Daily Archive: Tuesday, April 5, 2016

The Office of Climate Change (OCC) intensified its efforts over the Easter weekend to transform Bartica, Region Seven into a thriving green locale, a release from the Ministry of the Presidency said.

CASTRIES, St. Lucia, CMC – West Indies T20 cricket captain Darren Sammy Tuesday expressed his delight at the decision of the St.

NEW DELHI, India,  CMC- Cricket columnist Mark Nicholas has apologised to West Indies T20 captain Darren Sammy and his side for describing them as “short of brains” before the start of the T20 World Cup.

Transparency Institute Guyana Inc today said that the actions of Minister of State Joseph Harmon in relation to the employing and rewarding of supporters and donors constitutes corruption.

(Trinidad Guardian) Desperate because they are unable to pay home mortgages and vehicle loans, over 100 former ArcelorMittal employees overpowered security guards as they stormed the Point Lisas plant yesterday, demanding answers about their pension and savings plan.

Better Hope goldsmith Richard Ramjit will today appear in court to answer charges in connection with his gold and silver jewellery which was seized by the Special Organized Crime Unit (SOCU) in January at the airport.

A forty-four-year-old woman is currently battling for her life at a city hospital after she was stabbed about her body on Sunday evening by her husband who took his own life.

Two persons, including the daughter of Nonpareil pensioner Roger Manikam, were detained by the police yesterday on suspicions that they are linked to his murder, Crime Chief Wendell Blanhum said.

The governing APNU+AFC on Friday took all seven of the seats on the city’s key Finance Committee despite the nomination of a Team Legacy member who was backed by other groups elected to the council.

Seeking to pioneer new ground in the development of the small business sector, the Institute of Private Enterprise Development Limited (IPED) has set aside half a billion to support non-traditional agriculture, ventures by persons under 30 and the creative industries over the next two years.

Brazilian and Barbadian companies are among five bidders for rehabilitation work on the Moco-Moco Hydropower plant in Region Nine.

Four candidates, all of whom are Guyanese, have been shortlisted to be interviewed for the vacant post of Vice-Chancellor of the University of Guyana (UG).

The University of Guyana Students’ Society (UGSS) yesterday staged a protest at the Turkeyen Campus to highlight poor conditions that they say continue to be ignored.

The Caribbean American Domestic Violence Awareness (CADVA) group is working towards creating a missing persons database.

Deputy Director of Prisons Gladwin Samuels was once again accused by an inmate as being the authority who passed an instruction for the door to the burning Capital Division at the camp Street prison to be shut on March 3, when 17 prisoners died.

ST.JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC- President of the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB), Dave Cameron, has apologised for what WICB described as ‘inappropriate ‘ comments by captain Darren Sammy after West Indies conjured-up a miraculous four wicket win over England to regain the T20 World Cup.

The Supreme Court has advertised for temporary magistrates in the wake of initiatives aimed at easing the backlog of cases and overcrowding in the prisons.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC- Jamaica’s Prime Minister Andrew Holness says the unprecedented accomplishments of West Indies cricket teams in capturing three separate titles this year should be used as a source of motivation for the region.

There have been no reports of piracy in the first quarter of the year and the police have credited this to the resuscitation of the Inter-Agency Task Force on Piracy and the Inter-Agency Maritime Surveillance Programme.

KOLKATA, India, CMC-Four West Indies cricketers have been included on the ICC teams of the tournament following the T20 World Cup which ended here on Sunday.

As police continue to investigate two murders they believe are linked and were committed as acts of reprisal during last week, they were yesterday granted an additional 72 hours to detain two of the four suspects who were arrested, while the other two have been released.

KOLKATA, India, CMC- Stafanie Taylor, the captain of West Indies Women who have just won the T20 World Cup for the first time, says a recruitment programme is needed as part of an elaborate plan to keep the sport alive in the region.

Red Thread Coordinator Karen de Souza is not surprised that alleged child molester Winston Harding enjoys the support of the residents of his constituency.

Keith Ferrier, one of the accused in the 2009 arson of the Ministry of Health building at Brickdam, was denied bail after making a new application yesterday.

KOLKATA, India,  CMC –In the space of just four deliveries on Sunday, West Indies all-rounder Carlos Brathwaite banished bitter memories that had haunted him for the last five years.

A date was yesterday set for the start of the trial of Police Constable Tito Benons who was allegedly found recently with an unlicensed pistol and 15 rounds of ammunition.

The National Insurance Scheme (NIS) has extended the date for investment proposals from the public.

CASTRIES, St. Lucia, CMC, The St. Lucian government is planning to roll-out the red carpet for its star cricketers on the West Indies team which created history by winning the T20 World Cup for a second time.

An inquiry is to be conducted into the education system and members of the public are being invited to submit memoranda.

An East Ruimveldt man, who police say had an unlicensed gun with matching rounds that he used to rob a woman, was yesterday sentenced for the offences.

Alpha United solidified their third position in the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) Stag Beer Elite League, swamping fierce rival Pele FC by a 5-0 score line at the Camp Ayanganna ground on Sunday.

A young Agricola mother was given a second chance after a man who accused her of robbing him decided to drop the complaint.

KOLKATA, India, CMC-West Indies batsman Marlon Samuels has been fined 30 percent of his match fee following a verbal altercation with England all-rounder Ben Stokes during Sunday’s final of the T20 World Cup.

Weeks after retaining their Professional Cricket League (PCL) Regional Four Day title, the Guyana Jaguars will resume training today with a fitness test at the Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC) ground.

