Daily Archive: Wednesday, February 28, 2018

The Guyana Police Force is refuting an article in today’s edition of the Kaieteur News under the caption ‘Commander removed as investigation into harassment launched.’

ExxonMobil Corporation announced today its seventh oil discovery offshore Guyana, following drilling at the Pacora-1 exploration well and is projecting production of 500,000 barrels oil per day when all phases are in operation.

Minister of Natural Resources Raphael Trotman yesterday announced another major oil find by ExxonMobil as well as the government’s decision to establish a Department of Energy which would take responsibility for the petroleum sector.

Neilsen Sinclair, the accused in the fatal beating of businessman Hazrat Shaffie, was yesterday charged with murder.

The Guyana Police Force’s Office of Professional Responsibility has launched an investigation of the allegation that a cavity search was conducted on a 17-year-old Barbados-bound passenger at the Eugene F Correia International Airport at Ogle on Sunday.

Yesterday, President David Granger, ahead of his visit to Baramita, Barima-Waini today, announced that he has instructed the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) to brief the Parliamentary committee on security on the steps that are being taken to secure communities located along the 800-kilometre border with Venezuela as a result of the unstable situation in that country, as well as the ongoing border controversy.

Ex-policeman Jason Harry, alleged to be linked to a major carjacking operation, was yesterday charged with receiving five stolen vehicles.

The perception that workers in the sugar industry cannot be retrained needs to change, GuySuCo’s Corporate Human Resources Manager Audreyanna Thomas declared last evening, in response to concerns that the government is offering short-term solutions to long-term problems.

A fugitive of Baramita, North West District resident, was shot twice on Monday afternoon after he allegedly attacked the police while resisting arrest.

A woman was granted her release on $20,000 bail on Monday after she was charged with damaging another woman’s windshield during a fight.

The production of ground coffee in the Moruca Sub-District will recommence following the launch of a $10 million project by the Ministry of Indigenous Peoples’ Affairs to redevelop the industry in Region One.

A  West Coast Berbice man, accused of the attempted murder of his nephew, was on Monday sentenced to four years in jail after he pleaded guilty to the lesser count of wounding with intent.

Security guards providing services at Government Buildings in Region Five are at a standstill, as their  employer owes them over two months of salary.

A woman was remanded to prison on Monday after she was charged with attempting to murder a man by stabbing him.

The Mayor and City Council (M&CC) is hoping to spearhead an inter-agency initiative to remove vagrants from the pavements surrounding the markets soon, on the grounds that they pose a public health risk.

An importer and one of his employees were on Monday afternoon held at gunpoint and relieved of $2 million in cash after they collected it from two commercial banks.

Former West Indies skipper Ramnaresh Sarwan has thrown his support behind recently elected Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) President Hilbert Foster but has made it clear that he wants nothing to do with the Guyana Cricket Board as long as Anand Sanasie remains part of the administration.

HARARE, Zimbabwe, CMC – Fast bowler Dawlat Zadran grabbed a hat-trick to send favourites West Indies to a stunning 29-run defeat under Duckworth/Lewis, in their opening warm-up match of the ICC World Cup Qualifiers here yesterday.

City Hall has budgeted over $20 million for the celebration of City Week, to mark the birth of Georgetown, but councillors have expressed concern at the sum, stating that the funds can be put to other use.

In celebration of over 50 years teaching Karate to the Guyanese population, 9th Dan Shuseki Shihan Frank Woon-A-Tai will host the Woon-A-Tai Cup this Sunday at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall, Homestretch Avenue.

Guyana is winning the war against the tuberculosis (TB) bacteria. This is what Dr.

Bourda Green vendors at Bourda Market, in Georgetown, are up in arms over the lack of security in the area after another stall was broken into.

Director of Sport (DoS) Christopher Jones says that upgrades to the National Gymnasium and the California Square tarmacs were about 80 percent completed.

Dear Editor, I wish to comment on a letter appearing in Monday’s edition of the Stabroek News (February 26) under the heading ‘Minister Gaskin’s about-face on political financing laws’ and signed by eight persons “For RISE Guyana”.

Bids were tendered yesterday by nine companies to supply the Guyana Water Incorporated with Water Meter Boxes.

Berbice Under – 15 off-spinner Jonathan Rampersaud in his maiden Inter-County tournament looks like a decent off-spin prospect in the making.

Dear Editor, The Guyana Police Force is responding to an article in today’s Stabroek News under the caption ‘Family seeking legal advice after cavity search of teen.’

Dear Editor, The Guyana Revenue Authority wishes to respond to a letter published in the letter column of the February 21, 2018 edition of Stabroek News captioned ‘Do pensioners have an entitlement or does the GRA have discretion?’

Guyana Football Federation (GFF) President Wayne Forde says that an independent committee will be established to investigate the accusations levelled by 17 referees against the Head of the GFF’s Referees Department.

