Daily Archive: Wednesday, June 28, 2017

The man who died earlier this week after he was beaten by three persons including a woman on the Third Avenue Beach, Bartica has been positively identified as Kumar Persaud, a resident of Canal #1, West Bank Demerara.

The Guyana Sugar Corporation says that over the past six months the World Market price for sugar has fallen significantly with a range of US$ 250 – 275 per tonne which is around US12.5 cents per pound (c/lb).

(Trinidad Guardian) Accountant Darryl Cox was granted $600,000 bail after appearing in the San Fernando Magistrates’ Court on multiple money laundering and fraud charges yesterday.

Although houses are being rented for ministers from out of town at a maximum rent of $500,000 per month, the ministerial housing allowance remains at $25,000, Clerk of the National Assembly Sherlock Isaacs clarified yesterday.

Boat operators and motorists are calling on the authorities to start urgent works to repair the dilapidated Leguan Stelling, which they say is a “deathtrap” waiting to happen.

A standby generator is to be rushed by the government to the Region One town of Mabaruma which has been without power for weeks.

Guyana has moved up to a Tier 1 ranking in the latest United States State Department Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report as the country now fully meets the minimum standards in combating the crime.

The Protected Areas Commission (PAC) yesterday said that Global Positioning System (GPS) points confirm that dredges seized earlier this month during a Joint Services operation were indeed operating within the Kaieteur National Park (KNP) and its buffer zones.

Armed bandits, posing as customers, yesterday robbed the popular ‘White Shop’ grocery store at La Parfaite Harmonie, West Bank Demerara, from where they stole some $400,000 in cash, jewellery, and other items, before shooting one of the proprietor’s sons as they fled.

Nalini Manikam, 19, and three others, including a 13-year-old girl, were yesterday committed to stand trial for the murder of her father, Nonpareil pensioner Roger Manikam.

Former Attorney General Anil Nandlall yesterday said the Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU) applied for a warrant to search his home for 14 law reports he is charged with fraudulently converting to his own use.

An early morning accident along the Skeldon Public Road has left a Line Path, Skeldon pedal cyclist dead.

A sailor on a fishing vessel lost his life after he was involved in a hit-and-run accident at Orangestein, East Bank Essequibo just after 11 pm yesterday.

A Stanleytown, West Bank Demerara family has been left traumatised after armed bandits invaded their home on Monday evening and carted off cash and other valuables.

Residents of Baracara, in the Canje River, have been enduring severe flooding for the past few weeks, according to the community’s medic Carl Amsterdam, who says the water “is the highest it has ever been.”

A barbeque business on Mandela Avenue has become a nuisance to residents of Lodge and motorists, who are being affected by the smoke from its operations, according to city councillor Monica Thomas.

A Diamond Housing Scheme resident, accused of being in possession of two pounds of cocaine, was remanded to prison on Monday.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Uncapped batsmen Kyle Hope and Sunil Ambris have been rewarded for their recent heavy scoring with spots in the West Indies 13-man squad for the doubleheader of the five-match series against India starting here Friday.

As floodwaters slowly recede, residents of affected villages along the East Coast of Demerara want help for critical sanitisation.

Some 15 participants were awarded certificates following the Guyana Badminton Association’s (GBA) Shuttle Time Programme held June 23-25.

The mother of three of the boys allegedly raped by Muslim scholar Nezaam Ali says that while she is thankful that the preliminary inquiry will be reopened, those responsible for the disappearance of key documents must be identified and placed before the court.

Residents of Wismar, Linden continue to experience flooding due to the absence of a koker door and have complained that regional officials are mum on when the problem would be rectified.

A standout performance from goalkeeper Kelvis Mitchell saw Uitvlugt Warriors winning the four-team Arthur Chung Memorial football tournament after they defeated Den Amstel 2-0 on penalty kicks on Sunday.

The lax security for items purchased for the public sector was highlighted during a Public Accounts Committee (PAC) hearing last week Monday, when it was heard that more than US$18,000 worth of items were purchased and received for the Synthetic Track months before the stores were actually established, and more than US$3,000 worth of that equipment cannot be found.

Emanuel Atherley, Eugene Baptiste and Ashley Arthur won their respective categories when the Bartica Table Tennis Steering Committee held its Primary and Secondary Schools novices tournament played June 24 at the Bartica Community Centre.

(BBC) England bounced back from their opening defeat by India to make their highest Women’s World Cup total in a crushing win over Pakistan at Leicester.

Several drivers plying the Georgetown to Parika route (Route 32) say that they continue to be bullied by touts who operate on the bus park and are thus calling on the relevant authorities to give them assistance.

Fast bowler Lasith Malinga has been given a suspended ban of six months and fined 50 per cent of the match fee of his next One Day International appearance, after a disciplinary inquiry found him guilty of breaching his contract.

A police crime scene photographer yesterday testified in the Preliminary Inquiry (PI) into the murder charge against Cleavaughn Hamilton and Ranachal Singh, the two men accused of murdering Sophia resident Simone Hackett.

MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – More than 200 of Australia’s top cricketers face unemployment within days, with a bitter pay dispute “extremely” unlikely to be resolved by a deadline on Friday, players’ union boss Greg Dyer has said.

