Daily Archive: Saturday, June 24, 2017

Flooded East Coast residents should see some relief from midnight with the relocation of a pump, according to Minister of Public Infrastructure, David Patterson.

The Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs, Basil Williams, SC by letter dated June 14th 2017 extended congratulations to the newly elected President, Executives and Committee Members of the Guyana Bar Association, a release from his office said today.

Amid concerns about government inaction on the flooding that has gripped the East Coast since Thursday, the Department of Public Information today issued an advisory about a ministerial visit to flood-hit Buxton.

Guyana’s first Money Laundering/Terrorist Financing National Risk Assessment has found that the accountancy profession carries a high risk for money laundering here.

The police yesterday launched a murder investigation into the death of eight-year-old Isaiah Smartt following the results of an autopsy which revealed that he died of asphyxiation due to bronco aspiration compounded by compression injuries to the neck.

Several areas along the East Coast Demerara remained heavily flooded yesterday, following heavy rainfall on Thursday, compounded by high tides.

President David Granger is looking to the 2018 Local Government Elections (LGE) to show how the Guyanese public views the performance of his administration.

Residents of Salem, East Bank Essequibo (EBE) got a rude awakening after the water level began to rise when a sluice door collapsed at around 2.30 am yesterday.

Twenty-two-year old Julius Tejwah, yesterday walked out of the court a free man, after a jury acquitted him of raping a 13-year-old girl back in 2015.

After being without electricity for more than two months, residents of Mabaruma, Region One are frustrated that the problem has not been rectified by the relevant authorities.

Anthony Downes captured his seventh consecutive Guyana Bank for Trade and Industry men’s Open lawn tennis title after defeating Daniel Lopes in straight sets in the just concluded tournament held at the National Racket Center tennis court.

Charged three weeks ago with stabbing his wife and attempting to cut her neck, Jairam Alexander was brought before a City Magistrate once more, as his reputed wife stated that she didn’t want to proceed with the matter.

MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – Australia’s cricketers rejected the board’s offer of a revised pay deal yesterday as the bitter dispute over a revenue-sharing model rumbled on with just a week to go before the current agreement expires.

The Caribbean Agriculture Research and Development Institute (CARDI) recently approved a proposal for a $7.5m Integrated Pest Management (IPM) Strategy aimed at increasing productivity in Guyana’s coconut industry.

GLASTONBURY, England,  (Reuters) – Johnny Depp yesterday apologized for joking about assassinating U.S.

The Full Court is expected to deliver its ruling next month in the appeal filed by Chief Election Officer, Keith Lowenfield seeking to have the election petition brought by opposition PPP/C parliamentarian Ganga Persaud, struck out.

MUMBAI, (Reuters) – While Afghanistan celebrates their lofty status as a test-playing nation, far away in Mumbai, head coach Lalchand Rajput is busy plotting how to instill a five-day temperament into a team more attuned to the hard-hitting nature of limited-overs cricket.

The beneficiaries of local sports is the worst kept secret in Guyana.

A sales clerk was yesterday granted bail after she was accused of obstructing a policewoman, who was attempting to perform her duties.

Dear Editor, Photographs of broken rails on city bridges along Croal Street on the front page of your Stabroek News issue of Thursday June 22, have attracted our attention at the Mayor and City Council.

Dear Editor, As a resident of the Central Corentyne area it is appalling to watch the inhuman treatment of animals, especially cows, dogs, horses, donkeys, etc.

A 43-year-old man was yesterday sentenced to 18 months in jail after he admitted to breaking and entering a home and stealing $105,000 in items.

(The Sports Xchange) – Power forward Blake Griffin opted out of his contract with the Los Angeles Clippers yesterday and point guard Chris Paul will do the same sometime next week, according to multiple published reports.

Caribbean Medical Supplies (CMS) has rejected claims that it has been blacklisted and that it is the company with the highest instance of attempting to deliver drugs close to the expiry date to the Ministry of Public Health.

The GFF Namilco Thunderbolt Flour Power National U17 Tournament will continue today and tomorrow with matches in two Regional Member Associations (RMAs), the West Demerara Football Association (WDFA) and the Upper Demerara Football Association (UDFA). 

Dear Editor, Life is not easy for the elderly in Guyana.

DUBAI/DOHA, (Reuters) – Four Arab states that imposed a boycott on Qatar have issued an ultimatum to Doha to close Al Jazeera television, curb ties with Iran, shut a Turkish base and pay reparations, demands so far reaching it would appear to be hard for Doha to comply.

Dear Editor, As I read your editorial dated May 16, 2017 captioned ‘Ghost teachers,’ I concluded that the Commission of Inquiry’s visit to Sub-region No 2 in Region 10 was a bit too early to observe that there is also a ‘ghost education officer’ in the area.

Professional photographer Amrit Rivas only found his new passion a short few years ago but his work is fast attracting attention.

PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Torrential rain wrecked the opening One-Day International between West Indies and India here yesterday, allowing just over three hours play at Queen’s Park Oval.

CHICAGO/BRASILIA,  (Reuters) – Brazil scrambled to shore up its beef industry’s reputation yesterday after the United States blocked shipments of fresh cuts, saying it found abscesses in the meat and signs of systemic failure of inspections in the world’s largest beef exporter.

The Central Housing and Planning Authority (CH&PA) is considering constructing low-cost houses to accommodate those squatters who will be relocated from the government’s reserves, but only those who have been there for several years, Minister in the Ministry of Communities Valerie Patterson has said.

Hi Everyone, This week begins a 3-part series on hot peppers that are currently enjoying a bountiful season.

