Daily Archive: Friday, June 1, 2018

The People’s Progressive Party today expressed concern at what it said was the untimely deaths of four Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) staffers – Dwayne De Jonge (ranger),  Latchman Chiti (surveyor), Leroy Green (carpenter) and Clement Proffit (lab technician).  

Still grappling with the fallout from a $941m fraud case that is before the courts, the Guyana Bank for Trade and Industry  (GBTI) has reported a 25% decline in profit for 2017 in a year which also saw a decline in interest income.

Deonarine Bhihari, who is accused of murdering an Enmore man some 18 years ago was today charged with the offence.

An intelligence led operation by the Law Enforcement and Investigation Division (LEID) of the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) resulted in a large quantity of uncustomed alcohol being seized at a location on the East Coast Demerara on Tuesday May, 29, 2018.

(Reuters) – The International Cricket Council (ICC) has asked Al Jazeera to share evidence that would help the governing body further investigate corruption in the sport after the news organisation aired a documentary on the matter last weekend.

Attorney-at-law Kamal Ramkarran was yesterday re-elected as President of the Guyana Bar Association (GBA), which also passed a motion to support the confirmation of acting Chancellor of the Judiciary Yonette Cummings-Edwards and acting Chief Justice (CJ) Roxane George-Wiltshire SC.

The Education and Social Cohesion ministries have launched a joint probe into the alleged discrimination against a Mae’s Schools pupil over his indigenous wear, even as the school faced another protest yesterday calling for it to apologise.

Shawn Harris, the Kitty man who is charged with murdering a vagrant last year, was yesterday committed to stand trial for the crime.

Rystad is forecasting that Guyana’s 600,000 barrels per day (bpd) in production in the next decade will earn the country revenue of US$15 billion annually from oil and gas.

Guyanese Calypso icon The Mighty Rebel, known for bold and unapologetic political commentary which challenged the state of affairs, died yesterday after a period of illness.

Masked bandits early yesterday morning invaded an Eccles, East Bank Demerara, home, where they attacked a family and carted off valuables amounting to over $1.5 million.

Dwayne Gonsalves, the National Insurance Scheme (NIS) employee who was charged last November with causing the death of biker Ronaldo Jaundoo, following a collision at James and Barr streets, Albouystown, was yesterday freed after a city court found that the police failed to prove the case against him.

LONDON,  CMC – Explosive opener Evin Lewis stroked his third Twenty20 International half-century to headline a feisty batting effort as West Indies brushed aside the ICC World XI by 72 runs in the high profile Hurricane Relief fundraiser here Thursday.

Demerara Distillers Limited (DDL) under their Pepsi Brand, has thrown its support behind the inaugural ExxonMobil Under-14 Football Championship, donating an undisclosed sum yesterday during a simple ceremony held at their Ruimveldt facility.

Relatives of patients at the Skeldon Public Hospital, Corentyne and a clerk there yesterday morning clashed over alleged preferential treatment at the medication desk and the police had to be called in.

The Torginol Paints Annual Golf Tournament tees off tomorrow at the Lusignan Golf Course.

A man was robbed of over $1.5 million in cash and other valuables by two armed bandits early yesterday afternoon at his D’Urban Street home.

The Banks DIH Limited ‘President’s Trophy’ Inter-Department Domino Championship, will commence this afternoon at the Thirst Park Sports Club from 18:00hrs with three matches.

A man is feared dead after he fell off a jet boat at the Bartica Stelling on Wednesday afternoon.

Weeks after the attorney for army Captain Orwain Sandy requested to have an independent psychiatric evaluation for his client, who is charged with murdering his common-law wife Reona Payne, he told a court yesterday that they are prepared to proceed with the case.

The failure of the Lady Jaguars Senior team to qualify for the second round of the CONCACAF Women’s Qualifiers has placed an unwanted but necessary microscope on the programme.

PARIS, (Reuters) – The “warrior princess” inside Serena Williams came out in full fighting mode at the French Open on Thursday as the American proved she was no pushover when it came to making an impact in a Grand Slam arena.

The Bar Council of the Guyana Bar Association has welcomed the ruling by acting Chief Justice Roxane George to compel Attorney General Basil Williams to bring the long-delayed Judicial Review Act (JRA) into force by the end of July.

PARIS,  (Reuters) – Rafael Nadal had expected to be spending his days fishing off his home island of Mallorca by the time he reached the age of 32 and his good friend Richard Gasquet probably wishes he was.

A Region Five APNU+AFC councillor was on Wednesday found guilty of a wounding charge at the Fort Wellington Magistrate’s Court.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Test opener Kieran Powell found form with a half-century while opening partner John Campbell also notched one of his own, but CWI President’s XI lost a cluster of wickets to surrender the advantage on the second day of their three-day match against Sri Lanka.

MADRID, (Reuters) – Real Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane made the surprise announcement on Thursday that he was leaving the European champions after winning an unprecedented third straight Champions League title.

The attorney for accused Andre Gomes yesterday maintained that his client is innocent of the cocaine trafficking charges he is currently facing as he presented his final submissions to Georgetown Magistrate Leron Daly.

GUYEXPO’s protracted reign as the standard bearer for expanding exports and attracting investments into Guyana could come to an end later this year with the staging of the first offering of a new initiative, the Guyana Trade and Investment Exhibition (GUYTIE) from September 19-22.

In a second day of protest, bus operators from the East Coast of Demerara flocked the Lusignan Market tarmac yesterday to voice their frustration with the increased fuel prices.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Russian former anti-doping chief-turned-whistleblower Grigory Rodchenkov said on Thursday that one player in hosts Russia’s provisional World Cup squad had raised suspicions but he expected the tournament to be clean.

