Daily Archive: Wednesday, February 21, 2018

An electrical contractor of Enmore/Hope, East Coast Demerara, who was robbed and shot about 1 pm today at Foulis, ECD, is presently admitted in a stable condition at a private medical institution in Georgetown, the police said today.

The recent poisoning of 18 bearing coconut trees by persons at Hope Estate was today condemned  by Minister of Agriculture, Noel Holder.

The Guyana Police Force is informing members of the public that in order to facilitate activities relating to the Mashramani float parade 2018 the following intersections will be closed to vehicular traffic from 6:00h until the end of the days’ activities;Camp Street & Thomas land Albert Street & Wooldord Avenue Sandy Bobb & Vlissegen Road Sandy Bobb & J.B

(Trinidad Guardian) Joint police and Defence Force patrol camps are remaining in East Port-of-Spain permanently and will be supplemented as necessary, Minister in the Office of the Prime Minister Stuart Young says.

Auditor General Deodat Sharma says that he is awaiting some information from Homestretch Development Inc (HDI) before he completes his investigation of the controversial billion-dollar D’Urban Park Development Project.

With his trial for the murder of 75-year-old remigrant Joyce Lewis set to commence yesterday morning, Kevon Alfred in an unexpected turn of events pleaded to the lesser offence of manslaughter.

The Auditor General (AG) was asked to immediately dispatch a team on Monday to peruse Region Two’s financial records after the region’s engineer admitted that the accounting officer continued to breach financial rules.

Gun-toting bandits yesterday morning invaded an Enmore Hope West house where they tied up a vendor and his family before carting off approximately $7M in gold jewellery and cash.

The Ministry of Public Infrastructure (MPI) is calling on public-spirited citizens to play their part in reporting cases of destruction of property or illegal connections.

A witness yesterday testified that murder accused Kelvin Chisholm had admitted that he pierced the man he is accused of killing with a knife during a scuffle.

Forty-five residents of Subryanville/Fraserville have written Minister of Communities Ronald Bulkan requesting a meeting on the Farnum Community Ground and citing the damage caused to it by alleged unauthorized construction by Mae’s Private School.

The relinquishment of the former forest concession held by Barama Company Limited (BCL) has not had a significant impact on the timber industry, which recorded an increase in log production last year, according to Commissioner of Forests James Singh.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Spinners Jomel Warrican and Rahkeem Cornwall combined to bowl West Indies A to a stunning innings and 17 runs victory and an unbeatable 2-0 series lead over England Lions in the second “Test” yesterday.

Susana Culpepper, 17, who was set afire, allegedly by her ex-boyfriend, is “not doing too well,” according to her mother, who is appealing for assistance to cover the cost of the girl’s recovery.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Weakened title-holders Barbados Pride will take a giant step towards the defence of their Regional Super50 title when they take on English county Kent in the first semi-final under lights here today.

Guyanese murder accused Marcus Bisram is continuing to fight his pending extradition to Guyana and he has now filed habeas corpus proceedings in which he is once again challenging the existing treaty between Guyana and the United States as well as the evidence implicating him in the murder of Number 70 Village carpenter Faiyaz Narinedatt.

South American Youth games 400m gold medal winner Deshanna Skeete and  World U18 Youth Championships 400m silver medal winner Daniel Williams were among a number of athletes making the CARIFTA Games qualifying standard at the second CARIFTA Games trials organized by the Athletics Association of Guyana (AAG) and held at the National Synthetic Track, Leonora Sunday.

The Guyana Beverage Incorporated (GBI) under its Fruta Juice Brand, inked its 20th year of sponsorship with Tucville giant Conquerors FC, during a simple but significant ceremony yesterday at the Red Cross Headquarters, Eve Leary.

The absence of photo and video evidence from the alleged surveillance of Stephen Vieira and Tazim Gafoor was called into question by defence attorney Glen Hanoman, when the trial into the $550 million cocaine in lumber case continued yesterday at the Leonora Magistrate’s Court.

Dear Editor, Judge Mohamed Shahabuddeen, who passed away on 17th February, 2018, was an illustrious son of the Caribbean.

Lennox De Nobrega, the driver charged with causing the death of a teenager by dangerous driving, yesterday stated that although a breathalyser test found alcohol on his breath after the accident, it was due to mouthwash he had used earlier.

Dear Editor, I have two sisters who were part of an entourage of eighty-seven students who travelled from the Rupununi to participate in the children’s Mashramani programme in Georgetown.

East Coast bounced back to crush Georgetown by 117 runs in the second match of the Demerara Cricket Board’s Inter-Association U17 tournament yesterday.

Dear Editor, From my understanding of a press statement made by the Minister of Finance which was seen by me for the first time in 2017, old age pensioners countrywide were to benefit from a tax exemption on their savings accounts.

Automotive dealer Rose Ramdehol became the latest entity to support the Petra Organization Futsal Championships donating two motorcycles towards the event’s Most Valuable Player (MVP) and a lucky spectator yesterday.

Shaquille Wilburg, the Buxton man charged last year with robbing a man of over $3,000,000, yesterday changed his plea to guilty and was sentenced to four years in prison.

Dear Editor, Much tribute has been paid to Dr Mohammed Shahabuddeen upon his passing in your media.

The sixth annual Milo Secondary Schools football tournament will continue today at the Ministry of Education ground, Carifesta Avenue with two matches.

