Daily Archive: Saturday, June 23, 2018

Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo today said that irrespective of Tuesday’s ruling by the CCJ as to whether he is eligible for a third term he will remain the General Secretary of the PPP and plans to take an active role in any future PPP government.

The Guyana Sugar Corporation Inc. (GuySuCo) has established a Coordinating Committee for its ‘Sustainable and Resilient Communities Programme’ and ‘Alternative Livelihoods Initiative’ in the wake of around 5,000 of its employees losing their jobs over the last two years.

Sixteen constituencies have been removed from 14 Local Government Areas (LGAs) in what Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo has described as gerrymandering in a bid to reduce PPP/C wins at the upcoming local government elections.

Two suspects in the disappearance of a Crabwood Creek pensioner have led police to the discovery of burnt remains at a temple.

The Finance Minister filed a $200 million lawsuit against opposition parliamentarian Juan Edghill for malicious prosecution.

The Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) has fixed next Tuesday for the delivery of the long-awaited final ruling on the constitutionality of the presidential term limit, which will determine whether former two-term president Bharrat Jagdeo can seek re-election.

President David Granger yesterday issued a proclamation declaring Monday, June 25th as a National Day of mourning in memory of the more than one dozen fishermen who lost their lives in the deadly attacks that occurred between April 27th and May 3rd, 2018 off the coast of Suriname.

Following complaints about the condition of the Baramita runway months after major rehabilitation works were completed, the contractor will be required to fix three potholes and 30 ft by 20 ft of sand seal that has become separated from parts of the airstrip.

K&P Project Management, the company that owes the Region Six administration a bulldozer after failing to satisfy the terms of a contract, has indicated that it will refund the region the money.

The Karasabai Sub-District is now cut off from the rest of the Rupununi and one Lethem family has been relocated to a shelter as the water levels in the region continue to rise.

Up to 1,000 students can be accommodated in the newly reconstructed Golden Grove Secondary School, which was officially handed over yesterday.

Cabinet has discussed the increased fuel prices and is considering options carefully to avoid future negative effects on the country’s balance of payments, according to Minister of Finance Winston Jordan.

A part-time nanny has been charged with using an iron to burn a six-year-old boy who was left in her care.

Criminal charges have been filed against the owner of an East Bank Demerara supermarket after a search by the Government Analyst-Food and Drug Department (GA-FDD) resulted in the discovery of scores of cans of “Anglo Corn Beef” with foreign labelling as well as a quantity of expired goods.

The Caribbean side will need at least a draw to win the test series against a ‘shell shocked’ Sri Lanka side in the historic day/night test in Bridgetown, Barbados starting today.

The police in Berbice were yesterday continuing their manhunt for Lionel Thomas, the Rose Hall, Corentyne man who allegedly wounded his ex-wife and pregnant daughter and then set their Babu John, Port Mourant, Corentyne house on fire on Wednesday evening.

Imran Lyte, the Limlair farmer who tried to end his life after he killed his wife in a grisly attack on Wednesday evening, remained hospitalised in a stable condition yesterday. 

ST PETERSBURG, (Reuters) – Late strikes by Philippe Coutinho and Neymar gave Brazil their first win of the World Cup in thrilling fashion against Costa Rica in St.

Track and Field athletes from in excess of 25 territories are expected to compete at the third edition of the Aliann Pompey Invitational (API) scheduled for June 30 at the National Track and Field Centre.

A businessman is currently in police custody after he allegedly discharged several shots at a former tenant, who allegedly doused him with a flammable liquid and attempted to set him alight yesterday morning during a confrontation along Regent Street, Georgetown.

A 19-year-old sex worker was yesterday brought before a city magistrate to face a robbery charge.

A former Guyana Police Force (GPF) rank was yesterday sentenced to five years in jail after he was found guilty of an armed robbery.

KALININGRAD, Russia,  (Reuters) – Switzerland hit back with a thunderous strike by Granit Xhaka and a last-minute breakaway goal by Xherdan Shaqiri to claim a famous 2-1 win over Serbia yesterday in a swashbuckling World Cup Group E match tinged with Balkan rivalry.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Barbados’ Junior Economic Affairs Minister, Marsha Caddle, has pointed to Centres of Excellence as the way forward, if the country and the region is to marry sports and education, and harness the best talents of young people.

GENEVA,  (Reuters) – Venezuelan security forces suspected of killing hundreds of demonstrators and alleged criminals enjoy immunity from prosecution, indicating that the rule of law is “virtually absent” in the country, the United Nations said yesterday.

Neil Benjamin, an Enterprise, East Coast Demerara man who allegedly collected almost half a million dollars from a woman on the pretext of being able to get her land, was yesterday charged with two counts of fraud.

