Daily Archive: Tuesday, October 4, 2016

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates, CMC- Manager of the West Indies team on tour of the United Arab Emirates, Joel Garner, has strongly rejected as “misleading” claims of disorganization in the regional side from veteran all-rounder Dwayne Bravo.

The Traffic Chief is investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of an elderly female pedestrian which occurred about 11:30 h today, on the Vreed-en-Hoop Public Road, W.C.D,

The Minister within the Ministry of Education, Nicolette Henry (second from right) received a courtesy call yesterday from the Mexican Ambassador, Ivan Roberto Sierra Medel (left) and the two visiting archiving experts Erick Cardoso Espinoza, Information Technology Director of the National Archives of Mexico and Sebastian Alcerreca Alcocer, Technical Software Development Manager of the National Archives of Mexico.

Yesterday, members of the Private Sector Commission (PSC) headed by Chair, Agriculture Sub-Committee  Annette Arjoon-Martins met with Agriculture Minister, Noel Holder, Permanent Secretary, George Jervis and Heads of Department within the Ministry of Agriculture to looks at ways in which future collaborating can be afforded to further push Agriculture in the Region.

The Office of the Opposition today lamented what it said was the “immoral” delay by the government in swearing in the members of the Public Procurement Commission.

LES CAYES, Haiti, (Reuters) – The fiercest Caribbean storm in almost a decade battered Haiti’s southwest coast with 145 mile-per-hour (230 kph) winds and surging seas that flooded coastal towns on Tuesday, tearing at trees and rooftops before moving out to sea.

Days after they apparently skipped the jurisdiction, embarrassing the authorities, the police this afternoon issued a wanted bulletin for drug trafficker Barry Dataram and his wife, Anjanie.

MUMBAI,  (Reuters) – The reputation of the Indian cricket board (BCCI) has been ruined by the freezing of its bank accounts, its president Anurag Thakur said on Tuesday, after a Supreme Court-appointed panel blocked it from making two payments to its state units.

(Reuters) – Tropical storm Nicole has formed about 525 miles (840 kilometers) northeast of San Juan in Puerto Rico, the U.S.

In an historic decision, the Bid Protest Committee (BPC) has ruled in favour of Puran Brothers Disposal in relation to an appeal by Cevons Waste Management over the award of a $221m one-year contract for the management of the Haags Bosch Landfill site.

The three sugar unions: GAWU, NAACIE and the GLU in a joint statement today expressed disappointment at the content of a meeting they had with GuySuCo on September 29 on the future of the industry.

(Jamaica Observer) The Meteorological Service last evening placed Jamaica on a tropical storm warning, saying that the island is now expected to be outside the range of hurricane-force winds associated with Hurricane Matthew, but likely to experience tropical storm conditions.

LES CAYES, Haiti, (Reuters) – The fiercest Caribbean storm in almost a decade ripped into Haiti’s southwestern peninsula early today, packing 145 mile-per-hour (230 kph) winds and storm surges that killed at least one person and damaged homes.

University of Guyana (UG) Vice-Chancellor Professor Ivelaw Griffith has committed to seek to reverse a recent decision to implement an annual 5% increase in tuition fees from the 2016/2017 academic year.

Frustration stemming from months of delayed salary payments led City Council workers to protest for the removal of Town Clerk Royston King yesterday.

Workers of Demerara Timbers Limited (DTL), located at Mabura Hill, Region 10, yesterday staged a protest outside the company’s head office in Georgetown to press for salary increases they have been expecting since last year.

The police have recovered the car used to carry out Sunday evening’s attempted robbery outside the Demerara Bank at Camp Street and South Road, during which a Professional Guard Service (PGS) guard was shot and two others were grazed by bullets.

Ninety-seven workers of the Wales Estate are expected to be paid their severance benefits on Friday following the conclusion of a court case last week.

A decision by the United Kingdom last year to restrict greenheart purchases from Guyana has had a negative impact and government and the private sector are working together to gain re-entry to that market.

Next year seems brighter for the dismally resourced Government Analyst Food and Drug Department (GA-FDD) as the APNU+AFC administration has budgeted funds that would enable the agency to acquire its own office and laboratories and fulfil its vast mandate, Director Marlan Cole, says.

The Stabroek Market clock is likely to start ticking again in time to ring in the New Year as its rehabilitation is expected to be finished by December 31.

Two stakeholders are hoping that the other members of the committee behind this month’s Coconut Festival will review their decision to have alcoholic beverages sold at the event as they believe this will take away from its educational objective.

