Daily Archive: Wednesday, August 3, 2016

Minister of State, Joseph Harmon today denied that Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of the Presidency Omar Shariff had reported to him that he had discovered massive fraud and that this was the reason why he, Shariff, was under probe.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, Aug 3, CMC – West Indies and India played to draw on the final day of the second Test at Sabina Park on Wednesday.

Despite the fact that the government is undertaking a legal review of the contract for the controversial parking meters project, the company involved is pressing ahead with public consultations.

(Reuters) – Pop star Kesha has dropped her sexual abuse lawsuit in California against record producer Dr.

(Trinidad Guardian) The already sluggish criminal justice system now has another hurdle to climb after the lone pathologist on duty downed his scalpel yesterday, saying he will not be working until there was an improvement in the operations of the Forensic Science Centre (FSC), St James.

Three Corentyne farmers were yesterday charged with the murder of the two men and teenage boy who were found shot to death at Mibicuri almost two weeks ago.

Five policemen attached to the Brickdam Police Station were yesterday charged with robbing miners of a total of 15 pennyweights of raw gold.

Former President Donald Ramotar says that he saw no conflict of interest in Omar Shariff working at the Office of the President as Permanent Secretary (PS) and running a business simultaneously since nothing in his contract with government prohibited it.

A contractor died yesterday afternoon after he reportedly fell from the roof of a bond he was working on at La Bonne Intention (LBI), East Coast Demerara.

A pedestrian was killed on the Number 51 Village Public Road on Monday evening while returning from a religious function near his home.

Scores of Eastern Airlines’ passengers were left stranded at the Pegasus Hotel after enduring two days of “delayed flights” that have left them frustrated.

Sixteen-year-old Ashley Bissal, whose family moved from Guyana to New York two years ago, is missing.

Days after being hospitalised with a yet to be diagnosed illness that claimed the life of their six-year-old sister, toddlers Destiny and Devine Sandy have started to show signs of improvement.

The suspected owner/driver of the getaway car used by the men who gunned down taxi driver Orin David on Monday was arrested shortly after and the police are currently pursuing four other suspects, including two known characters.

It’s 3.30 in the afternoon and vendor Omica Douglas is making her second sale for the day.

Concerns have been raised about a $500,000 fuel bill that has been incurred by Mayor of Linden, Carwyn Holland and his Deputy, Waneka Arrindell.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC –West Indies are in danger of crashing to an ignominious innings defeat at the hands of India in the rain affected second Test match at Sabina Park.

On Saturday, July 30, 2016, the Guyana Power and Light’s (GPL) Garden of Eden (GOE) operations were decommissioned due to damage sustained to the roof as a result of heavy thunderstorms.

(Reuters) – Trinidad and Tobago’s Andrew Lewis says participating at this month’s Olympics was the farthest thing from his mind after a freak accident left him fighting for his life in Rio de Janeiro last December.

LONDON, (Reuters) – World heavyweight boxing champion Tyson Fury is suing Britain’s anti-doping and boxing authorities over allegations he used a performance-enhancing drug.

The Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) has ruled that there was no justification for the Court of Appeal to increase a $4.5M award made by a trial judge in a libel case won against Kaieteur News to $15M and has ordered that the original sum be paid over.

HOCKENHEIM, Germany,  (Reuters) – Ferrari head into Formula One’s annual break facing a tall order to turn things around in time for the second half of a season that promised much but has so far delivered little.

Tenders were opened yesterday for medical equipment and the restoration of the Hog Island windmill.

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts,  CMC- A top-of-the-League clash between leaders Guyana Amazon Warriors and second placed Jamaica Tallawahs will signal the start of the knock-out stage of the Caribbean Premier League (CPL) tonight.

The Guyana Police Force (GPF) yesterday inducted in excess of two hundred new recruits as part of its drive to bolster the amount of its ranks in seeking to reinforce its mission statement which states “The mission of the Guyana Police Force and its Auxiliaries is to serve all citizens and communities of Guyana in a professional, pro-active and accountable manner.

West Indies Under-16 selectee Qumar Torrington believes a good showing in the upcoming 50-over Invitational which bowls off in England next week could strengthen his chances of making the West Indies U-19 team in the future.

One man is now in custody after bandits on Saturday evening beat a 52-year-old woman of Williamsburg, Corentyne during a robbery.

Deteriorated buildings, aged electrical wiring and a lack of a safety and health policy were some of the many breaches unearthed at several departments of City Hall by inspections conducted by the Ministry of Social Protection’s Department of Labour.

MELBOURNE, Australia, CMC- Star West Indies all-rounder Dwayne Bravo has signed a new deal to play for Melbourne Renegades in Australia’s Big Bash League (BBL) next season.

The cub scouts who were stuck at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA), Timehri on Mon-day, due to a flight cancellation, have since left the country.

(Reuters) – Sri Lanka suffered another injury setback ahead of the second test against Australia in Galle with seamer Nuwan Pradeep suffering a hamstring strain during practice, a cricket board official said yesterday.

ST .GEORGE’S, Grenada,  CMC – Leaders Trinidad and Tobago’s unbeaten run continued when they  hammered lowly placed Leeward Islands by 114 runs in fourth round action of the Regional Under-15 Championship here on Monday.

Continental Agencies Ltd is the only authorised distributor to sell the Ajinomoto do Brasil’s product in Guyana.

