Daily Archive: Wednesday, June 8, 2016

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – Guyana Amazon Warriors head coach, Roger Harper, believes crowd support will be key to his side’s success in the Caribbean Premier League starting later this month.

At about 0210h. today, the police say that ranks of the Police Narcotics Branch intercepted and seized six kilograms and forty four grams of cocaine in a cargo shipment of frozen fish at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport, Timehri.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Dressed in Hogwarts robes and waving wands, eager fans got a first glimpse of the next instalment in the Harry Potter saga, giving a new London stage production glowing reviews.

State broadcaster NCN is expected to restart the process of collecting millions owed to it by advertisers this week and after officials initially refused to speak on the matter, the network yesterday defended the $2.5 million debt settlement reached with Merundoi Inc.

Six persons including the owner of a car that was impounded on Saturday evening, less than an hour after a grenade was lobbed near the vehicle of Kaieteur News publisher Glenn Lall, were arrested yesterday morning as the probe into the matter continues.

The Georgetown Mayor and City Council will be discussing with members of the private sector a $25,000 container tax which the council says has already been implemented.

One week after security guard, Candacy Pitt was chopped to death while on duty, her husband of thirteen years was on Friday charged with the crime and remanded to prison.

Ex-policeman Waliaferro Joseph who was found guilty of attempting to murder his former lover, Uneatha McLean, at her Number 50 Village, Corentyne home, six years ago was yesterday sentenced to ten years in jail by Justice Brassington Reynolds.

A Charlestown businessman was yesterday sentenced to four years in prison after he was found guilty of cannabis possession for the purpose of trafficking.

Contention is brewing over a plan for parking meters in Georgetown with one company saying that it has an exclusive agreement while City Hall says that two companies will be engaged.

Guyana Defence Force (GDF) Recruitment and Retention personnel yesterday began a three-day exercise with experts of the Florida Army National Guard (FNG) on best practices.

After managing to evade the police for almost two months, Keon Hyles who was wanted for questioning in relation to the attempted murder of his reputed wife yesterday turned himself into the police.

The second retrial of Cyon ‘Picture Boy’ Collier, who is accused of murdering two Victoria brothers in 2006, began before Justice Priya Sewnarine-Beharry as the new criminal assizes commenced yesterday at the High Court.

After several complaints from vendors occupying the Parliament View Mall at Hadfield and Lombard streets earlier this week, Town Clerk Royston King yesterday paid a visit to the area to offer some relief to the vendors.

A man was yesterday remanded to prison after appearing in a city court to answer to two counts of armed robbery during which he allegedly stole over $500,000 in jewellery.

A Mahdia cook was yesterday remanded to prison after he was charged with fraudulently converting more than $2 million in raw gold to his own use.

Town Clerk Royston King yesterday denied any knowledge of $8 million gifted to the Global Friendships Foundation from the Chinese Embassy to aid in the restoration and enhancement of Georgetown.

Ganesh Gangadin, Mayor of Corriverton, during a recent interview with Stabroek News, disclosed that the Mayor and Town Council, following the state subvention under the Fiscal Transfers Act, has proposed a $15M project.

South Africa turned on the heat last evening as their bowlers helped hand Australia a 47-run walloping in match three of the Ballr Day/Night Tri-Nations one day series played at the Providence National Stadium, yesterday.

Multi-million dollar tenders were opened yesterday for rehabilitation works and living quarters for ten police stations.

On a night highlighted by contrasting wins for West Front Road and Leopold Street respectively, North Ruimveldt and Alexander Village battled to a 4-4 stalemate when the Ministry of Health/Petra Organization Soft Shoe championships continued on Monday.

Justice Navindra Singh yesterday empanelled a 12-member jury for the trial of two youths charged with the 2013 murder of seaman Antonio Isles who succumbed to injuries sustained after he was allegedly beaten by a group of persons at Pike Street.

Despite receiving some $20m from government and one million dollars from the Guyana Olympic Association (GOA) and Quality Seafoods Inc.,

Johnathan Ashby, the 12-year-old student of the Friendship Secondary School, who was struck down by a motorcycle a month ago, remains hospitalised but is slowly recovering.

United States-based charity, RAD-AID will be working with the Ministry of Public Health to develop Radiology Services here with the first major step being the introduction of a Radiology Residency Programme in September of this year.

A Route 41 minibus conductor was yesterday released on $50,000 bail after denying that he robbed another man of a phone while using violence.

MUMBAI, (Reuters) – India’s next cricket coach should have a clear understanding of the country’s diverse culture, limited-overs captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni said on Tuesday.

Dear Editor, It was with some surprise that I read the Sports Scope column, ‘Rio’s troubled Games’ in the edition of June 6th, 2016 of your prestigious newspaper.

Officials from the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) and the Linden Mayor and Town Council (LMTC) met with shop owners on June 2 to outline the legal requirements for carrying out their trade following the discovery that a considerable number of them are non-compliant.

(Reuters) – With their NBA title hopes hanging by a thread, LeBron James and the overmatched Cleveland Cavaliers are hoping a return to their home court will help them breathe new life into what has so far been a one-sided championship series.

With the people of his community at heart an overseas-based Guyanese recently opened a sewing establishment in Buxton.

ST.GEORGE’S, Grenada, CMC- Dwain Gill remains president of the Grenada Cricket Association (GCA) after rescinding his resignation letter, the GCA has announced.

