Articles published on Friday, June 9, 2017
BRASILIA, (Reuters) – Brazil’s top electoral court dismissed a case today that threatened to unseat President Michel Temer for allegedly receiving illegal campaign funds in the 2014 election when he was the running mate of impeached President Dilma Rousseff.
The police say they are investigating the murder of Carlos Wong, 46, a miner of Half Mile Wismar, Linden which occurred about 9 am today at Omai Landing, Essequibo River by two males who have not yet been apprehended.
Heavy rain over the last 24 hours and this morning resulted in Mahdia in Region Eight, (Potaro-Siparuni) being flooded, DPI/GINA said.
Even as the police legal advisor continues to look at the recommendations made on laying charges in the `Pradoville 2’ land case, Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday maintained that the continuous pursuit of this matter is nothing but vindictiveness.
LONDON, (Reuters) – Prime Minister Theresa May said today she would form a new government with assistance from Northern Irish unionists to provide political certainty and lead Britain in talks with the European Union to secure a successful Brexit deal.
(Trinidad Guardian) Attorneys for the State are suspicious of how so many high-profile cases filed by former United National Congress ministers are all ending up before the same judge and has written to the Judiciary seeking answers.
The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) is reporting that for the first quarter of 2017 earnings from the Value Added Tax (VAT) are at least 10% less than for the same period last year.
The Private Sector Commission (PSC) yesterday made an impassioned plea to government and the opposition to put aside political bickering and unite to formulate sound financial and others plans to holistically develop the country.
Following a series of leaks of taxpayer information, Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) Commissioner General (CG), Godfrey Statia said that a ban on the use of smart phones at the agency could soon be implemented.
The Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) Board has remov-ed Chief Executive Officer, Allan Johnson with effect from today, and his deputy, retired Brigadier George Lewis will act in his capacity.
LONDON, (Reuters) – Danushka Gunathilaka and Kusal Mendis were the heroes as Sri Lanka chased down 322 runs to upset India by seven wickets at the Oval on Thursday and throw Champions Trophy Group B wide open.
Guyana hosted the South America Under-20 Championships last weekend at the National Track and Field Centre at Leonora…Here are some fun facts about the historic event.
The newly appointed Bar Council of the Guyana Bar Association (GBA) yesterday expressed concern at the non-appointment of a Guyana Elections Commission (Gecom) chairman and said that the vacancy ought to be filled urgently.
Scores of teachers turned up at the Region Five office yesterday afternoon in Fort Wellington, West Berbice, to protest after they were told that the Regional Executive Officer (REO) would be withholding pay cheques from teachers who were traveling abroad.
One day after government announced it would not pursue charges against the nearly two dozen persons detained for alleged illegal mining in the Kaieteur National Park (KNP), two others were detained in Amatuk, a Potaro riverine area, brought to Georgetown, then later released on the basis that there was no evidence to hold them.
GROS ISLET, St Lucia, CMC – West Indies will hope to avoid any embarrassing hiccups and impose their obvious superiority on minnows Afghanistan, when the two teams meet in the opening day/night One-Day International of the three-match series here today.
Staffers of the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) may soon be able to operate under better conditions as the roof on their Camp Street Headquarters is to be repaired.
CLEVELAND, (Reuters) – The Golden State Warriors rallied late for a 118-113 victory over the Cleveland Cavaliers on Wednesday to grab a commanding 3-0 NBA Finals lead and move within one game of postseason perfection.
The second suspect in the murder of mechanic, Terrence Lanferman, who was gunned down at his Mocha, East Bank Demerara home in 2015, was yesterday charged.
A West Coast Berbice carpenter was yesterday placed on $500,000 bail after he was charged with causing the death by dangerous driving of a retired soldier who drove for the Ministry of the Presidency, Clifford Crandon Appearing before Magistrate Rondell Weever at the Weldaad Magistrate’s Court, O’Neil Alfred, 43, of 66 Semple Street, Hopetown, West Coast Berbice yesterday pleaded not guilty to the charge which alleged that he, on Monday evening drove motor car PFF 1232 on the Bush Lot Public Road, in a manner dangerous to the public, thereby causing the death of Crandon.
Maintenance Workshop and Wholesale Liquor sealed their berths to the second round in the Banks DIH Limited XM Inter-Department Domino Championship, defeating Soft Drink Plant on Wednesday.
