Daily Archive: Wednesday, March 14, 2018

An intelligence-led operation by ranks of the Guyana Police Force which began on January 31, 2018, has resulted in the apprehension of a murder suspect who fled the United States of America after an arrest warrant was issued.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Britain will expel 23 Russian diplomats in response to a nerve toxin attack on a Russian ex-spy in southern England, Prime Minister Theresa May said today, describing the attack as an unlawful use of force by Russia against the United Kingdom.

A 68-year-old woman was this morning found dead in her Canal Number 2 home from what appeared to be an injury to her neck.

(Trinidad Guardian) Globalisation, more than anything else, is being blamed for the state of cricket in the West Indies according to Dave Cameron, the president of Cricket West Indies.

(Jamaica Gleaner) ST GEORGE’S, Grenada – Prime Minister Dr Keith Mitchell has led the ruling New National Party to another election win.

-recounts Christmas Fall shootout with Fine Man gang The police were satisfied that there was sufficient evidence at the close of the Lindo Creek massacre case to determine with certainty those who were responsible for killing the eight miners, retired police commissioner Seelall Persaud testified yesterday.

Residents in Georgetown were yesterday subjected to a power outage that lasted for several hours after a short circuit within a 13.8 kV breaker at Sophia resulted in service interruptions for the Demerara-Berbice Interconnected System (DBIS).

The Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) yesterday dismissed an appeal in a matter brought by Deorani Singh in relation to the compulsory acquisition of the then Sijan Plaza on Camp Street but upheld a $30m award for breach of constitutional rights.

Shortly after he was seen arguing with two men posing as customers in his shop, a 32-year-old Linden grocer was shot dead on Monday afternoon.

The City Council on Monday passed a motion to have councillors disciplined for misconduct.

A dredge owner was yesterday placed on $500,000 bail after he denied a charge that he stole mining equipment worth $10 million.

Hofosawa Awena Rutherford, who is on trial for killing her two young children who were administered rat poison, had told police she thought she had given them “cold tablets.”

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – President Dave Cameron believes West Indies A’s domination of England Lions in the recent Caribbean series is credit to Cricket West Indies’ development initiatives.

Following a ban by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) on catfish exports from Guyana, Veterinary Public Health Director Dr Ozaye Dodson says that local authorities are working to upgrade the fisheries legislation to resume trade.

Keevin Allicock and Colin Lewis are now assured of at least winning bronze medals and have qualified for the Central America and Caribbean (CAC) Games by virtue of clinching semifinal berths at the CAC Qualifier currently underway in Tijuana, Mexico.

A fire, suspected to be electrical in origin, destroyed the Supply, East Bank Demerara home of a family of six on Monday afternoon.

The Guyana Securities Council (GSC) has once again taken aim at a shareholder in ON Energy Inc, a subsidiary of Canadian Oil Company CGX Inc.

HARARE, Zimbabwe,  CMC – Captain Jason Holder says West Indies will be keeping a close eye on hosts Zimbabwe, as his side prepares to do battle in the Super Sixes of the ICC World Cup qualifiers beginning  tomorrow.

Patentia Secondary won the boys and Mae’s Secondary the girls’ titles when the curtain came down on the 27th annual Forbes Burnham Foundation Memorial Inter-Secondary Schools windball tournament at the National Gymnasium on Sunday.

Acting Chief Justice Roxane George SC may likely rule on June 14th on the constitutionality of government’s decision to deposit the US$18 million signing bonus received from ExxonMobil subsidiary Esso Exploration and Production Guyana Limited, CNOOC Nexen Petroleum Guyana Limited and Hess Guyana Exploration Limited into an account at the Bank of Guyana.

Loris Nathoo squashed all talk of this year’s national senior chess championships being a three-person race by stunning one of the title favourites Anthony Drayton as the Closed championships commenced last weekend at  the Windjammer Hotel, Kitty.

The Pegasus Hotel’s US$100 million expansion plan was approved by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) since last year, according to acting EPA Executive Director Kemraj Parsram, who says that the developer has assured that the project would not affect the nearby sea defence.

A post-mortem examination has found that Leon Delph, the Regent Street clothing vendor who was fatally stabbed on Sunday morning, died of an incised wound to the neck.

Three-time defending champion Chase Academy secured their quarterfinal berth in the Milo Secondary School Football Championship, downing Ann’s Grove 3-1 on Monday in the round of 16 section.

Despite the City Council finally turning over records to the Auditor General’s (AG’s) office for audit, Members of Parliament were still dissatisfied on Monday and demanded that the City Treasurer provide answers to lingering questions.

The Guyana Football Federation (GFF) has appointed Golden Jaguars International Vurlon Mills as a Technical Development Officer (TDO), assigned to the Scotiabank Academy Training Centre (ATC).

Co-owner of Guyana Stores Limited (GSL), Tony Yassin has declined further comment on the $3.8b in taxes owed after a source from the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) said payment will have to be made within 30 days of the recent decision by the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ).

Kobras Basketball Club completed a 2-0 sweep of Bartica All-Stars, during their exhibition tour in Region #7 on Saturday and Sunday.

Nets and Plaisance Guardians secured hard-fought wins in the 1st and U23 Divisions respectively, when the Georgetown Amateur Basketball Federation (GABA) Knockout Championship, continued on Monday.

