Daily Archive: Friday, September 1, 2017

Over sixty Public Sector officials yesterday, completed the fourth edition of Spanish as a Foreign Language course conducted by Professor Nelson Giraldo, the Department of Public Information (DPI) said.

(Barbados Nation) The Caribbean Premier League (CPL) is still to make a profit after five years of operations.

A 20-year-old unemployed `A’ Field Sophia man is in custody and assisting with the investigation into the alleged murder of his one and a half years old niece, Ronasha Pilgrim of 98 North Sophia, Greater Georgetown which occurred between 3.30 and 4 this morning, at the said address.

(Trinidad Guardian) In a surprise move yesterday evening, former banker Robert Le Hunte was sworn in as a Senator and Minister of Public Utilities for the second time in the space of a week.

(ESPN) Dwayne Smith’s second century of CPL 2017 kept the playoff hopes afloat for Barbados Tridents as they held off a furious charge from St Lucia Stars to win by 29 runs at Kensington Oval.

  (Reuters) – Kenya’s Supreme Court today declared President Uhuru Kenyatta’s election win invalid due to irregularities committed by the election board and ordered a new vote in 60 days.

Uree Varswyk, one of the escapees from the Camp Street  prison on July 9th has been shot dead by the police in an operation in Linden, according to the Department of Public Information.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC — West Indies will fly a power-packed, 13-member squad to England for their one-off Twenty20 International with the home team next month.

Sangakarra, Thomas, Santokie lead the way KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC — Krishmar Santokie and rookie, fellow fast bowler Oshane Thomas followed up Sri Lanka legend Kumar Sangakkara’s third straight half-century with incisive bowling to lead Jamaica Tallawahs to a 41-run victory over St.

Eagles survived a fourth quarter barrage to nip Kobras 83-82 in their Under-23 matchup, while Sonics defeated UG Trojans 43-31 in the Open Division, when the Georgetown Amateur Basketball Association (GABA) League Championship continued on Wednesday.

New Amsterdam (NA) United downed home side Monedderlust FC 2-0, when the Berbice zone of the National Milling Company (NAMILCO) Under-17 Football League continued on Wednesday.

-Northern Rangers vs Camptown, Western Tigers vs Pele Northern Rangers will oppose Camptown, while Western Tigers tackles Pele FC when the quarterfinal round in the Corona Beer Invitational Football Championship commences tonight at the Georgetown Football Club (GFC) ground, Bourda.

The final report of the Commission of Inquiry (CoI) set up to investigate the alleged plot to assassinate the president and the police force’s handling of the probe was yesterday handed over to President David Granger, who signalled that its findings could potentially have a bearing on the delayed police promotions.

Central Service and Stores secured lopsided wins, when the Banks DIH Limited Inter-Department Five-Aside Football Championship continued on Wednesday at the Thirst Park ground.

The Aircraft Owners Association of Guyana (AOAG) is supportive of the decision by the Guyana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) to suspend shuttle flights to interior locations, according to Director Kit Nascimento.

Sales Department secured their maiden Banks DIH Limited ‘Mike Pereira Inter-Department Domino Championship’, defeating Wholesale Liquor and Water Plant in the finale on Wednesday.

DUBLIN, Ireland, CMC — Experienced trio, Niall O’Brien and Paul Stirling have returned from injury, and leg-spinner George Dockrell has been recalled to an Ireland 14-member squad for their One-day International against West Indies in two weeks’ time at Stormont.

As part of its restructuring process local cell phone service provider, Digicel has reduced its customer care service from 24 hours to 12 hours.

After his second trial this year, 46-year-old Arjune Mahadeo was again freed of the alleged rape of a 13-year-old girl.

LONDON, CMC — Senior officials have hailed the work of England bowling coach Ottis Gibson, as he prepares to leave to become the South Africa head coach.

COLOMBO, (Reuters) – India bulldozed Sri Lanka by 168 runs in the fourth one-day international on Thursday after skipper Virat Kohli and opener Rohit Sharma smashed blistering hundreds to put the tourists 4-0 up in the five-match series.

An American citizen was yesterday sentenced to four years in jail and fined $3.3 million after he admitted to trafficking almost three pounds of cocaine that were found in his carry-on luggage at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA), Timehri on Wednesday.

DUBAI, CMC — Kraigg Brathwaite and Shai Hope have made career-best moves up the ICC Test Rankings following their memorable batting in the second Test against England which West Indies won by five wickets on Tuesday at Headingley.

