Daily Archive: Tuesday, June 5, 2018

227 Guyanese owned companies have been benefiting from ExxonMobil’s business in Guyana, according to the Department of Public Information.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, , CMC – Luxury hotel chain, Sandals Resorts, have replaced Digicel as the major commercial sponsors of West Indies cricket, in a two-year deal which will run until December, 2020.

Opposition-nominated GECOM commissioners today walked out of a meeting of GECOM following controversy over a statement by Commissioner Robeson Benn.

MEXICO CITY,  (Reuters) – Mexico put tariffs on American products ranging from steel to pork and bourbon today, retaliating against import duties on metals imposed by President Donald Trump and taking aim at Republican strongholds ahead of U.S.

A Betsy Ground, East Canje, Berbice labourer was found dead yesterday at a camp in New Forest.

(Trinidad Guardian) Oropune residents are now said to be showing genuine regret, remorse and sadness for the man they badly beat last week, after they claimed he attempted to lure a five-year-old girl away from a nearby playground.

Legal proceedings against two naturalised Canadian citizens who were charged with the 2016 murder of a Non Pariel pensioner were terminated after their co-accused accepted liability for the crime, an official of the Chambers of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) said yesterday.

In a bid to improve the flow of traffic in Region Four, two more roundabouts will be constructed, Minister of Public Infrastructure David Patterson announced yesterday as the Kitty Roundabout was officially opened.

Amid speculation that his death might have been linked to mercury poisoning, an autopsy has found that Clement Proffitt, a Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) lab technician who passed away last week, died of tuberculosis.

Police in `A’ Division are probing the alleged theft of diesel from SOL Guyana Inc between last Thursday and yesterday.

Almost all of the bus operators on the  West Coast Berbice yesterday parked their buses along the market tarmac located in Bath in protest at the recent hike in fuel prices.

Vindra Siriram was sentenced to 22 years in jail yesterday afternoon for the unlawful killing of his wife Shelly-Ann Persaud, who was found with her head submerged in a half-filled bucket of water.

A mysterious fire reduced a West Ruimveldt family’s home to ashes yesterday afternoon.

The Mae’s Schools, following a meeting with the Amerindian Peoples Association (APA) yesterday, has agreed to offer an apology to the nine-year-old student who was allegedly discriminated against for the Indigenous attire he wore to a recent culture day activity, and to collaborate to host sensitisation sessions.

Almost three weeks have passed since President David Granger said he would convene a meeting with Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo to discuss pressing matters, including the highly talked about rejection of the nominees to the top two judicial posts.

Officials were unaware of the state of the damaged flag that was altered and hoisted at D’Urban Park on Independence eve, Minister of Social Cohesion George Norton has reiterated, while saying that provisions have now been made for replacements in light of the resulting concerns.

Hanuman Singh, the Nonpareil, East Coast Demerara businessman who succumbed in hospital after he lost his home and businesses in a fire last Friday, died as a result of a heart attack.

The attorney for Troy Thomas, whom the state is hoping to extradite to the United States to face a charge for murder, yesterday maintained that as a Guyanese citizen he has a right to remain here.

President David Granger on Sunday said that the old model of confrontation and acrimony between the Guyana Public Service Union (GPSU) and the government must be abandoned in favour of a co-operative one.

Charged just over a month ago with stealing a half a million dollars in food items, a Covent Garden man was brought before a city magistrate once again to answer to two fraud charges.

A Diamond man was granted his release on a total of $800,000 bail last Friday after he denied eight counts of fraud.

The Guyana Football Federation (GFF) has appointed former Jamaica international and Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) Pro-License holder Michael Johnson as the head coach of the men’s national football side and has given him performance targets.

A 24-year-old farmer was yesterday charged with stealing solar panels valued at nearly half a million dollars from Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI).

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad,  CMC – Veteran left-hander Devon Smith says he is putting himself under no pressure to perform, as he prepares to play his first Test in three years starting here tomorrow.

