Daily Archive: Wednesday, October 4, 2017

  Noting that Chief Justice Roxane George’s ruling does not prohibit him from choosing a `fit and proper’ person for GECOM Chairperson, President David Granger said today that he is still studying the list of nominees and intends to meet Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo in the near future.

The River View, Ruimveldt koker failed to close last night, flooding River View and surrounding communities when the tide rose early this morning.

Rape accused Dellon Blake, 35, has escaped from Holding Bay 2 at the Lusignan Prison.

A Port Kaituma businessman was shot dead last evening in circumstances that are still being investigated, Commander of F Division Ravindranauth Budhram said this morning.

(Trinidad Guardian) Six small casino owners have decided to immediately close down their businesses and send home their workers due to the announcement of an increase in gaming taxes by Finance Minister Colm Imbert.

Two elderly women were found dead, bound and gagged in their beds, at their South Road and Albert Street house yesterday morning, following a suspected robbery.

Two youth were yesterday charged with the murder of Fazal Shaheed, who was fatally shot during a robbery at a Freeman Street residence just over a week ago.

Members of the Commission of Inquiry (CoI) into African ancestral land matters, yesterday made it explicitly clear that their mandate does not include dispossessing anyone of their land.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – West Indies selectors have retained faith in the 15-man squad which toured England during the summer, naming an unchanged unit for the two-Test tour of Zimbawe starting later this month.

General Manager of the National Insurance Scheme (NIS), Holly Greaves says that steps have to be taken to secure the future of the Scheme in light of the varied challenges it faces.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Englishman Graeme West has been retained as head coach of West Indies A for the upcoming series against Sri Lanka A.

Tiffini Tricia Collison, the woman who is accused of trying to mail four hammocks suspected to have been saturated with cocaine, was yesterday charged with drug trafficking.

LONDON, CMC – Barbados Tridents owner, exiled Indian millionaire Vijay Mallya, was yesterday granted bail by Westminster Magistrates’ Court here after being arrested on a new money laundering charge.

Garfield Parker, the Tabatinga, Lethem minibus driver who was held after nearly 55 pounds of ganja and a quantity of cocaine were found aboard his vehicle last Saturday, is now a remanded prisoner after being charged with possession of the drugs for trafficking.

The Petra Organization officially unveiled their new lighting system at the Ministry of Education ground, Carifesta Avenue on Monday.

The Government of the Kingdom of Norway has said the “ball is in Guyana’s court” to produce a renewable energy transition plan that is a prerequisite for the release of US$80 million in payments for forest services being held for the country by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB).

The Everest Cricket Club of Camp Road recently received from Adana Homes, a brokerage firm from Canada, gear to the value of G$113,000.

Mainstay/Whyaka on the Essequibo Coast will soon benefit from an upgraded airstrip and road, according to the Department of Public Information (DPI).

To commemorate the international days of Democracy and Universal Access to Information, the University of Guyana (UG) yesterday unveiled a mural, which it has dubbed the “Democracy Wall.”

The South Turkeyen Sports Club in association with ‘Bannas Foundation’, will stage a four-a-side football competition on Sunday at the Meadowbrook Tarmac, Meadowbrook Drive from 9:00am.

Six containers of supplies, worth nearly $20 million, were yesterday sent off to Dominica, as part of continuing efforts by the local private sector to assist the hurricane-battered islands.

Dear Editor, The Forest Carbon Partnership Facility (FCPF) project ‒ Guyana’s Redd+ Readiness activities ‒ is now in the close-off year without any tangible activity being completed.

Golden Jaguars interim Head-Coach Wayne Dover has announced the 23-member roster for the International Friendly against Grenada on Saturday at the Kirani James Athletic Stadium in St.

Dear Editor, There is a new type of commercial noise nuisance associated with mobile vendors in Region Six, especially in the Central and Upper Corentyne areas.

A caterer was granted bail yesterday after she was accused of defrauding a man of $1.6 million for land she was in no position to sell.

ADELAIDE, (Reuters) – An Ashes series shorn of Ben Stokes would be a great shame for cricket but England are heading for defeat with or without the troubled all-rounder, former Australia batsman Greg Blewett has said.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Director of cricket, Jimmy Adams, has urged players to use the upcoming first class season to stake their claim for a place at the higher level.

Dear Editor, The Guyana Hemp Association (GHA)  calls on President David Granger and the APNU+AFC administration to inform the nation about what is causing the delay in the removal of the legislative barriers for the cultivation of industrial hemp and the manufacture of the wide variety of hemp products in the country.

Minister within the Ministry of Public Health, Dr. Karen Cummings on September 27 commissioned the recently installed Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at the Bartica regional hospital.

Dear Editor, I welcome the action taken by Anil Nandlall, PPP/C Member of Parliament and attorney-at-law, to approach the ancestral lands Commission of Inquiry (CoI) to resolve what has been an ongoing dispute pertaining to the village of Kingelly, West Coast Berbice.

