Daily Archive: Thursday, September 15, 2016

ST JOHN’S, Antigua,  CMC – The West Indies Cricket Board today said it was contemplating legal action in the face of what it considered to be allegations of “wrongdoing and misappropriation of WICB funds by present members”, by former board officials.

The Wales Sugar Estate would now be diversified into rice cultivation on 484 acres of land out of the 2000 to 3000 acres and GuySuCo has published an invitation for bids for clearing to be done.

(Trinidad Guardian) Calls were being made yesterday for Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley to fire his Energy Minister Nicole Olivierre after a video of her losing her cool with protesting constituents of La Brea went viral on social media.

A twin-engine Cessna aircraft was yesterday morning discovered at the Yupukari Airstrip,   Region 9 and ranks from the Joint Services were sent to the area to conduct investigations.

The Ministry of Finance yesterday announced waiver extensions and rewards to up-to-date UG Student Loan borrowers.

Registrar of Deeds, Azeena Baksh was yesterday afternoon robbed of a quantity of electronics and jewellery when two armed bandits invaded her Young Professionals Housing Scheme, Eccles, East Bank Demerara (EBD) home.

A man was yesterday remanded to prison by a city magistrate after he was accused of raping a 13-year-old girl.

A Non-Pariel, East Coast Demerara couple was yesterday robbed of $2M just after withdrawing the money from a city bank.

A businesswoman was yesterday granted half a million dollars in bail after she was charged with human trafficking.

As 38 new prison officers graduated yesterday, Minister of Public Secu-rity, Khemraj Ramjattan charged them “to keep a proper balance between security and control and humanity and justice.”

The Guyana Police Force’s Traffic Department will today be launching Operation Safeway to stem the 33% rise in fatal accidents.

The Board of Directors of the Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) is soon to decide whether it will launch an investigation into the actions of the corporation’s Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Dr.

The Board of Directors of the Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) is soon to decide whether it will launch an investigation into the actions of the corporation’s Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Dr.

A handyman and a spare parts dealer accused of stealing cars and transmission parts were arraigned before a city court yesterday and remanded to prison pending the start of their trial.

Guyana’s partnership with Norway on forests, climate change and the Amaila hydropower project is shrouded in secrecy, the Opposition People’s Progressive Party (PPP/C) says.

A post-mortem examination on  74-year-old Hedley Williams, whose body was discovered two days after he went missing on Sunday at the Timehri airport, revealed that he died of natural causes.

A 25-year-old man from Sisters Village, East Bank Berbice drowned after plunging into the Berbice River yesterday.

A Financial Action Task Force (FATF) team is here on a two-day visit to assess Guyana’s implementation of recommendations, a crucial step in a years-long battle by the country to avoid international sanctions over its anti-money laundering framework.

Two Chinese nationals who presented fake Canadian visas to a Caribbean Airlines customer service representative were fined $100,000 yesterday by a city court.

A pharmacovigilance centre for monitoring and inspecting drugs is to be set up by December 2016.

NEW YORK, CMC- Grenada’s Prime Minister Dr Keith Mitchell has reacted angrily to the sacking of West Indies head coach Phil Simmons, blasting the move as “bizarre” and motivated by “spite and vendetta”.

Guyana Amateur Basketball Federation (GABF) President Nigel Hinds said yesterday that he will not pursue legal avenues to acquire the outstanding monies allegedly owed to him by the National Sports Commission (NSC).

An Albouystown teenager alleged to have inflicted harm on his friend using a cutlass, was granted bail by a city court yesterday.

The Ministry of Public Infrastructure will be initiating a road safety public media campaign in an effort to reduce road accidents.

Dear Editor, I visited the Giftland Mall this past weekend. I noticed in the Super Saver Store a number of photocopied textbooks on sale.

A man brought before a city court yesterday on a charge of assaulting his daughter, opted to proceed with cross charges against the teenager, claiming that his life was under threat.

Former West Indies T20 captain Darren Sammy has lashed out at his country’s cricket board in the immediate aftermath of the sacking of head coach Phil Simmons shortly before the Caribbean team’s series against Pakistan in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

Dear Editor, The Guyana Market Vendors Union wishes to bring to public attention that it is a legally registered trade union established with the objective of working with vendors at their various places of trade in Georgetown and elsewhere with a view to improving their circumstances, including the conditions under which they work.

Caribbean 11 years and under boys table tennis singles champion Kaysan Ninvalle has been selected by the International Table Tennis Federation to participate in a World Hopes selection training camp to be held in Lima, Peru from October 18-23.

Opposition Member of Parliament Anil Nandlall says that the AFC’s performance in government has been far from “fantastic,” contrary to the recent assessment of the party’s leader.

With the 2016 Inter Guiana Games (IGG) involving host Guyana and Suriname set for October 20-24 here preparations are already underway in a number of disciplines while a delegation from Suriname is expected later this month to assess the facilities.

The Queen’s College of Guyana Alumni Association NY Inc (QCAANY) has elected Karen Wharton as its President, making her the first female to lead a Queen’s College alumni association.

Dear Editor, I would like to express my deepest condolences tos Mr Basil DaSilva and Ms Ophelia James over the loss of their children who perished in the Aruka River two weeks ago.

The Women and Gender Equality Commission in partnership with the Ministry of Education’s Department of Culture, Youth and Sport has launched a jubilee exhibition to honour 56 women for their contributions to their respective communities and Guyana as a whole.

Dear Editor, I refer to an article in the Guyana Chronicle (September 13) online edition under the headline ‘Deflowering of children must stop’.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC-Top cricket commentator Fazeer Mohammed says the sacking of head coach Phil Simmons represents another chapter in the ongoing soap opera of conflict in West Indies cricket.

