Daily Archive: Tuesday, November 1, 2016

(Reuters) – Low gas prices and President Barack Obama’s high approval ratings are key factors that favor Democrat Hillary Clinton winning the White House in next week’s election, according to a model from Moody’s Analytics that has accurately predicted the last nine U.S.

Under the Government’s new model for housing, the construction of 5,000 apartments/duplexes with infrastructural work for low income households will cost $50b, according to the CH&PA.

(Reuters) – Kraigg Brathwaite carried his bat for an unbeaten 142 to put West Indies in a strong position to beat Pakistan in the third and final test in Sharjah on Tuesday.

(Trinidad Guardian) Newly-appointed Works and Transport Minister Rohan Sinanan says he is humbled by the confidence placed in him by Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley “to run one of the largest ministries at a time when the country needs the Ministry of Works to get going.”

Michael Caesar, one of the five men committed to stand trial for the murders of 12 persons at Bartica in 2008, is now awaiting sentence after pleading guilty to the lesser count of manslaughter yesterday.

Police in Port Kaituma, North West District are currently probing an incident where an unidentified aircraft was observed “circling” in Port Kaituma airspace last Thursday.

Minister of Communities Ronald Bulkan has said that in his preliminary opinion the motion in the name of PPP/C MP Irfaan Ali calling for an immediate forensic audit into the Georgetown City Council including the controversial parking meter project, “lacks jurisdiction.”

The Guyana Police Force has taken some responsibility for last Friday’s fatal crash involving a lorry and a minibus along the Linden-Soesdyke Highway in which two persons died, admitting that there was a lapse in Standard Operating Procedures (SOP).

Acting Commissioner of Police David Ramnarine yesterday disclosed that in an effort to better serve the Berbice area, almost $4 million will be spend to operationalize mounted patrols at Black Bush Polder and its environs out of the Mibicuri Police station.

Charges will be laid out today against the bus driver who allegedly assaulted a handicapped man in the vicinity of the Demerara Harbour Bridge, according to acting Police Commissioner David Ramnarine.

Former Speaker of the National Assembly, Ralph Ramkarran and columnist, Anand Goolsarran have chided Finance Minister, Winston Jordan for his attack on Auditor General (AG) Deodat Sharma and his report on the public accounts for 2015.

Three years after it was closed under the former administration the toll booth at the Kara Kara Bridge reopened yesterday, in a bid to increase the revenue in Linden.

Clifton Graham was yesterday cleared of the charge of murdering taxi driver Rawlston Bernard Henry, after Justice Roxane George directed a jury to return a formal verdict of not guilty.

SHARJAH, United Arab Emirates, CMC – Phlegmatic opener Kraigg Brathwaite marched to within touching distance of his fifth Test hundred as he spearheaded a West Indies fightback against Pakistan on the second day of the final Test here yesterday.

A man and a woman charged with carjacking a taxi driver at Diamond, East Bank Demerara, where they were allegedly caught after other operators foiled their getaway, were yesterday remanded to prison.

WJ Enterprise is the latest sponsor of this weekend’s Guyana Softball Cup 6 championship following the presentation of a cheque to the Guyana Floodlights Softball Cricket Association yesterday at the company’s Regent Street location.

Police yesterday requested additional time to complete statements to be served to Anjanie Boodnarine, the wife of convicted drug lord Barry Dataram, who is facing charges of forgery, fleeing the jurisdiction and leaving the country illegally.

The Guyana Police Force, over a three-month period, has received 154 complaints against officers, six of whom were dismissed during last month, while five were transferred to other locations pending investigations into police misconduct.

When the final bell chimed at this year’s Terrence Alli National Open Championships on Sunday night at the National Gymnasium, Joel Williamson and the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) took home the marquee trophies.

An 11-year-old boy is currently in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of a Brazilian hospital after being involved an incident with a car at Lethem.

Half centuries from Chandrapaul Hemraj and Robin Bacchus steadied the Chris Barnwell XI innings at the end of day one against Vishaul Singh XI, in the Guyana Jaguars four-day practice match which commenced yesterday at the Everest Ground.

Dear Editor, I refer to a letter by former local government Minister Mr Norman Whittaker, captioned, ‘A guide for citizens, local gov’t officers on the budget process for municipalities, NDCs,’ (SN, Oct 21).

When the 11th Parliament meets for its 45th sitting this Friday the government side of the house will be called on to inform the public about all aspects of the D’Urban Park Development Project.

Caribbean U11 champion Kaysan Ninvalle added another medal to his collection after copping bronze at the U11 World Hopes Latin American Table Tennis selection and training camp in Lima, Peru, recently.

Dear Editor, It is injurious to public understanding and to truth-seeking that the terms ‘a militarised state’ and ‘the militarisation of the state’ have been so recklessly thrown into our political discourse. 

(The Sports Xchange) – Russell Westbrook recorded his second consecutive triple-double to lead the Oklahoma City Thunder to a 113-96 victory over the Los Angeles Lakers Sunday at the Chesapeake Energy Arena.

Dear Editor, GuySuCo: what to do about it?  What is the best way, the least painless way, to proceed? 

Two armed bandits stormed a cellphone shop located on Albert Street yesterday morning and made off with a quantity of cellphones and watches, the total value of which is so far unknown.

