Daily Archive: Friday, September 8, 2017

Twenty-two police officers fresh from Police College will spend an additional two weeks in training before becoming full-fledged traffic officers, the Department of Public Information (DPI) said.

Guyana’s Honorary Consul in French Guiana, Travis Tracey-Lecant, has advised that all Guyanese who need information, in the aftermath of Hurricane Irma, on relatives who reside on the French island of St.

Caribbean Airlines (CAL) has extended sympathy to those affected by the hurricanes in the region, which are impacting the airline’s operation causing several flights to be cancelled.

  LONDON,  (Reuters) – James Anderson joined an elite band of bowlers with 500 test wickets and Ben Stokes plundered a vital half century as England took command of a low-scoring third test against West Indies at Lord’s on Friday.

(Ministry of the Presidency) President David Granger, today, said that the Commission of Inquiry (COI) into the alleged assassination plot against him has exposed serious deficiencies and weaknesses in the Guyana Police Force (GPF), which will have to be corrected.

  (Reuters) – Hurricane Irma threatens to knock out power to more than 4.1 million homes and businesses served by Florida Power & Light (FPL), affecting around nine million people based on the current storm track, the utility’s chief executive said on Friday.

  WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – The head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency said today Hurricane Irma will devastate part of the United States and that U.S.

At least six die in huge  JUCHITAN, Mexico, (Reuters) – At least 34 people were killed when the most powerful earthquake to hit Mexico in decades tore through buildings, forced mass evacuations and triggered alerts as far away as Southeast Asia.

After four hours of intense debate, the Georgetown City Council yesterday voted by majority to continue the metered parking system with concessionaire Smart City Solutions (SCS), pending a renegotiation of the controversial contract with the company.

(ESPNCricinfo) Trinbago Knight Riders rode on Colin Munro’s charmed innings to march into the final of CPL 2017, beating Guyana Amazon Warriors by six wickets last night at the Brian Lara Stadium.

LONDON, CMC – Seamer Ben Stokes exploited ideal swing conditions to rout West Indies with a six-wicket haul but the Caribbean side hit back to rock England, as 14 wickets fell on the opening day of the decisive Lord’s Test here Thursday.

PROVIDENCIALES, Turks and Caicos, (Reuters) – Residents of the Turks and Caicos Islands yesterday hunkered down for Hurricane Irma, which has smashed through a string of Caribbean islands as one of the most powerful Atlantic storms in a century, killing at least 14 people en route to Florida.

The charred remains of a Golden Grove, East Coast Demerara man were pulled from the debris of his home early yesterday morning after a fire that the authorities are treating as arson.

Minister of State Joseph Harmon yesterday confirmed that there are reports of collusion between police ranks and the persons who escaped from a Brazilian aircraft shortly after it landed on an illegal airstrip in Region Nine last month.

Government yesterday announced that it has implemented no policy to ban single mothers working as security guards from being placed on night shifts and according to Minister of State Joseph Harmon there has been “no debate on the matter” by Cabinet.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – A ruthless Madison Keys crushed CoCo Vandeweghe 6-1 6-2 on Thursday setting the stage for an all-American U.S.

(Reuters) – Chris Froome rebounded superbly to increase his overall lead in the Vuelta a Espana to one minute 37 seconds with a lightning late attack which left nearest challenger Vincenzo Nibali in his wake on Thursday’s 18th stage.

The Public Utilities Commission (PUC) yesterday began hearing a request by the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GTT) to review the terms of the PUC Order requiring the company to install 1,000 landlines per quarter and to remedy the timeframe of its fault repairs.

LONDON, CMC – Batting coach Toby Radford believes the clatter of wickets on Thursday’s opening day has set the stage for an exciting decisive third Test between England and West Indies.

NEW YORK,(Reuters) – A new grand slam champion will be crowned at the U.S.

(Reuters) – Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has brushed off suggestions that the north London club are in the midst of a crisis three games into the season and called for perspective after their 4-0 defeat by Liverpool in their last Premier League game.

A baker was yesterday remanded to prison after being charged with stealing a little over $2 million in cash and other items in the robbery committed on workers at Buddy’s, on Sheriff Street.

Dear Editor, The nation was recently informed by Minister within the Ministry of Social Protection, Keith Scott, of the government’s intention to bring to an end the practice of single parent women, employed in private security firms, having to work night shifts with all of the dangers associated with it.

Hours of rain in Linden on Wednesday resulted in sections of the town being flooded, while lightning strikes caused damage to utility poles and appliances, the town’s Mayor reported yesterday.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Juan Martin Del Potro has been enjoying the sweetest renaissance at the U.S.

