Daily Archive: Saturday, October 1, 2016

Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo and Mrs Sita Nagamootoo arrived this evening in Chennai, India to a rousing welcome for the 3rd World Tamils Economic Conference, a release from the PM’s office said today.

Today, Minister of Business Dominic Gaskin (right) joined scores of Barticians in observing the second annual National Tree Day.

Two siblings were killed and their friend seriously injured when the vehicle they were travelling in earlier this afternoon collided with a truck at Friendship, East Bank Demerara.

Acting Commissioner of Police, David Ramnarine yesterday said that 15 ranks having been charged with robbery under arms, simple larceny, wounding and other offences were discharged from the Guyana Police Force and another 15 ranks were transferred or re-assigned other duties because of other misconduct.

(Trinidad Guardian) Government is getting some breathing room to pass the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA), as it now has until February 2017 to pass the legislation to make this country FATCA compliant.

China Harbour Engineering Corporation (CHEC) says price and capacity were the sole determinants in the purchase of US$7.5M worth of stone from Surinamese company Grassalco for the completion of the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) expansion project.

Amernauth Chand, the father who allegedly stabbed his son to death on Wednesday night at their Annandale, East Coast Demerara home, was yesterday charged with murder.

Although mum on whether fugitive drug trafficker Barry Dataram was being monitored prior to his disappearance ahead of his sentencing, acting Police Commissioner David Ramnarine yesterday made it clear that law enforcement officials were not to be blamed as they did not grant him his release on bail.

A young driver is now dead after he lost control of his vehicle and slammed into a parked trailer along the Greenwich Park, East Bank Essequibo road yesterday morning.

A man has been taken into custody after a fire early yesterday morning at McDoom, East Bank Demerara, gutted three houses, leaving close to 12 persons without shelter.

Five persons, including a former murder accused, are now in custody in connection with the fatal shooting that occurred in front of the Rio Inn nightclub on Monday morning.

USAID yesterday wrapped up a drug supply management project at Diamond, on the East Bank, which enabled 4,500 persons to access anti-HIV medication and the US envoy appealed for continued investment to protect the gains from the initiative.

Acting Commissioner of Police David Ramnarine yesterday announced that since the launch of Operation Safeway two weeks ago, there has been a significant reduction in all categories of accidents.

The Department of Labour has found that negligence by both Tony’s Auto Spares and contractor Asraf Hoosaney contributed to his fatal fall from the company’s La Bonne Intention bond.

Tractor operator Conrad Williams, who was injured in the freak accident that claimed the life of a teen at Abary Creek on Monday evening, has succumbed.

Nine firearms, including seven .32 pistols, have been reported stolen by licensed firearm holders since July and police have found that such weapons were used in a number of the robberies committed recently.

Three persons were hospitalised last evening after a drive-by shooting at a car wash at Enmore, East Coast Demerara (ECD).

Over the last three months, the police have seized a total of $114M in narcotics and some 136 intended traffickers have since faced charges and are before the courts.

Barama Company Ltd is currently reviewing a draft contract proposed by the government to continue its operations here.

The University of Guyana (UG) last evening sent out a mass email to students informing them of an approved 5% increase in its tuition fees, effective from this year.

Guyana’s national rugby team known as the Green Hornets will play Mexico this afternoon in the final of the Rugby Americas North (RAN) tournament in Mexico City.

Born and raised in the Indigenous village of Kappawarrie, in the Essequibo River, you could say Winslow Craig was destined to pursue the arts in his adult years.

After being blind for the past 10 years due to cataracts, a 94-year-old man has had his sight restored.

Hi Everyone, The next time you peel green or turning plantains to cook, do not throw away the skins.

Bartica will today celebrate National Tree Planting Day by hosting a Green Walk and distributing 300 fruit trees to residents, Mayor of Bartica Gifford Marshall has said.

SHARJAH, United Arab Emirates, CMC – Beleaguered West Indies extended their miserable run when they slumped to a fourth straight defeat to Pakistan, losing the opening One-Day International by 111 runs under the Duckworth/Lewis method here yesterday.

As fashion month concludes in Paris, this season has brought about an incredible amount discourse and dispute among those in the fashion community.

Leaders Lower Corentyne were in a strong position against West Demerara at the end of the first day’s play of the sixth round Guyana Cricket Board/Cricket Guyana Incorporated three-day Franchise League tournament at Tuschen ground yesterday.

Auditor General Deodat Sharma yesterday presented Speaker of the National Assembly Dr Barton Scotland with the 2015 Auditor’s General’s Report.

Fresh from their exploits at the just-concluded International Chess Federation’s (FIDE) Chess Olympiad in Baku, Azerbaijan, Women Candidate Master (WCM) Sheriffa Ali and Roberto Neto, are favourites to win the Guyana Chess Federation’s (GCF) National Junior

The members of the Public Procurement Commission have not been sworn in due to “administrative concerns in relation to its Terms of Reference (ToR).

The local fashion arena can look forward to something new with the runway debut of Indigenous-themed pieces from cousins Vanda Allicock and Abigale Buckley, during Guyana’s longest running fashion event, Guyana Fashion Week (GFW), which is slated for November.

