Daily Archive: Wednesday, March 28, 2018

The Alliance For Change today denied any role in the removal of two prominent columnists form the state-owned Guyana Chronicle.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados,  CMC – Cricket’s governing body, the ICC, has snubbed CARICOM’s Prime Ministerial Sub-committee’s (PMSC) request for a meeting in London next month but says it was open to discussions in the future once Cricket West Indies president, Dave Cameron was present.

Fidela Corbin-Lincoln taking the Oath of Office today as a Puisne Judge  before President David Granger.

(Reuters) – Amazon.com Inc shares fell as much as 7.4 percent on Wednesday, wiping about $53.6 billion from its market value after U.S.

JOHANNESBURG,  (Reuters) – Sacked Australia captain Steve Smith and David Warner have both been banned for 12 months for their roles in the ball-tampering scandal in Cape Town, Cricket Australia (CA) announced on Wednesday, after uncovering a web of lies told by the players after they were caught.

Assistant Commissioner of Police Clifton Hicken yesterday said that when the police encountered the Rondell ‘Fine Man’ Rawlins gang at Christmas Falls in June, 2008, they were unable to pursue the men because they were in unfamiliar territory with limited resources.

Sheldon Lynch was yesterday afternoon sentenced to two consecutive life sentences by Justice Simone Morris-Ramlall after he was convicted of raping a child on two occasions, beginning when she was 10.

Clifton Pellew, the city policeman accused of raping a juvenile, was yesterday committed to stand trial at the High Court for the crime.

Four members of the state-owned Guyana Chronicle’s Board of Directors have resigned their positions reportedly in protest at a decision by Editor in Chief (EiC) Nigel Williams to discontinue columns written by Trade Unionist Lincoln Lewis and Political Scientist David Hinds.

Devon Lyte, the labourer who said he witnessed the recent police killings of three alleged robbery suspects along the Kitty seawall, Georgetown, did not show up for an agreed interview with a detective yesterday and his lawyer said he needed 24 hours.

Gavin Shepherd aka Pepsi is wanted by the police for questioning in relation to the murder of Mohamed and Jamila Munir, which occurred on April 17th, 2016 at Good Hope, East Bank Essequibo.

A Georgetown tattoo artist was last evening arrested at a mall in Pitt Street, New Amsterdam allegedly with an unlicensed firearm.

The man who allegedly opened fire on a group of domino players at Mahaica two months ago leaving two persons wounded was on Monday evening arrested and is likely to be charged today.

The overseas-based experts who will be conducting tests to determine the mercury emission levels from the Brickdam laboratory of the Guyana Gold Board (GGB) are in the country but are awaiting the arrival of their equipment to begin their work, GGB Chairman GHK Lall says.

The traffic lights at the junction of Sheriff Street and the Rupert Craig Highway have been temporarily disabled due to the ongoing works by the Guyana Power and Light (GPL) to relocate the utility poles.

Faulty equipment and generator problems were the major causes of the Guyana Power and Light Inc.

The Ministry of the Presidency in a statement on Monday morning said the government had no intention of “scrapping” or “scuttling” the issuance of commemorative stamps and it criticised reports in the Stabroek News and the Guyana Times which had carried reports to this effect.

Although reporting that the Kescia Branche murder investigation is completed, a police prosecutor yesterday also told a city court that the car belonging to accused taxi driver Matthew Munroe cannot be released as investigators are not done with it.

Having already accepted culpability for the unlawful killing of Martin Roberts, Phillip Sutherland, through his attorney Siand Dhurjon, made a successful application yesterday to have his plea vacated.

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – Australian cricket supremo James Sutherland had harsh words yesterday for the test trio being sent home after the ball-tampering scandal in Cape Town, saying they faced “significant” sanctions, but there was one term he refused to use – ‘cheat’.

He was once regarded as one of Guyana’s brightest batting prospect, almost poster boy like and expected to deliver the goods.

The Guyana Football Federation (GFF) staged its first quarterly Referees Fitness Test on Saturday at the National Track and Field Centre, Leonora.

