Daily Archive: Monday, April 17, 2017

GEORGETOWN, Guyana,  CMC – Guyana Jaguars defeated Windward Islands Volcanoes by an innings and 122 runs before lunch on day three of their final round game in the Regional four-day championship at the Guyana National Stadium on Monday.

RIO DE JANEIRO,  (Reuters) – In September, police investigating a wave of killings in the northern Rio de Janeiro suburbs followed a tip to the isolated scrubland near the massive Duque de Caxias oil refinery.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court sidestepped a turbulent debate over illegal immigration today, turning away an appeal by a group of asylum-seeking Central American women and their children who aimed to clarify the constitutional rights of people who the government has prioritized for deportation.

SEOUL,  (Reuters) – South Korean prosecutors today charged ousted president Park Geun-hye and Lotte Group chairman Shin Dong-bin with bribery in the latest twist to a corruption scandal that rocked the country for months.

Golden Blue Echo held off a late charge from favorite Spit Fire to win the feature C2 and lower, 1900m event of the Guyana Cup Fever and the $1M bounty by a neck yesterday at the overflowing Port Mourant Turf Club.

Add another first place trophy to Hamzah Eastman’s collection. One day after sprinting to victory in the feature 35-lap event of the Universal Auto Sales event in the National Park, the Team Coco’s standout took his talents to the open road to record back-to-back victories yesterday.

By Royston Alkins The Windwards Islands Volcanoes ended day two of the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) Digicel Professional Cricket League (PCL) Regional four-day championships on 102 – 5 still 179 runs behind the Guyana Jaguars first innings score of 379 all out at the Providence National Stadium yesterday.

While government has maintained that the 14 percent Value Added Tax on private school fees will remain for this year, governing coalition partner, the Alliance For Change says it will continue to push for its review amid grumbling by top officials and other supporters of the party.

Players looking to represent the Georgetown U19 side in the upcoming Guyana Cricket Board Inter-Association U19 tournament are invited to a practice session at the Malteenoes Sports Club ground tomorrow, a release from the Guyana Cricket Board stated yesterday.

FLORENCE HALL, Jamaica, CMC – Weather, and a budding partnership between Ahmed Shehzad and Asad Shafiq combined to loosen the grip of the WICB President’s XI after Vishaul Singh completed his sixth first-class hundred to give them the edge in their tour match against Pakistan yesterday here.

Former Speaker of the National Assembly, Ralph Ramkarran has come out in strong support of the controversial State Assets Recovery Bill which was passed in the National Assembly on Thursday.

Defending champions Blueberry Hill and Wisrock Block 22 won their opening round matches when the Linden ‘Stag Bowl’ Inter-Ward football championships commenced Saturday at the Mackenzie Sport Club (MSC) ground, Linden.

It has taken Parliament’s Appointment Committee 15 months to identify an accountant for the Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) – a key node in the fight against money laundering.

Minister of Natural Resources, Raphael Trotman says the Ministry is currently looking at various options that will “cancel out what is seen as an oppressive 14% VAT” on value-added forest products.

The largest crowd ever to grace the National Gymnasium on Mandela Avenue witnessed the crowning of a new champion as Sparta Boss downed Back Circle 5-2 to secure the Petra Organization Futsal Championship on Saturday.

Long jumper, Chantoba Bright and long distance runner, Claudrice McKoy continued Guyana’s gold medal heist yesterday on day two of the FLOW CARIFTA Games currently underway in Curacao.

The Queen’s College ground has been cleaned and cleared of tall weeds and builder’s waste around two weeks after Stabroek News reported on its deplorable condition.

Minister of State, Joseph Harmon and Minister of Indigenous Peoples’ Affairs, Sydney Allicock, on Saturday, handed over $1M to the Rupununi Rodeo Committee, a statement from the Ministry of the Presidency said yesterday.

Defending champions Beterverwagting (BV)-B will tackle Melanie-B while Buxton Diamond will engage Plaisance-B today in the semi-finals of the Guinness ‘Greatest of the Streets’ East Coast of Demerara leg following quarterfinal wins Saturday.

Dear Editor, 1) The recent establishment of a Commission of Inquiry by President David Granger to “examine and make recommendations on resolving issues and uncertainties surrounding the individual, joint or communal ownership of lands along with Amerindian Land Titling issues “ has resulted in a vehement and bitter outcry among our Indigenous people including their elected Village Councils, Indigenous Groups, the National Toshaos Council, supporters and members of the People’s Progressive Party; and sections of the public who view the establishment of this Commission as both a transgression of the land rights  and  “an  expression of gross disrespect for the Amerindian people of Guyana” whose fast growing population numbering over 70 000 living in over 200 Villages/Communities accounts for almost 10% of Guyana’s population.

President David Granger has pledged the support of his Government to raise the profile of the annual Bartica Regatta and transform it into a truly national event.

