Daily Archive: Wednesday, August 1, 2018

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump appealed to Attorney General Jeff Sessions to end an investigation into Russia’s role in the 2016 election, drawing a rebuke from his fellow Republicans in Congress who said the probe must go on.

HARARE, (Reuters) – European Union observers today listed several problems in Zimbabwe’s presidential and parliamentary election, including media bias, voter intimidation and mistrust in the electoral commission.

BASSETERRE, St Kitts, CMC – All-rounder Andre Russell showcased his explosive hitting in a devastating cameo as he fired West Indies to a seven-wicket victory under Duckworth-Lewis-Stern, in the opening Twenty20 International against Bangladesh at Warner Park.

Economist Dr. Mark Bynoe has been appointed by President David Granger to head the soon to be formed Department of Energy (DoE) but his lack of experience in the oil and gas sector has raised questions about his suitability for the portfolio.

Guyanese murder accused Marcus Bisram yesterday suffered another setback in his bid to prevent his extradition to Guyana when the Court of Appeal refused his application for an urgent hearing of his challenge to a ruling by a local judge and noted that the filing of multiple identical applications on his behalf amounts to an abuse of the court process.

Prominent Guyanese doctor, Gladstone Mitchell has died two years after retiring.

Local cable TV company E-Networks appears to have been granted permission by the Maritime Administration Department (MARAD) to engage in preparatory works for the laying of a subsea cable but the Ministry of Public Telecommunications is maintaining that the company has not been licensed to lay and land a subsea cable system.

A 17-year-old cyclist died on Monday evening after he reportedly collided with a Route 50 minibus along the Good Faith Public Road, East Coast Demerara.

The Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) yesterday upheld rulings by the local courts to dismiss an application by the sugar workers’ unions to quash a decision to sever over 4,000 workers and close the Rose Hall and Enmore sugar estates last year.

No case-submissions were yesterday made for former government minister Jennifer Westford and her former aide Margaret Cummings in their trial for the alleged theft of over $600 million.

Julian Sargeant, the carpenter who allegedly stabbed his common-law wife and his mother-in-law and assaulted a five-year-old in an unprovoked attack last Saturday, was yesterday charged with two counts of unlawful wounding.

Vendors who are plying their trade under the collapsing and dilapidated roof of the Stabroek Market wharf will be relocated to the Route 42 (Timehri/Georgetown) bus park, which is located obliquely opposite the Guyana Fire Service, Town Clerk Royston King says.

A Belvedere, Corentyne man, who was charged with murdering his neighbour, in November, 2016, was yesterday sentenced to 30 years imprisonment at the High Court in Berbice but with deductions he will serve 23 years.

A Joint Services operation at Ekura Creek, Canje River yesterday led to the seizure of five shotguns, a pistol and three live rounds along with twelve kilogrammes of dried cannabis and a five-acre plot of cannabis cultivation.

A man was yesterday charged with attempting to murder his cousin after a misunderstanding between the two.

Following months of inactivity the Georgetown Football Association (GFA) under the recently appointed IMC, launched the Stag Beer Revival Cup yesterday at the Sleepin International Hotel, Brickdam.

Bids were submitted yesterday for the procurement of dietary supplies for the Guyana Prison Service.

For the second consecutive year Y.K. Investments has maintained its support of the Three Peat Promotions coordinated ‘Guinness Cage Street-ball Championships.

A 34-year-old engineer reportedly drowned after he fell overboard between Monday morning and Tuesday from a boat at JSB Investment Stone yard and wharf located at Soesdyke, East Bank Demerara and his body was yesterday found in the Demerara River.

Veteran journalist Allan La Rose (Ras Wadada) sat down with Stabroek Sport for an exclusive interview in which he discussed the appointment of England- born Michael Johnson as the head-coach of the Golden Jaguars Senior Men’s team.

The Court of Appeal yesterday overturned a 2014 decision by former acting Chief Justice Ian Chang SC to set aside a High Court order which quashed a decision to deny Strategic Action Security Ltd the award of a security contract.

Dear Editor, Recently I visited the Passport Office in Georgetown and was very impressed by the level of professionalism and timely response offered by the staff as they served the public.

The Board of Directors of the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) has expanded the scope of an ongoing road transport project that encompasses Guyana to include Dominica, given the devastation caused there by Hurricane Maria in 2017.

(Reuters) – Indian captain Virat Kohli brushed off talk of having to prove his batting ability on English soil ahead of the five-match test series against the hosts starting at Edgbaston today.

With the two remaining semi-final berths up for grabs, the Haslington Market Tarmac will come alive tonight when the Guinness ‘Greatest of the Streets’ National Championship commences with eight matches.

A robbery accused was yesterday ordered by a court to undergo a psychological evaluation.

Dear Editor, The following is by no means intended to be an ad hominem critique.

Fruta Conquerors star and Golden Jaguars international Jeremy Garrett has secured a football scholarship to Southeastern Conference (SEC) giants Louisiana State University (LSU).

A recent One-Stop-Shop business conference looked at empowering Lindeners of African descent on how to become successful entrepreneurs, a release from the Department of Public Information (DPI) said.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Atmosphere is building ahead of the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup, as the region prepares to mark 100 days before the November 9 start of the tournament later this year.

