Daily Archive: Tuesday, March 14, 2017

(Trinidad Guardian) Caribbean Airlines Ltd is saddled with a US$270,000 monthly bill for breaking its lease on two 767 jets that are now flying for Air Canada.

A ship reportedly destined for Venezuela on Wednesday last sank just off the Essequibo Coast after it encountered problems.

A teenage dental assistant of Alness Village, Corentyne, drowned on Sunday afternoon while on a swimming trip with friends.

A Port Mourant,  Corentyne man is now dead after the car he was returning home in slammed into a utility pole at Borlam Turn, Corentyne on Sunday evening.

The long delayed Local Government Commission (LGC) is no closer to being realised as both government and opposition have made no steps to resolve a stalemate over its composition.

A house at 125 Cummings Street, Buxton, East Coast Demerara, belonging to overseas-based Guyanese Cecily Dover was last evening destroyed by fire in a suspected act of arson.

The Lottery Control Commission, which is responsible for managing revenue from the lottery, appears to be defunct, with Minister Raphael Trotman, who is Chairman, saying that as far as he is aware it has not met since his appointment in July, 2015.

While many were playing with water and powder at various venues, star cyclist, Romello Crawford made hay during the sunny Phagwah weekend on his saddle with back-to-back victories.

Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo has claimed that planned amendments to the Integrity Commission Act to include the proposed Ministerial Code of Conduct aims to place members of the executive in charge of enforcing the legislation but Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo has refuted it.

The Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) Under-15 Inter-County competition sponsored by Dave West Indian Imports, will get cracking today with two matches.

The partially decomposed body of an unidentified man was yesterday morning found tucked between the rocks at a sea shore in Johanna Cecelia, Essequibo Coast, and while foul play is not suspected, police are awaiting the results of an autopsy.

KINGSTON, Jamaica,  CMC – Vishaul Singh struck an unbeaten half-century as reigning champions Guyana Jaguars brushed aside Jamaica Scorpions by seven wickets to regain top spot in the Regional four-day championship here yesterday.

Six members of a gang, including an accused in last year’s Princess Hotel Casino robbery and the son of a Superbet agent, suspected to have committed a spate of armed robberies over the past months have been arrested by the police and are likely to be charged today.

Second half goals from Olvis Mitchell and Delroy Fraser propelled the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) to the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) League Leaders Knockout Championships defeating Fruta Conquerors 2-0 Sunday at the Camp Ayanganna ground.

Minister of State Joseph Harmon says government is open to meeting with the Private Sector Commission (PSC) to discuss whatever issue it wants addressed.

By Royston Alkins Defending champions, Demerara U15s will begin their title defence of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB)/Dave West Indian Imports Inter – County 50 – overs competition at the Police Sports Club Ground, Eve Leary when they face Essequibo today.

Senior officials from the Caribbean Com-munity (Caricom) and Japan are expected to meet in Guyana today to attend the 18th Caricom-Japan Consultation to discuss the strengthening of cooperation.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Youth World Cup star Keacy Carty’s second first class half-century was not enough to prevent Leeward Islands Hurricanes from a heavy innings defeat to Barbados Pride inside three days here yesterday.

A husband and wife were taken to the Georgetown Public Hospital for medical attention last evening after their motorcycle was struck from behind on the Railway Embankment at Le Ressouvenir, East Coast Demerara (ECD).

`Guyana is a team that is always in the top three in CPL since day one so I’m hoping that we can do it again and hopefully lift the trophy this time around, – Steven Taylor By Royston Alkins   ICC Americas opener Steven Taylor, who will turn out for the Guyana Amazon Warriors in the 2017 Hero’s Caribbean Premier league (CPL) says that he is excited about his journey to the South American franchise for the 2017 season.

Caribbean Airlines advised yesterday that it had cancelled the following flights, due to the impending snow storm in the New York area: According to a press release from the airline, passengers booked and ticketed to travel between today and Thursday, will be permitted to make changes to their reservations without penalty subject to the following conditions: “Passengers must already be in possession of a ticket with confirmed reservations issued on or before Saturday, March 11, 2017.

ST GEORGE’S, Grenada, CMC – Leg-spinner Imran Khan’s five-wicket haul led Trinidad and Tobago Red Force to a 172-run crushing of Windward Islands Volcanoes here yesterday as they hauled themselves off the bottom of the Regional four-day standings.

The Pan Caribbean Partnership Against HIV and AIDS (PANCAP) last week concluded its Fifth meeting of National AIDS Programme (NAP) Managers and Key partners with a call for civil society to be more involved in the fight against HIV/AIDS.