President David Granger yesterday said that he is “critically” examining the third list of nominees for the post of Chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) which was submitted by Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo last Friday.

Just over a week after Natural Resources Minister Raphael Trotman had ‘talked up’ gold-mining syndicates as a potential economic breakthrough for “hundreds of Guyanese men and women,” representatives of nine of the fifteen syndicates already created are demanding a meeting with President David Granger in an effort to break what they say has been a frustrating logjam relating to the distribution of land to syndicates.

ARAFAT, Saudi Arabia, (Reuters) – Two million Muslims gathered at Mount Arafat yesterday for a vigil to atone for their sins and ask God’s forgiveness as the annual haj pilgrimage reaches its climax.

Deputy Regional Housing Officer for Region Two Safeia Razak was yesterday arrested for allegedly unlawfully collecting money from persons for house lots.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Russian teenager Andrey Rublev swept aside seventh seed Grigor Dimitrov 7-5 7-6(3) 6-3 to reach the third round of the U.S.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Former world number one Caroline Wozniacki slammed U.S.

The National Agricultural Research and Extension Institute (NAREI) is reporting an increasing volume of work at both the farm and laboratory levels with a view to maximizing local cassava production and better positioning the versatile root crop for increased availability as a food staple, according to the Institute’s 2016 Annual Report.

Dear Editor, On the occasion of yet another September month of celebration of Amerindian heritage in our beloved Guyana, I join with other Guyanese, among whom  are a majority of our Amerindian population, in expressing our happiness and pride that it was the late Dr Cheddi  Jagan, the then President of Guyana who successfully moved to ensure that Amerindian culture, art and craft, cuisine, music, dances and other aspects of Amerindian traditional lifestyle were kept alive when he officially designated September as Amerindian Heritage Month in memory of Mr Stephen Campbell, the first Amerindian to enter the Parliament of then British Guiana.

Approximately nine members of the Guyana Fire Service are being questioned after money was reported missing following their response to a fire at a South Ruimveldt house.

Dear Editor, I extend warm greetings to all my fellow indigenous brothers and sisters across Guyana, as we  join in celebration for yet another month of planned activities in relation to our rich cultural heritage, Amerindian Heritage Month, 2017.

NEW YORK,  (Reuters) – World number three Roger Federer survived his second scare in as many matches but hung on to defeat Russian Mikhail Youzhny 6-1 6-7(3) 4-6 6-4 6-2 to reach the third round of the U.S.

The Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) yesterday signed contracts for the construction of three water treatment plants in Regions Three, Four and Six, the Department of Public Information (DPI) said.

Without venturing too deeply into what is known in Guyana as the ‘nitty gritty’ of what appears to be a surge of genuine anger by gold miners comprising the so-called gold mining syndicates, it is difficult to ignore what appears to be the dramatic – and, hopefully, temporary – turnaround in the fortunes of an initiative which, just a few months ago was being hailed as one of the more forward-looking implemented by the APNU-AFC administration in its quest to turn around the economic fortunes of ordinary Guyanese.

There is, it seems, no end to the entrepreneurial opportunities that can emerge from tinkering with creative possibilities that repose in the range of fruit grown in Guyana…if you are prepared to make the effort, that is, and Diana Prowell who resides at 64 Self Help, Amelia’s Ward, Linden believes she could be on to something.

A Brazilian national, said to be a part owner of a restaurant here, was yesterday charged with presenting a forged Guyanese birth certificate to an immigration officer.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Some fans got their money’s worth at the U.S.

RAWALPINDI, Pakistan, (Reuters) – A Pakistani anti-terrorism court yesterday declared ex-military leader Pervez Musharraf a fugitive in the murder case of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto and acquitted five people in the killing.

Dear Editor, It may always have been this way, but for reasons not clear to me there is a more widespread view today that we are less respectful of expertise, especially in circumstances when there are no personal consequences for being disrespectful.

PORTO, (Reuters) – Portugal captain Cristiano Ronaldo struck his fifth international hat-trick, including a spectacular volleyed opener, to lead the European champions to a 5-1 win over the Faroe Islands in their World Cup qualifier on Thursday.

Dear Editor The ‘Letters to the Editor’ section of newspapers exposes me to the opinions and concerns of my fellow citizens, enlightens and enriches my understanding of unfolding social dynamics and underscores the fact that freedom of speech is still alive in Guyana.

Residents of the agricultural West Bank Demerara village called Free-and-Easy commissioned their new Community ICT Hub on Wednesday.

