Daily Archive: Wednesday, May 4, 2016

Yesterday saw a series of confrontations between the city on the one hand and vendors and cart operators on the other as City Hall pressed on with plans to clear Stabroek Square and nearby areas.

Yesterday saw a series of confrontations between the city on the one hand and vendors and cart operators on the other as City Hall pressed on with plans to clear Stabroek Square and nearby areas.

Minister of Education Dr. Rupert Roopnaraine this afternoon said that Trinidad and Tobago has outbid Guyana for this year’s CPL T20 cricket finals but said that no official word has come from the organizers.

About 2130h. last night, Naresh Kumar, 37 years, of Parfait Harmonie, WBD, was driving a motor car allegedly at a fast rate along the Parfait Harmonie Access Road, when he lost control of the vehicle which turned turtle in a canal.

Speaker of the National Assembly Dr Barton Scotland this afternoon allowed a motion by former Minister of Home Affairs Clement Rohee to have the House debate the crime situation as a matter of urgent public importance.

ZURICH, (Reuters) – FIFA’s chief ethics investigator has recommended a life ban for Jeffrey Webb, a former vice-president of the global soccer body who has pleaded guilty in the United States to offences linked to racketeering, fraud and money laundering.

The Private Sector Commission today said it was seeking an urgent meeting with President David Granger on crime.

City Hall today warned container operators to adhere the stipulations governing their use of city roads.

NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – India’s top court told tobacco companies today they must adhere to a new federal rule requiring much larger health warnings on cigarette packs, in a major setback for the $11 billion industry that opposes the new policy.

With the city failing to deliver on a promised site for their relocation, Stabroek Market Square vendors yesterday continued to protest their removal by the Mayor and City Council (M&CC), which said an agreement would be reached in a few days.

The daughter of murdered Ruby businessman Habiboodean (only name) and the man she allegedly hired to kill him were both yesterday charged with the eight-year-old crime.

The suspected triggerman in the killing of Parika businessman Seeram Singh has been positively identified as the shooter, according to Crime Chief Wendell Blanhum.

The dispute over the renaming of the Ogle Airport to the Eugene F.

International Pharmaceutical Agency (IPA) Guyana Ltd, the local distributor of Lailac Infant Milk is continuing to challenge a decision made by the Government Analust-Food and Drug Analyst Department (GA-FDD) to recall the product.

Government pathologist Dr. Nehaul Singh yesterday testified that although he examined two bodies that bore blunt force trauma injuries to the head, smoke inhalation and burns were the determined causes of death of the 17 inmates who perished after the Camp Street Prison fire on March 3rd.

Seeram Sumair, who was accused of causing the death of a man following a fight on Old Year’s Day in 2007, was last Wednesday sentenced to eight years in prison after pleading guilty to manslaughter.

Rape accused Leon Jordan walked out of the High Court in Georgetown a free man yesterday after a 12-member jury found him not guilty.

Sean Stoll, who allegedly accidentally shot and killed his best friend, was yesterday charged with manslaughter and he was granted his release on $500,000 bail.

The findings of the Commission of Inquiry (CoI) into the Camp Street disturbances that left 17 inmates dead are expected to be submitted by the end of this month.

Jermaine King, who disfigured his common-law wife by dousing her with a corrosive substance, was yesterday sentenced to five years in jail after he pleaded guilty to a lesser charge at the High Court, in Georgetown.

BRASILIA,  (Reuters) – President Dilma Rousseff lit the Olympic torch in Brazil’s capital yesterday and pledged that political turmoil engulfing her nation would not harm the first Games to be held in South America.

By Gaulbert Sutherland in Washington US Secretary of State John Kerry last evening announced a major initiative to fund renewable energy projects in the Caribbean and Central America as the region seeks ways to ensure energy security in the face of a number of challenges.

The opposition PPP yesterday criticised the coalition government for its apparent failure to effectively deal with crime, while stating that despite a number of “security experts” at the disposal of the administration Guyanese continue to suffer from criminal activities.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC-The world’s fastest man, Usain Bolt, has announced his intention to run on home soil for the first time in about two years.

Ryan Bobb-Semple, the man accused of murdering nine-year-old Shaquan Gittens on April 1, 2015, was yesterday committed to stand trial.

Jamal Goodluck was elected president of the Guyana Lawn tennis Association becoming at 25 years old, the youngest president in the GLTA’s history.

Director of Sports Christopher Jones yesterday confirmed that all systems are in place ahead of this evening’s 2015/16 National Sports Commission (NSC) National Sports Awards Ceremony set for the National Cultural Center.

A man on Monday night suffered a chop to the head and was beaten during a robbery in Free Yard, Port Mourant, Corentyne, Berbice.

(The Sports Xchange) – Russell Westbrook scored 29 points and handed out 10 assists as the Oklahoma City Thunder outlasted the San Antonio Spurs 98-97 on Monday in Game 2 of the Western Conference semi-final and tied the best-of-seven series at one win apiece.

Poor drainage, low paddy prices and the high cost for fertiliser were the main issues highlighted by Corentyne coast rice farmers when they met with Minister of Agriculture Noel Holder last Friday in an effort to seek solutions.

In an effort to foster community development, the C & A Unique Incorporated in partnership with South Quakers Ministry officially launched their inaugural Golden Jubilee Futsal Knockout Championship yesterday in the Tucville Community.

Further works are slated for Dennis Street, Sophia, between ‘A’ Field and Eastern Highway.

