Daily Archive: Monday, May 8, 2017

Maverick DeAbreu is wanted by the police for questioning in relation to Inflicting Grievous Harm and Discharging a Loaded Firearm which occurred on 2017-02-01 and 2017-04-16 committed on Rodney LeBlanc and Tiffany and Jamele Hubbard at the Palm Court Night Club and Industrial Site Ruimveldt respectively.

Government today announced that while it would be retaining sugar production as the core function of GuySuCo at three factories it would be divesting the remaining parts and would be inviting expressions of interest in this process.

The Guyana Police Force wishes to inform the travelling public that the southern carriageway of Carifesta Avenue will be closed to vehicular traffic from 17:30hrs-00:00hrs today to facilitate works by the Ministry of Public Infrastructure.

Justice Franklin Holder this morning recused himself from presiding over Carvil Duncan’s challenge to his suspension as Public Service Commission Chairman.

(Trinidad Express) Opposition Leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar has warned of an elitist group of lawyers who could take advantage of the plea-bargaining system.

Pizza Hut GCC were crowned champions of the 2017 Woodpecker Products women’s field hockey outdoor league at the Guyana National stadium Providence, yesterday.

The eight-storey, uncompleted structure at the back of the once popular Buddy’s Pool Hall and Night Club on Sheriff Street is up for sale alongside other properties.

Usual suspects John ‘Big John’ Edwards, Winston ‘Little Master’ Stoby along with Tavis Rodney and Yannick Grimes lifted the marquee titles when the Guyana Amateur Powerlifting Federation (GAPF) staged its annual Claude Charles Intermediate and Master’s Memorial Championship yesterday at the National Gymnasium.

A budding rivalry is brewing between Guyana’s fittest man, Dillon Mahadeo of CrossFit 592 and the Caribbean’s fittest man, Trinidadian, Mattheaus Othero of IGone CrossFit.

With the US likely to seek a jail term between 57 and 71 months for former Guyana Health Minister Dr Noel Blackman on his oxycodone conspiracy conviction, his attorney John Bergendahl has made a plea for a lower sentence.

Attorney General Basil Williams SC will first have to face Justice Franklyn Holder and apologise this morning before his application that the Judge recuse himself from a case can be heard, Anil Nandlall says.

Ramona Agard and Richard Braithwaite are now in a class of their own.

A father of four died on Saturday after a boat he was travelling in capsized in the Kaburi River, Mazaruni.

The athletes of the Police Sports Club (PSC) defended their turf and walked away with most of the spoils of the Boyce/ Jefford Relay Festival and Family Fun Day which was staged yesterday.

Police in B Division have launched an investigation after five men were intercepted in a car with an unlicenced pistol, 13 live rounds, a rope, a crowbar, a wig and other items in Glasgow Housing Scheme, East Bank Berbice around 1:30 Saturday morning.

While state officials across the Caribbean have sought to reassure their citizenry that they are at least considering the possible impact of the proposed Border Wall Funding law in the United States, which would tax remittances to several countries in the Caribbean and South America, including Guyana, the government here has been silent.

Dave and Celina All-Stars, led by a Kennard Simon helmet trick, Saturday night defeated Swag Entertainment 5-0 at the Mackenzie Market tarmac to be crowned the Guinness ‘Greatest of the Streets’ Linden champions.

The Guyana Table Tennis Association (GTTA) has selected 16-year-old national table tennis star Miguel Wong as its prospect for possible qualification for the third Youth Olympic Games.

The Bank of Guyana (BoG) has asked that a company which named and registered itself at the Commercial Registry as ‘Guyana Commercial Bank Incorporated’ de-register as it does not have a banking licence and the name can be classified as false advertising.

Dear Editor, I refer to the timely and relevant SN editorial `Mayhem on the roads continuing’ (SN May 5). 

Government played no role in the actual procurement of the over-$605M emergency drugs for the GPHC, its Chairman, Kesaundra Alves says, adding that the large amount of drugs that was urgently needed was because of patients likely hoarding medication, among other things.

President of the Guyana Amateur Basketball Federation (GABF) Nigel Hinds has called for direct funding from the world governing body for basketball (FIBA) to the national federations affiliated to the body.