Whether the public interest that had been generated by last Friday’s Agro–Processors Street Fair facilitated by the Guyana Marketing Corporation was transformed into a marketing windfall for the vendors whose products were put on display is difficult to say though the available evidence would appear to suggest that the local agro-processing sector still has a hard road to travel if it is ever to be anything more than a miniscule player in the Guyana economy.

PORT ARTHUR, Texas,  (Reuters) – A Texas city lost its drinking water supply and soldiers and police rescued thousands still stranded yesterday as storm Harvey inflicted more suffering on the Gulf coast after killing 38 people and displacing over a million.

PARIS,  (Reuters) – Thomas Lemar got his first two goals for France while substitute Kylian Mbappe also scored in a 4-0 demolition of 10-man Netherlands in a World Cup qualifier on Thursday that left the Dutch with a huge task to reach the 2018 finals in Russia.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – President Donald Trump is expected to rescind an Obama administration policy that protects from deportation nearly 800,000 immigrants who as children entered the country illegally, setting the stage for a fight with U.S.

A taxi driver was sentenced to five years in prison yesterday after he was found guilty of causing the death of a pensioner in Linden.

SEOUL/TOKYO,  (Reuters) – South Korean and Japanese jets joined exercises with two supersonic U.S.

Dear Editor The income gap in Guyana must be a matter of concern to policy-makers.

Principal of the 42-year-old, Brickdam-based Business School, James Bovell, has told Stabroek Business that the beginning of yet another academic year finds the institution ready to continue to offer both its customary High School curriculum as well as to focus its broader curriculum on responding to the training needs of the Guyanese society, particularly at the level of the business community.

Gold Prices for the three-day period ending Thursday August 31, 2017

ST GALLEN, Switzerland, (Reuters) – Switzerland made it seven wins out of seven in their World Cup qualifying group when they beat Andorra 3-0 helped by a double from Haris Seferovic in a rain-soaked match which was twice interrupted to clear water off the pitch on Thursday.

A Neighbourhood Democratic Council member believes that there are discrepancies between the Guyana Lands and Surveys Commission’s records and the actual ground measurements at the East Bank Essequibo village of Farm, which has led to the unfair allocation of lots.

BRASILIA, (Reuters) – Brazil’s government said late yesterday  it would suspend action on a decree opening a vast section of the Amazon rainforest to mining, backtracking in the face of activist criticism and a legal challenge.

(Reuters) – Hurricane Irma yesterday strengthened into a Category 3 hurricane over the eastern Atlantic and was headed towards the Caribbean, the U.S.

Dear Editor, ‘A teacher affects eternity: he/she can never tell where his/her influence stops’ -Henry B Adams.

ASUNCION,  (Reuters) – Paraguay has joined forces with Argentina and Uruguay in their joint bid to host the 2030 World Cup finals, President Horacio Cartes said on Thursday.

A former policeman was remanded to prison on Tuesday after he was charged with harbouring two of the prisoners who escaped from the Camp Street jail during the July 9 breakout.

Like so many other key service departments within the state sector the Government Analyst Food & Drugs Department (GAFDD) continues to be afflicted by a chronic scarcity of capacity and resources to effectively execute its mandate, a circumstance that has been due, in large measure, to the indifference of government to incrementally upgrading its capabilities.

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.

NEW YORK, (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Climate change – not increased use of cell phones – might be to blame for an unusual spike in road deaths that hit the United States two years ago, said a study published yesterday.

Dear Editor, As our kids return to school, ready to start another school year, it is important that parents, especially those who have kids entering school for the first time be on the same page.

The final show at Astor Cinema took place at 11:56 am yesterday, as the gutted shell was pulled to the ground by a demolition crew, overseen by the City.

GASCI (www.gasci.com/telephone Nº 223-6175/6) reports that session 736’s trading results showed consideration of $42,029,590 from 338,437 shares traded in 12 transactions as compared to session 735’s trading results, which showed consideration of $2,531,520 from 19,747 shares traded in 12 transactions. 

In the United States, since 1998, there have been 735 recorded deaths of children by vehicular heatstroke – a term used to describe the tragic death caused by a child being left trapped in a hot car.

-one Brigadier, two Majors-General (Two upfront “relevant digressions”: Do you realise that one, two or three representatives of the People’s Progressive Party (PPP) have letters appearing in three local newspapers, daily!?

(Jamaica Gleaner) Police investigators are probing the apparent murder of designer Dexter Pottinger whose body has been found in his home.