Daily Archive: Monday, September 25, 2017

The Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU) today said that Tiffini Collison, 26-years-old of F 21 Samaan Street Guyhoc Park, Georgetown posted four hammocks suspected to have been saturated with cocaine to an address in the USA through an International Courier Service in Georgetown sometime last week.

President David Granger (centre) today met  President of Chevron Africa and Latin America Exploration and Production Company,  Clay Neff (third from right).

  NEW YORK,  (Reuters) – Former U.S. Congressman Anthony Weiner was sentenced to 21 months in prison today for sending sexually explicit messages to a 15-year-old girl, setting off a scandal that played a role in the 2016 U.S.

A family’s preparation for a memorial service ended tragically early yesterday morning when bandits stormed into their home in  East La Penitence and discharged several rounds, fatally wounding a man and injuring two of his brothers.

SOMERSET, N.J.,/WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – NFL teams staged a show of solidarity with protesting players before yesterday’s games by kneeling, linking arms or staying off the field during the U.S.

(Trinidad Express) The Trinidad and Tobago Defence Force and Coast Guard have been at the helm of a dramatic rescue of a family of four, including two small children, who lived in a car for four days after their home in Dominica was destroyed last Monday by Hurricane Maria.

The two East Bank Berbice men who were taken into custody in relation to the murder of 13-year-old Leonard Archibald are expected to be placed before the court today.

Dear Editor, A couple of days after Minister of Public Security Khemraj Ramjattan said some kind words to the media about Crime Chief Wendell Blanhum, the Prime Minister-controlled, state-owned Guyana Chronicle sought to discredit the Crime Chief.

Dear Editor, Reference is made to your article titled `Forde calls on stakeholders to put football first” (SN, September 24). 

Dear Editor, Please permit me to respond to a letter authored by Mr.

Residents of Georgetown will by the end of October, 2017, be able to pay their rates and taxes using the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph’s Mobile Money Guyana (MMG) application.

In a back lot just off the ever-bustling Regent Street, easily hidden by the clothing stores and snackette that dominate in the forefront, is A&A, a transportation and accommodation service that caters solely to Cuban visitors.

Dear Editor, As auditor of Sleep-In International Hotel and Casino Inc, I read nonplussed and with great remorse, the letter dated August 3, 2017 signed by the Gaming Authority Chairman, Mr Roysdale Forde, addressed to that hotel, and also a letter dated August 21, 2017, again signed by the non-executive Gaming Authority Chairman, requesting information that included requests for seven years of individual income tax returns from the directors and shareholders.

Dear Editor, Congratulations and deep appreciation are extended to the South Rupununi District Council.

Bids are expected to be soon submitted for the extension of the Ministry of Public Health’s drug bond at Diamond and construction of a storage bond in Georgetown as the ministry moves to fulfil its pledge to stop renting private bonds.

Government’s implementation of recommendations from the Commission of Inquiry (COI)  into the alleged plot to assassinate President David Granger will be made to ensure that the Guyana Police Force’s (GPF) overall “structure” is sound, says Minister of State Joseph Harmon.

Dear Editor, Suddenly constitutional reform is, to listen to the local oracles of sagaciousness, not of such vital importance anymore. 

Arrivals at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA), Timehri for August 2017 set an unprecedented record of 34,796 passengers, surpassing the 2012 figure of 33,367.

A call by acting President Moses Nagamootoo urging the Commonwealth Federation to unite through sports was made yesterday at Olympic House (Liliendaal) during his keynote address at the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) meeting of the Americas and the Caribbean.

While one of the plans for the rice planted at the Wales Estate was for aquaculture, the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) says that it is currently using it to produce seed paddy to sell to the Guyana Rice Development Board (GRDB).

By Noelle Smith If he could get one wish granted immediately it would be for the playing fields and various sporting arenas across the country to be in proper condition.

Dear Editor, What a stimulating evening at the London High Commission this week with two of Guyana’s best and brightest professors, Clem Seecharan and David Dabydeen talking India, Indo-Guyanese culture and cricket under the excellent chairmanship of Clive Myrie.

Veteran journalist and former Stabroek News reporter, Nills Learmond Campbell passed away yesterday in the United States where he had been living with his family.

A 19-year-old student and his 23-year-old friend were on Saturday night arrested after they were found with one gun each on their person at Grove, on the East Bank of Demerara.

Dear Editor, The Early Childhood Devel-opment Unit (ECDU) established more than three years ago has made significant strides in ensuring that childcare centres improve the safety and delivery of service to the nation’s children.

The Guyana Water Inc  (GWI) says that residents served by the Westminster and L’Oratoire, West Bank Demerara well stations have had their service normalized.

In an extraordinary display of speed, grit and stamina, Team Coco’s Jamal John emerged winner of the grueling 80-mile Victor Macedo Memorial road race yesterday.

Dear Editor, I wish to thank the doctors and staff of the eye clinic at the Georgetown Public Hospital for the high quality of their interactions with patients and their excellent service.

A Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) enforcement officer was shot and robbed of his service revolver early Saturday morning and the police have since arrested two persons for questioning.

Essequibo remained at the top of the points table after completing an exciting three – wicket victory over Georgetown in fourth-round action of the Guyana Cricket Board/Jaguars three – day franchise league at the Tuschen Sports Club ground, East Bank Essequibo, yesterday.

