Daily Archive: Thursday, March 8, 2018

To increase Guyana’s ICT skill pool with more female technicians, the Ministry of Public Telecommunications (MOPT) has introduced a first-step initiative titled ‘Guyanese Girl Code’.

Guyanese author Sir Wilson Harris famous for many works including Palace of the Peacock passed away today at the age of 96.

The sod was this morning turned for the near US$100M Pegasus Hotel Expansion project that would see the current hotel building being complemented by two high-rise structures: one a corporate office and the other for residential accommodation.

ADDIS ABABA,  (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said today that African countries should weigh Chinese loans carefully, while adding that Washington was not trying to keep Chinese investment away from the continent.

HOUSTON,  (Reuters) – Exxon Mobil Corp’s $200 million write-down last month on abandoned ventures in Russia – once its next big frontier – points to challenges facing Chief Executive Darren Woods in his second year leading the world’s largest publicly traded oil producer.

The US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) returned Guyanese Anthony Bhupdeo here on March 1st   in connection with a murder at Cane Grove.

Armed bandits early yesterday morning invaded the Republic Park, East Bank Demerara house of the finance director of the company providing onshore services to ExxonMobil, and held him and his family at gunpoint and demanded valuables.

The lifeless body of a so far unidentified man was yesterday afternoon discovered in a room at the K&VC Hotel, South Road, Georgetown.

Two men who sexually molested children in separate incidents—one indicted for rape and the other for sexual activity, were yesterday jailed for 30 and nine years respectively by Justice Simone Morris-Ramlall.

Over 500 persons with hearing impairments yesterday received free hearing screening during the Starkey Hearing Foundation’s first phase of its Guyana hearing mission initiative for 2018, at the National Exhibition Centre in Sophia.

Minister of State, Joseph Harmon yesterday pledged Central Government’s support to the villages on the West Demerara Coast which recently experienced heavy flooding caused by severe overtopping of the sea defences by the Atlantic Ocean.

Bent Street produced the most lopsided result hammering Channel 9 Warriors 13-1 when the third annual Petra Organization Futsal tournament continued Tuesday at the National Gymnasium, Mandela Avenue.

Current and prospective recipients of scholarships, as well as public servants desirous of academic and professional training will now be able to better access new and existing opportunities with the introduction of a scholarship website.

HARARE, Zimbabwe, CMC – Lifted by Tuesday’s domination of United Arab Emirates, a confident West Indies will go in search of their second straight win when they take on novices Papua New Guinea it their second match of the ICC World Cup Qualifiers here today.

Drilling of water wells in eight Rupununi villages under a Guyana-Brazil initiative is set to begin in October.

The Guyana Amateur Swimming Association intermediate coaching clinic commenced yesterday at the National Aquatic Centre, Liliendaal with International Swimming Association (FINA) Coach Fabio Toro of Colombia promising to share with the participants his vast coaching experience gained over a period of four decades.

The Private Sector Commission on Tuesday held an oil and gas seminar under the theme ‘Perspectives for the Local Private Sector’ for its members and the need for a beneficial local content policy was stressed.

Dear Editor, King Midas, it was said, had only to touch something for it to turn to gold.

Rajen Dindial, who is accused of fatally wounding another man at a wedding house last year, was yesterday committed to stand trial for the crime.

President of the Guyana Table Tennis Association (GTTA) Godfrey Munroe says he is contemplating running for a third term when the association’s Annual General Meeting (AGM) is held later this month.

Demerara opened their title hunt in the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) Under-17 Inter county tournament with an emphatic 65-run victory over Essequibo yesterday at the Lusignan Community Center Ground as national table tennis player Niron Bissu spared his team’s blushes.

The police say they are making stringent efforts to recapture remanded prisoner Leon Price, 24, of Onderneeming Sand Pit, Essequibo Coast who escaped from the Suddie Police Station Lock-ups between 4 and 5.15 yesterday morning.

Dear Editor, I attended the Private Sector Commission’s Seminar on March 6, 2018: Oil and Gas in Guyana: Perspectives for the Local Private Sector, at which ministerial remarks were made by Minister of Business, Mr Dominic Gaskin.

Regional Executive Officer (REO) of Region Four Pauline Lucas made a   passionate appeal to students within Region Four to use the jump rope initiative as another avenue for a healthier lifestyle.

Dear Editor, In an article which appeared in SN on March 6, it was reported that Ms Chuck- A-Sang, owner of the Dutch Bottle Cafe, a colonial-style building on North Road, expressed concern regarding damage to her 100-year property from vibrations generated by piles being driven for the foundation of an adjoining three-story building under construction by Crown Mining Supplies (CMS).

