Daily Archive: Monday, July 10, 2017

Following yesterday’s Camp Street Prison riot, the Government has approved the immediate implementation of a four-part emergency plan, which includes the erection of temporary structures to house the displaced prisoners, the completion of a recovery operation to account for every single prisoner, implementation of legal measures to immediately reduce the prison population and the immediate apprehension of the five inmates, who escaped.

Thus far the authorities have not reported the recapture of any of the five prisoners who it is believed fled the Camp Street prison during the fiery mayhem there yesterday afternoon.

Scenes from inside the burnt out Camp St. Prison

Scenes from the Lusignan Prison where the inmates from the burnt out Camp Street Prison are being temporarily housed.

The police today issued wanted bulletins for two more escapees from yesterday’s Camp Street prison revolt.

(Department of Public Information) – 16:45- The Director of Prison, Gladwyn Samuels, is informed of disturbance at Georgetown Prison.

In the aftermath: What remains of the Camp Street Prison compound after yesterday’s fires.

The juvenile correctional facility, the New Opportunity Corps (NOC) will now come under the Ministry of Social Protection and not the Ministry of Education.

The launching today of a US$8m IDB-funded project to ease prison overcrowding  has been postponed.

The Police today said that remanded murder accused Shawn Collins, 20, of Lot 6 Ketley and Drysdale streets who escaped whilst being transported with other prisoners to another location last night, was recaptured about 1:50 this morning on Hadfield Street.

(Trinidad Guardian) Majority CL Financial shareholders intend to add two more of their directors to the CLF Board at a special July 26 meeting and they’re prepared to take legal action against Government if it tries to block the meeting, says Carlton Reis.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Opener Evin Lewis led a brutal assault with a record-breaking hundred as West Indies sensationally battered India to win the one-off Twenty20 International by nine wickets here yesterday.

Dear Editor, Many people asked me why I did not respond to Minister Harmon promptly.

Berbice defeated Demerara by nine wickets to win the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) female Under -19 Inter-County T20 tournament at the Everest Cricket Club Ground, yesterday.

Defending Region #9 champion Annai Secondary successfully retained their title overcoming home side St.

Dear Editor, I read in your letter column (SN 04/06/2017), a letter titled `New Amsterdam in ruinous state, ministers should visit’ with interest and wish to share a few points for edification purposes.

Dear Editor, Once again this Keith Rowley government has shown no leadership, no courage, no vision and no strategic plan in dealing with our foreign policy challenges especially those dealing with our relations with to Venezuela.

Five prisoners are believed to be on the run today after a fiery uprising flattened the Camp Street jail yesterday claiming the life of a prison warden, Wain Wickham,  and injuring at least six others.

Full Gospel, South AOG and Pentecostal Fire secured contrasting wins when the 11th Pentecostal Linden Churches Basketball Championship continued at the Mackenzie Sports Club (MSC), Linden on Saturday.

Pandemonium broke out yesterday afternoon after some prisoners allegedly set the Camp Street prison on fire and fled the facility.

LAUSANNE, Switzerland, (Reuters) – Former long jump world champion Aleksandr Menkov is among 16 more Russian athletes who have been cleared to compete as neutrals, the governing body for athletics (IAAF) said yesterday.

Dear Editor, We are responding to the recent article published in Stabroek News on the 28th June, 2017 with the caption ‘GPS confirms that dredges were operating in Kaieteur National Park’.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Olympic champion ElaineThompson showed that she remains the woman to beat over 100 metres in the world championships next month when she scorched to victory on the same London Olympic stadium track yesterday despite running in trainers.

Dear Editor, In response to a letter some three weeks ago from me to Guyana Water Inc (GWI) on the matter of low water pressure to the Enmore/Logwood/Foulis area, GWI’s Engineer, Mr Barran, visited my home to verify my claims.

Acting Chief Justice Roxane George on Wednesday issued an interim order quashing the Gaming Authority’s move to suspend Superbet’s operations here and the Authority will now have to show cause for its actions.

CHAMBERY, France, (Reuters) – Chris Froome escaped unscathed after an action-packed ninth stage of the Tour de France as one his main rivals and his Team Sky lieutenant crashed out of the race yesterday.

