Daily Archive: Tuesday, May 29, 2018

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados,  CMC – Cricket West Indies and telecommunications giants Digicel have severed their sponsorship agreement prematurely, ending a 13-year commercial relationship.

A mechanic was today charged with murdering Guyana Goldfields Inc. manager Neil Whyte, who was found stabbed to death a week ago in a Thomas Street, South Cummingsburg, Georgetown apartment.

Police Constable Wellon Carr, 26, of Bee Hive, ECD was today charged with Dangerous Driving in relation to an incident which occurred on Tuesday, May 22, 2018 on the De Hoop Public Road, Mahaica, ECD which resulted in extensive damage to Force Vehicle PWW 5411.

(Trinidad Guardian) The Pesticides and Chemicals Board, chaired by the Chief Medical Officer, is currently considering the banning of importation and distribution of Gramoxone, Agriculture Minister Clarence Rambharat has revealed.

Chief Justice Roxane George yesterday ordered Attorney-General (AG) Basil Williams to bring the long-delayed Judicial Review Act (JRA) into force no later than July 31st, while finding that his failure to do so thus far was unlawful and in violation of the will of the Parliament.

With a new survey of prisoners finding that from an early age a significant amount of them were exposed to environments likely to nurture criminal behaviour, Public Security Minister Khemraj Ramjattan yesterday called for communities and civil society groups to work with the government to address the social ills responsible.

Twenty-two students graduated yesterday from the inaugural TOTALTEC Academy Oilfield Safety and Operator Training and Development Programme and they were lauded for their outstanding performance and for setting a high bar for their successors.

Transparency Institute of Guyana Inc. (TIGI) has urged that the decision of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Shalimar Ali-Hack to strike out two sets of private criminal charges brought by PPP/C Members of Parliament (MPs) against sitting ministers be challenged in court and that the complaints that formed the basis for the actions be submitted to the police. 

A Rose Hall, Corentyne man last week pleaded guilty at the High Court in Berbice to the lesser count of manslaughter in the killing of his common law wife in May, 2016.

Police are on the hunt for two bandits who robbed a businesswoman of $2.7M in cash and gold yesterday afternoon.

The Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) yesterday granted a consent order to allow the Bauxite Company of Guyana Incorporated (BCGI) and businessman Haresh Narine Sugrim to reach an agreement that would see the company paying him the sum of US$250,000 in a claim that was initially valued nearly US$1 million.

Yuniyka Bovell, the young Canadian woman who was accused of having 3.5 pounds of heroin in her luggage last year, was yesterday freed after the charge against her was withdrawn.

Jamal Hazel, the soldier who was charged in January with stealing over $5 million in cash in an armed robbery, was yesterday cleared of the crime after the complainant decided not to offer any evidence against him.

Despite widespread scrutiny following a highly controversial incident at the Mae’s Schools last week, when a nine-year-old was prevented from attending class in full traditional Amerindian wear during a culture day, the school has still not yet offered an official explanation.

A man was yesterday jailed for three years at the Linden Magistrate’s Court after he pleaded guilty to cultivating cannabis at Ituni.

Transparency Institute Guyana Inc. (TIGI) yesterday welcomed the laying of misconduct in public office charges against former Finance Minister Dr.

Charged last month with attempted murder following an alleged attack on a man with a broken bottle, Julian Knox was yesterday committed to stand trial.

The ousted management of the Guyana Public Service Co-operative Credit Union (GPSCCU) will move to the courts to challenge the Ministry of Social Protection’s decision to take control of the organisation.

A recently formed union is seeking overseas aid to help determine whether the headquarters of the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) on Brickdam is safe from mercury contamination.

Nickey Nermal, 18, of Lot 3 Melanie Damishana, East Coast Demerara was yesterday sentenced to three years jail at the Linden Magistrate’s Court for trafficking 297 grammes of cannabis.

The Guyana Court of Appeal yesterday afternoon changed the conviction of Kubert George, who killed his former partner, from murder to the lesser count of manslaughter, after finding that there had been several irregularities by the trial judge in the summation of the case to the jury.