(Reuters) – Nathan Lyon claimed six for 60 to bowl Australia to an emphatic series-equalling seven-wicket victory over Bangladesh in the second and final test on Thursday.

-cites plethora of weaknesses in aviation regime The decision by the Guyana Civil Aviation Authority to effect a temporary suspension of interior shuttles following three recent aircraft accidents, the first and the last of which took the lives of the pilots, has elicited a strong response from one of the country’s most experienced pilots who is advocating that an improved safety regime in the domestic aviation sector depends largely on upgrading facilities and raising standards.

A suspect yesterday surrendered after a miner from Buxton, East Coast Demerara (ECD) was shot twice in the city last Saturday when he pursued two men who robbed him of a gold and diamond chain.

Dear Editor,   The first time I heard of the Sir Cowdrey Spirit of Cricket lecture was a few days after Kumar Sangakkara graced the hallowed halls of the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), at Lords, to give the lecture.

Opposition leader Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday said that he saw nothing wrong with a member of the Public Procurement Commission (PPC) making public a dissenting view on the investigation of the $632 million in emergency drug purchases for the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH).

Dear Editor, One thing’s for certain: media coverage of the sugar issue is not where it ought to be at this time, and many of the experts I have spoken to, have advised me it has much to do with sugar being seen as a rural issue when the media houses are all based in Georgetown. 

(Reuters) – Forty-one North American cities, including New York, Montreal and Mexico City, have declared an interest in hosting matches at the 2026 World Cup as part of the joint bid by the United States, Canada and Mexico, officials said on Thursday.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Liverpool could hardly be in higher spirits as they set out on the short trip to Manchester City on Saturday hoping to make a strong case for their Premier League title prospects.

ExxonMobil, the multinational oil company will be the main international sponsor for the impending Pan American Indoor Hockey Championship, slated for the month of October 2017 at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.

As the requirements of domestic food security and the need to maximize opportunities to consolidate international market share place increasing demands on Guyana’s agricultural sector, the National Agricultural Research and Extension Institute (NAREI) is focusing increasing attention on the development and transfer of appropriate technologies ”to promote balanced, diversified and sustained agricultural production” and doing more to promote hinterland agricultural development, according to the Institute’s 2016 Annual Report.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – The number of Americans filing for unemployment benefits jumped to a more than two-year high last week amid a surge in applications in hurricane-ravaged Texas, but the underlying trend remained consistent with a strong labor market.

A 25-year long wait, yesterday came to an end when 22 residents of Upper Demerara-Berbice (Region Ten) and former employees of the Linden Mining Enterprises Limit-ed (LINMINE) received titles to the lands they have been occupying from Minister of State, Joseph Harmon.

Dear Editor, A particular controversial word has surfaced periodically, and pointedly; it prompted some thinking. 

Fruta Conquerors FC recently celebrated its 35th anniversary, and Club Secretary, Daniel Thomas sat down with Stabroek News for an exclusive interview, in which he provided an insight to the frustrations of players and management at the club level.

Despite the Guyana Power and Light Company Inc (GPL) promising to have electricity distribution returned to normal two weeks ago, citizens continue to be faced with random spates of blackouts.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – President Donald Trump yesterday embraced a suggestion from the Senate’s top Democrat to end congressional battles over the U.S.

On Wednesday September 6th, the Ministry of Natural Resources issued a media release on what it says was the first in a planned series of Stakeholder Engagements on the draft Local Content Policy Framework for the country’s oil and gas sector.

Dear Editor,   During the CPL match between the Amazon Warriors and the Tallawahs on the 6th September 2017, Umpire Gregory Brathwaite lectured two incoming batsmen, Jonathan Foo and Rovman Powell, on ‘running on the pitch’ before either had faced a ball.

Guyana’s informal economy ranks second in the English-speaking Caribbean according to a recent study.

MANCHESTER, England, (Reuters) – The Premier League transfer window will now close before the start of the season after clubs voted to bring forward the deadline for buying players from next season, the Premier League said in a statement.

BOGOTA,  (Reuters) – Pope Francis yesterday urged Colombians to shun vengeance following a bloody 50-year war with guerrillas but challenged the country’s leaders to enact just laws to resolve the causes of inequality that lead to violence.

The Canadian High Commission is working with the Newfoundland and Labrador Oil and Gas Industry Association (NOIA) and the Guyana Office for Investment (Go-Invest) to host Canadian companies looking for opportunities in the oil and gas sector here.

