Daily Archive: Tuesday, April 24, 2018

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad,  CMC – Cricket West Indies chief executive, Johnny Grave, plans to meet with a quartet of exiled players following the Indian Premier League, in an attempt to clear up the uncertainty surrounding their availability.

Following continuing concerns over health dangers from mercury, the Guyana Gold Board’s laboratory at Upper Brickdam will close at the end of business today.

CARACAS,  (Reuters) – Venezuela’s hyperinflation has turned the struggling OPEC nation’s once-powerful banks into warehouses of useless cash that are worth a total of only $40 million, according to a Reuters analysis of regulatory data.

MovieTowne Guyana today announced that international restaurant chain Hard Rock Café will be one of its tenants when it opens up at Turkeyen.

(Trinidad Guardian) Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley yesterday urged T&T nationals in the United Kingdom to return home and help fight crime by sharing their experiences and expertise.

Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), Shalimar Ali-Hack yesterday discontinued the private criminal charges brought by PPP/C MPs against two government ministers since she said that the correct procedure, which included the filing of police reports, was not followed.

Many Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) workers yesterday refused to turn up for work at the agency’s Brickdam headquarters, where the operations of the Guyana Gold Board (GGB) laboratory, which have ignited safety concerns, continued unhindered.

Private criminal charges were yesterday filed against three ministers of government for the channeling of funds into the controversial D’Urban Park in the absence of a procurement process.

A labourer was fatally stabbed during an argument with his uncle yesterday at Bush Lot, Essequibo.

Sixteen-year-old Nellisha Johnson stunned Candidate Master (CM) Sheriffa Ali in the first round while Woman FIDE Master (WFM) Maria Varona-Thomas played undefeated to lift the title in the first ever Guyana Chess Federation (GCF) female national chess championships last weekend at the National Racquet Center, Woolford Avenue.

Major business groups in the country yesterday voiced dissatisfaction over the decision by the Government to disallow exporters the right to reclaim the Value-Added Tax (VAT) paid on inputs used to produce goods and services to be exported from Guyana.

Elton Dharry’s promotional team, Havoc Boxing is staying true to their word of making 2018 a busy year for the national bantamweight champion.

Town Clerk Royston King yesterday called on the Georgetown City Council to consider reducing staff at City Hall, which he said is struggling to manage the capital on a “shoestring” budget.

Guyana will not be allowed to participate in this year’s Miss Universe pageant, according to the most recent franchise holder Jyoti Hardat, who says the country is being barred because of the “nasty emails” and “death threats” sent to the Miss Universe Organisation in the ensuing controversy over last year’s delegate.

Quiet Storm, Amelia’s Ward Russians and Assassa Ballers sealed their berth to the knockout round when the Guinness ‘Greatest of the Streets’ Linden Championship continued on Sunday.

Following the first leg on April 1, the Jumbo Jet Thoroughbred Racing Committee (JJTRC) will run off the second leg of its inaugural Triple Crown Series this Sunday at the Rising Sun Turf Club.

Residents and regional personnel in border communities in Region One (Barima/Waini) are helping Guyanese, particularly those of indigenous origin, who are remigrating from Venezuela to reintegrate into their communities by providing accommodation and employment where possible.

CASTRIES, St Lucia, CMC – Government will establish a Centre of Excellence for Sports here aimed at harnessing the talents of young athletes in order to unleash the true potential of the sports industry.

The police in ‘D’ Division have launched an investigation following the discovery of the body of a 23-year-old labourer attached to the Uitvlugt estate yesterday morning at the Stewartville seashore, West Coast Demerara.

A Crabwood Creek hire car driver was yesterday read a second charge of death by dangerous driving and  placed on $1M bail when he appeared at the Whim Magistrate’s Court.

(Reuters) LeBron James scored 32 points and Kyle Korver hit two clutch 3-pointers late in the fourth quarter to lead the Cleveland Cavaliers to a 104-100 victory over the Indiana Pacers, evening their first-round playoff series at two games apiece Sunday night in Indianapolis.

Managing Director of Precision Woodworking Ronald Bulkan is adamant that Republic Bank (Guyana) Limited was fully aware that it was in the process of settling its indebtedness when the financial institution nonetheless went ahead and appointed a receiver for the company.

LONDON, CMC – Former West Indies speedster Fidel Edwards shone yet again but Hampshire failed to produce with the bat, and slumped to a heavy 139-run defeat to Surrey in their County Championship match here yesterday.

Rayan Carter, who is charged with the murder of Ishwar Ramanah, the Kaneville machine operator who was fatally shot during a robbery at his home in December, 2017, was yesterday committed to stand trial for the crime.

LOS ANGELES,  (Reuters) – NBA star Stephen Curry has signed a multi-year film and television deal with Sony Pictures Entertainment, the Hollywood studio said yesterday, as the Golden State Warriors player makes a play to be the latest athlete to break into entertainment.

Dear Editor, In his column, ‘Cheddi Jagan on the WI Federation: CLR James on Cheddi Jagan’ (SN April 25) former long-term PPP executive, Ralph Ramkarran wrote: “Divided societies like Guyana suffer from a phenomenon whereby historic events which, when they occurred, gave rise to allegations of ethnic bias, never seem to go away.

Marlon Callender, the former Pritipaul Singh Investment security guard charged with murdering fisherman Envil Pollard, claimed that the man had been advancing towards him with a knife before he shot at him, a witness testified at the start of the trial yesterday.

Mercy Wings male and female teams emerged champions of the National Sports Commission/Al Sport inaugural Special Schools Windball Cricket competitions.

