Daily Archive: Friday, August 24, 2018

Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo today returned to Guyana after his trip on personal business to the United States and Canada.

Principal Magistrate Judy Latchman this afternoon dismissed the charges against against former government minister Jennifer Westford and her former aide Margaret Cummings for the alleged theft of over $600 million from the former government.

Interdicted Cadet Officer Franz Paul is now a remanded prisoner after being charged this morning with threatening his common-law wife, and the possession of an illegal pistol and ammunition.

 (Trinidad Guardian) Demanding relocation and compensation, a handful of irate farmers confronted Agriculture Minister Clarence Rambharat yesterday, as he braved rains and potential floods to meet them after their farmlands were devastated by Tuesday’s earthquake.

Natural Resources Minister Raphael Trotman yesterday defended the APNU+AFC administration’s “strategic relationship” with ExxonMobil, saying that it is guided by the long-term security of the state and not just future income.

The Golden Jaguars suffered their second consecutive loss of their Brazilian Tour, going down to host, America Football Club 2-1, on Monday at the Estádio Giulite Coutinho, Rio De Janeiro.

With a strike looming, the Ministry of Education (MoE) has applied to the Ministry of Social Protection for conciliatory services to resolve its current impasse with the Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU) in their salaries and benefits negotiations.

A 24-year-old man was yesterday sentenced to three years in prison after admitting to conning three persons out of a total of $900, 000 by pretending that he could supply them with vehicles.

Insurance Brokers Guyana Limited (IBGL), joined the list of sponsors to support the Guinness Cage Street-Ball Championship, following a simple presentation yesterday at the entity’s Carmichael Street Office.

The Petra Organization in partnership with Kentucky Fried Chicken [KFC], launched the Under-18 Goodwill Secondary School Football Tournament yesterday at the latter’s Vlissengen Road location.

The US congressional and military delegation that arrived on Wednesday met with President David Granger yesterday before leaving for Brazil, the next stop on a regional tour.

(Reuters) – Serena Williams, who is aiming for a record-equalling 24th Grand Slam title at this year’s U.S.

Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday said that the “secrecy” surrounding a brief visit here by several US congressmen and military personnel raises many questions.

Delon Dublin, the Federal Management Systems driver who was accused of killing a co-worker in an accident at Land of Canaan in May, was yesterday acquitted due to insufficient evidence.

FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida, CMC – Left-arm seamer Raymon Reifer produced a magnificent final over as Barbados Tridents overcame a below-par batting effort and five dropped catches to beat Jamaica Tallawahs by two runs and win their second match of the Caribbean Premier League here Wednesday night.

Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday maintained that alcohol is frequently served at Parliament, while accusing Public Telecommunications Minister Cathy Hughes of misleading when she said it is served only at Christmas.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC -While president of the Jamaican Cricket Association (JCA) Courtney Francis understands why the Jamaica Tallawahs are playing most of their Caribbean Premier League (CPL) home games in Florida, he is not in support of the move.

Dear Editor, Since the announcement and publication of Order No.19 of 2018 which among other things listed the name and composition of the eighty councils participating in this year’s historic local government elections (LGEs), there has been much noise from the political opposition with baseless allegations of “gerrymandering, tinkering, plot to undermine the PPP stakes at LGE, no consultation and even to damage local democracy”.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Only one team in the history of test cricket has won a five-match series from 2-0 down but India have an opportunity to emulate Don Bradman’s Australians of 1936-37 after fighting back against England.

(Reuters) – Abu Dhabi’s Sheikh Khaled bin Zayed Al Nehayan, cousin of Manchester City owner and Arab billionaire Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, failed in a 2 billion pounds ($2.55 billion) proposal to buy UK’s Liverpool Football Club, the Daily Mail reported late on Thursday.

Everything is in place at the Guyana Shore Base Incorporated (GYBSI) for ExxonMobil and its partners, in time for first oil in 2020, Director of Muneshwer’s Limited, Robin Muneshwer said.

A second Venezuelan plane has been detained by SOCU amid an investigation of money laundering, head of the Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU), Sydney James says.

Five days after it held internal party elections, the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) last night revealed its 15-member Central Executive Committee with nearly half of the old members replaced and Christopher Jones coming out on top.

Dear Editor, I decide to write this letter after the public emotions surrounding this incident had subsided, in order to have an objective discussion on the matter.

Chief Statistician Lennox Benjamin yesterday said cross border immigration and the start of oil production will bring changes in the profiles of Guyana’s population over the next two to four years, thereby making the Bureau of Statistics’ data gathering essential to informing growth and development.

KINGSTOWN, St Vincent, CMC – Front runners Barbados and Guyana maintained their unbeaten run in the Regional Under-19 50-over Championships, while Canada remained winless following the completion of the fourth round of matches here Thursday.

Dear Editor, African Guyanese represent a large portion of the poor and powerless in Guyana.

(Reuters) – Tiger Woods made his FedExCup playoffs return on Thursday after a five-year absence and shot a mediocre level-par 71 in the first round of The Northern Trust to sit five shots behind the leaders in Paramus, New Jersey.

Dear Editor, The Mayor and Councillors of the City of Georgetown wishes to advise all property owners that the Council has extended the amnesty on interest on rates to Friday, 24 August 2018.

Owing to the late filing of his client’s witness statement, attorney Nigel Hughes has caused a delay in commencement of the trial in which miner Ronald Khan is alleging that $54 million worth of uncut diamonds, which are now missing, were wrongfully detained by the Guyana Police Force (GPF).

