Daily Archive: Saturday, December 9, 2017

Commentator Christopher Ram says that President David Granger has to issue a a public apology to the nation over the Exxon signing bonus and mount an inquiry into the Ministry of Natural Resources.

(ESPN) A measured 84 from Jeet Raval, and a Colin de Grandhomme blitz bookended New Zealand’s day, but it was West Indies’ quicks who made the best of it, starting off slowly, then working themselves into a fine rhythm by stumps.

After weeks of evasion, the government yesterday admitted that it received a signing bonus from ExxonMobil and its partners more than a year ago and never disclosed this to the public.

Saying the government deliberately attempted to mislead the nation about the receipt of a signing bonus from ExxonMobil for the renewal of its oil exploration agreement, Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo called for Minister of Natural Resources Raphael Trotman and Finance Minister Winston Jordan to tender their resignations.

As he closed the 2018 budget debate yesterday, Minister of Finance Winston Jordan denied lying about the signing bonus from ExxonMobil, while saying that he hadn’t been asked precise questions.

The Parliament Office is investigating a security breach after a woman, dressed in a Santa suit and ringing a bell, managed to storm into the parliament chamber as Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo was making his presentation during the debate on the 2018 national budget yesterday.

Another invaluable innings from stalwart Shivnarine Chanderpaul and stellar bowling performance by the host, left the Windward Islands Volcanoes staring at another defeat at stumps on day two in the Cricket West Indies (CWI) regional four-day tournament at the Guyana National Stadium, Providence.

Esan Germain was sentenced to a total of 65 years in jail late Thursday evening after a jury unanimously found him guilty of sexually abusing a young girl.

Defending champion Sparta Boss will engage Leopold Street while Gold is Money tackles Bent Street in titanic semi-final showdowns today at the Albouystown Tarmac, following quarterfinal wins on Thursday in the Guinness ‘Greatest of the Streets’ Georgetown Zone.

The Foodmaxx Supermarket is set to open tomorrow at the Giftland Mall and Chairman of the Giftland Group Roy Beepat is confident that it will revolutionise grocery shopping in Guyana.

The Stag ‘Skills for Gold’ 7-a-side football tournament will kick-off today at the Number 5 ground, Berbice.

Anti-corruption group Transparency Institute Guyana Incorporated (TIGI) yesterday accused the government of “deliberately” deceiving the nation on a signature bonus it received from United States oil company ExxonMobil for a renegotiated agreement that was signed last year.

Guyana, the two-time, defending champions of the Caribbean Boxing Development Tournament may be knocked out of the December 13-16 fixture in St Lucia without throwing a punch.

As the five days of debate on the government’s proposed $267.1 billion national budget for 2018 drew to a close yesterday, both Finance Minister Winston Jordan and Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo sought to debunk claims by the opposition that there is in it “nothing for the ordinary man.”

MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – For an Ashes series tipped to be decided by glowering pacemen the opening tests have instead served to highlight the supremacy of Australia’s spin bowling through the once criminally under-rated Nathan Lyon.

International accounting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) has been selected by the Special Purpose Unit (SPU) of the National Industrial & Commercial Investments Limited (NICIL) to undertake a valuation of GuySuCo’s assets for divestment and privatisation.

HAMILTON, New Zealand, CMC – West Indies will adopt an aggressive approach in their quest for a series-levelling victory over New Zealand, in the second Test which bowls off here today (6 pm yesterday, Eastern Caribbean time).

Rose Hall Estate workers yesterday afternoon stood with a feeling of dismay and frustration at the estate’s pay office as they awaited their weekly salary and for them the washing and parking of harvesters (seen in photo) signalled the end of cane growing there.

The Ministry of Citizen-ship will be taking immigration services to regions Two and Seven in 2018, even as work to construct buildings to facilitate passport processing will commence in New Amsterdam and Linden as early as this weekend.

Dear Editor, Article 127 (1) of the Constitution has featured in the news recently.

HAKA, Bangladesh, CMC – Superstar opener Chris Gayle chose the ideal opportunity to lash his 19th Twenty20 hundred as he fired Rangpur Riders to a comprehensive eight-wicket victory over Khula Titans, and one step closer to the final of the Bangladesh Premier League final yesterday.

Floyd Ramit and Kemo Evans, the two accused in the murder of Hamson’s owner Abdul Farouk Hamid, were yesterday committed to stand trial for the crime.

Dear Editor, It seems as though ignoring issues affecting Berbicians is becoming an accepted pattern by those in authority.

MADRID, (Reuters) – After seeing Cristiano Ronaldo pick up a fifth Ballon d’Or on Thursday, Real Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane described the Portuguese forward as the greatest player ever.

Dear Editor, After reading my own letter published in your column on December 6, within the context of the unfolding news of sugar workers being sent home, I could not stop tears coming to my eyes as I remembered my own sojourn with unemployment in Guyana for about three years after I left the central bank.

Government Technical Institute (GTI) student Coreen Fiffee was yesterday fined $80,000 for sharing explicit photographs of a female on the WhatsApp messaging service.

HAMILTON, New Zealand, CMC – West Indies head coach, Stuart Law believes the “level-headed” nature of Kraigg Brathwaite will make the job of transitioning to Test captain much easier.