Dear Editor, I was surprised first, then startled by the developments involving the sugar workers formerly at the Wales Estate.

ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkey said yesterday it would suspend high-level diplomatic relations with the Netherlands after Dutch authorities prevented its ministers from speaking at rallies of expatriate Turks, deepening the row between the two NATO allies.

Dear Editor, I write to call on the Government of Guyana to abolish the “education tax” in the form of an extraordinary 14% VAT on parents who pursue private education for their children. 

A Philipai Upper Mazaruni River, who was wounded on November 25, 2015, found himself on the other side of the law on Friday, after he was charged with wounding his alleged assailant.

– A photo essay by Keno George

Tourney host Den Amstel was crowned the Den Amstel Mash Cup Knockout Champions, humbling Uitvlugt by a 5-2 score line on Sunday at the National Track and Field Centre, Leonora.

BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazil’s Supreme Court is likely to begin ordering the release next month of suspects in the country’s biggest corruption investigation who have been held for months without being brought to trial, a senior judicial source with knowledge of the matter told Reuters.

(The Sports Xchange) – James Harden recorded his 16th triple-double of the season and the Houston Rockets grabbed a season-high 20 offensive rebounds to claim a tense back-and-fourth affair with the Cleveland Cavaliers 117-112 on Sunday night.

WASHINGTON/CAIRO (Reuters) – Russia appears to have deployed special forces to an airbase in western Egypt near the border with Libya in recent days, US, Egyptian and diplomatic sources say, a move that would add to US concerns about Moscow’s deepening role in Libya.

Three bandits, who were all armed, attacked a New Amsterdam market vendor during the wee hours of yesterday morning.

A Charlestown resident, who is on trial over allegedly having 106 grammes of cannabis in her possession for the purpose of trafficking, is due to learn her fate tomorrow, when a verdict is expected.

Dear Editor, There is a rather ugly distasteful, disreputable and disgusting item that has for some time now been a constant and regular feature on the NCN Linden Television Station and has been an affront to people of the town/region.

(Trinidad Guardian) Gang leaders and rogue elements have been extorting money from Ministry of Works and Transport contractors, stalling several road projects across the country.

Dear Editor, In an interview with CNN’s Fareed Zakaria broadcast on Sunday, Vladimir Putin’s spokesman Dmitry Peskov addressed a new round of a Western media campaign against Russia including speculation on supposed involvement in US elections and false accusations against Russian Ambassador to the US Sergey Kislyak.

The two sisters who sustained injuries following Sunday evening’s two-vehicle collision on the public road at McDoom were discharged from the hospital.

OSLO (Reuters) – Cities from Oslo to Sydney are setting goals to curb climate change that exceed national targets, causing tensions with central governments about who controls policy over green energy and transport and construction.

President of the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) Wayne Forde says his goal is to make football the number one sport in Guyana.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – US President Donald Trump plans to host Chinese President Xi Jinping at a two-day summit next month, according to media reports, as his administration seeks to smooth relations with the world’s second-largest economy.

SAO PAULO (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – On the fringes of Sao Paulo, hundreds of makeshift dwellings fashioned from discarded plywood, plastic tarps and rusted sheets of corrugated iron occupy a hillside protest camp for squatters demanding affordable housing.

Dear Editor, I hope this letter can reach the eyes of the Government, the Minister of Agriculture and the Chairman and Board of Directors of the Guyana Rice Development Board (GRDB).

A new report on President Trump’s proposed $21.6 billion wall on the border with Mexico is the clearest evidence I have seen so far that Trump’s obsession with undocumented Mexican immigrants is based on false data, and is aimed at stirring up racial panic for political gain.

C.O.P Combined defeated Band Room and Force Control in the semi-finals of the Police Headquarters Inter-Department Domino competition played at the Police Sports Club recently.

Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo chats with a child while playing phagwah on Sunday.

The Ministry of Social Cohesion is gearing up to debut the first ever Harmony Village through a partnership with several private sector businesses to promote awareness of Guyanese cultures and traditions from different walk of lives.

THE People’s National Congress (PNC) Govern­ment is pressing opposition forces to come up with a viable alternative to the Economic Re­covery Programme (ERP).

After the ignominy of the West Indies’ utter humiliation in the last of their three-game limited overs encounter against England on Thursday, the BBC TV sports news on the following day didn’t even trouble itself to report on the outcome of the game.

LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Theresa May cleared the final hurdle standing between her and the start of Brexit negotiations yesterday after parliament passed legislation giving her the power to start the EU exit process.