Daily Archive: Tuesday, May 10, 2016

On Sunday May 8, 2016, the Academic Working Group of the National Commemoration Commission (NCC) in collaboration with the Indian Commemoration Trust hosted a presentation at the Indian Monument Garden, Church and Camp Streets, which celebrated the intellectual brilliance of Rabindranath Tagore, a release from the NCC said.

MEXICO CITY,  (Reuters) – The CONCACAF confederation which runs soccer in North and Central America and the Caribbean has chosen Soccer United Marketing (SUM) to sell its sponsorship rights for five years, it said today.

Sponsors continue to support Guyana’s Golden Jubilee celebrations, with four more joining those already on board, GINA said.

Businessman Edris Dookie today said he has no relationship with Panama-based bank Mossack Fonseca which has been the subject of international scrutiny after a large amount of its data was leaked to a German newspaper.

The thick smoke that billowed from the fire at Gafoor’s Houston complex yesterday.

For this edition of Lifestyle, in keeping with the celebrations of 50 years of independence—Guyana’s Golden Jubilee—our theme is ‘Golden’.

The independent state of Guyana was forged in the crucible of contention.

The rich diversity of Guyana’s cuisine means that we can eat something different every day for weeks on end – sampling from our history mixing and matching from our diverse heritage.

Few things seem capable of evoking such strong emotions in Guyanese as the West Indies cricket team.

In May 1966 Guyana untangled itself from colonial rule with celebrations throughout the country. 

(Trinidad Guardian) Over a decade of physical and verbal confrontations between father and son came to an end on Sunday night when Sham Siewnarine was stabbed to death, as his mother told T&T Guardian, by his father.

Hundreds of employees of the Gafoor’s Houston Complex and associated businesses housed there face uncertainty after a massive fire destroyed several sections of the multi-billion dollar complex yesterday afternoon, leaving behind billions of dollars in damage.

The Panama Papers affair has widened, with a huge database of documents relating to more than 200,000 offshore accounts posted online and three persons with Guyanese connections have been listed.

Years of abuse ended tragically yesterday when a mother of seven was murdered by her reputed husband, who chopped her neck after having brutally beaten her.

Amidst controversy, the Ogle International Airport was last evening renamed the Eugene F Correia International Airport and Public Infrastructure Minister David Patterson revealed that the concerns raised by those opposed to the renaming are among issues to be addressed by a review of the airport’s operations being undertaken by an independent legal firm.

An ex-policeman died during the wee hours of yesterday morning after he was shot by police, minutes after he and an accomplice had robbed a man.

A fire yesterday morning completely destroyed a two-storey wooden building at Shell Road, Kitty, leaving some 11 persons homeless.

Weeks into an ongoing controversy surrounding the outstanding US$5 million owed for the sale of government shares in the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GTT), the public is yet to be told who has the money.

PPP General Secretary Clement Rohee yesterday strongly denied reports of infighting among the party’s leadership and asserted that it is united and stronger than ever.

Head of the European Union (EU) Delegation to Guyana Jernej Videtič last evening called once more for government to abolish the death penalty, decriminalise same sex intimacy and to strengthen efforts to combat domestic abuse and trafficking in persons.

A drinking spree ended tragically on Sunday evening when a labourer was stabbed to death allegedly by his friend.

With its facilities boosted, the Bartica Hospital has reduced the number of referrals it sends to the Georgetown Public Hospital by nearly half, the Ministry of Health boasted on Saturday.

The naked body of an unidentified man was discovered on the Kitty foreshore yesterday morning but there were no reported marks of violence.

Dear Editor, In an SN article of May 3, it was reported that prolonged flooding of a large section of eastern Queenstown, Georgetown, due to heavy rainfall on April 30-May 1 was avoided as a result of intervention by the Ministry of Public Infrastructure (MPI) and City Hall to clear blocked culverts in Queenstown, one of which was under Peter Rose Street discharging into a drainage channel immediately west of Vlissengen Road.

