Daily Archive: Wednesday, June 21, 2017

LONDON,  CMC – Former Test and one-day captain Darren Sammy believes West Indies are still not guaranteed of a World Cup spot, even if they are forced to tackle ICC lightweight sides in a 10-team qualifier scheduled for next year.

The Police say they are investigating the murder of Mintie Karamchand, 40, a waitress of Lot 19 Sheet Anchor Village, East Canje, Berbice, which occurred today at the said address, allegedly by her reputed husband who is currently being pursued by a team comprising police and civilians, in the Canje River.

The intentions expressed by Opposition Leader, Dr Bharrat Jagdeo, to advance private criminal action against People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) and A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) Parliamentarians who breached the provisions of the Integrity Commission Act, are being acted on, a release from Jagdeo’s office said this afternoon.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – The Trump administration today made its final plea to the U.S.

LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – Three-time Oscar winner Daniel Day-Lewis is retiring from acting, his spokeswoman said on Tuesday, ending a storied movie career that includes performances in “Lincoln” and “Gangs of New York.”

(Trinidad Guardian) Tropical Storm Bret is being indirectly blamed for the death of a 43-year-old construction worker in East Trinidad yesterday.

NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – Anil Kumble’s departure as head coach despite a successful year at the helm will be regarded as a triumph for player power in Indian cricket, according to several former captains.

Former accountant of the Guyana Rice Development Board (GRDB), Peter Ramcharran was yesterday arrested in Canada following collaborative efforts between the Guyanese and Canadian law enforcement authorities.

The preliminary report of the Commission of Inquiry into the Education Sector has called for several changes in the way in which education is administered in Guyana.

Minister of Legal Affairs, Basil Williams SC yesterday denied that he was the author of  an email in circulation about the next general elections and the judiciary among other things.

The Working People’s Alliance (WPA) has expressed disappointment at the failure of the government to establish the Local Government Commission (LGC), even as the party has been given up to the end of June to submit possible nominees to the Leader of the Opposition.

LONDON, CMC – Two-time Twenty20 World Cup-winning captain, Darren Dammy, has blasted Cricket West Indies (CWI) for the continued decline of the international side and has painted a bleak future for the team once the Dave Cameron-led administration remains in charge.

President of the Guyana Trades Union Congress (GTUC) Lincoln Lewis launched a scathing on former President Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday whilst speaking at the Albion/ Port Mourant Rally and March organised by the Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU) to express solidarity with sugar workers (see other story on page 16).

The former Permanent Secretary (PS) of the Department of Culture, Youth and Sport on Monday reluctantly admitted to the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) that he had authorized the deposit of $106 million made out to a contractor into a Special Projects account, rather than having it placed into the Consolidated Fund.

LEICESTER, England, CMC – Uncapped opener Felicia Walters struck a half-century but West Indies Women’s worries increased ahead of the start of the ICC World Cup with a five-wicket defeat to Pakistan Women in their first official warm-up match here yesterday.

Dear Editor, The Embassy of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela in Guyana emphatically rejects the distorted and biased allegations made by the Ambassador of the United States of America to Guyana, Mr Perry L Holloway, published in Stabroek News on June 10.

Herman George, 21, was yesterday sentenced to 11 years imprisonment for the 2012 unlawful killing of his aunt’s husband, Michael Williams.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Head coach Stuart Law says West Indies’ batting in the upcoming five-match one-day series against India will be critical to the series outcome and has urged his batsmen to show more enterprise and play to their potential.

Dr Rupert Roopnaraine may have been removed from his post as Minister of Education over the failure to complete a revision of the Education Act and provide adequate support to the Commission of Inquiry (CoI) into the Education Sector.

The Golden Jaguars senior programme will return to the international circuit in the coming months with friendlies tentatively scheduled against Caribbean Football Union (CFU) rivals French Guiana and Grenada.

Dear Editor, The debacle over the Commission of Inquiry on Land continues.

Residents in some parts of the South Rupununi, (Region Nine)  are on flood alert as heavy rains in the area have caused the Rupununi River to rise.

Dear Editor, For some time now I have been waiting to see if we are going to take a genuine interest in the GuySuCo problem.

LONDON, CMC – Afghanistan believe their impressive recent outing against West Indies has further emboldened their chances of achieving Test status.

International Hockey Federation (FIH) Coach Shiv Jagday has completed an extensive two-week training course for coaches and national players a release from the Guyana Hockey Board (GHB) has stated.

Dear Editor, Representatives of the Amerindian Peoples Association (APA) met with President David Granger and his team on June 14, 2017 and discussed the APA’s concerns on the recently established Commission of Inquiry on Lands. 

JOHANNESBURG,  (Reuters) – In eight months as the head of South Africa’s anti-graft agency, Busisiwe Mkhwebane, has avoided the limelight, a break from her predecessor whose dogged pursuit of corruption cases against President Jacob Zuma made her a household name.