Eon Charles, 22, who allegedly stabbed an 18-year-old at Kariako Creek, in Region One, after a row over wine escalated, was yesterday charged with murder.

Twenty-two-year old judo sensation, Darren Elcock, claims he has been unfairly treated by the Guyana Judo Association (GJA) as his efforts to represent Guyana, the land of his birth at the Olympics continue to be hindered since his remigration from Canada.

Dear Editor, I write in support of Mr Peter Bouchard’s call for speed bumps at the corner of New Garden and Crown Streets, Queenstown.

All roads will lead to the Haslington Market Tarmac tonight, when the 6th edition of the Guinness ‘Greatest of the Streets’ East Coast Demerara zone, kicks-off from 19:00hrs.

New Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Guyana Power and Light Inc.

The recent damage along two sections of the Linden-Soesdyke Highway caused by washouts is expected to be fixed by the end of the week, head of the Ministry of Public Infrastructure’s Work Services Group Geoffrey Vaughn says.

National Women’s Table Tennis champion Chelsea Edghill was in great form earlier this month when she won the women’s singles and the 2200 Open rated events at the St Joseph Gardens Open Table Tennis Championship.

Dear Editor, Days after David Jessop, made the observation, “The region’s recent history is being lost” in his weekly column in Sunday Stabroek, March 25, it was pleasing to see the Jamaican PM was moved to taking tangible and decisive action: ‘Jamaica PM moving to secure legacies of leaders, museums,  libraries to be built’ (SN, March 27).

BEIJING/SEOUL,  (Reuters) – China said yesterday North Korean leader Kim Jong Un pledged to denuclearise the Korean peninsula during an historic meeting in Beijing with President Xi Jinping, who promised China would uphold its friendship with its isolated neighbour.

NEW YORK,  (Reuters) – New York, California and other states vowed yesterday to stop the U.S.

18 athletes and three officials will be departing toay for the 47th edition of the CARIFTA Games in the Bahamas.

A mother of six from Yarakita Village, North West District, is now dead after attempts to get her medical treatment following the at-home delivery of her last child proved futile last Thursday.

Dear Editor, In response to Ms Teixeira’s letter in SN last Sunday, I would, in all modesty, thank her for her very lengthy dissertation on all my faults and betrayals of her and the head honchos of the PPP, including comparing myself and my “nemesis”, Mr Bharrat Jagdeo.

Following complaints by junior female ranks of the City Constabulary of ill treatment by their superiors, Mayor Patricia Chase-Green has instructed the Welfare Department of the Mayor and City Council to investigate.

Dear Editor, Moses Nagamootoo’s column published by the state-owned, Guyana Chronicle, aptly named ‘My Turn’ continues to reflect his narcissistic tendencies.

Guyana is scheduled to host group-E of the Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF) Caribbean Women’s Qualifiers, during the month of May.

COPENHAGEN,  (Reuters) – Greenland’s state-owned Kalaallit Airports has shortlisted a Chinese construction company to help expand three airports despite concerns in the Danish government that Chinese involvement could upset its ally, the United States.

A US company yesterday tendered a US$5.6M bid to the Ministry of Public Health for the procurement of dental supplies.

Independence `A’ recorded the highest total ever  in West Demerara limited overs cricket scoring 466-7 to defeat All Youths who were dismissed for 266 in the latest match of the West Demerara Cricket Association, President’s Cup at Joe Vieira Park Sunday.

Dear Editor, Comments made by Public Security Minister Khemraj Ramjattan in East Canje earlier this month (circulated on YouTube), merit a response, for the simple reason that Minister Ramjattan persists in peddling more misrepresentations about various issues.

CHENNAI, India,  (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Punitive action should be taken against village councils that impose punishments including murder on inter-caste marriages between consenting adults, India’s Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday.

First Lady, Sandra Granger on Monday made good on a promise that she made last year to students of the Harmony Secondary School in Wismar, Linden, to introduce the first Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Guyana Robotics Workshop in Region Ten at their school.

