Daily Archive: Wednesday, May 9, 2018

The common law wife of Jermaine Langevine, proprietor of White Castle Fish Shop, which was gutted by fire in April, was this morning charged with arson and granted bail.

Former Finance Minister Dr Ashni Singh and former Head of the National Industrial and Commercial Investments Limited (NICIL) Winston Brassington are currently at the headquarters of the Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU) being questioned.

(Trinidad Guardian) The murder toll rose to 192 yesterday following the murders of three people, including a 16-year-old schoolboy in South.

Denying any wrongdoings while they were in office, former Finance Minister Dr Ashni Singh and former Head of the National Industrial and Commercial Investments Limited (NICIL) Winston Brassington yesterday charged that they were victims of political victimisation.

The details surrounding the Lindo Creek mining camp massacre, reportedly given by former Fineman gang member Dwane Williams, were presented to the Commission of Inquiry (CoI) investigating the matter, yesterday.

The Alliance For Change and A Partnership for National Unity – the governing coalition partners – on Monday held an ice-breaking meeting and are set to begin substantive talks this weekend that will determine if they will contest local government elections together.

Three Cuban nationals were yesterday separately charged and remanded over fraud and forging United States visas.

Anyone attempting to access the Ministry of Public Infrastructure website last evening was greeted by a message declaring the space owned by Egyptian Hackers, a development which has crystalized a fear expressed by local technological experts that Government’s Cyber security is not up to par.

A brother of the Guyanese fisherman who is still missing and feared dead from the second piracy attack is calling on the authorities in Guyana to launch a search in the Corentyne River, and routes which are closest to Suriname waters for his brother.

Former Minister of Finance, Dr Ashni Singh and former Head of the National Industrial and Commercial Investments Limited, Winston Brassington were yesterday granted a total of $6m bail each after being read three counts of misconduct in public office when they appeared in the Georgetown Magistrate’s court.

An Anna Catherina man was yesterday remanded to prison after he was charged with causing the death of Garfield McPherson during a car accident on Sunday.

A 20-year-old miner died  on Monday afternoon after he was pinned down by a rock when the wall of the mining pit he was working in collapsed at Pepper Camp Backdam, Upper Mazaruni River.

On May 2, 2018, following another sting operation on the Atlantic Ocean, Officers of the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) intercepted a Motor Vessel containing hundreds of boxes of foreign chicken and mosquito coils.

La Bonne Intention Secondary (LBI) romped to a 103-run win over Ann’s Grove Secondary at the Lusignan Community Center Ground, East Coast Demerara yesterday as the 2017/2018 Guyana Cricket Board/ Demerara Mutual Life Assurance Society Limited/ National Sport Commission/National Secondary School Cricket League (GCB/DMLAS/NSC/NSSCL) continued.

As the probe into the murder of Rainella Benfield, the teenage girl who was found in the Triumph, East Coast Demerara cemetery last December widens, the police on Saturday arrested three persons including her parents.

Trans Guyana Airways Limited (TGAL) says it has successfully completed the country’s first ever, G1000 Online Remote Caravan Training facilitated by Flight Safety International, Wichita.

Local construction firm, Chung’s Global Enterprise yesterday entered a US$9m bid under the Ministry of Public Infrastructure for its Sea and River Defence; Resilience Project on the Upper Corentyne.

As excitement heats up for the staging of the Regional Democratic Council (RDC)/ Lloyd W.P.

Queen’s College is to undergo repairs to the tune of $11m, according to a press release from the Ministry of Education on Monday.

(IPL) Match 40 of VIVO IPL 2018 between the Rajasthan Royals and Kings XI Punjab was pretty much a rerun of the previous encounter between the two teams.

A mason was yesterday remanded to prison, after he was accused of receiving a car stolen from a taxi driver, who was shot in the head during the robbery.

Guyanese football icon Alex Bunbury recently purchased Portuguese Third Division Club, ‘Primeiro Dezembro.’

The Bargain Supermarket T20 got off to a flying start with national player Sherfane Rutherford smashing a fine century to see Golden Achievers pull off a 133-run win over Bee Hive at Ogle on Sunday.

The Ministry of Public Infrastructure (MPI) on Monday said that the Consultancy Services for the Design of the East Bank – East Coast Road Linkage Project (Diamond to Ogle) began on April 13, 2018 with the executing agency being RITES Ltd.,

The Ministry of Social Protection’s Department of Occupational Safety and Health in Region Six yesterday shut down a window manufacturing entity located at Number Two Village, East Canje, Berbice for unsafe practices.

Dear Editor, I write to express my utter dismay and disappointment with an article published in the Sunday 6th May edition of the Guyana Chronicle; this has caused grave embarrassment not only to me, but also to my family, relatives and friends the world over. 

A DeSinco Limited clerk was yesterday granted $200,000 bail, after he was read two embezzlement charges, alleging that he stole over $400,000 in cash from the business.

Dear Editor, It is quite apparent that former ministers and senior officials of the then despotic PPP/C regime, have absolutely no shame in their public utterances as they chime in on numerous topics of good governance and democracy in order to score cheap political points against the current ailing and seemingly defenceless APNU+AFC regime.

LONDON,  CMC – New Zealanders Luke Ronchi and Mitchell McClenaghan have been named to complete the ICC World XI for the fund-raising Twenty20 International against West Indies at Lord’s later this month.

