Daily Archive: Saturday, March 18, 2017

The Movement Against Parking Meters has expressed outrage that clamping of motor vehicles is still continuing despite an order yesterday by the Minister of Communities, Ronald Bulkan suspending the bylaws that were created for the project.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC — West Indies selectors today named a 16-man squad to face Pakistan in the upcoming four-match Twenty20 series in Barbados and Trinidad and Tobago.

(Trinidad Guardian) Government is making its second drawdown in less than a year from the Heritage and Stabilisation Fund (HSF), but a statement from the Ministry of Finance yesterday assured that the financial standing of the fund is sound, as in the ten months since money was first withdrawn, the fund had been able to recover to close to its original value.

Minister of Communities Ronald Bulkan yesterday ordered the suspension of the by-laws for the city’s controversial metered parking system for 90 days as government effectively took the decision out of the hands of the Mayor and City Council (M&CC) on bringing the project to a halt.

Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Shalimar Ali-Hack has directed the reopening of the preliminary inquiry into the charge against Regan Rodrigues for the murder of political activist Courtney Crum-Ewing.

More than a year after it announced the end of sugar at Wales, the government yesterday sent its first high-level team to the West Bank Demerara community and heard demands for severance pay from former estate workers at a stormy meeting.

With questions mounting over the legality of recent drug purchases for the Georgetown hospital and the Guyana Trades Union Congress (GTUC) calling for a full investigation, Minister of Public Health Volda Lawrence is expected to issue a second explanation to clarify the matter as the government faces a major controversy over the violation of procurement rules.

Cabinet has greenlit a US$1 million contract for the construction of overhead pedestrian crossings at three locations along the East Bank Demerara Highway.

Suspended Chairman of the Public Service Commission (PSC) Carvil Duncan says that the removal of free security, telephone and electricity benefits, which he had been entitled to since taking office in 2014, is politically-motivated and he plans to approach the High Court to have them restored.

A businessman and farmer of Moruca, North West District was brutally chopped to death yesterday morning while on his way to his farm, and the suspect, said to be of unsound mind, has been taken into custody.

Winston Haynes, one of three former soldiers accused of raping a young woman at Camp Stephenson, Timehri, was yesterday charged with the crime and he was granted his release on $600,000 bail.

Justice Brassington Reynolds last week issued a provisional order for Attorney General Basil Williams SC to appoint the members of the Governing Board for the Deeds and Commercial Registries Authority.

Government may be one step closer to accessing the US$80 million currently being held by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) from the forest protection deal with Norway, for alternative green energy projects.

More than 30 Movement Against Parking Meters (MAPM) supporters parked their vehicles in the vicinity of Muneshwers on Water Street for an hour yesterday, while daring staff of the parking meter company to take action against them.

Agriculture Minister Noel Holder yesterday told Wales sugar workers that GuySuCo and the Guyana Rice Development Board (GRDB) are about to conclude a pact where the GRDB will provide funding for a seed paddy project and in a few days land preparation will restart, allowing them another work option.

St Lucian poet Derek Walcott, who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature, died yesterday at the age of 87.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC — Guyana Jaguars seamer Raymon Reifer sustained his good form as he helped trigger a Trinidad and Tobago Red Force batting collapse on the opening day of their seventh round clash here yesterday.

A Better Hope man, who was injured in an accident after his motorcycle was struck from behind along the Le Ressouvenir, East Coast Demerara Railway Embankment Road on Monday night, has succumbed.

By Royston Alkins Berbice defeated Essequibo by 10 wickets at the Police Sports Club Ground, Eve Leary, yesterday to secure a place in tomorrow’s final Of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) Dave West Indian Imports Inter County U15 limited overs competition.

The ‘Locked and Loaded’ card set for April 9 at the Giftland Mall is now official.

Randy Seepersaud, 22, the driver of the car that slammed into a utility pole on Phagwah night at Borlam Turn, Corentyne, resulting in the death of his friend, has been charged with causing death and driving under the influence.

The charge against Dwayne Griffith, the teen driver accused of causing the death of Buxton mother Nerisa Spencer last year, was yesterday dismissed after a financial settlement between the two families.