Dear Editor, Upon the dawning of Guyana’s new local government dispensation, may I offer through you, Editor, a warning to all the new councillors and their political patrons.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Carlos Brathwaite’s four consecutive sixes that carried West Indies victory over England in the World Twenty20 final capped what former players and journalists described as one of the sport’s greatest matches yesterday.

Sterling Products Limited (SPL) registered a profit of $173 million for 2015, down 16.6% on the previous year.

Fitness Express has once again answered the call of the Guyana Amateur Bodybuilding (GABBFF).

A Nigerian national was yesterday given 24 hours to leave the country after he was reprimanded for illegally entering from Brazil.

Dear Editor, As was reported in the news media, Joseph Harmon, Minister of State had appointed Brian Tiwari as a Ministerial Adviser on Business Development on January 19, 2016.

They come from far-flung lands across the vast expanse of the Caribbean Sea, from the shadows of the majestic Blue Mountains of Jamaica to Guyana, the jewel atop the crown of the continent of South America and all of the disparate lands in between, but somehow for lo these many decades since 1928 under the aegis of a geo-political designation called West Indies under which umbrella they have come together – men and women with a unique characteristic flair, finesse and flamboyance to play a game called  cricket as no other nation in the world can.

    A plumber was yesterday remanded to prison after he was charged with robbing a driver who was held up by traffic.

Dear Editor, A Steering Committee on Constitutional Reform was established with Attorney Nigel Hughes as convener.

Dear Editor, The latest to add a voice to the death penalty debate is Sister Judith Schmelz of the Sisters of Mercy of Guyana (Stabroek News, April 1).

A report regarding the death of 10-year-old Ishmael Raghubir carried in yesterday’s edition of the Stabroek News under the title ‘La Grange boy killed by reversing car’ had erroneously stated that the accident occurred in front of the boy’s Independence Street home.

LONDON/PANAMA CITY (Reuters) – Governments across the world began investigating possible financial wrongdoing by the rich and powerful yesterday after a leak of four decades of documents from a Panamanian law firm that specialised in setting up offshore companies.

As rice farmers all over the country harvest their crops, the farmers in the Mahaica and Mahaicony areas are patiently waiting to find out if they will receive assistance for the next crop after the losses they suffered due to the punishing El Nino drought.

Dear Editor, There is a beautiful song which the late Sam Cooke sang that goes: “The song has ended but the melody lingers on…” Such is the saga of Walter Rodney, whose life was ended in June of 1980; however the melody of his passing lingers on and on. 

STOCKHOLM (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – World military spending rose 1 per cent in 2015, the first annual increase in four years, a Stockholm think tank said today as it estimated 10 per cent of this could cover the costs of global goals aiming to end poverty and hunger in 15 years.

DELHI, India, CMC-Newly crowned World T20 champions West Indies have moved within sight of number-one ranked India after recapturing the title they first won in 2012.

Guyana yesterday welcomed its third cruise visit as patrons of the Serenissima spent the day visiting the Kaieteur Falls and touring the city.

Dear Editor, It is with a sense of profound pride that I take this opportunity to publicly congratulate all those young people who took the oath of office as mayor, deputy mayor, chairpersons, deputy chairpersons and councillors in their respective towns and neighbourhood democratic councils.

Haslyn Parris laid to rest: Pall bearers carrying Haslyn Parris’ coffin out of St Anthony of Padua Roman Catholic Church in Friendship following a funeral service there yesterday afternoon.

President Obama charmed Argentines by dancing the tango during his visit to the South American country recently, but his trip may be remembered for something much more important: It may mark the start of a new cycle of much closer US-Latin American ties.

Dear Editor, I have read with a great deal of interest in the last few days the comments about Brian Tiwari and I wish to invite the public to examine a few acceptable facts.

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – Former New Zealand prime minister Helen Clark said yesterday she would campaign to be the next UN secretary-general, pledging to improve transparency and touting her leadership experience in a bid to become the first woman to head the world body.

Dear Editor, Let us salute the West Indian T20 heroes but also the Guyanese Chairman of the selectors Clive ‘Super Cat’ Lloyd.

BRASILIA (Reuters) – With neither side commanding enough firm support in the battle to impeach Brazil’s President Dilma Rousseff, the outcome of a crucial vote in Congress this month may boil down to a handful of no-shows and abstentions.

Dear Editor, Over the last few weeks it’s been fascinating to read about Guyanese history that has been kept from the public.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, CMC-West Indies women cricketers are closing in on fourth- ranked India after they pulled off a major upset to capture the T20 World Cup in India on Sunday.

By Anatole Kaletsky LONDON – All over the world today, there is a sense of the end of an era, a deep foreboding about the disintegration of previously stable societies.

NEW YORK (Reuters) – A Colombian who pleaded guilty to US narcotics charges stemming from a probe that began with him trying to help a paramilitary group get uranium for a “dirty bomb” to attack the US embassy in Bogota was sentenced to 13 years in prison.

BRAZZAVILLE (Reuters) – Gunbattles shook the capital of Congo Republic yesterday, shattering a relative calm that had followed President Denis Sassou Nguesso’s re-election in a disputed vote last month.

Sunday was one of those rare days in Caribbean cricket that will go down as truly unforgettable; the West Indies captured the two ICC World T20 men and women’s titles, (to go along with the T20 Under-19 title won just a few weeks ago).

Dear Editor, It’s amazing that in this age of transparency and honesty that the practice of printing letters from individuals with false names continues.