Daily Archive: Friday, February 19, 2016

President David Granger (left), today, met with the Secretary General of the United Nations, Ban Ki-moon, at the UN Headquarters in New York.

(Barbados Government Information Service) Prime Minister Freundel Stuart and other CARICOM leaders are so concerned about the problems facing West Indies cricket, including its governance that they intend to approach the International Cricket Council.

The Guyana Sugar Corporation and the main sugar union GAWU today deadlocked over the annual pay incentive with the corporation pointing out its dire financial situation.

President’s College students on Thursday held their annual run from the East Coast Demerara school to the David Rose School for the Handicapped on Thomas Lands.

Plans are underway to hold flag raising ceremonies across the country for the republic anniversary.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – A man charged with killing a Washington, D.C.

The Guyana Hindu Dharmic Sabha says Bollywood Playback Singer Sunidhi Chauhan will appear Live in Concert on Sunday April 3rd, 2016 at the Guyana National Stadium.

(Trinidad Guardian) Energy Minister Nicole Olivierre says all but one of the 137 service stations in this country are operating illegally and the state will give operators of these businesses six months to regularise their status.

The police were yesterday granted an additional 72 hours to keep three of the four men held over the murder of political activist Courtney Crum-Ewing in custody and lawyers have since alleged that one of them was beaten by the police.

The opening of the Kato Secondary School whose construction has been the subject of controversy has once again been delayed because major structural defects have been found.

Acting Deputy Chief Executive Officer of the Guyana Power and Light (GPL) Renford Homer has been tipped to replace the utility company’s acting CEO Colin Welch, sources say.

More than six months after she was nominated, Guyana’s Ambassador to Venezuela Cheryl Miles was accredited by Caracas on Wednesday.

Businessman Charles Henry yesterday admitted to fatally shooting Errol Lindo, whom he said was advancing towards him with an axe.

The closure of the Wales sugar estate will see the maintenance of drainage and irrigation systems in the Patentia/Wales area becoming the responsibility of central government.

A Mon Repos storage bond was completely destroyed after it went up in flames last night.

In its contribution to an open debate in the United Nations Security Council on Monday, Guyana has underlined the need for respect of sovereignty and the vital roles of institutions such as the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in what will be seen as veiled references to stepped up aggression by Venezuela since May last year over the border controversy between the two countries.

A young entrepreneur, an IT technician and a pensioner are contesting to be elected as the next representative of the 5th Constituency of the Georgetown municipality.

Brazilian national Raymond Moreira, who was in September charged with illegally withdrawing $60,000 from a local ATM, was yesterday found not guilty of the crime by a city court.

By Clifton Ross in Barbados After romping to six consecutive wins in the 2015/16 Professional Cricket League (PCL) Regional Four Day tourney, Guyana Jaguars Head Coach Esuan Crandon says he expects a keen contest over the next few days between his team and the Barbados Pride, who clash in round seven today at the Kensington Oval Ground, Barbados.

A verdict is likely today when the jury retires to deliberate on the evidence in the trial of Alvin Semple, who is charged with murdering Anna Catherina resident Balram Teekaram.

ZURICH, (Reuters) – World soccer’s chief ethics investigator has recommended life bans for the former presidents of the Colombian and Chilean football federations after finding cases of misconduct under FIFA rules, including on bribery and corruption.

The Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) has signed a contract with a local company to repair the Diamond well where a broken casing has caused woes for residents of the Diamond Housing Scheme and Kaneville on the East Bank of Demerara.

Pastor Andrew Hannibal, who is accused of sexual activity with a minor, was released on $200,000 bail.

High Stars and Net-Rockers secured contrasting wins when the Upper Demerara Football Association (UDFA) First Division League continued on Wednesday at the Mackenzie Sports Club (MSC) in Linden.

Guyana will participate in the St. Vincent and the Grenadines Junior Squash Open 2016 which is slated to commence today and conclude on the 21st.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Doubt surrounds the involvement of Youth World Cup heroes Alzarri Joseph and Keacy Carty in the remainder of the Leeward Islands Hurricanes’ campaign in the Regional four-day championship.

A bus conductor was yesterday brought before a city court on an armed robbery charge.

