Daily Archive: Friday, October 21, 2016

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – West Indies Cricket Board president, Dave Cameron, has defended the timing of the decision to sack head coach Phil Simmons, and says he expects the “bold” move by the board to be vindicated in the future.

Often criticised for not responding promptly to crimes because of the lack of mobility, more vehicles have been made available to the police force.

Police say they are investigating the circumstances surrounding the shooting of a male juvenile, who allegedly committed a crime of Simple Larceny, in the compound of Republic Bank Limited at Waterloo and New Market Streets, Georgetown, early this morning.

CARACAS, (Reuters) – Outraged opposition leaders vowed today to focus their battle to remove socialist President Nicolas Maduro on peaceful street protests after judicial and electoral authorities shot down their drive for a referendum against him.

(Trinidad Guardian) Soca superstar Machel Montano says a story circulating online that he was arrested at the John F Kennedy Airport in New York in relation to a drug seizure is completely fake.

A father of two succumbed at the Georgetown Public Hospital yesterday after being shot during an armed robbery at Herstelling, East Bank Demerara, in the wee hours of the morning.

Embattled Chairman of the Public Service Commission (PSC) Carvil Duncan has secured temporary court orders to halt the work of the tribunal set up to investigate whether he ought to be removed from the post.

The Guyana Power and Light (GPL) is in the process of procuring a 1.7-megawatt generating set for Bartica, Region Seven which has suffered lengthy power outages after its three generators malfunctioned.

Hubert Nathaniel Bartholomew and Rushelle Gittens, who were charged last year with having over a kilo and a half of marijuana for trafficking at their Charlestown home, were sentenced to five years in jail yesterday.

Most of the nation’s premier sporting venues will be buzzing with activities starting today as Guyana lock horns with Suriname in this year’s Inter Guiana Goodwill Games.

Former President Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday be-moaned crime here saying that from his comparative analysis of his party’s governance to the current APNU+AFC-led government, the situation is worse.

With Barama Company Limited not seeking a renewal of its forest concession agreement, the Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR) yesterday said it would be embarking on an assessment of the 25-year-old investment to citizens.

A Corentyne man who allegedly stabbed the mother of his children to death on Monday afternoon has been charged.

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates, CMC – West Indies will be looking to draw confidence from their encouraging outing in last week’s first Test and avoid yet another series defeat, when they take on Pakistan in the second Test starting here today.

The Guyana Cricket Board’s (GCB) National Secondary School Cricket League (NSSCL) continued yesterday with wins for Richard Ishmael, St Stanislaus, Friendship and Hope.

Workers from six of the seven sugar estates again staged picketing exercises yesterday after learning that the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) would not be paying any increase in wages and salaries again this year.

With the Guyana Open tournament approaching, Demerara Mutual Insurance Company has endorsed a one-day tournament for tomorrow at the Lusignan Golf Course.

Rayon Jones, who was charged with the murder of Madewini mechanic Puranand Baljit, was yesterday committed to stand trial for the crime.

Despite concluding the inaugural season during the month of May 2016, the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) is unsure of the start date for the Stag Beer Elite League second season.

Despite being tightlipped about his involvement with an Elite League club, Canadian Hall of Famer Alex Bunbury officially confirmed he has been appointed President of the Tucville based outfit Fruta Conquerors.

Over a month after police said they were advised by the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) to proceed with a cocaine trafficking charge against United Kingdom-based Guyanese Vanessa Moore, they reported yesterday that they have since been advised to withdraw it.

The trial of Jahryl Reid, who is accused of murdering Mabura businessman Colin McLean, will commence this morning at 9 before Justice Jo-Ann Barlow and a 12-member jury at the High Court in Georgetown.

Another round in the Stag Beer sponsored West Demerara Football Association Senior League continues this weekend at the Den Amstel Commun-ity ground.

Not for the first time in recent years, a leading local business support organization (BSO) has voiced its concern that the crime level could prove to be a serious deterrent to Guyana’s attractiveness as an investment locale.

