Daily Archive: Tuesday, October 31, 2017

NEW YORK, Oct 31 (Reuters) – A pickup truck driver killed eight people and injured more than a dozen others when he drove down a New York City bike path on Tuesday afternoon in what authorities said was a terrorist attack.

A day after Stabroek News carried a photo of a heavily tinted minibus on its front page and asked questions about it, the police today announced that the driver of the vehicle is to be charged with breaching the tint laws.

(Bloomberg) Exxon Mobil Corp. agreed to pay more than US$300 million to resolve air pollution violations tied to eight chemical plants in Texas and Louisiana, one of a pair of environmental settlements with oil companies announced by the Trump administration today.

ANGOSTURA Holdings Ltd (AHL) chairman Dr Rolph Balgobin has been cleared of allegations of sexual harassment against him by a female executive at the company.

All of the assets of the beleaguered GuySuCo are soon to be valued by an international accounting firm which will also see a prospectus completed by the end of January next year as efforts speed up for privatization and/or divestment of sugar estates.

Government and the GTU yesterday agreed to set up a high-level task force to address negotiations on teachers’ pay and conditions, averting a strike that had been planned for this week.

After a two-day meeting on the border controversy between the two countries the Foreign Ministers of Guyana and Venezuela have decided to meet again sometime in the future.

BULAWAYO, Zimbabwe, CMC – Kieran Powell was closing in on his second half-century of the series but opening partner Kraigg Brathwaite fell just before the close, to spoil an otherwise flawless West Indies reply on the second day of the second Test against Zimbabwe here yesterday.

Moments before he was set to deliver his ruling on Marcus Bisram’s application to have a murder charge against him withdrawn, Justice Gino Persaud was yesterday afternoon met with a request by the man’s attorneys to discontinue the proceedings.

At just age 19, Keemo Paul is embracing the tag of being a genuine all-rounder and is shouldering the responsibility quite well.

Frank Thompson, the Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) who was on trial for using abusive language to a junior rank investigating him, was yesterday found guilty of the crime and was fined $15,000 by a city magistrate.

Ranks probing the discovery on Saturday of a large amount of suspected cocaine in a shipment of rice destined for Belgium have hit a hurdle with the investigations and might be unable to build a viable case.

West Indies ‘A’ side duo, batsman Vishaul Singh and seamer Keon Joseph have been added to the Guyana Jaguars 13-man squad for their clash against the Windward Island Volcanoes beginning on Thursday at the Darren Sammy National Stadium, in St Lucia.

Five gunmen stormed a Number 65 Village, Corentyne beer garden on Sunday evening and carted off a total of $1 million in cash.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Britain’s Olympic and world champion Mo Farah has split with long-time coach Alberto Salazar because he wants to move back to London with his family, he said in an interview yesterday.

By Wintress White and Joy Marcus Protecting the rights of women and children is always an important obligation of any government.

SYDNEY, Australia, CMC – A Sydney court yesterday ruled in favour of West Indies star Chris Gayle, in a widely publicised defamation case involving leading Australia media company, Fairfax Media.

While police continue to search for his alleged conspirators, Sawak Maraj, the Trinidadian national who allegedly staged his own kidnapping after arriving in Guyana last Friday, is expected to be charged today.

Address by Ralph Ramkarran New York Diaspora, 8th October, 2017) October 5 will forever be remembered in the history of Guyana as the date when a short-lived democracy was restored.

D’Urban Park, which will serve as the venue for a government fund-raising concert next month, is continuing to show signs of deterioration and remains a haven for vagrants.

Keevin Allicock and the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) took home the marquee accolades when the final bell of the Lennox Blackmoore Intermediate Championships chimed on Sunday night at the National Gymnasium.

As the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) proceeds with the closure of estates around the country as part of the plan to scale down its operations, the company has developed a sustainable development programme to ease the impact on affected sugar-dependent communities and an alternative livelihood initiative for workers who will be retrenched.

