Daily Archive: Saturday, March 19, 2016

The police say they are conducting investigations into the murder of O’Riley Small, 32 years, of Smyth Street, Georgetown, whose body was found about 0300h.

MOSCOW/DUBAI, (Reuters) – All 62 people aboard a passenger jet flying from Dubai to southern Russia were killed when their plane crashed on its second attempt to land at Rostov-on-Don airport on Saturday, Russian officials said.

The U.S. Embassy, British High Commission and Canadian High Commission today congratulated the Guyanese people on the democratic process that they observed in yesterday’s local government elections.

These results have been taken from polling stations visited by Stabroek News last night and this morning following the close of voting in the Local Government Elections.

Preliminary results from yesterday’s historic local government polls show that the governing APNU+AFC coalition was sweeping the contests in Georgetown and Bartica.

Social activist Mark Benschop and his Benschop for Mayor group were at press time losing badly to APNU+AFC and also coming behind Team Legacy in Local Government Elections yesterday in South Ruimveldt Park/Ruimveldt Industrial Estate.

The Bartica Independent Green Alliance (BIGA) was completely wiped out by the governing APNU+AFC coalition at yesterday’s local government elections.

The candidate for constituency 13 who APNU+AFC withdrew support from over child molestation allegations pulled big votes at two polling stations based on results gathered by Stabroek News last night.

From early results last night from the Meadow Bank-Agricola area, 90-year-old James Samuels looks set for a seat on the Georgetown City Council after yesterday’s Local Government Elections.

Red Thread is calling on President David Granger to relieve Minister Volda Lawrence of the social protection portfolio.

The property at Middle and Waterloo streets, where the Halito Hotel is sited, is up for sale.

Murder-accused Owen Belfield yesterday testified that there was calm in the prisoners’ dorm prior to the deadly fire at the Camp Street jail that claimed the lives of 17 inmates.

Tiger Pond and Meriwau in the Rupununi have been hard hit by the ongoing drought and the Guyana Water Inc is taking steps to alleviate the situation.

As the probe into the murder of farmer Anthony Breedy continues, investigators on Thursday evening recovered a bloodstained shirt belonging to the prime suspect, hours after his two accomplices were arrested at Ithaca, West Bank Berbice.

Troy Abrams, the surviving accused in the armed robbery of America Street moneychangers, and the main witness for his defence yesterday gave contradictory accounts of what they were doing at the time of the attack.

The Heads of Mission from Canada, the United States and the United Kingdom will be hosting a Joint Press Conference on Monday to discuss the observation process of yesterday’s Local Government Elections.

Shimron Hetmyer cracked his maiden first-class ton while fifties from Leon Johnson and Rajendra Chandrika propelled the Guyana Jaguars to an imposing 297-4 on the opening day against the Jamaica Scorpions, as the final round in the 2015/16 Professional Cricket League (PCL) Regional 4-Day tournament got underway yesterday.

The Central Housing and Planning Authority (CH&PA) has denied that a senior officer refused to submit information requested by the Board as alleged in several recent reports in Kaieteur News.

BASSETERRE, St Kitts, CMC – Fourteen wickets tumbled as title hopefuls Barbados Pride grabbed the edge over Leeward Islands Hurricanes, on the opening day of their crucial final round game here yesterday.

President David Granger on Thursday paid tribute to James McFarlane Corry who was born in 1850 and is considered the ‘Father of Local Government in British Guiana’.

It will be Linden versus Georgetown when Retrieve Raiders oppose Colts in the final of the third Guyana Amateur Basketball Federation (GABF) Road to Mecca National Club Championship today from 19:00hrs at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.

Guyana will soon establish a diplomatic mission in Geneva, GINA said.

The Guyana Public Service Union (GPSU) yesterday said that it will write President David Granger over what it said was the “protracted delay” in the start of wage negotiations and over recent statements made by the Minister of Finance.

Dear Editor, I am a rice farmer and I do extensive seedling paddy cultivation in the community of Hague Settlement, which is located on the West Coast of Demerara.

KOLKATA, (Reuters) – Pakistan have never defeated India in a World Cup match but coach Waqar Younis is confident his team can break the jinx against the hosts who are smarting from a thumping defeat against New Zealand in their tournament opener.

Dear Editor, Mr Alfred Bhulai’s correspondence in Stabroek News on March 18, titled ‘Gecom ad contains errors’, is one of the many examples of the rhetoric articulated around local government elections (LGE).

An Albouystown man was yesterday released on bail after denying charges that he had possession of an illegal gun and ammunition more than a year and a half ago.

DHARAMSALA, India, (Reuters) – New Zealand held their nerve to edge out Australia by eight runs in a tense World Twenty20 Group Two match yesterday and move closer to a place in the semi-finals.

