Daily Archive: Friday, August 11, 2017

BEDMINSTER, N.J.,  (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump today threatened military intervention in Venezuela, a surprise escalation in Washington’s response to Venezuela’s political crisis.

Dear Editor, I would like to highlight the unwelcome treatment I received at the Canawaima Ferry Stelling by a Ministry of Public Health staffer – the Port Health Officer ‒ on July 18 and July 21, 2017.  

LIMA,  (Reuters) – Peruvian President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski today urged Venezuela’s president Nicolas Maduro to step down, calling him a “dictator”, and rejected the socialist leader’s call for the two to meet face-to-face along with other presidents in the region.

“The secret message communicated to most young people today by the society around them, is that they are not needed, that the society will run itself quite nicely, until they – at some distant point in the future – will take over the reins.

Rhonda Blair, a co-proprietor of the Stretch D Dollar franchise in Berbice was stabbed to death in the wee hours of this morning and her husband, Rudolph later took his own life.

The second annual Crossfit 12-12-12 Throwdown is set to take place tomorrow at the Woodbrook Youth Facility in Port of Spain, Trinidad.

As work on the home of Althea Thegg, which began to crumble two Wednesdays ago faces scrutiny, the General Secretary of the General Contractors Association of Guyana, Neil Cort Rogers says the builder should be held responsible.

The lifeless body of a Chinese businessman was found bound and gagged in his Tuschen, East Bank Essequibo, home last night.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Ramil Guliyev, representing Turkey after switching allegiance from Azerbaijan, pulled off a shock 200 metres victory at the World Championships on Thursday, edging an emotional favourite Wayde van Niekerk into second place in a blanket finish.

Middle distance standout from the United States Virgin Islands (USVI) Malique Smith has been confirmed to compete in the International Men’s 800m race at this weekend’s Kares Engineering Inc.

A study has found that the aviation sector generates roughly $20.7 billion in local economic activity every year.

Chief Justice Roxane George last month ordered that $9 million, which was seized from convicted drug trafficker Barry Dataram, be returned to his brother, Troy Dataram, according to attorney Glenn Hanoman.

  PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Reigning Caribbean Premier League champions Jamaica Tallawahs won their second on the trot when they beat Trinbago Knight Riders by four wickets here Wednesday night.a

Victory Valley Royals humbled Bankers Trust Falcons, while Block 22 Flames downed Christianburg Pistons, when the Linden Amateur Basketball Association /Mackenzie Sports Club (MSC) Open Championship continued on Wednesday night.

A pensioner who was struck down by a truck yesterday morning on the  Houston, East Bank Demerara  (EBD), Public Road died after waiting approximately 45 minutes for an ambulance to be transported to the public hospital.

50 pounds of cannabis was found by the police after it was tossed out of a vehicle on the West Coast Berbice.

LONDON,(Reuters) – Double Olympic champion Christian Taylor continued his dominance of the triple jump when he won his third world title on Thursday, once again beating fellow American Will Claye into second place.

The prime suspect in the murder of Orlando La Cruz, who was shot dead in the Jack and Vieira Backdam, North West District, was arrested yesterday, the police said.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Shaunae Miller-Uibo put her 400 metres disappointment behind her to power into the final of the 200m of the World Championships on Thursday, saying she had simply lost her balance in the showpiece the day before.

A 43-year-old pregnant woman and her unborn child died at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH) early Wednesday morning.

LONDON, (Reuters) – American Kori Carter pulled off another of the growing number of shocks at the World Championships on Thursday, achieving the rare feat of winning the 400 metres hurdles title from the outside lane.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Four Kenyans with eyes on 1,500 metres medals – the three fastest men in the world this year and the one seeking a fourth successive title – all qualified from Thursday’s first-round heats, though not without a scare for one of them.

Three armed bandits stormed the GPL outlet at Mon Repos yesterday and forced customers to empty their pockets but they abandoned their loot after learning that the police were approaching and fled while firing shots in the air.

(Reuters) – World number three Roger Federer dropped his first set since June on Thursday but recovered to dispatch Spaniard David Ferrer 4-6 6-4 6-2 at their last 16 meeting in the Rogers Cup.

