Daily Archive: Tuesday, April 18, 2017

A Yarakita, North West District, Region 1 resident who pointed a loaded firearm at a Police Constable, was shot and killed by the said rank with his service revolver at about 7.45 this morning at Yarakita Village, the police say.

A 16-year-old pillion rider of Bath Settlement, West Coast Berbice, died around 5.30 this morning, whilst receiving treatment at the New Amsterdam Hospital, after the motor cycle he was being towed on collided with a utility pole at about 00:45hrs at Cotton Tree Public Road, West Coast Berbice.

A Central Rupununi resident was just after 2:30 am today pronounced dead on arrival at the Lethem Hospital after being rushed to the medical institution by his reputed wife, bleeding profusely from a single knife-stab wound to the left region of his chest.

LONDON, (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Theresa May called on Tuesday for an early election on June 8, saying she needed to strengthen her hand in divorce talks with the European Union by shoring up support for her Brexit plan.

(Trinidad Guardian) Soca artiste Rodney “Benjai” La Blanc is recovering at home following a brutal attack outside a night club in Guyana on Sunday morning.

Instead of direct cash disbursements to every citizen from the country’s oil wealth, the government will likely favour disbursing money directly to the regions, which would be more advantageous, according to Minister of Natural Resources Raphael Trotman.

Guyana is no longer the suicide capital of the world, having fallen to fourth place, according to crude statistics on the World Health Organization (WHO) website.

The unidentified body of a woman was found yesterday morning in a room at the John’s Hotel on George Street, Werk-en-Rust.

With heart disease continuing to be the leading cause of death among Guyanese, the recently-established Cardiac Intensive Care Unit (CICU) is meeting the needs of patients by offering specialized treatment and care.

Defending champions Guyana Jaguars can now pat themselves on the back after they defeated the Windward Island Volcanoes by an innings and 122 runs, 44 minutes after play was called on the third morning of their 10th round match at the Guyana National stadium, yesterday.

Uitvlugt Warriors were crowned the Super-4 Massive Easter football champions after edging Eagles FC of Stewartville 2-1 Sunday evening at the Den Amstel Community Centre ground, West Demerara.

Although already overpaid for by $1.1 million, rehabilitation works for the fencing at the Christianburg Wismar Secondary School will have to be re-budgeted for in 2018 to see its completion, and the accounting officer of Region Ten believes “unethical staff” are to blame.

Team Guyana served their way to two silver medals on Sunday evening when action in the Caribbean Cadet and junior table tennis championship continued at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall with a number of competitive Caribbean juniors displaying their skills and emotions.

Alliance For Change (AFC) Leader Raphael Trotman says he is concerned that the criticisms that the party has fallen silent on the constitutional reform calls it championed while in opposition, have been vague on what direct fixes were needed.

Residents of Constituency 10, Albouystown/ Charlestown say they have seen changes in their communities, since the election of Team Legacy’s Malcolm Ferreira as a councillor at the March 18, 2016 Local Government Elections.

Team Guyana completed a successful sojourn of the 2017 FLOW CARIFTA Games in Curacao yesterday by winning two more medals than it did last year at the Games in Grenada.

In keeping with having an open government and having the citizens of the country informed about   his ministry’s progress, Minister of Natural Resources Raphael Trotman said that by the end of 2017 the ministry would have completed 60 outreaches in various communities in every region.

As day two action in the 2017 Bartica Regatta Speedboat competition continued yesterday the fierce competition that had already commenced on day one continued.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Successful Youth World Cup skipper Shimron Hetmyer and his Guyana Jaguars teammate Vishal Singh were poised for their first taste of international cricket after being picked in a 13-man squad to face Pakistan in the opening Test of the three-match series starting in Jamaica on Friday.

Dear Editor, The Mental Health Unit of the Ministry of Health (MOH) has indicated that it will be implementing a self-harm screening tool that will identify and counsel persons who have attempted suicide or practised self-harm.

Two weeks after his disappearance, family members of a missing Mabaruma pensioner are still in the dark about his whereabouts.

FLORENCE HALL, Jamaica, CMC – Kieran Powell celebrated his recall to the West Indies Test squad with his second half-century of the match as the WICB President’s XI and Pakistan drew their tour game here yesterday.

Dear Editor, I invite readers to take a hard look at the long (and naturally very costly) Ad which appeared in last Sunday’s print media inviting prospective students to enroll with the Bertram Collins College of the Public Service of Guyana.

