Daily Archive: Monday, February 6, 2017

President David Granger (right) today, arrived in Haiti to attend the Inauguration Ceremony of the President elect of the Republic of Haiti,  Jovenel Moise.

LONDON, (Reuters) – The speaker of Britain’s lower house of parliament said on Monday he would not support any plans for U.S.

Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo, who is performing the duties of President and his wife Mrs Sita Nagamootoo, First Lady Sandra Granger, and Ministers of Government among others today attended the Women’s Army Corps 50th Anniversary Thanksgiving Service at the National Cultural Centre, a release from the PM’s office said.

Minister of Communities Ronald Bulkan says it is unfair of the private sector to accuse the government and city of not consulting on the controversial metered parking when there is evidence of efforts to do so.

Ranks of the Guyana Police Force ‘E’ Division (Linden/Kwakwani) conducted several raids and stop and searches exercises between February 03 and 04, 2017.

Fresh from its recent discovery of oil at the Payara well site, US firm ExxonMobil is preparing to begin drilling at a new site in the Stabroek Block offshore of Demerara.

(Reuters) – Alastair Cook has stepped down as England’s test captain but plans to carry on as a player, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) said on Monday.

HOUSTON,(Reuters) – The New England Patriots pulled off the greatest comeback in Super Bowl history with a stunning overtime victory over the Atlanta Falcons on Sunday that saw Tom Brady cement his status as the game’s all-time greatest quarterback.

A man was fatally stabbed during the wee hours of Sunday after he attempted to rescue an employee of a night club on Lamaha Street who had been attacked by three men.

Indian company, Srinathji Ispat Limited has expressed interest in taking over the entire Skeldon sugar estate following a visit here last month.

A man from Bush Lot Farm, Corentyne last evening severely chopped his ex-wife and her new mate and then consumed a poisonous substance.

Amid a threat by the leading mining organisations to stage a mass protest over new tax measures, the government is aiming to defuse this prospect with the Minister of Finance issuing a lengthy defence of dealings with prospectors and Minister Simona Broomes meeting with miners in the key district of Bartica.

As Barama Company Limited (BCL) continues to downsize its operations, General Manager Mohindra Chand says it will be focusing heavily on value-added production.

For the second consecutive year, 20-year-old  T’shanna Cort of Onderneeming, Essequibo was crowned the junior calypso queen after she captivated the crowd and the judges on Saturday night with her sensational ‘Where the Innocence Gone’ piece at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.

Alliance For Change (AFC) leaders last Thursday said they were confident that with the help of their coalition partners and overseas members, the party’s $43M elections debt would be reduced considerably.

Detective Sergeant Kamal Pitama, who police allege was offered a $4 million bribe by Sharmila Inderjali and Maryanne Lionel in order to release the accused in the murder of Number 70 Village carpenter Faiyaz Narinedatt, on Thursday changed his story after denying that there was a video recording of his encounter with the accused.

Region Two Regional Executive Officer (REO), Rupert Hopkinson says six vacancies that were recently filled for the RDC were done by the Public Service Commission (PSC).

President David Granger has expressed condolences on the passing of distinguished Guyanese, Dr Enid Lucille Denbow on February 1, 2017.

A West Ruimveldt man was on Thursday refused bail by a city court after it was told that he tried to rob another man using a screwdriver.

Dear Editor, A sad, horrible and traumatic chapter in our country’s tattered history of public safety and security has been brought to an end by the Court.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Left-hander Kieran Powell stroked his third hundred of the Regional Super50 to surpass 400 runs for the tournament as Leeward Islands Hurricanes returned to their winnings ways with a dominant 105-run victory over Kent Spitfires here Saturday night.

 (Reuters) – Trent Boult took career best one-day figures as New Zealand completed a tense 24-run win over Australia in Hamilton yesterday to regain the Chappell-Hadlee Trophy with a 2-0 series victory.

Dear Editor, The Berbice Bar Association condemns in the strongest possible terms the unwarranted and unjustifiable attack by the Attorney General and the Guyana Chronicle on the Chancellor and the judiciary.

Dear Editor, The Guyana Chronicle of February 2, reported that Minister of Finance Winston Jordan informed the Cabinet about the “disequilibrium in the foreign exchange market” and offered as a policy response, more regulations and guidelines to ensure that “exporters repatriate their export earnings to the banking system”. 

In effort to improve the quality of officiating, the New Guyana Pharmaceutical Corporation (GPC) Incorporated has donated several pieces of equipment to the Guyana National Referees Council (GNRC).

CAVE HILL, Barbados, CMC – A sterling effort by Guyana Jaguars proved fruitless in the end as unbeaten Barbados Pride pulled off a dramatic two-wicket win in the last over to ease into the semi-finals of the Regional Super50 here  yesterday.

Dear Editor, I have never been a fan of City Hall, but it has to stay the course on this parking meter affair. 

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Even after three fine hundreds in five innings in the ongoing Regional Super50, in-form left-hander Kieran Powell has still lamented his lack of “big scores”.

Dear Editor, It was reported in the news media on February 2nd, that Minister of Natural Resources, Raphael Trotman had arranged for Jeff Simons, country manager for ExxonMobil development of its oil & gas sectors to address Ministers, Heads of Departments and others regarding production preparation and the methodology which will be deployed to produce oil by Year 2020 from the recently discovered Liza field off Guyana’s northern coast.