A 41-year-old father of eight was yesterday remanded to prison for the alleged possession of just over two pounds of ganja.

Guyana’s male and female rugby outfits will step up preparations as they prepare for the Central American and Caribbean Games Sport Organization (CASCO Games), Americas Rugby Challenge 15s Championships and the RAN Sevens Championships.

The future of the Guyana Prize for Literature is at the moment undetermined as the Department of Culture is to assess whether the competition is worth the large investment.

The inaugural El Dorado Golf Cup will see a wide cross section of women in sports benefiting from the proceeds of the tournament which gets underway on June 16.

In the face of accusations that it is shortchanging the local aviation sector by using a Canadian Company to shuttle between the coast and its mine site in Region 7, Aurora Gold Mines (AGM) has stated that the aircraft used is its own and it is utilized  in conjunction with local charters. 

A report on the alleged plot to corrupt a sitting of the Guyana Police Force’s learner drivers’ theoretical examination, which occurred in April, has since been completed and has been sent for legal advice.

Former West Indies youth player and current Jamaica Tallawahs all-rounder, Steven Jacobs is among three Guyana-born and 21 West Indians picked in the inaugural draft of the Global T20 Canada.

The Dr Tulsi Dyal Singh coaching camp organised by the Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) completed its first run in the Upper Corentyne area.

A Rose Hall champion cyclist is bedridden with a life-threatening illness which could be cancerous and her family is awaiting a test result in order to determine the way forward for their young child.

NEW YORK,  (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump yesterday said he had committed no wrongdoing but has the “absolute” power to pardon himself, echoing sweeping arguments put forth by his lawyer Rudy Giuliani on Sunday.

Dear Editor, I find it surprising that ExxonMobil has been relaying information to the Coalition Government, on a quarterly basis, given the reticence of this Administration when it comes to keeping the Guyanese public informed of the developments in the oil and gas sector. 

The prosecution yesterday closed its case against a Corentyne, Berbice pensioner, who was charged last year with causing the death of another man.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, who has been indicted by U.S.

Sudesh Fitzgerald and Melisa Smartt won their respective categories when the Guyana Darts Association’s (GDA) Massy Industries Colgate/ Palmolive Darts tournament concluded at the Malteenoes Sports Club.

EL RODEO, GUATEMALA,  (Reuters) – The death toll from a volcanic eruption in Guatemala rose to 65 yesterday as family members desperately searched for the missing in makeshift morgues and on streets blanketed with ash.

Boxers Keevin Allicock and Colin Lewis are all but assured of medals at the ongoing South American Games in Cochabamba, Bolivia after clinching semi -final berths in their respective weight classes.

A young Venezuelan national was yesterday remanded to prison after being charged with stealing a boat and an engine.

Dear Editor, I’m writing to warn tourists and visitors to Georgetown to avoid the Stabroek Market because recently I witnessed a schoolboy in his uniform who was waiting for the bus to go home  who was brutally beaten and robbed of his cell phone.

Dear Editor, The Government of Guyana must respond to the questions of the Christian community who wanted to know why the Government did not stop the gay pride parade. 

In light of recent calls for increased fares by minibus operators, some of whom have resorted to protests, Minister of Public Infrastructure David Patterson yesterday said there is need for a body to regulate the transportation sector.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court yesterday handed a victory on narrow grounds to a Colorado baker who refused based on his Christian beliefs to make a wedding cake for a gay couple, stopping short of setting a major precedent allowing people to claim religious exemptions from anti-discrimination laws.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – West Indies cricket legend Sir Vivian Richards says he is looking forward to “hosting the cricket world” when the ICC Women’s World T20 tournament comes to the Caribbean in November.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – U.S. Vice President Mike Pence will travel to Brazil and Ecuador at the end of June in an effort to strengthen trade and security ties with countries grappling with growing numbers of refugees fleeing Venezuela’s economic crisis, his spokeswoman said on Monday.