Dear Editor, Thank you for publishing the letter from Ms Bernice Walcott (SN 30 May, 2018 – Say no to Gay Pride Parade) who is opposed to equality for LGBT citizens and to the Gay Pride March.

Attorney Glenn Hanoman yesterday presented written submissions in the trial of his client Carvil Duncan, the former Guyana Power and Light Inc (GPL) director who is accused of conspiring to steal $27.7 million.

David Jackson, the Company Secretary of British Petroleum said in 2008 ‘In today’s world, the role of the company secretary has no one meaning and covers a multitude of tasks and responsibilities.

(Reuters) – England’s limited-overs captain Eoin Morgan expects Australia to be “galvanised” when they face his team next month in their first series after the ball tampering scandal in South Africa.

Dear Editor, My husband died on July 14, 1990. Our union resulted in a daughter who was eleven years of age at the time of his death.

PARIS, (Reuters) – French number one Lucas Pouille put down a spirited comeback by unseeded Briton Cameron Norrie on Thursday to lead home hopes going into the third round at Roland Garros.

(Barbados Nation) Prime Minister Mia Mottley has painted a sobering picture of the Barbados economy.

WASHINGTON/PARIS,  (Reuters) – Canada and Mexico retaliated against the U.S. decision yesterday to impose tariffs on steel and aluminum imports and the European Union had its own reprisals ready to go, reigniting investor fears of a global trade war.

Stock market updates

A family of seven lost their Windsor Castle, Essequibo Coast home in a fire yesterday.

Last week’s delivery of a two-day preliminary course in oil and gas at the Critchlow Labour College marks the inaugural initiative of the Critchlow Labour College in pursuit of the establishment of a Critchlow Centre for Oil and Gas, according to the Secretary to the College’s Board of Directors Lincoln Lewis.  

PARIS,  (Reuters) – Simona Halep’s focus was still not as sharp as she would have liked but that did not prevent the Romanian top seed from blazing past American Taylor Townsend 6-3 6-1 in the French Open second round on Thursday.

A man was yesterday placed on bail after he denied stealing items valued over $1,000,000 in a break and enter attack.

Dear Editor, We recently celebrated our independence anniversary. At the flag raising ceremony at D’Urban Park this regime once more showed the direction it is taking our country. 

RIO DE JANEIRO/SAO PAULO,  (Reuters) – Brazil showed signs of returning to normal yesterday as an oil workers union ended a strike ahead of schedule and an 11-day trucker protest wound down, a welcome breather for a government suffering from rock-bottom approval levels.

NEW YORK/ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE, (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump yesterday played down the chances of a quick deal to get North Korea to abandon its nuclear weapons as a delegation from Pyongyang headed to meet him with a letter from North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, suggesting a proposed summit may be back on.

Few locally manufactured food products are more popular than food seasonings and with more than a dozen brands of the product on the local market (to say nothing about the foreign brands that appear increasingly on the supermarket shelves) manufacturers are kept constantly on their toes if they are to keep pace with the competition. 

In Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining (ASGM), the amalgamation process, tailings processing, and gold recovery from the amalgam result in substantial release of mercury into the environment.

As part of preparations for the upcoming Local Government Elections (LGE), the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) has started a new cycle of continuous registration.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Formula One can no longer count on raking in huge sums of money from race hosting fees and is right to chase fresh revenue streams, according to Mercedes team boss Toto Wolff.

Dear Editor,  What Guyana desperately needs is a time for healing and the APNU+AFC government in its third year of government is in a position to facilitate this.

(Trinidad Express) A couple has been found dead at their Williamsville home.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – The aluminium empire of Russian magnate Oleg Deripaska is in close contact with the U.S.

Gold Prices for the three day period ending Thursday May 31, 2018

No parking zone: This vehicle PLL 5289 (right) was in a no parking zone when it was hit by this PGS truck which was turning into the Republic Bank (Guyana) compound on Camp Street between Regent and Robb sts.

When inmates of the New Amsterdam penitentiary posted images on Facebook showing themselves imbibing hard liquor, energy drinks, and smoking what appeared to be marijuana cigarettes, much as if they were having a celebratory drink at a neighbourhood bar on the corner, the obvious culpability of prison officers in the regular breaches occurring in the prison system were dramatically exposed to the glare of public scrutiny.

White Water Primary School has now officially been gazetted, according to a release yesterday from the Ministry of Education.

-Recognising and awarding chosen citizens Were not our First People – the so-called “Amerindians” –among our very first “Independence Heroes”?

The Upper Corentyne fishing community is in the grip of a state of apprehension in the wake of the April 27 ‘pirate’ attack targeting four fishing boats off of Suriname.

MANAGUA,  (Reuters) – Fifteen people were killed and more than 200 injured yesterday in one of the worst days of violence since protests against Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega began more than a month ago, police said on Thursday.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados,  CMC – Ex-Test speedster Tino Best has blasted Barbados Pride selectors and called for their sacking, after they ignored exciting all-rounder Roshon Primus in the Professional Cricket League draft earlier this month.

Dear Editor, From all appearances, misbehaviours and misrepresentations, the sugar industry would seem to be going in a direction that is other than ‘sweet’ – back into a place once described so eloquently by Clem Seecharran as ‘bitter sugar’.

(Trinidad Express) Convicted fraudster Kern Romero was not murdered. Romero, 32, a friend of Chief Justice Ivor Archie, died on Sunday night at the Eric Williams Medical Sciences Complex from complications associated with an illness.

Introduction For a country that will soon become petroleum dependent, Guyana’s petroleum legislation is not particularly expansive.

Over a protracted period of time the relationship between the Government of Guyana and the private sector as represented by the major Business Support Organizations has proceeded in fits and starts and if the truth be told the failure to see eye to eye has not always been on account of differences that have had to do with business and the economy.