Daily Archive: Friday, June 3, 2016

(Reuters) – Sunil Narine and Kieron Pollard made triumphant returns to the West Indies team in a comfortable victory over South Africa in the opening match in a triangular one-day international series on Friday.

Acting on the advice of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP)  Shalimar Ali-Hack, the charge of murder was today instituted against five men who are accused of murdering Hemchand Sookdeo of Number 55 village Corentyne Berbice during an act of piracy.

LONDON, (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – British singer-songwriter Yusuf Islam, formerly known as Cat Stevens, launched a campaign today to highlight the fate of child refugees in Europe with the release of a new single and plans for a one-off charity concert.

Detectives in Division ‘C’ are investigating the murder of Orrette West, 28 years, a bodywork technician, of Guyhoc Park, which occurred about 00:30h.

KINGSTON, (Reuters) – Jamaican Olympic sprint relay gold medallist Nesta Carter has returned an anti-doping violation for the banned stimulant Methylhexanamine after the re-testing of 454 samples from the 2008 Beijing Games, two sources familiar with the case have told Reuters.

HAVANA, (Reuters) – Leaders of Caribbean countries are set to arrive in Cuba today to attend a regional summit where Venezuela’s embattled, socialist government will seek support as opposition at home and abroad intensifies.

A woman was on Wednesday night chopped to death by her husband, who made good on previous threats to end her life because she disregarded his wishes that she not work.

West Indies Captain Jason Holder is backing his in-form players to deliver the goods today when they open the 2016 Day/Night Tri-Nations 50-Over Tournament against South Africa at the Guyana National Stadium, Providence.

Bandits carted off an undisclosed amount of cash after they waylaid guards and broke into the Region Four Regional Democratic Council (RDC) office at Beterverwagting/Triumph, East Coast Demerara early yesterday morning.

(Reuters) – The Golden State Warriors needed a big lift from their bench to down the Cleveland Cavaliers 104-89 in the NBA Finals opener in Oakland yesterday.

The Engineer’s Department of the Georgetown Mayor and City Council (M&CC) has halted all works at the Holmes Street, South Cummingsburg construction site where a mason was killed on Wednesday.

ST.JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC– The West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) yesterday announced the schedule for India’s Caribbean tour, which was thrown into jeopardy after the regional side pulled out of a series on the sub continent nearly two years ago.

A 31-year-old woman is now hospitalised after she was shot in her face allegedly by her reputed husband.

Jose Barker, the man who allegedly mugged the retired British soldier who returned to Guyana to join in the country’s 50th independence anniversary celebration, was yesterday charged with the crime and remanded to prison.

South Africa Captain AB de Villiers said he’s banking on his world-class team to upstage the West Indies today when the two sides meet in the opening of the 2016 Tri-Nations Day/Night 50-Over Tournament at the Guyana National Stadium, Providence.

A Telecommunications Agency is to be established under the amended Telecommunications legislation to function, in part, as an advisory body, reviewer of licence applications and regulator of the use of the spectrum.

MELBOURNE,  (Reuters) – The path to the Olympics is paved with potholes for many athletes but few can claim to have overcome hardship like wrestler Vinod Kumar, who was thrown from a speeding train by a rival’s family in India before landing on his feet in Australia.

Speaker of the National Assembly Dr. Barton Scotland has disallowed questions by opposition MP Anil Nandlall on the convicts who were pardoned by President David Granger, arguing that they amount to “an abuse of the right of questioning.”

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad,  CMC- Star New Zealand batsman Brendon McCullum says he is excited about the prospects of reuniting with West Indies allrounder Dwayne Bravo when he makes his debut in the HERO Caribbean Premier League (CPL) which begins later this month.

Former Chief Executive Officer of the Guyana Water Inc (GWI) Shaik Baksh says he had agreed to repay the cost of a vehicle that was written off following an accident when it was being driven by his son and should complete payments this month.

How to convert last month’s visit to Guyana by a delegation of South Florida businessmen under the auspices of the Guyanese-American Chamber of Commerce (GACC) to trade and investment is an assignment that is likely to preoccupy delegation leader Wesley Kirton for some time yet.

