Daily Archive: Monday, May 28, 2018

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados,  CMC – Trinidad and Tobago Prime Minister, Dr Keith Rowley has conveyed CARICOM’s position on West Indies cricket to Cricket Australia, following a meeting in Melbourne.

Transparency group, TIGI today said that while it was not taking a position on the matter, charges against former Minister of Finance Ashni Singh and the former Head of NICIL, Winston Brassington were a welcome disruption  “to impunity for corruption and malfeasance in office that exists in Guyana”.

(Trinidad Guardian) One of the youngest judges sitting in the Supreme Court has been charged with driving under the influence and will appear in before a Port-of-Spain Magistrates Court today.

Former Attorney General Anil Nandlall says a decision by acting Minister of Public Security Winston Felix to send former SWAT Head Motie Dookie on special leave is illegal. 

The family of Daniel Singh, who was murdered 18 years ago, is expecting to see progress with the investigation after the alleged perpetrator was arrested after evading police since 2000.

A 23-year-old Mon Repos man died after he was stabbed in his chest early yesterday morning about a dozen houses away from his home.

The Child Protection Agency (CPA) has taken into its care a 13-year-old child alleged to have been  impregnated by her stepfather and is monitoring the medical progress of another 10-year-old girl who was brutally raped by a relative.

With seven finds in three years, ExxonMobil’s subsidiary, EEPGL has begun its latest quest for more oil here as it last week began drilling a new exploration well named Longtail-1.

Two prison officers who were on duty at the Georgetown Public Hospital are in police custody assisting with investigations after they were found in possession of a narcotic and one has admitted that he was paid to smuggle the drug into the Georgetown Prison.

The Lady Jaguars were dumped out of group-E in the CONCACAF Women’s Qualifiers yesterday, battling to a scoreless with Barbados in their must win final fixture at the National Track and Field Centre, Leonora. 

Fire yesterday afternoon ravaged a Kitty, Georgetown house and consumed everything in the two-storey building.

The death of Surinamese policeman Ravikant Premcharan, who was found in a vehicle on Passiebloem Straat in Paramaribo, Suriname on May 13th has not been linked to the April 27th piracy attack in Surinamese waters which left over a dozen Guyanese missing  and now presumed dead, Crime Chief Paul Williams said.

MUMBAI,  (Reuters) – Australian Shane Watson overcame a slow start on his way to an unbeaten 117 to guide the Chennai Super Kings to their third Indian Premier League title with an eight-wicket win over the Sunrisers Hyderabad yesterday.

Dear Editor, In his speech to the nation to commemorate Guyana’s 52nd Anniversary of Independence, President Granger urged greater protection of the nation’s children and said, “we need to bequeath to them, much more than we inherited from our own parents”.

Dear Editor, The government has the power to ensure Guyanese pay taxes but in return it must ensure quality services are delivered to the Guyanese people.

Acting Chief Justice Roxane George is likely to deliver her ruling on July 30th in the action filed by former Minister of Finance Dr Ashni Singh and former head of the National Industrial and Commercial Investments Limited (NICIL) Winston Brassington who are challenging misconduct charges levelled against them.

Region Four Regional Executive Officer (REO) Pauline Lucas wants the other regions to follow suit and use sports as a means of eradicating the social ills among young people.

By Dr. Rudi Webster On May 24, 2018, an interesting and enlightening article, headlined `Vague Leadership’ appeared in the Barbados Today.

Dear Editor, It is with utter disgust and disbelief that I read a letter in the Kaieteur News this week suggesting that I was one of the contractors who hold a grouse against Guyana Goldfields which is very much untrue.

If Ramesh Persaud, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Institute of Private Enterprise Development (IPED) were to invest in any sector right now, it would be in agriculture and, specifically, in fruits, vegetables and livestock because of opportunities in viable local and Caribbean markets.

Dear Editor, I have tried to remain silent for three years, but it is becoming a problem and if I don’t release some of my pent up frustration I am afraid that I will burst. 

“It’s going to be more than a barbeque pit,” says one of the two persons involved in the project that will see the transformation of reserve land at the entrance of Roxanne Burnham Gardens into a barbeque pit.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Pakistan wrapped up a crushing nine-wicket victory over England yesterday to inflict the hosts’ first defeat in a May test match at Lord’s.

BOGOTA,  (Reuters) – Right-winger Ivan Duque, who wants to overhaul a peace deal with Marxist rebels, won Colombia’s first-round presidential election yesterday, setting up a runoff next month with leftist Gustavo Petro, who has pledged to confront privileged elites.

