Daily Archive: Wednesday, February 22, 2017

The following letter was sent to President David Granger on behalf of the people of the United States, according to the US Embassy here.

The Guyana Court of Appeal this afternoon upheld the decision of former Chief Justice Ian Chang that the presidential term limit was not lawful as constitutional changes were not achieved via referendum.

The Chairman of the Guyana National Broad-casting Authority (GNBA) Leslie Anthony Sobers and the five board members were on Tuesday evening sworn in by Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo at the Official Residence of the Prime Minister on Main Street.

The Guyana Government yesterday signed loan agreements worth US$40m with the Inter-American Development Bank.

(Barbados Nation) The Barbados Government may soon compulsorily acquire Kensington Oval, known as the Mecca of West Indies cricket.

During his 12-month stint at the Ministry of the Presidency, British security expert Lt Col.

The Preliminary Inquiry (PI) into the murder charge against Linton Eastman, Clifton Gibson and Stancy Rodney, the men accused of killing Rubis accountant Jason Cort, came to an end yesterday with the trio being committed to stand trial for the crime.

The Mayor and City Council of Georgetown will today hold an extraordinary meeting to facilitate councillors’ consideration of the revised rates for parking in Georgetown.

Former murder accused Kevin France was yesterday brought before a city magistrate and charged with attempting to murder a security guard along with two counts of armed robbery.

Chinese Ambassador to Guyana, Cui Jianchun says he is impressed with the operations of the state-of-the-art seafood plant and the tuna factory at Pritipaul Singh Investment Inc.

The People’s Progressive Party (PPP) has reiterated its call for the APNU+AFC coalition government to conduct a social impact assessment (SIA) of the shuttering of sugar estates, warning  that any closure could cause displaced workers to organise major protest actions.

Dear Editor, The fact that public education in Guyana is in deep crisis is no secret.

Three men, charged with raping a Bartica woman, have been granted their release on $100,000 bail.

The Central Housing and Planning Authority (CHPA) yesterday signed 14 contracts for the construction of low, middle and moderate income houses which will be on display at its “ Housing Solution 2017 and Beyond Exhibition” set for 1st-5th May at Perseverance, East Bank Demerara.

Dear Editor, May I compliment you on the quality of your editorials of the last week or so.

The feasibility study and the design for the proposed Linden to Mabura road is expected to be launched in another few months, according to British High Commissioner to Guyana Greg Quinn, who also confirmed that the project is one of the two before the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) under consideration for funding under the UK Caribbean Infrastructure Fund.

Dear Editor, There is a promise from one of the designers in your ‘What the people say column’ of Monday 20th, to have a “hot band” which features “Goddesses” from around the world.

A Corentyne man has been placed on $50,000 bail for allegedly beating his wife on Valentine evening, with an iron rod, a piece of wood and an electric chord.

  With the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) season set to commence Sunday with the Stag Beer Elite League leaders tournament, the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) and Fruta Conquerors have expressed confidence ahead of the meeting.

Guyana got off to the worst possible start in the 2017 CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championships losing to hosts The Bahamas 1-4 Monday at the Malcolm Beach Soccer Facility.

Dear Editor, I refer to your news article, in the edition of Tuesday, February 21, captioned ‘Region 1 REO booted from PAC hearing over alleged attempt to mislead’, in which my client, Aruca Investments, has been named as a defaulting contractor.

Carl Parker, the Regional Executive Officer (REO) of Region Nine who was recently charged with sexual assault, has been relieved of the post, according to Minister of Communities Ronald Bulkan.

-Smith buries 11 three points in 44-point effort A Nikoloi Smith 44-point effort Monday night propelled Plaisance Guardians to third position in the Georgetown Amateur Basketball Association (GABA) ‘League of Champions’ tourney, crushing Pepsi Sonics  95-62.

Dear Editor, I would like to fully endorse the contents of Mr Charles Sohan’s letter of February 21, in the Stabroek News ‘Patterson should have reviewed his staff performance for failing to monitor contractors’.

  Despite the procedural illegality of the no-confidence motion which led to Linden Town Clerk Jonellor Bowen being removed from her post, a Commission of Inquiry (CoI) has recommended that she be permanently reassigned, since her temperament and attitude may lead to further stymieing of the work of the council.

Dear Editor, Please permit me to offer some clarifications to your article captioned ‘Lethem Town Council’s purchases from mayor’s wife under scrutiny over procurement’, published in your Tuesday edition, February 21.

A day after he was freed of a larceny charge, a man was yesterday sentenced to spend the next 12 months in jail for escaping from the Camp Street Prison.

A young mother of one was on Monday evening found hanging from the rafters of her Cornelia Ida, West Coast Demerara home and her common-law husband has been detained by the police.

Rohan Boodraj has been added to the Floodlights Legends team for this year’s Florida Cup in Broward County, Florida.

New York Judge Dora Irizarry has “reluctantly” granted another adjournment of the sentencing of Guyanese businessman Ed Ahmad on mortgage fraud conspiracy.

Dear Editor, Plumbing new depths of depravity, the Mayor and her accomplices have decided to double down on their toxic parking meter regimen.

SAN JOSE, Costa Rica, CMC – Honduras produced a ruthless second half blitz to condemn Antigua and Barbuda to their second straight defeat of the CONCACAF Under-20 Championship, with a 4-1 humbling here Monday.