Dear Editor, Please permit me to respond to Minister of Communities Ronald Bulkan’s letter titled ‘The mayorship is not a mostly ceremonial position’ (SN, March 18).

An ice cream vendor was yesterday remanded to prison after a court heard that he was found with over one kilo of cannabis.

Slingerz FC maintained their grip atop the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) Stag Beer Elite League, dismissing Monedderlust 4-0 Thursday at the Leonora Sports Facility ground.

MUMBAI, (Reuters) – England’s Joe Root hit a sparkling 83 to lead them to the highest-ever run chase in World Twenty20 cricket and a dramatic two-wicket victory over South Africa in Group One yesterday.

Javes ‘Dan Jah V’ Cox is a Reggae/Dancehall artiste who recorded his latest single “Shaky” earlier this month in Jamaica.

BRUSSELS, (Reuters) – Europe’s most wanted man was captured after a shootout in Brussels in a major coup for authorities investigating November’s Islamic State attacks on Paris.

Dear Editor, It was very nice that several rice farmers from Huis’t Dieren in Region 2, including myself, were consulted at a public forum about the bad state of a koker with a concrete base and wooden walls, sited in a dual purpose trench alongside the school dam in the backlands.

A Kitty woman was yesterday found guilty of wounding a former workmate with a beer bottle during a brawl at the popular Seeta’s Bar in Kitty.

BANGALORE, India, CMC – Batsman Marlon Samuels has warned there are no easy teams in the Twenty20 World Cup and says West Indies must treat every game like a final, if they are to win the tournament.

Hi Everyone, You can enrich your meals, reduce salt, and save money by making and using your own homemade stock.

      Not good: Tiredness seemed to have overcome this policeman who was guarding a GECOM office in New Amsterdam yesterday.

UNITED NATIONS, (Reuters) – Burundi is gripped by terror amid continued human rights abuses and the small central African state is on the brink of a sudden escalation of violence to “massive proportions,” the United Nations human rights chief told the Security Council yesterday.

Dear Editor,   I had a most shocking and humiliating experience recently with Mr Dennis Jaikarran, Regional Executive Officer (REO) of Region Three.

Camptown and Flamingo battled to an exciting 3-3 draw when the Georgetown Football Association (GFA) Stag Beer League continued Thursday at the Georgetown Football Club ground.

The ninth edition of Guyana Where & What, the pocket-size guide book on Guyana, published by Gem Madhoo-Nascimento of GEMS Inc is now available for visitors to Guyana and Guyanese alike.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – U.S. prosecutors yesterday unveiled charges against a China-born woman involved with two organizations focused on the United Nations as part of an ongoing investigation into a scheme to pay bribes to a former U.N.

Dear Editor, I was pleased to read a letter by M Alves ‘Why doesn’t Guyana use roundabouts?’

Dear Editor, A friend of mine shared the following extract from a BBC report featuring amazing lessons in governance which are especially noteworthy for poor third world countries like Guyana.

SAO PAULO, (Reuters) – Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, the former Brazilian president under investigation in a sweeping corruption investigation, said yesterday that Latin America’s largest economy needs to resume growth rapidly to avert job losses.

The Golden Jubilee edition of Guyana Fashion Week is set to be launched at a red carpet affair on May 20 at Colgrain House.

After 16 days and 223 goals, the 4th Annual Petra Organization/Milo Secondary Schools u-20 Championship will conclude today when holders Chase Academy battle Lodge Secondary from 18:00hrs in the final.

I haven’t been sharing too many details of my latest finds since I moved to Europe, as I am still trying to find a photographer.

Increasingly, the Age of Information has become the Age of Surveillance.

There are some images that have stuck in my head from the time I was about thirteen/fourteen-years-old.

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla., (Reuters) – A Florida jury yesterday awarded Hulk Hogan $115 million with the possibility of more after finding the Gawker website violated his privacy by publishing a sex tape of the celebrity wrestler.

Benjamin Mekdeci, Shomari Wiltshire and Taylor Fernandes were among the winners when the Guyana Squash Association (GSA) sanctioned Kraft Toucan Industries Junior Skill level tournament continued on Thursday.

(Trinidad Guardian) The International Monetary Fund (IMF), which concluded its latest mission to T&T on Tuesday, said the economy was confronting a major shock as a result of the sharp fall in energy prices but was not in crisis.

Dear Editor, Mr Rashleigh Jackson is at his mischief again. He has written before reflecting similar sentiments albeit from different angles.

These results have been taken from polling stations visited by Stabroek News last night and this morning following the close of voting in the Local Government Elections.

These results have been taken from polling stations visited by Stabroek News last night and this morning following the close of voting in the Local Government Elections.

These results have been taken from polling stations visited by Stabroek News last night and this morning following the close of voting in the Local Government Elections.