Daily Archive: Friday, April 15, 2016

The Alliance for Change this evening said it was unaware of the appointment of Brian Tiwarie as a ministerial adviser and says it supported President David Granger’s decision to rescind it.

Minister of Telecommunication with responsibility for tourism, Catherine Hughes has underscored the importance of community-based tourism to the development of the local tourism sector and the beneficiary villages and their people.

(Barbados Nation) Another no-ball now awaits several of the stars from the triumphant West Indies’ World Twenty20 team.

The National Communications Network  today said that Lennox Cornette has been chosen as its new Chief Executive Officer.

About 0230h. today, the police say that three men, all armed with firearms, entered the Shell Fuel Station at McDoom, Georgetown, and held up the security guard and three female employees and took away a total of $51,000.00 and a cell phone.

(Trinidad Guardian) The West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) has written to four regional governments, asking for their support in the upcoming four-Test series against India. 

Minister of State Joseph Harmon has told Cabinet that it was the Chinese Ambassador to Guyana Zhang Limin who arranged for four China-based companies, interested in investing in Guyana, to transport him to their respective offices located in different parts of the country during his visit last month.

Sugar workers’ unions GAWU and NAACIE yesterday announced that the remaining operations at the LBI estate will be shuttered, with implications for some 800 employees, as part of what GuySuCo says is the overdue integration of the East Demerara Estates that began five years ago.

Minister of State Joseph Harmon says contractor Brian Tiwarie is one of 34 persons who were appointed as honorary ministerial advisors.

Two of the corpses recovered after the March 3 Camp Street prison fire bore signs of trauma that was not consistent with fire injuries, according to Fire Chief Marlon Gentle, who said the deaths warrant investigation.

Two days after being discharged from the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH), Traffic policeman Kelvin LaFleur, who was struck down while helping children across the Eccles, East Bank Demerara Public Road on Monday, succumbed.

Stands at D’urban Park which are to be used for next month’s independence anniversary event are being fortified following a report in Stabroek News about shoddy work and poor material used on them.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Antigua and Barbuda Prime Minister Gaston Browne says the problems plaguing West Indies cricket cannot be attributed exclusively to governance and has argued that the CARICOM-commissioned Governance Panel recommendation calling for the “immediate dissolution” of the West Indies Cricket Board, would lead to “further chaos and confusion.”

Contributing to the further consolidating of the country’s food security status and better positioning of the agricultural sector to take advantage of international markets are high on the list of priorities of the National Agricultural Research and Extension Institute (NAREI).

The Ministry of Public Infrastructure has announced the planned installation of 100 street lights in the Mocha and Diamond communities.

Ronaldo Renee struck a mature fifty as Demerara placed themselves in the driver’s seat heading into the final day against the U17 Select in round one of the Guyana Cricket Board U19 three-day inter-county tourney.

Against the backdrop of testing challenges confronting the Essequibo business community in the face of last year’s loss of the Venezuelan PetroCaribe     rice market, the ‘Cinderella County’s’ Chamber of Commerce in April elected a new executive headed by 63-year-old hotelier Deleep Singh, with a mandate to design strategies to galvanize the county’s economy.

Local human rights activists recently met Minister of Foreign Affairs Carl Greenidge and urged action on a number of concerns but Greenidge said that resource constraints hamper government from effectively addressing some issues.

LONDON,  CMC – Marquee West Indies women’s players, Stafanie Taylor and Deandra Dottin, are among 18 overseas players set to highlight the inaugural Women’s Super League bowling off here this summer.

These days, more than 300 vendors ply their trade on the streets and pavements of Georgetown.

RAJKOT, India,  CMC – All-rounder Dwayne Bravo’s unbeaten cameo kept new boys Gujarat Lions unbeaten as they defeated Rising Pune Supergiants by seven wickets with two overs to spare, in their Indian Premier League contest here yesterday.

Chief Education Officer Olato Sam is assuring the public that the changes to the layout of the Grade 6 examinations will have no adverse effects on the students who will be writing the exam at the end of the month.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – West Indies head coach Phil Simmons has hinted at a strained relationship with both West Indies Cricket Board president, Dave Cameron, and Director of Cricket, Richard Pybus, ever since he was suspended for controversial comments about team selection last September.

New York Judge Dora Irizarry yesterday granted a request by counsel for Guyana-born businessman Ed Ahmad for a deferral until June 10, 2016 for sentencing for mortgage fraud conspiracy.

Dear Editor, The sitting Commissioner of Police, Mr. Seelall Persaud, in a recent interview published by “Demerara Waves” sought to do the following:Disrespect a Cabinet decision of the PPP/C administration.

One of Caricom’s most conservative member countries has taken its place in the queue to benefit from the emerging economic opportunities that are thought likely to arise out of the re-establishment of diplomatic relations between Havana and Washington.

(Reuters) – Moments before starting the final game of his stellar 20-year career in the NBA, Kobe Bryant was described as “the greatest” ever to wear the purple and gold by fellow Los Angeles Lakers great Magic Johnson.

Dear Editor, Since the present administration came to office, a large number officials have been dismissed from their positions, or as has been euphemistically stated, “sent on leave.”  

In yesterday’s edition of Stabroek News under the heading `Harmon to provide written statement on Tiwarie appointment’ it was erroneously reported that President David Granger, responding to questions at the Ministry of the Presidency had said that China paid for the private jet rides which Minister of State Joseph Harmon had while in China.