Under 18 and under 20 athletes hoping to secure spots on Guyana’s team to the 46th Flow CARIFTA Games in Curacao over the Easter weekend, will have a final chance to make the qualifying standards tomorrow when the Athletic Association of Guyana (AAG) stages ‘Classic 2’  at the National Track and Field Centre at Leonora.

The Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA) is set to commence its 2016/2017 season today and tomorrow with several matches at various venues in the city.

Roger Bess, the driver who struck and killed an elderly man with his speeding car along Cemetery Road, in Georgetown, just over two years ago, was yesterday sentenced to four years in jail for the crime.

The taxi driver accused of causing the death of passenger Camille Pereira, who died after their car collided with another vehicle along Croal Street in 2015, was found not guilty yesterday.

By Duncan Saul Defending champions Bent Street, along with Sophia, Back Circle and Albouystown sealed their group stage berths when the Petra Organization Futsal Championship playoff round concluded Thursday at the National Gymnasium, Mandela Avenue.

RANCHI, India, (Reuters) – India mounted a positive reply after Steve Smith’s unbeaten 178 and Glenn Maxwell’s maiden century powered Australia to a series-high 451 on day two of the third test yesterday.

Dameon Ramgulam, who admitted that he lied under oath while serving as a state witness in a recent murder trial, is now a remanded prisoner after being charged yesterday with perjury.

Dear Editor, Careful analysis of the decision of the honourable Ian Chang, Chief Justice (acting), does appear to confirm that our learned Chief Justice (acting) reached his determination in Cedric Richardson v Attorney General of Guyana & Raphael Trotman by a finding that Act No.

Dear Editor, In the Stabroek News of March 16, it was reported that representatives of the Chinese company, Hong Kong Golden Telecom Limited (HDGT), were in Guyana and recently put forward a proposal for payment of the outstanding US$5 million for the sale of the 20% shares of GTT owned by government.

Despite being a part of the regional set-up for more than two-decades, former West Indies batting star Shivnarine Chanderpaul believes he still had a lot left to offer on the international scene at the time of his premature retirement.

Twenty-three cheques were yesterday tendered as exhibits in the trial of former PPP/C public service minister Dr Jennifer Westford and her former aide Margaret Cummings, who are charged with the alleged theft of over $600 million from the government.

  A member of the Guyana Police Force was yesterday brought before a city court to face a charge that he sexually assaulted two women in Lethem.

NEW DELHI, India, CMC — West Indies Cricket Board president, Dave Cameron, has urged Shashank Manohar to rethink his decision to resign as chairman of the International Cricket Council.

Dear Editor, To correct Allan Fenty’s statements made in his SN column of March 17, 2017, under the sub-head ‘Rights, voices beyond the bound-yard’: it is the Indians who subsume their ethnic identity to the African Caribbean culture who exhibit triumphalism, snobbery and superiority at being both accepted and embraced by the dominant status quo; and it is the very poor rural Indian Guyanese who continue to practise their religion and culture, remembered from Mother India, who most need to be protected and defended.

Dear Editor, Transparency and accountability in the public procurement process was perhaps the most fundamental issue on the political platform of the APNU+AFC when they were in the opposition.

Koaito Grant’s photographs are known to leave lasting impressions on observers, often dredging up nostalgia of childhood or a yearning for the pristine countryside.

Suspended Chairman of the Public Ser-vice Commission (PSC) Carvil Duncan remained adamant on Thursday that he never received any correspondence from Prime Minister (PM) Moses Nagamootoo to inform him of the establishment of a tribunal to investigate whether he ought to be removed from the post.

LAHORE, Pakistan, CMC — Opener Sharjeel Khan’s absence from Pakistan’s limited overs tour of West Indies later this month will be a big loss for the side, captain Sarfraz Ahmed has said.

The Region Three Regional Democratic Council (RDC) has repaired the sluice in Leguan at a cost of $2.2M in order to prevent the recurrence of severe flooding in the area.

Dear Editor, The GRA published the revised list of Zero Rated Supplies (Schedule 1) and Exempt Supplies (Schedule 11) during the month of February, 2017.