Dear Editor, Yesterday morning at 11:30 hrs the Mayor and City Council met with members of a special committee from Rasville and discussed the felt needs and the concerns of the residents of that local community.

Yesterday, Senior Members of the Guyana Police Force including Crime Chief, Assistant Commissioner Paul Williams met with Karen De Souza and other representatives of Red Thread on a domestic violence report.  A release from the police said that the discussion surrounded the preliminary report of a two-year project which began in 2016 focusing on “Engaging communities for improving implementation of Domestic Violence laws”.  Communities targeted were: Plaisance/Better Hope, La Parfaite Harmonie, Bartica, Lethem and Anna Regina.

(Reuters) – The Indian government is likely to announce a bailout package of more than over 70 billion rupees ($1.04 billion) to the cash-starved sugar mills to help clear dues to farmers, the Times of India reported yesterday, citing the Press Trust of India.

OAKLAND, Calif. — Seventy-two hours after LeBron James overpowered the Golden State Warriors from within arm’s length of the rim, Stephen Curry sent the Cleveland Cavaliers standout a long-distance message Sunday night.

KUALA LUMPUR,  (Reuters) – Lawyers representing Malaysia’s ex-premier Najib Razak said yesterday they had quit as Najib’s wife prepared to make a statement to anti-graft agents as part of an investigation into a former unit of state fund 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB).

The Regional Democratic Council (RDC) Region Four recently conducted a one-day intense training for several categories of employees from various departments.

HAVANA,  (Reuters) – U.S. Senator Jeff Flake, former Google Chief Executive Eric Schmidt and the Trump administration’s top diplomat in Cuba met yesterday with new Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel, the highest-level U.S.

Dear Editor,  As a Guyanese and as a Christian, I have decided to make my stand here against the Gay Pride Parade held in the streets of Georgetown on June 2, 2018.

PARIS,  (Reuters) – Holder Rafa Nadal extended his streak of consecutive completed sets won at the French Open to 37 as he thrashed Maximilian Marterer 6-3 6-2 7-6(4) to storm into the quarter-finals in Paris for a 12th time.

(Barbados Nation) By mid-June, the schooner Ruth should be making its maiden voyage to Guyana to purchase the first set of produce and possibly seafood for sale on the local market.

MEXICO CITY,  (Reuters) – Mexican firms will need to cut deals with suppliers and consider buying goods elsewhere once a conflict over U.S.

Dear Editor,  My dearly departed mother used to say “where ignorance is bliss, it’s folly to be wise”.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said yesterday the Super Bowl champion Philadelphia Eagles would not visit the White House today as planned after the NFL team disagreed with Trump’s call for players to stand for the national anthem.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump canceled the planned visit on Tuesday of the Super Bowl champions the Philadelphia Eagles to the White House, saying he disinvited the team after it disagreed with his call for players to stand for the national anthem.

Cummings Lodge Secondary School romped to a 10-wicket win over North Georgetown Secondary School (NGSS) to win the Dexter Cush/Johil Store Schoolboys tapeball knockout competition Saturday at D’urban Park.

Astute analysts of global affairs, (even at this eleventh hour, would probably not bet their houses) on the absolute certainty of the June 12th ‘summit’ between Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un, the clear signs that the two men are now likely to meet and talk in Singapore, a week today, notwithstanding.

President Trump’s practice of separating growing numbers of immigrant parents from their children is so cruel — and unnecessary — that it should be denounced by international organizations such as the United Nations.

(Barbados Nation) Sagicor Financial Corporation has welcomed Government’s decision to get help from the International Monetary Fund.

Dear Editor, Our beloved homosexual brothers and sisters had their gay pride parade on Saturday.

ADDIS ABABA, (Reuters) – Landlocked Ethiopia, which lost its access to the Red Sea nearly three decades ago, plans to build a navy as part of military reforms, state-affiliated media said.