Dear Editor, In recent times, Guyana has experienced a proliferation of private educational institutions being set up to offer education at all levels. 

Ricardo Watson, who is accused of robbing a woman of gold chains, was on Monday remanded to prison.

Dear Editor, I must confess that I find Minister of Business Dominic Gaskin an eminently personable gentleman and doubt that he would deliberately mislead or misrepresent information fed to the public.

Fruta Conquerors Football Club in partnership with Titans Table Tennis Club, staged a seminar on Sunday at the Guyana National Red Cross Head Quarters, Eve Leary.

Dear Editor, Having heard and seen a number of critical responses to a presentation I made at the Private Sector Commission sponsored Oil and Gas Seminar a week ago, I am of the view that the usual suspects have exhausted the available raw material and that nothing new is likely to be added to their outputs on the matter.

Nineteen companies yesterday tendered to supply food to the Guyana Defence Force.

Cougars FC, New Amsterdam (NA) United and Monedderlust FC clinched contrasting wins when the Berbice Zone of the Frank Watson Memorial U15 Football League continued on Sunday.

Victory Valley Royals defeated Retrieve Raiders 83-58, when the March “Madness’ Malta Supreme Basketball Championship continued on Sunday, at the Mackenzie Sports Club (MSC) Hard-court.

Corentyne rice farmers are calling on the relevant authorities to take action against the cattle farmers, who they say are costing them huge losses by allowing their animals to venture into rice fields and eat their produce.

Dear Editor, The media today (March 13) carried two letters side by side; one was forthright in its description of the  public servants whose incompetence,  aptly described as “asleep at the wheel” resulted in Guyana losing “a significant part of the export basket of fishing products to the US”; the other was a long dilation on management theories using sophisticated language (typical of Churchill calling a spade an agricultural instrument) to describe the various stages of managerial action/inaction in the public service which lead to success or failure in spite of the massive inputs of training provided to the public servants by high-powered local and international training providers.

LAUSANNE, Switzerland, CMC – World football governing body, FIFA, has rejected former CONCACAF president Jeff Webb’s appeal against a fine levied for his involvement in the now infamous FIFA corruption scandal.

A man was on Monday fined $100,000 by a city court after admitting to brutally assaulting a 16-year-old girl.

Dear Editor, We are very supportive of the APNU+AFC coalition government’s thrust to create a ‘Green State’ in Guyana.

(Trinidad Express) President Anthony Carmona has responded to Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley’s request for an explanation on what authority he granted sabbatical leave to Chief Justice Ivor Archie.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump fired Secretary of State Rex Tillerson yesterday after a series of public rifts over policy on North Korea, Russia and Iran, replacing his chief diplomat with loyalist CIA Director Mike Pompeo.

HARARE, Zimbabwe, CMC – Noted Caribbean umpires Gregory Brathwaite and Joel Wilson have been named to stand in the Super Sixes stage of the ongoing ICC World Cup qualifiers here.

A mechanic was on Monday released on $60,000 bail after denying that he received stolen shock absorbers.

Dear Editor, The Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU) has noted the contents of an article titled ‘Ex-Rose Hall workers refuse to take up jobs at the estate –SPU accuse union of undermining interests’ which appeared in the March 10 Kaieteur News.

MANCHESTER, England, Reuters) – Manchester United suffered a shock exit in the Champions League last 16 with a 2-1 loss to Sevilla after substitute Wissam Ben Yedder struck twice at Old Trafford yesterday.

Dear Editor, I thank Mr Harry Hergash for his letter in the media on the passing of Dr Harold Drayton (‘Harold Drayton’s legacy will live on’ SN, March 13).

WASHINGTON/BEIJING,  (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump is seeking to impose tariffs on up to $60 billion of Chinese imports and will target the technology and telecommunications sectors, two people who had discussed the issue with the Trump administration said on Tuesday.

Dear Editor, A GC report dated March 11, 2018, captioned ‘Mash 2018 hailed a resounding success’ quoted Dr George Norton, Social Cohesion Minister as saying, “Mashramani 2018 surpassed our expectations”, and Mr Christopher Jones, Director of Sports as commenting, “Mash is back and 2018 was it.”

(BBC) Stephen Hawking has died at the age of 76, his family has said.

CARACAS, (Reuters) – Venezuelan security forces yesterday detained Miguel Rodriguez, a dissident former interior minister, on accusations he was conspiring to destabilize the government of unpopular leftist President Nicolas Maduro.

If it is true that Mr. Nigel Williams, the editor in chief of the Guyana Chronicle, was ‘taken aback’ by the level of public concern that met his decision to discontinue the weekly columns of Dr.

(Reuters) Paul George and Carmelo Anthony scored 21 points apiece to help the Oklahoma City Thunder register a 106-101 victory over the Sacramento Kings on Monday at Chesapeake Energy Arena in Oklahoma City.

Minister of Foreign Affairs, Carl Greenidge, who is also performing the duties of President, on Monday said that educating, motivating and encouraging youths can help them to develop innovative solutions, which can reduce the effects of climate change and global warming.  A release from the Ministry of the Presidency said that the Minister was at the time addressing a forum at the Umana Yana, which was organised by the Parliament of Guyana in observance of Commonwealth Day 2018. 

The tension for West Indies cricket fans has been mounting very slowly since the International Cricket Conference World Cup qualifiers began in Zimbabwe last week.