A 44-year-old security officer was yesterday released on $60,000 bail after he denied an assault charge.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) yesterday announced that its citizens with diplomatic, private and regular passports can now travel visa-free to Guyana as they will obtain visas upon arrival.

As the price of sugar and other commodities drop further, Guyana’s and other Caribbean territories’ export recovery is starting to lose momentum and show signs of a slowdown, says a report from the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB).

The Guyana Football Federation (GFF) yesterday presented and adopted a national insurance policy when the entity staged its Ordinary Congress at the SleepIn International Hotel. 

The man who allegedly stabbed ex-soldier Edward Beveney to death on Independence Day during a clash over a bicycle in Beterverwagting, East Coast Demerara (ECD) remains hospitalised in a stable condition.

Residents of Yakusari and Johanna are the first two communities in Black Bush Polder, Corentyne to benefit from the government’s Information and Communications Techno-logy (ICT)  Hubs.

PARIS, (Reuters) – Former world number one Novak Djokovic launched his French Open campaign with a comfortable 6-3 6-4 6-4 first-round victory over Brazilian qualifier Rogerio Dutra Silva yesterday.

A man was on Friday sentenced to a year in jail after he admitted to being in possession of a pipe used for smoking cocaine.

Friendship Secondary, like fine wine only got better as the Regional Democratic Council (RDC)/ Lloyd Britton/Devcon Construction/ Regional Executive Officer (REO) Region Four Inter-Secondary School knockout tournament progressed and will now look to secure the third place when they clash with a strong Hope Secondary School today at the Everest Cricket Club, Camp Road.

Two African nationals were on Friday remanded to prison after they denied separate charges of entering Guyana illegally.

Dear Editor, I wish to encourage the CEO of the National Drainage & Irrigation Authority (NDIA), the Honourable Minister of Agriculture, the Honourable Minister of Public Infrastructure, the RDC and the NDC to pay a visit and inspect the road that passes Kuru Kururu to Laluni.  This road was done just before the elections but it is now impassable.

Investigators are said to have good evidence linking Deonarine Bhihari to the 18-year-old murder he was arrested for over the weekend and are in the process of reconstructing a case file in the matter.

Coach of the Guyana senior female cricket team, Bharat Mangru believes that the mixture of youth and experience will be crucial in the Cricket West Indies (CWI) Women’s Regional limited overs and T20 tournaments next month.

Dear Editor, Can Cricket West Indies (CWI) swear an oath that they have done everything, or even made serious efforts, to exploit this wonderful opportunity granted them to raise as much hurricane relief money as can reasonably be expected from Thursday’s WI versus the Rest of the World event?

The Guyana National Broadcasting Authority (GNBA) on Friday hosted its first Stakeholder Engagement for 2018.

The Running Brave Athletic Club (RBAC) emerged as the top club following the Independence Relay Championships on Sunday at the National Track and Field Centre.

MEXICO CITY,  (Reuters) – Mexican business leaders called out the government yesterday over a recent wave of criminal activity that has terrorized large swaths of Latin America’s second-largest economy and led some prominent firms to cut back operations.

MANAGUA,  (Reuters) – A thuggish response to weeks of protests has eroded carefully constructed pillars of support in the Church, military and business world for Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega, emboldening calls for the ouster of the former Marxist guerrilla who has dominated politics for decades.

The Guyana Defence Force ruggers made light work of the Police Falcons, earning a commanding 22-8 victory when the Bounty Farm 15s League continued on Sunday at the National Park.

Dear Editor, Is that it Hits and Jams?…That’s the million-dollar question I asked just after the revellers and music bands passed by during the just concluded Carnival event.

Dear Editor, Readers may have noted with interest, some with dismay, the negative onslaught on systems and procedures said to be obtaining in the Guyana Sugar Cor-poration, and on the integrity and character of related management personnel, most of whom have sustained the organisation over the decades with a commitment which the current parvenues could not possibly appreciate.