Dear Editor, I am appalled and deeply concerned at the manner in which our police seem so vulnerable and apparently helpless in the face of attacks by persons armed with nothing less than a knife.

Sueria Manufacturing Inc. of Eccles Industrial Area, East Bank Demerara, under their Activade Sports Drink brand has joined with the Guyana Cycling Federation (GCF) for its marquee event, the National Championships which pedals off this morning with the Individual Time Trials on the Linden Soesdyke Highway.

Twenty-six-year-old model Onesha Hutson has been strutting the catwalk for the last seven years in and out of Guyana and her exploits include finishing second in the Miss Jamzone Guyana in 2014 and becoming queen of the local leg at the Miss Global International Guyana the same year.

SAN FRANCISCO/WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – Lilian Merida-Galicia and her 7-year-old daughter were apprehended after crossing the U.S.-Mexico

Dear Editor, Guyana’s Ambassador to the United States Dr. Riyad Insanally has suggested that there be a more structured process of engagement between the Caribbean Diplomatic Caucus  in Washington DC and the Caribbean diaspora to ensure that efforts to advance the cause of the region and its people are well defined and co-ordinated.

Almost a month after being ousted, the Management Committee of the Guyana Public Service Cooperative Credit Union (GPSCCU) has regained temporary control of the body.

A 45-year-old Craig mother of three has found herself accused of demanding money from a man by pretending she was a police officer.

Hi Everyone, This week begins a 2-part series on eating a pig’s head.

VIENNA,  (Reuters) – OPEC agreed yesterday on a modest increase in oil production from next month after its leader Saudi Arabia persuaded arch-rival Iran to cooperate, following calls from major consumers to curb rising fuel costs.

Dear Editor, I have previously written on reports about the processes used for the selection of the Deputy Chief Election Officer; among these processes was the use of the Performance Appraisal System.

KFC Guyana is now the major sponsor of the third annual Guyana South America undiscovered Martial Arts Championships, Health and Business Expo.

Dear Editor, Ours is an economy which is comparatively small, relatively undiversified and precariously dependent upon primary production.

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.

For as long as I can remember, I have stayed away from dark-coloured clothing.

(Trinidad Express) Secretary Nicole Debideen left home yesterday morning, went to church, then travelled to her office, where someone killed her.

Cycling fans get ready, the Guyana Cycling Federation’s National Championships rolls this morning.

Dear Editor, I am inspired to join the discussion by the cartoon depicting the PPP’s Gail Teixeira holding a placard proclaiming “Haitians Out!”

The Guyana Rice Development Board (GRDB) is currently working with Panamanian officials to ensure that the outstanding payments owed to Guyanese millers are made.

CAVE HILL, Barbados, Jun 22, CMC – Former Test batsman Philo Wallace rolled back the years with a dashing half-century as Barbados Legends got the better of the West Indies Retired Players by 15 runs, in a star-studded exhibition Twenty20 match here Thursday night.

By Miguel H. Diaz (Miguel H. Díaz served as U.S. Ambassador to the Holy See 2009-2012 and is currently the John Courtney Murray Univer-sity Chair in Public Ser-vice at Loyola University Chicago.

One year later the Brazilian Embassy will yet again be hosting its annual festival ‘Festa Junina’ on the lawns of the Brazilian Embassy today beginning at 6pm until midnight.

(Trinidad Express) Criminals stabbed and slit the throats of a Tamana couple on Thursday night.

The inaugural Food Town Restaurant and Distribution Outlet has partnered with the Lusignan Golf Club to host its first ever golf tournament today at the Lusignan Golf Club (LGC), East Coast Demerara.

(Trinidad Express) A Westmoorings man was expected to appear before a Port of Spain Magistrate yesterday, charged with 32 counts of money laundering and one count of obtaining approximately TT$8.6 million by false representation, between the period October 2015 and April 2018. 

Reggae artiste Mortimer Softley, who goes by the stage name Natural Black yes released his much anticipated single, ‘Eyes Ah Look’.

When “The Incredibles” premiered, it was to a markedly different film market in 2004.

Tardiness is said to be responsible for claims made regarding school uniform voucher fraud at the Matthews Ridge Nursery School.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – A federal judge yesterday dealt another blow to U.S.

Last week, on World Refugee Day, the Guardian printed the names of 34,361 migrants who have died since the early 1990s, while trying to enter Europe.

“There will be consequences. If they think that they can rig the elections and have the kind of peace that we have now, they’re wrong; very, very wrong.

Dear Editor, Thursday’s domestic violence that occurred at Limlair Village on the Corentyne was the last straw for me.

Visiting President of the University of Trinidad and Tobago, Professor Sarim Al-Zubaidy has told the University of Guyana’s 5th Conversation on Law and Society that investing oil revenues into education would help fuel economic growth.