Daily Archive: Tuesday, August 28, 2018

Matthew Wilks, an experienced senior oil and gas business developer and negotiator, has been appointed Oil and Gas Adviser in the Department of Energy within the Ministry of the Presidency.

The police are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of a male pensioner whose lifeless body was discovered in his yard about 19:00hrs yesterday with injuries to the head and right eye. 

The International Cricket Council (ICC) today announced that following remedial work and reassessment, the bowling action of Guyanese and West Indies fast bowler Ronsford Beaton has been found to be legal and he can now resume bowling in international cricket.

(Trinidad Express) The Trinidad Government has decided to shut down the refinery of State oil company Petrotrin.

(Trinidad Guardian) By the end of today the country will be clearer on the future of the state oil company Petrotrin.

Teachers around the country took to the streets yesterday to protest government’s failure to honour joint proposals for wages and other benefits and faced with the possibility that the new school year will begin with a strike, the Ministry of Education announced contingency plans, including the deployment of trainees.

Former Guyana Defence Force (GDF) soldier Allister Woolford was yesterday sentenced to 15 years in prison for what he had said was the “accidental” shooting death of a man he described as being his best friend.

Ingrid Wilson, the woman who was attacked in North Ruimveldt, Georgetown by three pit bulls, received over 70 stitches for her injuries and is currently at home recovering.

Ethan Calistro will be spending the next decade behind bars for the fatal stabbing of a man when he was only 15-years-old.

The Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU) on Sunday afternoon released the owner of the airplane who was detained at the Eugene F.

Ramdeo Ferreira, the three-year-old who was fatally stabbed by his mother on Saturday at Foulis, Enmore, East Coast Demerara, died from a stab wound to his heart, an autopsy found yesterday.

Guyana’s boys’ Under – 11 table tennis unit, captured the nation’s lone medal – bronze –  in the team’s event of the ongoing Caribbean Mini-Cadet and Pre-Cadet championships currently being played in the Dominican Republic.

(CPL) Trinbago Knight Riders went top of the Hero Caribbean Premier League (CPL) table with a four-wicket victory over Barbados Tridents at the Kensington Oval Sunday night.

Carlton Bourne, the former murder accused who is currently a remanded prisoner after being charged with a series of armed robberies, was yesterday faced with more charges, including shooting at policemen.

A 23-year-old woman was yesterday released on $50,000 bail after denying charges of using abusive language and assaulting a police officer.

Defending champions, Guyana, suffered their first loss of the Cricket West Indies Regional Under-19 tournament, going down to Trinidad and Tobago by four wickets in the sixth round yesterday at Arnos Vale Playing Field while Jamaica registered a three-wicket win over Barbados and Windward Islands defeated Canada by 79 runs.

Despite assurances, the Guyana Power and Light (GPL) yesterday said that load shedding will continue on the Essequibo Coast.

NEW YORK,  (Reuters) – The U.S. Open started with a bang as world number one Simona Halep christened the newly renovated Louis Armstrong Stadium with a shock 6-2 6-4 loss to unseeded Estonian Kaia Kanepi yesterday, becoming the first top seed to lose an opening match at Flushing Meadows.

The Sheriff Street-Mandela Avenue road widening and upgrade project has finally started, more than six months after the contract was awarded.

Following a heavy 71-7 defeat at the hands of host, Colombia on Sunday, Guyana’s national rugby outfit will look to smooth out some wrinkles when their America’s 15s Challenge Series campaign continues tomorrow against Paraguay.

Ershaad Ali spun a web around Muslim Youth Organisation (MYO) before Omesh Danram smashed an unbeaten half century to lead University of Guyana (UG) to a seven-wicket win at MYO on Sunday in the New Building Society/ Georgetown Cricket Association second-division 40-overs competition.

Two West Bank Demerara (WBD) men were yesterday jailed for four years and fined $7.7M each for the possession of narcotics.

TTucber Park Cricket Club moved one step closer on their championship quest in the Ramnaresh Sarwan/ Berbice Cricket Board under-17 tournament when they registered a three-run win over Blairmont Cricket Club in a low scoring thriller on Sunday.

Uncertainty surrounds the delay in the commencement of contracted works along sections of the Lethem to Annai road, according to Region Nine Chairman Bryan Allicock.

Essequibo Coast miller Wazir Hussein says that he is being unfairly blamed for the payments owed to rice farmers, which is due to the slow pay-out of cash from the Guyana Rice Development Board (GRDB) to millers. 

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Second seed Roger Federer kicks off his quest for a sixth U.S.Open crown

(CPL) Shoaib Malik will be returning to Pakistan to link up with his national team for a training camp ahead of the Asia Cup.

Two persons including a taxi driver were arrested by the police over the weekend in connection with the murder of Bourda Street vendor, Troy Ramalho and one of  them has since admitted his involvement in the crime.

After putting up a notable showing in round one of the ongoing Pan American qualifiers in the Cayman Islands by walking away with three wins, Guyana endured a winless second day and are now out of the singles medal contention. 

Dear Editor, My wife and I decided to travel through the Linden-Lethem road while on my annual leave.

(Trinidad Express) A cancer survivor and her husband narrowly escaped being crushed by an avalanche of boulders and mud which crashed into their Laventille house on Sunday.

Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo on Thursday warn-ed that Guyana’s territorial integrity could be compromised if Venezuelan refugees are allowed to settle here permanently.

