Daily Archive: Monday, July 30, 2018

The police say they are investigating a fatal accident which occurred about 10.15  last night on Bee Hive Public Road, ECD involving motor car PSS 9153 owned and driven by Satyanand Harripersaud, 37, (deceased), with occupant Varsha Khemraj 19; (deceased), both of 97 Cane Grove, ECD, and motor car PTT 5270 driven by a 24-year-old resident of Atlantic Garden, ECD. 

Early Saturday morning, the Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU) arrested four men during an operation at Hope/Nootenzuil/Lowlands, East Coast Demerara which netted 255 lbs of what is believed to be ganja.

(Trinidad Guardian)  Twenty-one-year-old Tyesha De Sousa was stabbed to death by a man who chased her down in the heart of Port-of-Spain before killing her on Sunday.

-argues that approval for Liza Phase 1 defective -sees need for slowing down of Exxon’s planWith less than two years to first oil, former Government Advisor on Petroleum, Dr Jan Mangal says the number of  oversight personnel has to be swiftly  ramped up to monitor the current operations and  before ExxonMobil is given approval for its Liza Phase 2 Development Plan.

A 65-year-old man died after a mid-morning fire gutted his Better Hope, East Coast Demerara home yesterday.

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

A team from Police Headquarters, Eve Leary will take over the probe into allegations by vendor, Jamal Hakim, 19, that he was tortured at the Whim Police Station.

Long-serving executive of the People’s Progressive Party, Gail Teixeira, is considering contesting for the presidential candidate of the party when it holds its nominations later this year.

The University Council met in extraordinary session on July 27, 2018 and considered and approved proposed changes to the University of Guyana (UG) Act and the University Statutes including the reduction of the size of its council.

After much criticism of his unavailability to answer questions from the Parliamentary Committee on Foreign Affairs over the large number of Cubans and Haitians who have overstayed here, Minister of Citizenship, Winston Felix has agreed to appear before the body on Thursday.

A 60-year-old moneychanger is now a patient at the Georgetown Public Hospital after he was shot in his thigh and robbed of $120,000 in cash yesterday.

Nine-time Guyana  Open champion, Nazeem “Papo” Haniff did not miss a step despite a five-year absence from the game pipping Richard Haniff to take the spoils at the fifth annual Heineken-sponsored golf tournament Saturday at the Lusignan Golf Club.

The Private Sector Commission (PSC) says it has noted the accounts in the media about the upcoming dialogue between the President David Granger and the Leader of the Opposition, Bharrat Jagdeo.

BASSETERRE, St Kitts, CMC – Captain Jason Holder on Saturday conceded West Indies still had much work to do in order to ready themselves for next year’s ICC World Cup in England, after they slumped to a 2-1 series defeat to Bangladesh.

The woman who was attacked by her son-in-law on Saturday has been released from the Georgetown Public Hospital and she, her daughter and granddaughter are recovering at home.

Bids are being invited by the Ministry of Public Infrastructure (MPI) for the construction of a pedestrian sidewalk at UG Access Road.

Guyana’s men hockey team yesterday suffered a huge defeat in their bronze medal match against Trinidad and Tobago in this year’s Central American and Caribbean Games (CAC) in Colombia.  

Guyana’s four-member team finished with two gold medals and a bronze at the Central American and Caribbean (CAC) Bodybuilding and Fitness Championships which concluded last night in Mexico. 

A doctor stationed at Baramita in the north west took to Facebook last Wednesday to voice his concerns about conditions in the area.

Akshaya Persaud exemplifies waiting your turn and working hard to achieve your goals as he eagerly awaits his chance to make an impact in Guyana Amazon Warriors team as they venture towards their maiden title in the 2018 Hero Caribbean Premier League (CPL).

Courts Guyana Inc. recently gave out $3,625,000 in cash including to three lucky Whirlpool customers who are now millionaires.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said yesterday he would allow the federal government to shut down if Democrats do not fund his border wall and back immigration law changes, betting that maintaining a hard line will work in Republicans’ favor in November congressional elections.

The Guyana Amateur Basketball Federation [GABF] staged an Awards Ceremony on Saturday to honour the players and management staff for their historic triumph at the Caribbean Basketball Confederation [CBC] Pre-Qualifiers in Suriname.

A recent drain-cleaning exercise by the Buxton/Foulis Neighbourhood Democratic Council has left residents of North Company Path reeling after the heavy-duty excavator used destroyed the road.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs was recently given the task to spearhead discussions on the importation of white sugar into the Caribbean and the effect that may be having on employment, Minister Carl Greenidge said on Monday.

HARARE,  (Reuters) – Former president Robert Mugabe said he would vote for Zimbabwe’s opposition in today’s election, turning on one-time allies in the government ahead of the first vote since they ousted him in a de facto coup.