Dear Editor, Back in 1990, the PNC government sold our only telecommunications company to a foreign entity and granted them a monopoly for forty years.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – West Indies batting star Shai Hope continued his preparation for the upcoming Test series against Sri Lanka, lashing a stroke-filled hundred in the domestic Twenty20 Championship here Sunday.

A fire, suspected to be electrical in origin, gutted a house at Melanie, East Coast Demerara and left a couple counting their losses yesterday morning.

Dear Editor, With reference to my last letter of concern published in your SN on April 20th, titled ‘Does the GPF have a section responsible for traffic lights?’

LONDON,  CMC – World number one Twenty20 bowler Rashid Khan is among three more players confirming their participation for the ICC World XI in the Hurricane Relief match against West Indies at Lord’s next month.

The intoxicated driver who allegedly struck down and killed 60-year-old cyclist, Keith Redman on Sunday morning after swerving off the Klien-Pouderoyen, West Bank Public Road, is currently in a city hospital under police guard.

Dear Editor, I recall, in the ‘70s, Dr Cheddi Jagan calling on contributors to the Mirror newspaper to avoid what he termed “mud-slinging”.

TORONTO,  (Reuters) – A driver deliberately plowed his white Ryder rental van into a lunch-hour crowd in Toronto yesterday, killing 10 people and injuring 15 along a roughly mile-long (1.6-km) stretch of sidewalk thronged with pedestrians, police said.

Veteran golfer Maurice Solomon won the 10th annual Muneshwers Travel Agency (MTA) golf tournament at the Lusignan golf club on Sunday.

Chairman of the Enmore/Hope Neighbourhood Democratic Council (NDC) Mark Mahase is distancing himself from the council’s reported failure to account for part of the profit from a fundraising barbecue, while maintaining that all funds were handed over to the overseer, who has since resigned.

Dear Editor, Daily I learn more and more that an overwhelming number in this society desire a certain kind of country. 

MANAGUA,  (Reuters) – Thousands of demonstrators took to the streets in the capital of Nicaragua yesterday to demand the resignation of the country’s president after a violent crackdown by police on protests that have left at least nine dead.

Dear Editor, I must immediately apologise for providing you with substantial misinformation in relation to the vacancies as notified in the Teaching Service Notice of April 8, 2018.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Britain’s upper house of parliament handed the government its third defeat over Brexit in less than a week on Monday, voting down plans not to retain EU rights in national law before Britain leaves the bloc.

Berbice U19 skipper, Kevin Sinclair,  his cousin, Junior Sinclair and all-rounder Kevlon Anderson are among those shortlisted for the prestigious Cricketer-of-the-Year award of  the Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club (RHTY&SC).

A Linden driver was on Thursday placed on $400,000 bail after being charged with causing death by dangerous.

Dear Editor, On my way to Charity, Saturday 21st March, my eyes caught sight of a beautiful park at Fear Not between Danielstown and Sparta, Essequibo.

SEOUL,  (Reuters) – South Korea yesterday halted the propaganda broadcasts it blares across the border with North Korea, aiming to set a positive tone ahead of the first summit in a decade between their leaders as the U.S.

(Reuters) A Bay Area TV reporter covering the Golden State Warriors was caught on camera stealing a jacket from a member of the team’s security staff last week and was sent home from San Antonio, according to multiple reports yesterday.

A plumber was yesterday remanded to prison on charges that he had a loaded unlicensed pistol, which police say he fired in a public place.

Dear Editor, I am not at a partial loss but a complete loss to comprehend a long letter written by diaspora WPA official, Rohit Kanhai (‘What is Kissoon’s philosophical standing?’

Two-time defending champion Colts will battle 2014 winners Ravens in the final of the Guyana Amateur Basketball Federation ‘Road to Mecca’ Club Championships on Saturday following semi-final wins Sunday at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall, Homestretch Avenue.

WASHINGTON/MEXICO CITY,  (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump threatened to make Mexican immigration control a condition of a new NAFTA trade deal yesterday, even as ministers from Canada, the United States and Mexico readied a fresh push to finalize a revamped accord this week.

Starting at the Bayroc Community Centre ground and ending at the Linden/Georgetown Bus Park, Lindeners took part in the ‘Speak Out, Speak Up’ march in the mining town on Saturday.

A miner was yesterday fined and ordered to complete community service after he admitted to using cannabis for relaxation.

Marian Academy and Bishops’ High won their matches when the Youth Basketball Guyana (YBG) ‘Regional Conference’ continued Saturday at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall, Homestretch Avenue.

Something would appear to have given over the past few days after the state entities that share responsibility for the administration of the various facets of the gold industry in Guyana – the Ministry of Natural Resources, the Guyana Geology & Mines Commission (GGMC) and the Guyana Gold Board (GGB) ‒ had come under further public pressure over the issue of mercury emissions from gold processing by the GGB and its effects on the health of GGMC workers.

Dear Editor, The Guyana Peace Council (GPC) salutes the Government and people of Venezuela on the occasion of the establishment of its First Republic on April 19, 1810.

WASHINGTON/MOSCOW,  (Reuters) – The United States yesterday gave American customers of Russia’s biggest aluminum producer more time to comply with sanctions, and said it would consider lifting them if United Company Rusal Plc’s major shareholder, Russian tycoon Oleg Deripaska, ceded control of the company.

A ministerial team visited the Indian Arrival Monument site in Palmyra Village, Corentyne on Sunday and disclosed that the governments of Guyana and India have signed a co-operation agreement for its completion.

Cuban military dictator Raúl Castro’s transfer of one of his many titles — actually, the least important one — to Miguel Díaz-Canel has been described by many foreign leaders and international media as a “transfer of power,” a “transition” and the start of “a new era” on the island.