Daily Archive: Thursday, March 29, 2018

Devon Lyte, the labourer who said he witnessed the March 15 shooting of the three  robbery suspects along the Kingston seawall while working on a Carifesta Avenue building was never on the roof as he claimed.

In a historic step, Guyana today filed its application to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) requesting that it confirm the legal validity and binding effect of the 1899 Arbitral Award on the boundary between Guyana and Venezuela.

SYDNEY,  (Reuters) – Devastated former test captain Steve Smith broke down in tears of remorse as the three disgraced cricketers at the centre of the Cape Town ball-tampering scandal made apologetic returns to Australia on Thursday.

The cash-strapped Guyana Sugar Corporation is expected to soon begin tapping  a $30B syndicated bond which it has secured from a group of local and regional banks for the revitalisation of its remaining sugar estates.

President David Granger has ordered that the police launch an investigation to determine the circumstances under which three robbery suspects were shot and killed along the Kitty seawall, Georgetown two weeks ago.

Outlining a six-point plan for thousands of laid off sugar workers, including land for them to earn a livelihood, commentator Christopher Ram yesterday waded into the unions that represent them, government, GuySuCo  and the former PPP/C administration for the state of the industry.

Three  men were charged yesterday with a string of armed robberies along the Corentyne coast over the last seven weeks.

Minister of Natural Resources, Raphael Trotman says that by the time oil production starts in two years a National Oil Spill and Contingency Plan (NOSCP) should be established.

A two-week investigation of the allegations that the Joint Services played a role in the deaths of the eight Lindo Creek miners found dead in 2008 did not yield any results, Head of the Guyana Police Force’s Office of  Professional Responsibility (OPR) testified on Tuesday, while noting that he was unable to even ascertain the source of the claims.

Fidela Corbin-Lincoln was yesterday sworn in as a Puisne Judge and President David Granger said that the integrity of the judiciary requires, in part, that judicial vacancies be filled expeditiously and meritoriously, a release from the Ministry of the Presidency said yesterday.

A West Coast Berbice man, Krishna Tulapersaud of Bath Settlement, West Coast Berbice was yesterday sentenced to a total of 65 years on two counts of rape.

Guyana’s contingent of medal chasing athletes departed for the FLOW CARIFTA Games yesterday as the country looks set to once again compete for podium places during the annual Regional championships over three days.

Almost two weeks after the police issued a wanted bulletin for Jamaul John for the offence of causing death by dangerous driving, he was yesterday taken before a city magistrate and charged with the crime.

Guyana’s table tennis ace, Shemar Britton was in excellent form over the weekend, capturing the Open 2350 category of the Westchester Table tennis championships Sunday.

A US federal judge has ordered Caribbean Airlines (CAL)  to pay about US$272,000 in damages to a Connecticut , US woman injured in a plane crash at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport, Timehri in 2011.

At the trial of Precision Wood-working’s lawsuit against Republic Bank (Guyana) Limited for alleged breach of contract, its Managing Director, Ronald Bulkan said he sent various correspondences informing the bank of the financial difficulties plaguing the company and at least one purchase offer it had been made for some US$1m, yet the bank placed Precision in receivership.

Dear Editor, There is no dispute:  the parking meter contract is opposed by the vast majority of the citizens of George-town and of Guyana as a whole.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Cricket’s governing body, the ICC, has snubbed CARICOM’s Prime Ministerial Sub-committee’s 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.

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 yesterday, after uncovering a web of lies told by the players after they were caught.

Dear Editor, In a recent interview with the Guyana Times (March 26), the AFC General Secretary, Marlon Williams, boasts about Guyana being a “beautiful” democracy. 

Guyanese author Imam Baksh has for the third time been shortlisted for CODE’s Burt Award for Caribbean Literature.

One of the country’s top female junior chess players Nellisha Johnson said yesterday she was grateful to Minister Valerie Garrido Lowe for her intervention which resulted in her being included on the Guyana junior chess team to compete in the CARIFTA Chess tournament in Suriname.

President David Granger has told the residents of Tuseneng, Potaro-Siparuni that the region must be promoted as  an investment destination and reducing the cost of transportation was pivotal.

Dear Editor, The ball-tampering cheating scandal in the just completed 5 day match between Australia and South Africa, two of the better teams in the game, was tragic for obvious reasons.

Dear Editor, As soon as the 2015 elections results were announced, I started writing that President Granger needed to have close to his fingertips information for credible brokers, mediators, negotiators and facilitators.