JOHANNESBURG, (Reuters) – South Africa’s Constitutional Court ordered the government yesterday to pay social grants on April 1 via its current service provider, seeking to end a fiasco that had threatened the payment of benefits to 17 million people.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC — Test pacer Kemar Roach sent a strong signal to selectors ahead of the Pakistan series as his four-wicket haul trumped Devon Smith’s 28th first class hundred on the opening day of their seventh round clash in the Regiona four-day championship here yesterday.

Hi Everyone, A couple of weeks ago, in response to my column on fish curry, a very good friend of mine insisted that the roti for his curry must be hand-clapped.

Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) has called on residents of Mahdia to share their knowledge with its engineers for the development of a new water distribution system.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – The U.S. Justice Department is developing plans to temporarily reassign immigration judges from around the country to 12 cities to speed up deportations of illegal immigrants who have been charged with crimes, according to two administration officials.

Dear Editor, I, like most Guyanese am deeply concerned at what appears to be the laid-back attitude of the APNU+AFC coalition government as our economic woes deepen.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – The U.S. Justice Department yesterday said it delivered documents to congressional committees responding to their request for information that could shed light on President Donald Trump’s claims that former President Barack Obama ordered U.S.

People often assume that my faith is Muslim because of my first name.

COLOMBO,  (Reuters) – Shakib Al Hasan struck his fifth hundred and combined in a seventh-wicket stand of 131 with debutant Mosaddek Hossain to give Bangladesh a handy first-innings lead on the third day of the second and final test against Sri Lanka yesterday.

(Reuters) – Costa Rica has received authorization to ship pineapples to China, opening a new market for the world’s top exporter of the fruit, the Costa Rican government said on Thursday.

Dear Editor, The Mayor and City Council, earlier this year, cited their intent to reintroduce zoning in the City of Georgetown.

This year marks the 130th anniversary since Adventism arrived in Guyana and to celebrate this auspicious milestone the Guyana Conference of Seventh Day Adventist has planned a week of activities at the National Exhibition Centre in Sophia commencing Sunday March 19, and concluding on March 25.

(Reuters) – Batsman Shahzaib Hasan has become the fifth player to be suspended for spot fixing in the Pakistan Super League Twenty20 tournament, the country’s cricket board said yesterday.

    The City Council yesterday removed a skid steer loader which was encumbering the council’s reserve on Alexander Street, between Regent and Charlotte streets.

NEW YORK,  (Reuters) – The U.S. government took the legal battle over President Donald Trump’s travel ban to a higher court on Friday, saying it would appeal a federal judge’s decision that struck down parts of the ban on the day it was set to go into effect.

A resident of Mongripper Hill, Bartica, Region Seven, was on Thursday afternoon arrested and taken into custody for unlawful possession of firearm and ammunition.

Earlier this week, we celebrated Phagwah. Phagwah is a Hindu festival of colours and celebrates good over evil and the beginning of Spring.

The People’s Progressive party (PPP) reacting to recent allegations in the state media that its leader is inciting violence, has said that the government is resorting to “lies and distortions” to create hysteria.

Dear Editor, I refer to two letters written by Mr Mortimer George which were published on February 28 in the Kaieteur News, Stabroek News and Guyana Chronicle,  and then in Kaieteur News on March 1 and the Guyana Chronicle on March 16.

(Trinidad Express) Eleven years after they were charged with the murder of San Juan businesswoman Samdaye Rampersad, five men were found not guilty on Thursday of the capital charge, but instead on the lesser count of manslaughter.

Kit Nascimento’s Public Communications Consultants Limited (PCCL) has concluded its contract with Smart City Solutions Inc.

Bridgette Theya Narine, the teacher who was found dead in her Mahdia, Region Eight apartment on Wednesday, died from hanging, according to a post-mortem examination.

President Trump’s “skinny” budget is effectively a declaration of war on what chief White House strategist Steve Bannon calls the “administrative state.”

The stage of the National Cultural Centre is set to come alive next weekend with a play titled Woman-in-Law, which producers have dubbed as being an “explosively hilarious” comedy centred on two women in pursuit of the same man living under the same roof.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – The Trump administration took an unusual step yesterday in its efforts to defang the U.S.

Action in the fifth Milo U18 Secondary Schools football championships will continue today at the Ministry of Education ground, Carifesta Avenue with four group matches.