Daily Archive: Thursday, January 25, 2018

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – West Indies selectors today named a 15-man one-day squad for the ICC World Cup qualifiers in Zimbabwe, bowling off in March.

The Guyana Defence Force will undergo significant restructuring to enable greater efficiency, according to President David Granger who addressed the GDF officers conference today.

Nineteen media workers today walked out of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) Annual Officers’ Conference to protest the treatment received at the hands of the organizers who subsequently said that the instructions were that the media be kept out of earshot of sensitive information.

Police ranks of the Mounted Branch stationed in Lethem, whilst on patrol yesterday in the Takutu River area, detained for questioning, a male with a foreign accent who upon seeing the ‘troopers’ began acting in a suspicious manner, the police said in a statement today.

Even as it may now face more court action, the New Building Society (NBS) yesterday strongly defended the action taken by its staff on Tuesday in securing the building when an attempt was made to levy on its assets in relation to a $59m court award to its former CEO Maurice Arjoon.

Two men died following a car accident on the Cornelia Ida Public Road, West Coast Demerara on Tuesday night.

As the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) prepares to roll out it plans for the upcoming Local Government Elections (LGE), its chairman, Justice (retired) James Patterson is adamant that there is no chance of the official voters’ list being padded.

Rohan Daniels was late yesterday afternoon sentenced to two concurrent life sentences behind bars, after a jury convicted him of sexually penetrating a young girl.

-getaway car crashed Nine Brazilians including two females are currently in custody as the police continue to probe Tuesday afternoon’s armed robbery on a phone store in Lethem during which a quantity of phones and jewellery was stolen.

The family of Kapilldeo Mohit want the police to properly investigate the circumstances that led to an accident on Sunday which resulted in his death.

Sherwin Roberts, who was charged with murdering his one-year-old niece, was yesterday committed to stand trial at the end of the Preliminary Inquiry (PI).

The Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) and the  Ministry of Business are fine-tuning two business and investment fora which are intended to offer advice and coaching to some of the thousands of sugar workers made redundant at the end of last year.

A man who allegedly beat his teenaged wife during last week resulting in her death was on Tuesday evening arrested by the police.

A Region Five APNU+AFC councillor was yesterday placed on $100,000 bail on a wounding charge when he appeared at the Fort Wellington Magistrate’s Court.

The scene at Angoy’s Avenue, New Amsterdam yesterday midday was one of animosity and high tension as APNU+AFC members protested a PPP/C meeting with former sugar workers and their relatives.

Two persons were yesterday arrested after ranks from the Police Narcotics branch conducted a search at a Campbellville house and unearthed a quantity of illegal items including an unlicensed firearm.

The couple who were injured on Monday evening after cutlass-wielding bandits stormed their Sisters Village, West Bank Demerara shop and launched an attack are recovering and are expected to be discharged from the hospital today.

The city constabulary says it is currently investigating the assault on vendor Marlon Fredericks, one day before he was shot to death allegedly by a constable who is now facing a manslaughter charge.

The Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) has offered to waive 50 percent of arrears on outstanding rental to miners holding medium scale properties.

Vishaul Moonilal, a Kitty businessman was yesterday placed on $1,500,000 bail for ten fraud charges.

Residents of Hand-en-Veldt, Mahaica, are receiving water for the first, through an intervention by the Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI), according to the Department of Public Information.

By Romario Samaroo For the second time in as many days Christopher Barnwell played a responsible innings to take Georgetown to victory in the Guyana Cricket Board/Jaguars 50-overs-a-side franchise league yesterday at the National Stadium, Providence.

Minister of State, Joseph Harmon on Tuesday convened the first National Hydrographic Committee (NHC) to coordinate the sustainable management of Guyana’s sea and river resources.

This year’s Commonwealth Games, officially known as the XXI Commonwealth Games will be held from April 4-15 on the Gold Coast, Queensland Australia.

The lights at the seawall bandstand and the surrounding environs at Kingston, Georgetown, have been restored, according to head of the Street and Highway Lights Department Terrence O’Brien.

The fourth edition of the Guinness ‘Greatest of the Streets’ West/East Bank Demerara zone was officially launched yesterday at the Thirst Park Sports Club.

Minister of Finance Winston Jordan charged the graduates of the Basic Needs Trust Fund (BNTF) Skills Training Programme to use their newly acquire qualifications to fight against unemployment and to “soar just like the eagle.”

The Guyana Amateur Powerlifting Federation (GAPF) will open its 2018 competition season with the annual Junior and Novices Powerlifting Champion-ship on February 4 at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.

The Ministry of Agriculture says that the new set of workers who are expected to be laid off from the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) have already been catered for in the released figure of 4,763.

As efforts continue to monitor the country’s marine resources, the Ministry of Agriculture’s  Department of Fisheries has budgeted $54M for a vessel to monitor boats fishing in the country’s Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) Chief Fisheries Officer, Denzil Roberts told the Department of Public Information (DPI) that the procuring of the vessel later this year will vastly enhance the agency’s ability to monitor local and international fishing vessels licensed to operate in local waters.

JOHANNESBURG, (Reuters) – Fast bowler Kagiso Rabada took three wickets as South Africa bowled India out for 187 to take the opening day honours on a seaming wicket in the third and final test at the Wanderers in Johannesburg yesterday.

