Daily Archive: Saturday, November 4, 2017

The Ministry of Public Health will have a new head office built at a cost of $365m.

(Trinidad Guardian) Four Guyanese nationals were arrested on Thursday in connection with robbing a police officer.

Although government views the recommendations from the recent Commission of Inquiry (CoI) into the alleged plot to kill the president seriously, no final decision has been taken on the way forward, Minister of State Joseph Harmon said yesterday.

For the third time this year, government is seeking supplementary financing – this time around $3 billion – and the requests this time around include $171 million for the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) for its involvement in several security operations and $100 million for consultancies on border matters for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

The 911 emergency system was recommissioned yesterday after several years of problems.

For 2018, the Ministry of Finance is recomending $815 million less than what has been sought by the Guyana Elections Commisison (Gecom).

Auditor General Deodat Sharma has once again raised concerns about the government’s use of money from the Contingencies Fund to meet routine expenditure.

A Good Hope, East Coast Demerara man will be facing a murder charge in the new week, following the death of his common-law wife, who succumbed after being burnt last month when he allegedly threw a kerosene stove on her.

Five radio broadcasters, who have demonstrated full compliance under the 2011 Broadcasting Act as of 31st December, 2016, were yesterday presented with licences and Chairman of the Guyana National Broadcasting Authority (GNBA) Leslie Sobers said the move paves the way for the enforcement of the recently-amended legislation.

Contracting firm BK International Inc. yesterday denied the Audit Office’s finding that it was overpaid for works on the new access road to the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA), while claiming that it was still owed for the project.

Accounting agencies paid out $82.658 million in overpayments on the measured works for 98 contracts in 2016, representing a more than 50% increase in overpayments compared to 2015, according to Auditor-General Deodat Sharma.

Around $175 million has been spent by the APNU+AFC government on completing 11 Commissions of Inquiry (CoIs) and in one case the Chairman alone collected a $4.8M pay cheque, the National Assembly was informed on Thursday.

Minister of State Joseph Harmon yesterday assured that garbage contractors Puran Brothers Disposal Inc.

The fourth annual Mohamed Enterprise/New Era Entertainment Futsal tournament was officially launched yesterday, at the Mohammed Enterprise Building, Lombard Street.

Bus driver Salill Budhoo will face a new trial for the dangerous driving death of a pensioner after the state on Thursday won its appeal against the dismissal of the charge in 2013.

Betting on the future of Guyana’s coconut industry, a British businessman and his partners have invested in a 1,000-acre estate in the Pomeroon River.

The Salvation Army yesterday launched its annual Christmas Appeal, which facilitates funding of the organisation’s programmes and activities throughout the year, including its drug rehabilitation programme.

MANCHESTER, England, (Reuters) – Former West Indies captain Shivnarine Chanderpaul has signed a new contract with Lancashire at the age of 43, the club said yesterday.

Founder of Project Development Consultancy (PDC) Anije Lambert has been nominated as an Esomar Representative and is expected to sit on the Global Representative Committee, a process, which, according to her will see Guyana having a seat at the head table of one of the most “important industries globally.”

The Guyana Floodlights Softball Cricket Association’s seventh annual international softball tournament featuring teams from Guyana, the United States of America and Canada got off to a rollicking start yesterday with several teams advancing to the next round of both the Open and Masters competitions.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – President Donald Trump said yesterday he did not remember much at a meeting last year with a former campaign aide who pleaded guilty last month as part of a federal probe into alleged Russian meddling in the 2016 U.S.

The Georgetown Mayor and City Council (M&CC) is hoping to launch a fund for the restoration of City Hall by mid-November.

(The Sports Xchange) – Damian Lillard’s three-point shot with .7 of a second left lifted the Portland Trail Blazers to a 113-110 win over the Los Angeles Lakers Thursday night at Moda Center.

Five post offices will be rehabilitated and upgraded next year as the government moves toward its vision of having them become Information and Communication Technology (ICT) hubs within the next few years.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – The rapid pace of global climate change is almost certainly driven by human activity, like burning fossil fuels, according to a U.S.

After spending most of the last two years working as a part-time makeup artist, Leony Grimmond has found her niche.

BULAWAYO, Zimbabwe, CMC – If West Indies head coach Stuart Law had his way, the 15-man squad which toured Zimbabwe would remain unchanged for the two-Test Test series in New Zealand starting later this month.

The Guyana Tourism Authority (GTA) yesterday held its annual tourism fair at the Stabroek Square to promote Tourism Awareness Month, which is celebrated in November.

LUSAKA, (Reuters) – Zambian President Edgar Lungu has warned constitutional court judges not to stop him running for another term in office, state media reported, drawing a rebuke from a top legal body.

A Tucville, South Georgetown resident was shot on Thursday after a row over a motorcycle escalated.