Dear Editor, Mr Justin Nedd, Chief Executive Offi-cer (CEO) of Guyana Telephone & Tele-graph Company (GTT), made the following comment at the launch of GTT’s Innov8 Technology Exhibition held at the Guyana Marriott Hotel on March 24th, 2018, as carried by Demerara News Online: “Very often in Guyana, and I have seen this several times, we have many experts but those experts – we really have to ask ourselves: are they really experts or do they have access to the web so they use that access and sometimes fool the masses?”

Defending champions Demerara Cricket Club defeated St Stanislaus College by 113 runs while Everest, Transport Sports Club and Malteenoes Sports Club registered wins in the second round of the Guyana Diabetic Association/ Georgetown Cricket Association U-17 T20 tournament.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – A retired U.S. Supreme Court justice yesterday called for the repeal of the U.S.

Guyana’s largest CARIFTA Games contingent will be going for gold this Easter weekend in The Bahamas.

NEW YORK,  (Reuters) – Facebook Inc Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg plans to testify before U.S.

Dear Editor, Here are extracts from the Anand Goolsarran’s Accountability Watch in SN of Monday March 19 – in the hope that they would be brought to the attention of those who have arrogated to themselves the management of the sugar industry: “Leadership, ethics and corporate citizenship “The governing body should lead ethically and effectively.

HAVANA,  (Reuters) – Cuba’s Communist Party admitted a slowdown and errors in its implementation of Raul Castro’s market-style reforms, just weeks before he steps down from the presidency, but vowed to continue updating the Soviet-style command economy.

Dear Editor, I have studiously observed the positive impact which newly elected President of the Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) Mr Hilbert Foster has already had upon the cricketing scene in Guyana.

Fresh off the plane, 2017 Commonwealth Youth silver medalist, Keevin Allicock and Colin Lewis sprung into training yesterday ahead of the XXI Commonwealth Games.

(Reuters) – A little-known former prosecutor with a doctorate in medieval history will play a central role on U.S.

A man was taken before a city court on Monday after allegedly racking up sizeable debts to a taxi driver and to a city night club, which he was unable to pay.

THE HAGUE, (Reuters) – Chilean Foreign Minister Roberto Ampuero yesterday accused Bolivian President Evo Morales of exploiting their border dispute at a United Nations court to drum up support at home for his re-election.

Dear Editor, With reference to what Lincoln Lewis said in a letter to Stabroek News of March 21, we have heard it ad nauseam (‘This society needs to embrace more liberated and progressive thinking’).

In 2016, Region Three only spent $86 million of $339.6 million allocated for drugs and medical services, bringing into question whether the region was ever really in need of the money in the first place.

LAHORE, Pakistan, CMC – Selectors have named three uncapped players in a 15-man squad to face West Indies in the historic three-match Twenty20 series in Karachi next month.

(Trinidad Express) Labourer Brandon Pooran has been charged with the March 15 murder of Defence Force soldier Sergeant Ken Palmer.

(Trinidad Guardian) Used-car dealer Sheron Sukhdeo was shot and killed Monday night in an apparent ambush along Caroni Savannah Road, Charlieville.

Autopsy on Venezuelan killed in T&T “shootout”…. (Trinidad Guardian) The family of a Venezuelan national who was shot dead by police are disputing a police account of a shootout and says an autopsy report showing that the victim was shot repeatedly from behind supported their claim.

(Trinidad Express) A man was gunned down on the streets of Never Dirty, Morvant, on Monday night.

Worldwide cricket fans have had their appetites filled in the last week, whilst experiencing a roller coaster of emotions.

HARARE, Zimbabwe, Mar 26, CMC – West Indies captain Jason Holder has been selected as captain of the team of the ICC Cricket World Cup Qualifiers, which wrapped up here Sunday.

Dear Editor, I learnt incidentally on March 26, that March 21, 2018 was designated World Poetry Day by the United Nations.

I do not believe that Guyana can avoid the curse that has afflicted so many resource-rich countries.