Six persons including a female were on Monday afternoon taken into custody after a search on the vehicle they were travelling in unearthed a quantity of  compressed cannabis.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – U.S. Special Counsel Robert Mueller yetserday stepped up pressure on two former Trump campaign aides to cooperate in his probe into possible collusion with Russia, unsealing a criminal charge against a lawyer for lying to Mueller’s investigators.

The Floodlights Cricket team heads to the Ancient County this weekend to take on Bush Lot on Friday as the two powerhouses go head-to-head in a grudge match.

Almost four months after being instructed to discontinue testifying at the trial of Franz Paul, the former police cadet officer charged with shooting a then 15-year-old in the mouth, the final witness for the defence was finally able to complete his evidence yesterday.

GENEVA,  (Reuters) – Sanctions should be stepped up against Venezuela’s leaders and oil sector in response to the country’s repressive political climate, the head of the Organisation of American States (OAS) said yesterday.

NEW DELHI/MUMBAI, (Reuters) – India’s Finance Minister decried a “lack of ethics” among sections of Indian business yesterday and criticised inadequate oversight by auditors and regulators, after the financial sector was rocked by a $1.8 billion fraud at a state-run bank.

Dear Editor, Pray, tell what GWI has done to the water.

Dear Editor, On February 18, 2018, the Guyana Bar Association (GBA) issued an inexplicable statement attacking the President on his intended exercise of powers invested in him by Article 127 of the Constitution, to appoint the Chancellor and Chief Justice.

Residents of Kaneville, East Bank Demerara were on Sunday told of the Guyana Water Incorporated’s (GWI) plans to enhance service within the community.

Seasoned teams recorded wins when action continued at the National Gymnasium on Monday in the 27th annual Easter term windball cricket competition sponsored by Forbes Burnham Foundation and organized by Al Sports.

RIO DE JANEIRO, (Reuters) – A viral music video called “What a shot” is stirring debate in Brazil about the glamorization of crime and freedom of expression, as surging crime in Rio de Janeiro has led the government to put troops in charge of security in the tourist city.

PARKLAND, Fla.,  (Reuters) – Dozens of students and parents from the Florida high school where 17 teens and staff members were slain in a shooting rampage boarded buses on Tuesday for a trip to the state capital of Tallahassee to lobby for a ban on assault-style rifles.

Dear Editor, Emotions and controversy always run high at the end of various competitions and competitors would react by letting off steam; that is natural they are human, as long as they don’t attack anyone or engage in violence.

(Trinidad Express) Ragoonanan Narine has been sentenced to a total of 58 years in prison for sexual offences against a mentally challenged child who became pregnant after one of the assaults.

(Reuters) – Serena Williams “almost died” after giving birth to her daughter last September, the former women’s world number one tennis player wrote in a column for CNN that was published yesterday.

OSLO,  (Reuters) – Sea levels will rise between 0.7 and 1.2 metres (27-47 inches) in the next two centuries even if governments end the fossil fuel era as promised under the Paris climate agreement, scientists said on Tuesday.

After several years of pleas regarding horrible road conditions in Mabaruma, (Barima-Waini) extensive works are underway, according to the Department of Public Information (DPI).

SEOUL,  (Reuters) – South Korea said yesterday it is signing free trade agreements with five Central American nations aimed at boosting market access for the Korean auto sector and electronics makers.

(Trinidad Express) Arima accountant was killed trying to escape thieves during a robbery at his home on Monday.

Eleven firms yesterday tendered to construct the Bamia/Amelia’s Ward Primary School in Linden. 

(Reuters) – New 60 metres world record holder Christian Coleman and defending world champions Brittney Reese, Vashti Cunningham and Marquis Dendy headline a 49-member American team for next month’s IAAF world indoor championships in Birmingham, England, USA Track and Field announced yesterday.

Dear Editor, The current GuySuCo fiasco takes us into the realm of the unbelievable.

The Preliminary Inquiry (PI) into the charge against Debbie Hansraj, who is charged with the fatal stabbing of her brother, Vishal Hansraj, at Covent Garden last April, continued yesterday.

(Barbados Nation) On Monday night, Adrian Rommel Griffith, also known as “Laddy”, was gunned down in Belleview, Waterford, St Michael.

Former Attorney General Anil Nandlall claimed that ‘With each passing day, the Constitution of Guyana becomes a greater obstacle to President David Granger.

Last Friday, in the city of Rotterdam, in the Netherlands, home of the largest sea port in Europe, another remarkable Swiss timekeeper, with the country’s worldwide accepted standard of clockwork precision excellence, once again docked at the number one ranking of the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).

(Reuters) – Fourteen-times major winner Tiger Woods will serve as one of the vice captains on the U.S.

BERLIN,  (Reuters) – Germany’s Social Democrats (SPD) were forced yesterday to declare that a three-year old dog called Lima would not be allowed to vote with party members on a coalition deal with Angela Merkel’s conservatives, despite joining the party.

Dear Editor, I believe Junior Finance Minister Jaipaul Sharma deliberately missed the point and put a political spin on a non-political issue when he recently attempted to justify the President’s decision to keep the US$18M signing bonus from Exxon/Mobil secret and put the money in a secret high-interest bearing account.

APNU Region 3 has launched its Local Government Election Campaign. A release from the party said that Community Leaders and supporters of the APNU congregated at the Aracari Resort on February 18, 2018 where the Regional Campaign Manager – Joseph Harmon laid out the strategy and structure for the Local Government Election slated to be held sometime during the last quarter of this year.