Daily Archive: Saturday, April 23, 2016

The Guyana Human Rights Association today welcomed a government announcement last week of an immediate ban on river bank mining.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – Longer prison sentences for non-violent criminals and crowded prisons are hurting the American economy more than they are helping it, economists in U.S.

Hailing the Paris Agreement on climate change as the “most ambitious” international environmental pact in modern history, President David Granger yesterday said Guyana will play its part by bringing two million hectares of forest under conservation, among other steps.

A Mahaicony septuagenarian is now dead after being battered to death and police say her son, at whose hands she reportedly suffered years of abuse, has confessed to the crime.

The Guyana Press Association (GPA) has written to President David Granger complaining about interference by ministers and others in the work of the state media and it singled out Minister of Information and Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo and Director of Public Information Imran Khan.

A day after allegedly confessing to the murder of Simone Hackett, Clevaughn Hamilton was yesterday charged with the crime.

Guyana is set to benefit from £53.2 million (around $16 billion) in grant resources from the United Kingdom under its newly established United Kingdom Caribbean Infrastructure Fund (UKCIF), the Ministry of Finance announced yesterday.

Two armed bandits terrorised an Adelphi Village household on Thursday night.

According to Udistair Holligan, who was the Task Force Commander at the Georgetown Prison on March 3rd, the situation on the ground went from a controlled to an uncontrollable environment in a matter of 20 minutes after the takedown of one of the suspected ringleaders of the unrest.

The body of a Tuschen man, who had been missing for two days, was found yesterday in a trench at Zeelugt, East Bank Essequibo.

The capacity of the justice system is being expanded with the construction of a building to house four new courtrooms in the compound of the Supreme Court.

The woman who was arrested for allegedly making death threats against President David Granger on Facebook will be charged under the Racial Hostility Act.

The Barbados national 15s rugby squad arrived here yesterday for their 2016 Rugby Americas North (RAB) championships which is a precursor for the 2019 World Cup and wasted no time in claiming the underdog tag against the hosts.

Two men, including the driver who allegedly ran over businessman Mahendra Persaud after he was shot, are in custody, as the police continue to hunt for two others.

The three persons arrested in connection with Thursday’s discovery of cocaine in a quantity of plywood, which was being prepared for shipment to the US, remain in custody.

A new well was on Wednesday commissioned by the Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) at Culvert City, in Region Nine, as efforts continue to offer relief to drought affected communities.

A gutsy fifty from Looknauth Chinkoo helped Essequibo to a decent first innings score of 197 after the Demerara bowlers did some damage on day two of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB)/Hand-In-Hand Under-19 Inter-County three-day Competition played yesterday at Bourda.

The Guyana Women Artists Association (GWAA) yesterday wrapped up its week-long art exhibition held in celebration of Guyana’s Golden Jubilee.

Following weeks of deliberation the final of the Guyana Amateur Basketball Federation (GABF) Road to Mecca Championship between Retrieve Raiders and Colts will be replayed today at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall from 21:30hrs.

Local poet, playwright and cultural activist Ras Michael Jeune died on Wednesday.

Local health care providers involved in the Expanded Programme on Immunisation (EPI) are expected to partake in cross country campaigns targeting defaulters and hard to reach populations as observances for World Vaccine week begin today.

An inspired second half showing propelled Camptown to a 3-1 upset result over Santos when the Georgetown Football Association (GFA) Stag Beer League continued yesterday at the Georgetown Football Club, Bourda.

To commemorate the Golden Jubilee, the Athletic Association of Guyana (AAG) and former athletes based in North America will team up to host a Day of Athletics on May 22.

Deputy Mayor Sherod Duncan and a team from City Hall on Thursday afternoon visited vendors along the Merriman Mall, between Orange Walk and Cummings Streets, who are affected by flooding in front of their stalls.

Two Venezuelan nationals were on Thursday remanded to prison after being charged possession of an unlicensed shotgun and ammunition.

Three former Toolsie Persaud Limited (TPL) workers were on Thursday charged with stealing almost $3 million in goods from the business.

Dear Editor, The National Toshaos’ Council (NTC) concluded its first executive conference for the year on March 31, 2016.

MUMBAI, (Reuters) – Once a limited-overs giant, Yuvraj Singh has been in and out of the Indian team in recent years but the all-rounder believes he still has enough cricket in him to look forward to the 2019 World Cup in England and Wales.

