Daily Archive: Friday, June 22, 2018

The Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) will on Tuesday, June 26th hand down its decision in the third term case which will determine if former President Bharrat Jagdeo can run for the presidency again.

MOSCOW,  (Reuters) – As Brazil forward Neymar broke down and wept uncontrollably on the pitch at the end of his team’s hard-fought 2-0 win over Costa Rica on Friday, it was hard not to be moved by his reaction.

Political analyst Henry Jeffrey says the evidence suggests that Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo has good reason to fear that electoral shenanigans are afoot but that his threatened robust response is the wrong approach as it could impact the oil economy and development.

ST PETERSBURG,  (Reuters) – Dramatic late strikes by Philippe Coutinho and Neymar gave Brazil their first win of the World Cup against Costa Rica in St Petersburg today and broke Central American hearts by sending them out of the tournament.

GENEVA, (Reuters) – Antigua and Barbuda is “losing all hope” of a financial settlement in a long-running dispute with the United States and it may ask the head of the World Trade Organization to mediate, Antiguan ambassador Ronald Sanders told the WTO today.

A Limlair Village, Corentyne farmer murdered his estranged common-law wife on Wednesday evening, when he stabbed her several times about her body and then slit her throat, after which he tried to end his own life.

With Guyana to soon tap large revenues from the oil and gas sector, both government and the private sector have to move swiftly to forge alliances and not look to external forces, Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) Commissioner-General Godfrey Statia said yesterday.

After initially being divided, a jury yesterday found Dellon Henry, called “Nasty Man,” guilty of the 2015 murder of East Ruimveldt footballer Dexter Griffith.

President David Granger has been challenged to a public debate on race relations in Guyana by Leader of the Opposition Bharrat Jagdeo.

A Port Mourant woman is now fearful for her life after her ex-husband allegedly attacked her and their pregnant daughter on Wednesday evening, after which he set their Babu John, Port Mourant, Corentyne house on fire.

Minister of Public Security, Khemraj Ramjattan says the government will be moving to recompose the police ‘F’ division to help improve security in hinterland and mining regions. 

NIZHNY NOVGOROD, Russia, (Reuters) – Croatia marched into the World Cup knockout stage by handing Argentina a 3-0 drubbing with goals from Ante Rebic, Luka Modric and Ivan Rakitic in their Group D match on Thursday to leave the hopes of the twice world champions hanging by a thread.

Calvin George, the Grove teen who allegedly attempted to murder a man after an argument over the use of a toilet, was yesterday committed to stand trial for the crime.

Death row inmate Mark Samuels, who was found guilty of his wife’s murder in 2009, had his conviction and sentence set aside by the Guyana Court of Appeal on Tuesday.

Guyanese can breathe a sigh of relief after Guyana was confirmed as the seventh and final match venue for the HERO Caribbean Premier League 2018.

ExxonMobil yesterday withdrew its 3.7B barrels of oil reserves declaration for the Stabroek Block saying that its eighth well discovery, Longtail is still under evaluation.

YEKATERINBURG, Russia,  (Reuters) – France beat Peru 1-0 with a goal from Kylian Mbappe on Thursday to book their place in the last 16 of the World Cup and crush the South Americans’ hopes of progressing in their first appearance at the tournament for 36 years.

The Auditor General (AG) was on Monday asked to investigate instances of contract splitting which occurred under the Region 6 (East Berbice/Corentyne) administration in 2016, and to report to the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) on the matter.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Stylish batsman Shai Hope swept three awards including Cricketer-of-the-Year, headlining the Cricket West Indies/WIPA Awards Ceremony staged here Wednesday night.

Saying Guyana’s Second Draft Local Content Policy Framework caters well for its people, expert Michael Warner is urging citizens to act swiftly to equip themselves to be globally competitive in the oil and gas field.

The Guyana Olympic Association (GOA) will collaborate with the Athletics Association of Guyana (AAG) to host its annual 10k Team Run and Fun Walk-Jog-Run on Sunday at 6:00hrs. 

Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday publicly rejected an invitation to appear at a closed door hearing of the Commission of Inquiry (CoI) into the 2008 Lindo Creek killings.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Shemaine Campbelle sustained her excellent form with a fine hundred as she fired Guyana to a convincing 65-run victory over Leeward Islands in the Wednesday’s opening round of the Women’s Super50 Championship.

The Guyana Police Force has received legal advice to charge the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) Coast Guard officer who struck and killed a man on Sunday night along the De Willem Public Road, on the West Coast of Demerara.

The West Indian Sports Complex has joined other individuals and business entities which are offering their support for the two-week Malteenoes Cricket Academy which starts on July 23.

Residents of Cumberland, East Berbice-Corentyne (Region Six) and Cane Grove, Demerara-Mahaica (Region Four) are the newest beneficiaries of the E-Government Information and Communication Technology (ICT) hubs, the Department of Public Information (DPI) said yesterday.

