Daily Archive: Thursday, August 9, 2018

Scenes from this evening’s Caribbean Premier League cricket at Providence featuring Guyana’s Amazon Warriors.

After a disastrous three-hour meeting today with government representatives, the executive of the Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU) has been directed by its members to inform the Department of Labour that teachers will be proceeding on strike action beginning in the pre-term period and continuing into at least the first week of the new school year.

(Trinidad Guardian) The Ministry of Health will this month go on a recruiting drive for 250 specialised doctors from Cuba to service the public health care system.

Finance Minister Winston Jordan yesterday presented the 2018 mid-year review to Parliament and upped the projected growth rate to 3.7% for the year but the key sectors of sugar, gold and rice were down and there were also unsettling figures on balance of payments and foreign reserves.

A long-awaited paper from the government on how revenues from oil and other natural resources will be managed, places the Ministry of Finance in overall control in a move likely to draw strong criticism.

Upon review of the submissions made, the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) on Tuesday dismissed the historic post-judgment application asking for its decision in a decades-long Essequibo land dispute to be reconsidered.

The Alliance for Change (AFC) yesterday dismissed suggestions that its  40 percent  seat allocation proposal to its governing coalition partner for  the upcoming Local Government Elections (LGE) was too high and said that it is ready to prove itself.

A city magistrate yesterday dismissed a charge against Tuschen, East Bank Essequibo businessman, Christopher Baldeo, who was accused of smuggling gold bars out of Guyana, after the prosecution failed to make out a case against him.

A lone gunman on Tuesday evening invaded the Rubis service station located at Bel Air, Georgetown where he held a cashier at gunpoint before carting off an undisclosed amount of cash and phone cards.

The results of an autopsy conducted on the body of Kevin Ketwaroo, whose decomposed remains were found floating in a trench at Friendship, East Bank Demerara (EBD), have turned investigations into another direction.

Noting that a lot of juice is being squeezed out of his failure to hold press conferences, President David Granger yesterday assured that such a forum will soon be held.

Two Russian nationals, one of whom allegedly assaulted a miner in Cuyuni on Friday, are currently in police custody at the Bartica Police Station.

The Civil Defence Commission (CDC) on Tuesday received a donation of 50 food hampers from DeSinco Trading Limited, to assist the 260 Venezuelan migrants, who are occupying areas in Barima-Waini (Region One), Guyana..

The six members of the Public Service Commission (PSC) were sworn in yesterday by President David Granger and former Assistant Police Commissioner and attorney at law Michael Somersall is the Chairman.

Tonight the Guyana Amazon Warriors will kick off their 2018 HERO Caribbean Premier League (CPL) campaign with the first of three home matches this week at the National Stadium, Providence against St.

Defending Cricket West Indies Regional Under-19 three-day champions Guyana, were humbled in the second round, losing by nine wickets in two days to Trinidad and Tobago (TT) despite a half century from Joshua Persaud and a five-wicket haul from Kevin Sinclair in a low-scoring affair at Sion Hill Playing Field yesterday.

Mars: `We will wait to see what that government has to offer through the Minister of Education and then we can say how we will react.

More consultation with GECOM is needed, accord ing to the Deputy Chief Scrutineer of the PPP in Region Six, Denis Deroop who railed against the adjusting of constituencies for the upcoming local government elections.

The Chair of the Regional Nurses Body (RNB), Nester Edwards, Chief Nursing Officer, Grenada, has called for urgent action to address the secretive recruitment of experienced CARICOM nurses and midwives by international agencies. 

Guyana Amazon Warriors captain Shoaib Malik is ready to start the biggest party in sport as he kicks off the 2018 HERO Caribbean Premier League (CPL) today against St.

The ninth edition of the annual Boyce and Jefford Track and Field Classic is set to take Linden by storm with a number of exciting events billed for the McKenzie Sports Club Ground this Saturday and Sunday. 

The Executive Council of the Guyana Public Service Union (GPSU) has welcomed the appointment of Dr.

The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA)  on Tuesday reminded that the second phase of its tax amnesty will culminate on September 30, 2018.

Trophy Stall Bourda Market through its Managing Director, Ramesh Sunich, has made good on a promise to support Sunday’s Nand Persaud Sprint Classic horse race meet.

As the probe into the murder of 73-year-old coconut farmer Deonarine (only name) widens, investigators yesterday journeyed to the Pomeroon River in search of the murder weapon which was reportedly tossed overboard by the suspect following the incident.

The Caribbean’s highest ranked referee/judge, James Beckles is expected to arrive in Guyana on Monday with the intention of hosting a three-day seminar with local referee/judges.

Carmelo Anthony reached a verbal agreement to join the Houston Rockets, sources told Yahoo Sports and USA Today on Tuesday.

The Government of Guyana, in collaboration with the Council of Legal Education (CLE) will be hosting a series of meetings of the CLE which will place emphasis on the Caribbean Law Schools and how they relate to the Caribbean Community.

