Daily Archive: Thursday, January 4, 2018

Kenneth Johnson, the driver who struck and dragged a Bent Street pensioner to her death on Tuesday, will be spending the next four years in jail after he pleaded guilty today to a charge of causing death by dangerous driving.

NEW YORK,  (Reuters) – President Donald Trump is ramping up calls on the U.S.

Dear Editor, Reference is made to a letter to published in the January 3, 2018 editions of Stabroek News and Kaieteur News, under the respective headlines ‘Guyana cannot develop natural gas without partnering with an outside investor’ and ‘Another example of Minister Patterson putting the horse before the cart’.

Caribbean Airlines advises that due to the approaching winter storm which will affect New York and environs, the following Caribbean Airlines flights are cancelled for today, January 04, 2018:BW 015, January 04th from Norman Manley International, Kingston, Jamaica to John F.

In a bid to secure molasses for its rum production, Demerara Distillers Limited (DDL) has expressed interest in securing some assets of GuySuCo and sources close to the process say that its interest is in owning the Enmore Sugar Estate.

Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday asked for a month to conduct due diligence checks on President David Granger’s nominee for the position of Chancellor of the Judiciary, Justice Kenneth Benjamin.

From the schedule of sittings posted on its website, on February 6, 2018, the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) will hold its case management conference at which dates are likely to be set to hear Guyana’s appeal on the constitutionality of presidential limits exceeding two terms.

Former business liaison officer of the Ministry of Business, Neilson McKenzie Jr, was yesterday charged with forging a scrap metal export licence, while an employee of a scrap metal company was also read a similar charge.

Cevon’s Waste Management is set to resume garbage collection today as negotiations for a new agreement between the Georgetown Mayor and City Council (M&CC) and its two main waste disposal service providers are set for this afternoon.

A Crabwood Creek, Upper Corentyne fisherman has confessed to fatally beating his friend, a fellow fisher sometime around 3 am yesterday.

The Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) is working with the Ministry of Public Health to implement their Social Resilience component of the Sustainable Communities Pro-gramme to provide support to the thousands of sugar workers who have been made redundant.

A Chinese business owner was brought before a city magistrate yesterday and read four charges, including assaulting a policewoman.

The Mayor and City Council (M&CC) of Georgetown has commenced a $150M restoration exercise of the Le Repentir Cemetery.

National Cricket selectors yesterday announced the Guyana Jaguars squad for their eighth-round fixture against the Jamaican Scorpions in the 2017/18 edition of the Cricket West Indies/Digicel Regional 4-Day PCL tournament, beginning today at the Sabina Park.

Lofty goals are in the pipelines following a banner 2017 for the discipline of Track and Field in Guyana.

A second person was yesterday charged at the Number 51 Magistrate’s Court with the murder of Anand Sookram, of Friendship Village, Corentyne.

The Guyana Olympic Association (GOA) has made an appeal to national affiliated federations to provide necessary information by the January 25 deadline in order to tap into funds and other means of support.

An intelligence-led operation conducted by ranks of the Guyana Police Force’s Narcotics Branch on Tuesday afternoon at Latchmie Street, Better Hope, ECD, has resulted in the arrest of a 32-year-old taxi driver and his 34-year-old reputed wife who is a member of the Guyana Defence Force.

A Sophia man was yesterday remanded to prison over the possession of cannabis.

(ICC) The presence of the champions at the previous two editions of the ICC U19 Cricket World Cup – the Windies (2016) and South Africa (2014) apart from host New Zealand and Kenya make Group A one of the groups to watch in the preliminary stage.

A 23-year-old miner was yesterday sentenced to 18 months in prison for stealing over $245,000 in property from his employer.

(ESPN) Colin Munro became the first batsman to make three centuries in T20 internationals as he laid the foundation for New Zealand’s battering of West Indies by 119 runs in their final match of the tour at Mount Maunganui yesterday morning.

Allegedly entrusted with a total of over $1.4 million in cash and items, a Tucville resident was yesterday read two fraud charges, denying one and claiming that family problems prevented him from completing the other transaction.

MOUNT MAUNGANUI, New Zealand, CMC – Head coach Stuart Law said West Indies had “soul-searching” to do after they suffered a 119-run crushing at the hands of New Zealand in Wednesday’s final Twenty20 International, to end the eight-match tour without a single win.

GEELONG, Australia CMC – Another outstanding spell from medium pacer Dwayne Bravo helped Melbourne Renegades to their third win of the Australian Big Bash, when they comfortably brushed aside Sydney Sixers by eight wickets on Wednesday.

Herstelling residents will soon be traversing on an asphalt road as the Ministry of Public Infrastructure begins upgrading the community’s main access road.

LONDON,  CMC – West Indies have slipped to fifth in the ICC Twenty20 rankings, following their 2-0 defeat to New Zealand in the three-match series which ended yesterday.

A Port Kaituma teen was yesterday sentenced to 18 months in jail after he admitted to stealing $88,000 in goods from a home.

A man was yesterday placed on $10,000 bail on a stealing charge.