ISLAMABAD,  (Reuters) – Pakistan yesterday appointed former chief justice Nasir-Ul-Mulk as caretaker prime minister until a general election on July 25 which is expected to usher in the second-ever democratic transition in the nuclear armed nation of 208 million people.

(Reuters) – LeBron James squeezed every last ounce of effort from his misfiring Cleveland team mates on Sunday to lead the Cavaliers back to the NBA Finals with an 87-79 victory over the Boston Celtics in their Game Seven Eastern Conference decider.

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.

Dear Editor, There is an extraordinary procession of women coming to pay their personal tributes to Savita Halappanavar in Ireland as the abortion referendum has won a loud “Yes” to legalize abortion.

THOOTHUKUDI, India,  (Reuters) – An Indian state yesterday ordered the permanent closure of a copper smelter controlled by London-listed Vedanta Resources after 13 people protesting to demand its shutdown on environmental concerns were killed last week.

(Barbados Government Information Service) Prime Minister Mia Mottley has described yesterday’s three-hour meeting with the leadership of the Social Partnership as “very good”.

LONDON, CMC – Pacer Mohammed Shami has replaced fellow Indian star Hardik Pandya, for Thursday’s Hurricane Relief Twenty20 against West Indies at Lord’s with England leg-spinner Adil Rashid also added to the International Cricket Council World XI squad.

(Trinidad Express) A 23-year-old woman yesterday appeared before an Arima Magistrate charged with the May 17 murder of her 88-year old grandmother, Edna David.

Dear Editor, Recently I enjoyed reminiscing with those of the older generation and hearing their stories of the struggles and sacrifices that took place during the fight for the independence of our Great Nation Guyana.

PARIS, (Reuters) – France yesterday offered citizenship to an illegal immigrant from Mali who scaled the facade of a Paris apartment block to save a boy who was about to fall from a fourth-floor balcony, President Emmanuel Macron said.

PARIS, (Reuters) – France yesterday offered citizenship to an illegal immigrant from Mali who scaled the facade of a Paris apartment block to save a boy who was about to fall from a fourth-floor balcony, President Emmanuel Macron said.

(Trinidad Express) High Court judge Kevin Ramcharan appeared in the Port of Spain Magistrates’ Court yesterday, a day after his midnight arrest at the scene of a crash in Maraval.

Dear Editor, What ever became of the Day of Mourning for the fishermen who died in that recent horrible pirate attack?

LONDON, CMC – South Africa’s Barbadian head coach, Ottis Gibson, has admitted to being disappointed by AB de Villiers’s decision to quit international cricket.

On Thursday and Friday of last week the Critchlow Labour College in collaboration with Kaizen Environmental Services, a Trinidad and Tobago company whose profile credits it with providing services that “balance environmental sensitivity with economic concerns,” executed a two-day Course titled “Introduction To Oil and Gas” comprising twelve modules.

ROME,  (Reuters) – Italy’s president set the country on a path to fresh elections yesterday, appointing a former International Monetary Fund official as interim prime minister with the task of planning for snap polls and passing the next budget.

BARCELONA (Reuters) – European champions Portugal spurned a two-goal lead against Tunisia, stumbling to a 2-2 draw, as France, one of the World Cup favourites, flexed their muscles with a comfortable 2-0 win over Ireland in warm-up friendlies yesterday.

Dear Editor, I have always found fascinating, even disturbing, that claim, that forced defensive utterance, “I am not a racist.” 

Part I The proposed Cybercrime Bill addresses several important issues inclusive of cyberbullying, child pornography, sexual grooming and luring children into sexual activity, revenge pornography and cyber blackmail and copyright infringements all using computer systems (see definition subsequently) among other important matters.

GUATEMALA CITY, (Reuters) – Guatemalan anti-narcotics police have seized the first coca field and cocaine lab in the country’s history, officials said on Sunday, adding to a string of discoveries showing traffickers have expanded production into Central America.