Dear Editor, A source of much controversy are the parking meters.

Residents of Subryanville are calling on the authorities to repair two large potholes on Church Road.

The National Track and Field Facility at Leonora will take centre stage tonight when Uitvlugt faces off with New Amsterdam (NA) United and Santos opposes Den Amstel in the second annual Petra Organization/Limacol Football Championship.

Dear Editor, Loris Nathoo’s letter was as refreshing as it was thought provoking (‘Smart City Solutions should amend their pricing structure’ SN, Feb 4).

LIBREVILLE, (Reuters) – Vincent Aboubakar scored a brilliant late goal to hand unfancied Cameroon a 2-1 come-from-behind victory over Egypt and their fifth African Nations Cup title in an entertaining final yesterday.

Dear Editor, For the past 6 months and as recently as last month I made several complaints to the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph (GTT) clerk here at Anna Regina, Essequibo Coast, that my internet is very slow and that the telephone is not working.

(Reuters) – Britain reached the Davis Cup quarter-finals in bizarre circumstances yesterday when Canadian Denis Shapovalov defaulted for inadvertently blasting a ball into the umpire’s face.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – President Donald Trump yesterday ramped up his criticism of a federal judge who blocked a travel ban on seven mainly Muslim nations and said courts were making U.S.

Dear Editor, Indian Diaspora Council International (USA) and partners in Guyana and Trinidad will host a global convention in Trinidad from March 17 to 20 at various sites on that island to commemorate the centenary of the end of girmitya (indentured) labour from India.

The star-studded Pepsi Hornets squad triumphed in the inaugural Guinness Sevens tournament played Saturday in front of a fair-sized crowd under  floodlights at the National Park.

LIMA, (Reuters) – Peruvian President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski said on Sunday that ex-president Alejandro Toledo, accused of receiving millions in bribes from embattled construction firm Odebrecht S.A.,

(The Sports Xchange) – LeBron James poured in 32 points and became the youngest player to score 28,000 in a career as the Cleveland Cavaliers knocked off the New York Knicks 111-104 on Saturday night at Madison Square Garden.

(Jamaica Gleaner) The government could find itself in a battle with some of the island’s judges, who are considering action to push for the payment of outstanding salary increases and emoluments they say have been owed for the past four years.

The Director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), Dr. Carissa F.

Dear Editor, Hydar Ally, in a letter in SN dated January 25, captioned ‘No confusion about PPP’s ideological orientation’  tried to convince readers that the PPP post-Jagan continued to practise the principles of Marxism Leninism.

BUCHAREST, (Reuters) – Romania’s Social Democrat government yesterday anulled a decree that would decriminalise some graft offences, an embarrassing u-turn for the country’s new prime minister in the face of week-long mass protests and international rebuke.

In a match that promised much but delivered little, Western Tigers roared past arch-rival Santos 3-0 to clinch the Stag-Nations Cup Saturday at the Georgetown Football Club (GFC) ground, Bourda.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Scientists tracking a crop-destroying caterpillar known as armyworm say it is now spreading rapidly across mainland Africa and could reach tropical Asia and the Mediterranean in the next few years, threatening agricultural trade.

Dear Editor, We human beings can only recognise whatever bad qualities we purport to see in others because some of those same negative qualities are within ourselves, simply because of this common human nature. 

(Jamaica Gleaner) People’s National Party president Portia Simpson Miller is to demit office on April 2.

LOS ANGELES,  (Reuters) – Standing atop the roof of Houston’s NRG Stadium with drones illuminating an American flag in the night sky behind her, Lady Gaga kicked off her Super Bowl halftime set yesterday by singing “God Bless America” as a subtle message of inclusion and unity in a deeply divided United States.

Sabrien Amrov is a PhD student in Human Geography at the University of Toronto in Canada The murder of six Muslims at an Islamic Center in Quebec City, Canada, on Sunday January 29th has generated great public outcry.

Stabroek Exclusive.., Gregory Smith Talks With Sharief Khan How Did Rodney Die?

The second half of season two in the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) Stag Beer Elite League has been rescheduled to commence on February 26 with the ‘League Leaders Tournament’.

Interviews by Oliceia Tinnie, photos by David Papannah This week we asked taxi operators about their views on the parking meters.

On Wednesday the Ministry of Natural Resources invited the media to an event at the Marriott Hotel where US oil company ExxonMobil was to brief Government of Guyana officials on the latest developments in the commercialising of the country’s offshore oil riches.

(Trinidad Guardian) Father of two, Naim Caliph did not live to celebrate his 36th birthday on Tuesday.

ABUJA, (Reuters) – President  Muhammadu Buhari asked parliament yesterday to extend his medical leave, his office said in a statement, deepening suspicions among many Nigerians that his health is worse than officials are admitting publicly.

In our column of 23 January 2017, we had stated that the Cabinet erred in assigning the transactions audit of NICIL to the Auditor General because the latter had given a “clean bill of health” on the accounts of NICIL for the years in question.

  Dear Editor, The significance of the parking meters’ protest is the rise of civil society. 

LOS ANGELES,  (Variety.com) – It was a squeaker, but Universal’s “Split” has edged past Paramount’s “Rings” to narrowly claim victory at the domestic box office.