Daily Archive: Thursday, January 12, 2017

After having served for just over a year, the Chairman of NCN, Bish Panday has resigned effective December 31st, 2016, sources say.

(Reuters) – West Indies will host a full series, including three tests, against Pakistan beginning on March 31, the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) has said.

US oil company ExxonMobil today announced positive results from its Payara-1 well offshore Guyana.

(Trinidad Guardian) Between 1996 and 2016, the Registrar General recorded 3,478 child marriages, with almost 98 per cent being females.

The Guyana Government has entered into a partnership which will see the establishment of a law school here, giving University of Guyana (UG) graduates the opportunity to complete their legal education studies hassle free and at a lower cost.

The Special Organized Crime Unit (SOCU) has in excess of 300 investigations pending and is unable to effectively tackle them with its current staff complement.

Ex-cop Carl Methuram, yesterday said that he saw Mark Royden Williams and Dennis Williams standing with guns in front of the Bartica Police Station, moments after hearing rapid gunfire coming from that direction.

A young couple, owners of the ‘Good Life Supermarket’, in Hampshire Village, Corentyne, were left in a traumatized state on Tuesday evening, after two masked men invaded their one-month- old business and robbed them of a quantity of cash.

President David Granger yesterday said that Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo will be given the clarifications he is seeking over the rejection of the nominees for chairmanship of the Guyana Elections Commission (Gecom).

After months of uncertainty, regional confederation CONCACAF has ruled that Stag Beer Elite League winner Slingerz FC and runners-up Alpha United are ineligible to participate in the CFU Club Championship.

The Chairman of Region Two, Devanand Ramdatt, yesterday charged that there is a lack of interest and a slow response by the government to flooding in the Pomeroon-Supenaam area but the CEO of the national drainage body has denied this.

Charles Chapman, called ‘Frenchie’, yesterday appeared before a city magistrate charged with the  murder of his former wife eight years ago.

Dear Editor, In an Addendum dated 2nd July 2015 subsequent to Guyana’s Universal Periodic Review, Guyana informed the United Nations that in relation to the death penalty, “A de facto moratorium has been in place since 1997…” A statement to the Human Rights Council of the United Nations General Assembly should not be lightly made.

Clinton Urling, former Normalization Committee Chairman of the Guyana Football Federation (GFF), said CONCACAF and the federation needs to explain why Guyana will not be represented at the 2017 CFU Club Championship.

The lawyer for New York-based Guyanese businessman, Ed Ahmad is seeking the deferral of his sentencing on fraud conspiracy charges to March of this year, according to court documents seen by Stabroek News.

Dear Editor, About two weeks ago, I was driving past the Ministry of the Presidency when someone in my vehicle exclaimed, “Wait, they are painting the Office of the President in green.”

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Historic Kensington Oval will host its ninth Test in 10 years when Pakistan tours the Caribbean later this year.

Dear Editor, Article 161(2) of the Constitution sets out the requirements for the person who is to be the Chairman of Gecom.

From new kids on the block, big names in the peloton to riders looking to get their careers back on track, Stabroek Sport selects its five cyclists to look out for in 2017 despite the problems ailing the administration of the sport.

President David Granger was yesterday paid a courtesy call by the Deputy Commander of the United States (US) Southern Command (SOUTHCOM), Lieutenant General Joseph DiSalvo at State House.

Barbers and cosmetologists who currently operate along the Merriman Mall between Cummings and Light streets are being removed from the area due to their failure to keep it clean, according to Mayor Patricia Chase-Green.

Dear Editor, I agree with the President’s rejection of the list sent to him by Opposition Leader, Mr Jagdeo.

NEW YORK,  (Reuters) – President-elect Donald Trump escalated a fight with U.S.

The Guyana Rugby Football Union (GRFU) will kick off its 2017 season on Saturday at the National Park from 16:00h.

(Reuters) – The New York Knicks fined guard Derrick Rose an undisclosed amount Tuesday, a day after he left the team unannounced due to a ‘family issue’.

BOSTON,  (Reuters) – A Massachusetts judge has refused to excuse Exxon Mobil Corp from a request by the state’s attorney general to hand over decades worth of documents on its views on climate change, state officials said yesterday.

Dear Editor, As indicated in the media last Friday, the Social Protection Ministry will expend $60M on the ‘Palms’ in Georgetown, particularly to install “elevators at the Brickdam, Georgetown facility.”

A Guyanese man on Tuesday was sentenced to three months in prison in Barbados, after he was found guilty of assaulting two women, including his former girlfriend, according to the online newspaper Barbados Today.

Dear Editor, President Granger has demonstrated once again his commitment to his much touted “fresh approach.”

As the police continue to investigate a shooting incident which occurred inside the Tower Suites’ Club Privilege on Sunday morning, it has been discovered that one of the three suspects has overstayed in Guyana.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Jamaica’s Reggae Boyz are hoping to have their best players available for a brace of international friendlies next month as they step up preparations for the Caribbean Cup finals in June and July’s CONCACAF Gold Cup.