The trial of former Attorney General Anil Nandlall, who is charged with fraudulently converting over $2 million in Law Reports which were allegedly the property of the Ministry of Legal Affairs, commenced yesterday with evidence by the accounts clerk and the former stores clerk.

CANCUN, Mexico, (Reuters) – Governments from across the Americas yesterday chastised Venezuela’s socialist leadership for its handling of a political and economic crisis, prompting the OPEC nation’s foreign minister to call the critics “lapdogs of imperialism.”

According to Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Public Infrastructure (MPI), Geoffrey Vaughn, the first phase of the works on the Kitty seawall sinkhole is yet to be completed because of the inclement weather.

Dear Editor, I write to dismiss Mr Clement Rohee’ s proposition, in his SN letter of June 20, that “Vincent Alexander was parachuted into the Ministry of Education, unbeknownst to the WPA, to understudy Minister Roopnarine” (‘The WPA should have called for a meeting of the Governing Leadership Council of APNU’).

LONDON, (Reuters) – The top three seeds withered in the baking Queen’s Club sunshine with five-times Aegon Championships winner Andy Murray following Stan Wawrinka and Milos Raonic through the exit door yesterday.

Dear Editor, The recent remarks by the WPA of not being consulted by the APNU coalition puts them behind the eight ball, so to speak.

Sugar workers yesterday march-ed  from the Albion estate to Port Mourant, Corentyne in solidarity with the employees of the other estates which are expected to be closed or privatized, as part of the government’s White Paper on the industry.

(Reuters) – European Cycling Union president David Lappartient will stand against Britain’s Brian Cookson for the presidency of the sport’s governing body (UCI), he said yesterday.

SANDY SPRINGS, Ga., (Reuters) – Republican Karen Handel won a hotly contested Georgia congressional race yesterday, CNN reported, fending off a Democratic challenge in a race that was widely seen as a referendum on President Donald Trump.

A meeting scheduled for next month could offer a new beginning for APNU members, according to Working People’s Alliance (WPA) executive member, David Hinds who said on Monday that while the party is committed to making the government work, some of its members are calling for disengagement.

Dear Editor, This year has not been good for the education sector in Guyana.

LONDON, CMC – Successful former West Indies captain, Darren Sammy, believes the region’s leading players will continue to ignore domestic cricket in favour of lucrative global Twenty20 leagues, as long as Cricket West Indies’ (CWI) controversial eligibility rule remains in place.

BRUSSELS, (Reuters) – Belgian counter-terrorism police are probing the identity of a suspected suicide bomber shot dead by troops guarding a Brussels railway station after he set off explosives that failed to injure anyone.

(Trinidad Express) The full scale of the damage left in the wake of Tropical Storm Bret  is only now becoming apparent.

Jordan Beaton and Kalyca Fraser claimed the boys and girls’ U18 titles while Leyland Leacock and Godfrey Lowden won the over-35 and over-45 divisions respectively when the Guyana Bank for Trade and Industry Open Lawn Tennis tournament continued Monday.

First Lady, Sandra Granger on Monday commended 38 women enrolled in the Early Childhood Development Workshop for using the opportunity to learn skills that will help them to become better mothers and caregivers to young children.

Dear Editor, The Guyana Sugar Corporation Inc (GuSuCo) has taken note that one of the unions that represents a large section of our workforce, the Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU), has taken the lead in organising protest action to advocate on matters purported to be associated with the corporation.

GENEVA/KINSHASA,  (Reuters) – The U.N. rights chief said yesterday a militia linked to Democratic Republic of Congo’s government has committed a string of ethnically-motivated attacks in recent months, including cutting off toddlers’ limbs and stabbing pregnant women.

BRASILIA,  (Reuters) – A Brazilian Senate committee yesterday rejected President Michel Temer’s labor reform bill, in an unexpected blow to his administration that does not kill the pro-market proposal but shows weakening support for his agenda.

Long conceptual and practical experience has taught me that the vicissitudes of the negotiation process are such that what at first may appear simple can become very complex, requiring an inordinate amount of thought and preparation.

MUMBAI, (Reuters) – Anil Kumble has stepped down as India coach after falling out with skipper Virat Kohli, a top source in the country’s cricket board told Reuters yesterday.

Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij (Royal Aviation Society), better known to the world as the Royal Dutch Airlines, or simply KLM, is the official flag carrier airline of the Netherlands. 

Bids were opened yesterday at the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board (NPTAB) for the construction of a public road bridge over the Cunha Canal on the East Bank of Demerara and new health centres, under the Regional Democratic Council, Region 5.

Dear Editor, Every child should be allowed to focus on those subjects likely to provide the best outcome for their careers.

CARACAS,  (Reuters) – Venezuela opposition lawmakers placed pretend coffins and body bags at gates of the National Guard headquarters yesterday in protest after the latest fatality in anti-government unrest that has killed at least 75 people since April.