YANGON/COX’S BAZAR, Bangladesh,  (Reuters) – Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi said yesterday her government was doing its best to protect everyone in the strife-torn state of Rakhine, as the estimated number of Rohingya Muslims who have fled to Bangladesh leapt by 18,000 in one day, to 164,000.

Dear Editor,   Regarding your news item, ‘Trump ends ‘Dreamer’ immigration programme, places onus on Congress’ (SN Sep 6), there is widespread opposition to the President’s action amongst Guyanese New Yorkers and the larger Caribbean and South Asian communities.

GASCI (www.gasci.com/telephone Nº 223-6175/6) reports that session 737’s trading results showed

Two temporary koker doors have been put in place to prevent flooding from occurring at De Willem, West Coast Demerara and the surrounding villages after strong Atlantic Ocean currents ripped apart the permanent structure on Wednesday.

GASCI Summary of Financials Session 737 September 04, 2017

WASHINGTON/BEIJING,  (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said yesterday he would prefer not to use military action against North Korea to counter its nuclear and missile threat but that if he did it would be a “very sad day” for the leadership in Pyongyang.

VINA DEL MAR, Chile,  (Reuters) – Chile expects to close an energy swap deal with Argentina in the days ahead, Chilean Energy Minister Andres Rebolledo said in an interview on Thursday.

HAVANA,  (Reuters) – Opponents of the Cuban government are putting forward an unprecedented number of candidates for municipal elections in late October, the first step in a process to select a new president after nearly 60 years of the Castro brothers’ rule.

Dear Editor, Essequibians want to know what happened to the rice cereal factory at Anna Regina Essequibo, which was built by the previous administration.

In a statement issued from his office recently, Minister within the Ministry of Social Protection, Keith Scott, announced his bold intention to “minimise in the first instance and eventually eliminate night work for single mothers within the Private Security Industry.”

Gold Prices for the three day period ending Thursday September 7, 2017

The fortunes of the art and craft contingent at the August 17th – 27th Caribbean Festival of Arts (CARIFESTA) in Barbados may not have been much more than modest but renowned Guyanese Potter, Nicholas Young believes that in circumstances where learning has been an incremental experience for Guyanese creative artists some positives would have been taken away from this year’s experience.

(Trinidad Express) Caribbean Airlines advises that due to Hurricane Irma, the following flights for September 10th are cancelled: BW 414  from Kingston to Nassau, BW 415 from Nassau to Kingston, BW 031 from Kingston to Fort Lauderdale, BW 030 from Fort Lauderdale to Montego Bay, BW 039 from Montego Bay to Fort Lauderdale, BW 036 from Fort Lauderdale to Kingston BW 484 from Port of Spain to Miami, BW 483 from Miami to Port of Spain BW480 from Port of Spain to Fort Lauderdale, BW481 from Fort Lauderdale to Port of Spain BW482 from Port of Spain to Orlando and BW485 from Orlando to Port of Spain Passengers are advised to contact our reservation offices for rebooking on the next available service.

Dear Editor,   As hurricane Irma is wreaking havoc and devastation in some parts of the Caribbean and the United States, there is yet another disaster brewing in the United States.

The importance of royalty In the last column which appeared on August 17, I indicated that I would touch next on royalty in petroleum contracts.

MADRID,  (Reuters) – Spain’s central authorities moved yesterday to crush plans by the northeastern region of Catalonia to hold an independence referendum and took steps to prosecute regional lawmakers backing the ballot.

President David Granger will use the recent court ruling to guide his selection of a Chairperson of the Guyana Elections Commission (Gecom), Minister of State Joseph Harmon said yesterday.

-Don’t speak ill of the dead? Why not? Since last month I paid tribute to the Emancipation/African experience I’ll offer reflective comments on this month someone decided to deem Amerindian Heritage Month.

Coming from one of the more high-profile executives of the Guyana Manufacturing & Services Association (GMSA) there was an uncharacteristic frankness to Mr.

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The Ministry of Natural Resources is working with Conservation International-Guyana and regional administrators to ensure that a recently completed water reservoir in the Rupununi is sustainably managed.

  President David Granger (second from right) and Foreign Affairs Minister, Carl Greenidge (right) chatting with members of the Brazilian Armed Forces at a reception last evening commemorating the 195th independence anniversary of Brazil.

(ESPN) Trinbago Knight Riders rode on Colin Munro‘s charmed innings to march into the final of CPL 2017, beating Guyana Amazon Warriors by six wickets on Thursday night at the Brian Lara Stadium.