Daily Archive: Saturday, March 10, 2018

GNNL Board Statement Regarding reports of the decision taken by the Editorial Management of the Guyana Chronicle to discontinue the columns of Dr.

The small farming community of Perth located south of central Mahaicony in Region Five (Mahaica-Berbice), on the left bank of the Mahaicony River, is soon to benefit from the construction of a brand new nursery school.

The Private Sector Commission (PSC) says it is extremely disappointed with regards to the appointment of the representative of business on the Council of the University of Guyana.

(Trinidad Guardian) The Anti-Gang Bill, 2018 was unanimously passed in the Lower House with a vote of 37 for and none against at 8.20 pm last night.

Accelerating production of oil from Guyana’s first offshore well is important to rebuff any claims Venezuela may make in court in relation to the area, Minister of Natural Resources Raphael Trotman said yesterday.

The Gaming Authority has signed an agreement with Jamaican lotteries company Supreme Ventures Limited (SVL) that is expected to see it setting up gaming operations in Guyana.

Chair of the Guyana Chronicle board, Geeta Chandan-Edmond last night said that there will be an emergency meeting today on a decision by Editor-in-Chief of the state newspaper Nigel Williams to discontinue columns from political scientist Dr.

The intelligence that led the Joint Services to the Rondell ‘Fineman’ Rawlins gang was fed to then president Bharrat Jagdeo by a supporter of the gang, newspaper columnist Freddie Kissoon testified yesterday.

The young mother of Number 59 Village, Corentyne, who ingested a weed killer last week Friday, has succumbed at the Skeldon Public Hospital, while her one-year-old son remains hospitalised.

Police in Berbice are investigating the alleged rape of a 15-year-old boy by his stepmother.

Twenty-year-old all-rounder Keemo Paul has described his rapid ascension to the West Indies senior side as nothing short of a “dream come through.”

Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo on Thursday criticised government for its failure to make public the action plan for the reform of the security sector crafted by British expert Lt Col (rtd) Russell Combe.

A couple lost their West Ruimveldt, Georgetown home in a fire of unknown origin yesterday morning.

HARARE, Zimbabwe,  CMC – West Indies believe they have a score to settle when they clash with dangerous Ireland in their third match of the all-important ICC World Cup qualifiers here today.

With duplexes being a key component of its housing strategy, the CH&PA yesterday held an Open House Event at Perseverance, East Bank Demerara in bid to whip up interest in the purchase of the units.

A highly-competitive Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA) Carib Beer T20 final is anticipated today at the Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC) when the host take on archrivals – the Demerara Cricket Club (DCC).

A Guyanese man drowned while plying his trade as a fisherman in Albina, Suriname, sometime between Sunday and Monday.

If you are a fan of CrossFit style competitions, then the National Park tarmac is the place to be tomorrow.

Dear Editor, Mr Manzoor Nadir has responded in the Stabroek News, 5th March, 2018, to OAI’s statement, in which we set out the facts with regard to Nadir’s accusations that “one family should not enjoy the sweet of state, Guyana must benefit” and with regard to the funding of the development of the airport.

Essequibo Under 17 cricketers yesterday held their nerve to complete their first win by 18 runs over the Select Under-15 team at the Lusignan Community Center Ground yesterday in the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) Inter county U-17 tournament.

The family of Susana Culpepper, the 17-year-old Charity girl who was allegedly burnt by her ex-boyfriend over a month ago, is seeking the public’s assistance to cover the cost for her medical treatment overseas.

Fourteen-year-old leg-spinner Niron Bissu, produced another Man-of-the-Match performance to spin Demerara past defending champs Berbice by 76 runs in second-round action of the Guyana Cricket Board U17 Inter County tournament at the Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC), Bourda, yesterday.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump will not meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un unless Pyongyang takes “concrete actions,” the White House said yesterday as it faced criticism for agreeing to talks that would boost Kim’s standing.

The Guyana Bar Association (GBA), in collaboration with the leadership of the Judiciary, yesterday held the first ever local oil and gas conference aimed at exploring the role of the legal fraternity in the country’s burgeoning oil and gas sector.

Dear Editor, Much has been said and written about the transfer of ExxonMobil’s US$18 million signing bonus to a bank account in the Bank of Guyana (BOG) instead of the Consolidated Fund of the Government of Guyana.

Plaisance Guardians downed Ravens in the First Division, while Kobras edged the University of Guyana (UG) Trojans in the U23 Section, when the Georgetown Amateur Basketball Federation (GABA) Knockout Championship, continued on Thursday.

Alvin Reid, known as ‘Satan,’ the accused in the murder of a 14-year-old girl at Hope, East Coast Demerara, in 2016, was freed on Wednesday after Magistrate Peter Hugh dismissed the charge due to insufficient evidence to link him to the crime.

When Yohlanda Kerr won the Guyana Model Search back in 2009, hers was the coveted name and look.

