Daily Archive: Friday, July 20, 2018

SAO PAULO, (Reuters) – The U.S. Treasury is open to removing Russian aluminum producer Rusal from a U.S.

As the National Assembly sits to debate the Cybercrime Bill over the next six hours its members will have two different solutions for the controversial sedition clause to consider.

(Trinidad Guardian) Prosecutors have made another blunder in the case again 10 men charged with the murder of former Independent Senator Dana Seetahal, SC.

An intervention by former United States president Jimmy Carter has seemingly paved the way for long-awaited bilateral talks to be held between the government and the opposition, Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo revealed yesterday.

Two Corentyne men who were found guilty at the High Court in Berbice of raping a now 26-year-old man in 2015 at Williamsburg Village, Corentyne were yesterday sentenced to 21 years and 16 years respectively.

Local government elections, for which central government has allocated some $2.9 billion to the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), will be held on November 12th, Minister of Communities Ronald Bulkan announced yesterday.

Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo seems unsure as to whether or not the Ministerial Code of Conduct applies to the July 8 incident involving Minister in the Ministry of Natural Resources, Simona Broomes.

President David Granger and Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday met on the appointments of the Public Service Commission and the Police Service Commission and Jagdeo said he voiced his disapproval at the proposed nominee for the chairmanship of the latter, retired Assistant Commissioner Paul Slowe, saying he was partisan and comes with too much “baggage”.

As the rainy season in the Rupununi and the associated floodwater continues to isolate the village of Karasabai in the South Pakaraimas, residents have begun to consider alternative routes and methods of transportation.

Andre Gomes, also known as ‘Zipper,’ was yesterday found not guilty of trafficking cocaine.

The Maritime Administration Department (MARAD) has launched an investigation into the jet skiing accident which claimed the life of overseas-based Guyanese Ravindra Budhraj on Sunday last in the Demerara River.

A hospital attendant was yesterday granted bail after he was charged with attempting to murder a former friend.

The Guyana Zoo in Georgetown was closed yesterday due to flooding.

Two consecutive life sentences were handed down on Wednesday to a man who was found guilty of two counts of raping a nine-year-old girl.

A teen accused of attempted murder was yesterday granted his release on $150,000 bail.

Fitzroy Corlette is no longer employed by the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) as the entity has exercised the option not to renew his contract which expired yesterday.

The People’s Progressive Party (PPP) on Wednesday said that Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) Chairman, retired Justice James Patterson on Tuesday voted against an extension of the continuous registration period.

Guyana Women’s Table Tennis team competing in the ongoing Central America and Caribbean Games will play El Salvador today for a place in the quarterfinals after notching up a win and a loss on the opening day in Colombia. 

LONDON, CMC – Four-time Formula One world champion driver Lewis Hamilton has signed a contract that will see him continue to race for Mercedes for at least two more seasons.

Minister of Public Health Volda Lawrence yesterday once again defended the integrity of the award of a $367 million contract for emergency drugs to New York-based HDM Labs Inc.

(Reuters) – Liverpool signed Brazil international Alisson from AS Roma on Thursday, smashing the world record for a goalkeeper in a deal worth up to 72.5 million euros ($84 million).

An East La Penitence man was on Wednesday night robbed at gunpoint by two bandits of his gold ring valued at $40,000 while he was speaking to a friend on Thomas Street, Georgetown.

On Tuesday afternoon GuySuCo’s Corporate Communications Manager, Audreyanna Thomas revealed that there are presently over 600 vacancies at the Albion Sugar Estate. 

CARNOUSTIE, Scotland, (Reuters) – For a few hours at a sun-drenched Carnoustie on Thursday it felt like 2000 all over again, or 2005 or 2006 as Tiger Woods rolled back the years and captivated a heaving British Open gallery.

For the second time this year, a pump attendant and a cashier at the Shell Gas Station at McDoom were robbed at gunpoint by bandits of an undisclosed amount of cash.

The Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) will be suspending the processing of some applications for prospecting permits  to enable internal upgrades.

MADRID, (Reuters) – Spain’s new coach Luis Enrique said on Thursday that his tenure in charge of the 2010 world champions would be all about “evolution, not revolution” but the former Barcelona manager also promised plenty of surprises in his first squad.

Seized, it seems, with a renewed sense of urgency arising out of the limited results secured so far from efforts to grow the entrepreneurial profile of much of the local business sector, the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) will, beginning this morning, stage a forum which Chamber President Deodat Indar has told Stabroek Business will seek to bring businesses and business support institutions together in an effort in an effort to ensure that such support services as are required to optimize business growth are placed at the disposal of both established and emerging entrepreneurs.

