Daily Archive: Tuesday, February 23, 2016

(BBC) A Mumbai court has cleared veteran Bollywood actor Dilip Kumar, 94, in the 18-year-old case of a bounced cheque.

Republic flag raising  at D’Urban Park (Photos by Keno George) 

Scenes from today’s flag raising at D’Urban Park (Photos by Keno George)

At about 1615h on Sunday, the police say that the decomposing body of Brazilian national Maria Souza Da Silva, 43 years, was found in a shallow grave at Muruwa Backdam, Konawaruk River.

The board of directors of the Guyana Power and Light (GPL) has decided to terminate the contract of Colin Welch, acting CEO, a statement from Chairman of the utility, Robert Badal said last night.

(Trinidad Express) Two Guyanese nationals are in police custody after they were caught smuggling an estimated $1 million in pharmaceutical drugs from Guyana to Trinidad.

(Trinidad Guardian) After mother of two, Abiola Noel, and her on-again off-again boyfriend, Andre La Touche, had been shot in Laventille yesterday, their killers spent a few moments peering at them as they lay dying in order to satisfy themselves that the job had been done.

A Santa Mission man is now in police custody after allegedly stabbing his cousin-in- law to death early yesterday morning following an altercation at a ‘wake’ house.

An excavator operator yesterday shot and killed his ex-girlfriend before turning the weapon on himself at Kartabo, Cuyuni River Dead are Terry Alexander, 22, and Glenda McCurdy called Natoya, 19,

PPP members Kwame McCoy and Jason Abdulla, along with former bodyguard Shawn Hinds were yesterday charged with assaulting newspaper columnist and activist Freddie Kissoon, on whom they are accused of throwing human faeces during an attack in 2010.

Almost two years and a half after his common-law wife was found dead in the garage of her Diamond, East Bank Demerara (EBD) home, ex-sergeant Colin Bailey was yesterday arrested for the killing and is currently in police custody.

Renewing his appeal for national unity, President David Granger called for a narrowing of the differences and divisions between political parties through the promotion of dialogue and the intensification of political cooperation and consensus-based decision-making.

Former Minister of Public Service Jennifer Westford and the ministry’s past Chief Personnel Officer Margaret Cummings yesterday both entered not guilty pleas on all 24 charges laid against them over the alleged theft of $639 million from the Government of Guyana At their previous hearing, Westford and Cummings were not required

The brick prison being built in the compound of the Camp Street jail should be completed by the end of July, according to Minister of Public Security Khemraj Ramjattan, who yesterday said it will house approximately 325 “high-profile” prisoners.

A New Amsterdam woman was yesterday charged with defrauding a fisherman of half a million dollars by claiming that she could provide him with customs documents to avert duties.

Police are now investigating the theft of nearly all the materials from the dismantled building that housed the Aurora Nursery, Primary and Secondary schools and Region Two Regional Executive Officer (REO) Rupert Hopkinson has blamed the situation on a “culture of dishonesty” in the region.

A Chateau Margot weeder was yesterday charged with assault and threatening behaviour after he allegedly battered his wife and then threatened to kill her while wielding a cutlass.

Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo on Sunday announced that the Linden to Lethem road is to be paved, a Ministry of the Presidency statement said.

The trial of 39-year-old Andre Hetsberger, who is accused of raping a 13-year-old girl, will commence tomorrow morning before Justice Navindra Singh and a 12-member jury at the High Court in Georgetown.

The March 18 local government elections in constituency four of Georgetown will see representatives from the two major parties battling with a candidate from a voluntary group and an individual and all are keen on more street lights for their communities.

A man accused of carnally knowing a 14-year-old girl was yesterday acquitted of the indictment after a jury unanimously found him not guilty of committing the act.

A Guyana Gold Board lab technician has been charged with stealing $2.1M in gold from the entity.

The police are seeking the assistance of the public in locating two men who are wanted in relation to investigations being done into the murders of two different men in the interior.

Police have issued a wanted bulletin for Kidron Junior Waldron who is being sought for questioning in relation to trafficking of narcotics on February 2, 2016 at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport.

“I wasn’t in my right senses,” a convict yesterday told a city court after he was charged with escaping from police.

An ex-convict yesterday found himself back before a court to answer a robbery charge.

The owner of Kumar’s Variety Store of 69 De Willem, West Coast Demerara was yesterday robbed of $500,000 after leaving the Citizens Bank at Parika, East Bank Essequibo around mid-day.

The Children’s Costume Parade saw enthusiasm and flair when 60 participants, competing in six categories, feted their way through the streets to the National Park last Saturday.

A six-member Guyana junior delegation returned to local shores with an 11 medal haul following participation at the recent St Vincent & The Grenadines Junior Squash Open championships.

From Clifton Ross in Barbados   Man-of-the-match Roston Chase bagged a career-best 10-104 but the Barbados Pride were unable to bowl out defending Professional Cricket League Regional four-day champs Guyana Jaguars who ended on 252-7 in their second innings, as round seven ended in a draw yesterday at the Kensington Oval, Barbados.

Former Guyana and West Indies captain Ramnaresh Sarwan says that he is thrilled about his upcoming stint with the Trinidad & Tobago Knight Riders in this year’s Hero Caribbean Premier League (HCPL) T20 tournament adding that there was still a lot of cricket left in him.

The discovery of four marijuana plants at a Grove, East Bank Demerara house has led to two of the residents being charged in a city court with cultivating a prohibited plant.

Dear Editor, The rice farmers are faced with disappearing markets, something which has been exacerbated by the rising costs of production and low prices.