BERLIN,  (Reuters) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel won a fourth term in office yesterday but Europe’s most powerful leader will have to govern with a far less stable coalition in a fractured parliament after her conservatives haemorrhaged support to a surging far right.

Bids are expected to be soon submitted for the extension of the Ministry of Public Health’s drug bond at Diamond and construction of a storage bond in Georgetown as the ministry moves to fulfil its pledge to stop renting private bonds.

The aspirations of the petite, 23-year-old national and regional squash champion, Mary Fung-A-Fat, was to simply live a childhood dream of ‘going pro.’

A man has been admitted to the Georgetown Public Hospital in a  serious condition after the motorcycle he was riding crashed into a vehicle yesterday morning at Providence, East Bank Demerara.

 Dear Editor, It was a simple discussion about England’s victory in one 50 over match against the West Indies.

SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO,  (Reuters) – Puerto Rico’s medical services are in critical condition in the wake of Hurricane Maria.

Following Essequibo’s triumph, Lower Corentyne and West Berbice also completed victories in fourth action of the Guyana Cricket Board/ Jaguars three-day franchise league yesterday.

The Guyana Football Federation (GFF) has made a timely donation of footballs to the Indigenous Heritage Games which officially kicked off on Friday and ended yesterday at the Everest Cricket Club, ground.

The Indian Action Committee (IAC) says it is collaborating with the Regional Democratic Council of Administrative Region No.

Dear Editor, It is very worrying for many to see and hear the incumbent President of the United States of America, Mr Donald Trump speak to the international community in such an irresponsible manner about the North Korea President.

INDORE, India,  (Reuters) – All-rounder Hardik Pandya celebrated his promotion in the batting order with a breezy 78 to help secure India’s series-clinching five-wicket victory in the third one-day international against Australia yesterday.

Rupanau, in the Deep South, Region Nine has received its land title document, guaranteeing its absolute ownership of 11184.16 acres of community land.

President David Granger has assented to the government’s contentious broadcasting bill, despite local and international calls for more consultations with stakeholders over some of its provisions.

Dear Editor, Diplomacy, it is said is war by other means.

Berbice lawmen are still on the hunt for the driver who hit two men, leaving a 19-year-old labourer dead along the Number 74 Village, Corentyne Public Road two Sundays ago.

MEXICO CITY,  (Reuters) – Mexicans packed churches on Sunday to pray for the victims of the country’s deadliest quake in 32 years as rescue teams searched against the odds for any survivors trapped under rubble since Tuesday’s tremor shook Mexico City and nearby states.

  The second annual Antigua and Barbuda Cricket Association (ABCA)  Indepen-dence T20 tournament will  commence October 6 and runs through to October 14 in Antigua.

The Governments and people of CARICOM are actively aiding Dominica following Monday night’s devastating passage of Category 5 Hurricane Maria, the CARICOM Secretariat said yesterday.

By Yarimar Bonilla  Yarimar Bonilla is the author of “Non-Sovereign Futures: French Caribbean Politics in the Wake of Disenchantment” and a founder of the Puerto Rico Syllabus.

Dear Editor, There seem to be some Guyanese who want to continually blame Cheddi Jagan and Forbes Burnham for Guyana’s present problems.

Minister of State Joseph Harmon on Thursday said that President David Granger is still considering the third list of nominees for the post of Chairperson of the Guyana Elections Commission (Gecom), which was submitted by Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo  a month ago.

A debt of gratitude is owed to all those here and abroad who have risen up to provide relief to the hurricane-stricken islands of the Caribbean, whether it be the first responders, householders gathering clothing and batteries, the business community mobilising food and building materials, institutions providing cash or friendly governments availing inter-island transport.

BRISTOL, England, CMC — A blistering 94 from Chris Gayle and a career-best spell from Miguel Cummins failed to top Moeen Ali’s third One-day International hundred and Liam Plunkett’s best ODI bowling that swept England to a 124-run victory over West Indies in the third ODI yesterday.

ERBIL, Iraq/ISTANBUL, (Reuters) – Iraq’s Kurds will go ahead with a referendum on independence today because their partnership with Baghdad has failed, Kurdistan Regional Government President Massoud Barzani said yesterday, shrugging off international opposition to the vote.

Mikhail Rodrigues `From the beginning I thought the parking meter was a sham.

(Jamaica Gleaner) The police say two persons were detained yesterday morning following the fatal shooting of Jamaica’s most wanted criminal, Marlon ‘Duppy Film’ Perry, in Port Morant, St Thomas.

Last Wednesday, the cities of San Francisco and Oakland in California filed separate lawsuits against five oil companies – ExxonMobil, Chevron, ConocoPhillips, BP and Royal Dutch Shell –  seeking compensation to protect them against rising sea levels which they blame on climate change.

The restoration of the former Young Men’s Christian Association (YMCA) building in Albouystown is dependent on funding, Coordinator of the Restoration Committee Heston Bostwick has said.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – President Donald Trump yesterday slapped new travel restrictions on citizens from North Korea, Venezuela and Chad, expanding the list of countries covered by his original travel bans that have been derided by critics and challenged in court.

Dear Editor, Sugar cultivation was first introduced in Essequibo around 1630s when the Dutch ruled.