Residents of the Palms Geriatric Institution will benefit from the commissioning of an $18M infirmary and outpatient clinic on Monday at the institution on Brickdam, Georgetown.

Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) Secretary Anand Sanasie and former Guyana U17 and U19 captain Travis Persaud recently donated a quantity of cricket gear to U15 cricketer Nicholas Rajpat.

Dissenting councillors have been granted more time to scrutinise the proposed new by-laws for the controversial parking meter project following sharp clashes at Monday’s statutory meeting at City Hall.

Dear Editor, Milton Bruce’s ‘We have heard what Lewis wrote ad nauseam’ (SN, March 28) refers.

The battle lines have been  drawn for the Faye Joseph International Dominoes tournament which gets cracking tomorrow  and according to organizer Mark Wiltshire, Chief Organising Secretary of the Georgetown Dominoes Association (GDA)   several overseas teams have signalled intentions  to take back home the half a million dollars first prize.

Everest coasted to a seven wicket win over St Stanislaus College while Transport, GCC and defending champions DCC secured wins in the final group matches of the Guyana Diabetic Association (GDA)/ Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA) Under-17 T20 tournament.

Dear Editor, I refer to my letter that was published in Stabroek News on Sunday, March 18, under the caption, ‘WPA should put on its political agenda whether it makes sense to remain in APNU, coalition government’ and in Kaieteur News, on Monday, March 19, captioned, ‘The WPA may have to consider its future in the coalition’.

  Stakeholders in the health sector met on Tuesday for a one-day workshop at the Herdmanston Lodge where attention was focused on the national action plan for Neglected Infectious (Tropical) Diseases (NIDs).

Stalls at the Wismar Municipal Market in Linden which remain neglected could be reclaimed if not utilised soon.

Dear Editor, Last week an article appeared in the press in which it was stated that Guyana’s unemployment level had fallen since the year 2015 to just over twelve per cent.

Following are the findings of the Cricket Australia investigation into the ball-tampering scandal as released in a statement yesterday: The key finding from the investigation was that prior knowledge of the incident was confined to three players, Steve Smith, David Warner and Cameron Bancroft.

Police Constable Mark Otto who was charged with engaging in sexual activity with a 15-year-old girl was yesterday released on bail.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Tickets for the highly anticipated three-match Twenty20 series between Pakistan and West Indies went on sale in Karachi yesterday but with the first match set to bowl off Sunday, Cricket West Indies are yet to confirm the series or announce a squad for the historic tour.

VALENCIA, Venezuela,  (Reuters) – Rioting and a fire in the cells of a Venezuelan police station in the central city of Valencia killed 68 people yesterday, according to the government and witnesses.

Dear Editor, The position taken by the Granger administration on the issue of a centenary stamp for the late Dr Cheddi Jagan leaves much to be desired, but at a more fundamental level it speaks to a much bigger issue, namely, that of national consensus and social cohesion.

(Trinidad Guardian) The national airline, Caribbean Airlines (CAL) owes a staggering $210 million in rent to the Airports Authority of T&T (AATT), according to the Auditor General’s Department.

Leon Smartt, who was busted on January 22, with attempting to smuggle vodka into the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court lock ups was yesterday fined after being found guilty of the crime.

Dear Editor, One is confused about the report concerning an anonymous ‘representative’ of the SPU boasting to an uninitiated reporter of grinding at Enmore Estate on Tuesday night, March 20.

Transport Sports Club (TSC) defeated Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC) by 36 Tuesday in the Guyana Diabetic Association (GDA)/ Georgetown Cricket Association Under -17 T20 tournament at the Malteenoes Sports Club ground.

(Trinidad Guardian) Investigators probing the murder of used-car dealer Sheron Sukhdeo said a family member can help them solve the case.

Guyanese rifleshooters Lennox Braithwaite and Ransford Goodluck are Down Under and getting ready for what is expected to be stern competition at  the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games  which will take place at the Belmont Shooting Complex.

Earlier this month, Public Security Minister Khemraj Ramjattan tabled in Parliament, a bill that is expected to see a change in how juveniles at odds with the law are treated.

With no other person able to speak the different languages of the Indian indentured immigrants on a notorious Demerara estate, the last remaining of two abusive interpreters was quickly pardoned by the Governor.

Dear Editor, The Bank of Guyana has published the list of 128 Government Account Balances at the end of January 2018, totalling in excess of $36 billion.