Kester Harvey, the former Citizens Bank manager who was charged with fraudulently converting $3 million belonging to a customer to his own use, was yesterday sentenced to 18 months in jail after being found guilty of the crime.

TORONTO, (Reuters) – Karolina Pliskova continued to settle in to her new role as world number one, moving into the quarter-finals of the Rogers Cup when Japanese teenager Naomi Osaka was forced to retire with an abdominal injury on Thursday.

ESPN and Lot-20 created the biggest upsets in the Third Annual Xtra Beer ‘Ballers in the Summer’ Street Football Championship, when they defeated West Front Road-Gold is Money and Sparta Boss, respectively on Wednesday night.

The Ministry of Public Infrastructure (MPI) is assuring citizens of the structural soundness of Carifesta Avenue.

By year-end, private garbage contractors Cevons and Puran Brothers are expected to be paid some $300 million owed to them by City Hall for work dating back to 2015, according to the Mayor and City Council (M&CC), which also announced that special fees would be introduced for the collection of commercial and industrial waste from next month.

Investment proposals in several sectors of the Guyana economy were facilitated by GO-Invest last year.

Dear Editor, The Public Infrastructure Minister is reported to have expressed his disappointment at the performance of Guyana Power & Light (GPL). 

The Guyana Forestry Commission (GFC) has ordered the Upper Pomeroon Amerindian community of Kabakaburi to immediately cease all logging activities, which it has been accused of carrying out on state-owned land.

Cevons Waste Management and Puran Brothers have won the full backing of much of the private sector.

DERBY, England,  CMC – Captain Jason Holder says West Indies will be looking to sustain their intensity as they head into the final three-day tour game against Derbyshire here Friday, ahead of next week’s start of the ‘pink ball’ opening Test against England.

The country’s remaining standing mangrove forests are continually under threat from “a range of natural and man-made factors”.

Calls were made yesterday for more anti-tobacco messages after the Global Youth Tobacco Survey (GYTS) found that only 42.1% of local students, aged 13 to 15, had seen them within a one-month period.

BASSETERRE, St Kitts, CMC – Middle order batsman Brad Barnes stroked a half-century as leaders Jamaica played it safe against their nearest challengers Guyana, on the opening day of their final round match in the Regional Under-19 Championship here Thursday.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Any new military conflict with North Korea would likely escalate quickly to the use of nuclear weapons, bringing catastrophic casualties not seen since World War Two and an untold economic impact worldwide, former U.S.

President David Granger yesterday said that each capital town and Administrative Region in Guyana will have a unit of the Guyana People’s Militia (GPM).

Dear Editor, I am again seeing that the point I am making about sugar and ethanol production is not understood.

A leading UK-headquartered market research firm, Technavio, is predicting that from 2016 and up to 2020 the projected growth of the global coconut water market is likely to be close to a whopping 27 per cent.

CHARLOTTE, North Carolina (Reuters) – Thorbjorn Olesen and Kevin Kisner matched each other with long, curling birdies at the final hole to share a one-stroke lead as Jordan Spieth slipped five strokes off the pace after the first round of the PGA Championship on Thursday.

Gold Prices for the three-day period ending Thursday August 10, 2017

CARACAS, (Reuters) – Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro recognized the Socialist Party-dominated constituent assembly as the country’s most powerful institution yesterday in his first appearance at the highly criticized legislative body that was inaugurated six days ago.

(Prepared by the Guyana Marketing Corporation and published by Stabroek Business as a public service)The New Guyana Marketing Corporation has agreed to provide us with the above information which we will publish on a weekly basis subject to receipt.

CAPE TOWN, (Reuters) – England bowling coach Ottis Gibson is South Africa’s preferred choice as new head coach, the Proteas’ test captain Faf du Plessis said on Thursday.

With two plane crashes mere weeks apart in Region Seven (Cuyuni/Mazaruni), Director-General of the Guyana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) Lt.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Four U.S. Senate Republicans from oil refining states urged the Trump administration yesterday to not block oil shipments from Venezuela as part of U.S.

Dear Editor, Over the last week, we have witnessed two more occurrences that have added to the already many violations of our people’s constitutional rights.

Nothing, she says, pleases her more than the modest achievement of Team Guyana at the recent international robotics tournament in Washington and the occasion it afforded for a celebration at home.