Dear Editor, The Environmental Protection Act No 11 of 1996 (EP Act) clearly states under Part II ‒ Establishment and Functions of the Agency ‒ “In the exercise of its functions the agency shall (a) compile and amend from time to time with the assistance of internationally recognized environmental groups a list of persons who have the qualifications and experience to carry out environmental impact assessment”.

Despite being outplayed for large portions of the game Fruta Conquerors scraped past Georgetown Football Club (GFC) 2-0 when the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) Stag Beer Elite League continued Sunday.

A man was chopped to death in the wee hours of yesterday morning during an altercation over music in Bloomfield, Corentyne, Berbice and the alleged perpetrator is currently in custody.

AB de Villiers yesterday plundered 64 runs in a 35-ball display of masterful batting after Royal Challengers Bangalore slumped to 67 for 3 against Kings XI Punjab in Mohali.

Dear Editor, I refer to Mr Christopher Ram’s letter in the Sunday Stabroek of 8th May, addressed to Mr Jerome Khan, in which he invites Mr Khan to comment on the role of President Granger in the context of Article 24 of the Lease Agreement between the Government and Ogle Airport Inc.

After five months of wrangling, local distributor International Pharmaceu-tical Agency (IPA) Guyana Ltd has agreed to comply with an order to withdraw Lailac Infant Milk from the shelves.

National fullbore skipper Mahendra Persaud said his team will need to make every shot count when they begin their title defence in the 2016 West Indies fullbore Shooting Council (WIFBSC) Short Range Championships which takes place in Antigua from May 16-22.

Two sons of a Rose Hall Town cambio dealer were robbed at gunpoint yesterday and police have since arrested two persons on the Corentyne suspected to be part of the five-man gang police have been hunting.

Dear Editor, My question to Mr Jerome Khan about Article 24 of the Government of Guyana-Ogle Airport Inc Lease Agreement has obviously touched his evolving political nerve.

The Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) yesterday confirmed that all systems are in place ahead of next month’s One Day International (ODI) Tri-Nation series to be played among Australia, South Africa and hosts West Indies.

Dear Editor, National religious holiday messages to commemorate the events, issued by a variety of entities including political parties, trade unions, corporations, etc, almost invariably refer to and ask the rest of us to rejoice in Guyana as a land of diversity: religious, cultural, and ethnic.  

“There was no negligence or abandonment of duty,” Joint Services attorney Selwyn Pieters said during his final submissions yesterday to the Commission of Inquiry (CoI) into the March 3 prison unrest and deaths.

The Guyana Badminton Association (GBA) has again partnered with Trophy Stall to stage a three category Open singles competition commencing tomorrow  at the Cliff  Anderson Sports Hall.

GTT yesterday launched its 4G service, while promising 30 times the speed at the same price for customers.

Dear Editor, Yesterday SN carried an interesting lead article on its front page reporting on the “jockeying” for leadership positions in Guyana’s oldest political party.

Dear Editor, It appears as if there is some difficulty by the various editors of the four major newspapers in Guyana to accept that the oldest skeleton found in this region belongs to Luzia.

A Pomeroon boat captain who was placed on $50,000 bail after he denied fraudulently converting more than $1 million in items that he was supposed to keep safe for his employer was charged for theft of the items yesterday at a city court.

LAUSANNE, (Reuters) – Suspended European soccer boss Michel Platini will resign as head of governing body UEFA after losing a top level appeal against a ban for ethics violations, but he will continue to fight to clear his name.

Dear Editor, It is hard to think of the Davids ‒ Cameron and Granger ‒ as black widow spiders.

PPP/C MPs have received “personal invitations” for several state functions planned in observance of Guyana’s 50th independence anniversary and the party has decided that they will attend if they so wish, PPP General Secretary Clement Rohee said yesterday.

Uitvlugt Warriors and Den Amstel secured convincing wins when the Stag Beer West Demerara Football Association (WDFA) League continued on Sunday at the Den Amstel Community ground.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Andy Murray and his coach Amelie Mauresmo have agreed to end their two-year working relationship, the British world number three said yesterday.