The Ministry of Social Protection’s Occupational Health and Safety Unit (OHSU) has launched an investigation into the circumstances leading to a Kwakwani man being crushed to death by a truck at Kurubuka on Monday.
PARIS, (Reuters) – On the morning of the women’s French Open semi-finals on Thursday seven-times champion Chris Evert said the moment had arrived for a player to step up and seize an opportunity that may not come around again for a while.
President David Granger yesterday called for a speedy resolution of the issue regarding the European Union (EU) Parliament’s non-support of Guyana’s removal from the money-laundering blacklist, according to a statement from the Ministry of the Presidency.
PARIS, (Reuters) – ‘Not finished’, Simona Halep quipped when asked to reflect on her French Open campaign after handling Czech Karolina Pliskova’s power to reach her second final at Roland Garros.
Dear Editor, I am dismayed and perturbed at the Speaker of the National Assembly’s ruling which undermines parliamentary representation.
PARIS, (Reuters) – French federation President Bernard Giudicelli has hit out at the country’s male players after their disappointing run at Roland Garros, saying they lacked physical strength and grit.
The Ministry of Public Telecom-munications is working towards a July deadline for the liberalization of the telecommunications sector in Guyana, which would allow new players in and hopefully lower rates, according to Minister Catherine Hughes.
On Wednesday, the customary groups of Cubans who now congregate in the city were braving the brisk early morning showers to do so.
Dear Editor, James McAllister’s letter to the editor (SN, June 8) is shocking and at the same time revealing.
The Guyana Water Incor-porated (GWI), on June 3, 2017 handed over a cheque to the Chairperson of the Matarkai Neighbourhood Democratic Council (NDC), Magrette Lawrence; as part payment for the rehabilitation of the Water Supply system at Matthews Ridge in Region One.
PARIS, (Reuters) – Andy Murray will need to be at his streetwise best to beat Stan Wawrinka in the French Open semi-finals on Friday, three-times former Roland Garros champion Mats Wilander told Reuters.
Balancing the imperative of economic development against the responsibilities of environmental mindfulness will, in the period ahead, be one of the biggest challenges that Guyana will have to confront. We
Dear Editor, I refer to an article published in Kaieteur News on Saturday, 3rd June, 2017 captioned, ‘Benjai’s lawyers mull going to CCJ over “lax” police investigation’.
Discharged several times for the murder of political activist Courtney Crum-Ewing, Regan Rodrigues, aka, ‘Grey Boy’ remains in custody.
Dear Editor, What is going on with the appointment of people who were in the military, to government positions?
When the national men’s rugby team tackles Trinidad and Tobago tomorrow in their Rugby America’s North (RAN) 15s encounter, Banks DIH Limited will be one of its key players.
By Karen Abrams I have a good friend who lives in Guyana; his 11-year-old son recently sat his National Grade Six Assessment exam and this young man is special.
CARACAS, (Reuters) – President Nicolas Maduro’s plan for a new popular congress to rewrite Venezuela’s constitution threatens to destroy the political legacy of former leader Hugo Chavez, the chief state prosecutor said yesterday.
By Brooke Glasford Mass production and fast fashion have created for buyers a slavish addiction to cheap clothing.
Dear Editor, I am constantly surprised by this still largely unfathomable place.
KINGSTON, Jamaica, (Reuters) – Sprint king Usain Bolt is determined to go out in a blaze of glory when he runs his final race in Jamaica this weekend, even though his preparations have been disrupted by the death of his close friend Germaine Mason.
The Guyana National Industrial Company Inc (GNIC) yesterday settled its more than $100m debt to government holding company, the National Industrial and Commercial Investments Limited (NICIL) for leased land.
(Trinidad Express) Seventeen years’ imprisonment was the sentence imposed on a 63-year-old former police officer yesterday on a charge of raping a woman at his Chaguanas home in 2010.
Dear Editor, On my visits to the National Communi-cations Network Inc building at Cotton Field on the Essequibo Coast, I would receive complaints from government officers and security guards that two known individuals from the village loose their cattle to graze in the government compound.
A new landing is being constructed in the Batavia community, Region Seven and will bring relief to the over 400 persons residing in the indigenous community, DPI/GINA said yesterday.