A post-mortem examination performed on the body of Mintie Karamchand, 40, of Lot 19 Sheet Anchor Village, East Canje, who was badly beaten and chopped on Wednesday last, revealed that she died as a result of multiple injuries with both blunt and sharp tools.

Bids were opened yesterday at the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board (NPTAB) for the rehabilitation of roads in Lethem and three police stations.

MOSCOW, (Reuters) – Chile coach Juan Antonio Pizzi will renew old acquaintances when his reigning two-times Copa America champions take on Portugal in what he expects to be a tough Confederations Cup semi-final today.

Dear Editor, I note your article on Sunday, June 25 entitled, ‘SOCU actively seeking Brassington, Ashni Singh.’

(BBC) England were denied a place in the European Under-21 Championship final as they lost a gripping semi-final against Germany on penalties yesterday.

CARACAS,  (Reuters) – A Venezuelan police helicopter attacked the Supreme Court on Tuesday, ratcheting up a political crisis in what President Nicolas Maduro condemned as a “terrorist” attack.

Dear Editor, The recent death of a loved one brought into focus the professional and ethical limitations of private doctors and medical institutions in Guyana.

Public Health Minister Volda Lawrence yesterday accepted some $20M in medical equipment and supplies from the Government of China to help in the fight against Zika and other infectious diseases.

(Cricinfo) Chinese mobile handset manufacturer Vivo has retained the Indian Premier League title sponsorship rights for the next five seasons (2018-2022) with a winning bid of INR 2199 crores (approximately US $341 million), a jump of 454% over the five-year contract signed in 2012.

BRASILIA, (Reuters) – President Michel Temer called a corruption charge filed against him by Brazil’s top prosecutor a “fiction” yesterday, as the nation’s political crisis deepened under the second president faced with possible removal from office in just over a year.

MOSCOW/KIEV/WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – A major global cyber attack yesterday disrupted computers at Russia’s biggest oil company, Ukrainian banks and multinational firms with a virus similar to the ransomware that last month infected more than 300,000 computers.

Dear Editor, With reference to the reformation of the Constitution, recently there have been some letters in the press on this subject, even mention of $80 million available from the United Nations to finance this cause. 

Experts in the field of Aviation Accident and Incident Investigation are deliberating here this week on a range of issues including the legal framework, regulations, data processing and storage of accident reports A release from the Guyana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) said that training and other technical issues related to conducting a comprehensive and impartial aircraft investigation are also on the agenda.

THE HAGUE,  (Reuters) – A Dutch appeals court yesterday confirmed that the Netherlands was partly liable for the deaths in 1995 of some 300 Muslim males who were expelled from a Dutch U.N.

LOS ANGELES,  (Reuters) – Serena Williams was completely taken aback by her pregnancy, taking six home tests before believing she was expecting her first child, the tennis superstar told Vanity Fair magazine.

Dear Editor, Your editorial in yesterday’s edition, ‘Minister Henry’s education challenge’ (SN June 27) has laid bare the many challenges Minister Henry faces as she takes up the full portfolio of the education ministry.

Massy Distribution, distributor of Oreo cookies, has launched a countrywide promotion called the “Oreo Dunk Challenge’.

(Trinidad Express) A 24 year old Claxton Bay doubles vendor has been charged with the murder of Couva businessman Mahendra Ramlogan.

Dear Editor, A close observer of West Indies cricket told me he heard a spectator sitting close to him say when on one morning of a Test match Lara got out early, that “Lara never makes runs when we need them.”

TAUNTON, England, CMC – Head coach Vasbert Drakes is optimistic West Indies Women can turn around their slump but believes the senior players must play a key role in the resurgence.

(Reuters) – A top Colombian anti-corruption official and an attorney have been arrested on U.S.

(Trinidad Express) Businessman Mario Sabga-Aboud has apologised for using “careless words” to describe the Syrian/Lebanese community as the country’s “most powerful” ethnic group when he appeared on the T&T episode of the CNN series Anthony Bourdain—Parts Unknown last week.

A former police officer was yesterday charged with falsely swearing to information and giving false evidence in court.

In 1817, the social theorist, activist and ‘father’ of ‘cooperation’, Robert Owen, was told at the Congress of Sovereigns at Aix-La-Chappelle that the enduring structural contradiction between capital and labour would make it impossible for his idea of cooperativising the world to gain traction.

Last Thursday, cricket fans around the world welcomed Ireland and Afghanistan as the eleventh and twelfth members of Test cricket’s exclusive fraternity.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – President Donald Trump is growing increasingly frustrated with China over its inaction on North Korea and bilateral trade issues and is now considering possible trade actions against Beijing, three senior administration officials told Reuters.

Dear Editor, It was the German philosopher Karl Marx who famously wrote that “Philosophers have interpreted the world in various ways; the point however is to change it.”

(Barbados Nation) calypsonian Chad ‘Sir Ruel’ Bowen is singing the blues after both the Caribbean Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) and Voice Of Barbados VOB) pulled the plug on two of his social commentaries.

Malvena Hope, the Kitty woman injured in an accident two Sundays ago at the corner of Camp and Robb streets, remains hospitalised at the George-town Public Hospital.

ZURICH, (Reuters) – A much-awaited FIFA report on the race to host the 2018 and 2022 World Cups makes no suggestion that Russia or Qatar should lose the right to stage the tournaments, despite detailing numerous attempts to influence voting officials.