Vendors who have been relocated from the Stabroek Market Square to the temporary site at Lombard and Hadfield streets are complaining of a noticeable drop in business since the move.

Dear Editor, Dr Hinds is someone whose writings I have always admired and respected.

HONG KONG/TAIPEI (Reuters) – A Taiwanese group has intervened in the Philippines’ international court case against China’s claims in the South China Sea, pressing Taipei’s position that Taiwan is entitled to a swathe of the disputed waterway as an economic zone.

Dear Editor, I grew up in the village of Bachelors Adventure on the East Coast of Demerara, a village that felt the brunt of the attack on the enslaved Africans who were agitating for their freedom from slavery on the plantations in Demerara on the 20th of August 1823.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Twenty20 World champions West Indies Women will turn their attention to the 50-overs format when they clash with England Women in a five-match One-Day International series this October in the Caribbean.

BEIRUT/PARIS (Reuters) – Syrian government forces and their allies fought insurgents near Aleppo yesterday and jets conducted raids around a nearby town seized by Islamist rebels, a monitoring group said, as Syria’s military said a ceasefire in Aleppo would be extended by 48 hours starting today.

Parents and students of the Santa Rosa Secondary School are worried that they may be penalised by the Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) after delays saw them writing the Agricultural Science Paper 2 yesterday afternoon instead of yesterday morning.

Jeban Crawford emerged winner of Sunday’s 50-mile road race which was staged in Berbice.

Dear Editor, This is the moment in our history that calls for inspiring, thoughtful, out-of-the-box personages, who must be never less than patriotic. 

BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – A judicial probe of possible corruption during Argentina’s last government is also threatening the new administration as some of President Mauricio Macri’s own allies face investigation.

Murder suspect Rudolph Williams, who managed to elude the police for almost four months after he allegedly killed his wife Bibi Zabeeda Zamaludeen, died on Sunday, one week after he ingested a poisonous substance.

BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazil’s Senate forged ahead with impeachment proceedings against President Dilma Rousseff yesterday, rejecting a surprise decision by the acting speaker of the lower house, who tried to annul a key vote just days before the president could be suspended from office.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, who has called for a temporary ban on Muslims entering the United States, suggested yesterday he would make an exception for London’s newly elected Muslim  mayor, the New York Times reported.

A construction worker is currently a patient at a city hospital after he was ambushed by two bandits who shot him twice and snatched $1.8 million.

Dear Editor, While the Western Union outlets countrywide make it easy for the different types of payment, sometimes this is not always so.

A provisional squad of 25 players has been named ahead of Sunday’s fixture at the National Stadium versus the Canadian Soccer Olympic team.

PANAMA CITY (Reuters) – Panama will close key crossings on its border with Colombia to prevent undocumented migrants from Cuba and Africa entering the country, President Juan Carlos Varela said yesterday.

Dear Editor, In Elton McRae’s missive ‘Baroness Amos should not be guest of honour at NY independence celebration’ (SN, May 5), the names of Martin Carter, Sydney King, Hubert Critchlow, Burnham, Gaskin, Kendall and John were mentioned,  in addition to a general “others”, who fought for Guyana’s independence.

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Two nephews of Venezuela’s first lady facing US charges that they conspired to import cocaine into the United States are getting their defence costs paid for by an unnamed third party, prosecutors said.

CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuela’s socialist government has extended a two-day workweek for public sector employees for another two weeks because of a drought that has sapped hydroelectric power generation in the OPEC country.

A 5k and a 10k race along with a 5k health and fitness walk will be held on May 22.

The ensuing Lailac milk brouhaha involving the Ministry of Public Health, the Government Analyst Food and Drugs Department (GAFDD) and the private sector distributor, International Pharmaceutical Agency (IPA), lays bare the longstanding and abject weakness of the authorities in the matter of the effective enforcement of regulations that have to do with monitoring the importation of foreign-manufactured foods into the country.

Politikles

An Albouystown man, who was charged with illegal firearm and ammunition possession, was yesterday granted bail by a city magistrate.