(Reuters) – Sri Lanka have appointed former opening batsman Chandika Hathurusingha as head coach the country’s cricket board said yesterday.

Dear Editor, In recent times the social sciences have been making a deliberate attempt at encouraging the use of an evidence based approach in responding to social problems. 

A 27-year-old Alberttown man was yesterday remanded to prison on a charge that he had 125 pounds of ganja for trafficking.

Dear Editor, The Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU) has recognized from a newsroom report entitled ‘Fmr Gov’t Minister touts international relief fund for sugar workers’ that prominent business executive, Mr Ramesh Dookhoo, who was interviewed, is quoted to have said that the sugar unions should “focus a little more on the plight of the workers who have so far been dismissed”.

Amina Khan has been putting her exceptional touches on cakes for a little over two years.

The three men accused of murdering Dewaun Anthony Baksh at Greenwich Park, East Bank Essequibo, last year, have been committed to stand trial in the High Court.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – A blistering, first-class career-best hundred from John Campbell led solid batting down the order to put Jamaica Scorpions in charge against Trinidad & Tobago Red Force before rain slowed their advance in the Regional 4-Day Championship yesterday.

(Trinidad Express) A man whose female friend was found murdered last year and whose wife disappeared two months ago has also gone missing.

BRUSSELS,  (Reuters) – Britain and the European Union struck a divorce deal  yesterday that paves the way for arduous talks on future trade ties, easing immediate pressure on Prime Minister Theresa May and boosting hopes of an orderly Brexit.

Dear Editor, I wish to reply to a letter captioned ‘I had to laugh out loud’ by George N Cave published in the KN edition of November 30, 2017.

Hi Everyone, Do not stress yourself this holiday season trying to come up with new dishes, just try these 12 little twists on traditional things.

Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan yesterday committed Osafo Swain to stand trial at the High Court for the attempted murder of Ewart Blair, after ruling that a prima facie case had been made out against him.

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts, CMC – Shayne Moseley fashioned his maiden first-class hundred to upstage purposeful bowling from Rahkeem Cornwall and prop up Barbados Pride’s batting against Leeward Islands Hurricanes in the Regional 4-Day Championship yesterday.

(Trinidad Guardian) There have been 998 gang-related murders from 2010 to July of 2017, Minister in the Office of the Prime Minister Stuart Young says.

JERUSALEM/GAZA,  (Reuters) – At least two people were killed in clashes with Israeli troops on Friday when thousands of Palestinians demonstrated against U.S.

PARIS, (Reuters) – Jean Todt was re-elected unopposed as president of the International Automobile Federation (FIA), Formula One’s governing body, for a further four-year term yesterday with a new role for his former Ferrari driver Felipe Massa.

Many of us are repulsed when we encounter people of unsound mind, who are often unwashed and smelly.

OSLO, (Reuters) – Norway has slashed its annual payments to Brazil to protect the Amazon rainforest by 60 percent to $42 million after a rise in forest destruction in 2016, but welcomed signs that losses have slowed this year, Norway’s Environment Ministry said on Friday.

Guyana Carnival… I cringed the first time I came across the viral posters floating around Instagram.

A suspected bandit was shot yesterday morning by a member of a private security firm, who responded after the mugging of a fellow guard at the Republic Bank Training Centre on Waterloo Street, Georgetown.

Dear Editor, After watching the first Test between West Indies and New Zealand where the West Indies was rolled over by an innings and 67 runs by New Zealand ‒ this might sound controversial ‒ I am convinced that Jason Holder is a poor captain and should be relieved of the captaincy.

(Trinidad Express) The 60-year-old mother-in-law of the pundit murdered during a reported robbery at his Arouca home on November 25 will appear before an Arima Magistrate today, along with a 22 year old handyman charged with his killing.

A businessman was yesterday morning attacked by two bicycle bandits, who robbed him of a gold chain a short distance from his Kaneville, East Bank Demerara home.

(The Sports Xchange) – Caris LeVert recorded his first career double-double with 21 points and 10 assists as the Brooklyn Nets rallied from a 16-point deficit and beat the Oklahoma City Thunder 100-95 on Thursday at Ciudad de Mexico Arena.

Who invented the bedsheet ghost? The image of a ghost marked by donning a white sheet with holes for eyes is a classic and familiar concept.

In 1991 Anita Hill became a household name when she put forward several disturbing claims of workplace harassment by US Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas.

Dear Editor, The journey to the good life remains an elusive dream for retrenched sugar workers.

Artiste Gavin Mendonca has just released his second studio project through Kross Kolor Records – a four-song EP under the label ‘Hung Up On Your Cross’.

  JOHANNESBURG,  (Reuters) – South Africa’s High Court ruled day that President Jacob Zuma’s appointment of a state prosecutor to decide whether to reinstate corruption charges against him was not valid and should be set aside immediately.

TEGUCIGALPA, (Reuters) – Honduras’ election tribunal will re-count 4,753 ballot boxes that have cast a shadow on the results of the country’s presidential election, the tribunal chief said on Thursday, bowing to a demand by the Organization of American States (OAS).