Three miners who were missing since Sunday were found yesterday. Anthony Van Sertima, 44 and Gavin Van Sertima, 20, of Buxton and Keastan Lewis, of South Vigilance, East Coast Demerara had reportedly gone into the Omai Backdam on Sunday in a bid to locate mining land and had gotten lost.

Fitzroy Gibson, who is accused of abusing and threatening his mother-in-law, was yesterday remanded to prison by city magistrate Faith McGusty.

COLOMBO, (Reuters) – Sri Lanka fast bowler Lasith Malinga has recovered from a knee injury and will lead the defending champions at next month’s World Twenty20 in India, the country’s cricket board said yesterday.

GASCI (www.gasci.com/telephone Nº 223-6175/6) reports that session 655’s trading results showed consideration of $21,204,040 from 517,465 shares traded in 35 transactions as compared to session 654’s trading results, which showed consideration of $8,688,223 from 37,583 shares traded in 9 transactions.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Jamaica’s Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller has praised the West Indies Under-19’s success at the recent ICC Youth World Cup and says her government will continue to pour the necessary resources into sports development.

The Guyana Government on Wednesday signed a US$3M agreement to rehabilitate the Cunha Canal, a key drainage mechanism on the East Bank of Demerara which has been operating significantly under capacity.

NEWBERRY, S.C., (Reuters) – Pope Francis forcefully injected himself into the U.S.

(Barbados Nation) ST JOHN’S – The Caribbean will have an additional set of activities within the next year from cricket as the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) gets set to host a number of regional and international tours.

Dear Editor, “Not one dollop less of patriotism in us of the PPP/C, now sitting in the opposition benches, when compared with you in the government seats,” our Leader of the Opposition (LOP), visibly disturbed, was moved to firmly assert as he wound up the budget debate for the opposition.

Dear Editor, I support the call by Isabelle de Caires for the government to lay out its detailed plans for Wales Sugar Estate, but more importantly for there to be the widest possible public debate on this issue in the parliament as well as in every town hall meeting in the country.

With the international friendly between Guyana and Suriname only three days away, the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) has officially rescheduled the matches in the Stag Beer Elite League.

Principal of ABC Academy Arthur Bernard Chandra was on Wednesday fined $25,000 and ordered to undergo counselling after being found guilty of unlawfully assaulting a former seven-year-old student.

BANGKOK, (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Several big international funds, including the U.N.

The Ministry of Natural Resources, on Wednesday, received equipment valued $10M, purchased with support from the United Nations Development Fund (UNDP), for the Guyana Mining School and Training Centre.

“The Lord Canary, the Life and Contributions of Malcolm Corrica,” the biography of the Guyanese calypso legend, was launched last evening at the National Library.

BRUSSELS, (Reuters) – Prime Minister David Cameron appealed to EU leaders yesterday to help him settle the question of Britain’s European Union membership for a generation by agreeing a “credible” deal he can sell to the British public to stay in the bloc.

(Reuters) – Pakistan spinner Saeed Ajmal dismantled his technique to relearn the art of off-spin and put himself in line for an international recall with a remodelled action.

Dear Editor, Visnu Bisram’s letter in the February 18 edition of Stabroek News titled ‘The NY committee for the Jubilee is not representative of the Guyanese population’ references “AFC members” who are dissatisfied with the NY 50th Anniversary plans.

Farmer Samiull Intiaz Shaw, also known as ‘Taliban’ and his farmhand, Ramsammy Angrashalam, called ‘Babs,’ were both sentenced on Monday on a charge of attempted murder at the Berbice High Court.

Dear Editor, 1) There has been much debate at the level of the National Assembly and much public discourse and comment on the second budget presented by the APNU+AFC government since it took office in May 2015.

SYDNEY, (Reuters) – Retired Australia spin bowling great Shane Warne has suffered a snakebite after dipping his head into a box full of the reptiles for a reality show.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Britain’s Supreme Court ruled yeterday that a key part of the law often called “joint enterprise”, which allows people to be convicted of murder even if they did not strike the fatal blow, had been misinterpreted for three decades.