The formalization of memoranda of understanding between the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) and key business support organizations in Canada, Cuba and India designed to promote “structured trade and other related areas of cooperation” send unmistakable signals that countries across the world are keen to do business with Guyana, GCCI President Deodat Indar told the Stabroek Business on Wednesday.

LONDON, (Reuters) – England’s rampant one-day side powered to a fourth straight win over Australia, following up their world record rampage at Trent Bridge with a commanding six-wicket victory at Chester-le-Street on Thursday led by centurion Jason Roy.

The success which Credit Unions in the Caribbean have had in attracting increasing numbers of members and exponentially growing their savings continues to be compromised by their failure to provide optimum returns on those savings through their inability to disentangle themselves from the less than lucrative savings mechanisms offered by commercial banks,” Trinidad and Tobago Prime Minister Dr.

A man charged with two counts of child rape will have to face a retrial after a jury could not agree on a verdict yesterday.

Pre-Sellers was crowned the Banks DIH Limited ‘President’s Cup’ Inter-Department Domino Champion, defeating Trisco and Central Service on Wednesday at the Thirst Park Sports Club.

A letter has been sent to the Ministry of Public Infrastructure requesting an investigation into the breach of the river defence on Wakenaam on Sunday, Information Officer of the Regional Democratic Council (RDC) of Region Three says.

SAMARA, Russia,  (Reuters) – Captain Mile Jedinak rode to Australia’s World Cup rescue with a penalty to cancel out Christian Eriksen’s superb opener for Denmark, securing a 1-1 draw on Thursday that ensured Group C would go down to the wire.

A cursory examination of global statistics pertaining to the international cooperative movement reveals an interesting picture regarding the popularity of cooperatives, the involvement of people therein and the impact of cooperatives on the global economy.

As floodwaters continued to rise in the Rupununi, Vice-Chairman of the Regional Democratic Council (RDC) Karl Singh yesterday said shelters have been identified in the event persons will have to be moved.

The Competition & Consumer Affairs Commission (CCAC) apart from its mandate to enforce Guyana’s consumer protection legislation is also mandated to enforce rules of competition set out in the Competition & Fair Trading Act of 2011 or CFTA.

WASHINGTON/MCALLEN, Texas, (Reuters) – The U.S. military has been asked to get ready to house up to 20,000 immigrant children, officials said yesterday, as President Donald Trump’s efforts to roll back a widely condemned policy of separating children from their parents were beset by confusion.

SOCHI, Russia,  (Reuters) – Poland will make changes for their match against Colombia and start “more aggressively” in what will be a key match against opponents who also lost their opening contest, striker Dawid Kownacki said on Thursday.

The Hydrometeorological Office has not yet decided as to whether charges will be laid against the Diamond resident who dug an unauthorised well in his yard, a source says.

By Professor Leyland Lucas A Response to Prime Minister Dr. Keith Rowley’s recent comments on the state of the Credit Union movement in Trinidad and Tobago Within Guyana, the Credit Union movement appears to be at an interesting juncture.

Dear Editor, I write responding to the letter in your Wednesday, June 20, 2018 Letter Column under the heading `Region Six REO should be sanctioned over bulldozer scandal’.

Linden Technical Institute (LTI) and Mackenzie High will battle in the finale of the Youth Basketball Guyana (YBG)/Linden Amateur Basketball Association (LABA) Secondary School Under-19 Championship, following semi-final wins on Wednesday.

(Trinidad Express) As debate rages over the President Donald Trump administration’s zero-tolerance policy toward immigrants and their children coming to the U.S.-Mexico

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Prime Minister Theresa May won a crucial Brexit vote in parliament on Wednesday, keeping her divided government’s plans to end more than 40 years of British partnership with the European Union on track.

With its mandate to host semi-monthly tournaments, the Guyana Boxing Association (GBA) will stage its second tournament for the month of June tomorrow at the Andrew ‘Sixhead’ Lewis Gym.

Still nowhere close to finding its feet among the global big players, Guyana’s coconut industry can take heart from the fact that continually fast-growing demand for coconut and its by-products still leaves considerable lucrative market space for small operators.

(Trinidad Express) Auto parts dealer Simon Moss was shot and killed outside his home in St Joseph on Wednesday night.

Dear Editor, The purpose of this letter is to thank the Honourable Prime Minis-ter and the Honourable Minister of Infrastructure, Mr.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – The United States said on Thursday it had imposed visa bans on several senior officials in the Democratic Republic of Congo for corruption tied to the country’s electoral process to send a “strong signal” about the need for a peaceful transfer of power.

A Port Kaituma youth was yesterday charged with stealing over half a million in valuables in a break-in.

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WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday North Korea was blowing up four of its big test sites and that a process of “total denuclearization … has already started,” but officials said there was no such evidence since a landmark summit last week.