The Ministry of Indigenous Peoples’ Affairs  recently received $60M worth of clothing, books, pharmaceutical supplies, spectacle frames and food items, among other articles, from Hope for the Nation Foundation, a relatively new local Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO).

Golden Jaguars international Pernell Schultz has officially confirmed his return to local competitive football, signing officially for national giants Alpha United in the recently concluded transfer window.

Dear Editor, The recent pronouncement of the Minister of Finance in which he declared that graduates who are in arrears with the University of Guyana would be prevented from travelling out of the country until they had settled the debt, must strike all right-minded people as an appalling act of lawlessness.

Dear Editor, Much respect to the late Bishop George for daring like Daniel to stand alone and to be unpopular even in his own church, voicing and acting out his dissent with the 1968 solution of rigged elections to keep the communist Dr Jagan and those different people of the PPP out of office.

Kingston, Eastville and Tiger Bay sealed their berths in the quarterfinal when the Banks DIH Limited sponsored Alex Bunbury Sports and Academics Academy u-13 football Championship continued on Friday.

Over the years, the Agricola Caregivers Great Movement Association has been instrumental in helping to make life easier for one of the most vulnerable groups in society—the elderly.

A friendly game of football at Kwakwani, which eventually ended in a fight, caused one youth to be charged with malicious wounding.

Dear Editor,   I feel compelled to reply to Kaieteur News’ recent report ‘GPL in quandary as Chinese-built submarine power cable remains down’ (July 31) so people in Guyana could have a second opinion about what really happened to the submarine cable.

RIO DE JANEIRO,  (Reuters) – Despite lingering issues with plumbing and laundry, athletes and training staff say the Olympic Village is much improved, nine days after blocked toilets and exposed wiring forced the Australian team to move.

Dear Editor, The main access bridge for Good Hope on the ECD is falling apart; it has got so bad now that the boards are falling off, leaving huge holes on the bridge.

Dear Editor, The authorities responsible for road works and traffic lights need to address the confusion at the junction at Diamond New Scheme not only during peak hours.

First Lady, Sandra Granger on Friday extended congratulations to the graduates of the Cultural Understanding and Language Proficiency (CULP) Programme and lauded the founders of the Lusignan-Good Hope Learning Centre for their holistic approach to education.

(Reuters) – Fast bowler Steven Finn will replace injured all-rounder Ben Stokes in the England team for the third test against Pakistan starting today, test captain Alastair Cook said.

(Reuters) – India will play two Twenty20 internationals against world champions West Indies in Florida in late August, the Indian cricket board (BCCI) said yesterday.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – U.S. Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump ratcheted up tensions in his party yesterday by denying two leading figures, House of Representatives Speaker Paul Ryan and Senator John McCain, support in their re-election bids.

Two men, accused of using a chopper to rob another man of $3,000, were yesterday both released on $75,000 bail after claiming innocence.

CARACAS, (Reuters) – Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro yesterday named a military general accused of drug crimes by the United States as his new interior minister and removed from the cabinet his top economic official, who was viewed as a potential reformer.

(Reuters) – The International Boxing Association (AIBA) has dismissed allegations of corruption within the organisation and demanded proof after a British newspaper reported that some bouts in the Rio Olympics could be fixed.

Dear Editor, A handful of constructive reports in the media have prompted the following thoughts.

Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo, along with Ministers Khemraj Ramjattan, David Patterson and Valerie Garrido-Lowe, among others, participated in Sunday evening’s soiree at Hopetown Village, West Coast Berbice.

BRASILIA, (Reuters) – A Senate report found yesterday that Brazil’s suspended President Dilma Rousseff violated the constitution by manipulating government accounts, moving her drawn-out impeachment trial closer to deciding her fate.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – England seamer James Anderson is confident that he has enough skill and experience to compensate for his decreased pace over the remaining years of his cricket career.

ROME,  (Reuters) – Rome and Ankara traded barbs yesterday over an Italian investigation into accusations that Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan’s son Bilal laundered money.

Dear Editor, Greatness lies within each of us. Some are called to be teachers, religious leaders, lawyers, parents, politicians, gravediggers, labourers and so forth.

CHICAGO, (Reuters) – Florida will conduct an aerial insecticide spraying campaign at dawn today in an effort to kill mosquitoes carrying the Zika virus, officials in Miami-Dade County said.

Antigua’s Prime Minister Gaston Browne   has instructed his country’s Ambassador to the United States (US) to resume negotiations over the cumulative loss from a 2003 gaming dispute and warned that failure to reach agreement would lead to possible enforcement options including the   suspension of protection of US intellectual property rights.

CAPE TOWN,  (Reuters) – Skipper AB de Villiers has been ruled out of South Africa’s two-test home series against New Zealand this month with an injured elbow and Faf du Plessis will take over the captaincy.

The decision of the Government of Jamaica to establish a Caribbean Community (Caricom) Review Commission probably caught other Caricom countries and governments by surprise.

Stuart Kaufman, speaking of extreme cases of ethnic violence, suggests that politicians can only stir up ethnic discontent if there is some historical experience to support their positions.

Politikles

Dear Editor, Consequent upon the unexpected passing of our dear and beloved Swami Vidyananadaji earlier this year, the Bharat Sevashram Sangha proceeded to fill the void created by his death and I am confident that this was done in accordance with the Articles of Association and the succession plan of this great seva organization.