L’ALPE D’HUEZ, France, (Reuters) – Geraint Thomas became the first man to win up l’Alpe d’Huez with the yellow jersey on his shoulders on Thursday as he extended his Tour de France overall lead amid unsavoury scenes while sparking fresh questions about the Team Sky leadership.

President David Granger last evening stated his disappointment that history is no longer offered as a stand-alone discipline at the University of Guyana (UG).

Even as Guyana readies itself for the imminent exploitation of oil and gas and for the management of the revenues to be derived therefrom, Chief Executive Officer of Demerara Distillers Ltd.

Ninety toshaos were yesterday sworn in as ex-officio Justices of the Peace (JP) or Rural Constables by Chief Magistrate Ann McClennan.

The social, economic and national security significance of the retention of strong links between the hinterland and coastal regions of Guyana means that keeping lines of communication open, “whether these be by land, sea or air” ought of necessity to be “considerations of national priority,” Chief Executive Officer of Roraima Airways Gerry Gouveia told the Stabroek Business on Tuesday.  Speaking in the wake of recent reports regarding the serious deterioration of the Linden-Lethem road and the economic consequences and physical hardships deriving therefrom Gouveia told Stabroek Business that once access to our interior locations becomes “difficult or challenging” on account of difficulties encountered with the efficiency of any of the key modes of transport, “that situation should be treated as a national emergency.”  Last week, the Guyana Manufacturing & Services Association (GMSA) issued a statement on “the worsening conditions of interior roads” which it said was “causing suffering and losses to timber producers………across” the country and which it added provided “a very bleak outlook for many industries including forestry, mining, tourism, and trade.”

(Reuters) – England’s bid to regain the Ashes next year will begin with first test against Australia at Edgbaston, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) announced on Thursday.

By Brian Mullis Director                       Guyana Tourism Authority Travel and tourism will outperform the global economy throughout the next decade, growing by an expected 3.8% on average annually over the next ten years according to the World Travel & Tourism Council’s (WTTC) 2017 Travel & Tourism Economic Impact World report. 

With less than seven days before the kickoff of the Guinness ‘Greatest of the Streets’ National Championship, all systems are in place for a spectacular tournament, which is expected to exceeded the successes of previous editions.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – President Donald Trump has invited Russian President Vladimir Putin to Washington this autumn, the White House said yesterday, a daring rebuttal to the torrent of criticism in the United States over Trump’s failure to publicly confront Putin at their first summit for Moscow’s meddling in the 2016 election.

Jaigobin Seecharran, the 39-year-old man whose body was discovered in a trench at Providence, East Bank Demerara on Tuesday died from drowning and as a result of blunt trauma to the head.

The Discount Store and Superbet are the latest entities to partner with the Guyana Cup, the largest horse race meet in the 592.

The Guyana Office for Investment (GO-Invest), an agency of the Ministry of Business, is vested with a dynamic role in the State’s drive for economic diversification.

A quantity of contraband items including marijuana and alcohol was early Wednesday morning retrieved in the yard of the New Amsterdam Prison after being tossed over the fence.

LIMA,  (Reuters) – Peruvians marched in the streets across the Andean country yesterday, many carrying effigies of rats or vultures, to demand anti-corruption reforms to clean up the country’s institutions as the head of the judiciary resigned.

The Fifth Annual Heineken Open will tee off tomorrow at 12:30 hrs at the Lusignan Golf Course, on the East Coast of Demerara.

Dear Editor, A recent letter by Berbician Mr. Nowrang Persaud advocating for the Government to assume full ownership, control and management of the Berbice River Bridge appears to have aroused the disfavour of Minister of Public Security Mr.

With both the public and private sectors now seemingly focused on stepping up the pace of efforts to expand both the domestic and external markets for agro-processed products, local agro processors have been granted yet another of a number of modest openings to go beyond the established outlets in their quest to take their products to a limited local market.

ST GEORGE’S, Grenada,  (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Investing in the tropical Mount Cinnamon Resort in Grenada, with its white sand beaches, buys more than a slice of paradise – it comes with citizenship and a passport with visa-free entry to almost 130 countries.

MANAGUA,  (Reuters) – Nicara-guans mark the anniversary of the Sandinista revolution yesterday despite months of bloody repression of protesters opposed to President Daniel Ortega, with critics increasingly comparing the former rebel to the dictator overthrown in 1979.

Dear Editor, The GAWU noted the remarks of GuySuCo’s Corporate Communications Manager, Ms Audreyanna Thomas as is reported in the Guyana Times article titled `Albion Estate has 600 vacancies after 3000 workers dismissed’ which was published on July 19, 2018.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad,CMC – Barbados’ Antonio Morris took home the highly coveted Most Valuable Player (MVP) award when Cricket West Indies (CWI) held the awards ceremony for the just concluded Regional U-17 competition on Tuesday.

