Daily Archive: Tuesday, August 15, 2017

(Ministry of Education press release) 851 candidate from 9 Secondary Schools and Four Private institutions sat the Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination (CAPE) in May – June of 2017.

Businessman Clifton Bacchus today said he is unaware that his hotel Sleepin is the subject of a money laundering probe as alleged in a report in today’s Guyana Chronicle.

  JOHANNESBURG, (Reuters) – Zimbabwe’s first lady, Grace Mugabe, handed herself in to South African police today and will be charged with assault after reports that she attacked a young woman in Johannesburg, the police minister said.

Although President David Granger’s recent directive to the Police Service Com-mission to halt its consideration of promotions is unconstitutional, Chairman Omesh Satyanand yesterday said that some members of the body have decided to comply.

Convinced that the courts will find the metered parking contract to be illegal, the Movement Against Parking Meters (MAPM) is calling on the Georgetown City Council to bite the bullet and rescind the contract with Smart City Solutions (SCS).

Five ministers attended an annual partnership meeting with ExxonMobil in Houston, Texas over the weekend and heard that the company will extract 120,000 barrels of oil per day in 2020 and the use of available natural gas is also on the agenda.

According to Minister of Finance Winston Jordan, in light of regional economic developments, the 2017 Mid-year growth of 2.2% should be regarded positively.

The Central Housing and Planning Authority (CH&PA) yesterday announced that it is conducting an audit of its office in Region Two following the arrest of a housing officer, who is accused of collecting money for a house lot and issuing a forged receipt.

Emergency work on the Hunt Oil Stretch has successfully been completed and, as of Friday afternoon, traffic flow along the key route into Region Nine had resumed as per normal, a release from the Ministry of Public Infrastructure (MPI) said yesterday.

A building contractor had fraud charges against him dismissed last Friday after his family reached an agreement with the complainant to settle the matter.

The Guyana Fire Service (GFS) yesterday afternoon quickly extinguished a fire on a boat where workers were pumping fuel at the BK International Wharf on Water Street.

A woman was yesterday granted her release on $150,000 bail after she was charged with collecting money for the sale of a car that she was not in a position to sell.

The owner of the Stretch D Dollar franchise in Berbice, who murdered his wife before committing suicide on Friday, died from gunshot wounds.

A father of three was yesterday remanded to prison for allegedly using a pair of scissors to rob a woman.

The Chambers of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) yesterday signaled a decision to appeal the High Court’s order that $9 million seized from convicted drug trafficker Barry Dataram be returned to his brother, Troy Dataram.

Mervin Blackman, one of the men charged with the Meadow Bank fish depot robbery last year, was yesterday hauled before a city court once again on charges that he had a pistol and ammunition.

The Cuban rice market has now been made available to Guyana after a series of negotiations over the past months, the Department of Public Information (DPI) says.

Denesh Ramdin, roared on by a boisterous home crowd last evening at the Queen’s Park Oval, led the Trinbago Knight Riders (TKR) to an unlikely victory by four wickets over the previously undefeated St.

Digicel has rejected  claims by the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph (GTT) that programming issues on  Digicel’s network is responsible for GTT customers not receiving text messages from Digicel.

The Demerara Cricket Club (DCC) and the Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC) yesterday relaxed their competitive rivalry to join forces in launching their 2017 Summer Youth Cricket Camp at DCC, the Queenstown home of cricket legends, Clive Lloyd and Lance Gibbs.

In the last two years, 53 young Guyanese have been sent on overseas scholarships and 540 to local institutions by the government.

Cevons Waste Management Inc and Puran Brothers Disposal Services could find themselves liable to pay the city council for the purported termination of their five-year contracts for garbage collection in the city.

– Double on the cards Coach of the successful national under – 19 team, Julian Moore, who two days ago saw his side capture the regional three-day title after crushing their Jamaican counterparts by nine wickets in St Kitts, said their one day chances are favorable owing to the all – round caliber of the side.

The police have not yet been able to make an arrest in the killing of Chinese businessman Liyan Jiang, who was found bound and gagged in his Tuschen, East Bank Essequibo home last Thursday evening.

We have to play consistent and smart cricket – Coach Harper Guyana Amazon Warriors batsman, Gajanand Singh, fresh from his match winning innings against the St.

