Daily Archive: Tuesday, June 12, 2018

A 19-year-old died this morning after she allegedly jumped from a moving car driven by her boyfriend on Sunday evening.

The Police say they are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of Joel Amad, 19, a miner of Anarika, Essequibo River which occurred about 7.20 last evening at 17 Miles, Rockstone Village, Essequibo River.

Five men are expected to be charged today following a large drug bust at Parika, East Bank Essequibo.

(Trinidad Guardian) The country’s leading religious leaders yesterday called on Government not to amend the Equal Opportunities Act to accommodate the LGBTQIA community, while they want an amendment to the Marriage Act to entrench marriage as a union between a male and female when Parliament meets in September.

SINGAPORE, (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un pledged today to work toward complete denuclearisation of the Korean peninsula while Washington committed to provide security guarantees for its old enemy.

PPP Executive Secretary Zulfikar Mustapha yesterday filed an appeal challenging the recent decision upholding the appointment of GECOM Chairman Justice (retd) James Patterson.

The Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) has produced a dismal  34,450 tonnes of sugar for the first crop in 2018, out of a low production target of 36,105 which was set.

There is uncertainty over the current status of charges against consultant Madanlall Ramraj, one of the former Guyana Rice Development Board (GRDB) members accused of fraud, after a war of words yesterday between his attorney and the Attorney General’s Chambers.

A Rose Hall, Corentyne man who two weeks ago pleaded guilty at the High Court in Berbice to the lesser count of manslaughter will spend ten years more in prison for killing his wife. 

A family’s struggle to reclaim inherited land from miners in Region Seven has now forced its members to live in camps along the Ekereku River as they work to find a solution to their situation.

A woman was yesterday charged with two counts of fraud after she was accused of conning another woman out of $375,000 by claiming she could get her houses and land at Dazzel Housing Scheme, East Coast Demerara.

After allegedly bludgeoning another man with a piece of wood, a youth yesterday found himself before a city magistrate charged with attempted murder.

Bandits on Sunday night shot a wash bay operator during a robbery at Broad and Lombard streets, Charlestown, Georgetown but the shooter did not get far due to a quick response by police after the attack.

Minister of Social Protection, Amna Ally is said to be in good spirits and resting comfortably at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation where she sought medical attention yesterday after complaining of feeling unwell.

The teen daughter of Sunil Ramsundar, who claims to have witnessed the altercation that preceded a fatal attack on him on Boxing Day of 2014, yesterday testified that she made a number of mistakes in her witness statement.

The New Amsterdam Hospital emergency unit is in dire need of overhauling, according to patients and relatives who are accessing the hospital on a daily, weekly and monthly basis.

A labourer was yesterday remanded to prison over a post he allegedly made on Facebook, in which he threatened to bomb stores.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Captain Jason Holder has pointed to West Indies’ rear guard batting effort in the first innings as the foundation of Sunday’s 226-run victory over Sri Lanka in the opening Test.

Fifteen-year-old Rose Hall champion cyclist, Beyonce Ross who was in a critical condition at the Georgetown Public Hospital passed on yesterday after battling a brain tumour.

Thanks to a second half turn around, the Pepsi Hornets kicked off their 2018 Bounty Farm 15s League title hunt in fine style Sunday winning their match up 12-10 against the Panthers.

Fifteen years after a careless driver mowed down the sign that honored and reflected the contribution of one of the greatest to play the game of cricket, a collective effort between the Mayor and City Council, Demerara Cricket Club (DCC) and Top Brandz has made it possible for the sign be once again erected.

A mechanic and a constable attached to the Georgetown Mayor and City Council (M&CC) escaped unhurt after the vehicle they were travelling in caught afire yesterday.  The incident occurred just around 4:30 yesterday afternoon in the vicinity of the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.

Guyanese wicket-keeper/batsman, Anthony Bramble has been confirmed as captain of the Cricket West Indies invitational team in the inaugural participation at the Global T20 Canada League from June 28 to July 15.

Two men were yesterday fined for a recent theft in Bartica, while their co-accused was granted bail after he pleaded not guilty.

On Sunday, Grenada took their first major step in order to compete at the third Caribbean Schoolboys and Juniors Boxing Tournament here in August.

Dear Editor, Samaroo Investment wishes to respond to Mr. Juan Edghill’s statement as contained in the SN report of June 4th `Consultancy firm on Three Friends project had been advanced $15m by contractor’.

Alert police and prison officials thwarted what appeared to have been a plot to smuggle contraband items, including cannabis and phones, into the Lusignan Prison early yesterday morning.

Dear Editor,  In a poll done a few years ago more than 60% of Guyanese don’t have any confidence in the court system.

Additional documentation will have to be sent to the Food Safety Inspection Services (FSIS) of the United States Department of Agriculture as part of Guyana’s bid to resume exportation of catfish, according to Chief Fisheries Officer Denzil Roberts.

Guyana defeated host nation Barbados 79-68 to clinch their three-match Internat-ional Basketball Series 2-1 Sunday at Sir Garfield Sobers Complex, St.

The Ministry of Indigenous Peoples’ Affairs last Wednesday signed a contract for the continued expansion of the Indigenous Residence in Georgetown.

Dear Editor, Please permit me to extend my sincere condolences to the relatives of now deceased baby Maleek Sandy.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – West Indies head coach, Stuart Law, expects stylish left-hander Kieran Powell to convert one of his many starts into a hundred very soon.