History will be created in Guyana on June 18 at the Aliann Pompey Invitational when for the first time in the nation’s history, local and international athletes will have a chance to qualify for the prestigious Olympic Games.

The optimization of the potential of Guyana’s manufacturing sector requires a far more robust and energetic business support organization to effectively serve the interests of local manufacturers, proprietor of Fibre-Tech Industrial Plastics Somat Ali has told the Stabroek Business.

BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazil may help block Venezuela from taking the rotating presidency of the Mercosur trade group this month, a senior Brazilian official said yesterday, in a bid to prevent Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro from strengthening his power.

Questions persist over the nature of the expansion works underway on Carifesta Avenue and  drivers are complaining about the lack of road signs in the night to safely demarcate ongoing construction.

KINGSTON, Jamaica,  CMC-Sprint megastar Usain Bolt says he plans to perform at his best against some of the world’s leading sprinters at the Racers Grand Prix here next week Saturday.

CARACAS,  (Reuters) – Venezuelan security forces fired teargas at protesters chanting “We want food!”

A forensic audit of the company that publishes the state paper, the Guyana Chronicle has found that there was poor oversight of trade receivables with $102M outstanding at the end of May 2015.

Many persons start a business thinking that they will immediately see some success, but many times the pace at which success may come is overestimated.

SOUTHAMPTON, England,  CMC-West Indies T20 captain Darren Sammy delivered with bat and ball in an exciting debut that helped Hampshire pull off a nine run win over Kent in the NatWest T20 blasted here yesterday.

BERLIN/ANKARA, (Reuters) – Turkey recalled its ambassador to Germany yesterday in protest against a parliament resolution declaring the 1915 massacre of Armenians by Ottoman forces a genocide at a time when Europe is looking for Ankara’s help in the migrant crisis.

An action plan has been developed to treat the outbreak of gastroenteritis in the community of Baramita, Region One, GINA said yesterday.

The police yesterday arrested two men wanted in connection with murders.

Last month I had penned an article in recognition of International Internal Audit Awareness Month.

Dear Editor, Please refer to an article, which appeared in your issue of May 22, captioned, ‘Beharry Group waiting months on city for KFC approvals’.

The Preliminary Inquiry (PI) into the murder charge against Errol Williams, one of the men accused of killing fireman Patrick Daly in 2009, began yesterday with the testimonies of two witnesses.

GASCI (www.gasci.com/telephone Nº 223-6175/6) reports that session 670’s trading results showed consideration of $5,891,453 from 230,211 shares traded in 16 transactions as compared to session 669’s trading results, which showed consideration of $26,424,867 from $435,480 from 901 shares traded in 5 transactions.

Dear Editor, I wouldn’t have thought that anyone else remembered the then Traffic Chief Joe Braz’s refashioning of English pronunciation until I saw the Gittenesque use of “chouse” in her condemnation of how things went during the Gala State Dinner marking the country’s Independence Jubilee.

PARIS, (Reuters) – A competitor lambasted the French Open as “one big circus” yesterday as soggy weather once again came back to exasperate players seeking a foothold in the semi-finals of the rain-hit claycourt major.

Dear Editor, Every single month  at each post office in this country, from early dawn (‘foreday marnin’) one can witness long queues of  senior persons/pensioners waiting  in undignified fashion for their National Insurance Scheme (NIS)  and old age pensions; ‘hungry belly’ in some cases.

Residents of Campbellville and Sophia will soon get  relief from a  disruption in water supply as contractors are working to replace the transmission main from Duncan Street to Vlissengen Road.

KINGSTON, (Reuters) – A Jamaican athlete is among those who have failed a doping test after samples were re-examined from the 2008 Beijing Olympic games in the wake of a drugs scandal, sources familiar with the case have told Reuters.

Dear Editor, The confabulation in the print and electronic media and elsewhere that not a single sportsman/woman received a national award this year continues unabated.

A group of tech-savvy Atlanta-based second generation Guyanese siblings calling themselves the K12 Youth Code has put together a novel proposal to stage a Robot Building and Programming Camp in Guyana targeting children from various social and academic backgrounds.