PARAMARIBO,  (Reuters) – Suriname issued a protest note to the Netherlands yesterday after the Dutch foreign minister said the South American nation was a “failed state” because of its ethnic diversity.

An Albouystown man was on Wednesday sentenced to three months in prison for stealing two car batteries valued at over $60,000.

Gold Prices for the three-day period ending Thursday July 19, 2018Kitco is a Canadian company that buys and sells precious metals such as gold, copper and silver.

LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – More than 100 survivors who went public with emotional stories of abuse by former USA Gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar appeared on stage together to accept an award for courage on Wednesday at the annual ESPYs ceremony.

CHELTENHAM, England,  CMC – Barbadian speedster Jofra Archer finished with an eight-wicket match haul as he bowled Sussex to a 28-run victory over Gloucestershire here Thursday, to move to exactly 100 wickets in his 22nd first class match.

Dear Editor, I read a piece in the newspapers this week.

SAO PAULO,  (Reuters) – Volkswagen AG will furlough about 1,000 workers at its largest factory in Brazil, union representatives said yesterday, due to weaker economic growth and slumping exports to Argentina.

(Reuters) – Facebook Inc’s WhatsApp is launching a test to limit forwarding messages that will apply to all users, the messaging app said on Thursday, after a series of violent incidents in India triggered by false social media messages.

(Reuters) – Mercedes announced on Thursday that four times Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton has signed a new contract, keeping the Briton at the team until the end of 2020.

(Prepared by the Guyana Marketing Corporation andpublished by Stabroek Business as a public service) The New Guyana Marketing Corporation has agreed to provide us with the above information which we will publish on a weekly basis subject to receipt.

Dear Editor, I would appreciate if you can publish this picture so that the authorities can rectify this situation before life and property are affected.

(Jamaica Observer) Business and church leaders, as well as National Integrity Action (NIA), have requested an urgent meeting with Prime Minister Andrew Holness to discuss their recommendations regarding the handling of the Petrojam oil refinery issue.

Over the years the response of the Guyana Civil Defence Commission (CDC) to various local emergencies, mostly to do with flooding in riverain areas, has not always been sufficiently sophisticated, nor always timely and effective.

Mosa’s Pants – and Deuteronomy Just another of my very brief, non-intellectual offerings today.

GASCI (www.gasci.com/telephone Nº 223-6175/6) reports that session 782’s trading results showed consideration of $2,784,068 from 14,391 shares traded in 8 transactions as compared to session 781’s trading results which showed consideration of $8,885,564 from 31,651 shares traded in 8  transactions.

(Reuters) – A U.S. judge yesterday ordered another extension of a temporary assistance program for hundreds of Puerto Rico families who fled the hurricane-ravaged island in 2017 and are living in hotels across the United States.

Introduction In the previous column in which I examined whether Guyana was prepared for First Oil in 2020, I wrote that the situation is not irretrievable but that “there need[ed] to be manpower changes and more leadership from the President.”

Dear Editor, Reference is made to the news item captioned `PPP to name presidential candidate before local govt polls’ (SN Jul 19).

If the recent promotional event at the Marriott Hotel is anything to go by it appears that there is considerable enthusiasm for the September 19th – 22nd Guyana Trade and Investment Exhibition (GUYTIE) which brings together the local public and private sectors in collaboration with the Caribbean Export Development Agency (Caribbean Export), its mission being to launch an experimental initiative in an effort to kick-start a long overdue project aimed at providing results-oriented interaction between local export-ready entities and buyers outside of Guyana with a view to significantly expanding overseas markets for locally manufactured products.  It would come as no surprise, however, if the entrepreneurial community adopts a ‘wait and see’ posture, chastened as they have become by the protracted start-stop outcomes of previous initiatives to get the overseas marketing show on the road.

BRASILIA,  (Reuters) – A plastic surgeon known as “Dr. Bumbum” or “Dr.

Twelve-year-old Alliah Shaw of Hope Secondary School was named ‘Best Camper’ at the Guyana Defence Force’s (GDF) first National Cadet Corps Camp, the Department of Public Information said yesterday.

The following matches will be played in Guyana: August 9 Guyana Amazon Warriors v St.

Dear Editor, The Regional Executive Officer, Mr. Roderick Edinboro, who was removed from Region 5 and not accepted in Region 10 was somehow sent to our region (Cuyuni/Mazaruni) to much unhappiness of our community.