An Akini Wilson layup in the dying moments propelled Amelia’s Ward Jets to the Linden Amateur Basketball Association (LABA) U23 title, edging Kwakwani 70-68 in the final on Saturday.

Dear Editor, The Guyana Football Federation (GFF) is never an organization devoid of compelling drama; most of it self-inflicted by administrators with authoritarian instincts.

A Cuban man and his wife were on Thursday ordered deported after they admitted to overstaying their time and their appeal to be allowed to remain to work in Guyana proved to be in vain.

As the Tagore Memorial Secon-dary School, located at the Number 63 Village, Corentyne, approaches its 75th anniversary this year, the institution continues to receive support from old students.

(Sports Xchange) – C.J. Miles missed a wide-open jumper at the buzzer and the Cavaliers held on to beat the Indiana Pacers 109-108 in Game 1 of an Eastern Conference first-round series.

The Xercise, the first local sports non-profit initiative of its kind is Guyana, as stated by co-founder Nitesha Mokutnauth, is geared towards working with local athletes off the field in terms of capacity building, communication skills and leadership qualities.

As day one of the 2017 Bartica Regatta Speedboat competition kicked off yesterday there were a number of fiercely-contested races witnessed by a relatively large turn out as a number of veteran and popular racers competed for several of the attractive prizes at stake.

Dear Editor, Georgetown, our capital city, has issues with solid waste management in both our attitudes towards its production and our capacity for its reduction.

Pharmacist Arnold Gajraj of Greenwich Park, East Bank Essequibo, charged last year with obtaining $750,000 by false pretence, was cleared of the charge at  the Leonora Magistrate’s Court.

An East Canje man was on Thursday found guilty of causing grievous bodily harm to his son who he had set afire with methylated spirits when the 11-year-old child tried to stop him from leaving their house for more alcohol.

Our last two articles dealt with the Integrity Commis-sion, its proposed amendment and revision of the Code of Conduct.

GUATEMALA CITY,  (Reuters) – A former Mexican state governor on the run from police for more than five months who has come to symbolize corruption within the country’s ruling party was arrested on Saturday night in Guatemala and now awaits extradition.

WASHINGTON/PYONGYANG, (Reuters) – The United States, its allies and China are working together on a range of responses to North Korea’s latest failed ballistic missile test, U.S.

Dear Editor, Notwithstanding the deep reservations, the multiplicity of concerns and complaints and the widespread fear and anxiety expressed about the SARA Bill from Guyanese across this land and important stakeholder organizations, last Thursday, the government tossed all of them aside and rammed this Bill through the National Assembly.

(BBC) Veteran Shiv Chanderpaul shrugged off a thigh injury to hit a magnificent 182 as Lancashire totalled 470  Saturday against Surrey at The Oval.

President David Granger (centre) joined Bartica children on the pavilion for a photo opportunity following the distribution of the kites (Ministry of the Presidency photo)

Charged with being in possession of almost two pounds of cannabis, two men were on Thursday remanded to prison.

More than two weeks after she said that a report would be issued to the press, acting Chancellor of the Judiciary, Justice Yonette Cummings-Edwards is still to pronounce on the courtroom confrontation between Attorney General Basil Williams SC and Justice Franklin Holder.

In a blunt statement in response to a column in the Guyana Chronicle by presidential advisor on the environment, Rear Admiral (ret’d) Gary Best, the Director of Norway’s International Climate and Forest Initiative, Per Pharo has set out in stark terms what decisions have to be made by the government here to access monies accrued under the 2009 forest protection partnership.

Berbice businessman Ameer Niron Bacchus spread Easter joy when he distributed kites to 1,000 children in several communities in Upper Berbice, Region 10 over the past few days.

This week we asked the man/woman in the street about their plans for Easter and what  the holiday meant to them.

President David Granger on Saturday evening stated that the Blairmont sugar estate is among those that will be preserved, the Ministry of the Presidency reported.

ANKARA/ISTANBUL,  (Reuters) – President Tayyip Erdogan declared victory in a referendum yesterday to grant him sweeping powers in the biggest overhaul of modern Turkish politics, but opponents said the vote was marred by irregularities and they would challenge its result.

Dear Editor, Word has come to me from different sources that this country has a serious problem that has remained out of sight and out of mind. 

Guyana Defence Force (GDF) maintained their lead atop the Guyana Football Federation (GFF)/Stag Beer Elite League after edging Buxton United 2-1 Saturday at the Number 5 ground, West Coast Berbice.

VATICAN CITY,  (Reuters) – Pope Francis denounced “oppressive regimes” in his Easter message yesterday but in an apparent call for restraint urged world leaders to prevent the spread of conflicts, as tensions rose in North Korea and Syria.

By Judith Wedderburn   Judith Wedderburn is a gender and development practitioner, formerly Director, Friedrich Ebert Stiftung (FES) in Jamaica, with experience in community development and leadership training around gender equality, gender-based violence, women’s empowerment and poverty.