Keemo Paul, the Guyana and West Indies Under 19 all-rounder, said the World Cup success has made him a better cricketer and he is now ready to play for his country at the senior level.

Dear Editor, The recently published pronouncement that the Report of the CoI into the Public Service will be ready by February 29, 2016, offers no reason for applause.

A Berbice mechanic was yesterday remanded to prison after being charged with threatening to kill a woman and having an unlicensed gun and ammunition in his possession.

  The disappearance of a magic mat has landed a young Lethem man behind bars on a simple larceny charge.

Two schools, the Morgan Learning Centre and Sir Leon Lessons have withdrawn from the fourth annual Milo Schools football tournament currently underway and the Petra Organization has cited the addition of rules as a possible reason for their withdrawal.

Dear Editor, Kitty Market stallholders and vendors welcome the long overdue restoration works being carried out on the Kitty Market.

Dear Editor, There is a general clean-up campaign going on. While we are at it, wouldn’t it be nice if we could start a campaign, or rather, stop a campaign that has been going on for years now, ie, that of calling people false or offensive names?

SAO PAULO/RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – Brazilian police said they issued an arrest warrant for President Dilma Rousseff’s campaign manager yesterday, complicating her fight to survive an investigation into her re-election in 2014 and stave off impeachment by Congress.

A Mon Repos man, accused of wounding a man with a knife after a dispute, was yesterday placed on $80,000 bail after denying the charge.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Former West Indies leg-spinner Rawl Lewis has been appointed interim West Indies team manager for next month’s Twenty20 World Cup in India.

Dear Editor, Without exaggerating, there could well be more, but not less than one thousand locations from where the illegal sale of alcoholic beverages takes place in Region 2.

HAVANA (Reuters) – President Raul Castro called on all Cubans to help eradicate the mosquitoes that carry the Zika virus yesterday and ordered 9,000 army troops to help stave off the disease.

Joint services rehearsing yesterday at D’Urban Park for today’s flag raising ceremony.

The Caribbean Community (Caricom) is mounting an electoral observer mission to monitor the general elections to be held in Jamaica on Thursday.

BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazil is planning to fight the Zika virus by zapping millions of male mosquitoes with gamma rays to sterilize them and stop the spread of the virus linked to thousands of birth defects.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Evin Lewis’s maiden first class hundred headlined a convincing Trinidad and Tobago Red Force win as they predictably trounced Jamaica Scorpions by eight wickets early here yesterday.

LONDON (Reuters) – Scientists in Britain have found how drug-resistant bacteria build and maintain a defensive wall — a discovery that paves the way for the development of new drugs to break through the barrier and kill the often deadly “superbugs”.

Dear Editor, The Guyana Post Office Corporation (GPOC) wishes to respond to Lydia Persaud’s letter which was published in the February 21, edition of the Guyana Chronicle under the caption, ‘Please investigate the Post Office.’

President David Granger was officially indicted as patron of the Guyana Red Cross Society (GRCS) at the organisation’s Tea Party and Fashion Show held on the State House Lawns on Sunday.

Dear Editor, The communities of Bachelors Adventure, Paradise and Melanie Damishana are all set to celebrate Mash 2016 with a grand fun day on Mash Day, 23rd February organized by the Bachelor’s Adventure/Paradise Youth Sports and Culture Club.

The names of persons selected to make up the interim civic component of the tri-partite mechanism intended to manage the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) are to be announced by the Ministry of Natural Resources and the Environment, the Guyana Policy Forum has said.

It’s too soon to pass judgment on President Barack Obama’s decision to visit Cuba, but this much can be said: if he doesn’t hold an exclusive meeting with Cuba’s peaceful opposition leaders, his trip will help legitimize the longest-ruling dictatorship in the Western Hemisphere.

LONDON (Reuters) – The pound posted its biggest one-day loss in almost six years yesterday on concerns of a possible British exit from the EU, adding to the pressure on Prime Minister David Cameron as he mounted a defence of his deal to keep the country in the bloc.

CAPE TOWN, (Reuters) – England coach Trevor Bayliss has urged his batsmen to rein in their gung-ho approach ahead of the World Twenty20 in India starting next month.

The contract employee debate that surfaced some weeks ago and which is still ensuing in some quarters has raised some interesting questions about the prospects for a professional public service in the future.

BEIJING/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – China’s South China Sea military deployments are no different from US deployments on Hawaii, the Chinese Foreign Ministry said yesterday, striking a combative tone ahead of a visit by Foreign Minister Wang Yi to the United States this week.

CHRISTCHURCH, (Reuters) – Kane Williamson was in sight of his 14th test century as he combined with Corey Anderson to give New Zealand a slender lead over Australia on the fourth day of the second test.

(The Sports Xchange) – Highlights of Sunday’s National Basketball Association games:   Trail Blazers 115, Jazz 111 Guards Damian Lillard and CJ McCollum combined for 61 points to lead the Portland Trail Blazers past the Utah Jazz 115-111 Sunday night at the Moda Center.

New York-based NGO the Caribbean Voice (TVC) has reaffirmed its support for suicide prevention with the launch of its ‘Me…My Self Esteem’ campaign on Friday last.

Dear Editor, Our sister Caricom nation Jamaica goes to the polls on February 25 to choose a new parliament and government.

By Jorge Familiar Jorge Familiar is Vice President of the World Bank for Latin America and the Caribbean In the future, when we assess Latin America’s history at the turn of the century, the salient feature will certainly be an economic boom that triggered profound social change.