Dear Editor, The National Agricultural Research and Extension Institute (NAREI) wishes to respond to several issues raised by Mr Mohamed Khan in a letter captioned ‘Follow-up on red-mite disease in coconuts needs to be done’, that was published in Stabroek News on June 6.

Dear Editor, The use of marijuana for recreational purposes cannot be a “good” thing.

NOTTINGHAM, England, CMC-West Indies globe-trotting T20 super star Andre Russell will play four matches for Nottinghamshire in England’s T20 blast currently underway.

The Ministry of Public Infrastructure (MPI) says it has delivered on its promise to install streetlights along the Diamond Access Road, East Bank Demerara and works have already started to extend the lighting project to Mocha.

Dear Editor, A little over a week ago on Sunday evening (May 29) I was casually browsing the television channels looking for something interesting to relieve my boredom when, by chance, I came upon a programme on TVG Channel 28, titled ‘The Factor’ hosted by Mr Neaz Subhan, who was interviewing Mr Ravi Dev, Mr David Hinds, and Mr Juan Edghill.

Ensuring that historical sites are safeguarded for the benefit of  future generations, the National Trust of Guyana in partnership with World Monuments Fund, has organised the Georgetown International Heritage Conference.

Khawn Rodney squandered a set and a second set lead to lose in three games to Bobby Adelson when the Guyana Bank for Trade and Industry Open lawn tennis tournament commenced at the GBTI courts last week.

LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – Hillary Clinton declared herself the Democratic Party nominee for U.S.

Bandits struck at two businesses in Edinburgh, East Bank Berbice over the weekend carting off cash and other valuables and beating a restaurant owner.

Dear Editor, I thank Mr Nowrang Persaud for his kind words – ‘Extraneous considerations should be avoided when selecting or promoting staff’ (SN, June 6). 

A Sentinel Security officer is now a patient at the Georgetown Public Hospital after he was run over by a Toyota Hilux jeep.

Dear Editor, The report that a hand grenade was thrown at the parked vehicle of Kaieteur News owner and publisher, Mr Glen Lall, is unsettling and a reminder that the Guyanese society since the rise of the criminal state under the PPP/C’s 23-year rule, is vulnerable to criminal conduct.

BRASILIA,  (Reuters) – Brazil’s top prosecutor is seeking the arrests of the Senate leader and other senior ruling party politicians for allegedly trying to obstruct a corruption probe, threatening to undermine President Michel Temer’s interim government, O Globo reported yesterday.

Unbeaten Bishops’ High and Marian Academy clinched semi-final places in the girls’ division while President’s College and St.

CARACAS,  (Reuters) – Venezuelan security forces used tear gas to block hundreds of opposition protesters yesterday in the latest rally to demand a recall referendum to oust socialist President Nicolas Maduro.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – Bowing to pressure from fellow Republicans, Donald Trump said yesterday he would no longer talk about a Mexican-American judge after U.S.

Dear Editor, June 5th was a day of perfect spring weather in New York, a day to go out in shirtsleeves.

Dear Editor, I join with all Guyanese in condemning the act of terror with respect to the throwing of the grenade at the vehicle of Kaieteur News publisher, Glen Lall.

LONDON, CMC-World Champion T20 captain Darren Sammy has echoed concerns by players and officials about the elongated format of England’s NatWest T20 blast.

PORT-AU-PRINCE, (Reuters) – Haiti’s interim president, Jocelerme Privert, said he will stay in office until next year to transfer power to an elected president unless parliament rules otherwise, after the electoral council on Monday scrapped the results of a disputed presidential vote.

Dear Editor, Nothing could have expressed the shock I felt when I read about the death of Kaieteur News’s Dale Andrews.

(Reuters) – Pakistan fast bowler Mohammad Amir can expect no animosity from England when he comes up against the hosts in the four-test series starting next month, seamer Stuart Broad has said.

LIMA,  (Reuters) – Former investment banker Pedro Pablo Kuczynski had a wafer-thin lead yesterday over rival Keiko Fujimori in the latest tally from Peru’s presidential race, with tens of thousands of votes from abroad and in remote jungle villages still to be counted.

MEXICO CITY, (Reuters) – Mexican security forces have committed crimes against humanity, with mass disappearances and extrajudicial killings rife during the country’s decade-long drug war, according to a report released by rights groups on Monday.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Mexico’s foreign minister mounted a robust defense of her nation’s economic importance to the United States on Monday and condemned anti-migrant rhetoric and a “climate of intolerance” in its neighbor — a thinly-veiled critique of Donald Trump.

Linden Forbes Sampson Burnham became an autocrat, dictator, whatever description suits you, under our 1966 independence constitution, with its non-executive governor/president titular head of the government and armed forces; prime minister directly answerable to the national assembly; Westminster-type separation of powers; right to prorogation, etc.

Classes run by the Georgetown Cricket Umpires and Scorers Association (GCUSA) to help prepare students for preliminary examinations are set to commence tomorrow at the Demerara Cricket Club from 5pm.

Cuba hosted the Seventh meeting of the Association of Caribbean States (ACS) last week, in the current wider ideological atmosphere of the effort of normalization of Cuba-United States relations that has been welcomed by the wider hemisphere.

Politikles

Dear Editor, For those of us who have lived to experience and to celebrate the Guyana Golden Jubilee of Independence, the following poem, The Work of Christmas by Dr Howard Thurman (1899-1981) may be aptly transposed in the present context of the real work of the Golden Jubilee for all of us as Guyanese.