perhaps, the worst year for on-the-job fatalities in living memory, 2015 saw the loss of 23 lives in workplace accidents, most if not all of which were widely believed to have been avoidable.

Dear Editor, It is with great consternation and trepidation that I am now reading about the laws regarding the dollar value of jewellery that can legally be taken through the airport and what this to my mind means for the ordinary traveller, especially when that cost is added to the foreign currency that is on your person.

(Reuters) – The United States Olympic Committee (USOC) is to recruit two infectious disease experts to advise potential members of their Rio 2016 Games team who are concerned about the Zika virus outbreak in Brazil.

Dear Editor, Here we go again: another row over money between the West Indian cricketers and the WICB.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC- The West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) is urging the region to rally around the regional team as they prepare to contest the final of the Under-19 World Cup against India in Bangladesh on Sunday.

MUNICH, (Reuters) – Major powers agreed yesterday to a cessation of hostilities in Syria set to begin in a week and to provide rapid humanitarian access to besieged Syrian towns, but failed to secure a complete ceasefire or an end to Russian bombing.

What has now become Guyana’s multi-million-dollar beauty industry comprises a range of business enterprises from thriving distribution outlets that market an assortment of accessories associated with the sector, to modest ones that deliver the various cosmetology services, including barbering.

RIO DE JANEIRO, (Reuters) – A judge in Brazil’s state of Minas Gerais has frozen 470 million reais ($118 million) of assets owned by Vale SA and 1.8 million reais linked to BHP Billiton Ltd to ensure payment of damages related to a deadly dam rupture, Rio de Janeiro’s O Globo newspaper said yesterday.

WASHINGTON, (Reut-ers) – Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton was endorsed by the Congressional Black Caucus yesterday, a much-needed boost to her campaign as it competes for the important black voting bloc in South Carolina’s primary this month.

Years of losses and inefficient service provision under the country’s home-grown Bahamas Electricity Corporation (BEC) have finally compelled the Bahamian government to set aside what it says is an altogether “unsustainable” operation and agree to cede management responsibility for power supply to an expatriate company.

CLEVELAND, (The Sports Xchange) – Kevin Love departure in the final minute of the second quarter with a left shoulder injury marred the Cleveland Cavaliers’ 120-111 victory over Kobe Bryant and the Los Angeles Lakers on Wednesday.

MONTERREY, Mexico, (Reuters) – A battle between the feared Zetas drug cartel and rivals at a prison left 49 people dead in the northeastern Mexican city of Monterrey, authorities said yesterday, days ahead of a planned visit by Pope Francis to another jail in Mexico’s far north.

(Barbados Nation) ST JOHN’S – LIAT, The Caribbean Airline, has issued a travel advisory for all customers with reservations booked on or before February 10 who are concerned about travelling to destinations with the Zika virus.

(Trinidad Guardian) There are now calls from the public to have Raymond Tim Kee removed as Mayor of Port-of-Spain.

Dear Editor, I have followed the debates and conversations surrounding the government’s ban on used vehicle tyres and having listened, I came to the conclusion that the decision was not well thought through.

BURNS, Ore., (Reuters) – The four holdouts in the armed occupation of a federal wildlife refuge in Oregon surrendered yesterday, with the last protester repeatedly threatening suicide in a dramatic final phone call with mediators before he gave up, ending the 41-day standoff.

GASCI (www.gasci.com/telephone Nº 223-6175/6) reports that session 654’s trading results showed consideration of $8,688,223 from 37,583 shares traded in 9 transactions as compared to session 653’s trading results, which showed consideration of $1,659,336 from 39,808 shares traded in 22 transactions.

If there is any society on our planet that is absolutely, perfectly classless, I have not yet been convinced about its existence.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC-South Africa’s super star AB deVilliers is set for his first stint in the Caribbean Premier League (CPL) after signing to play for Barbados Tridents, officials announced yesterday.

Dear Editor, Understanding the world of popular music can be very challenging at times, particularly when there may be outright attempts by mainstream powers to either ignore and/or wrongly label sounds that they either do not understand or refuse to accept.

More green and yellow: Tyres along the East Coast Highway which are protecting plants have been painted in yellow and green, the colours of the ruling APNU+AFC coalition.

GENEVA, (Reuters) – Some national teams have been given unfavourable competition fixtures for failing to toe the political line inside soccer’s world governing body, the Jordanian candidate to become its next president said yesterday.

Dear Editor, Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GT&T) celebrated 25 years as a company in Guyana, but the fact remains that customers have nothing to celebrate.

Having served what he says was an instructive apprenticeship in the early days of the development of visual mass media in Guyana, Kirt Clarke is seeking to make a different kind of contribution to the development of an enhanced audio visual culture through his own privately-run facility, Clarke’s Production or Clarke’s Pro as it is described in the promotional material.

February 7 marked the 54th anniversary of the imposition of the US trade embargo against Cuba.