Town Clerk Royston King yesterday threatened to walk out of the statutory meeting of the Mayor and City Council after a councillor told him to shut up.

Smalta and ANSA McAl in partnership with the Ministry of Education yesterday awarded the top 15 National Grade Six Assessment (NGSA) students, in a ceremony held at the National Centre for Educational Resource Development (NCERD).

The Office of the First Lady in collaboration with the Ministry of Social Protection yesterday opened the second Training of ‘Caregivers for the Elderly’ Workshop for this year at the Regency Suites.

Well that did not take long. Imported just three weeks ago, Florida-bred Vera’s Finally announced its arrival yesterday with a brilliant victory in the feature D and Lower mile event of the 11th running of the Guyana Cup.

An Agricola father, Alwayne Benjamin, was yesterday charged with wounding his daughter, although the prosecution was unable to tell the court why he was charged with the offence.

 (Reuters) – Cristiano Ronaldo was banned for five matches for pushing the referee after he was shown a red card against Barcelona in Real Madrid’s 3-1 Spanish Super Cup first leg victory on Sunday, the Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) said on Monday.

FREETOWN, (Reuters) – A mudslide killed more than 200 people on the outskirts of Sierra Leone’s capital Freetown yesterday, sweeping away homes and leaving residents desperate for news of missing family members.

A Festival City youth was yesterday charged with stealing phones from two Bourda Market vendors.

(Reuters) – Roger Federer has pulled out of the Cincinnati Open with a back injury, meaning Rafa Nadal will return next week as the world number one for the first time since 2014.

SEOUL/WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – North Korea’s leader has delayed a decision on firing missiles towards the U.S.

Dear Editor, It may be a while before the citizens of Guyana learn through cross-examination in the High Court what was and is a fair price for land at the Pradoville 2 luxury estate. 

DERBY, England, CMC – Opener Kieran Powell believes the Caribbean side’s strong outing in the drawn three-day game against Derbyshire leaves them in good stead for the opening Test against England starting Thursday.

Dear Editor, I refer to a letter from Minister of State Joseph Harmon, dated July 26, 2017, addressed to Marvalyn Stephens, Secretary, Police Service Commission, Waterloo Street, Georgetown.

Number one seed Barbadian Meagan Best defeated Guyanese Mary Fung-A-Fat 11-5, 11-6, 11-4, and number two seed Karen Meakins got past Guyana’s Ashley Khalil 11-6, 11-7, 11-7, in their respective semi-finals at the 2017 Senior Caribbean Squash Championships yesterday afternoon at the National Squash Center in Kingstown, St.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – President Donald Trump yesterday authorized an inquiry into China’s alleged theft of intellectual property in the first direct trade measure by his administration against Beijing, but one that is unlikely to prompt near-term change.

Dear Editor, On Sunday August 13th as my family and I were heading on to the West Bank Demerara we were pulled over by a traffic rank who is attached to a police station (name supplied).

COLOMBO, (Reuters) – Sri Lanka are keen to visit Pakistan in September, potentially becoming the first high-profile team to tour the country which has played most of its home international matches in the United Arab Emirates in the last eight years due to security situation.

GENEVA,  (Reuters) – A U.N. human rights panel urged the United States yesterday to end widespread detention of would-be immigrants including asylum-seekers, saying the practice has “grown exponentially” and violates international law.

PALLEKELE, Sri Lanka, (Reuters) – A ruthless India crushed Sri Lanka inside three days in the final test on Monday to complete a 3-0 whitewash in one of the most one-sided test series in recent times.

Dear Editor, I am dumfounded and have been so for a full 24 hours.

DENVER, (Reuters) – Taylor Swift won her trial against a Colorado radio personality yesterday after a jury found that the former DJ assaulted and battered the pop star by groping her bare bottom, and awarded her the symbolic $1 in damages she had sought.

Dear Editor, The landmark tobacco control legislation passed by the Parliament of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana is a historic step for the nation and if signed by President David Granger, will ensure that the people of Guyana are protected from the devastating harms of tobacco use.

Colts hammered Pacesetters 94-44 in the Open Division, while Plaisance Guardians dismissed Kobras 91-53 in the U-23 section, when the Georgetown Amateur Basketball Association (GABA) League Championship continued on Sunday.

