Daily Archive: Friday, November 4, 2016

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – After more than five-decades in Hollywood, Oscar-winning director Warren Beatty was honoured by The Museum of the Moving Image in New York on Wednesday ahead of his first film in 15 years.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad,  CMC – The West Indies Cricket Board has refused to confirm whether marquee batsman Darren Bravo was offered a lower level Grade C central contract for the upcoming year.

The Guyana Lands and Surveys Commission (GL&SC) says it is considering raising land rents as one means of increasing revenue.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates,  CMC – Opener Kraigg Brathwaite’s monumental performance in the third Test against Pakistan has seen him vault into the top 20 of the International Cricket Council Test player rankings.

The Chambers of the Director of Public Prosecutions has condemned a news item in today’s Guyana Chronicle which stated in part that state prosecutors shun highly political cases.

Jaipaul Sharma, Minister within the Ministry of Finance today met with Commissioner of Police Seelall Persaud at the Commissioner of Police’s office to hand over the Final Reports of the Forensic Audits of the Sparendaam Housing Project-(Special Investigation of the Central Housing and Planning Authority) and the Guyana World Cup/Guyana World Cup Inc.

(Trinidad Guardian) The Government has initiated legal action against nine former officials of the Housing Development Corporation (HDC) on allegations of corruption during their tenure.

There will no longer be any action in respect to the compulsory acquisition of two plots of land at Carmichael and Middle streets belonging to High Commissioner to Canada, Clarissa Riehl and her husband and the Beharry Group of Companies, Minister of State Joseph Harmon announced yesterday.

A 19-year-old man was remanded to prison on Monday on a charge of murder over the beating to death of another with a cricket bat.

The bandit who was shot dead on Wednesday morning, after he and another man attempted to break into a Diamond, East Bank Demerara home, has been identified.

  Bartica resident Jaiwattie Singh yesterday recounted a raid by unknown bandits, who riddled her home with bullets on the night of February 17, 2008 and carted off a quantity of gold, and left her family still traumatized to the present day.

The Guyana Water Inc’s (GWI) Chief Internal Auditor  has had his appointment to the position revoked.

The city’s two largest garbage disposal contractors have once again given notice to the Mayor and City Council (M&CC) of their intention to suspend their collection services if they are not paid hundreds of millions owed to them.

The recently established, five-member Public Procurement Commission (PPC) has elected Carol Corbin  as its Chairman and the government will now be relieved of the task of giving its no-objection before contracts are awarded.

A former nursing aide died on Tuesday after undergoing an emergency C-Section at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH).

A minibus driver was remanded to prison yesterday after being charged in a city court with attempted murder.

Four bus sheds, powered by solar panels and equipped with LED lighting, were yesterday commissioned in South Ruimveldt and they are expected to generate revenue to assist in funding community projects, which are being undertaken by the South Ruimveldt Community Management Group.

Vendors and other stakeholders are being assured that works on the Kitty Market will be completed for the Christmas holidays. 

State Minister Joseph Harmon has defended the government’s decision to have Attorney General (AG) Basil Williams advising on the composition of a team of special prosecutors to handle alleged criminal offences connected to the sale of land at the ‘Pradoville 2’ housing scheme, where former President Bharrat Jagdeo and a string of current and former senior officials have homes.

Delon Small, the accused in the murder of Coast Guardsman Kevon Payne, was yesterday committed to stand trial for the crime.

A Golden Grove businessman, who police say was found with a shotgun and matching ammunition, yesterday appeared in court to answer to the charges of illegal firearm and ammunition possession.

A man was set free this week after he was found not guilty of murdering a New Amsterdam taxi driver in 2010.

Sporting a pink t-shirt, with the words “Together let’s fight against cancer,” 12-year-old Shelly Debideen could be found busily assisting the volunteers at a cancer outreach at Kuru Kururu, on the Linden-Soesdyke Highway last month.

By  Zoisa Fraser in Ohio   With five days to go before the gripping US 2016 elections, there is no clear indication as to who will win Ohio, a key battleground state and Ohio State University (OSU) Professor of Constitutional Law, Daniel Tokaji yesterday expressed surprise that Republican candidate Donald Trump has managed to rake in almost as much support as Hillary Clinton, the Democrats’ candidate.

Currently in the eighth year of an entrepreneurial venture that had long been a passion, Andre Cummings is preoccupied with continually raising standards in the local wood products sector.

SHARJAH, United Arab Emirates,  CMC – West Indies halted their luckless run when they convincingly beat Pakistan by five wickets in the third and final Test here Thursday, to record their first Test victory in 19 months and end an otherwise nightmarish tour on a celebratory note.

The Central Housing and Planning Authority (CH&PA) on Wednesday held its second home improvement subsidy distribution in Bartica, Region Seven at the town’s community centre.

The statement that was made by Janiel Howard, one of the three men charged in the Kaieteur News grenade incident, was on Wednesday admitted as evidence by Chief Magistrate,Ann McLennan at the end of the voir dire into the admissibility of the statement.

A new champion will be crowned tonight in the Banks DIH Limited Inter-Department Cricket Championship, as Brewery crushed holders Sales Department by 94 runs in the semi-final round, to setup a meeting with Soft Drink Plant.

It matters not one iota how many media releases laced with warnings of dire consequences for transgressions are issued by the Government Analyst Food and Drugs Department (GA/FDD) regarding the unlawful packaging and repackaging of items of food for sale, for as long as we continue to not get the little things right, we will be compelled to deal with the consequences of our indifference.

