Daily Archive: Sunday, May 6, 2018

Former Police Commissioner Floyd McDonald today said that he never received any diamonds pertaining to a mater involving Ronald Khan.

(Barbados Nation) The two children whose mother was killed in a Swan Street salon almost a month ago will now be cared for by a maternal aunt in Barbados.

BERLIN, (Reuters) – French President Emmanuel Macron has warned that war could ensue if U.S.

Amid growing outrage over a piracy attack in which around a dozen Guyanese are still missing, Public Security Minister Khemraj Ramjattan is due to have talks today in Suriname with security officials there.

Ten men armed with one gun and several cutlasses carried out the April 27th piracy attack off of Suriname, according to one of the survivors.

Finance Minister Winston Jordan two weeks ago tabled a bill for the establishment  of a National Payments System (NPS) which will encompass a broad range of  areas including licensing, fees and charges and money transfer agencies .

West Watooka is situated in Wismar, Linden and is home to a warm bunch of people about 500 in total of mostly African Guyanese and Amerindian descent.

The Guyana Elections Commission (Gecom) is ready to hold Local Government Elections (LGE) which are due by December this year, according to its Chairman, Justice (retired) James Patterson who said on Wednesday that a declaration of the date is all that is outstanding.

Clutching a photograph of her daughter with tears rolling down her cheeks Dhanraji Murray is the picture of a broken woman and seconds into a conversation with her one quickly realizes that the pain she feels is more profound because of guilt.

Though he had said that he would seek legal advice on the impasse over the top two appointments to the judiciary, President David Granger on Wednesday said that the ball was now in the court of the Opposition Leader, Bharrat Jagdeo.

Neither Marx nor his contemporaries would ever have believed that his name would survive for 200 years.

Just back from four performances in Grand Cayman, I spent what was truly an exhilarating evening doing what I would have to describe as a “musical presentation” to a great audience at Moray House dealing with my contention of “No Music Like Calypso”. 

Preparations are said to be underway for a meeting between US carrier American Airlines and the Guyana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA).

Motorists were left stranded for about two hours yesterday after an out-of-control barge laden with stone crashed into the Demerara Habour Bridge causing serious damage to the structure.

When I was a schoolboy we had a games-master named Mr.

“I really don’t know how I get this thing and who give it to me.

Former Deputy Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Agriculture, Prema Ramanah-Roopnarine and business consultant Badrie Persaud have filed applications in the High Court asking for the intent to defraud charge against them which arose out of the forensic audit of the Guyana Rice Development Board (GRDB) quashed due to the failure of the prosecution to disclose a copy of the audit report to them.

On any given day, Christell Chesney could be found dissecting the body of a frog or bat and examining the stomach contents or she could be found in the dead of the night on a trail in a remote area looking for varied species of reptiles.

Farmers and residents of New Friendship-Vigilance on the East Coast of Demerara will now benefit from a new $240M drainage pump station which was commissioned on Friday.

You try again and again to lose a few unwanted pounds, but all to no avail.

Team Coco’s Jamal John held off a fast finishing Curtis Dey (Trojan PSL) to claim the Indian Arrival Day 60-mile road race in thrilling fashion yesterday in New Amsterdam.

Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of the Presidency’s Department of the Public Service (DPS), Reginald Brotherson has challenged Karen Vansluytman-Corbin to present the evidence behind her claims his department is corrupt.

(IPL) Sunrisers Hyderabad posted their highest run chase of the VIVO IPL 2018 and reclaimed their place at the top of the standings yesterday.

Around this time in Guyana and the Caribbean, the arrival of peoples of different ethnic and cultural origins is commemorated.

Chairman of Region 9, Bryan Allicock on Friday reinforced calls to have major works done on the Pirara Bridge in the Rupununi, which he says is currently in a deplorable condition.

The West Indies Players Association (WIPA) says it is looking into the matter where national players from Guyana are required to sign contracts given to them by the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB.

Dear Editor, Caribbean Prime Ministers witnessed it first-hand. They were gathered in England as a Commonwealth when Prime Minister May tried to take the sails out of the Windrush.

A few days ago, the British Parliament voted to compel Britain’s overseas territories (OTs) in the Caribbean to adopt public registers of company ownership.

Dear Editor, On Saturday April 21, 2018, my companion and myself  had the time of our lives as we enjoyed a leisurely cruise on one of Guyana’s rivers between Parika and Supenaam. 

The National Sports Commission (NSC) through Director of Sports, Christopher Jones, has donated a quantity of cricket gear to be used in the inaugural Regional Democratic Council (RDC)/Lloyd W.

The Ministry of Social Protection yesterday denied allegations that residents of the Hugo Chavez Centre for Rehabilitation and Reintegration are being mistreated.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The White House yesterday sharply criticized China’s efforts to force foreign airlines to change how they refer to Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau, labeling China’s latest effort to police language describing the politically sensitive territories as “Orwellian nonsense.”

Some parents with children attending the Mae’s School may now have to resort to looking at placement for their wards at other schools as the Director of the School refuses to review the decision to increase tuition fees.