GORAKHPUR, India, (Reuters) – Indian health authorities yesterday delivered oxygen to a public hospital where 63 people have died of encephalitis in recent days, nearly half of them children, as it ran out of medical supplies because of unpaid bills, triggering public outrage.

CARACAS,  (Reuters) – Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro yesterday called for military exercises after U.S.

NEW DELHI,  (Reuters) – All of an estimated 40,000 Rohingya Muslims living in India are illegal immigrants, even those registered with the U.N.

Undefeated league leader Paradise Invaders, dismantled Corriverton Links 5-1, when the Berbice zone of the National Milling Company (NAMILCO) U17 League continued on Sunday.

(Reuters) The Indian government dismissed the controversial chief of its movie censorship panel on Friday, following months of criticism from Bollywood film-makers and fellow panelists angered by attempts to sanitise art and popular culture.

Dear Editor, The four-year-old male child from Mabaruma township (Barima-Waini) who was bitten by a scorpion on Saturday, 5th August, 2017 and who died the same day at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH) has been laid to rest at the Mabaruma cemetery after a decent burial on Saturday 12th August, 2017.

CROPREDY, England,  (Reuters) – Grammy award-winner Petula Clark sang her global hit “Down-town” about as far from “where the neon signs are pretty” as she could at the weekend — to thousands in a field in rural England.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – President Donald Trump will sign an executive order today “establishing discipline and accountability in the environmental review and permitting process for infrastructure projects,” the White House said in a statement yesterday.

Dear Editor, HR Director, EB John released a picture of top GuySuCo officials visiting Brazil in the 1980s to conduct a study on the feasibility of ethanol production.

Local CrossFit athletes, Stephen Fraser and Christina Rahman finished on the podium in their first overseas outing this past weekend in Trinidad where they competed in the CrossFit 12-12-12 Throw Down.

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va./WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump denounced neo-Nazis and the Ku Klux Klan as criminals and thugs on Monday, bowing to mounting political pressure to condemn such groups explicitly after a white-nationalist rally turned deadly in Virginia.

(Trinidad Express) Britain’s Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) on Friday updated its travel advisory on Trinidad and Tobago.

(Reuters) – Bruce Springsteen is headed to Broadway for an eight-week solo theater run that he says will feature “just me, the guitar, the piano and the words and music.”

In an effort to increase the scope of the inaugural Guinness ‘Cage Football Classic’, the coordinator, Three Peat Promotions, has invited a Brazilian team to participate in the championship.

 Plaisance bridge work: A section of the Plaisance Railway Embankment is closed to vehicular traffic to facilitate construction work on a bridge.

Dear Editor The misdeeds of the APNU+AFC government of President David Granger do not, in my eyes, elevate the PPP.

OTTAWA,  (Reuters) – Canada laid down a tough line ahead of talks on modernizing NAFTA yesterday, suggesting it could walk away if the United States pushed to remove a key dispute-settlement mechanism in the trade deal.

(Reuters) – Former world number one golfer Tiger Woods had five different drugs in his system when he was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence in May, according to an ESPN report on Monday.

Dear Editor, I read somewhere that we are glorifying a small percentage of pupils who have earned passes to senior secondary schools.

MEXICO CITY,  (Reuters) – A Mexican federal police officer who captured drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman in northwest Mexico last year was moved for his own safety to a posting at the Mexican embassy in Washington, DC, according to two Mexican law enforcement sources.

VANCOUVER,  (Reuters) – “Deadpool” star Ryan Reynolds said yesterday that actors and crew were “heartbroken, shocked and devastated” at the death of a driver in a motorcycle stunt in Vancouver that went wrong.

BUENOS AIRES – President Mauricio Macri says he is convinced that the disastrous populist governments that have ruined Argentina time and again are a thing of the past.

Viewed against the backdrop of earlier similar discoveries, last week’s disclosure that a Guyana Defence Force reconnaissance detail had found an illegal airstrip (and various other suspicious accoutrements) at Santa Fe in the North Rupununi is decidedly disconcerting.

Mahendra Gopielall (third from right), Captain of the under 15 Rose Hall Town Youth & Sports Club handing over a cheque  on Friday (on behalf of Farfan & Mendes Ltd.)