MUMBAI, India, CMC – South African left-arm spinner Tabraiz Shamsi has been drafted into the Royal Challengers Bangalore squad for the rest of the season to replace injured West Indies leg-spinner Samuel Badree.

Dear Editor, I write this letter in the capacity as a coordinator of ACDA-RESCU; a group, self-funded and with help from friends, that carries out an information interaction on substance abuse.

Dear Editor, There was a deep sense of relief when it was reported that President Granger had appointed Minister of Public Infrastructure Mr.

NEW YORK,  (Reuters) – Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff denounced her impeachment as a “coup” to an international audience on Friday, and said she would appeal to the Mercosur bloc of South American nations for Brazil to be suspended if democratic process is broken.

A man was on Thursday charged with assaulting and threatening his common-law wife after a court heard he was in the act by police.

(The Sports Xchange) – The frantic, final moments nearly undermined all the Houston Rockets built in scratching out a double-digit lead, but James Harden took advantage of the disarray by doing what he does best.

A People’s Progressive Party (PPP) delegation met with the Guyana Elections Commission (Gecom) on Thursday on its concerns arising from the recently held local government elections, including the handling of ties in some local government authority areas.

Dear Editor, Stabroek News, Wednesday, April 20, 2016, reflects, perhaps only coincidentally, but most articulately, the profound trend of the dislocation of lives, limbs and obviously minds in our brutalised society.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – The United States is not opposed to foreign banks doing business with Iran in line with the terms of last year’s historic nuclear deal between Tehran and world powers, U.S.

A few months ago when The Scene sat down with acapella group Messengers Music Ministries, it emerged that its leader Oliver Joslyn Smith also known as OJ, was not just a man with a mesmerizing voice but gifted hands as well.

(The Sports Xchange) – Kevin Durant and the Oklahoma City Thunder responded from an uncharacteristic showing in impressive fashion.

President David Granger has said that the actions of Minister of State Joseph Harmon do not in any way constitute a breach of the proposed code of conduct for ministers.

Hi Everyone, Bruise, bash, chop, crack, crush, grind, pound, smash – are among the many applications we make to ingredients when cooking.

(The Sports Xchange) – The Toronto Raptors have a reputation for being one of the NBA’s best defensive teams and it is that defense that has allowed the Eastern Conference’s No.

HAVANA,  (Reuters) – Cuba said yesterday it would lift a ban on Cuban-born citizens entering and leaving the Caribbean island by commercial vessels, opening the way for U.S.

Dear Editor, Mr Vishnu Bisram in a letter to Stabroek News on April 21 (Was I targeted at airport because of my activism?)

UNITED NATIONS,  (Reuters) – China and the United States, the world’s top producers of greenhouse gas emissions, pledged yesterday to formally adopt by the end of the year a Paris deal to slow global warming, raising the prospects of it being enforced much faster than anticipated.

It is no secret that groups of elders in many societies are afflicted by a number of issues, such as health problems, financial woes and loneliness.

A recent, eye-opening New York Times Op-Ed considers the enormous costs of mass incarceration in America.

PUERTO CABELLO, Venezuela/LONDON,  (Reuters) – Venezuelan state agencies have run up close to $1 billion in debts with shipping firms due to delays in returning containers, potentially boosting the cost of importing staple goods as the country struggles with product shortages and an economic crisis.

Fashion has always offered consumers the ability to open conversation within the parameters of social, economic, cultural and political significance for those who want to truly unravel the semantics of clothes.

A tearful friend and fellow officer breaks down while viewing the body of Kelvin LaFleur yesterday at the Salem Congregational Church, between Hadfield and Chapel streets.

Dear Editor, I am in total agreement with the parent who expressed disgust at the administrators of Mae’s Schools in the April 19, 2016 edition of Stabroek News.

Politikles

PANAMA CITY,  (Reuters) – Panamanian investigators yesterday raided a property used by Mossack Fonseca, the law firm at the center of a massive leak of offshore financial data, removing bags full of shredded documents as evidence, a local prosecutor said.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – English left-arm seamer George Corbett says he is keen on playing for Trinidad and Tobago Red Force in the first class championship, after a spell in the domestic league here for Queen’s Park.