Georgetown Football Association (GFA) member, the East Veldt United Football Club, will stage its electoral congress, November 5th at the East Ruimveldt Community Center.

Vice Chancellor’s Fourth Renaissance Lecture September 7th, 2017 By George A.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Youth World Cup star Odean Smith has been named in a 13-member West Indies A squad to face Sri Lanka A, in the three-match one-day series which bowls off here  tomorrow.

Presented at the Interfaith Service to mark the 50th Anniversary of the passing of the University of Guyana Ordinance #63, April 19, 1963 In the George Walcott Lecture Theatre (GWLT), Turkeyen Campus on April 19, 2013 By Sr Mary Noel Menezes, RSM, AA edited and adapted for this Publication.

Two men were last night captured by police in the Diamond Housing Scheme, East Bank Demerara after they allegedly tried to hijack car from a taxi driver.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Federal investigators probing Russian interference in the 2016 U.S.

MEXICO CITY,  (Reuters) – Lewis Hamilton has been installed as the bookmakers’ favourite for next year’s Formula One championship, with the Mercedes driver also a 4/1 shot to be knighted in Britain’s New Year’s honours list.

The body of 50-year-old Gavin Moses, who died on Sunday after he attempted to save teenager, Kimeanda Prince, from drowning during an outing at Rockstone Fishing Festival has been recovered.

(Jamaica Observer) New York, USA — An influential member of the US Congress, Congressman Eliot Engel, said here Saturday that Jamaica and the rest of the Caribbean could see a 28 per cent decline in assistance under the US Agency for International Development (USAID) programme, if what he describes as a “draconian and short-sighted 33 per cent cut” in his country’s international affairs budget, as proposed by the Trump administration, is implemented.

BARCELONA/MADRID,  (Reuters) – Spain’s state prosecutor accused sacked Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont yesterday of rebellion and sedition as the former regional president travelled to Belgium with other members of his ousted administration and hired a lawyer there.

Guyana Police Force (GPF) climbed atop the Georgetown Football Association (GFA) Stag Beer Premier League standings after crushing Black Pearl 3-0 Sunday.

By Walter Alexander The headline “For the first time in 300 years, there is not a single living person on the island of Barbuda” brings to the fore the stark reality of the plight of some small Caribbean states after the recent hurricanes and in the face of over-whelming economic challenges. 

The family of a Windsor Forest, West Coast Demerara, man who has been missing since Saturday is seeking the public’s assistance in locating him.

Two sex workers were yesterday charged with robbing a client. The court of Magistrate Judy Latchman also heard that the accused, Kevin Forester, 21, and Godfrey Cox, 19, both have a pending charge of a similar nature, for which they were out on bail.

By Ashford Daniel   The 2017 hurricane season is far from over, but already several Caribbean islands have had their future jeopardized by intense hurricanes in the space of a few days.

Two men were yesterday remanded to prison after a court was told that they robbed another man by threatening him with a pair of scissors Linden Benjamin, 30, a father of five, and Dwayne McLeod, 23, were charged with armed robbery when they appeared before Georgetown magistrate Judy Latchman.

Linden’s Swag Entertainment was crowned the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) 60th Anniversary Futsal Champions after edging Bent Street 2-1 Sunday at the Mackenzie Sports Club (MSC) ground, Linden.

Dear Editor, I have noted the letter in the Stabroek News of October 28, 2017 by Registrar of the Supreme Court Sueanna Lovell.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Director of Elections Orrette Fisher is now taking legal action to prevent the Electoral Commission of Jamaica from removing him from the job.

It’s not easy to extract a thoughtful creative perspective from the Guyanese craftspeople who journeyed to Barbados for CARIFESTA X111.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – President Donald Trump’s top national security aides pushed back yesterday against U.S.

The driver who was involved in the accident that claimed the life of pedal cyclist Derrick Freeman last Friday afternoon has been released on station bail as the police await a post-mortem report.