The 2016 Annual Report of the National Agricultural Research and Extension Institute (NAREI) has highlighted the role of the National Plant Protection Organization (NPPO) in providing services designed to support exporters seeking to meet the phytosanitary import requirements of the country’s overseas trading partners and to “provide pest and related information” critical to facilitating trade relationships between Guyana and her various trading partners.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – As the U.S. growing season entered its peak this summer, farmers began posting startling pictures on social media: fields of beans, peach orchards and vegetable gardens withering away.

The Guyana Amateur Basketball Federation (GABF) has officially selected their 12 member Boys Under-19 roster that will compete at the Inter-Guiana Goodwill School Games in Suriname from August 24th-28th.

(Reuters) – He’s had a Hollywood career that has spanned tending the bar at “Cheers” to fighting a futuristic war in “The Hunger Games”, while she won a Best Actress Oscar before turning 30.

The Crabwood Creek labourer who went missing in the Corentyne River on Saturday last died from drowning, according to a post-mortem examination which was done on Wednesday.

The Health and Education Relief Organization (H.E.R.O) medical team completed approximately 30 surgeries for patients with “club foot” and other lower extremity problems as opposed to the 45 surgeries that had been planned for their one-week medical outreach.

CARACAS,  (Reuters) – Venezuela’s ousted chief prosecutor said yesterday she fears for her life and is on the run, but will keep fighting for democracy and freedom in the country after being fired by a controversial new legislative superbody.

GASCI Summary of Financials Session 733 August 7, 2017

Dear Editor, The question I would like to ask as a disabled blind pensioner is, are we a caring society?

The Guyana Marketing Corporation’s Guyana Shop situated at the corner of Robb and Alexander streets continues to serve as the marketing incubator for local products ranging from soaps to spices, many of which are still seeking to establish a firm footing on the mainstream market, mostly the supermarket shelves that favour the eye-catching brand name imports.

– Farewell, rest well Hector   This is the briefest of reminiscences of the Caribbean Festival of the Arts – Carifesta.

Eagles clawed their way past University of Guyana (UG) Trojans 72-69 in their Open Divisional fixture, when the Georgetown Amateur Basketball Association (GABA) League continued on Wednesday.

SOL Guyana Inc on Wednesday afternoon held its Grand Draw to conclude its  ‘Save For A Year with Shell Fuel Save’ promotion, at Lowe’s Service Station on Vlissengen Road, Bel Air Park and the top winner is Ilham Wazid.

The Stabroek Business has, on quite a few occasions, raised the issue of the constraints affecting the growth of the agro processing sector, not least the inability of cottage industry operators to secure financing for expansion, the scarcity of modern processing infrastructure, which limits agro processing largely to domestic kitchen operations and of course the underdevelopment of the packaging and labelling industry and the impact of these on the competitiveness of local agro produce.

The column today seeks to demystify the question of taxation and the oil companies.

The government successfully debated four motions in the National Assembly yesterday at the third annual sitting of Youth Parliament, the Department of Public Information reported.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – So close to death was blues rocker Gregg Allman when he was making his final album, the cover photographer did not get to his Savannah, Georgia, house in time.

GASCI (www.gasci.com/telephone Nº 223-6175/6) reports that session 733’s trading

Samantha Bourne, who was charged with the attempted murder of her step-son after she allegedly stabbed him in his abdomen with a knife, was yesterday committed to stand trial in the High Court for the offence.

First Lady, Sandra Granger on Wednesday facilitated a visit and guided tour of State House for 26 teenage girls from the Girl Stand Up Project.

PUERTO ORDAZ/ CARACAS, Venezuela, (Reuters) – Venezuelan homemaker Carmen Rondon lives in the country with the world’s largest oil reserves, but has spent weeks cooking with firewood due to a chronic shortage of home cooking gas – leaving her hoarse from breathing smoke.

NAIROBI/KISUMU, Kenya, (Reuters) – Celebrations broke out in pockets of Kenya yesterday after the opposition said its candidate Raila Odinga should be declared winner of the presidential vote, a claim an election commission official said was “ridiculous”.

Dear Editor, I would like to take this opportunity to ask President David Granger not to assent to the controversial Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill as further consultation is needed.