KAMPALA, (Reuters) – The man hoping to break Yoweri Museveni’s 30-year grip on Uganda’s presidency was briefly arrested yesterday and the government shut down social media sites as voters cast their ballots under the gaze of police and soldiers in riot gear.

Dear Editor, I believe that there are honest men and women who do their best to do good within the limitations of our political system.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Head coach Graeme West believes the turning point of the West Indies Under-19s’ ICC Youth Cricket World Cup campaign was the chance pairing of speedsters Alzarri Joseph and Chemar Holder, ahead of the quarter-final stage.

ACCRA, (Reuters) – A bus hit a cargo truck north of Ghana’s second city Kumasi overnight, killing 71 people in the West African country’s deadliest road crash for years, authorities said yesterday.

Dear Editor, I recall two run-outs in Test cricket in recent years, one in New Zealand involving the home team, and another in England also involving the home team, both within the last, say, four years.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – All-rounder Jyd Goolie says one of the keys to the West Undies Under-19s’ recent success at the ICC Youth World Cup was the ability to stay calm under pressure.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – President Barack Obama cannot select the most liberal possible candidate for the U.S.

WASHINGTON/HAVANA, (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama will meet with dissidents when he makes a historic visit to Cuba next month, the White House said yesterday, but Republicans complained that the trip would only lend legitimacy to the island’s Communist government.

Dear Editor, I came under serious attack by some founding members and supporters of the Alliance for Change (AFC) after my letter was published in Stabroek News edition of February 16, captioned ‘The Cummingsburg Accord is working well’.

CHRISTCHURCH, (Reuters) – Brendon McCullum’s singular contribution to New Zealand cricket extends far beyond the pyrotechnics with the bat which attracted a new generation to the game and helped make the 2015 World Cup such a spectacular success.

The Preliminary Inquiry (PI) into the murder charge against Richard Stanton, who is accused of killing businesswoman Patricia Sanasie, continued yesterday with police inspector Nolan Burnette being subjected to further examinations by both the prosecution and the defence.

Dear Editor, There has been a prolonged drought in relation to cricket competitions in the county of Essequibo and as a former executive member of the Essequibo Cricket Board, I am appalled at the current state of affairs.

BRASILIA, (Reuters) – Top U.S. and Brazilian medical experts met yesterday to launch a research partnership to find a vaccine against the Zika virus that has spread rapidly since it first appeared in the Americas last year.

(Trinidad Guardian) Fears that the rapidly spreading Zika virus would hit the shores of T&T materialised yesterday when Health Minister Terrence Deyalsingh announced T&T’s first confirmed case. 

LONDON, (Reuters) – Tennis accounted for nearly three quarters of all the suspicious betting alerts issued last year, the European Sport Security Association (ESSA) said in a report published yesterday.

A South Sophia man was yesterday placed on $100,000 bail by a city court after making an appearance on a wounding charge.

Heroes: Director of Sport, Chris Jones (left) shares a moment with West Indies U19 World Cup winning heroes, Keemo Paul (second from left), Captain Shimron Hetmyer (third from left) and Tevin Imlach yesterday at the GCC Bourda ground.

Gold Prices for the three day period ending Thursday February 18, 2016 Kitco is a Canadian company that buys and sells precious metals such as gold, copper and silver.

MANILA, (Reuters) – For all the criticism over his anti-gay comment and the loss of a lucrative endorsement deal with Nike Inc, Philippines world boxing champion Manny Pacquiao still looks set to win election to the country’s senate in May, according to political analysts.

See how brief I can be today. As I comment on America’s DEA.

Politikles

Dear Editor, According to a BBC news report, US President Barack Obama is scheduled to visit Cuba on March 20-22 as part of a much broader visit to Latin America and the Caribbean.

(Trinidad Express) Prakash Ramadhar has resigned as political leader of the Congress of the People (COP).

BRUSSELS, (Reuters) – As if the European Union does not have crises enough, now traffic chaos in its congested capital Brussels is being blamed on… hungry mice.

Taking a chance: Docking facilities at the Stabroek Stelling remain in poor shape as this Keno George photo taken yesterday shows.

It is good that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has issued an official statement on the 50th anniversary of the Geneva Agreement on February 17.