Daily Archive: Thursday, May 17, 2018

The Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) has added an electric vehicle to its transportation fleet, as part of its commitment to push  a clean energy agenda in the Region.

Minister of Public Infrastructure David Patterson this evening issued a statement on the arrest of his brother in Grenada on a drug charge.

Acting on information received whilst on a mobile patrol in the Diamond, East Bank Demerara (EBD) community last night, police ranks commanded by a Gazetted Officer went to the home of Sherwin Alexander, 38, a grocer of 382 Golden Grove, EBD and conducted a search in the presence of his 44-year-old wife, Patricia Renee; during the process they found a parcel containing 134 grams of cannabis concealed inside of a polyvinyl chloride (PVC) pipe.

Malcom Brown, 30, unemployed of Belmont, Mahaica, ECD was today charged with murder committed on Fareez Yassem.

(Trinidad Guardian) A video of prisoners feasting, chanting, cavorting and recording their activities comfortably on banned cellular phones at the Maximum Security Prison is now the subject of an investigation.

President David Granger announced yesterday that he plans to meet “very soon” with Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo on the appointment of several service commissions and the latter’s rejection of the nominees to the top two judicial posts.

Three armed bandits early yesterday morning broke into a La Parfaite Harmonie home, where they brutalized a businessman, before making off with a quantity of cash and other items.

Annandale Secondary got the better of Golden Grove yesterday in the Regional Democratic Council (RDC)/Devcon Construction/Lloyd Britton/Regional Executive Officer (REO) Region Four Inter-Secondary schools cricket competition at the Enmore Community Center, East Coast Demerara.

Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo has called for the swift naming of a Board for the Guyana Sugar Corporation even as he questioned how the $30B sourced for the corporation’s revitalization is being spent.

Guyana will be represented in four disciplines by 11 athletes at this year’s South American Games scheduled from May 26 to June 8 in Cochabamba, Bolivia.

Controversial former Head of the SWAT Unit, Motie Dookie, who was posted to the Police ‘A’ Division one week ago following his return from annual leave amidst a probe into whisky smuggling, has been reassigned to Police Headquarters, Eve Leary.

Attorney General Basil Williams yesterday restated that the Government opted to settle some of their outstanding cases since they were “incurable” and denied suggestions that they might be benefitting from “kick-backs”.

Fruta Conquerors Secretary, Daniel Thomas sat down with Stabroek Sport for an exclusive interview, in which he discussed the current issue of inappropriate conduct being alleged against several members of the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) secretariat.

The Police and officials from the Child Care and Protection Agency have launched an investigation into the death of a three-year-old yesterday morning under mysterious circumstances in Sophia.

(IPL) With a three-run win over Kings XI Punjab yesterday, the Mumbai Indians (MI) kept themselves in the reckoning for a place in the VIVO IPL 2018 Playoffs.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – An intermediary of a Russian oligarch and associates of then-U.S.

MANAGUA,  (Reuters) – Nicaraguan students taunted President Daniel Ortega with shouts of “murderer” as he spoke at an event aimed at negotiating a solution to weeks of deadly demonstrations that flared up again yesterday.

The Head Teacher of a North West District Primary School is now nursing wounds to his head and neck after an irate sibling of a student of the school dealt him several lashes with a cutlass yesterday afternoon.

LONDON, CMC – Highly-rated all-rounder Shakib-al-Hasan has pulled out of the ICC World XI squad but exciting teenaged Nepal wrist-spinner, Sandeep Lamichhane, has been included for the Hurricane Relief Twenty20 International at Lord’s later this month.

Dear Editor, The Indian Action Committee (IAC) is outraged and deeply disturbed at the photographs published in the local media recording dangerous prisoners at the New Amsterdam Prison enjoying themselves and brandishing bottles of expensive foreign liquor while appearing to smoke cigarettes and marijuana.

CARACAS,  (Reuters) – Inmates at a crowded Caracas detention center revolted yesterday, with jailed opponents of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and a Mormon missionary from Utah begging for freedom and medical attention in postings on social media.

(Reuters) BOSTON — Jaylen Brown totaled 23 points and seven rebounds to help the Boston Celtics take a 2-0 lead in the best-of-seven Eastern Conference finals with a 107-94 win over the Cleveland Cavaliers on Tuesday night.

Dear Editor, A few weeks ago, the Honourable President of the Co-operative Republic  of Guyana visited the town of Linden in order to recommission the recreational facility in the Victor Valley area.

The National Toshaos Council (NTC) has written to the Minister of Public Security Khemraj Ramjattan expressing its great concern about the sedition clause in the Cybercrime Bill and requesting to have an input.

