Daily Archive: Saturday, January 20, 2018

(Trinidad Express) A Las Lomas man was knifed to death by a woman during an argument on Friday.

Just days after its major oil find at the offshore Ranger-1 site in the Stabroek Block, ExxonMobil’s subsidiary, EEPGL is preparing to begin drilling at the Pacora-1 well site.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The world’s most powerful government shut down today after President Donald Trump and the U.S.

-number of redundant workers at 4,763 The National Assembly yesterday approved nearly $2 billion to facilitate full severance by the end of January for a little more than 1,600 of the 4,763 sugar workers that have been made redundant.

Following criticism over government’s handling of the restructuring of the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo), President David Granger and members of his Cabinet yesterday met with the leadership of the Guyana Agricultural and General Workers’ Union (GAWU) and the National Association of Agricultural, Commercial and Industrial Employees (NAACIE) to discuss the future of the sugar industry.

An 18-year-old woman succumbed on Thursday evening, one day after she was allegedly beaten by her common-law husband during an argument at Baramita, in Region One (Barima-Waini).

In his absence, Ganesh Chaitram, who was charged with raping a 10-year-old girl in 2016, was yesterday sentenced to life in prison after a jury found him guilty of the crime.

City councillor Jameel Rasul says he will shortly be resigning his seat after being berated by his group, Team Benschop for going beyond the agreed six-month stint and voting in favour of the controversial parking meters deal.

The National Cadet Corps Programme (NCCP), established with the aim of building character and developing life skills among the nation’s youth, was officially relaunched yesterday.

The People’s Progressive Party (PPP) will offer free legal services to any of the former 4,763 former GuySuCo workers wishing to challenge the government over the planned two-stage payment of severance to them, according to its General Secretary Bharrat Jagdeo.

Three persons, including a brother and sister, are in custody after a Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) raid at Soesdyke, East Bank Demerara yesterday uncovered over 10 pounds of suspected cocaine.

The Ministry of Communities yesterday hosted the second annual meeting of the National Regional Development Consultative Committee (NRDCC), which was once again marred by the absence of representatives from those regional councils controlled by the opposition People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) and President David Granger called it administrative sabotage.

As they await legal advice on the investigation of the murders of Pomeroon farmers Ambrose Baharally and Martin Godette, the police were yesterday granted an extension by a court to keep the three suspects in custody until Monday.

The Guyana Defence Force yesterday said a Coast Guard rank and the unit’s welfare officer managed to stop two secondary school students from attempting to end their lives at the Kingston Jetty, in Georgetown.

Rajesh Guyadeen, the accused in the 2003 murder of Nandram Manohar, called ‘Nando,’ who was fatally stabbed after an altercation at a wedding house at Unity, East Coast Demerara, was yesterday afternoon sentenced to 70 years behind bars by Justice Navindra Singh.

Ladies and gentlemen it’s Showtime. All of the boxers on the six-fight ‘Bad Blood’ (Sangre Malo) card scheduled for tonight at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall cleared their final hurdle yesterday by making weight in their respective weight classes.

Stumps on day two of Guyana’s Jaguar’s final round clash against the Trinidad and Tobago Red Force ended on a bittersweet note for young sensation, Sherfane Rutherford who fell agonizingly short of his maiden first-class century at the Guyana National Stadium, Providence yesterday.

Accusing ranks stationed at the Enmore Police Station of corruption, including regular shakedowns for bribes, residents of Enmore/Foulis, East Coast Demerara, have signed a petition calling for acting Police Commissioner David Ramnarine to launch an investigation.

LONDON, CMC – Under-fire West Indies Under-19s and their embattled captain, Emmanuel Stewart, have found backing from the historic Marylebone Cricket Club, in the controversial ‘obstructing the field’ dismissal of South African opener Jiveshan Pillay, during their ICC Youth World Cup match last Wednesday.

Dear Editor, In response to a few queries concerning the questionable voting by Sunil Rasul, who has cast his personal vote in support of the parking meter contract, I wish to make it pellucidly clear that Rasul has been occupying the council seat illegally since November of 2017, and without the support of Team Benschop.

A former Guyana Police Force (GPF) rank and another man were yesterday both remanded to prison after they were jointly charged with a $740,000 armed robbery.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Jan 19, CMC – Barbados Pride pace quartet of Chemar Holder, Keon Harding, Justin Greaves and Dominic Drakes brought to life a pedestrian day with hostile bowling in the final hour to put Jamaica Scorpions on the back-foot in the Regional 4-Day Championship on Friday here.

The Banks DIH Ltd Group saw its trading profit rise in 2017 by 22.3% over the previous year though after-tax profit fell by 9.76% over the period because of a one-off gain in 2016.

  Dear Editor, On the last four occasions and as recently as January 18th, 2018, whilst an outgoing passenger at Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA), Timehri, I was asked to open my locks so that someone could run their hands through my hair.

BASSETERRE, St Kitts, CMC – Devon Smith’s bid at history proved anticlamatic when he suffered the indiginity of a one-ball ‘duck’ on the opening day of Windward Islands Volcanoes’ final round match against Leeward Islands Hurricanes here Thursday.

The Ministry of Social Cohesion, which has responsibility for youth, will be taking control of the Hinterland Employment and Youth Service (HEYS) programme, according to Junior Minister of Indigenous Peoples’ Affairs Valerie Garrido-Lowe.

Dear Editor, I was the victim of a shooting incident that occurred in front of my Zorg business premises in Region 2 some time ago.

Dear Editor, I was elated that our Commissioner of Police (ag), Mr David Ramnarine announced that his detectives had solved 77% of the murders or 88 cases out of 116.

Following the announcement of an amnesty for delinquent taxpayers as part of the 2018 budget measures, the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) is advising persons wishing to make use of the reprieve to contact its Debt Management Division and request a statement of the principal tax outstanding.

