Daily Archive: Sunday, July 29, 2018

The police say they are investigating the murder of Dennis Williams, 67, a farmer of Canal Bank, Port Kaituma, NWD.

(Trinidad Guardian) The twin sister of magistrate Carl Quamina was murdered by a gunman who sprayed her body with bullets on Friday night.

Guyana’s expected revenue from oil production has resulted in more interest from multilateral banks, which Finance Minister Winston Jordan believes is demonstrative of a sound economy although he remains guarded about rushing towards every offer.

A woman is now hospitalised in a critical state after she was stabbed multiple times by her son-in-law, who also stabbed her daughter and battered her five-year-old grandchild in an unprovoked attack early yesterday morning.

While the Disciplinary Committee of the Medical Council of Guyana (MCG) is still to pronounce on the fates of two of three Fort Wellington Hospital doctors, who were found to have misused opioid medications in their treatment of a former Region Five councillor, the other had to undergo supervisory practice and remedial studies.

Shortly after their arrival in Guyana, four American citizens were robbed on Friday of over half a million in cash and valuables when they were held at gunpoint during an attack at Leopold and Breda streets, Werk-en-Rust.

An investigation has been launched into the alleged torture of a young Corentyne vendor by police ranks in ‘B’ Division (Berbice).

Dr Valerie Marcel, Chatham House fellow and project head of the New Petroleum Producers Discussion Group, has denied advising government to establish a National Oil Company (NOC), contrary to what Minister of Natural Resources Raphael Trotman has reported.

In the heart of Canal Number One, just seven villages from the Conservancy Dam is the charming little village of Jacoba Constantia.

The Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) is presently considering an application made to reverse a decision it delivered on May 10th in a decades-long land dispute between two Essequibo brothers and retry the case, after a claim by the losing party that information was deliberately withheld from the court.

Part of my current stint as Artist in Residence at the University of Guyana, in the time of Vice-Chancellor Ivelaw Griffith, has involved interactions with students.

In my sorting out of old files and paper in my chaotic personal archive, I have been unearthing essays I wrote a long time ago.

A total of 77 suspected victims of human trafficking were rescued for the period January 5th to July 3rd, 2018, according to Minister of Social Protection, Amna Ally.

Guyanese on social media were euphoric last week when it was announced that the country now has at least 4 billion barrels of recoverable reserves.

Members of the newly-installed National Toshaos Council (NTC) executive are looking forward to obtaining, in a few days’ time, the lease to a parcel of land at Sophia on which they will build their secretariat, NTC Chairman Nicholas Fredericks says.

BASSETERRE, St Kitts, CMC – Rovman Powell’s late assault proved in vain as West Indies went down to Bangladesh by 18 runs in the third and final One-Day International here yesterday, to extend their painstaking four-year wait for a series win.

Government’s $264 million solar farm, which was designed to increase the supply of electricity to residents of Mabaruma, will not generate enough energy to provide 17 hours of daily electricity as is being claimed, according to Regional Chairman Brentnol Ashley.  Ashley, in a telephone interview, told Sunday Stabroek that while the Regional Democratic Council (RDC) is in support of “going green” and utilising renewable energy, he feels the Public Infrastructure Ministry should properly inform residents, who already have high hopes of benefitting from the increased supply of electricity, about the reality of the situation.  “As it relates to the solar farm, our concern is that it is being placed in the media’s domain that the solar farm, in its establishment, will provide 17 hours of electricity.

Defending national champions Dave & Celina’s All-Stars and fellow Linden unit Silver Bullets sealed their berths to the semi-final round when the Guinness ‘Greatest of the Streets’ National Championship commenced on Friday at the Pouderoyen Tarmac.

It has long been recognized that the judiciary and its decisions are not and should not be immune from criticisms.

She moved to New York several years ago and shortly after found that she and her children had nowhere to live and even though she had a job, they were forced to seek the state’s assistance.

Renowned for its unparalleled delivery of services in the security sector, Queensway Security Services joined the growing list of sponsors to support Three Peat Promotions coordinated Guinness Cage Street-ball Championship.

Two highly respected individuals from the community of Aurora, a small village on the Essequibo coast in Region Two recently passed way at the ages of 105 years and 107 years, respectively.

Guyana’s Keevin Allicock and Colin ‘superman’ Lewis both bowed out of the boxing competition at the  Central America and Caribbean Games  in Barranquilla, Columbia on Friday night.

The People’s Progressive Party (PPP) says state holding company NICIL should have appealed a Guyana Court of Appeal decision on the share dilution by Guyana Stockfeeds Limited (GSL) in 2000 to the Caribbean Court of Justice.

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Pakistan’s likely new Prime Minister Imran Khan opened coalition talks with at least one smaller party and independent politicians on Saturday, a spokesman said, after the announcement of full results of an election disputed by rivals.