The West Indies Cricket Board’s (WICB) chief executive officer Michael Muirhead has said there was no one specific reason for the termination of coach Phil Simmons’ contract, nor was it a sudden development.

The Prime Minister’s wife, Sita Nagamootoo, yesterday distributed school supplies to the children of the Vergenoegen Nursery School in Region 3.

Dear Editor, The Amerindian community of Capoey is divided on many issues.

Poor drainage is said to have been a contributing factor in Sunday’s flooding of Bartica’s commercial zone, according to Mayor of Bartica Gifford Marshall.

CURITIBA, Brazil,  (Reuters) – Brazilian prosecutors charged ex-President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva yesterday with being the “boss” of a vast corruption scheme at state oil company Petrobras, in a major blow to the leftist hero’s hopes of a political comeback.

Dear Editor, ‘The ramblings of the King of Kensington Castle’ by cricket historian Roger Seymour was a wonderful and gripping human interest piece that arrested my attention (Sunday Stabroek, August 28, 2016).

MANCHESTER, England, (Reuters) – Manchester City’s Sergio Aguero scored a hat-trick as coach Pep Guardiola maintained his 100 percent record at the club with a commanding 4-0 victory against Borussia Moenchengladbach in their rearranged Champions League Group C opener yesterday.City

Following a confrontation over a box of mosquito coils, a man has been charged with assaulting a city constable and obstructing a roadway.

The Trinidad and Tobago national under-20 men’s team arrived on local shores yesterday afternoon for a two match exhibition series as part of their international training camp.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – Former Secretary of State Colin Powell revealed distaste for both U.S.

“I needed some personal effects to finish college” was the explanation given by a police trainee on Tuesday after he was charged with stealing his friend’s items.

Dear Editor, The West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) has made yet another change when it fired Phil Simmons after only 18 months on the job.

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y., (Reuters) – U.S. presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump yesterday moved to show their medical fitness for the White House as Clinton released a letter from her doctor declaring her fit for the presidency and Trump taped a TV-segment about his well-being.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC- Nine-time Olympic gold medallist, Usain Bolt, has announced plans to open a sports clinic in Jamaica after retiring from the sport of track and field.

Dear Editor, When I wrote my recent note about the need to change the approach to coaching in cricket by having coaches more proactive during games, I did not know that Simmons had been fired.

A San Martin, Venezuela man appeared before a city court on Tuesday, where he was charged with wounding a policeman and incurring debt.

Dear Editor, One would have expected that with the change of the new administration the staff at the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) would have changed the way they do business, however, that was just wishful thinking.

PALMERSTON NORTH, New Zealand, CMC- An improved showing by Jamaica was unable to stop New Zealand from pulling off a second victory to capture their three-match netball series with one game remaining.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi called yesterday for the lifting of economic sanctions against her country, and President Barack Obama, in their first White House meeting since she became leader, said the United States was ready to do so.

The police on Tuesday arrested four persons for questioning over the execution-style killing of taxi driver Oswald Rambarran, who was gunned down on Sunday, while delivering food in Albouystown.

Poor drainage is said to have been a contributing factor in Sunday’s flooding of Bartica’s commercial zone, according to Mayor of Bartica Gifford Marshall.

LONDON, CMC– Barbados and  West Indies pacer Miguel Cummins produced his best bowling performance to halt Sussex’s march to victory and lift Worcestershire to an 11 run win  on day three of their County Championship Division Two clash here yesterday.

Dear Editor, I like the Police Commissioner (ag) David Ramnarine very much; I think that he augurs well for Guyana and the future of the country.

NEW YORK/FRANKFURT, (Reuters) – German drug and crop chemical maker Bayer clinched a $66 billion takeover of U.S.

Dear Editor, It is nothing less than a nightmare to get a job in Guyana.

(Trinidad Guardian) Scores of citizens who were moved yesterday after reading of the plight of 600-pound Marissa Nelson in the T&T Guardian have offered to lend a helping hand.

CARACAS, (Reuters) – Venezuela yesterday decried a decision that could see it suspended from the Mercosur trade bloc as the crisis-stricken leftist country grows increasingly isolated in South America.

The Ministry of Public Infrastructure’s traffic and safety maintenance department plans to install street lights along the Number 19 road, as well as other areas in Upper Corentyne.

ATHENS,  (Reuters) – Barely one year ago, Gianni Infantino was best known by the football public as the figure who pulled balls from pots at European club draws while Aleksander Ceferin was a mystery outside his Slovenian homeland.

Dear Editor, Christianity has been present in Indigenous communities in Guyana for long time, which resulted in the majority of us becoming ‘Christian’.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Britain and Argentina have agreed to work together towards removing measures restricting the oil and gas, shipping and fishing industries around the disputed Falkland Islands, both countries said yesterday.

GUATEMALA CITY, (Reuters) – FIFA will suspend Guatemala’s national soccer federation Fedefut, a senior FIFA official said yesterday.

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(Trinidad Guardian) The mother of teenager Shivanie Persad is urging parents to be more vigilant and careful about who they allow in their homes.

There was, understandably, significant consternation expressed over a recent article published in this newspaper on the results of the Guyana Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey Round 5 (MICSR5), particularly the findings regarding physical violence.

Each dazzling day, next to the muddy, grassy verges of the busy main road along the eastern bank of the murky Demerara River, a few families dry racks of freshly gutted, still bloody, thickly salted Atlantic fish openly spread out under the harsh, blinding sun.