Dear Editor, I grew up in Linden. Many people in Linden have lost a relative or a friend through an accident on the Linden Highway.

HARARE, (Reuters) – Captain Graeme Cremer scored his maiden test century yesterday to help Zimbabwe avoid the follow-on as they scored 373 in reply to Sri Lanka’s 537 in the first test.

A father of six, implicated in two armed robberies on the East Bank Demerara, was yesterday remanded to prison after denying the charges in a city court.

A century by skipper Alphius Bookie led Christ Church to victory over Richard Ishmael in the rescheduled North Georgetown zone semi-final yesterday at Guyana National Industrial Corpora-tion (GNIC) ground as the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB)/ National Secondary Schools Cricket League (NSSCL) continued.

A Laing Avenue youth was yesterday charged with stealing a ring and cash, valued at $1 million in total, from his boss.

Dear Editor, The letter captioned ‘Ministry obligated to adhere to World Bank’s guidelines for selection of consultants’ written by Charles Sohan and published in the Stabroek News of October 31, provides an opportunity for Ground Structures Engineering Consultants (GSEC) to provide clarity on the Ministry of Agriculture (MoA) evaluation process.

Dear Editor, I regret to inform you that at last Friday’s AFC press conference (October 28) I inadvertently stated that “ SOCU”  had visited the offices of the Ministry of Public Telecommunications in relation to  investigations into the results of the audit of the NFMU. 

MEXICO CITY, (Reuters) – Lewis Hamilton accepts he is more likely to lose the Formula One title than win it, even if he is giving it his best shot, but failure will hurt less than in 2007 when he missed out by a single point.

Truck driver Roopnarine Hardiwar, who was on trial for causing the incident at Pearl, East Bank Demerara that left a pedal cyclist dead in 2014, was yesterday found guilty and sentenced to three years in jail.

Doing homework: A young resident of ‘E’ Field Sophia engrossed in his schoolbook yesterday afternoon, while an adult and a smaller child sit close by.

EAST OF MOSUL, Iraq (Reuters) – Advancing Iraqi troops broke through Islamic State defences in an eastern suburb of Mosul yesterday, taking the battle for the insurgents’ stronghold into the city limits for the first time, a force commander said.

The police have not yet made any arrests in relation to the last Thursday’s drive-by shooting in Sophia during which Kevin Inniss was shot dead and his friend injured.

Dear Editor, A letter was published in Stabroek News dated October 28, 2016 under the caption ‘Cabinet meetings must not be held at Camp Ayanganna’.

CARACAS (Reuters) – A senior US diplomat yesterday met with Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro as part of an effort to support dialogue between the government and the opposition amid an escalating political standoff and a worsening economic crisis.

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, CMC – Head coach Graeme West believes West Indies A’s resounding success in the one-day series against Sri Lanka is testament to the quality of players in the Caribbean first class system, and a reminder of the importance of playing more cricket outside of the region.

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich/KENT, Ohio (Reuters) – Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump called Democratic rival Hillary Clinton a threat to the country yesterday, saying that if she is elected a probe into her emails could shadow her entire term in office, as the latest Reuters/Ipsos poll showed Clinton’s lead narrowing slightly.

Oral Health Month is being launched today with an Oral Health Fair and free dental treatment.

Dear Editor, The letter of Malika Ramsey, who is also one of Minister of State Joe Harmon’s media/press personnel, shed some insight on the government communication strategy that contributes to negative perceptions and angst among the people, and allows the opposition PPP/C to walk all over the leadership (‘Press release on meeting with ministers came from PNCR headquarters’ SN, October 31, 2016).

SHARJAH, United Arab Emirates, CMC – Vice-captain Kraigg Brathwaite says his partnership with captain Jason Holder today will be key to West Indies taking control of the third and final Test against Pakistan.

PARIS (Reuters) – French riot police swooped on a makeshift migrant camp in northeast Paris yesterday, sparking a brief standoff at a site where numbers have soared since the closure of the Jungle shanty town in the northern port city of Calais.

CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuelan food company Polar, the South American nation’s largest private firm, yesterday denounced harassment by state intelligence agents who have been stationed at the gates of its headquarters since late last week.

LONDON, (Reuters) – British Cycling’s former technical director Shane Sutton insists he is not a sexist and denies ever telling rider Jess Varnish to ‘go and have a baby’ after she was dropped from the team.

The Saraswati Vidya Niketan, on Friday, benefited from a donation of 284 books from the High Commission of India.

Dear Editor, The very fact that so many die needlessly on the roads, and hundreds are seriously injured every year is tantamount to a national scandal.

Now that Venezuela’s autocrat Nicolás Maduro has broken the rule of law and closed all avenues to a peaceful resolution of his country’s crisis, there is only one way to prevent a possible bloodbath: an international diplomatic offensive to restore democracy in Venezuela.

Finance Minister Winston Jordan is of the view that the media often provide a quality of reporting that comes up short of what is necessary to enhance public enlightenment on many issues that fall under his portfolio.

BEIRUT (Reuters) – Syria’s army said yesterday the Nusra Front and what the army called other terrorist groups had killed 84 people, mostly women and children, in Aleppo during the past three days, in a bombardment that included chemical weapons and rocket fire.