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Microsoft Corp has sued the US government for the right to tell its customers when a federal agency is looking at their emails, the latest in a series of clashes over privacy between the technology industry and Washington.

Resident in Jamaica for the past 35 years, Mohan Jagnarine says he is seeing benefit in collaborating with local farmers to secure valuable raw material for his successful agro-processing enterprise in Kingston.

DNA results on the body that was found in the backlands of Nurney in January have confirmed that the remains are of  British teen, Dominic Bernard.

Dear Editor, Please let me quote the Hon. Minister of Communities from his letter in your columns yesterday, April 14: “… – acting on legal advice and our interpretation of Section 28 (7) of the Local Government Act, Chapter 28:02 and Section 13(8) of the Municipal and District Councils Act, Chapter 28:01 – I proceeded to appoint leaders and deputy leaders of the councils in question, from among those with the largest numbers of votes, as stipulated by the laws.”

BRASILIA, (Reuters) – Brazil’s President Dilma Rousseff resorted to the Supreme Court yesterday in a last ditch attempt to avert an impeachment vote in Congress, as a new poll showed her short of crucial support from lawmakers.

The creation of a regime of good order at mining locations that enables the efficient, legally acceptable and environmentally sustainable exploitation of the country’s mineral resources can only be realized through a combination of effective enforcement of mining laws on the one hand and the preparedness of the miners themselves to adhere to those laws.

Dear Editor, Where traffic in Linden is concerned traffic cops ought to have no problems whatsoever. 

TOKYO,  (Reuters) – At least nine people were killed and nearly 1,000 injured after a strong quake hit southwestern Japan, toppling houses and leaving thousands without power, but no problems were reported at nuclear plants in the area.

The Ministry of Education will team up with the Athletics Association of Guyana (AAG) today to stage the Golden Jubilee Relay Festival at the National Track & Field Centre at Leonora.

Justice Priya Sewnarine-Beharry yesterday overruled no-case submissions made by defence counsel, Sandil Kissoon on behalf of Kevin Rankin who is accused of murdering his two-year-old cousin.

Justice Jo-Ann Barlow on Tuesday empanelled a jury for the trial of Lakeraj Fredericks, who is accused of the 2011 murder of Clifton Bonus.

GENEVA,  (Reuters) – The World Trade Organization’s appellate body yesterday threw out a complaint from Panama about Argentina’s efforts to combat alleged tax evasion and avoidance.

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Dear Editor, What exactly does Mr. Tiwarie mean that ‘he was advisor to Harmon, not gov’t’?

OAKLAND, Calif., (Reuters) – The Golden State Warriors earned a National Basketball Association record-setting 73rd regular season victory on Wednesday with a 125-104 blowout win over the Memphis Grizzlies.

(Trinidad Guardian) Attorney Gerald Ramdeen is calling on Attorney General Faris Al-Rawi and Finance Minister Colm Imbert to apologise to cane farmers and the nation for allegedly misleading the country on the outstanding TT$75 million tranche from the European Union. 

GASCI (www.gasci.com/telephone Nº 223-6175/6) reports that session 663’s trading results showed consideration of $9,175,468 from 441,569 shares traded in 5 transactions as compared to session 662’s trading results, which showed consideration of $277,150 from 7,734 shares traded in 5 transactions.

Another intriguing doubleheader will start the ninth round in the GFF Stag Beer Elite League when leaders Slingerz FC tackles fourth-placed Guyana Defence Force and second-positioned Fruta Conquerors confronts seventh-placed Buxton United today at the GFC Ground, Bourda.

CARACAS,  (Reuters) – President Nicolas Maduro said yesterday punitive electricity rationing would be imposed on 15 shopping malls and drought-hit Venezuela’s time zone would also be modified to save power.

Dear Editor, The Mayor and City Council (M&CC) is extremely grateful for you, granting us space in your newspaper.

Soldiers and police at Camp and D’Urban streets last night reinforcing security at the Camp Street prison.

One of the points made to us by the new President of the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) Mr Vishnu Doerga during an interview published in the Stabroek Business last week, had to do with the focus which, going forward, the Chamber will be placing on reaching out to sister Chambers across the country in an effort to support them in their quest to infuse a higher level of organizational and administrative acumen into the agendas of the business communities in the various regions of the country.

-Primo passes pellets Most of you will bear with me and this short sharp blast on my own personal trumpet. 

There is an appealing intimacy to the Restaurant Gallery that makes you want to stay beyond your meal to contemplate the sampling of local art displayed on its eastern wall, a reflection, the facility’s Manager says, of a desire to nourish both the body and the creative imagination.

(Jamaica Gleaner) The government is proposing to spend approximately J$580 billion for this fiscal year.

It does not appear to be a good time to be a leader in Latin America or, for that matter, the Caribbean.

Dear Editor, Since the burgeoning scandal around Minister of State Joseph Harmon and his refusal to step down from his job, I’m calling on the business, private sector and diaspora’s community to impose economic sanctions in an attempt to prevent him from remaining on the job.

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SAN SALVADOR,  (Reuters) – El Salvador declared a water shortage emergency for the first time in its history yesterday, citing the effects of climate change and the El Niño phenomenon, the country’s president said.

Improvements:  Road works on Brickdam yesterday.

BOSTON,  (Reuters) – Soccer’s embattled world governing body must make human rights one of its primary goals, on a par with promoting the sport and making money, according to a set of recommendations by a top UN official released yesterday.

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