SHARJAH, United Arab Emirates, CMC –  Four dismal batting displays in as many outings left West Indies One-Day captain Jason Holder with very little to explain here yesterday.

The expansion works along the East Coast public road remain indefinitely stalled as the Ministry of Public Works (MPI) is waiting on the Ministry of Finance (MoF) to finalise the funding.

Come Friday at 8 pm, the National Cultural Centre is the venue for ‘Piano Improvisations: An Evening With Dr Patricia Cambridge.’

The biggest annual softball tournament in the Caribbean, the annual Guyana Softball Cup tournament, organized by the Guyana Floodlight Softball Cricket Association (GFSCA), will take place November 4-6 at the Demerara Cricket Club ground.

The government is repurposing land previously identified for the 1,000 Homes Project, launched under the former administration, to construct apartment buildings, duplexes and condominiums.

MANILA,  (Reuters) – Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte appeared to liken himself to Nazi leader Adolf Hitler yesterday and said he would “be happy” to exterminate 3 million drug users and peddlers in the country.

The newly crowned Miss Guyana Talented Teen Alia Wong was recently presented with her first prize of day trip to Arrow Point Nature Resort compliments of the Roraima Group of Companies and other prizes compliments of Nayelli Beauty Salon, Moi Tori Boutique and Upper Level Boutique.

Dear Editor, After fifteen months in office, Guyanese in the diaspora who helped the APNU+AFC be elected to office are today frustrated and disappointed by the manner in which they are being treated by the Government of Guyana.

Jairam Chaitram, 18, one of the four persons charged with the murders of three persons, including a teenage boy at Mibicuri, attempted to break out of the New Amsterdam Prison on Tuesday.

Dear Editor, The recent advertisement by the Ministry of Communities inviting developers to submit expressions of interest for affordable housing demands pause for thought. 

Two Emmy nominated documentaries are among 11 that are scheduled to be showcased on HBO every Monday from 21:00 hrs beginning October 3 and ending December 5.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Democrat Hillary Clinton has a 5 percentage point lead over Republican Donald Trump in the U.S.

Soft Drinks Plant Thursday defeated Trisco/Novelty by nine wickets when the Banks DIH Limited GT Beer Inter-Department tapeball tournament continued at the Thirst park ground.

Two teens were yesterday remanded to prison after being charged with two counts of robbery, including a carjacking.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, (Reuters) – Hurricane Matthew surged in power yesterday to become the Caribbean’s first major hurricane in four years as it moved towards Jamaica and Cuba with winds of up to 150 miles per hour (240 kph) powerful enough to wreck houses, forecasters said.

SHARJAH, United Arab Emirates, CMC – Batting legend, Sir Vivian Richards, says all does not appear to be well in the West Indies dressing room and believes someone needs to show leadership in order to arrest the current rut.

Dear Editor I have not written to the press for a long time. 

This month marks 25 years since HBO has been providing programming to Latin America and the Caribbean and to celebrate, it offers a series of special programming events throughout the month.

(Trinidad Guardian) Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley is dismissing claims by President Anthony Carmona that he (Rowley) consented to National Security Minister Edmund Dillon meeting with him on September 5.

Dear Editor,                    In 2011 former Chief Justice (ag) Ian Chang in his ruling on the Angela Haniff v GCB application for an injunction stated that the government through its Ministry/Minister of Sport should install an Interim Management Committee (IMC) as a short-term measure, and legislation as the long-term remedy for the escalating cricket crisis.

LONDON,  (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – The U.N. Human Rights Council yesterday appointed its first independent investigator to help protect homosexual and transgender people worldwide from violence and discrimination.

(Trinidad Express)  Rich folks, get ready to pay more. Finance Minister Colm Imbert announced during the reading of the 2016-2017 Budget yesterday that anyone making over $1 million in income annually will pay a 30 per cent personal tax.

PRETORIA,  (Reuters) – South Africa opener Quinton de Kock hit a masterful 178 runs in a comfortable six-wicket victory over top-ranked Australia yesterday in the first one-day international of the five-match series.

(Trinidad Express) A Brooklyn man originally from Trinidad was arrested at New York’s JFK International airport when he allegedly attempted to smuggle a kilo of cocaine packed into fudge candy.

Guest column by Durwin Humphrey* In Guyana and across the Caribbean, many Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) are dying because they cannot generate enough funds to support the work they do.

(Reuters) – The chief justice of Alabama’s Supreme Court was effectively ousted yesterday by a judicial panel that found he unethically resisted U.S.

Dear Editor, Since the PPP/C demitted office, the present regime has conducted several forensic audits, using firms and individuals that have expressed political opposition to the PPP/C, and even hostility.

Earlier this week the Syrian pro-democracy and media activist Rami Jarrah used the word “holocaust” to describe the carnage underway in parts of Syria.

Yesterday, the Ministry of Education held its annual Attendance and Punctuality Award Ceremony at the St.

Thirty-four women from 34 villages along the Essequibo Coast can now consider themselves budding business persons after having successfully completed the 7th training session of the Self Reliance and Success in Business workshop, a release from the Ministry of the Presidency said.