CARACAS,  (Reuters) – Jailed opposition Venezuelan politician Leopoldo Lopez is well and is urging street demonstrators to keep up massive anti-government protests, his wife said yesterday after her first visit with the former presidential hopeful in over a month, putting to rest rumors of his ill health.

NEW DELHI, India, CMC – Brutal half-centuries from Sunil Narine and Dwayne Smith set up Kolkata Knight Riders and Gujarat Lions respectively, for memorable wins in the Indian Premier League yesterday.

The curricula vitae of the six nominees for Chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) are to be submitted by Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo to President David Granger this morning, as per Granger’s request, sources say.

Dear Editor, It took me a while to wrap my head around this one.

President’s College squeaked past Plaisance Secondary 41-34 in the U19 division when the National Schools Basketball Festival (NSBF) Georgetown Regional Conference continued Saturday at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall, Homestretch Avenue.

Interviews and photos by Dreylan Johnson and David Papannah Question: Have you ever visited Kaieteur Falls or do you intend to visit?

Ambassador Dag Nylander, the Personal Representative of the Secretary General of the United Nations (UN)  Antonio Guterres on the border controversy between Guyana and Venezuela paid his second visit to Guyana over the period May 5-6, 2017,a release from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs here said on Saturday.

(Trinidad Guardian) Calling for transparency in last week’s $255 million buyout of Massy’s Com-munications Ltd by state-owned Telecommunica-tions Services of T&T (TSTT), Opposition Leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar yesterday called on Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley and his Junior Minister Stuart Young to come clean on the deal.

PARIS, (Reuters) – Emmanuel Macron was elected French president yesterday with a business-friendly vision of European integration, defeating Marine Le Pen, a far-right nationalist who threatened to take France out of the European Union.

Dear Editor, In spite of the ongoing protests, the government is going full speed ahead with its plan to collect VAT on utilities and on private education.

“This chapter is closed,” Saul “Canelo” Alvarez stated at the post fight press conference regarding his rivalry against Julio Cesar Chavez Jr.

ABUJA, (Reuters) – A group of 82 girls held captive for three years by Islamist militants met Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari in the capital Abuja yesterday a day after they were released in exchange for several militant commanders, officials said.

Minister of State,  Joseph Harmon on Friday afternoon visited the Mon Repos Shiv Mandir, where a Hindu worship site, which residents say was built by the first set of Indian indentured immigrants, is located.

MATANZAS, Cuba, (Reuters) – For decades belonging to a religion and being anything but heterosexual was stigmatized in Communist-ruled, macho Cuba, making the Mass held by three transgender pastors in the western Cuban city of Matanzas all the more groundbreaking.

ROSEAU, Dominica, CMC – West Indies selectors have kept faith with the same squad of 13 for the decisive third and final Test of the current series against Pakistan, starting on Wednesday at Windsor Park here.

By Lisa Outar Dr. Lisa Outar is an independent scholar who researches Anglophone and Francophone Caribbean literature.

Police are on the hunt for the suspects in the murder of Andre Alexander, the bread vendor from Sophia who died on Friday evening, hours after he was shot during a robbery.

Dear Editor, We have admired the agile cast of Jesus Christ Superstar such as Ted Neeley, Carl Anderson, Yvonne Elliman, Barry Dennen and so on.

(Trinidad Express) A man released from prison days ago after his criminal cases were dismissed, was gunned down on Saturday.

Demerara Waves reported Dr. Kalim Shah, Climate Change and Energy Policy expert, and Professor at Indiana University, as having stated as follows at a recent conference held in Belize: Even though our countries are not responsible for significant greenhouse gas emissions in the global scheme of things, we are experiencing and projected to experience many of the effects of climate change on the frontlines.

KIGALI, (Reuters) – War and famine have forced more than 2 million children in South Sudan to flee their homes, creating the most worrying refugee crisis in the world, the United Nations said yesterday.

Dear Editor, I see that Abu Bakr has picked up Swami Aksharananda on his comment on the three Abrahamic religions.

Article 119B of the Constitution provides for the establishment of Parliamentary sectoral committees on foreign relations, natural resources, social services and economic services.

President David Granger on Thursday said that as Guyana transitions toward becoming a ‘green’ State, the stakeholder agencies must work together to protect and preserve the environment.

NEW DELHI, India, CMC – Darren Sammy said he still cares about the game in the Caribbean, but he loses little sleep about a recall to the West Indies team.