Go-Invest “does not currently have the capabilities to design policies or strategies to provide more value-added services to exporters” The full and effective implementation of the five-year Strategic Plan unveiled by the Ministry of Business a week ago will depend on a major initiative designed to undertake a major skills recruitment drive in order to strengthen some of the critical departments within the ministry,

A new town clerk has been appointed for Lethem, Region Nine by the Ministry of Communities.

When the calendar flips to November, Guyana’s speed demons intensify their preparations to defend home turf in the finale of the Caribbean Motor Racing Championships (CMRC).

It should be said at the outset that the private sector’s recent publicly expressed concern that crime, including violent crime, once again appears to be lurching out of control and its demand that there be a concerted official response to push back the current crime wave is entirely appropriate.

Chris Barnwell smoked a belligerent century for his team in the drawn encounter against Vishaul Singh’s XI, as the Guyana Jaguars wrapped up their 4-Day practice game at Everest yesterday.

In excess of 1500 student athletes and teachers from across Guyana will converge in the city to compete in the 56th edition of the National Schools Cycling, Swimming and Track and Field Championships which starts on November 21.

By John N Seeram   I was prompted to pen this brief article following information released by the Ministry of Finance on a $2 billion subsidy for GuySuCo published in Kaieteur News of 28 October 2016.

Dear Editor, We wish to respond to a recently published article concerning the appointment of an interim chairman for the Guyana National Newspapers Limited.

By Vishnu Doerga   Vishnu Doerga is the President of the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry   Putting together the dream team for your business can be as easy as taking an ‘action’ approach rather than the ‘information’ approach.

Dear Editor, My attention was drawn to publications in the media which suggest that the Regional Executive Officer of the Regional Democratic Council Number 5, is attempting to remove over two hundred cash crop farmers from approximately fifty acres of state land situated at Naarstigheid, West Coast Berbice, which are currently occupied by these farmers and upon which they have cultivated cash crops of various kinds.

Former Guyana Football Federation (GFF) President Christopher Matthias says the current impasse between the federation and Elite League clubs Alpha United, Slingerz FC, Pele and GFC is purely based on preserving power at the level of the congress.

Government’s commitment to the creation of a more convivial domestic environment in which to do business in Guyana will focus on removing some of the existing “overarching challenges” including those associated with the time required for individual procedures, according to the recently released Ministry of Business Strategic Plan 2016-2020.

As November 19 draws near for the highly anticipated ‘Stage of Champions’ event, the international fixture continues to draw the attention of corporate Guyana.

Dear Editor, New British Prime Minister Theresa May declared in October 2016, that she will trigger Article 50 of the Treaty of Lisbon.

Dear Editor, The recently concluded Carvil Duncan case raises a lot of questions.

Having served the country’s agricultural sector as a key market facilitator since 1985, the Guyana Marketing Corporation has continually sought to diversify its relevance to the farming community.

Pepsi Hikers and Pizza Hut Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC) secured comprehensives wins in the Men’s 1st Division and Women’s Division respectively, when the GTT National Indoor Hockey Championships continued on Wednesday.

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LONDON, (Reuters) – A British court ruled ysterday that the government needs parliamentary approval to start the process of leaving the European Union, potentially delaying Prime Minister Theresa May’s Brexit plans.

Dear Editor,   As 2016 drifts away from the centre, and not a moment too soon, the time has come to recognize some singular citizens through deserving national awards. 

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – West Indies Twenty20 captain, Carlos Brathwaite, is among three players who have declined central contracts from the West Indies Cricket Board.

Local pontoons: GNIC recently delivered the first of a new batch of locally constructed pontoons to the National Drainage and Irrigation Authority which are to be used in the Ministry of Agriculture’s World Bank-funded flood control programme.  

CONCORD, N.C./WINTERVILLE, N.C.,  (Reuters) – Hillary Clinton’s supporters nervously eyed opinion polls showing the Democrat with a tenuous lead over Republican rival Donald Trump yesterday as the White House candidates raced through vital battleground states in a late search for votes.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Seasoned right-hander Marlon Samuels is out of the Tri-Nations Series starting in Zimbabwe later this month.

(Prepared by the Guyana Marketing Corporation and published by Stabroek Business as a public service)                              The New Guyana Marketing Corporation has agreed to provide us with the above information which we will publish on a weekly basis subject to receipt.

Dear Editor, A Guyanese-born woman is leading the Brexit bombshell which caused the new Prime Minister of Britain, Theresa May to lose some control she enjoyed.

PERTH, (Reuters) – Australia ripped through South Africa’s top order in the first hour, dismissed the tourists for 242 by tea and reached 105 without loss at close on the back of some Dave Warner fireworks on the opening day of the first test on Thursday.

Gold Prices for the three-day period ending Thursday November 3, 2016                    Kitco is a Canadian company that buys and sells precious metals such as gold, copper and silver.

-Elections USA: Some “Black” Presidents Okay friends, bear with me as I return yet once more to my dubiously-favourite theme of a modern-day moral dilemma.

The Guyana Parliament (or National Assembly) is the legislative branch of government in Guyana, separate but complementary to the other two branches of government, namely, the executive and the judiciary.

CAPE TOWN, (Reuters) – South Africa’s Jacob Zuma faces a no-confidence vote in parliament next week with his presidency mired in crisis, after investigators documented allegations of government corruption and thousands of people took to the streets to demand he resign.

Photographer donates TV to rehabilitation centre: Stabroek News photographer, Keno George on Wednesday donated a brand new LED television to the Ptolemy Reid Rehabilitation Centre, Carmichael Street.