The Guyana Rice Development Board (GRDB)  is pushing to have a Seed Cleaner installed at its Burma Rice Research Station, according to a release on Tuesday from the Ministry of Agriculture.

(BBC) British sprinter Zharnel Hughes had a gun pointed in his face in an attempted armed robbery which led to shots being fired, his manager has told BBC Sport.

Dear Editor, Recently the media reported that five students of a West Berbice secondary school were suspended since November and not allowed to submit their School Based Assessments (SBA) for the Caribbean Examinations Council exams later this year.

(BBC) Boris Becker has lost five of his six Grand Slam trophies and is appealing for the public’s help to locate them.

Dear Editor, The laws governing the George-town Municipality seem to have more elasticity than a rubber band.

A man was yesterday sentenced to one month in prison after requesting to be sent to prison.

Dear Editor, On the eve of 2018, Ravi Dev attempted another roar.

A man was yesterday placed on $65,000 bail for allegedly converting borrowed items to his own use.

CANBERRA, Australia, CMC – Neither Dwayne Bravo nor Kieron Pollard had a major impact but the latter’s brace of wickets helped Melbourne Renegades beat Sydney Thunder by nine runs and enhance their playoff chances in the Australian Big Bash here yesterday.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Jamaica managed to stave off a third straight defeat when they played to a 2-2 stalemate against Nicaragua in their final group game of the CONCACAF Women’s Under-20 Championship on Tuesday.

A 36-year-old construction worker was yesterday placed on $75,000 bail on a charge of theft, It is alleged that Shazad Akim between January 22nd and January 23rd, at North Road stole a red jackhammer valued at $100,000 and 16 sacks of cement, property of Joseph Blair.

(Trinidad Guardian) Fifty five years after it was formed by legendary calypsonian Lord Kitchener, the Kalypso Revue tent is set to close due to financial constraints.

Dear Editor, The people who control the WICB  have the power to either end West Indies cricket as we used to know it, or to revive it in a manner that would make us again a competitive cricket country.

JOHANNESBURG, (Reuters) – Trumpeter and singer Hugh Masekela, known as the “father of South African jazz” who used his music in the fight against apartheid, has died from prostate cancer, his family said on Tuesday.

LANSING, Mich., (Reuters) – As his victims wept in a Michigan courtroom yesterday, disgraced long-time USA Gymnastics team doctor Larry Nassar was sentenced to up to 175 years in prison for abusing young female gymnasts who were entrusted to his care.

(Trinidad Express) More workers are expected to go on the breadline with the announcement yesterday by Caribbean Nitrogen Company [CNC] that it has been forced to immediately shut down its ammonia plant on the Point Lisas Industrial Estate.

PORTO ALEGRE, Brazil, (Reuters) – A Brazilian appeals court unanimously upheld the corruption conviction of former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva yesterday and added to his sentence, a major blow to the popular politician’s plans to run again for the presidency this year.

Dear Editor, We refer to Mr Eon Andrews’ letter titled `GTUC executive never had any discussion on closure of sugar estates’ which appeared in the January 20, 2018 edition of Stabroek News.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – British pop musician Elton John is to quit touring after nearly 50 years, the Daily Mirror newspaper reported.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – President Donald Trump said yesterday he would be willing to be interviewed under oath by Special Counsel Robert Mueller, who is investigating allegations of Russian meddling in the 2016 U.S.

MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – Defending champion Roger Federer remains on track for a 20th grand slam title after beating Czech Tomas Berdych 7-6(1) 6-3 6-4 to advance to the Australian Open semi-finals yesterday.

Dear Editor, There is a continuing lament that hard-earned workers’ rights are gradually being eroded in this country. 

A former model in St Vincent and the Grenadines is under a court-ordered evaluation at the island chain’s Mental Health Centre after she was taken before the court for using abusive language to the wife of the Finance Minister, who is the son of Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves, according to Iwitness News.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Chinese scientists have cloned monkeys using the same technique that produced Dolly the sheep two decades ago, breaking a technical barrier that could open the door to copying humans.

NEW YORK,  (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Forget jargon-filled monologues, raids to rescue enslaved Indian children inject drama into a documentary about Nobel Laureate Kailash Satyarthi, who hopes the film will inspire viewers to play a part in the global fight to eradicate modern slavery.

(Reuters) LaMarcus Aldridge scored 30 points, and Dejounte Murray added 19 points, 10 rebounds and seven steals as the host San Antonio Spurs rolled to a 114-102 win over the reeling Cleveland Cavaliers on Tuesday.

In Indian legends he is the much-loved baby, Bala Krishna, the holy, curly-haired child with huge eyes and a prankish passion for fresh milk, sweet cream and smooth butter.

(Trinidad Express) Sarah Joseph has been identified as the woman whose body was found wrapped in a sheet in Cunupia on Monday.

In a bid to build capacity within the regional administrations, Minister of Communities, Ronald Bulkan on Wednesday handed over vehicles valued at $18M to representatives of the Mabaruma, Bartica, and Lethem municipalities.

Dear Editor, I thank Mr Johann Earle, the Public Affairs and Communications Officer, of the Ministry of Natural Resources for acknowledging my letter `What is being gained from ExxonMobil’s investment?’,

This week, some city councillors complained that Town Clerk Royston King was acting unilaterally and exposing the entire Mayor and City Council (M&CC) to unnecessary criticism and ridicule.