LONDON,  (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Mali has eliminated Guinea worm disease bringing the world a step closer to eradicating the debilitating parasitic disease that is now only endemic in three African countries, the U.S.-based

Dear Editor, I read with great interest and, may I add, surprise the letter penned by my very good friend, Mr Murseline Bacchus in which he stated that the lease for the Red House property is not required to be registered as stated by me  since it is state lands and falls under the exception of section 13 of the Deeds  Registry Act (‘ Leases of 21 or more years…’ SN, January 10).

The city council is waiting on the Ministry of Public Infrastructure (MPI) to obtain the necessary funds to assist it with repairing the sinkhole that recently opened up on the seawall road, Kitty.

SYDNEY, Australia, CMC – Carlos Brathwaite has thrown his support behind West Indies teammate, Andre Russell, after replacing the injured all-rounder for the remainder of Sydney Thunder’s Big Bash League campaign.

CHICAGO, (Reuters) – With a final call of his campaign mantra “Yes We Can,” President Barack Obama urged Americans on Tuesday to stand up for U.S.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Secretary of State nominee Rex Tillerson expressed views yesterday at odds with President-elect Donald Trump’s positions on key foreign policy issues like nuclear proliferation, trade deals, climate change and relations with Mexico.

While vendors have been allowed to sell in open spaces around the Stabroek Market once more, Mayor Patricia Chase-Green says City Hall did not waste money by removing them from the Stabroek Square last year.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Trinidad and Tobago’s football was thrown into chaos yesterday when men’s head coach Tom Saintfiet dramatically quit the post after just five weeks and four games in charge, citing a lack of support from the country’s Football Association.

Dear Editor, On Monday, January 9 around 9.15am my in-law and I were going to Supenaam, but the Bowman of the boat loading with passengers said the Captain had instructed him not to allow us on the boat.

The Preliminary Inquiry (PI) into the murder charge against Colin Alleyne, the man accused of killing elderly Montrose caretaker Danrasie Ganesh, has been adjourned until next month, due to the final police witness being on 200 days’ leave.

Dear Editor, Kaieteur News (Jan 8) reported that Bharrat Jagdeo defeated Dr Frank Anthony for the post of General Secretary of the PPP.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Volkswagen AG has agreed to pay the largest ever U.S.

WELLINGTON, (Reuters) – Ross Taylor’s return to New Zealand’s test side following eye surgery has provided an interesting subtext for their two-match series against Bangladesh that starts today as he seeks to surpass former mentor Martin Crowe.

JOHANNESBURG,  (Reuters) – Hashim Amla is set to join an elite group of South African cricketers when he makes his 100th test appearance in the third and final match of the series against Sri Lanka in Johannesburg starting today.

Less than a month after the toddler and cancer patient Omkar Persaud travelled to Cuba for emergency surgery to prevent him from going completely blind, tests have revealed that the cancer in his eye has not spread to his right eye.

Dear Editor, I wish to congratulate President David Granger on his handling of the change of guard in the Guyana Defence Force, with the promotion of two individuals to serve as Chief of Staff.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – People with heightened activity in the amygdala, an area of the brain linked to stress, may be at greater risk of heart disease and stroke, scientists said yesterday in research that could lead to new ways to treat stress-related heart problems.

It becomes more glaringly obvious with each passing Assize session that the backlog in the High Court, as far as criminal matters go, is unlikely to be cleared anytime soon, regardless of how many justice improvement programmes are conducted, unless there is a drastic increase in the human resource capacity of that court, that is more judges are appointed.

Dear Editor, I recall when various communities (religious, trade unions, ethnic, youth, etc) were invited to a conference at the Arthur Chung Convention Center (ACCC) last year on April 26 as part of the rebirth of the Ethnic Relations Commission (ERC), the then Minister of Health, Dr George Norton made a presentation which was impressive in terms of a vision for humanity.

That was then… SCHOOL’S open again and parents are pondering, as usual, the whole education dilem­ma.

The Little Guyana strip of Queens, New York runs for about 25 vivid blocks, with the thriving storefronts a feast of wild colours, bustling with immigrants sporting a range of distinctive musical accents that mark their origins in faraway tropical villages with rather strange names ranging from Ankerville to Zeelugt.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – U.S. President-elect Donald Trump said yesterday he would maintain ownership of his global business empire but hand off control to his two oldest sons while president, an arrangement that watchdogs said would not prevent conflicts of interest in the White House.

Technical assistance to the fisheries industry from China is on the agenda, according to a press release yesterday from the Ministry of Agriculture.

(The Sports Xchange) – Warriors point guard Stephen Curry compiled 24 points, nine assists and eight rebounds in Golden State’s hard-fought victory 107-95 points win over the road-weary and injury-plagued Miami Heat.

MANAGUA, (Reuters) – Nicaragua on Tuesday said it wanted to secure bigger international recognition for Taiwan during a visit by President Tsai Ing-wen at a moment of Chinese suspicions the leader of the self-ruled island is seeking formal independence from China.