Minister of Business Dominic Gaskin on Monday addressed concerns of Rosignol, West Bank Berbice shop owners over the seizure of items by the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) and other problems.

MUNICH, (Reuters) – Atletico Madrid reached the Champions League final on away goals yesterday after a 2-1 defeat at Bayern Munich, in which both sides missed a penalty, with the exhilarating tie finishing 2-2 on aggregate.

NASSAU, Bahamas, CMC-The Bahamas Football Association (BFA) has thrown its support behind Lionel Haven, a former executive member of the Caribbean Football Union (CFU), who has been slapped with a five year ban by FIFA, football’s governing body.

The Mayor and Councillors of the City of Georgetown has sworn in 17 new Constables who recently completed the basic recruitment and training programme for City Constables.

The Petra Organization in collaboration with the Ministry of Health officially launched their Soft Shoes Football Championship yesterday at the Brandsville Hotel.

Dear Editor, The rice cereal factory which was built for millions of dollars by the previous administration  to create employment for 200 Essequibians has become a white elephant at Anna Regina Industrial site.This

Dear Editor, Like many Berbicians who were fed up and disappointed with the performance of the PPP government during their twenty-three years in power and the many allegations of corruption, nepotism and poor governance, I welcomed the change in government in the last general election.

The Guyana Lands and Surveys Commission will commence inspections of state and government land in five areas at Mocha Arcadia on the East Bank Demerara and is asking persons connected to them or who have interests to be part of those inspections.

Costa Rica’s Silvia Garro was expected to arrive in Guyana last night ahead of Thursday’s commencement of the Guyana Table Tennis Association/International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) umpires, referees and tournament coordinators course.

Dear Editor, There is a constant flow of tears as I walk around Georgetown and mingle with ordinary Guyanese.

Dear Editor, Mr Sase Singh completely misrepresented my position on national governance in Guyana (SN May 3) in a letter captioned ‘Bisram misrepresented my letter on rural Guyana’. 

(The Sports Xchange) – A week off did not disrupt the Cleveland Cavaliers’ momentum, nor was it enough time to alter the Atlanta Hawks’ history against them.

Mexico’s National Commission of Natural Protected Areas (CONANP) is collaborating with the Iwokrama International Centre (IIC) here to enhance the sustainable economic activities in protected areas in Guyana.

Dear Editor, May the First has come and gone and the Guyanese worker is in a worse state than the year before.

The National Agricultural Research and Extension Institute (NAREI) is exploring means of enhancing cassava cultivation and mechanical harvesting for it.

CAPE TOWN, South Africa, CMC- West Indies power hitter Kieron Pollard is set to re-join the Cape Cobras in South Africa’s Ram Slam T20 Challenge scheduled to be played later this year.

(Jamaica Observer) Police Commissioner Dr Carl Williams on Monday disclosed that Jamaica is receiving help from the United States to track down the killers of two American missionaries whose bodies were found in a remote part of Boscobel, St Mary, between Saturday and Sunday.

Dear Editor, I have tried a few times to alert West Indian cricket people to the liberties foreign journalists take with West Indian cricketers.

Red Thread protest against Lawrence continues: Nearly seven weeks since Red Thread’s declaration to persist with protest action until Minister Volda Lawrence is removed from her social protection portfolio, the group yesterday continued its action outside the Ministry of the Presidency.

A North East La Penitence resident was on Friday placed on bail after it was alleged that he stole a bike that he said he owned.

If nothing else, in our condition, secondary school placements based on the single Grade 6 assessment (NGSA), like its predecessor the Secondary School Secondary Examination (SSEE), will do nothing to aid stakeholder participation and thus will be anti-working class.

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., (Reuters) – Republican front-runner Donald Trump went from long-shot contender to become the party’s presumptive nominee yesterday with a commanding win in Indiana, and the party began to coalesce around him as top rival Ted Cruz bowed out of the race.

OTTAWA, (Reuters) – Canada’s government is doing a bad job of weeding out fraudulent citizenship applications and this means ineligible people can obtain Canadian passports, the country’s top watchdog said yesterday.

Introduction Is there anything, our personal ethics aside, that governs or regulates the way we interact with others?  

The previous two essays in this series express the point that government officials have an inherent incentive to renege on promises of good governance once they attain power.

Politikles

Dear Editor, Could this be the long lost vintage/historic vehicle that once transported former Prime Minister LFS Burnham and Queen Elizabeth II during a state visit?

(Trinidad Express) Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley said on Monday it was “quite likely” that the contractor—Brazilian firm Construtora OAS—will have to be fired from the multi-billion-dollar Point Fortin Highway extension project.

BRASILIA, (Reuters) – Brazil’s top prosecutor has asked the Supreme Court to open an investigation of President Dilma Rousseff for trying to obstruct a massive corruption probe involving state-run oil firm Petrobras, Globo News reported yesterday.

Independence lights: The Bank of Guyana has been lit up for the 50th Independence Anniversary (Keno George photo)

Clearly, in anticipation of the Democratic and Republican party conventions due in the second half of July, the competition between those seeking nomination for candidacy of the presidency becomes increasingly intense, while at the same time gradually indicating a degree of certainty as to what the conclusions will be like.

(ICC) Australia has opened up a six-point gap over India at the top of the MRF Tyres ICC Test Team Rankings following the annual update with the results from 2012-13 no longer included in the calculations and outcomes from the 2014-15 series weighted at 50 per cent.