(Reuters) – The International Cricket Council (ICC) is taking “extremely seriously” the allegations of corruption to be aired in a documentary by news organisation Al Jazeera yesterday.

SEOUL/WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said yesterday a U.S.

A man is now a patient at the West Demerara Regional Hospital after he was allegedly assaulted by two workers from the Guyana Power and Light Inc.

Dear Editor, I have read Gideon Cecil’s letter on May 18, 2018 in the Guyana Chronicle, and I think it requires some clarifications on what the issue should be.

Parts of Georgetown are set for a lengthy blackout on Saturday, June 2nd.

MUMBAI, India, CMC – West Indies all-rounder Dwayne Bravo says Chennai Super Kings’ Indian Premier League triumph was made all the more special because of the many recent challenges encountered by the franchise.

Dear Editor,  I thought I would look at the Internet editions of daily newspapers in Guyana to get an idea as to where their advertising support comes from.

ABUJA,  (Reuters) – Anti-corruption group Transparency International said yesterday Nigeria’s government has in the run-up to elections expanded the use of opaque $670 million-a-year funds that fuel graft.

SAO PAULO,  (Reuters) – Brazil’s President Michel Temer announced late yesterday new measures to reduce operating costs for truckers in a bid to end a week-long protest that has severely hampered the flow of food, fuel and key exports in Latin America’s largest economy.

A prisoner by the name of Shawn Thom is a patient at the GPHC after he was referred to the institution on Saturday, according to the Guyana Prison Service.

(Barbados Nation) Barbados’ economic situation is even more dire than initially thought – so serious that the BD$2 to US$1 exchange rate could be in jeopardy.

Dear Editor, It is critical that the poor and the working class understand what is happening in Guyana today and bring power to this truth – the Guyanese problem is not unsolvable; it has a solution. 

(Reuters) – Defending champion Jelena Ostapenko crashed out in the first round of the French Open yesterday after a 7-5 6-3 thrashing by Ukrainian Kateryna Kozlova.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Major gangsters who escaped the security forces dragnet in St James have made their way to Costa Rica, and it seems they have taken their bloody disputes to the streets of Limon, a port city on the Caribbean coast of the Central American country.

Months after being involved in a horrific fatal accident at La Parfaite Harmonie, West Bank Demerara, the driver of minibus BTT 3118, Ramkumar Persaud is trying to return to a life of normalcy.

Dear Editor, According to the 2014 World Health Organization report, the suicide rate in Guyana is five times higher than the world average rate.

MONACO, (Reuters) – Daniel Ricciardo brought back memories of Formula One great Michael Schumacher in his prime yesterday as the Australian nursed a wounded Red Bull to Monaco Grand Prix victory in the team’s 250th race.

(Reuters) – Thousands of Florida residents evacuated homes yesterday as Subtropical Storm Alberto picked up strength as it headed north through the Gulf of Mexico, with forecasters saying it could bring life-threatening inundation to Southern coastal states.

(Barbados Nation) The Mia Mottley government will be seeking to grant the Democratic Labour Party (DLP) a voice in the Senate in an attempt to maintain democracy.

(Reuters) Klay Thompson and Stephen Curry combined for seven 3-pointers in the third quarter Saturday night, rallying the Golden State Warriors from a 10-point halftime deficit to a 115-86 run-away in Game 6 of the Western Conference finals in Oakland, Calif.

By Roberta Clarke Roberta Clarke is currently a Commissioner of the International Commission of Jurists.

MEXICO CITY,  (Reuters) – Mexico’s government said on Sunday it had arrested the wife of top drug lord Nemesio Oseguera on charges of laundering funds for his powerful cartel that is blamed for driving heroin shipments to the United States.

Dear Editor,  An ad appeared in yesterday’s Sunday Stabroek advising that the GPSCCU will be hosting an Outreach on Friday, June 1.

A new Information and Communications Technology Hub was commissioned at the ‘E’ Field Sophia Community Centre by Minister of Public Telecommunications, Catherine Hughes on Friday.

If the President and the Opposition Leader needed any further admonition about substantive appointments to the top two posts in the judiciary they heard it in a stinging rebuke from the incoming head of the CCJ, Justice Adrian Saunders.

In our column of 6 May 2018, we emphasised the importance of procurement planning and highlighted the key factors contributing to leakages in our procurement system.