Daily Archive: Thursday, July 28, 2016

President David Granger, early this morning, at the Ministry of the Presidency, met with Dr.

The police today said that the driver of the motor vehicle who was involved in an accident with two St Lucian cub scouts has been jailed for 10 months.

The draft State Assets Recovery Bill 2016 envisages non-conviction based, civil recoveries of property over $10m with a 12-year limitation period and wide powers will be available to the agency to be set up under the law to gather information.

(Trinidad Guardian) Minutes after he told a teenage relative he was going to get a meal and go to church, a man instead showed up at Carlene Grant’s workplace and stabbed her several times before taking a sledgehammer and bashing in the side of her head.

Minister of Natural Resources and the Environment, Raphael Trotman yesterday said that the government will not be “lectured” to in the press on the issue of forestry concessions, while announcing that the arrival of officials from a company in China that may take over the operations of the controversial Baishanlin is being awaited.

Seven men, including the main suspect who was arrested in connection with the Black Bush Polder, Corentyne triple murder were transported to Georgetown on Tuesday evening and are currently being questioned by ranks from the Criminal Investigation Department’s (CID), Major Crimes Unit.

The police yesterday issued a  bulletin for Anthony Jhagroo, who is wanted for questioning in relation to two offences: escaping from lawful custody and the murder of mechanic, Yugeshwar Shiwcharan.

Five police officers attached to the Brickdam Police Station are currently under close arrest after they allegedly stole a quantity of raw gold from some miners last Friday.

A private bauxite mining operation in the Amerindian community of Muritaro on the Demerara River, discovered by members of a “horrified” team from Norway, was shut down by the Ministry of Natural Resources late last year, since the community was one identified to benefit from the Guyana-Norway forest protection scheme.

Attorney at Law Joann Bond will now head the recently-constituted Bid Protest Committee (BPC) established under the Procurement Act, well-placed sources say.

General Secretary of the People’s Progressive Party (PPP), Clement Rohee says that the statement that Leader of the Opposition Bharrat Jagdeo made recently in New York about people of Indian ancestry being discriminated against is factual.

Government says it welcomes Venezuelans visiting Guyana legally to shop given the current economic state of the country but that they have to ensure that their entrance is legal.

Immigration authorities within the last year have denied entry to 186 CARICOM nationals because of “insufficient funds” and Minister of Citizenship, Winston Felix yesterday defended this stance saying that it is part of the efforts to prevent trafficking in persons.

Environmental matters will soon be removed from under the Ministry of Natural Resources as government believes that not only are the duties of both sectors taxing on Minister Raphael Trotman but they may pose a potential conflict.

“I desperately need your help,” was the plea of a homeless drug addict, who was on Tuesday charged with stealing a brush cutter.

The mother of St. Lucian Cub Scout, Nick Omari Joseph, who was seriously injured following an accident on Tuesday afternoon at Woolford Avenue, flew into the country yesterday as his condition remains critical but stable.

Passengers who were onboard the MV Sabanto when it crashed into the Supenaam Ferry Stelling on Tuesday evening, said everyone “panicked” because they were not sure what was happening.

A tennis coach appeared before the chief magistrate yesterday charged with hitting her aunt with her car.

Fifteen-year-old Yannick Schultz, who was struck down on Saturday afternoon last along the Number Three Public Road, West Coast Berbice is being considered brain dead.

A 90th+3 minute penalty kick conversion from Omar Brewley propelled four time defending champions Wismar/ Christianburg to their sixth consecutive final edging Sir Leon Lessons 2-1 in the semi-final of the Digicel Schools Football Championships yesterday.

Dear Editor, The Stabroek News article captioned ‘Chair of Bid Protest Committee resigns’ published in its July 27, 2016 edition is false.

With 327,000 ounces of gold declared at the end of last month, “far in excess of what had been forecast,” according to Minister of Natural Resources and the Environment Raphael Trotman, it is projected that by the end of the year some 600,000 ounces would be declared.

Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC) Vintage and Pizza Hut GCC secured hard-fought wins when the Lucozade Indoor Hockey Championship continued on Tuesday at the National Gymnasium on Mandela Avenue.

Long before the advent of batting armor like helmets and chest pads, and before the glamour of color coordinated cricket gear, a gifted 16-year- old schoolboy named Garfield St.

Dear Editor, Reference is made to the letter published in the Monday July 25, edition of the Stabroek News by Mr Hans M Buer, under the headline ‘Leguan roads are in a terrible state’.

The 16-year-old who was accused of chopping a 70-year-old man to death at Crane Housing Scheme, West Coast Demerara appeared before Magistrate Rochelle Liverpool at the Leonora court on Tuesday.

West Indies Head Coach Phil Simmons is positive that the team can bounce back from the innings and 92-run defeat in the opening Test match against India.

Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo yesterday met with a delegation of Wales Estate sugar workers over their concerns regarding the payment of their severance package.

Dear Editor, For years Indigenous people have struggled to cope with the health system which seems to have been designed without our people in mind.

On the eve of the departure of the national junior cycling team to St Lucia, coach of the formidable five-man unit, Randolph Roberts yesterday expressed confidence in the young cyclists.

Sea and river defence works at Ruimzigt, West Coast Demerara  have been completed.

Dear Editor, It was only last week in one of my pieces I mentioned that there are a few outstanding Guyanese in the diaspora.

The Rotary Club of Stabroek last Wednesday commenced its school improvement project at the St Joseph’s High School with a donation of school desks and bookshelves obtained through a partnership with Food for the Poor.

Guyana U15s made a promising start to the West Indies Cricket Board’s limited overs round robin competition dismissing the Windward Islands for 108 in their first round encounter at Progress Park,Grenada.