At the trial of Anthony Morrison for the alleged murder of his common-law wife, Donna Thomas, Detective Constable Jason Kyte told the court that the man had admitted to cutting the woman on her hand, but said he did not expect her to die.

(Reuters) LeBron James recorded 29 points, 11 assists and eight rebounds as the Cleveland Cavaliers completed a four-game Eastern Conference semifinal sweep of Toronto by rolling to a 128-93 victory over the visiting Raptors on Monday night at Quicken Loans Arena.

Dear Editor, Political patronage is now adorned with a new disguise.

A family of six is now homeless after a fire of unknown origin on Monday destroyed wooden house at Cotton Tree Village, West Coast Berbice.

MUMBAI, (Reuters) – Ajinkya Rahane will lead India against Afghanistan, who play their maiden test in Bengaluru in June, in the absence of regular captain Virat Kohli, the country’s cricket board (BCCI) said yesterday. 

Dear Editor, The local media world can get more than monotonous and boring. 

Dear Editor, My colleagues have never quite understood how I have remained stubbornly ‘incomputerate’. 

A man was on Monday sentenced to three years in prison at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court for the possession of 27 grammes of cannabis.

The recent stance by the majority of referees, who chose not to participate in the recent Guyana Football Referees Council (GFRC) Electoral Congress, forcing it to be abandoned due to a lack of quorum, should serve as a wakeup call for all involved in the sport.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – President Donald Trump yesterday pulled the United States out of an international nuclear deal with Iran, raising the risk of conflict in the Middle East, upsetting European allies and casting uncertainty over global oil supplies.

CARACAS, (Reuters) – A legal dispute between ConocoPhillips and Venezuelan state oil firm PDVSA could leave Curacao’s economically important Isla refinery without crude oil to process, posing a “potential crisis” for the Caribbean island, Curacao’s Prime Minister said yesterday.

Dear Editor, I have only just read the media report of the speech delivered by His Excellency, President David Granger, at the celebration of Indian Arrival Day at Highbury last week-end.

A welder was on Monday remanded to prison for allegedly snatching a woman’s cellphone.

The Guyana Football Federation (GFF) Commission of Inquiry (COI) into the sexual harassment of female referees by match officials and administrators has gotten underway, with several female referees testifying before the five member panel.

SEOUL, (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is expected to return from North Korea with three American detainees, as well as details of an upcoming summit between leader Kim Jong Un and U.S.

Dear Editor, As I continue to examine the Guyanese society in an effort to identify the gaps and hindrances to our growth and development, I would like point out that one of the major gaps which is also a hindrance; is the absence of a wider sense of ‘shared values’.

SAN SALVADOR,  (Reuters) – The number of Salvadorans deported from the United States and Mexico fell 38 percent in the first three months of 2018, a U.N.

(Reuters) Cleveland Cavaliers guard Rodney Hood will not be suspended for refusing to enter Game 4 in the fourth quarter.

The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) has resumed a training programme that seeks to boost the professionalism of the Authority’s human resource capacity.

HAVANA, (Reuters) – A United Nations agency said yesterday an “unjust” U.S.

(Trinidad Express) Rapist Allison Paul has been sentenced to more than 19 years in prison for the sexual assault of an elderly woman, and burglary with intent to rape.

PAHOA, Hawaii, (Reuters) – The Kilauea volcano erupted again yesterday, spewing toxic gases out of two new vents and prompting authorities to call for an immediate evacuation of residents from a second neighbourhood on the Big Island.

A 20-year-old man was yesterday remanded to prison on an armed robbery charge, after he was accused of stealing a cellphone and text books, among other items.

LONDON, CMC – Former Pakistan leg-spinner Mushtaq Ahmed will have a month-long stint on the West Indies bowling staff, as the squad prepares for the upcoming Sri Lanka series.

Dear Editor, This week is designated International Week for Nurses. It is a fitting time to reflect on the contribution of nurses to health care delivery in Guyana.

(Trinidad Express) Noah Simmons woke up on his 16th birthday yesterday, stepped outside his home and was shot dead.

A 60-year-old man who says he suffers from prostate cancer, was yesterday remanded to prison, after he denied being in possession of almost 60 pounds of cannabis.

 (SYDNEY),  (Reuters) – Australia’s High Court has ruled an 11th lawmaker must leave parliament after discovering she was a dual national, the Australian Broadcasting Corp reported on Wednesday, the latest casualty in a widening citizenship crisis.

Dear Editor, Has somebody hacked into the computer of the Vice Chancellor of UWI Professor, Hilary Beckles and written that bizarre rant you published on May 6th?

In the sports section of last Sunday’s edition, this newspaper broke a story that the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) was asking Under-15 and Under-17 players to sign contracts with long term implications for their future earnings from the game of cricket.

Nine days before the 2015 general elections, Stabroek News headlined ‘APNU+AFC makes pact to restore bargaining rights to workers – under gov’t of national partnership.’

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – West Indies’ batting group began their preparation in earnest for the Sri Lanka series, with the start of a five-day camp here yesterday Vice-captain Kraigg Brathwaite, who has emerged as the Caribbean’s leading batsman in recent times, is among nine current Test players who will be involved in the camp at the UWI Cave Hill Campus, under the guidance of West Indies A coach Floyd Reifer.

Peola Carrington Yarde