Daily Archive: Wednesday, April 12, 2017

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates,  CMC – West Indies’ hopes of automatic qualification for the 2019 World Cup in England took a further blow when they dropped a point in the latest International Cricket Council rankings released today.

Former Attorney General Anil Nandlall is seeking to have an adjournment of tomorrow’s sitting of the National Assembly for the consideration of a motion calling on President David Granger to revoke the establishment of a commission to study Amerindian land titling, ownership of lands acquired by freed African slaves and other land titling matters.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua,  CMC – Guyana Jaguars are now the heavy favourites to win a hat-trick of titles in the Regional four-day championship, after maintaining their lead at the top of the standings despite sitting out the ninth round of matches.

The Guyana Energy Agency (GEA) today said that it seized illegal fuel on Monday at Helena Number One, Mahaica.

BEIJING,  (Reuters) – Chinese President Xi Jinping called for a peaceful resolution of rising tension on the Korean peninsula in a telephone conversation with U.S.

Cabinet yesterday decided that the Value-Added Tax (VAT) would remain applicable to private school tuition fees for the current school year but that the measure will be reviewed in the preparation for next year’s national budget, Minister of Education Dr Rupert Roopnaraine said yesterday.

Guyana’s Hindu community has called for the country’s schools to be declared off-limits to all missionaries and their preaching and it said the constitution was violated by the recent proselytizing of a controversial American group.

APNU+AFC Councillor on the Enmore/ Hope Neighbourhood Democratic Council (NDC) Deochan Singh is maintaining that a decision was indeed taken to sell the computers that were seized by the State Assets Recovery Unit (SARU) and the eGovernment Unit last Thursday.

A 16-year-old boy was killed yesterday afternoon after he was struck by a car that was allegedly driven by a prison officer along the Cotton Tree Public Road, West Coast Berbice.

The son of 82-year-old Rudolph Ross, also known as ‘Uncle Bruce,’ who perished in a fire at his Kildonan Village, Corentyne home in the wee hours of Monday, is being treated as a suspect in his father’s death.

A Guyanese man, who authorities say admitted to smuggling cocaine into the United States by swallowing 39 pellets filled with the drug, has been remanded to prison in New York.

A husband and wife were remanded to prison yesterday after being charged with trafficking marijuana.

Around 100 members of the Berbice Hire Car Association demonstrated yesterday at the Tain Koker, Corentyne against the government’s ban on used tyres.

Quick action by the police has led to the arrest of the suspect in the murder of Courtney Porter, the miner who was fatally beaten at Mahaica, East Coast Demerara.

The partially-decomposed body of a 20-year-old man, who was missing since Sunday, was found yesterday morning at Oranges-tein, Parika, East Bank Essequibo, and while it is believed that he drowned, his family suspects foul play.

The Education Ministry’s Department of Culture has stepped in to ensure the preservation of the murals at Cheddi Jagan Inter-national Airport by Guyanese artist Aubrey Williams and has solicited the help of Castellani House.

Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo  on Monday said before his party commences consultations on constitutional reform, President David Granger must assure that any commitment made during the engagements will be “seriously considered” as the PPP/C is not in the business of “wasting time.”

The photos taken at the scene of the murder of Lusignan beautician Ashmini Harriram were yesterday tendered and admitted into the trial of the two men accused of killing her.

Investigations are now ongoing into the circumstances surrounding the recent death of a premature baby at the West Demerara Regional Hospital, Minister of Public Health Volda Lawrence has said.

A young miner was yesterday charged with the murder of a man last week at Mahdia, in Region Eight.

A farmer was yesterday remanded to prison after he was charged with having almost five pounds of cannabis.

A man’s decision to interfere with a miner’s wife has landed him in a critical condition in the Georgetown Public Hospital, while the miner is now facing an attempted murder charge.

Ganesh Dhanraj was yesterday remanded to prison after being charged with murdering his wife, Dhanwantie Ram, last Wednesday at their Parika, East Bank Essequibo home.

President of the International Football Federation (FIFA) Giovanni Infantino along with Guyana Football Federation (GFF) boss Wayne Forde and Minister within the Ministry of Education, with responsibility for sport, Nicolette Henry, yesterday turned the sod on the Providence Community Ground, site of the country’s first FIFA ‘Forward Programme’ facility.

The continuation of the preliminary inquiry into the murder charge against the three men charged with murdering Ganesh Ramlall, the former Regent Multiplex owner who was gunned down in 2015, was adjourned yesterday following the absence of Special Prosecutor Nigel Hughes.

An early morning fire of unknown origin yesterday ripped through a house at  Number 43 Village, Corentyne, leaving a fisherman, his wife, who is a fish vendor, their five children and one grandchild homeless.

Thirty-five-year-old Shoaib Malik produced the knock of the series, a sensational 101 from 111 deliveries to hand Pakistan a six-wicket win over a brittle West Indies side in the third and final Brighto Paints Q Mobile Cup One-Day International yesterday at the Guyana National Stadium, Providence to seal the series 2 – 1.

Staff members of the Upper Takutu/Upper Essequibo (Region Nine) administration have reportedly still not been paid salaries from the nearly $3 million that was stolen during the January, 2013 heist at the Lethem Post Office, when a security guard was killed.

Giovanni Infantino, President of the International Federation of Association Football (FIFA), said his administration is committed to eradicating corruption and developing the Caribbean Football Union (CFU).

Dear Editor, It has been two years now since the rice cereal factory which was built by contractor Seecharran was left abandoned.

Mainstay/Whyaka, Region Two, commissioned its community ground with a grand inter-community football match yesterday, GINA said.

Dear Editor, Some land owners are in the habit of setting fires to clear the land of grass, etc, not taking into consideration the threat to properties in close proximity to the fire.