Dear Editor, The intensity of the widespread reaction following President Granger’s appointment of Justice James Patterson to fill the office of Chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission, and the ongoing public discourse reveals much about who and where we are as a people.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Tiger Woods announced yesterday he will make his return to competitive golf at the Nov.

Dear Editor,   It has not taken long for there to be the beginnings of what was to be feared consequent to our President Granger unilaterally appointing Justice James Patterson as Chairman of GECOM; contravening our Constitution in letter, in spirit and in the face of nearly twenty-five years of effective practice; jettisoning the ‘qualities’ he himself advocated to our Leader of the Opposition (LOP); and reneging on his earlier offer for the two sides to meet to discuss modalities of going forward if he again found difficulty in choosing someone from the third list provided by our LOP.

DAR ES SALAAM,  (Reuters) – A senior Tanzanian politician quit the ruling party yesterday complaining of human rights abuses and a weakening of democracy in the east African nation, in a move political analysts said could trigger a wave of defections to opposition parties.

(Reuters) – Actor Kevin Spacey has apologized for an alleged attempt to seduce a 14-year-old boy more than 30 years ago, an encounter the two-time Oscar winner denied recalling but attributed to drunkenness as he also came out as a gay man on Twitter.

  (The Sports Xchange) – The Detroit Pistons were more than happy to take what the Warriors gave them, turning Golden State’s season-high 25 turnovers into a 115-107 win over the defending NBA champs on Sunday.

(Trinidad Express) Cocorite resident Sayid Callender was shot then stabbed after being approached by two men, one of whom greeted him with a handshake.

Stafrei Alexander was yesterday found guilty of attempted murder. Alexander, who was recently recaptured after escaping from the Camp Street prison, was on trial for attempting to murder Chris Thom, whom he shot several times on the morning of March 23, 2015, at the man’s 138 Laing Avenue, Georgetown, home.

(Reuters) – The Federal Bureau of Investigation is investigating a $300 million contract that Puerto Rico’s government power company awarded to a U.S.-based

This is not the first time that we have engaged our readers on ‘school sports.’

By the time this editorial appears in public we would most likely already have been in possession of the outcomes of yesterday’s meeting between the Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU) and President David Granger, the invitation to the Union to meet with the President coming in the wake of its call to teachers countrywide to withdraw their services to press its demand that government treat frontally with its proposals for salary increases and other benefits.

This may come as a surprise, but support for the free market is reaching record highs in Latin America.

Dear Editor,   There is the clear indication of censure in the media of a Government ‘unilateral’ offer of increase in ‘salaries’ (rather than wages) of public servants. 

Guyana is represented at this year’s Havana International Fair which is the largest annual multi-sector trade fair in Cuba.

An accountant was yesterday granted bail after he was accused of conspiring to forge a tint certificate and presenting the forged document to a police constable.

  The University of Guyana (UG) continues their impressive run in the New Building Society (NBS) Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA) 40 – overs second division competition by notching up two wins over the weekend.

NAIROBI,  (Reuters) – Kenya’s incumbent President Uhuru Kenyatta won 98 percent of the vote in a repeated election in which an opposition boycott helped lower turnout to 39 percent, the electoral commission said on Monday.

(Trinidad Express) A Diego Martin man was expected to appear before a Port of Spain Magistrate yesterday, charged with the September 17 murder of Amado Hernandez.

A policy of progressive integration of indigenous people into the national life of Guyana over the past fifty year has brought many positive benefits in terms of health standards, the highest birth rate of any ethnic group in Guyana, and improved educational standards.

Rohingya refugees flee Myanmar for a new life in Malaysia only to suffer continued violence in the film, “Aqerat (We the Dead)”, which paints a complicated portrait of a young woman caught up in human trafficking.

At approximately 4.02 pm yesterday, the Guyana Power and Light said that defective line hardware on a feeder out of its Kingston 2 Plant resulted in a fault that tripped the feeder.