Manager/Assistant Coach of the Guyana National Under-19 team Andy Ramnarine wants the players to apply themselves as they prepare to defend their double titles in the Cricket West Indies Regional Under-19 50 overs and three-day tournament in St.

Guyanese seeking to open small businesses may soon be able to operate with provisional licences, pending the processing of their applications for necessary permits.

LONDON (Reuters) – Italy’s far-right interior minister, Matteo Salvini, has accused the European Union of trying to cheat Britain out of the Brexit it voted for, according to extracts from a newspaper interview published late on Saturday.  “There is no objectivity or good faith from the European side,” Salvini was quoted as saying in an interview with Britain’s Sunday Times newspaper.

Dear Editor, The Ministry notes your article, “Finance seeks new Chief Planning Officer, Deputy Finance Secretary after resignations” (SN 2018-07-28) and wishes to provide some context to the subject.

National U13 table tennis champion Thuraia Thomas has received sponsorship from the Hand-in-Hand Mutual Fire Insurance Company in her quest to medal at the upcoming Caribbean Pre-Cadet Table Tennis Championships in the Dominican republic.

(Barbados Nation): The Barbados Private Sector Association (BPSA) will be convening a meeting next week to discuss the position of its chairman, Charles Herbert.

(Jamaica Gleaner): Pointing to rapid technological advances globally, Professor Archibald McDonald, principal of the University of the West Indies, Mona, expects that the new Hospital Information Management Systems (HIMS) will transform the operations and service delivery of the University Hospital of the West Indies (UHWI).

A 23-year-old miner is currently a patient at a city hospital after he was shot and robbed by a friend on Friday evening along Cemetery Road in Georgetown.

ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said Turkey will stand its ground after U.S.

Dear Editor, As a young Guyanese who is interested in learning about the political and historical evolution of the country in which I live, it disheartens me to relay my dissatisfaction and struggle to unearth this treasure trove of information.

National Under-15 batsman, Mavindra Dindyal is the lone Guyanese in the West Indies U16 team to tour England in August.

(Trinidad Guardian): Government has approved a ban on Styrofoam products which will take effect in 2019, but which will see an almost immediate ban on the importation of Styrofoam products into the country.

Dear Editor, The Stabroek News editorial on July 24, 2018, captioned “The mistreatment of police vehicles”, the frequent writings of Kaieteur News columnist Freddie Kissoon on the excesses of our Police Traffic ranks and the Guyana Times report on July 28, 2018 on the Tactical Service Unit rank charged for accepting a bribe to drop a traffic charge, all speak to a muted terrorism of the Guyanese travelling public.

SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia’s ruling coalition government failed to win any of the five by-elections held this weekend, defeats widely seen as an indication that Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull faces an uphill challenge to secure re-election.

An investigation has already been conducted into the death of the unborn child of a Hampshire couple at the New Amsterdam Public Hospital last weekend.

ESPELETTE, France,  (Reuters) – Geraint Thomas barely had to attack to all but secure his maiden Tour de France title yesterday, taking full advantage of Team Sky’s strength indepth and acknowledging that his imminent victory was the result of collective work.

Around the world, migration is redefining domestic and social policy, polarising politics, affecting foreign relations and challenging notions of free movement.

(Trinidad & Tobago Guardian): An alleged $22.5 million salary racket at the San Juan/Laventille Regional Corporation has resulted in the arrest of 11 people.

Introduction To recall, today’s column wraps-up the discussion of the Governance Curse.

Despite a claim to the contrary, the University of Guyana (UG) is still offering an undergraduate degree in history.

BUDAPEST,  (Reuters) – Formula One world championship leader Lewis Hamilton put Mercedes on pole position for the Hungarian Grand Prix on Saturday amid thunder, lightning and plumes of spray.

Scindapsus Pictus commonly called Pothos Vine originated in Brazil. This showy plant is grown mainly as a climber and its most striking feature is its showy, heart-shaped leaves.

The Boat-billed Flycatcher  (Megarynchus  pitangua) breeds in open woodland with some tall trees from  Mexico south to Bolivia and Argentina, and through to Trinidad.

BUENOS AIRES, (Reuters) – Agriculture ministers from the G20 countries criticized protectionism in a joint statement on Saturday, and vowed to reform World Trade Organization (WTO) rules, but did not detail what steps they would take to improve the food trade system.

On Wednesday we will celebrate Emancipation Day. And it is worth celebrating, not just by the descendants of those from whom the shackles of slavery were removed on August 1, 1838, but by everyone.

Exercising is important in life for health of mind and body, but there are also other things that are just as equally if not even more important.

Throughout last week there were performances of Ramlila at venues across Guyana.

Last evening, the Guyana Chess Federation (GCF) organized a paid dinner at the Promenade Gardens to assist with the travelling expenses of a team journeying to the 2018 Chess Olympiad.

Dear Editor,  About three weeks ago I discovered my phone had a problem.