BULAWAYO, Zimbabwe,  CMC – Head coach Stuart Law has praised West Indies’ determination on Thursday’s final day of the second Test, despite watching the Caribbean side’s quest for a series sweep end in frustration.

Dear Editor, The Guyana Police Force is responding to an article in the Stabroek News under the caption `Missing case file delays trial of attorney over death of pedestrian’ on page 13, dated Wednesday November 1, 2017.

FORT BRAGG, N.C., (Reuters) – U.S. Army Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl yesterday was spared prison for endangering his comrades in arms when he deserted in Afghanistan in 2009, a sentence swiftly condemned by President Donald Trump, who while seeking election had called for his execution.

Hi Everyone, I want to tell you about a cake I made last weekend.

A Route 40 (Kitty/ Campbellville) minibus driver was on Thursday committed to stand trial for sexual activity with a minor.

Dear Editor, A former US Judge and Religious leader, Dallin H.

GROS ISLET, St Lucia, CMC – Left-hander Vishaul Singh turned the page on his recent ordinary form for West Indies A by stroking his seventh first class hundred, as three-time reigning Regional champions Guyana Jaguars snatched the advantage on day two of their second round encounter against Windward Islands Volcanoes.

VALLETTA, (Reuters) – Thousands of mourners at a funeral yesterday for slain Maltese anti-corruption blogger Daphne Caruana Galizia heard a plea for the protection of journalistic freedoms and a warning to her unknown killers that they face “the justice of God.”

TAROUBA, Trinidad,  CMC – Fabian Allen’s superb unbeaten hundred and seamer Derval Green’s lethal burst rattled Trinidad and Tobago Red Force and put Jamaica Scorpions firmly in control of their second round encounter of the Regional four-day championship here yesterday.

Photographs by Amanda Richards Guyanese designer Donna Ramsammy-James launched her ‘My Heart Beats in Africa’ collection on Sunday last at the Herdmanston Lodge.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – Major U.S. internet firms day said they would support legislation to make it easier to penalize operators of websites that facilitate online sex trafficking, marking a sharp reversal for Silicon Valley on an issue long considered a top policy priority.

A miner, who was allegedly transporting two bags of rice filled with cannabis, was arrested yesterday morning at the Bartica stelling.

Dear Editor, It is with great regret I write this letter to complain about my first experience with Fly Jamaica.

CARACAS, (Reuters) – Venezuela’s cash-strapped government invited creditors to a Nov.

Dear Editor, This week as we observe the 9th anniversary of the passing of the founder of Stabroek News, David de Caires and after reading the contemplation of Doreen de Caires on what action he would have advocated today if he was still with us, I reflected on my own experience with David and remembered him telling me as a 24-year-old University of Guyana student, after I had congratulated him on the brilliantly written Stabroek News’ editorials, that he could not take full credit for all the editorials since there was a team of contributing writers  and that I as a young person should get involved in the public discourse and contribute my own views and thoughts on the topical issues of the day. 

Twelve young ladies will contest the first ever ‘I’m a Big Deal’ pageant billed for Saturday November 18, at the Albion Sports Complex Ground.

OTTAWA, (Reuters) – Canada imposed sanctions yesterday against 30 Russian officials whom it said were complicit in the 2009 prison death of Sergei Magnitsky, an anti-corruption lawyer who was jailed after alleging a massive tax fraud.

BUENOS AIRES,  (Reuters) – Amado Boudou, who had been former Argentine President Cristina Fernandez’s economy minister and vice president, was arrested on corruption charges yesterday, becoming the second major official in her government to face detention.

“The Past” opens at an airport. We watch a reunion between two people.

Ryan Edwards, accused of stealing two security cameras, was on Thursday granted bail after he denied the crime.

Three of Guyana’s table tennis players are participating in the third annual WASA Table Tennis invitational tournament which continues today  in Trinidad and Tobago.

In a concluding note to a series of lectures on “The Uses and Abuses of History,” the historian Margaret MacMillan observes that while we ought to refrain from pat assertions about what history “teaches” us or “shows”, it is nevertheless useful “to be reminded, as a citizen, that those in positions of authority do not always know better.”

Two matches will take place today when the Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA) New Building Society (NBS) second-division limited-overs competition continues at various grounds in Georgetown.

Imagine a knife cutting deep into your flesh. Imagine it reaching even deeper and stabbing the bone repeatedly; such is the pain that those with Sickle Cell disease experience as described by Ms.

(Reuters) – When the lawyer for the former campaign manager of President Donald Trump attacked the money laundering charge brought against his client as flimsy, some legal experts say he may have pinpointed a potential weakness in the indictment by U.S.

(Trinidad Guardian) One day after being stripped of her title, Yvonne Clarke was reinstated to represent T&T at the November 26 Miss Universe pageant in Las Vegas.

Dear Editor, This is not about any chairmanship, and yet it is; it cannot help being so, whether indirectly or remotely. 

As self-satisfying as the idea of going completely natural with your hair is, it is easier said than done.