(Reuters) – As the athletics world begins to ponder life without Usain Bolt, U.S.
GASCI reports that session 724’s trading
The Guyana Chapter of the Women’s Entrepre-neur-ship Network (WEN-G) has responded positively to an invitation from the Small Business Association of Jamaica to attend the July 19 – 21 Inaugural Caribbean Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSEs) Conference in Montego Bay, President of the local Chapter Junette Stewart has told Stabroek Business.
GASCI Summary of Financials Session 724 June 05, 2017
SAO PAULO, (Reuters) – Brazil has approved commercial use of a genetically modified sugarcane, setting a milestone for the country’s highly competitive sugar industry as this is the first time such permission has been granted anywhere in the world.
Young Guyanese seeking to break into entrepreneurship in the digital industry will be afforded the opportunity to place their ‘offerings’ on display at a Developers Exhibition (Dev X) from August 4 – 31, 2017.
LONDON, (Reuters) – Prime Minister Theresa May faced calls to quit after her election gamble to win a stronger mandate backfired, throwing British politics into turmoil and potentially delaying the start of Brexit negotiations.
City Magistrate Fabayo Azore yesterday postponed the commencement of the trial of former Attorney-General Anil Nandlall on a charge of fraudulently converting over $2 million in law reports which were the property of the Ministry of Legal Affairs.
Dear Editor, For many years as a Guyana born citizen living abroad, I viewed my birthplace with both hope and concern.
Dark horses Albouystown stormed their way into the quarterfinal of the Xtreme Cleaners/GT Beer Gold Rush Futsal Championship, downing North Ruimveldt 4-2, last evening at the National Gymnasium, Mandela Avenue.
“There are not many places left on earth where you can put together an acreage portfolio like this ….
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – President Donald Trump survived one of the biggest threats to his presidency when Thursday’s hugely awaited congressional testimony by the FBI chief he fired did not yield any explosive new disclosures about his campaign’s alleged ties with Russia.
For several decades now, rice farming has been one of the mainstays of Guyana’s agricultural sector – a sector which accounts for an estimated 30% of all employment.
Even as hinterland communities face challenges in the quest to transform their agricultural initiatives into profitable business ventures, the Ministry of Agriculture has stated that the Guyana Marketing Corporation (GMC) in collaboration with the Canada-backed Promotion of Regional Opportunities for Produce through Enterprises and Linkages and the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation in Agriculture has completed a Cost-of-Production Workshop at St Ignatius Village that targeted farmers and agro-processors in Region Nine.
Dear Editor, This notion of one man on behalf of a government signing a contract with a foreign company essentially transferring the rights to a nation’s natural resources for 30 years is absolutely ridiculous.
Beginning next Friday I’ll do my very best to avoid the basic issues embedded in today’s two topics.
(Prepared by the Guyana Marketing Corporation and published by Stabroek Business as a public service)*Prices only represent the average Wholesale Farmgate and Retail Prices at the above mentioned markets and are NOT prices set by the Guyana Marketing Corporation or Ministry of Agriculture.
Kitco Market Data Gold Prices for the three-day period ending Thursday June 8, 2017
The Society against Sexual Orientation Discrimination (SASOD) has been asked by Attorney General Basil Williams to submit a draft bill to his office to include sexual orientation and gender identity under the Prevention of Discrimination Act 1997.
GUATEMALA CITY, (Reuters) – The United States has requested the extradition of former Guatemalan vice-president Roxana Baldetti to face prosecution for drug trafficking and other offences, the Guatemalan government said on Wednesday.
Arising out of the media briefing earlier this week by Chief Inspector of the Guyana National Bureau of Standards (GNBS) Mr Shailendra Rai, we now know that hundreds of measuring devices including scales, masses and rulers that have not been verified as reliable and accurate were being employed to weigh and otherwise measure quantities in the business sector.
(Reuters) – Manchester United striker Marcus Rashford believes that England manager Gareth Southgate has his best interests at heart and does not feel that he has been brought into the senior set-up too quickly, the 19-year-old has said.
(Reuters) – Two second-half goals from Christian Pulisic gave the United States a 2-0 win over Trinidad and Tobago on Thursday and lifted them back into contention for an automatic berth at the 2018 World Cup finals.