(Reuters) – England’s top order fired in unison to give them a four-wicket win in the second one-day international against Australia yesterday as Aaron Finch’s second straight hundred for the hosts could not prevent them falling 2-0 behind in the series.

PUERTO MALDONADO, Peru, (Reuters) – Pope Francis issued a ringing defense of the people and the environment of the Amazon yesteday, saying big business and “consumerist greed” could not be allowed to destroy a natural habitat vital for the entire planet.

Dear Editor, Our union was bemused after it read that Agriculture Minister Noel Holder is being quoted in the January 16, 2018 Kaieteur News as saying that “in 1992, GuySuCo had nine estates and 38,000 workers”.

(Reuters) – World 100 meters champion Justin Gatlin needs to put behind him the disappointment of a coaching change before he can move forward with preparations for the 2018 season, his new trainer said.

BOGOTA, (Reuters) – The number of Venezuelans living in Colombia jumped 62 percent in the last half of 2017 to more than 550,000, its migration authority said yesterday, as Venezuela’s economic devastation hastens migration to the neighbouring country.

A man was yesterday charged with raping a child under the age of 16.

Having been able to keep huge corporate client Demerara Distillers Limited has had Makeup Artist Cideca B Mangal turning heads for quite some time.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – A former member of Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez’s cabinet was sentenced by a New York federal judge to nearly 2-1/2 years in prison yesterday, after pleading guilty to attempting to launder drug money from the Central American country.

A father of two lost his life on Wednesday afternoon in full view of his two sons after he was struck to his head by a falling tree branch at Supenaam Creek, in Region Two.

(Reuters) – Tiger Woods will face a strong field that includes four of the world’s top seven players at next week’s Farmers Insurance Open in southern California.

Dear Editor,                                       A report on page 14 of the Sunday edition of the Guyana Times (Jan 14) captioned ‘50% severance payment not enough –GTUC’ refers.

Hi Everyone, Guyana opened its latest fast food restaurant chain in December – Burger King – and from all accounts, it’s a huge success.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – A woman yesterday publicly accused Oscar-winning actor and producer Michael Douglas of sexual misconduct, saying he had repeatedly harassed her verbally and fondled himself in front of her when she worked for him in the 1980s.

Once every month, I despise being a woman. Despite becoming like clockwork, my period always manages to turn me into the most moody and frightful person no matter how hard I try to manage my emotions.

Two men were on Friday remanded to prison by a city magistrate over alleged gun and ammunition possession.

(Reuters) Isaiah Thomas scored 21 points and hit the go-ahead free throws with 11 seconds remaining as the Cleveland Cavaliers blew a 23-point lead but held off the Orlando Magic for a 104-103 win Thursday in Cleveland.

(Trinidad Express) It is official! Retired judge Paula-Mae Weekes is now the President-elect of Trinidad and Tobago.

Dear Editor, Reference is made to a news item captioned ‘Ramotar claims gov’t ignored promised India loans for sugar industry’ (SN, Jan 16).

Dancehall artiste Keon ‘Rictyza’ Forde will be releasing three brand new singles just in time for the Mashramani season.

MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – Nick Kyrgios toppled his childhood idol Jo-Wilfried Tsonga to bury his Rod Laver Arena hoodoo and reach the fourth round of his home Australian Open yesterday.

Dear Editor, Imran Khan wanted to know why the Indian government invited the 20 opposition parliamentarians to India.

DAR ES SALAAM,  (Reuters) – Tanzanian President John Magufuli yesterday put a temporary ban on the registration of foreign ships in the country and ordered over 400 vessels to be investigated for allegations of involvement in criminal activity.

A labourer was yesterday remanded to prison after being charged with two counts of narcotics trafficking.

BENGALURU/SAO PAULO,  (Reuters) – The North American Free Trade Agreement will probably be renegotiated successfully with only marginal changes, said a large majority of economists in a Reuters poll, despite the Trump administration’s saber-rattling.

In Buxton, where I grew up, it is the custom of the Anglican Church to sound a bell to indicate the death of a person.

(Reuters) – American world 100m silver medallist Christian Coleman broke the 60 metres indoor world record yesterday, clocking 6.37 seconds at a meeting in Clemson, South Carolina.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – President Donald Trump’s effort to put coal miners back to work stumbled in most coal producing states last year, even as overall employment in the downtrodden sector grew modestly, according to preliminary government data obtained by Reuters.

LONDON, (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Refugees arriving in the United States could double their chances of finding work with a mathematical formula that decides the best place for them to settle, researchers said today.

Authentic jewelry, handmade with stones and beads is accessible at the newly opened Divas Art and Craft Store located in the Avinash Complex on Water Street, which boasts of producing pieces that will last for a lifetime.

There’s something paradoxical about a 21st century film musical and even more so about “The Greatest Showman,” which is not the best or worst representation of what musicals are in 2017.

Dear Editor, The Guyana Women Miners Organisation (GWMO) writes in response to a letter published in the Kaieteur News on January 15, and in the Stabroek News on January 16 titled ‘GWMO needs to hold an AGM’ by M Higgins.

Henry David Thoreau famously lamented that the majority of us “lead lives of quiet desperation” and harbour unconscious despair “under what are called the games and amusements of mankind.” 

A month after writing Attorney General (AG) Basil Williams SC for a copy of a statement issued by his office on the claimed about-face by the Council of Legal Educa-tion (CLE) on the establishment of a local law school, the body’s Chair-man says the request is still to be fulfilled.

Coordinator for the Ministry of Public Infrastructure’s Works Services Group, Geoffrey Vaughn has described as baseless, claims that non-functioning traffic lights make key intersections hazardous for drivers.