The Guyana Bauxite & General Workers Union (GB&GWU) yesterday said it recorded 93% of the votes cast to win the recognition poll over the National Mines Workers Union at the Bauxite Company of Guyana Incorporated (BCGI).

(Reuters) – Sri Lanka captain Dinesh Chandimal has hailed the contribution of veteran spinner Rangana Herath who led the side to a dramatic 21-run victory over Pakistan in the first test in Abu Dhabi.

Dear Editor, Many Guyanese continue to operate according to the notion that our President and government ministers should be treated like royalty or with some such deference.

(Reuters) – Australia pace spearhead Mitchell Starc is set to make a return to competitive cricket for New South Wales against South Australia in a one-day match on Friday.

The Police are investigating an armed robbery committed on a 36-year-old caterer of Bent Street, Werk-en-Rust, Georgetown, which occurred about 7.10 on Monday evening at North Road between Alexander and Bourda streets, by three men, one of whom was armed with a handgun.

LAS VEGAS,  (Reuters) – The investigation into the motives of a Las Vegas retiree who killed 59 people in the bloodiest mass shooting in modern U.S.

Dear Editor, The Guyana Water Inc is perpetrating an unfair act on their customers and calling it a precaution to prevent theft.

The headmaster of the Berbice Islamic School has been accused of flogging one of his students, who eventually had to seek medical attention at the Port Mourant Public Hospital.

(Reuters) – Rafa Nadal came within a whisker of making an opening-round exit at the China Open yesterday as he was pushed to three sets by Frenchman Lucas Pouille before winning 4-6 7-6(6) 7-5.

Bids were opened yesterday at the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board (NPTAB) for a cold storage unit for the Ministry of Public Health which has been estimated at $398m.

Dear Editor, Please permit me space once more to express my concern and disappointment at the way the Better Hope/La Bonne Intention NDC have been operating.

(Reuters) – The death toll in Puerto Rico from Hurricane Maria has more than doubled to 34, a spokesman for Governor Ricardo Rosello said on Tuesday.

SAO PAULO, (Reuters) – Little more than a year has gone by since Tite took over as coach of a Brazil side still reeling from embarrassing exits in the World Cup and Copa America but in that short time he has transformed the team into favourites for Russia 2018.

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico,  (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump expressed satisfaction yesterday with the federal response to Hurricane Maria’s devastation of Puerto Rico, despite criticism that the government was slow to address the crisis.

(Reuters) – Yahoo on Tuesday said that all 3 billion of its accounts were hacked in a 2013 data theft, tripling its earlier estimate of the size of the largest breach in history, in a disclosure that attorneys said sharply increased the legal exposure of its new owner, Verizon Communications Inc.

(The Sports Xchange) – The NBA and its Players Association announced yesterday a new format for the 2018 NBA All-Star Game in Los Angeles that will abandon the traditional Eastern Conference versus Western Conference matchup.

An Agricola, East Bank Demerara woman and her family are still awaiting answers from the Guyana Police Force on whether it will bear responsibility for her being wounded during a shootout between lawmen and two bandits.

Dear Editor, Over two hundred students of the St Ignatius Secondary School dormitory in central Rupununi, Region Nine, congregated in their mess hall last Saturday evening, September 30, to observe the conclusion of Child Protection Week 2017.

Hugh Hefner, the founder and publisher of Playboy magazine passed away last week at the age of ninety-one. 

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – A divided U.S. Supreme Court yesterday struggled for the second time over how to resolve whether immigrants detained by the U.S.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Spanish tennis player Samuel Ribeiro Navarrete has been given an eight-month ban and fined $1,000 for “betting-related corruption offences”, the Tennis Integrity Unit (TIU) said yesterday.

Dear Editor, I learnt with great sadness of the passing of Rocky McPherson in California.

  The Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU) on Monday provided a monetary donation towards the Caribbean hurricane relief efforts which are being coordinated here by the Civil Defence Commission (CDC).

‘The lawfulness of state actors’ decisions frequently depends on the reasons they give to justify their conduct, and a wide range of statutory and constitutional law renders otherwise lawful actions unlawful if they are not justified by reasons or are justified by the wrong reasons’(Mathilde Cohen.

WASHINGTON/HAVANA,  (Reuters) – The Trump administration yesterday expelled 15 Cuban diplomats to protest Cuba’s failure to protect staff at the U.S.

The Police say they are probing the circumstances surrounding the death of Gleieiane Almedia Ferreira, 33, unemployed of Lot ‘C’ Grove Truck Line, EBD and Madayoung, Brazil, which occurred about 4.30 pm on Monday at 4 Hour Backdam, Cuyuni River, Region 7.

A 47-year-old miner of Good Hope, Essequibo Coast was yesterday granted bail after being charged with trafficking in narcotics and being in possession of narcotics for the purpose of trafficking.

President David Granger on Monday met with Country Representative of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), Sophie Makonnen and a team of technical officers to discuss the effective execution of Public Sector Investment Projects (PSIPs).