The recent flooding of the Rupununi, Region 9 will now  see the  Santa Fe mega farm seeking “higher lands” for its cattle expansion project, even as it awaits government’s go ahead for an additional 20,000 acres of land.

Dear Editor, Well-known cricket writer George Dobell wrote recently in Cricinfo a short essay that attempted to encapsulate all the major cricket issues, but which unfortunately did not, in my view, acknowledge the one feature, that if grasped firmly could throw light on an approach that would go a long way towards addressing those intractable issues.

Red Jet held off a late charge from Party Time to win the feature I and lower 1400m event of the Police Horse Race meet and the $200,000 bounty by about six lengths yesterday at the Rising Sun Club.

CARACAS, (Reuters) – Galva-nized by the release from jail of hardline leader Leopoldo Lopez, Venezuelan opposition supporters yesterday marked 100 days of protests against a socialist government they blame for political repression and economic misery.

President David Granger on Saturday hailed the Paramakatoi Tomato Project Facility, which will produce sun-dried tomatoes, as an ambitious move towards agro-processing and value added production for the Potaro-Siparuni region.

Dear Editor, Some significant developments have taken place recently at the international level which could have far reaching consequences for developing countries such as ours.

This column has been following closely the deliberations of the just concluded symposium at the Guyana Pegasus on “Public Corruption and the Oil Curse”.

DERBY, England, CMC – West Indies Women overpowered Sri Lanka Women by 47 runs to end their wretched unbeaten run at the ICC Women’s World Cup and begin their quest to salvage some pride from an otherwise depressing campaign.

DURBAN, South Africa, CMC – Kirstan Kallicharan’s hundred was not enough to prevent West Indies Under-19s from tumbling to a five-wicket defeat to South Africa Under-19s, in the opening unofficial One-Day International of the five-match series here yesterday.

The newly implemented drug procurement system requires successful suppliers to register all drugs with the Government Analyst Food and Drug Department (GA-FDD), DPI/GINA said yesterday.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump yesterday backtracked on his push for a cyber security unit with Russia, tweeting that he did not think it could happen, hours after his proposal was harshly criticized by Republicans who said Moscow could not be trusted.

Dear Editor, The Society Against Sexual Orientation Discrimination (SASOD) recently participated in the 47th General Assembly of the Organisation of the American States (OAS) in Cancun, Mexico from June 19 to 21.

Carlos Mendonca emerged winner of the featured Shifter Karts Pro Cup when the third edition of the Motorsports GT Grand Prix was staged on Saturday at the Guyana Motor Racing  and Sports Club.

President David Granger yesterday said that unlike many other parts of the world, Guyana can be considered an oasis when it comes to religious tolerance; noting that the three main religions, Islam, Hinduism and Christianity, have been active contributors to the atmosphere of harmony that citizens enjoy.

Step by step the country is being brought closer to a clear understanding of the whopping single-sourcing of $632m in supposedly emergency drug purchases by the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) earlier this year.

MOSUL, Iraq, (Reuters) – Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi arrived in Mosul on Sunday and congratulated the armed forces for their “victory” over Islamic State after nearly nine months of urban warfare, bringing an end to jihadist rule in the city.

Vehicle Workshop won the Banks DIH Limited ‘XM Rum’ dominoes competition brushing aside Water Plant and Central Service on Friday at the Thirst Park Sports Club.

Dear Editor, Lincoln Lewis writes: “Henry Jeffrey and Clement Rohee voted for the amendments in the constitution that emanated from the 1999 Constitutional Reform Commission and I shall not allow any one of the two to mislead the society”. 

  Wendella Walton: ‘I am very much concerned about the young people and their activities in crime but I believe that they’re influenced by what happens in many of the homes.

By Amílcar Sanatan   Amílcar Sanatan, interdisciplinary artist and writer, is a Research Assistant at the Institute for Gender and Development Studies and coordinator of the UWI Socialist Student Conference at The University of the West Indies, St.

Five prisoners are believed to be on the loose after yesterday’s Camp Street prison uprising that flattened the country’s main penitentiary.