Dear Editor, Ms Elfrieda Bissember’s  long rejoinder (Sunday Stabroek, July 22nd, 2018) to my article on the National Gallery does not add much to the real subject under discussion. 

All provisions of the Tobacco Act are in force but will not be enforced until a series of public awareness measures have been implemented.

(Reuters) – Facebook Inc said yetserday it had identified a new coordinated political influence campaign to mislead its users and sow dissension among voters ahead of November’s U.S.

Dear Editor, Guyana, I am certain is not unlike many third world countries and faces a combination of difficult circumstances, some seemingly self-imposed while others are dictates of the so-called developed world which complicates our already complicated ways of doing business, adding greatly to our individual and collective frustrations.

MUMBAI,  (Reuters) – Dale Steyn admits overtaking Shaun Pollock to become South Africa’s highest wicket-taker has become something of a millstone around his neck but he is determined to prove he still has lot more to offer than merely claiming a 422nd test victim.

The GTT and Caribbean Airlines (CAL) team yesterday announced Adrian Bess as their first grand prize winner at the GTT Camp and Robb streets retail store outlet.

(Reuters) – England cannot expect to bully a much-improved India captain Virat Kohli in their five-match test series that begins at Edgbaston today, pace bowler James Anderson said.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – The U.S. Treasury Department said yesterday that it had extended the deadline for investors to divest holdings in sanctioned Russian companies EN+ , GAZ Group and Rusal to Oct.

Dear Editor, I shared with Ms. Lisa Sachs, Director, Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment, USA, Dr.

Wanatobo Forest Resources Inc. has applied for the transferal of their forest concession to a private businessman, the Guyana Forestry Commission (GFC) says.

RIO DE JANEIRO,  (Reuters) – Brazil’s three largest fuel distribution companies are under investigation for fixing prices at the pump, police said yesterday, reigniting debate over potential collusion among gas station owners in Latin America’s largest oil producer.

Dear Editor, Today August 1, we celebrate 184 years of the abolition of slavery in Guyana.

Chief Organising Secretary of the Georgetown Domino Association (GDA) Mark ‘Jumbie’ Wiltshire’s Emancipation Day dominoes competition received a boost when Shemar’s Trucking Service and Boston Pawn Shop offered support to the event.

MANCHESTER, England, (Reuters) – England’s decision to recall Yorkshire leg-spinner Adil Rashid to the test side to face India today, despite him not playing four-day county cricket, has been criticised by two of his county’s most prominent former players.

(Trinidad Express) A combined total of TT$20 million bail has been granted to the ten people who were arrested last Thursday and later charged with a series of money laundering and conspiracy-related charges involving $22.5 million in fraudulent payment of salaries at the San Juan/Laventille Regional Corporation (SJLRC) over a six-year period.

Dear Editor, He never believed in ordinary moments and yet again as he did in 1992 in the World Cup Cricket, he pulled off an extraordinary feat by banishing the corrupt families of Pakistan to the periphery of government. 

MARACAIBO, Venezuela,  (Reuters) – Across Maracaibo, the capital of Venezuela’s largest state, residents unplug refrigerators to guard against power surges.

(Reuters) – A U.S. judge yesterday blocked the planned release of 3-D printed gun blueprints hours before they were set to hit the internet, siding with states that sued to halt publication of designs to make weapons that security screening may not detect.

Dear Editor, The announcement of US Ambassador Perry Holloway that an American Chamber of Commerce is to be set up in Guyana … (SN Jul 12) is music to my ears.

Head-Coach of the Guyana Team Akilah Castello, is confident that her charges will perform admirably in the tournament at the CONCACAF U15 girls tournament to be held August 6th-13th at the IMG Academy, Florida, USA, The disclosure by Castello follows a successful encampment period from July 8th– 16th July which featured 25 members.

Dear Editor, I have been following the exchanges in your columns on the Guyana Prize for Literature with some interest.

Seventy youths who graduated from the 15th Youth Leadership Programme on Sunday were charged to be the ambassadors of the change they wished to see  in their communities, according to the Department of Public Information (DPI).

ALEXANDRIA, Va.,  (Reuters) – Prosecutors portrayed U.S. President Donald Trump’s onetime campaign chairman Paul Manafort as a tax cheat who used offshore accounts to hide tens of millions of dollars from political work in Ukraine, as the first trial from a probe into Russia’s meddling in the 2016 election got off to a quick start yesterday.

One of the lesser known Japanese products of recent times is the Shouting Vase, a pottery –inspired plastic jug mouth muffler which is designed to fit the contours of your mouth. 

The Crown Mining/Parsun Motors-sponsored Emancipation Day golf tournament at the Lusignan Golf Club ground has been postponed until further notice.

In late 1975, in an article – The colonial model facilitating co-operative underdevelopment in Guyana –published in the Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics (Belgium.

ROAD TOWN,  (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Nearly a year after Hurricane Irma knocked out power across the British Virgin Islands, electricity boss Leroy Abraham will be among the last residents to have their homes reconnected.