The recalcitrant posture of the majority Russian-owned Bauxite Company of Guyana Inc (BCGI) towards the right of their employees to be affiliated to trade unions of their choice has now become “a stern test case” for government “that could now present itself as a measuring rod for determining its own commitment to protecting workers rights…,” General Secretary of the Guyana Trades Union Congress (GTUC) Lincoln Lewis has said.

After initial “teething problems,” Chairman of the Mon Repos/La Reconnaissance Neighbourhood Democratic Council (NDC) Ayube Mohammed says the council has gotten work done, including improving garbage collection.

The national men’s rugby team will be playing Jamaica, Turks and Caicos, and Martinique in Group D in the upcoming Rugby America’s North (RAN) 7s championship.

Berbice and Distribution Warehouse secured lopsided wins over Trisco and Central Service respectively when the Banks DIH Limited (Ltd) GT Beer Inter-Department Tape Ball Cricket Championship continued on Wednesday.

On Tuesday October 18, the Stabroek News’s editorial titled ‘Crime statistics and public security’ raised the issue of the relevance of the crime figures routinely published by the Guyana Police Force (GPF) in the context of the role that the figures play in helping the public to arrive at a reliable assurance regarding just how safe we are.

A team from the Ophthalmological Society of the West Indies (OSWI) is  currently in Guyana and will be doing two corneal transplants, GINA reported.

Ahead of the opening session for the first ever Coconut Festival to be held in Guyana this evening, farmers/producers raised the issue about the supply of coconuts  for their business and the state of old plantations.

Following Jamaal Shabazz’s announcement that he will stepping down from the helm of the Golden Jaguars, former Guyana Football Federation (GFF) Vice President Ivan Persaud said he is open to the idea of coaching the senior setup.

DAMBULLA, Sri Lanka,CMC – Off-spinner Rahkeem Cornwall made key strikes to limit Sri Lanka A after West Indies A’s batting collapsed, but the hosts held the edge heading into today’s final day of the third and final four-day “Test” here.

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(Reuters) – Moeen Ali survived five reviews in his charmed innings as he and Jonny Bairstow helped England overcome their spin discomfort and post 258-7 in the first test against Bangladesh on Thursday.

A lack of sustained attention to the economic potential of the local beekeeping industry continues to stunt its growth and cause the country to “miss out” on a multi-million dollar sector, according to Vice President of the National Apiculture Society (NAS) Linden Stewart.

BEIJING,  (Reuters) – Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte announced his “separation” from the United States yesterday, declaring he had realigned with China as the two agreed to resolve their South China Sea dispute through talks.

A man is now critical at the Georgetown Public Hospital after he was beaten by another man with a cricket bat.

NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – Captain Kane Williamson struck the first hundred for New Zealand on their tour of India to set up a thrilling six-run victory in the second one-day international and end his side’s winless run.

The East Bank Berbice corridor is dotted with farmers who ply their trade with a sense of purpose, cognizant of the fact that while farming can be a profitable pursuit, you get out of it only as much as you put into it. 

EAST AND NORTH OF MOSUL, Iraq,  (Reuters) – The offensive to seize back Mosul from Islamic State is going faster than planned, Iraq’s prime minister said yesterday, as Iraqi and Kurdish forces launched a new military operation to clear villages on the city’s outskirts.

Dear Editor, With Diwali approaching, once again pandits in Guyana are feuding in the print media over the correct date of the public holiday to celebrate this auspicious festival.

The Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) says it will provide technical help to the community of Kamarang following an outbreak of diarrhoea which has been blamed on the lack of potable water.

CARACAS,  (Reuters) – Venezuela’s electoral council last night suspended the next phase of a recall referendum against unpopular President Nicolas Maduro, drawing fire from the opposition.