BARCELONA, (Reuters) – Soccer’s five-times World Player of the Year Lionel Messi said yesterday he knew nothing about an alleged tax evasion scheme when he signed contracts related to image rights.

A Port Kaituma man has been remanded to prison after he was charged with unlawful possession of a gun and ammunition.

CHICAGO, (Reuters) – Music superstar Prince, who was found dead in his home in a Minneapolis suburb in late April, died of an accidental, self-administered overdose of an opioid painkiller, the county medical examiner said in a death report yesterday.

Dear Editor, The President of Guyana will not be deterred from his desire to pardon prisoners from time to time, so the next best thing is to trust his judgment and support his vision while the religions pray for the reformation of the pardoned individuals.

By Alfred Rolington (Alfred Rolington is a fellow at the Cambridge Security Initiative and co-founder of Cyber Security Intelligence.

Gold Prices for the three-day period ending Thursday June 2, 2016Kitco is a Canadian company that buys and sells precious metals such as gold, copper and silver.

The Bright Up Guyana competition was judged on May 29, 2016 and the Ministry of Agriculture shone in two categories.

SAN SALVADOR, (Reuters) – El Salvador prosecutors yesterday asked Congress to allow the government to investigate the country’s ambassador to Germany for illegal arms sales during his time in the Defense Ministry.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Brazilian great Pele said he was putting more than 2,000 items up for auction, including his three World Cup medals and a one-of-a-kind Jules Rimet trophy, in order to raise funds for charity and his former club Santos.

Dear Editor, I have re-studied the proposed parking meters plan by city council and think that there are certain factors which should be considered:The employees who would be affected, eg, insurances, banks, etc The business sector should be consulted on the possible loss of revenue.

Dear Editor, Rohan Singh asked in a letter recently, “Can GTT explain why this is so?” 

(Jamaica Gleaner) Jamaica got substantially more backing for development from the People’s Republic of China than any other country or funding agency, with an estimated J$103 billion of loans and grants from the Asian powerhouse spread across nearly a dozen projects.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton lambasted Donald Trump’s foreign policy platform as “dangerously incoherent” in a speech yesterday that cast her Republican rival as both a frightening and laughable figure.

Joy Agness exudes an ill-concealed enthusiasm about the prospects of putting both her business skills and her creative talents to work in the service of her country.

BODO/ABUJA, Nigeria,(Reuters) – Militants launched new attacks in the Niger Delta yesterday, vowing to bring Nigeria’s struggling oil industry to a total halt, and the president cancelled a long-awaited visit to the region.

-The Anniversary Broth: Too many (new) cooks?Some years ago my column containing some of the following sentiments was titled, in part-creole, `Aftuh Gawd, is Police!’

Business Cartoons

The People’s Progressive Party/Civic continued its picketing action outside of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) Kingston Office yesterday renewing their calls for the removal of Chairman of GECOM Dr.

Almost seven years after Fibre Tech Industrial Plastics was honoured by the Guyana Manufacturing and Services Association (GMSA) for its pioneering work in opening up an export market in the region for its fibre-glass table tops, cupboards and bathtubs, the company’s owner and Chief Executive Officer Somat Ali said the company continues to seek ways of maximizing market opportunities on both the domestic and international markets.

(Jamaica Observer) Prime Minister Andrew Holness says Jamaica needs to know within three months whether Venezuela is prepared to go ahead with upgrading the Petrojam oil refinery on Marcus Garvey Drive in Kingston.

Politikles

Dear Editor, St Vincent and the Grenadines Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves is known to be anti-colonial.

This year, small business representatives at the Jubilee GuyExpo event had much to say about how it impacted on customer patronage when compared with their customary day-to-day trading in arcades, on pavements, in malls and the like.

In an online comment on a letter to this newspaper (‘Lost opportunities at the flag-raising ceremony’, May 28, 2016), which related some of the security shortcomings of the event and the boorish, violent behaviour of one section of the crowd towards a group of young Americans, Dave Martins notes, “We have become cantankerous and hostile, and both visitors and residents encounter those attitudes… Those behaviours are now ingrained, and even accepted as the norm.”