Daily Archive: Monday, September 18, 2017

PONCE, Puerto Rico,  (Reuters) – The fourth major Atlantic hurricane of the year, Maria, strengthened into a rare Category 5 storm, as it churned through the eastern Caribbean, bearing down on the tiny island nation of Dominica while on a likely collision course with the U.S.

  UNITED NATIONS,  (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump criticized the United Nations for bloated bureaucracy and mismanagement on his first visit today to U.N.

PARIS, (Reuters) – A British endurance cyclist has smashed the Guinness World Record for the fastest circumnavigation of the planet on a bicycle, riding 18,000 miles (29,000km) in under 80 days.

The Guyana Sugar Corporation Inc. (GuySuCo) says it wishes to inform members of the public that a meeting was held today between the Acting President Moses Nagamootoo, Minister of Agriculture, Noel Holder, Chairman of the Board of Directors, Clive Thomas and Chief Executive Officer, Errol Hanoman, to discuss urgent cash flow relative to wages, salaries and other payments at GuySuCo.

A Police Lance Corporal who was found above the legal alcohol limit following a fatal accident last night, on the Ogle Public Road, ECD.,

A 77-year-old businessman is believed to be dead after a fire gutted his home early this morning.

Dear Editor, Former Minister of Public Works Robeson Benn’s letter in the Sunday Stabroek (17/9/17) about a new Demerara River Bridge is both timely and thoughtful.

Dozens of Guyanese in the hurricane-ravaged British Virgin Islands (BVI) poured their woes out to a government team yesterday amid worries about the shortage of food and water, immigration issues and schooling for their children.

Dear Editor, GAWU believes that by continuously repeating its empty rhetoric it will be able to convince the public, especially its members, that it is truly concerned about their welfare.

The report of the Public Procurement Commission (PPC) on the $632m drug purchase scandal was submitted to Parliament without the input of Sukrishnalall Pasha, the member who had led the investigative work into the matter.

Ol Skool Ballers’ ‘Cinderella Story’ in the Guinness Cage/Three Peat Promotions Indoor football championships had the perfect ending after they dismissed Future Stars 3-1 in the grand finale on Saturday.

Dear Editor, Please allow me to add to a public discussion now current, on bribery of traffic policemen.

Residents of Mocha Arcadia, East Bank Demerara yesterday voiced their disapproval at the Ministry of Communities’ plans to relocate squatters from Lombard and Broad streets to the extension of Barnwell North.

Dear Editor, This letter is not intended to question the right of sugar workers to engage in street protests whenever they feel the situation demands that line of action.

A police constable, who was said to be returning from a test ride of a police force motorcycle at the time of his death, was reportedly speeding and without helmet when the accident occurred on the Unity Old Road on Saturday night.

Rain had the final say in an exciting encounter between Essequibo and East Bank as the umpires were forced to call time on the match ruling that the outfield was not suitable for play after the rains came 30 minutes before the luncheon interval on day – three at the Everest Cricket Club ground Camp Road yesterday.

Dear Editor, The Regional Executive Officer (REO) of Region Two, Mr Rupert Hopkinson, in his recent attempt to mislead the public regarding the use of the vehicle assigned to me, has displayed an inadequate knowledge of the regulations, policies and practices relating to the functions of the Regional Democratic Council and the REO.

Two suspects are in custody following their alleged involvement in a stabbing incident that occurred at Dennis Street, Sophia, yesterday, which left one man hospitalised, and according to reports from witnesses, three houses being burnt to the ground.

A lease agreement on land identified for Guyana’s Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) Forward Programme has finally been approved paving the way for the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) to finally acquire its own Training facility.

A man wanted by police on the Essequibo Coast was on Wednesday arrested after he attempted to torch the home of an Onderneeming Sandpit family.

The impressive winning streak of the Panthers’ rugby outfit has come to an end.

Dear Editor, Last week, after the incident between two public office holders, one a parliamentarian, the other a support staff member at OP, the following thoughts came to mind.

Alonzo Ambrose braved the elements and emerged winner of yesterday’s 98-mile road race from Homestretch Avenue to Camp Soweyo and back.

Residents ofa Linden who were affected by last Tuesday’s violent storm are now calling for the establishment of a disaster relief fund,  since they are now left uncertain of how they will repair the damage caused by the storm.

Dear Editor, A new think tank has emerged that analyses and dissects budget and public policy issues in Guyana.

(Reuters) – A second powerful storm in as many weeks was bearing down on a string of battered Caribbean islands, with forecasters saying that Maria had strengthened into a hurricane yesterday and would intensify before hitting the Leeward Islands tonight.

President David Granger has the power to ease racial antagonism by inviting the opposition PPP/C into his APNU+AFC government, according to commentator Ralph Ramkarran.

CHESTER-LE-STREET, England, CMC – Champion off-spinner Sunil Narine said the unsettling cold temperatures during the one-off Twenty20 International had been difficult to deal with but hailed the professional approach from West Indies after they trounced England by 21 runs here Saturday.