The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) is likely to spend some $74M  on billboards in Local Authorities Areas as part of its educational programme, in preparation for Local Government Elections which are set for November 12, 2018.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC- Dwayne Bravo does not believe defending champions Trinbago Knight Riders are under any pressure ahead of their opening match against the St Lucia Stars in the Caribbean Premier League (CPL).

SYDNEY, Australia,  CMC – Eight-time Olympic gold medalist Usain Bolt’s dream to become a professional footballer could soon become a reality after he negotiated an “indefinite training period” with Central Coast Mariners in Australia’s A-League.

The Preliminary Inquiry into the murder of Kescia Branche, with which Matthew Munroe has been charged, continued yesterday with Branche’s father and a Traffic Coordinator attached to the Demerara Harbour Bridge taking the witness stand.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Olympic and World Champion Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce will headline a strong 40-member Jamaican team to the NACAC Senior Championships to be held in Toronto, Canada over the weekend.

An Albouystown welder was yesterday granted his release on $25,000 bail after he denied wounding another man.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad,  CMC – Following a disappointing performance by the Trinidad and Tobago women’s national team at last month’s Central American and Caribbean (CAC) Games in Colombia, head coach Jamaal Shabazz has resigned.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad,  CMC – Former South African and New Zealand netballer Irene Van Dyk believes that Trinidad and Tobago (T&T) can once again become world champions.

UNITED NATIONS,  (Reuters) – U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has chosen former Chilean President Michelle Bachelet to be the world body’s new human rights chief, the United Nations said yesterday.

KINSHASA, (Reuters) – Congo’s President Joseph Kabila will not stand in the election scheduled for December, a spokesman said, finally agreeing to obey a two-term limit but picking a hard-core loyalist under European Union sanctions to stand instead.

SAO PAULO,  (Reuters) – Brazil-based agrochemical companies plan to appeal a ruling suspending the use of best-selling weed killer glyphosate in one of the world’s largest grain producing nations, an industry spokeswoman said yesterday.

BOGOTA,  (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Two dams being built in Guatemala have damaged the environment and local communities, according to a formal complaint by rights groups and indigenous leaders who urged the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) to withdraw financing.

KANDY, Sri Lanka, (Reuters) – Suranga Lakmal bowled a tight final over to help Sri Lanka win the rain-hit fourth one-dayer against South Africa by three runs under the Duckworth-Lewis method yesterday and snap their losing streak.

(Reuters) – Russian operatives have penetrated some of Florida’s election systems and could delete registered voters ahead of the November elections if the systems are not adequately protected, Florida U.S.

The Guyana Defence Force’s Air Corps added two Britten-Norman Islanders to its fleet yesterday.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Former Wimbledon doubles champion Peng Shuai’s season was all but over yesterday after she was handed a six-month ban and a $10,000 fine for breaching the sport’s anti-corruption code by attempting to change her doubles partner after sign-in deadline.

Dear Editor, Recently it was unearthed that HDM Labs Inc. was awarded a contract valued at $366,826,660 or ($1,789,886 US) on the 31st of August 2017.

(Barbados Nation) Former Minister of Industry and International Business Donville Inniss has to wear a GPS monitoring device (electronic ankle bracelet) so authorities know his whereabouts at all times.

MOSCOW, (Reuters) – Russian aluminium giant Rusal is concerned about an impending catastrophe if U.S.

(Barbados Nation) Barbados has received yet another downgrade from Standard and Poor’s.

A fire of unknown origin last evening ripped through a Beezie, Enmore, East Coast Demerara house.

Dear Editor, The proposal by Professor Clive Thomas of the distribution of cash from the projected oil revenue to every Guyanese household caught me by surprise.

KINGSTOWN, St Vincent, CMC – Summarised scores from the second day of the second round of matches in the Regional Under-19 Championship here yesterday.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Washington said yesterday it would impose fresh sanctions on Russia by the end of August after it determined that Moscow had used a nerve agent against a former Russian agent and his daughter in Britain.

RIO DE JANEIRO,  (Reuters) – Brazilian prosecutors have formally charged General Electric Co’s chief executive for Latin America for alleged involvement in a healthcare cartel, officials said yesterday, though a judge ruled that he should be released from jail for now.

Dear Editor, I wish to add some analysis to the move by the Alliance for Change (AFC) to contest the Local Government Elections (LGE) independently from its A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) government partner.

News that a second ship, the “Louisa Baillie” was finally on its way to sail them back to India would have prompted much excitement and relief among the 1838-indentured labourers.

Recent graduates of the Kwakwani and Howell Wilson primary schools in Sub-region Two, of Region Ten, Upper Demerara-Berbice were recently honoured for their outstanding performances at this year’s National Grade Six Assessment (NGSA), according to the Department of Public Information (DPI).

Recently, at a major international airport in the United States, a teenage girl who was travelling with her maternal aunt was pulled aside by immigration officials and questioned as to whether she was willingly going to her destination.

(Reuters) – Indian captain Virat Kohli has urged his top order batting unit to show composure ahead of the second test against England at Lord’s, adding they may need to curb aggression and buy some more time at the crease.