Dear Editor, It would appear from the report on pages 18/19 of SN of Friday, June 15, that a case for/against selection of one candidate for the position of Deputy Chief Election Officer is based largely on prior related experience in GECOM, first as its Public Relations Officer and later Deputy Chief Election Officer, arguably on the basis of a ‘consensus’ (other informed observers would substitute the word ‘conciliation’) at the time and which required no casting vote.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Novak Djokovic issued a statement of intent as he thrashed second seed Grigor Dimitrov to reach the quarter-finals of the ATP 500 Fever-Tree championships at Queen’s Club on Thursday.

A porter was yesterday remanded to prison after he was accused of stealing mining equipment and selling it.

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Damodar Panday, the 55-year-old man who fell to his death from his La Bonne Intention (LBI), East Coast Demerara home on Monday night died as a result of a fractured skull.

ADDIS ABABA,  (Reuters) – Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki raised hopes of a breakthrough in one of Africa’s most intractable military stand-offs on Wednesday by describing recent peace overtures from arch-enemy Ethiopia as “positive signals”.

Dear Editor, I read with great interest a media report about Finance Minister Winston Jordan declaring to China that Guyana is open for business.

VIENNA, (Reuters) – U.S. sanctions on Venezuela are an attack against the stability of the global oil market, Venezuelan Oil Minister Manuel Quevedo said yesterday.

MOSCOW, (Reuters) – Germany’s phenomenal World Cup consistency means the reigning world champions have not been eliminated in the tournament’s group stage for the last 80 years – but that could all change on Saturday.

Dear Editor, Rawle Toney thinks the young women representing Guyana in basketball were “Humiliated”.

(Barbados Nation) American Airlines has announced the addition of non-stop, daily service from Charlotte Douglas International Airport (CLT) in North Carolina to Grantley Adams Inter-national Airport (BGI) beginning December 19.

(Reuters) – Defending champion Roger Federer saved two match points in a final set tiebreak before defeating Benoit Paire 6-3 3-6 7-6(7) in a thrilling contest to reach the Halle Open quarter-finals on Thursday.

NEW DELHI,  (Reuters) – India, the world’s biggest buyer of U.S.

In what would have come to many observers as something of a surprise the Ministry of Public Health, earlier this week, issued a media release seemingly pointing to a busy time ahead for the Ministry pertaining to what Minister Volda Lawrence strongly suggests has been a virus of fraud attempts to steal from the public treasury, occurring within her Ministry.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Following is the list of award winners at the CWI/WIPA Awards Ceremony here Wednesday night: AWARDS: Windies Cricketer-of-the-Year – Shai Hope Windies Test Cricketer-of-the-Year – Shai Hope Windies ODI Cricketer-of-the-Year – Shai Hope Windies T20 Cricketer-of-the-Year – Evin Lewis Windies Emerging Cricketer-of-the-Year – Keemo Paul Windies Women’s T20 Cricketer-of-the-Year – Deandra Dottin Windies Women’s ODI Cricketer-of-the-Year – Stafanie Taylor Windies Women Cricketer-of-the-Year – Stafanie Taylor CWI Lifetime Achievement Award – Carol Whilby-Maxwell WIPA Lifetime Achievement Award – Dawnley Joseph First Class Team-of-the-Year – Guyana Regional Under-19 Team-of-the-Year – Guyana First Class Four Day Cricketer-of-the-Year – Devon Smith First Class 50 Over Cricketer-of-the-Year – Roston Chase Caribbean T20 Cricketer-of-the-Year – Chadwick Walton Windies Under-19 Cricketer-of-the-Year – Kirstan Kallicharan Atlantic/WIPA In The Community Awardee – Rodney Sieunarine CWI/WIPA Outstanding Foundation Awardee – The Marlon Samuels Foundation Windies Umpire-of-the-Year – Joel Wilson

(Jamaica Gleaner) The Clarendon man who raped a university student after convincing her that he could exorcise a ‘duppy’ he claimed was following her was yesterday sent to prison for 15 years.

GASCI (www.gasci.com/telephone Nº 223-6175/6) reports that session 778’s trading results showed consideration of $999,900 from 1,111 shares traded in 1 transaction as compared to session 777’s trading results which showed consideration of $17,512,301 from 66,357 shares traded in 17 transactions.

It is perhaps an inescapable fact, applicable to countries around the world, that the public has a notoriously short memory.

-Black Germans, Afro Swiss If, like me, you’re a mere mortal of a layman often befuddled by the law, the concept of justice and many conclusions by legally-trained arbiters, read and consider my opinion relevant to the appointment of the Head of our national Elections Commission.

GUWAHATI, India,  (Reuters) – When bank technicians in India were finally summoned to investigate why an ATM (automated teller machine) had not been working for days, they began to smell a rat.

Dear Editor, The fuel inspector who was flung out of the vehicle following the impact of the collision gives rise to speculation the seat belt was not engaged.