Dear Editor, The Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU) refers to Mr Gobin Harbhajan’s letter which appeared in the August 24, 2017 edition of Stabroek News (‘GuySuCo should be privatized as per the CoI recommendation’).

Den Amstel crushed Crane Rovers 4-1 when the West Demerara zone of the National Milling Company (NAMILCO) U17 Football League, continued yesterday at the Den Amstel ground.

Dear Editor, With regard to the APNU+AFC government of President David Granger choosing to pay ANSA McAl for the provision of medical drugs even though the procurement law was broken, clearly, the government erred in paying for these supplies.

MUMBAI (Reuters) – Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated India’s biggest dam yesterday, ignoring warnings from environment groups that hundreds of thousands of people will lose their livelihoods.

Police are investigating the circumstances in which a 22-year-old security guard of Lower Kara Kara, Linden was shot yesterday.

SITTWE, Myanmar,  (Reuters) – Thousands of Rohingya Muslims in violence-racked northwest Myanmar are pleading with authorities for safe passage from two remote villages that are cut off by hostile Buddhists and running short of food.

CHENNAI, India, (Reuters) – Hardik Pandya’s all-round brilliance and some excellent bowling by the Indian spinners secured a 26-run victory against Australia under the Duckworth-Lewis method in the rain-hit first one-day international yesterday.

Government’s petroleum adviser, Dr Jan Mangal says that with the discovery of the ExxonMobil Liza well, competitive bidding should be employed in the award of oil exploration leases.

Dear Editor, Something is drastically wrong with our health system in this country.

UNITED NATIONS,  (Reuters) – When President Donald Trump takes the world stage at the United Nations for the first time this week, he will share the spotlight with his envoy Nikki Haley, who has emerged as the surprising public face of U.S.

Dear Editor, The recent harangues between personnel of the government and the opposition must cause us to ask whether these officials realise that they first of all need to satisfy and inform the general populace in our country of the various issues that are affecting our lives.

(Reuters) – Gennady Golovkin and Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez fought to a controversial draw in their long-awaited middleweight world title bout in Las Vegas on Saturday.

Two suspects have been apprehended in relation to an armed robbery that occurred early yesterday morning at Mon Repos, where a contractor was relieved of a gold chain valued $1.6 million.

(Jamaica Observer) DUANVALE, Trelawny — At least two grandchildren of Violet Moss Brown, the world’s oldest person who died on Friday at the age of 117 years old, believe that, had she not been taken “against her wishes” from her Duanvale residence to a medical facility six days prior, she would have been still alive today.

Dear Editor, Politics is described as the art of making deals.

SINGAPORE,  (Reuters) – Formula One leader Lewis Hamilton needed a miracle going into yesterday’s Singapore Grand Prix and the Briton certainly got it on his way to an against-all-odds win at the Marina Bay street circuit.

(Trinidad Express) Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley has responded to the recent attacks on media workers, saying it was wholly unacceptable and should not be initiated or encouraged by any person, under any circumstances.

CAIRO/RAMALLAH,  (Reuters) – Hamas has agreed to dissolve the administration that runs Gaza, it said yesterday, a major step towards handing control of the enclave to a Palestinian unity government after a decade of bitter rivalry with President Mahmoud Abbas.

Susana Hurlich is a Canadian anthropologist, researcher and consultant who has lived and worked for the past 26 years in Cuba.

Police ranks stationed in Bartica between 10 on Saturday night and 5 am yesterday conducted several routine stop-and-search operations during which ten drivers were tested and found to be above the legal alcohol limit.

LILLE, France, (Reuters) – France won a place in the Davis Cup final when Jo-Wilfried Tsonga beat Dusan Lajovic 2-6 6-2 7-6(5) 6-2 to give the hosts a 3-1 victory over Serbia yesterday.

LOUIS, (Reuters) – St. Louis police in riot gear broke up a protest that turned rowdy last night with property damage including broken storefront windows, ordering protesters to disperse and detaining several people including news photographers.

Dear Editor, United Nations International Day of Democracy 2017 was observed this year under the theme, ‘Democracy and Conflict Prevention.’ 

Justice Brassington Reynolds is expected to rule next month on the admissibility of a newspaper report in the challenge by conveyancing clerk Mohendra Arjune to the city’s contract with Smart City Solutions (SCS) for the parking meter project.

You can see the effects of climate change and scientists have clearly said what path we have to follow…All of us have a responsibility, all of us, small or large, a moral responsibility.

BUENOS AIRES, (Reuters) – Scandal-hit Brazilian construction company Odebrecht said yesterday it has sold its 33 percent stake in a massive subway project in Argentina’s capital Buenos Aires, but vowed to keep working in the country.

Since the historic March 2016 Local Government Elections, one of the principles underlying Stabroek News’s coverage of any story is to determine whether it pertained in the slightest to any local government authority and if it did, then a valiant effort must be made to engage with that authority and to canvas its views on the matter being reported.

LOS ANGELES,  (Reuters) – Satirical sketch show “Saturday Night Live’ took the Emmys by storm yesterday, winning three early awards in a ceremony marked by multiple jabs at U.S.