(Reuters) – Arsenal manager Unai Emery believes it is vital for his players to start taking control of matches as they seek their first Premier League victory of the season against West Ham United on Saturday.

Dear Editor, The Chairman of any constitutional service commission should fulfil the following qualities: 1. 

CANBERRA,  (Reuters) – Australian Treasurer Scott Morrison will become Australia’s new prime minister after winning a Liberal party leadership vote last night, ending an internecine battle that has scarred the conservative government ahead of an election due by May 2019.

NEW YORK, CMC – For the eighth time, disgraced former CONCACAF president and FIFA vice-president Jeffrey Webb has had his sentencing delayed.

Some of the world’s biggest energy companies are gearing themselves to take a ‘tilt’ at mega investments in the recovery of giant oil and gas deposits, from liquefied natural gas in Mozambique to deep-oil in Guyana.

SEOUL,  (Reuters) – A South Korean appeals court sentenced former President Park Geun-hye to 25 years in jail yesterday in a case arising from a far-reaching corruption scandal that toppled her from power in 2017.

Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday expressed concern that President David Granger is yet to name his nominee or set a meeting to discuss the appointment of a substantive Police Commis-sioner.

The idiom, ‘a sad state of affairs’, according to the online website, Free Dictionary, refers to “a particularly unfortunate, unpleasant, and/or upsetting situation or set of circumstances”.

Risks associated with purchasing drinking water from retail vendors are sufficiently high for patrons to exercise the precaution of ensuring that their purchases are made from licensed operators, knowledgeable persons in the sector have told Stabroek Business.

Dear Editor, Conservation Inter-national (CI) notes the article in the Stabroek News dated August 23, 2018, reporting on a social media post by Dr Jan Mangal about the role of CI in facilitating a conversation between the Government of Guyana and civil society representatives in the oil and gas sector.

David Bourne, the lone survivor of the accident that claimed the lives of three of his friends almost two weeks ago at La Grange, West Bank Demerara, is still recovering in hospital.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Some 226 workers lost their jobs as a result of Wednesday’s closure of J.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions fired back at President Donald Trump yesterday after Trump gave a scathing assessment of his leadership at the Justice Department.

If the July report of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) is anything to go by, Guyana would do well not to allow its new-found and soon to be exploited oil resources to give rise to the temptation to significantly reduce its traditionally successful agricultural sector.

ZURICH, (Reuters) – Peru captain Paolo Guerrero’s doping ban, which was temporarily lifted for the World Cup, has been reimposed by a Swiss court, world soccer’s ruling body FIFA said on Thursday.

Dear Editor, It is with growing unease that I have viewed the intensification of the rhetoric domestically and within the diaspora directed towards the growing number of Chinese nationals residing in Guyana.

President David Granger yesterday met with a delegation from the World Expo 2025 Ekaterinburg (Russia) Organisation and Bid Committees at the Ministry of the Presidency.

Dear Editor, The hellish inheritance saw an almost immediate increase in salaries for the highly  favoured.

Against the backdrop of what it says is its focus on meeting international tourism standards, the Guyana Tourism Authority (GTA) this week disclosed that it had executed a training exercise between August 13th and 17th, in the North Rupununi, designed to move the country’s tourism sector towards meeting the international Adventure Travel Guide Standard.

WASHINGTON/BEIJING,  (Reuters) – U.S. and Chinese officials ended two days of talks yesterday with no major breakthrough as their trade war escalated with activation of another round of dueling tariffs on $16 billion worth of each country’s goods.

(Prepared by the Guyana Marketing Corporation and published by Stabroek Business as a public service)

(Trinidad Guardian) Tuesday’s 7.3 magnitude earthquake forced the Ministry of Health to move patients out of the Central Block of the Port-of-Spain General Hospital after it suffered minor damage.

(Reuters) – James Vince has been recalled to England’s squad for the fourth test against India in Southampton starting on Aug.

Stock market updates

There is a saying attributed to the 19th century circus owner, Phineas T. Barnum, which says that “there is no such thing as bad publicity.” This bold statement is not usually interpreted too literally and is thought to recognise publicity as a contributor to business success, particularly as compared to no publicity.

More than one hundred students were yesterday honoured by the Guyana Police Force (GPF) for their academic achievements over the last school year, according to the Department of Public Information (DPI).

WASHINGTON/JOHANNESBURG,  (Reuters) – The United States warned South Africa yesterday that seizing land without compensation risked sending the country down the wrong path, deepening a spat over Pretoria’s efforts to fix a glaring racial disparity almost 25 years after the end of apartheid.

(Trinidad Express) Schools in all seven education districts have been affected by Tuesday’s massive magnitude-6.9 earthquake.

During the course of that portion of his 2018 Budget presentation that had to do with the gold mining industry, Finance Minister Winston Jordan made three important points.

Dear Editor, Even amidst the flurry of social media posts yesterday (22nd August, 2018) about the aftershock tremor that hit Guyana around 9:30 am, it was hard to miss the rumble that came from Denis Scott Chabrol on his facebook page.

-Rum, proverbs – and a priest As just one week of August is left for this year I return to reflections relevant to this month, evocative for virtually two generations ago.

Kitco Market Data Gold Prices for the three day period ending Thursday August 23, 2018  

As medical marijuana becomes an increasing preoccupation in the drug-distribution industry, the region’s first medical cannabis brand is set to open its second medical ganja café, according to the weekend Gleaner.