Dear Editor, I am travelling in India. Yesterday on an expressway from the City of Ayodhya to Lucknow I passed two sugar factories, one in the village/town called Rauja Gaon.

WASHINGTON/BRUSSELS/SHANGHAI, (Reuters) – The United States opened the way for more exemptions from its steel and aluminum tariffs yesterday, after pressure from allies and intense lobbying from lawmakers, further diluting the measures just a day after they were formally announced.

Dear Editor, Just before the name of the new President of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) is to be announced one of the Caribbean leaders has lashed out at most regional heads for their failure to abolish appeals to the Privy Council and accept the CCJ as the final court.

CARACAS, (Reuters) – Venezuelan socialist President Nicolas Maduro said on Friday the United Nations human rights chief was a puppet of the United States who had implanted himself like a “tumor” and had no right to criticize Maduro’s handling of the crisis-stricken nation.

Following an arduous group campaign, the round of 16 stage of the sixth annual Milo Secondary Schools football tournament will kick off today at the Ministry of Education ground, Carifesta Avenue.

Annandale Primary bested host Diamond Secondary to take home the top prize at the biennial Region Four Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics (STEAM) Fair.

Hi Everyone, One main ingredient. Two versions of a chutney. One cooked.

ISLAMABAD,  (Reuters) – A Pakistani court ruled yesterday that all citizens must declare their religion when applying for identity documents, a move human rights advocates say is another blow for the country’s persecuted minority communities.

Agaffi Obermuller, the young father of one who was injured on Tuesday, at Ogle, East Coast Demerara (ECD), when the house he was working on collapsed on him, is currently at home recovering.

Dear Editor, All my life the tenth of March has had special significance for me.

(Trinidad Guardian) Eighty two death row inmates, whose death sentences were commuted to life imprisonment over 14 years ago, have scored a major legal victory which will see them being resentenced to definite prison terms.

Distribution/Warehouse defeated Trisco by seven wickets when the GT Beer Inter-Departmental softball cricket competition continued on Thursday at the Thirst Park ground.

I think that this is one of the most special eras in which to be a woman.

BEIRUT,  (Reuters) – A convoy of relief trucks crossed front lines into the rebel-held Damascus suburb of eastern Ghouta on Friday and unloaded all its food to the trapped population, despite fighting that the Red Cross said had come “extremely close”.

The Guyana Rice Development Board (GRDB) yesterday announced the deployment of a team of extension officers to investigate reports that “worms” have infected the roots of rice plants in some villages in Berbice, which is expecting a bumper harvest for the first crop this year.

At a time when the world is celebrating the existence of women, the SHADES Women’s Club was launched last Saturday evening at the Georgetown Cricket Club.

Dear Editor, Over the past few years, the Guyanese economy revealed an economic illness that is tied to the state of the six sisters (rice, sugar, bauxite, gold, seafood, and forestry). 

WELLINGTON, (Reuters) – New Zealand batsman Ross Taylor ran freely while completing some fitness drills on Friday, with the team to make a decision on his availability for today’s series-deciding fifth one-day match against England just before the start of the game.

(Trinidad Express) More intrigue in the case of Chief Justice Ivor Archie yesterday, with the disclosure by Acting President Christine Kangaloo that she had convinced Archie not to leave this weekend on his disputed six-month sabbatical to Washington DC.

Hell is imagined to be a dungeon of fire where the ‘wicked’ would be punished in the afterlife.

Over the last five years, Venezuela has suffered a greater economic contraction than America experienced during the Great Depression.

PLAYA DEL CARMEN, Mexico,  (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – B razil will protect two vast marine areas in a bid to help preserve its biodiversity, meaning a quarter of the country’s oceans will be safeguarded, the nation’s president said on Friday.

The National Insurance Scheme (NIS) yesterday announced that the payments of old age pension increases that were announced in January can be uplifted from March 12th  at all local offices.

With the Oscars all handed out, it’s just about time to bid 2017 film year adieu.

Today at the Promenade Garden from 3pm women will be celebrated as the High Commission of Canada to Guyana in collaboration with the Government of Guyana host an International Women’s Day 2018 Expo & Concert at the Promenade Gardens.

Dear Editor, ‘The better to sever’: To some this (mis)quote would sound better if it were to read ‘the better to serve’.

NEW YORK,  (Reuters) – Martin Shkreli, the former drug company executive who made headlines by jacking up the price of a lifesaving drug before he was found guilty of defrauding investors, was sentenced to 7 years and a $75,000 fine on Friday.

PORT ELIZABETH,  (Reuters) – South Africa paceman Kagiso Rabada produced a sublime spell of bowling to take five wickets as Australia were dismissed for 243 in their first innings on the opening day of the second test yesterday.

The Guyana National Bureau of Standards (GNBS) today, re-certified the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation’s Medical Laboratory after it successfully met the agency’s general requirements, a release from the Department of Public Information (DPI) said.