Colonel George Lewis was yesterday promoted to the rank of Brigadier before being sworn in as the new Chief of Staff of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) by President David Granger.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, CMC – Shai Hope and Leon Johnson warmed up for the Test series against Pakistan later this month with half-centuries on the opening day of their two-day tour game against an Emirates Cricket Board XI here yesterday.

There are exactly 41 Education Welfare Officers, providing information, advice, guidance and support to the nearly 190,000 children in the 970 public schools across the country.

RT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Veteran West Indies all-rounder Dwayne Bravo yesterday revealed that the West Indies Cricket Board’s decision to axe “trusted” head coach Phil Simmons on the day of the squad’s departure for Dubai, had left the Caribbean side demoralized for the ongoing limited overs tour against Pakistan.

Seion Odinga Brammer, who is currently on trial for possession for ganja trafficking, has told a court that he only claimed the drugs belonged to him because the arresting officers told him that if he didn’t his mother would go down as well.

SHARJAH, United Arab Emirates, CMC – Legendary Pakistan fast bowler, Waqar Younis, believes Kieron Pollard is hurting West Indies team morale with his lackadaisical approach and should be axed for tomorrow’s final One-Day International against Pakistan.

Cabinet has granted its no-objection to $90.8 million for community roads at Yarrowkabra, Linden/Soesdyke Highway and $40 million for rip-rap sea defences at Aurora, Essequibo Coast.

KOLKATA, (Reuters) – India crushed New Zealand by 178 runs in the second test yesterday to clinch the three-match series and reclaim top spot in the world rankings from Pakistan.

The police were up to yesterday afternoon working to enhance camera footage obtained in an effort to identify the man who shot and injured a young couple on Saturday evening.

Mackenzie High, Marian Academy, Plaisance and St. Rose’s sealed contrasting quarterfinal victories in the U16 section when the National School Basketball Festival continued on Sunday at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.

Dear Editor, The move by the government to compulsorily acquire a piece of private property at the corner of Middle and Carmichael streets, in the heart of Georgetown, under the Acquisition of Land for Public Purposes Act, has sent chills down the spines of right-thinking Guyanese, especially property owners.

A teen, who is facing several charges of robbery, was yesterday remanded to prison by a city magistrate after he denied a new armed robbery charge.

Dear Editor, I read that Mr Peter Persaud claimed that the Regional Democratic Council, Region 9 is not in favour of the proposed bridge across the Tabatinga Creek (‘Tabatinga bridge not needed’, SN, October 3).

Woman Candidate Master (WCM) Sheriffa Ali is the sole leader after three rounds of the Guyana Chess Federation’s junior qualification tournament following two wins Sunday.

Transport Sports Club (TSC) won one match and lost the other last weekend as the Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA) division-two, limited overs competition continued.

Dear Editor, This is a public appeal for the relevant authorities to intervene in a situation of gross negligence in South Ruimveldt Gardens.

Crown Mining Company has made attempts to remove the sunken dredge from the Mazaruni River and the salvager is expected to provide an assessment report by the middle of the week.

Dear Editor, It may be opportune while government procurement is topical, to remind all stakeholders that the Small Business Act No 2/2004 of the Laws of Guyana (Section 11(1) provides (inter alia), that government shall use its best efforts to ensure that at least twenty per cent of the procurement of its goods and services is obtained from small businesses, annually.

Guyanese educationist Carmen E Jarvis will launch her autobiography tomorrow at the Georgetown Club at 5:30 pm.

ST  JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Experienced seamer and vice-captain, Shakera Selman, has been left out of a 13-member West Indies Women’s squad named on Monday for the first three One-Day Internationals of the five-match series against England Women starting next weekend in Jamaica.

Dear Editor, I hear that diaspora members are disappointed at not being called by the government. 

Uitvlugt maintained their unbeaten record in the Stag Beer sponsored West Demerara Football Association (WDFA) Senior League, riddling Jetty Gunners 10-0 Sunday at the Den Amstel ground.

Four of the five persons who were arrested late last week in connection with the fatal shooting outside the Rio Inn Nightclub remain in custody as the probe continues.

SEPANG, Malaysia, (Reuters) – A fuming Lewis Hamilton was left to wonder whether “the man above or a higher power” was conspiring to deny him a fourth Formula One title after a blown engine forced him to retire while leading yesterday’s Malaysian Grand Prix.

Dear Editor, I do not agree with the conclusion of some experts that unproven legalities and a supposed lack of sustainability within our forest sector is why Guyanese timbers cannot be used in government procurement projects in the UK.