Nineteen doctors from Region Three have completed mental health training, DPI/GINA said.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Jonny Bairstow’s outstanding form in the last two years has not been enough to nail down a full-time place in the England squad but the 27-year-old admits he has come to terms with the situation.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – President Donald Trump made calls to fellow Republicans in the U.S.

Dear Editor, I have marvelled at persons who are truly talented in different way.

President David Granger on Wednesday denied that the coalition government has sidelined the Working People’s Alliance (WPA) and failed to consult the party prior to the appointment of Dr.

The memory of the spoken word can last a long time.

Dear Editor, There was an article in the newspapers that the Working People’s Alliance (WPA) is disappointed constitutional reform has not proceeded in spite of a promise outlined in the APNU+AFC Manifesto.

(Reuters) – Ireland will hold talks with the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) about the possibility of playing a test match at Lord’s in 2019 after they and Afghanistan were granted full-member status by the International Cricket Council on Thursday.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – President Donald Trump has no intention of firing the special counsel investigating charges of Russian meddling in the 2016 U.S.

(Reuters) – Brazil’s top federal prosecutor will level corruption charges against President Michel Temer one at a time instead of making all the accusations at once, a strategy aimed at weakening his defense, a source with direct knowledge of the process told Reuters yesterday.

President David Granger on Thursday met with representatives of a number of Indigenous organisations as talks continue on the controversial Lands Commission of Inquiry (CoI) which has been strongly criticized by several groups most notably, the National Toshaos Council (NTC).

LONDON,  (Reuters) – British investigators said yesterday they would consider manslaughter charges over the London tower block fire that killed at least 79 people, as thousands of apartment-dwellers a few miles away were told to leave their homes due to fire risk.

Dear Editor,   Thank you again – this time for the briefest possible space in which to point out the depths of your inveterate letter writer Ryhaan Shah’s ignorance regarding the subject she discussed in her recent piece captioned:  ‘Creativity counts for more in good writing than any concern for the study of linguistics’ (SN June 21).

Though still two months away from coronation night and the Mr/Miss Guyana African Roots week of activities, rehearsals are in full swing and contestants have been working tirelessly to ensure that they are ready for the big night.

Police in B Division have intensified the search for the Sheet Anchor man, who on Wednesday morning, beat and chopped his wife, Mintie Karamchand, 40, to death.

Dear Editor, US Ambassador Perry Holloway in an opinion piece (SN Jun 10) expressed concern about the violation of democratic norms, rising violence, and increasing authoritarian tendencies in Venezuela.

The Guyana Football Federation (GFF) will stage its second quarterly fitness test today at the National Track and Field Facility, Leonora from 9:00 hrs.

Veteran actor Ron Bobb-Semple will in August be holding a one-man show in commemoration of the 130th birth anniversary of Marcus Mosiah Garvey, the Jamaican African hero who founded the Universal Negro Improvement Association and African Communities League (UNIA&ACL).

The New Amsterdam Harmony Group, whose members  were trained last November in diversity and inclusion are collaborating with the Ministry of Social Cohesion to host Harmony Village – New Amsterdam Cultural Festival on July 5, 2017 on the Matthew Allen Road in New Amsterdam, Berbice.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court yesterday narrowed the rights of property owners in disputes with governments and laid out a formula for determining when landowners are owed compensation in a case involving a vacant lot in Wisconsin on the picturesque St.

OSLO,  (Reuters) – Norway told visiting Brazilian President Michel Temer yesterday that it would slash its payments to help safeguard the Amazon rainforest in 2017 by more than half to about $35 million because of a rise in forest destruction.

Institutional failures have become the scapegoats of our age. We blame juries for failing to convict policemen who shoot men during traffic stops; we blame management agencies for not protecting tower blocks from fire, we blame governments for fighting terrorism ineptly.

Dear Editor, Although Guyana abolished appeals to the Privy Council since February 1970 when the country became a republican state, lawyers from the Co-operative Republic continued to appear before the London based court.

Only two of the three pumps operated by GuySuCo at Ogle, East Coast Demerara were in operation yesterday, compounding flood woes there.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Exiled left-hander Darren Bravo is frustrated by his treatment at the hands of Cricket West Indies and says he feels as if his sacrifices for West Indies cricket have come to nothing.

A Cuban national was yesterday granted $200,000 bail after she was accused of conspiring with others to forge an Immigration extension stamp and uttering a forged Immigration service stamp.

Majek Fingers Drumming School will be holding its first drumming educational workshop come next month aimed at educating some 35 drummers about the basic techniques of drumming, hand patterns, rhythms, the history and art of drumming of Guyana.

This past week the Star Wars franchise was in some brief trouble.

Every day Cubans are arriving in Guyana to engage in shopping.

The Petra Organisation in collaboration with Top Brandz Distributions, under their Corona brand, launched a 12-team Georgetown Football Association (GFA) sanctioned tournament yesterday.

SANTIAGO,  (Reuters) – President Michelle Bachelet asked for forgiveness from Chile’s indigenous Mapuche people yesterday for “errors and horrors” committed by the state and announced plans to give them more power and resources.

(Reuters) – Bill Cosby plans to conduct a series of free public seminars about sexual assault this summer, his spokesman said days after a Pennsylvania judge declared a mistrial in the entertainer’s sexual assault trial.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – The White House said in a letter on Friday that a tweet by President Donald Trump on Thursday was the formal answer to a request by the House of Representatives Intelligence Committee for information about records of conversations with fired FBI Director James Comey.