The Ministry of Natural Resources has defended plans for a public-private partnership for a timber stockyard.

BRASILIA,  (Reuters) – Aldemir Bendine, the former chief executive of state-controlled oil firm Petroleo Brasileiro SA and Banco do Brasil, was found guilty yesterday of corruption charges and sentenced by a federal judge to 11 years in prison.

Dear Editor, For decades as a known physical scientist while at UG I had been urging that we study the tides along our coast.

A man was yesterday placed on $25,000 bail for allegedly attempting to rob a policeman.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Part-time off-spinner Roston Chase had century-maker Sam Hain caught in the deep with three balls left, as West Indies A snatched a dramatic five-run victory in the opening day/night one-dayer of the three-match series against England Lions here Tuesday night.

Pacesetters downed Sonics in the first division while the University of Guyana (UG) Trojans defeated Sonics in the second division when the Georgetown Amateur Basketball Federation (GABA) knockout competition continued on Tuesday.

GENEVA, (Reuters) – The United Nations human rights chief said yesterday that crimes against humanity may have been committed by state forces in Venezuela and voiced alarm at “the erosion of democratic institutions” in the Andean nation.

Dear Editor, I was fortunate to see the first one day match between West Indies A and England’s Lions the night before last at the Coolidge ground in Antigua, that West Indies won by five runs.

A Golden Grove, East Bank Demerara (EBD) businessman is now seeking answers after a fire suspected to have been intentionally set destroyed the interior of his Toyota IST motor vehicle and scorched three others.

SALISBURY, England,  (Reuters) – A nerve agent was used to deliberately poison a former Russian double agent and his daughter, Britain’s top counter-terrorism officer said on Wednesday, in a case that threatens to further damage London’s ties with Moscow.

Dear Editor, I am a native citizen of Guyana. I took the option to seek a happy and comfortable abode in my country.

The cause of the February 17th fire that completely gutted the Supra International furniture factory at Coldingen, East Coast Demerara, leaving millions in losses and some 50 persons unemployed, is yet to be determined.

Distribution/Warehouse mauled Soft Drink Plant by seven wickets, when the GT Beer Inter-Department Softball Cricket Championships continued on Tuesday at the Thirst Park ground.

(Jamaica Observer) Jamaican businessman Michael McLean was on Tuesday convicted of murdering his girlfriend and five members of her family, including four children, 12 years ago in St Thomas.

Dear Editor, I have read with some consternation the comments about the work of the Auditor General that were made by Minister of State Joseph Harmon, which were published by the Sunday Stabroek on February 25, 2018, comments that amount to nothing less than an attack on a constitutional office holder.

First Lady, Sandra Granger on Monday delivered the keynote address at the opening of a literacy conference at the St.

(Jamaica Observer) Major General Antony Anderson was on Tuesday named independent Jamaica’s 17th commissioner of police and his appointment was immediately welcomed by the Opposition People’s National Party (PNP) as well as former National Security Minister Derrick Smith.

Sixteen-year-old Sean Glasgow stroked his maiden Inter County century to lead Berbice past a Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) select U15 side by 115 runs in the opening round of the GCB Under – 17 tournament played at the Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC) ground, Bourda, yesterday.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump plans to offer Canada and Mexico a 30-day exemption from planned tariffs on steel and aluminum imports, which could be extended based on progress in NAFTA talks, a White House official said last night.

Today, Guyana joins the rest of the world in observing International Women’s Day.

When the Kares Engineering Inc. Fitness Games is staged Sunday at the National Park, Courts Guyana Inc.

(Jamaica Observer) KINGSTON, Jamaica — Poet Laureate Lorna Goodison was among a sterling group of writers announced by Yale University on Wednesday as being the 2018 recipients of the Windham-Campbell Prizes.

The group of strong, young friends in their 20s, had all signed up for their foreign adventure when the wily recruiters passed through the farming village in Bancoorah District, West Bengal promising steady jobs and good money.

COLOMBO,  (Reuters) – A grenade blast killed one person in further violence between majority Buddhist Sinhalese and minority Muslims in Sri Lanka yesterday as the government moved to block social messaging networks in an effort to halt the bloodshed.

An 18-year-old conductor was yesterday remanded to prison on a robbery charge.

Dear Editor, This year’s International Women’s Day theme “Time is now: Rural and Urban Activists Transforming Women’s Lives” could not be more apt as women’s activism globally is on the increase in sharp contrast to a slowing down on the advancement of the women’s agenda.