Dear Editor, I don’t know why more people who travel on the Parika to Supenaam ferry service aren’t writing to defend the gentleman who was made to wait several hours, while other people who came after him were allowed to board the ferry.

Jamaica’s U19 cricketers were 97 for five at the close of play of the first day of their West Indies Cricket Board’s three day competition against Guyana at the Park Hill Playing Field St Vincent and the Grenadines yesterday.

Dear Editor, It is with surprise that one reads of reaction to the structure, functioning and legal basis of the anti-corruption unit SOCU, and of reservations about SARU.

Out-of-form West Indies batsman Jermaine Blackwood is banking on familiarity with home conditions to see him through as he seeks to get back to his best.

The Ministry of Education in collaboration with the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) yesterday commissioned a study into Out-of-School Children (OOSC) and one speaker cited the 14% figure at the secondary level.

Dear Editor, For the longest while I have recoiled from writing about any utterances, developments or postures from the now Leader of the Opposition. 

Bauxite company Bosai has begun a study aimed at investing in the stalled manganese project in the North West with a team expected in the country soon, company secretary Norman McLean has said.

A Route 40 minibus driver was yesterday placed on a bond to keep the peace after threatening to stab another bus driver.

Dear Editor, With great respect Mr George N Cave (‘Is the leader of the GPSU an employer because he sits on the Public Service Commission?’

(Reuters) – Australia grabbed a handy 86-run lead in the first innings over Sri Lanka and dealt an early blow with the new ball before rain washed out the entire final session for the second consecutive day in the first test at Pallekele yesterday.

Dear Editor, We have watched with consternation and despair, the performance of the West Indies cricket team during the first Test match against India in Antigua, which ended on Sunday, July 24, with the West Indies team being defeated by an innings and 92 runs.

PHILADELPHIA,  (Reuters) – President Barack Obama painted an optimistic picture of America’s future in a speech yesterday aimed at giving full-hearted support to Hillary Clinton to help her defeat Republican rival Donald Trump and become the first woman elected U.S.

FLORIDA, CMC- Plans are in the pipeline for Florida to host a T20 international series between World Champions West Indies and India next month, a leading cricket official here has reported.

Dear Editor, From public reporting Colleen Hicks, Director of Nursing Services/Matron of the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) has been sent on administrative leave to pave the way for an inquiry.

MIAMI/WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Republican Donald Trump on Wednesday invited Russia to dig up tens of thousands of “missing” emails from Hillary Clinton’s time at the U.S.

GROS ISLET, St Lucia, CMC – A ruthless half century from Umar Akmal helped Trinbago Knight Riders spoil a winning streak by St.

A mason who was allegedly held by the police with more than 500 grammes of marijuana in his possession was yesterday remanded to prison by the chief magistrate.

Former President Bharrat Jagdeo was on July 22, 2016 appointed an FAO Special Ambassador for Forests and the Environment.

Dear Editor, Apart from some of his positions, Hillary Clinton’s supporters peddled a curious narrative regarding the Bernie Sanders’ candidacy.

Corporate Secretary of Guyana Power and Light Inc (GPL) Laurian Bancroft continued to give evidence on Tuesday during the trial of former GPL board member Carvil Duncan, who is charged with conspiring to steal over $28 million from the company.

GUATEMALA CITY, (Reuters) – A Guatemalan judge yesterday charged former President Otto Perez with money laundering and bribery in a massive corruption case in which 52 others were also accused, including former ministers, business people and lawyers.

GROS ISLET, St Lucia, CMC – Captain of the St. Lucia Zouks Darren Sammy has blamed poor fielding and failure to execute the game plan as the reasons for his team’s three-wicket defeat to Trinbago Knight Riders in the 25th game of the Caribbean Premier League at the Darren Sammy National Stadium on Tuesday.

Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo has committed to providing support for the upgrading of Radio Paiwomak, the first hinterland community radio station in Guyana, which is based at Bina Hill, Annai.

Dear Editor, I was very saddened to hear of the death of my good friend Professor Bishnodat (Vishnu) Persaud.

FLORIDA, CMC- Globe-trotting T20 star Andre Russell has described doping allegations made against him by authorities in Jamaica as “stressing and depressing”.

(Reuters) – John Hinckley Jr., who wounded U.S. President Ronald Reagan and three other people in a 1981 assassination attempt prompted by a deranged obsession with actress Jodie Foster, can be freed from a psychiatric hospital to live with his mother, a federal judge ruled yesterday.

(Trinidad Guardian) A Muslim woman on Tuesday won a landmark judgment against a security firm for discrimination on the basis of her religious beliefs.

Dear Editor, I wish to use this opportunity to respond to an article which appeared in Stabroek News (SN) on July 16 under the caption ‘Parents of children killed say CCPA keeping them in dark’.

ST.JOHN’s, Antigua, CMC- Promising Antiguan fast bowler Alzarri Joseph is set to make his Test debut after he was drafted into the West Indies side for the current home series against India.

The Indian Action Committee (IAC) will be holding an “Evening of Entertainment” on Sunday, July 31 at the National Cultural Centre.

(Barbados Nation) After eight years in the pipeline, the first step has been taken to make the multimillion-dollar Hyatt Hotel a reality on the Bridgetown landscape.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – In the lead-up to an international court ruling on China’s claims in the South China Sea this month, United States officials talked about rallying a coalition to impose “terrible” costs to Beijing’s international reputation if flouted the court’s decision.

Something seems to be not quite right with the accounting at City Hall, or if it is, there is a huge misunderstanding that needs to be cleared up.

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