President David Granger yesterday  accepted an official invitation to the International Solar Alliance (ISA) Founding Conference and Solar Summit from Indian High Commissioner,  Venkatachalam Mahalingam and Ambassador of France to Guyana,  Antoine Joly at the Ministry of the Presidency.

Dear Editor, The current derelict state of the City Hall is nothing short of disgraceful.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court yestreday curbed the ability of immigrants held in long-term detention during deportation proceedings to argue for their release in a ruling in sync with President Donald Trump’s get-tough approach toward immigration.

HARARE, Zimbabwe, CMC – Captain Jason Holder believes the ICC World Cup qualifiers will provide precious momentum for West Indies as they take aim at a third World Cup triumph in England next year.

NORTH SOUND, Antigua, CMC – Shamarh Brooks struck a half-century but West Indies A’s batting collapsed on the opening day of the day/night third four-day “Test” against England Lions here Monday.

Bisnauth Terry Chan, the electrical contractor who was shot in his head during a robbery last week shortly after he visited an East Coast Demerara bank, has been discharged from the hospital and is recovering at home.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – U.S. intelligence had evidence that voter registration systems or websites in seven states – Alaska, Arizona, California, Illinois, Texas, Florida and Wisconsin – were compromised by Russian-backed operatives before the 2016 election but never told the states, NBC News reported on Tuesday.

Dear Editor, I try to limit analyses of companies, but our mobile phone suppliers have long been taking us for a ride where the security of our phones are concerned.

CARICOM requires significant grant funding and  financing on very soft terms to create climate resilience, CARICOM Secretary-General, Irwin LaRocque said on Monday.

Orealla Falcons, Corriverton Links, Cougars FC and Monedderlust FC all won their matches when when the Berbice leg of the Frank Watson Memorial U15 football tournament commenced on Sunday at the Esplanade Ground, New Amsterdam (NA).

LONDON, (Reuters) – North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and his late father Kim Jong Il used fraudulently obtained Brazilian passports to apply for visas to visit Western countries in the 1990s, five senior Western European security sources told Reuters.

(Trinidad Guardian) Unfazed by the threat of legal action from embattled Chief Justice Ivor Archie, the Law Association of T&T is moving ahead with its plans to investigate and discuss allegations levelled against him with its members.

Dear Editor, Every time one watches a press conference held by the Granger administration, especially the ones held by Mr Harmon and Mr Jordan, one can easily conclude that they are clueless about what really it really takes to run the affairs of a nation. 

HARARE, Zimbabwe, CMC – Newly acquired West Indies bowling coach, Alfonso Thomas, says he is hoping to help the Caribbean side’s bowlers bring a more strategic approach to their execution on match day, starting with the ICC World Cup qualifiers which bowl off next weekend.

(Trinidad Express) The suspect in the murder of Sangre Grande schoolteacher Margaret Guevarra may survive his gunshot injury.

CARACAS, (Reuters) – Venezuelan politician Henri Falcon yesterday defied a call by the country’s political opposition to boycott an April presidential election and said he would run against President Nicolas Maduro.

Dear Editor, On Sunday, February 25th, 2018, Ohio Governor and former US presidential candidate John Kasich told ABC-TV’s ‘This Week’, “We may be beginning to see the end of a two-party system.

Dear Editor, Lincoln Lewis hit the nail on the head with a sledgehammer when he rebuked politicians across the board for failing to use an inclusionary approach in negotiating the oil contracts signed by successive governments with CGX and ExxonMobil.

(Reuters) Is Dwyane Wade already in the middle of his final NBA season?

(Trinidad Guardian) Five families from Bamboo Village, Cedros, had to be evacuated on Monday evening, after massive coastal erosion caused a house to fall into the sea.

BRASILIA, (Reuters) – Fernando Segovia, the director general of Brazil’s federal police who spearhead the country’s sprawling corruption cases, was replaced on Tuesday, the press office of the newly created Public Security Ministry said in a statement.

(Trinidad Express) State-owned Petrotrin in now free to effectively terminate its multi-million-dollar contract with A&V Oil and Gas, the company at the heart of the “fake oil” scandal.

Dear Editor, E B John’s letter in the February 27 issue of the Stabroek News titled ‘A constitutional conundrum has arisen’ presents a rather simplistic, mechanistic view of Organizational Design (OD). 

LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – “If we had the chance to do it all again, tell me would we, could we?”

Last Thursday evening, on the eve of Guyana’s forty-eighth anniversary of becoming a Co-operative Republic, the nation was served with a sharp reminder that it has a long way to go before we truly become One Nation, One People, One Destiny.

(Reuters) Anthony Davis scored 53 points as the New Orleans Pelicans won their sixth consecutive game, defeating the visiting Phoenix Suns 125-116 on Monday.

In his presentation to the 1979 congress of the People’s National Congress,  Dr.

Minister of State, Joseph Harmon was on Monday paid a courtesy call by a delegation from the Frankfurt Zoological Society (FZS) led by the organisation’s South American Programme Director, Dr.