JAKARTA,  (Reuters) – Just over a year ago, Indonesian sprinter Lalu Muhammad Zohri could barely afford running shoes and was pretty much unknown outside his small village on the eastern island of Lombok.

Food for the Poor (FFTP) last week officially handed over twenty-six houses to families within Region Six.

Dear Editor, As a Member of Parliament, I try not to play politics with the people’s business.

PHNOM PENH,  (Reuters) – Cambodia woke to another chapter of rule by strongman Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday, a day after his Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) declared victory in a general election that rights groups said was neither free nor fair.

The Regional Democratic Council (RDC) of Mahaica/Berbice will spend $5 million on 100 steel barriers at entrances to community and farm to-market-roads throughout Region Five.

JAKARTA,  (Reuters) – Efforts were underway yesterday to rescue several hundred trekkers stranded on Mount Rinjani on Indonesia’s Lombok Island, a day after a powerful 6.4 magnitude earthquake struck the popular tourist destination, a disaster agency official said.

PANAMA CITY,  (Reuters) – A group formed of China Communications Construction Co Ltd (CCCC) and China Harbour Engineering Company Ltd (CHEC) won a $1.42 billion contract to build the fourth bridge over the Panama Canal, Panama’s government said.

PARIS, (Reuters) – Geraint Thomas tightened Team Sky’s grip on the Tour de France when he handed the British outfit their sixth title in seven years yesterday and there is no sign that their domination will end anytime soon.

Dear Editor, This is going to be controversial. I was chatting with a friend recently about the high crime rate in the Guyana.

(Trinidad Express) A Chinese national was shot and killed at his business place in Princes Town yesterday.

(Trinidad Guardian) Two High Court judges have accused Chief Justice Ivor Archie of abusing his power by issuing a press release via the Judiciary in response to a private matter he currently has before the Privy Council.

The Regional Democratic Council of Region Six is concerned about the awarding of the clearing of the road shoulders projects within Region Six from the Ministry of Public Infrastructure to members of the Alliance For Change who reportedly have little to no experience.

The Office of the Prime Minister on Friday made a donation of trophies and backpacks to the Howell Wilson Primary School in Region Ten, Upper Demerara-Berbice for their performance at the recently concluded National Grade Six Assessment.

DAMBULLA, Sri Lanka,  (Reuters) – Fast bowler Kagiso Rabada and spinner Tabraiz Shamsi picked up four wickets each to set up South Africa’s five-wicket victory against Sri Lanka in the first one-day international at Dambulla yesterday.

Dear Editor, Almost every person of Guyanese nationality welled up with fury at the ‘’alarming’’ description of Guyana by the American, Clifford Krauss.

BOGOTA,  (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Half of Colombia’s cabinet ministers will be women when the new government takes office next month in a first for the country and a boost for global gender equality.

Twenty-one representatives from ten companies in Berbice have completed First Aid Training, according to the Department of Public Information (DPI).

LIMA,  (Reuters) – Peruvian President Martin Vizcarra challenged the opposition-run Congress on Saturday to call a referendum on judicial and political reforms aimed at uprooting systemic corruption in one of Latin America’s most promising economies.

Dear Editor, An old school friend returned for a few days and reached out; it was after many a long decade.

BUDAPEST, (Reuters) – Lewis  Hamilton was living a dream yesterday after winning the Hungarian Grand Prix from pole position to take a 24-point lead into Formula One’s August break.

By Tyrone Hall Tyrone Hall is a Caribbean national with nearly a decade of experience managing some of the region’s leading environmental initiatives.

(Reuters) – Former world number one Andy Murray feels in some ways like he will be starting his career all over again when he makes his return to hardcourt tennis in Washington today.

More than three years after APNU+AFC entered office, the public has grown increasingly impatient with the poor performance and corruption in the security sector particularly considering that President Granger had had deep engagement with law and order matters before taking office and was one of the members of the 2003 Disciplined Forces Commission (DFC) which enquired into the deficiencies and challenges facing each of the services.

Dear Editor, Early one morning, on a rainy day, in this country, where every man does what is right in his or her own eyes, I took a mini-bus from Georgetown to Parika.

LONDON, (Reuters) – An international team of scientists has moved closer to creating artificial embryos after using mouse stem cells to make structures capable of taking a crucial step in the development of life.

LOS ANGELES,  (Variety.com) – Tom Cruise’s latest, “Mission: Impossible — Fallout,” is on its way to a No.

The article dated 20 July 2018 appearing in the New York Times under the caption “The $20 Billion Question for Guyana” has generated quite a reaction locally for its portrayal of what most Guyanese would consider an unfair assessment of the state of affairs of Guyana and of its peoples.

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