President of the Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) Hilbert Foster has reiterated the call to the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) for matches to be held in Berbice but GCB’s Territorial Development Officer (TDO) Colin Stuart says funding is the issue.

Dear Editor,  The Regional Democratic Council of Region Two observed via the media that Mr.

Dear Editor, Reference is made to a letter under the pen of Mr Oscar Ramjeet in the Stabroek News of May 4th, 2018 `I have never applied for any position whatsoever in the AG’s Chambers’ purporting to be responding to a letter from the Attorney General’s Chambers which had dismantled several contestations he had made in an earlier letter about the work of the chambers.

DALLAS, (Reuters) – Protesters on both sides of the U.S. gun debate took to the streets yesterday outside the National Rifle Association’s annual meeting in Dallas after the latest in a long series of mass shootings put the issue back in the spotlight.

Following consultation with sponsors Top Brandz Distributors and the two finalists Bent Street and Sparta Boss, the Petra Organization has decided to abandon the replay of their Corona Futsal Final and split the first and second prize monies equally between the teams.

President David Granger while sharing the message of social cohesion, yesterday, told Berbicians at Highbury Village, East Bank Berbice that Guyana’s diversity was an asset and not a liability.

Several retired policemen, including former Commissioner of Police, Floyd McDonald are being asked to make urgent contact with the Attorney General’s Chambers in connection with a case.

Dear Editor, The Buddha said “if you propose to speak ask yourself is it true, is it necessary, is it kind” My Attention was drawn to a letter published in the Kaieteur News dated May 4, 2018 captioned “A Bishop Edghill never seen before.”

(Reuters) – A U.S. Navy veteran who reportedly told an Indian software engineer to “get out of my country” before shooting him dead and wounding two others in a bar in Kansas last year has been sentenced to life in prison, the local prosecutor said.

Uitvlugt Warriors won the inaugural Big Yard Auto Sale ‘West Side Super 4’ knockout football tournament by edging fierce rival Eagles FC of Stewartville 1-0 on Saturday.

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Ministry of Public Health hosted a five-day training workshop on ‘Basic Radiation Safety and the Regulation of Radiation Sources’ from April 16-20, 2018.

Dear Editor, It was with sadness I read of the passing of Peola Carrington Yarde, former teacher of St .

(Trinidad Guardian) Acting Attorney General Stuart Young has accused some lawyers of facilitating gang members and their illegal activities as he called on the police to act expeditiously to bring these lawyers before the courts in handcuffs.

PAHOA, Hawaii, (Reuters) – Hawaii’s Big Island was on high alert yesterday after the Kilauea volcano spewed lava into residential areas, forcing hundreds to evacuate, and a series of earthquakes, including a powerful tremor, shook the island.

The Wayne Forde led Guyana Football Federation (GFF) will stage its first annual Awards Ceremony on May 11th at the SleepIn International Hotel and Casino to honour the contributions of its key stakeholders in the development of the sport.

President David Granger said on Thursday that a substantive Commissioner of Police (COP) cannot be appointed unless the Police Service Commission (PSC) is reconstituted and the Opposition Leader is consulted.

MOSCOW, (Reuters) – Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny and around 1,600 anti-Kremlin activists were detained by police yesterday during street protests against Vladimir Putin ahead of his inauguration for a fourth term as president.

Introduction Since its appearance in mid-March several readers (I suspect largely students) have been urging me to appraise and/ or review the recent financial modeling exercise carried in sections of the media, and which has been conducted by Open Oil, on Guyana’s 2016, production sharing agreement, PSA.

The World Chess Federation (FIDE) has released its May 2018 Ratings and Guyana is included.

(Trinidad Guardian) Unable to successfully clamp a leaking sub-sea Well S-694 in the Soldado Northfields, Petrotrin officials are now moving to engage in a costly TT$10 million venture to abandon the leaking well in the hope of protecting the seas from catastrophe.

The Common Ground Dove (Columbina passerina) is a small bird that inhabits the southern United States, parts of Central America, the Caribbean and northern South America.

The Lucas Stock Index (LSI) rose 0.79 percent during the fifth period of trading in April 2018. 

Impatiens commonly called Busy Lizzie originated in Eastern Africa and Asia and comes from the Balsaminaceae family.

(Reuters) Al Horford hit the game-winning layup with 5.5 seconds left in overtime as the visiting Boston Celtics beat the Philadelphia 76ers 101-98 Saturday to take a 3-0 lead in an Eastern Conference semifinal series.

On April 27th, 2018 off the coast of Suriname, there was an attack by pirates on four fishing boats manned  by Guyanese most of whom were living in Suriname.

The procurement of six motorcycles and two canter trucks will see the Guyana Water Inc.

Dear Editor, Guyana agrees to pay Exxon’s Esso – a US$460 Million Bonus, and labels it precontract costs, which is 2,500% higher than US$18 Million that was received by the Government of Guyana and referenced as a “Signing Bonus.”