LONDON, 3 (Reuters) – Jose Mourinho finds himself in the unaccustomed position of having to prove himself all over again as he prepares to open up a final trophy front with Manchester United on Friday.

(Reuters) – World number one Simona Halep assured herself of top billing for the Australian Open after powering past local hope Duan Yingying and into the quarter-finals of the Shenzhen Open in China yesterday.

Dear Editor, Please refer to a letter which appeared in your Stabroek News issue of Friday, December 29, 2017 on page 7, captioned ‘It is time for another Commission of Inquiry at City Hall’ by Councillor Khame Sharma.

Some 230 of the 364 Early Childhood/Day Care centres located countrywide were registered by the Ministry of Social Protection’s Childcare and Protection Agency (CPA) in 2017, while 84 were licensed.

Dear Editor, I refer to the article titled, ‘Sugar workers despondent over non-payment of severance –GAWU’ (SN, January 3). 

SYDNEY, (Reuters) – Australia took two wickets in the hour before tea, including that of Alastair Cook, to leave England on 122 for three at the break on a rain-disrupted opening day of the fifth and final Ashes test last night.

A 61-year-old bus operator was yesterday granted bail after he denied assaulting a man, who suffered a broken foot as a result of the incident.

(Field Level Media) Stephen Curry buried a tie-breaking 3-pointer with three seconds remaining Wednesday night, allowing the visiting Golden State Warriors to survive a frantic Dallas Mavericks rally for a 125-122 victory.

Dear Editor, There is a level of misinformation being peddled by the Ministry of Public Infrastructure as it relates to the “successes” of this ministry.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – Former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon called a June 2016 meeting with a group of Russians attended by Donald Trump Jr.

A Queenstown man was yesterday placed on six weeks community service after pleading guilty to stealing a rearview mirror cap.

CHARLESTON, S.C./BOSTON, (Reuters) – A rare winter storm hit the U.S.

The Early Childhood Development Unit (ECD) of the Childcare and Protection Agency (CPA) is preparing to launch its back-to-basics toddler reading programme.

(Field Level Media) Playing without James Harden for the first time since the star guard injured his hamstring, the Houston Rockets trounced the lowly Orlando Magic 116-98 yesterday at the Amway Center in Orlando, Fla.

Dear Editor, It’s the third day of the new year and it seems we are back to square one.

Dear Editor, The Guyana Police Force is responding to an article published in yesterday’s edition of the Guyana Chronicle captioned ‘Businessman knocks police probe into crash’.

(Trinidad Express)  Earthquakes, measuring magnitude 4.5 were recorded by the University of the West Indies Seismic Research Centre on Wednesday morning.

(Reuters) – Motel 6 was sued on Wednesday by Washington state’s attorney general, who accused the discount hotel chain of illegally providing guest lists to U.S.

(Filed Level media) Spencer Dinwiddie capped off a strong performance by scoring the decisive basket with 10.1 seconds remaining as the Brooklyn Nets registered a 98-97 victory over the Minnesota Timberwolves yesterday  at the Barclays Center in New York.

Dear Editor, Government is encouraged to fast forward plans and financial assistance payments to sugar workers immediately. 

(Field Level Media) Isaiah Thomas has a knack for big performances in Boston, and Cleveland certainly could have used one from him last night.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Brazil’s state-controlled oil company, Petroleo Brasileiro SA, said today  that it has agreed to pay $2.95 billion to settle a U.S.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Drinking alcohol produces a harmful chemical in the body which can lead to permanent genetic damage in the DNA of stem cells, increasing the risk of cancer developing, according to research published on Wednesday.

(Field Level Media) Marc-Andre Fleury made 29 saves and recorded his 46th career shutout as the red-hot Vegas Golden Knights blanked the Nashville Predators 3-0 on Tuesday night at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.

MEXICO CITY, (Reuters) – Mexico is failing to root out money laundering because it uses a reactive case-by-case investigation approach and law enforcement agencies suffer from corruption, according to a report on Wednesday by an international body that fights illicit cash.

Dear Editor, Sometime last year the Providence Stadium cricket pitch was relaid.

OSLO, (Reuters) – Sales of electric and hybrid cars exceeded half of new registrations in Norway in 2017, a record aided by generous subsidies that extended the Nordic nation’s lead in a shift from fossil-fuel engines, data showed on Wednesday.

Around mid-December of last year, the Inter-national Labour Organization (ILO) in collaboration with the Ministry of Social Protection launched a report on a study conducted in Guyana on the skills required for green jobs, which highlighted the “policies, programmes and emerging opportunities” as Guyana sets it eyes on “transitioning into a green economy.”

(Reuters) – Manchester United midfielder Ander Herrera has advised his team mate Jesse Lingard to take his chances in front of goal while his purple patch continues.

(Trinidad Express) A Couva man was shot dead, and two others wounded in Couva on Tuesday night.

Dear Editor, Sandra Adams was a champion in her own right.

Borne upon the ocean’s foam Far from native land and home.

LONDON,  Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Other countries should follow Iceland which has become the first country to make it illegal to pay men more than women, politicians and equal rights campaigners said on Wednesday.