SINGAPORE,  (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said he had forged a “good relationship” with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un at the start of a historic summit in Singapore yesterday, as the two men sought ways to end a nuclear standoff on the Korean peninsula.

Charged early last month with two counts of embezzlement, a former DeSinco Trading Company Limited clerk was hauled before a city court once again last Friday to answer to 12 additional charges.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – ZTE Corp’s settlement with the U.S. Commerce Department that would allow China’s No.

(Reuters) – Scotland’s cricketers pulled off the greatest victory in their history to beat England for the first time amid scenes of disbelief and jubilation at the tiny Grange ground in Edinburgh yesterday.

Dear Editor, SN’s very thoughtful Editorial of Friday June 8, 2018 titled ‘Improved Facilities for Fire Service’ touched an old (raw) nerve; for it’s a decade or more since I have attempted to bring attention to the indifference with which such a critical service as the Guyana Fire Service is treated.

PANAMA CITY,  (Reuters) – The United States yesterday extradited former Panamanian president Ricardo Martinelli to the Central American country, the U.S.

Dear Editor, All too often we read complaints in the newspapers and rarely do we hear of the follow up to what the response was to the complaint.

PARIS,  (Reuters) – Rafael Nadal has cast doubt on his participation at Wimbledon, saying he needs to see how his body recovers after a long clay court campaign culminated in an 11th French Open title.

Player of the match Erva Giddings and Shamaine Campbelle spurred Guyana senior female team to their first win in the Cricket West Indies Regional Female T20 Blaze tournament in Jamaica yesterday.

A  man was yesterday granted his release on $100,000 bail after he denied stealing a tool kit.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Sporting Central Football Academy chairman Brandon Murray was shot dead by gunmen in St Andrew on Sunday.

The US Southern Command will conduct Exercise New Horizon 2019 in Guyana.

SAN SALVADOR, (Reuters) – A judge in El Salvador ordered the arrest of 17 people, including the current Minister of Social Inclusion, yesterday for their suspected involvement in a corruption racket allegedly led by former President Mauricio Funes.

Dear Editor, June 13th 2018, represents the thirty-eighth year since the assassination of Walter Rodney, which occurred on June 13th, 1980.

LONDON,  CMC – Shane Dowrich’s unbeaten hundred in the recent first Test against Sri Lanka in Port of Spain has seen him vault 20 spots in the ICC Test batting rankings.

(Reuters) – Indian fast bowler Mohammed Shami has not been passed fit for Thursday’s test match against Afghanistan and will be replaced by uncapped paceman Navdeep Saini, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) said yesterday.

Dear Editor, Guyanese have a saying that is part funny, part serious: “hole out fuh price.” 

Edinburgh, East Bank Berbice residents will soon receive treated tap water as the Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) works to improve the water quality in Region Six.

SANTIAGO, (Reuters) – Shares in the Bank of Chile were down yesterday after it confirmed hackers had siphoned off $10 million of its funds, mainly to Hong Kong, though the country’s second-largest commercial bank said no client accounts had been impacted.

VATICAN CITY/SANTIAGO,  (Reuters) – Pope Francis has accepted the resignations of three Chilean bishops following sex abuse scandals, including Bishop Juan Barros of Osorno, the city at the centre of the uproar, the Vatican said yesterday.

(Barbados Government Information Service) Below are some the key fiscal measures announced by Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Mia Mottley in her Mini Budget presentation delivered yesterday i.

When public officers who knowingly place themselves in harm’s way in pursuit of enforcement of the law are harmed or come under attack from those whose criminal pursuits they seek to deter, not only do law-abiding citizens have a duty to roundly condemn such acts and to insist that the perpetrators are determinedly ferreted out and suitably punished, but the state itself has an obligation to place every available resource at the disposal of the effort to hunt down and apprehend the guilty parties.  Incidents like last Thursday’s shooting of two Guyana Revenue Authority enforcement officers at Bee Hive on Thursday (thankfully, it does not appear that either of the two men was seriously injured) whilst they were in the process of probing what appeared to be a case of smuggling sent – not for the first time – an unmistakable message to the society as a whole and to law-enforcement in particular, regarding both the nature and the magnitude of the crime challenge that confronts the state in its law enforcement pursuits.  One of the challenges associated with tackling particular types of crimes, not least major drug-trafficking and the smuggling of various types of goods is that such criminal enterprises are commonly attended by elaborate operational regimes which, frequently, include a dimension of force, sometimes deadly force, as a means of protecting their operations against the deterrent of legal sanction.

DAR ES SALAAM,  (Reuters) – Tanzania ordered all unregistered bloggers and online forums yesterday to suspend their websites immediately or face criminal prosecution, as critics accuse the government of tightening control of internet content.

In an effort to develop public speaking among students within Region Four, the Department of Education recently organised an impromptu speaking competition and Diamond Secondary won.

The Organization of American States’ resolution against Venezuela’s dictatorship this week is a significant step that deserves our applause — but not for the reasons stated in most headlines.

Dear Editor, The Health Department of the Region #3 Administration has some practices that are in conflict with Public Service Ministry Rules and Regulations with regards to the employ of Nursing Staff at the West Demerara Regional Hospital.

(Reuters) – Scotland’s historic win over England has led to praise from Indian batting great Sachin Tendulkar, who has called for the sport’s second-tier teams to get more opportunities to prove themselves against top sides.