Justice Franklyn Holder is expected to rule on Monday on the application made by former Minister of Finance, Dr Ashni Singh and former Head of the National Industrial and Commercial Investments Limited (NICIL), Winston Brassington, to stay the Magistrate’s Court from proceeding with charges of alleged misconduct in public office against them.

Dear Editor, I have been following the circus with regards to the appointment of a Chancellor and Chief Justice for this country and I can only conclude that this country is doomed if this is what passes for good governance in this blighted land.

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, CMC – Former captain Angelo Mathews and veteran spinner Rangana Herath will be placed under strict workload management for the three-Test series against West Indies starting in the Caribbean next month.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Oxfam Great Britain chief executive Mark Goldring, who was criticised for his handling of a scandal over the use of prostitutes in Haiti by Oxfam staff, will stand down at the end of the year, the organisation said on Wednesday.

Local content is relatively high in the operations of the Canadian-owned Aurora Gold Mines  (AGM) with most of its senior managers, contractors and sub-contractors being Guyanese and the majority of its purchases being local says its senior managers on the Cuyuni River site. 

Dear Editor, Whenever I develop a rush of blood and think that there is nothing new under the sun to learn, I am sharply reminded of the folly of my ways and that I should know better. 

(Trinidad Guardian) T&T and China have held discussions on a possible partnership in the construction of a dry docking facility in La Brea and possibilities for foreign direct investment.

(Reuters) – India’s refusal to play a day-night test in Adelaide is “selfish” and hinders efforts to reinvigorate test cricket, Australia’s former test batsman Mark Waugh said yesterday.

NEW YORK,  (Reuters) – A New York investment manager was arrested on Wednesday and charged with fraudulently raising about $21.9 million that he told his investors would be used to build an international airport in Belize, the U.S.

TOKYO, (Reuters) – The United Stated has demanded North Korea ship some nuclear warheads, an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) and other nuclear material overseas within six months, the Asahi newspaper said on Thursday, citing several sources familiar with North Korean issues.

(Barbados Nation) Arawak Cement Company Limited (ACCL) and its parent company Trinidad Cement Limited (TCL) have filed an application for Special Leave at the Caribbean Court of Justice in order to pursue an Originating Application against the State of Barbados.

(Reuters) – Banned Australia batsman David Warner will attempt to get his career back on track by playing the start of the Sydney grade cricket season with Randwick Petersham.

Dear Editor,  Among the loudest critics of Guyana’s partnership with Exxon is the group A Fair Deal for Guyana.

This weekend’s Guyana Timber Expo will focus on the use of lesser known wood species as well as how best to cut them, the Guyana Forestry Commission (GFC) said at the launching of the three-day event yesterday afternoon.   

Countrywide community meetings have begun under the consultancy for stakeholder participation on Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD+) and Readiness Activities in Guyana.

KUALA LUMPUR,  (Reuters) – Malaysian police conducted searches through the night and into today at five places linked to ousted Prime Minister Najib Razak, including the family home where he stays, a senior police officer said.

(IPL) Royal Challengers Bangalore, one of the five teams in the race for the VIVO IPL 2018 playoffs, will lock horns with table-toppers Sunrisers Hyderabad in Match 51 today.

(Trinidad Guardian) The murder of Navindra “Nari” Chatoor, owner of South’s popular burger joint Chatoor’s Burgers, has been described as a “hit” by police.

August completion: As the East Coast Demerara Road Widening and Improvement Project progresses, efforts have been stepped up to complete the widening of the four-lane section from Better Hope to Annandale by August of this year.

Dear Editor, In the year 2016 I graduated from secondary school gaining a few subjects except for the two that are compulsory and it has been very hard for me to find a job to support myself and to continue my education.

Three hundred and sixty-eight families will benefit from new house lots in November, following the completion of infrastructural developments in the Providence and Peter’s Hall communities on the East Bank of Demerara.

Is any one country the richest in the world? The title is subjective, and it really depends on what one counts as riches.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Prime Minister Theresa May’s government yesterday suffered its 15th defeat on legislation that will end Britain’s membership of the European Union when parliament’s upper chamber voted in favour of adding environmental safeguards to the bill.

The Chambers of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) has advised that the Preliminary Inquiry (PI) which began against two men charged with the murder of America Street moneychanger Shawn Nurse, aka “Fabulous”, be discontinued and a joint case be held to accommodate a third suspect charged for the said crime.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua,  CMC – Cricket West Indies believes historic Kensington Oval is the ideal venue to host the Caribbean’s maiden day/night Test.

Dear Editor,  Jerusalem belongs to Judah. All Guyanese must think geography and look at a map of Africa. 

The young Indian sirdar must have thought he had more than enough time for everything.