RIO DE JANEIRO, (Reuters) – Brazilian prosecutors said yesterday they charged 22 people, 21 of them with qualified homicide, for their roles in the collapse of a tailings dam at the Samarco Mineração SA iron ore mine last November that killed 19 people.

This article is being published by the Stabroek Business as a service to the secretariat organizing the October 21-23 Coconut Festival being held at the Arthur Chung Convention Centre.

The Guyana Rice Development Board (GRDB) yesterday re-launched its website during a ceremony in the Ministry of Agriculture’s Boardroom.

Dear Editor, The Budget as an economic tool for the effective and efficient management of community resources.

NEW YORK,(Reuters) – A former sports marketing executive arrested last year during a U.S.

LONDON/OSLO,  (Reuters) – Oil majors including Statoil, Shell and Chevron are experimenting with various technologies, from drones and drill design to data management, to drive down costs and weather a deep downturn.

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Dear Editor, Sometimes, when praising a person’s achievements, it is worth mentioning where that person was born and raised, as with the late CANU Prosecutor, who was born and raised in Dartmouth.

The Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR) and the Guyana Forestry Commission (GFC) are engaged in active discussions with Demerara Timbers Limited (DTL) as it relates to the operations of the Company, the renewal of its Timber Sales Agreement (TSA) and the company honouring its financial obligations to the Guyana Forestry Commission.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Ian Drake, the man who has presided over a golden era for British Cycling, is to step down as chief executive of the governing body in April, according to media reports on Thursday.

CARACAS,  (Reuters) – Dialogue between Venezuela’s feuding leftist government and the opposition will be a slow and difficult process but it must not be abandoned, the country’s newly-named Roman Catholic Cardinal Baltazar Porras said yesterday.

CARACAS, (Reuters) – Former PDVSA President Rafael Ramirez denied as “irresponsible lies” a Venezuelan congressional investigation accusing the state oil company of corruption to the tune of $11 billion during his decade-long tenure.

Dear Editor, It was my misfortune to have visited the Ministry of Finance’s Student Loan Agency on the Turkeyen Campus of the University of Guyana October 19, 2016.

(BBC) Top Bollywood director Karan Johar promised to not to work with Pakistani actors in the future after a right-wing group threatened to attack cinemas screening his latest movie starring Pakistani actor Fawad Khan.

A miner was yesterday fined $25,000 by a city magistrate after he pleaded guilty to assaulting another man.

MILAN,(Reuters) – Juventus goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon has railed against the influx of Far East money into Serie A and said the sales of Inter Milan and AC Milan to Chinese investors are a defeat for Italian football.

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WASHINGTON/DELAWARE, Ohio, (Reuters) – Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump said rsday he would accept the result of the Nov.

Dear Editor, The letter by Derrick Cummings: `Naked abuse of power on Demerara Harbour Bridge’ S.N

Firstly, I am aware of the numerous analyses, predictions and conclusions being published daily regarding this 2016 (unconventional) election campaign now raging in the USA.I

Recent media coverage highlighting the bleak conditions under which some residents of Lombard Street are living has triggered, yet again, discussions on the high level of material and social deprivation endured by these residents while living in the capital city, and the challenges associated with achieving the goal of poverty alleviation generally.

BRASILIA, (Reuters) – Eduardo Cunha, the former head of Brazil’s lower house of Congress who led the impeachment drive against former President Dilma Rousseff, was arrested yesterday on corruption charges.

(Reuters) – Two doses of a vaccine that protects against cervical and several other types of cancer are enough for 11-to 12-year-olds, rather than the previous three-shot regimen, the U.S.

A sustainable economic base is needed for the development of Guyana and the wider Caribbean Minister of Finance Winston Jordan says, according to GINA.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Premier League club Hull City have declined to comment on the status of a 130 million pound ($160 million) takeover proposal from a group listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Slain rapper Tupac Shakur, pop star Janet Jackson and protest singer Joan Baez were among 19 musicians nominated on Tuesday for induction in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

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