Daily Archive: Wednesday, February 15, 2017

(GuySuCo press release) The Guyana Sugar Corporation Inc. (GuySuCo) wishes to inform those persons who are the instigators of acts of sabotage in the Corporation, that the management takes very seriously its responsibility to secure the livelihood of its 17,000 employees, and as such, sees it as a duty to protect the assets of the Corporation and ensure the highest level of productivity.

GTT today said that a restructuring of its operations will see 120 positions becoming redundant.

The Transparency Institute Guyana Inc (TIGI) today said that the lack of transparency in the controversial parking meters deal will have repercussions on future generations if the deal is not rescinded.

The ruling in the third term appeal matter has been pushed back to next Tuesday.

(Reuters) – Phone records and intercepted calls show that members of Donald Trump’s presidential campaign and other Trump associates had repeated contacts with senior Russian intelligence officials in the year before the election, the New York Times reported on Tuesday, citing four current and former U.S.

(Trinidad Guardian) Social media users who post gory and irresponsible videos, comments and photographs to create sensation and instil fear and panic among T&T citizens beware!

People’s Progressive Party/ Civic (PPP/C) parliamentarian Anil Nandlall has filed a legal challenge to a recent amendment of the Value Added Tax (VAT) Act that empowers the Commissioner-General of the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) to prevent persons who owe taxes from leaving Guyana until they pay or make acceptable arrangements to do so.

A fisherman was yesterday afternoon beaten to death at Ruby, East Bank Essequibo, allegedly at the hands of a regional councillor and two of her relatives after he reportedly attempted to snatch her handbag.

Investigators have ruled that Sunday’s morning fire at Beterverwagting, East Coast Demerara was intentionally set by Leonard Pollard, who committed suicide after killing his wife and one-year-old daughter.

Tuition for the University of Guyana (UG) is not subject to Value Added Tax (VAT) neither is the tuition for the Government Technical Institute, Cyril Potter College of Education or any other Government Education Institution.

The executive council of the Guyana Bar Association (GBA) has written to its President, attorney Gem Sanford-Johnson calling on her to resign immediately.

A Guyanese man and woman died in an accident  in the wee hours of Monday morning on the New Jersey Turnpike in the US.

An East Bank Berbice man is believed to have drowned in the Berbice River.

The government and the Guyana Power and Light Inc (GPL) are being asked to defend their decision to award a $4.6B contract to a Chinese group for the rehabilitation of the power company’s low and medium voltage distribution network, which one of the bidders says was “improperly” done.

President David Granger has spoken confidently of a second term for the ruling APNU+AFC Coalition.

The People’s Progressive Party/Civic is preparing to convene a consultation with all parliamentary parties on the nominees for the Local Government Commission (LGC) even as it calls on Minister of Communities Ronald Bulkan to convene a meeting of the 71 local government authorities (LGAs) so that his nominee could be selected.

Popular maths teacher Dennis Patterson was on Monday evening a victim of an armed robbery.

Last year’s Guyana Cricket Board/National Secondary Schools Cricket League (GCB/NSSCL) Under 17 champions Chase Academy sent a strong message to the rest of the competition when they defeated East Georgetown Zone champions Tutorial High School by 73 runs yesterday in the first round of the winner of winners Inter Zone phase of the 2016/2017 NSSCL.

A fire, suspected to be an act of arson, gutted a two-bedroom house at Covent Garden, East Bank Demerara early yesterday morning.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Two-time reigning champions Trinidad and Tobago Red Force will try to stave off an anticipated strong challenge from dangerous Jamaica Scorpions, when they clash in the first semi-final of the Regional Super50 here today.

Billion-dollar bids were opened yesterday at the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board (NPTAB) for the procurement of pharmaceutical supplies for next year for the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Ace batsman Jonathan Carter has warned that Barbados Pride will be at their best for the semi-finals of the Regional Super50 which bowl off in Antigua today.

A man was yesterday charged with conning a woman of over $2 million in a scheme in which he claimed he could sell her a house and land.

A Laing Avenue man was yesterday brought before a city magistrate to answer to charges of being in possession of just over half a pound of cannabis and attempting to bribe an officer.

(The Sports Xchange) – Juancho Hernangomez hit six of Denver’s franchise-record 24 and finished with a career-high 27 points as the Nuggets routed the Golden State Warriors 132-110 on Monday night.

Two Guyana Defence Force (GDF) ranks were yesterday arrested with several bags containing a quantity of milk and butter, believed to be stolen items.

(The Sports Exchange) – Serge Ibaka is headed north of the border after the Orlando Magic agreed to trade the three-time All-Defensive First Teamer to the Toronto Raptors for Terrence Ross and a 2017 first-round pick, The Vertical reported yesterday.

(The Sports Xchange) – Charles Oakley’s ban from Madison Square Garden lasted less than a week.

Accused of fraudulently converting $1.6 million in raw gold to his own use, a man was yesterday granted bail by a city magistrate after he denied the crime.

MONACO, (Reuters) – Boris Becker believes Maria Sharapova has paid her dues and deserves a second chance when she returns to tennis in April at the end of her 15-month doping ban.

The Epilepsy Foundation of Guyana (EFG) on Monday hosted a discussion with several stakeholders to enlist their help to raise awareness about the illness and available treatment.

Forensic exhibits that are still at the Eureka Laboratory, caused a further delay of the Preliminary Inquiry into the murder charge against Colin Alleyne, the man accused of killing elderly Montrose caretaker Danrasie Ganesh.

MONACO, (Reuters) – Jamaican sprint great Usain Bolt says he has no regrets about his decision to retire from athletics in 2017 as he has accomplished everything he wants to in the sport.