The results of an autopsy on a Rupununi woman who was reported to have died after falling in her bathroom have led to the arrest of her husband.

Dear Editor, Now that the State Assets Recovery Bill is about to be passed in the parliament there is a concerted effort by the opposition PPP, the Private Sector Commission and some individuals whose income and wealth are inextricably tied in one way or another, to activities associated with the previous regime.

(Reuters) – Magic Johnson was named the president of basketball operations for the struggling Los Angeles Lakers yesterday as one of the NBA’s most storied franchises undergoes a major shakeup to the their front office.

NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – The Indian test juggernaut, with Virat Kohli at the wheel, has crushed almost everything in its path over the last 18 months and Australia will have to conjure up something special if they are to upset the hosts in their four-match series.

  An excavator operator yesterday found himself in a city court to answer to a charge of attempted murder after he was accused of chopping a friend in the face during a drunken fight.

Dear Editor, The Working Peoples Alliance Overseas Associates (WPAOA) states its equivocal support for the civil disobedience activity occurring in Georgetown against the draconian and burdensome imposition of paid parking meters in the city.

LONDON, (Reuters) – The Sutton United goalkeeper filmed eating a pie while on the substitutes bench during his side’s 2-0 FA Cup defeat by Arsenal quit the club in tears yesterday after admitting a “costly error of judgment”, Sutton’s manager said.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – China, in an early test of U.S. President Donald Trump, is nearly finished building almost two dozen structures on artificial islands in the South China Sea that appear designed to house long-range surface-to-air missiles, two U.S.

The pedal cyclist who was struck and killed on Dennis Street, Sophia, Greater Georgetown, on Sunday, has been identified.

Dear Editor, When the coalition took office there was great expectation among supporters and even non supporters, who recognized a change had come.

Dear Editor, The news that Dave Cameron and Emanuel Nathan have been unopposed for President and Vice President of the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) raised eyebrows in several quarters because the two were severely criticized by some players, administrators, and fans for their failure to improve the summer game in the region.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Jamaica Scorpions skipper, Nikita Miller, has bemoaned the lack of consistency in his side’s batting which led to their downfall in the Regional Super50 final against Barbados Pride last weekend.

GENEVA, (Reuters) – Nearly 1.4 million children are at “imminent risk” of death in famines in Nigeria, Somalia, South Sudan and Yemen, the U.N.

Police are searching for the prime suspect in the murder of a Lethem farmer, who was beaten to death on Sunday by a gang of men.

(Reuters) – Sacramento Kings general manager Vlade Divac said on Monday that the team moved quickly to trade All Star DeMarcus Cousins after receiving a better offer two days earlier.

Dear Editor, I am reluctant to admit certain things, but in the interests of openness I confess. 

More than two weeks after a police officer allegedly shot teenager Alex Griffith during a chase, the police have completed their investigation and the case file was sent to the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) for advice.

PARIS,  (Reuters) – Amnesty International said yesterday U.S. President Donald Trump’s “poisonous” rhetoric on his way to winning the White House led a global trend towards increasingly divisive politics in 2016 that had made the world a “darker” place.

Dear Editor, Developments on the political and social fronts are unfolding and moving at a measured pace.

The Mayor and City Council (M&CC) is moving to regularise auto-body, spray painting and scrap iron operations in the city in the coming weeks, Town Clerk Royston King announced on Monday.

  Yesterday, Minister in the Ministry of Education, Nicolette Henry (centre) and media operatives were treated to a firsthand showcase of what can be expected when revelers from the Ministry take to the Mashramani Parade route tomorrow.

(Reuters) – Sri Lanka opener Niroshan Dickwella has been banned for two limited-over matches after his latest breach of ICC code of conduct, the International Cricket Council said yesterday.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – President Donald Trump’s administration plans to consider almost all illegal immigrants subject to deportation, but will leave protections in place for immigrants known as “dreamers” who entered the United States illegally as children, according to official guidelines released yesterday.

Let me thank Mr. Clement Rohee for publicly engaging me on perhaps the most important question that has been on the political agenda of Guyana for the past 60 years: ‘how do we get to a government that can ensure the psychological and actual peace and prosperity for all of us[?]’

THE opposition People’s Progressive Party (PPP) Monday afternoon dramatised the food shortage situation by donning protest placards in the National Assembly and then walking out of Parliament.

TORONTO, (Reuters) – Any talks to renew the North American Free Trade Agreement would involve all three member nations, a top Canadian official said yesterday, dampening speculation the United States might seek to sit down with Canada first and then Mexico.

Dear Editor, Thomas Cuming was the owner of Plantation La Bourgade lying between Church and Lamaha Streets.

  This vehicle bearing licence plate #PGG 4572 belonging to Hilton Joe, ended up in a trench at the corner of Mandela Avenue and Meadowbrook Drive yesterday morning after manoeuvring to avoid hitting a school child.

On Sunday the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall was the scene of a ferocious competition. 

NAGPUR, India, CMC – Bermudian Delray Rawlins enhanced his growing reputation when he rescued England Under-19s from a calamitous start to the second and final Youth Test with a magnificent unbeaten century against India at the Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium here yesterday.

The Ministry of Education, Department of Youth’s Mentorship programme is to be rolled out in March 2017 and Georgetown students will be focused on.

As the recent imposition of the 14% Value Added Tax (VAT) on private education services continues to attract criticism, Leader of the Opposition Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday added his voice to the call for the decision to be reversed.