A couple yesterday appear-ed before a city court on a charge that they defrauded a supplier of over half a million worth of groceries.

No arrest has been made as yet in the attack on a Herstelling, East Bank Demerara, family that was robbed last Thursday.

BOGOTA, (Reuters) – FIFA president Gianni Infantino, whose election promises included expanding the World Cup finals to 40 countries, yesterday proposed an even larger tournament involving 48 teams.

Dear Editor, It was roughly 15 months ago that Mr David Granger became the first member of the military to become president of Guyana.

(Reuters) – Andy Murray begins his late-season assault on Novak Djokovic’s world number one ranking at the China Open this week hoping to take a chunk out of the 4,695-point gap separating them.

The Office of the Presidential Advisor on Youth Empowerment, in collaboration with the Department of Culture, Youth and Sport, concluded its Sixth Youth Leadership Training Programme last week.

Dear Editor, I cancelled my December trip to Guyana with Dynamic after seeing many complaints from customers on Better Business Bureau (BBB) websites.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Durham have been stripped of their status as a test match venue and relegated to the second division of the English county championship after receiving a 3.8 million-pound ($4.9 million) bailout from the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB).

Students of the Freeburg Secondary School are the recipients of a newly refurbished library space and reading room, thanks to Nulli Secundus, a youth group stemming from the Wortmanville Assemblies of God Church.

Dear Editor, I note with interest, our President’s observation to the effect that more resources are needed to fight the drug/narco business.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States broke off talks with Russia yesterday on implementing a ceasefire agreement in Syria and accused Moscow of not living up to its commitments under the Septem-ber 9 deal to halt fighting and ensure aid reached besieged communities.

Acting Police Commissioner David Ramnarine said last Friday that the police investigation into the 2015 gunning down of political activist Courtney Crum-Ewing is still very much alive.

(BBC) Bangladesh have recalled fast bowler Al-Amin Hossain for the first two of their three one-day internationals against England.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – US officials are doing their best to ignore Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s hostile rhetoric and taking comfort in the fact that he has yet to translate his words into less military cooperation.

Dear Editor, As a bouncy, past three-score-and-ten citizen, I was delighted to read the nicely written letter by Everette De Leon, Chairperson of The National Commission for the elderly. 

DUBAI (Reuters) – Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani told his Venezuelan counterpart Nicolás Maduro in a phone call that it was essential for oil producing countries to take a decision to raise the price of oil and stabilise the market, Iranian state news agency IRNA said.

The verdict in Maria Sharapova’s appeal against a two-year doping ban will be announced by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) today.

Dear Editor, Without the consent and cooperation of the board of directors, the dissolution of the WICB is a very long-term proposition.

With the increased flow of information between the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) and local law enforcement agencies, US Ambassador to Guyana Perry Holloway says he expects there will be “a lot more good news.”

BOGOTA (Reuters) – Colombia’s government and Marxist guerrillas scrambled yesterday to revive a plan to end their 52-year war after voters rejected the hard-negotiated deal as too lenient on the rebels in a shock referendum result that plunged the nation into uncertainty.

BRUSSELS/KABUL (Reuters) – World powers will convene on Brussels today to raise billions more dollars for Afghanistan to keep the country running until 2020, but the bigger prize would be a peace deal after almost four decades of conflict.

Despite a lawyer’s desperate plea for bail, her client was remanded to prison on a charge of trafficking over 300 grammes of weed in the interior.

BUENOS AIRES — Judging from what I heard in recent interviews with several Latin American presidents, a victory by Donald Trump in the November 8 election would chill US-Latin American ties, moving even the most pro-American presidents in the region to distance themselves from the United States.

ROME (Reuters) – About 6,055 migrants were rescued yesterday as they tried to reach Europe on about 40 boats, one of the highest numbers in a single day, Italy’s coast guard said.

Dear Editor, While I wholeheartedly laud the recent efforts of acting Police Commis-sioner David Ramnarine regarding the combatting of corruption in the Police Force namely, the dismissal of thirty officers, my optimism was somewhat short lived.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Britain’s world heavyweight champion Tyson Fury said he was now “here to stay” just hours after announcing his retirement from boxing yesterday.

BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazil’s municipal elections showed that new parties have failed to capitalize on voters’ disenchantment with a corruption-tainted political establishment, making it unlikely an outsider will win the 2018 presidential poll.

Quite what possessed the authorities at the Santa Rosa Secondary School to strip search female students in relation to the matter of a missing sum of money is unclear.