Vendors and drivers are calling on the authorities to fix a section of North Road approaching the intersection with Orange Walk, which they say is disrupting traffic and causing damage to vehicles.

(Reuters) – Copa Centroamericana champion Honduras joined the United States and Mexico as seeded teams for the CONCACAF Gold Cup, the governing body for the Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football said yesterday.

(Reuters) – LeBron James may take on a heavier workload down the stretch to make up for the absence of All-Star Kevin Love and the added wear and tear could prove costly in the Cleveland Cavaliers’ quest to repeat as NBAchampions.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump knew for weeks that national security adviser Michael Flynn had misled the White House about his contacts with Russia but did not immediately force him out, an administration spokesman said yesterday.

The 28-year-old mother who along with her three children were rushed to the hospital during last week after displaying symptoms of poisoning, were all discharged yesterday, and a mental evaluation has revealed that the woman is mentally ill.

Dear Editor, As the rational mind tries to understand the tactics of the Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU) in the context of the Guyana Sugar Corporation Inc (GuySuCo), it is to say the least worrying that the corporation has found itself in a business arrangement with a partner that has a totally different agenda.

A former murder accused was yesterday charged with attempting to stab another man to death.

Dear Editor, The conceptualization of the parking meter project is not known to the people.

HAVANA,  (Reuters) – From buses and trucks to a $500 million golf resort, China is deepening its business footprint in Cuba, helping the fellow Communist-run state survive a crisis in oil-benefactor Venezuela and insulate against a possible rollback of U.S.

(Reuters) – A federal judge on Monday cleared the way for a U.S.

Dear Editor, We the public have been told a lot about why there has been non-interference in the affairs of the Georgetown municipality, especially when it comes to the parking meter issues.

KUALA LUMPUR/SEOUL,  (Reuters) – The U.S. government strongly believes that North Korean agents murdered the estranged half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Malaysia, U.S.

MONACO, (Reuters) – Doping concerns have “challenged”, if not “tarnished”, cycling, British great Chris Hoy said yesterday, but he is confident a new generation, possibly including his own son, will not be discouraged from taking to the saddle.

Dear Editor, Those who would have been attended by, and at the same time, have attended to the vagaries of the physical (and indeed mental) health of our ‘patient’ society, must at times be concerned as to whether the relevant decision-makers have been informed with sufficiently precise analyses to arrive at conclusions regarding the fault lines perceived in the public sector, and therefore to formulate equally precise solutions.

ISLAMABAD, (Reuters) – Former test opener Nasir Jamshed has become the third player to be suspended by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) as part of its ongoing investigation into corruption.

SAN FRANCISCO,  (Reuters) – Microsoft President Brad Smith yesterday pressed the world’s governments to form an international body to protect civilians from state-sponsored hacking, saying recent high-profile attacks showed a need for global norms to police government activity in cyberspace.

Dear Editor, The prejudiced, deeply polarized politics of Guyana has its genesis in our country’s political history, starting from the time the PPP was split in 1955 and resulting in the creation of the PNC.

(Barbados Nation) Minister of Finance Chris Sinckler, represented by Solicitor General Jennifer Edwards, will head to the High Court today to have a temporary injunction preventing him from firing Central Bank Governor Dr DeLisle Worrell lifted.

WELLINGTON, (Reuters) – New Zealand has moved the fourth one-day international against South Africa away from Napier’s McLean Park after an investigation into an abandoned match against Australia found problems with drainage and irrigation at the venue.

MUMBAI, (Reuters) – Australia skipper Steve Smith believes a test series victory over an all-conquering India side on their home soil could provide the kind of memories that would inspire the country’s cricketers for generations to come.

Dear Editor, I would like to express thanks to Minister Catherine Hughes; Avinash Singh of GTT ‒ the technician who came by ‒ and the other person he was working along with.

CARACAS,  (Reuters) – Venezuela’s powerful vice president yesterday called his blacklisting by the United States on drug charges an “imperialist aggression” in the first flare-up between the two countries under new U.S.

MUMBAI, (Reuters) – India have kept faith with the 16-man squad that cruised to victory in the one-off test against Bangladesh for the first two matches of the home series against Australia starting next week.

(Barbados Nation) On February 1 1, 2017, the Massy Group further delivered on its strategy of regional diversification through the Massy Motors acquisition of two large automobile dealerships in Colombia – Autogalias in Bogotá and the Grupo Automontaña in Medellín, which incorporate four dealerships.

Dear Editor, Let me say that Tacuma Ogunseye has stood the test of time, and has left footprints in the sands of time, as one would say.

SYDNEY, (Reuters) – Australia’s Adam Voges has retired from international cricket, signing off with a test batting average second only to the great Don Bradman.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Finance Minis-ter, Audley Shaw, has indicated that 84 public entities are to be merged, closed or divested as part of the Government’s ongoing rationalisation of the public service.

To paraphrase a now familiar adage, ‘if the AFC did not exist someone would have invented it’ for the simple reason that it suggests logical and historical/nostalgic ways out of the ethnic divide that still plagues this country.

EEC Helps GEC with Crisis The  European Economic Community is rushing in ‘ spares’ for the Guyana Electricity Corporation’s Kingston Power Station and is financing the work programme of at least six consultants on temporary attach­ments to the corporation.

As the potential firestorm continues to brew over the city of Georgetown on the parking meters, the debate rages on, tempers flare, meetings are held, discussions take place, and eventually the dust will settle and the matter will be resolved one way or another.

Dear Editor, Recently I visited the newly created Unity Park in Essequibo and I was impressed.