Four persons were lucky to have not sustained any serious injuries after the car three of them were in slammed into a minibus on D’Urban Street yesterday afternoon, pitching it into a nearby drain.

ANKARA/ISTANBUL (Reuters) – A defiant Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan denounced the West’s “crusader mentality” yesterday after European monitors criticised a referendum in which he won sweeping new powers.

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts, CMC – Another devastating spell of leg-spin bowling from Imran Khan in between showers topped half-centuries from Chesney Hughes, Montcin Hodge and Kacey Carty to give Trinidad & Tobago Red Force the edge against Leeward Islands Hurricanes in the Regional 4-Day Tournament yesterday.

Dear Editor, I have been a pensioner for the past seven years.

The Pan Caribbean Partnership against HIV and AIDS (Pancap) will host a meeting of youth leaders this weekend in Port of Spain, Trinidad to discuss the role of youth in the response to HIV and AIDS, and draft a framework for regional youth advocacy.

(The Sports Xchange) – Jimmy Butler scored 15 of his 30 points in the fourth quarter, including five during an 8-0 run midway through the final period that put Chicago in control, and the Bulls held on to beat the Boston Celtics 106-102 on Sunday in the opener of a first-round Eastern Conference playoff series.

(Reuters) – The manhunt widened yesterday for a murder suspect who police said posted a video of himself on Facebook shooting an elderly man in Cleveland, where authorities appealed to the public for help in the case after urging the killer to turn himself in.

BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazilian President Michel Temer said yesterday some of his cabinet ministers are likely to resign after being placed under investigation in a massive corruption probe, as he seeks to draw a line under a scandal threatening his sweeping fiscal reforms.

Dear Editor, I think that the public is a bit puzzled as to where to deposit annual income tax returns.

Global REACH Guyana (GRG), an organization that assists other non-governmental organizations with providing financial aid and support to vulnerable groups, the sick, and the abused, recently made a donation of a projector and projector screen to the Rotaract Club of Georgetown Central.

The Kolkata Knight Riders climbed to the top of the VIVO IPL 2017 standings after they defeated the Delhi Daredevils by four wickets in a thrilling encounter last evening.

ASUNCION (Reuters) – Paraguay’s President Horacio Cartes said yesterday he would not be a candidate in Paraguay’s 2018 election regardless of whether or not Congress passes an amendment to allow second terms.

Having distributed more than 2,000 kites over the past two weeks, President David Granger yesterday indulged a bit in the Easter tradition during a walkabout in the National Park.

Dear Editor, There are some interesting dynamics at work here in Guyana. 

MOSCOW (Reuters) – As Russian hopes of swift detente under President Donald Trump have fizzled, state media, which hailed his election win, have made a U-turn.

An interview with Venezuelan opposition leader Henrique Capriles earlier this week left me more hopeful than at any time in recent months that President Nicolás Maduro may not be able to maintain his de facto dictatorship indefinitely.

NEW YORK (Reuters) – A US judge yesterday sentenced Brazilian engineering company Odebrecht SA to pay $2.6 billion in fines in a massive criminal corruption case, signing off on a plea deal between the company and US, Brazilian and Swiss authorities.

David Warner’s patient 70, followed by an exceptional bowling performance by Bhuvneshwar Kumar – who lifted the intensity at the right moments, helped Sunrisers Hyderabad defeat Kings XI Punjab by five runs last evening.

Nothing has happened over the years to persuade informed observers that government is even remotely close to securing the upper hand in the fight against serious environmental transgression by mining operations in remote regions of Guyana to which, as a general rule, we pay less than merited attention.

First Lady Sandra Granger yesterday attended a fundraising Easter Hat Show and Brunch hosted by Women Across Differences (WAD) in the garden of the Critchlow Labour College, Woolford Avenue, Georgetown.

Dear Editor, Please publish this letter as an appeal to His Excellency, President David Granger to review the performance and conduct of some Ministers of Government and to take appropriate actions to engender national confidence in the economy and security of the people and nation.

By Nancy Birdsall and Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala LAGOS – The countries of Sub-Saharan Africa have reached a critical juncture.

RIO DE JANEIRO (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Brazilian prosecutors are demanding answers after the names of 17 employers profiting human trafficking disappeared from the country’s “dirty list” which names and shames companies engaged in modern slavery.

UNNAO, India (Reuters) – One recent afternoon, dozens of young Hindu men, swords drawn and saffron scarves draped around their necks, rode motorcycles through a Muslim neighbourhood near the capital of India’s most populous state and chanted “Hail Lord Ram!”