As the Guyana Floodlights Softball Cricket Associa-tion (GFSCA) Digicel-sponsored 10/10 competition gathers momentum, United Warriors 1 is proving to be quite a handful for opponents after the third round of action.

Dear Editor, On the matter of VAT on education there are two issues here.

The trial of Deosarran Bisnauth, who is accused of beating and killing another man, commenced on Monday morning before Justice Navindra Singh and a 12-member jury at the High Court in Georgetown.

The fifth Guinness ‘Greatest of the Streets’ East Coast of Demerara leg will kick-off today at the Haslington Market Place Tarmac.

Pizza Hut Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC) hammered Spartans 7-0 when the second Woodpecker women’s first division hockey league continued on Monday at the GCC ground, Bourda.

Dear Editor, Minister Ronald Bulkan should be the last person to speak about the enforcement of laws in Guyana and about giving effect to the intention of the framer of the Municipal and District Council Act Cap 28:01.

Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo has said that according to the procedures for the appointment of members of the Guyana National Broadcasting Authority (GNBA) board, Cabinet would have to approve the opposition nominee ahead of the individual’s name being gazetted.

CARACAS, (Reuters) – Venezuela’s state prosecutor’s office said yesterday a 20-year old man had been fatally shot in the neck on Monday night while he was at a protest in the city of Valencia, the second confirmed death in anti-government unrest in the last week.

PYONGYANG/WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – North Korean state media warned yesterday of a nuclear attack on the United States at any sign of American aggression, as a U.S.

The Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) is working to structure the process guiding both medical missions and drug donations to ensure the needs of the country are adequately met, according to Minister of Public Health Volda Lawrence.

A nationwide day/night Under 13 cricket competition is set to get underway April 21 at the Demerara Cricket Club (DCC) ground.

Dear Editor, The new round of debate on the state of the country’s economy, has been fuelled by concerns of an apparent shortage of foreign exchange in Guyana and its effects on the banking system.

WASHINGTON/MOSCOW,  (Reuters) – President Donald Trump’s administration accused Russia yesterday of trying to shield Syria’s government from blame for a deadly gas attack, as Secretary of State Rex Tillerson brought a Western message to Moscow condemning its support for President Bashar al-Assad.

BRASILIA,  (Reuters) – A Brazilian Supreme Court justice has ordered investigations into 71 sitting lawmakers and nine ministers in President Michel Temer’s cabinet allegedly linked to the country’s biggest corruption scandal, Estado de S.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – West Indies captain Jason Holder has once again lamented the lack of an all-round team effort, following his side’s 2-1 series loss to Pakistan here yesterday.

(Reuters) – United Airlines and its chief executive faced mounting pressure yesterday from a worldwide backlash over its treatment of a passenger who was dragged from his seat on a plane on Sunday to make room for four employees on the overbooked flight.

Dear Editor, I am pleased that the government decided to hold a meeting with the operators and owners of private schools along with other stakeholders.

(Trinidad Express) Five soldiers appeared in the Port of Spain Magistrates’ Court yesterday charged with the rape of a female colleague last October.

The trial of the Tower Suites and Club Privilege employees, who are charged with attempting to obstruct justice by deleting video footage of a shooting that took place at the nightclub, continued on Monday with evidence from one of the investigating ranks.

Plans are afoot to model services offered by other departments of the George-town Public Hospital (GPH) after those being offered by the recently redeveloped Cardiac Inten-sive Care Unit (CICU), according to Minister of Public Health Volda Lawrence.

GUATEMALA CITY, Guatemala, (Reuters) – Guatemalan police arrested one of the top leaders of the Salvadoran criminal gang Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13) yesterday and confiscated arms and vehicles, a police spokesman said.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – The FBI obtained a secret court order last summer to monitor the communications of an adviser to then-presidential candidate Donald Trump, part of an investigation into possible links between Russia and the campaign, the Washington Post reported yesterday, citing law enforcement and other U.S.

NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – Fit-again South African AB de Villiers was pleasantly surprised to discover he has lost none of his touch after the batsman blasted a swashbuckling 89 not out in an Indian Premier League (IPL) match on Monday.

NEW YORK,  (Reuters) – J. Geils, leader of The J. Geils Band whose hard-driving hits of the late 1970s and early 1980s included “Centerfold,” “Freeze Frame” and “Love Stinks,” died on Tuesday at his home in Groton, Massachusetts, police said.

Dear Editor, The issue of constitutional reforms to address the issue of ethnic security has a long history dating back over half a century.

Dear Editor, As the symphonies of the street and social media reach the inner ear, there come troubling thoughts that refuse to go away. 

SEATTLE,  (Reuters) – Hundreds of detainees at an immigration holding center in Washington state began refusing meals in a hunger strike to protest conditions at the facility and delayed immigration hearings, activists said yesterday.

SANTIAGO, (Reuters) – Thousands of students marched in Chilean cities yesterday to demand improvements to the nation’s higher education system, as lawmakers prepared to debate planned reforms.

Anyone concerned with the present perilous direction of climate change must hope that countries not only stick to the commitments they made under the UNFCCC 2015 process but if possible raise their ambitions. 

The Arts Forum in collaboration with Castellani House yesterday launched an art exhibition to mark the centenary of the end of Indian indentureship in Guyana.

(Reuters) A film about a young man suffering from depression and the good Samaritans who help him won the top honour at India’s National Film Awards on Friday.

Two men, including one accused of stealing from his grandmother, were both granted bail after denying separate counts of larceny yesterday.

(The Sports Xchange) – Boston Celtics clinched the Atlantic Division title and moved atop the Eastern Conference standings with a 114-105 victory over the Brooklyn Nets.

As the spring thaw continued, it was an interesting week in the world of politics.