Dear Editor, While the national conversation on Guyana’s emerging oil & gas sector has demonstrated our collective commitment to an accountable process, emerging policies and discussions have lacked an inter-industry policy development framework.

With its Water Quality Laboratory at the shelter belt now certified by the Guyana National Bureau of Standards (GNBS) for the first time, the Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) is proposing to construct  a number of mini laboratories around the country, Managing Director Dr.

The Guyana Hockey Board [GHB] concluded their U19 Boys Developmental Camp as they begin preparation for the Junior Pan American Championships in 2020.

(Trinidad Express) An East Trinidad woman, charged with two counts of sexual penetration against a male child, has appeared before the Arima Magistrates’ Court, to answer to the charges.

Chief Executive Officer of the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GTT) Justin Nedd has said that all accusations of the company evading taxes are baseless.

Dear Editor, One simply could not help reflecting on the wanton comment, by the Ministry of Education to the effect that increases granted to Guyana Teachers’ Union would be (automatically) applied to Public Servants!

NEW YORK,  (Reuters) – Two-time U.S. Open champion Venus Williams outlasted Svetlana Kuznetsova 6-3 5-7 6-3 in a marathon battle on a brutally hot day at Arthur Ashe Stadium yesterday to reach the U.S.

(Barbados Nation) The insurance company linked to the money laundering charges faced by former Minister of Commerce Donville Inniss, will not face the United States law courts.

BRASILIA, (Reuters) – Brazil’s Supreme Court will weigh in September an appeal by jailed former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva to be set free so he can join the presidential campaign already under way, a court spokesperson said yesterday.

Chairman of the Local Government Commission (LGC) Mortimer Mingo has rebuffed assertions that as an executive of the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) he should resign from his constitutional post.

MANCHESTER, England,  (Reuters) – Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho stormed out of his news conference following yesterday’s 3-0 home defeat by Tottenham Hotspur, ranting about the three titles he won with Chelsea and demanding “respect” from those reporters present.

Dear Editor, Politkles? Was never sure about the name of the cartoon, sorry about that, however most are reasonable satire.

Dear Editor, The drains in D’Urban Backlands have been blocked for the last month with no attempt to clean them.

BOGOTA, (Reuters) – Colombian President Ivan Duque on Monday said the Andean nation will withdraw from Unasur, a South American bloc set up a decade ago to counter U.S.

Rose Hall Town Jammers battled past Canje Knights 62-58 on Sunday at the Rose Hall Basketball Court in the Berbice Amateur Basketball Association [BABA] ‘Karibee Rice’ Championship.

A 32-year-old taxi driver was yesterday fined and had his licence suspended for driving under the influence and hitting a car that was part of the presidential convoy.

Dear Editor, The Caribbean Voice (TCV) (www.caribvoice.org) joins with other NGOs and Women’s Rights Organizations in calling upon Carib Beer to go beyond a public apology in expressing their contrition for the awful ad that was both offensive and insensitive to women and gender based violence victims and activists in Guyana and the rest of the Caribbean.

After climbing Turtle Mountain, Region Eight, the Youth Ambassadors of the Rights of the Child Commission (RCC) signed a declaration for youth empowerment in Guyana, the Department of Public Information (DPI) said yesterday.

Home side Georgetown Football Club and newcomer GT Panthers secured contrasting wins when the Georgetown Football Association [GFA]-Interim Management Committee [IMC] ‘Stag Revival Cup’, commenced Sunday.

(Reuters) – A federal court ruled yesterday that North Carolina Republicans illegally drew up U.S.

VALENCIA, Venezuela,  (Reuters) – About 100 workers protested outside tire manufacturer Pirelli’s Venezuela plant yesterday after finding the gates locked, ten days after the country announced a broad set of reforms including a massive hike in the minimum wage.

The Kuru Kururu Small Business Association hosted its inaugural Business Expo on Saturday last with the aim of bringing more exposure to the small businesses in the community, the Department of Public Information (DPI) said yesterday.

The fact that some commentators are advocating that any increase in minibus fares be linked to an across-the -board improvement in the quality of service afforded commuters resembles a desperate bid to claw back some measure of leverage from an industry ‘gone wild’ though the more one thinks of throwing in ‘good behaviour’ as part of the criteria for increased fares the more it seems to be not a particularly good idea.

Santos FC and Pele FC secured comfortable wins, when the Georgetown Zone of the Frank Watson Memorial U15 Football League continued on Saturday at the Tucville ground.

By Carl Bildt STOCKHOLM – After a suspiciously sudden conversion, Russian President Vladimir Putin now claims to be worried about the fate of millions of refugees who have fled the carnage in Syria.

Dear Editor, Please permit me to make a little contribution in relation to the topical issue of alcohol abuse in the society and my  impulse to being proactive on the subject has been recently recharged having  heard the Opposition Leader complaining about alcohol usage in Parliament, an editorial in one  of the leading dailies, Caitlin Vieira’s the Psychologist and You (Sunday 19th and Sunday 26th August 2018) and now a definitive study reported by AFP (Paris, France)  done by lead researcher Max Griswald at the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation in Seattle, Washington.

BUENOS AIRES — When I asked Argentina’s President Mauricio Macri last week whether it would help him politically in the 2019 elections if former President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner goes to jail soon on corruption charges, his responded: “They tell me that it wouldn’t help me.”

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – The United States and Mexico agreed yesterday to overhaul the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), putting pressure on Canada to agree to new terms on auto trade and dispute settlement rules to remain part of the three-nation pact.