Daily Archive: Monday, September 3, 2018

The Police say they are investigating a fatal accident which occurred about 12:30 pm today on the Zealand Public Road, Mahaicony, East Coast Demerara, that claimed the lives of two persons, while one is hospitalized and another who reportedly escaped unhurt, left the scene.

The Chambers of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) today said that it had lodged an appeal against the dismissal of the $600m theft charges against former Public Service Minister Jennifer Westford and her aide Margaret Cummings.

Striking teachers today gathered outside of the Ministry of Education on Brickdam.

BEIJING,  (Reuters) – Chinese President Xi Jinping offered another $60 billion in financing for Africa today and wrote off some debt for poorer African nations, while warning against funds going towards “vanity projects”.

Trinidad Opposition Leader Kamla Persad Bissessar has raised the prospect of Guyana oil being used to rescue the beleaguered Petrotrin refinery but Prime Minister Keith Rowley last evening said the aged facility had no reasonable prospect.

President David Granger has left his run for a second term in 2020 up to the parties in the APNU+AFC coalition but he has already received some endorsements from party leaders who trumpeted his anti-corruption image and integrity. 

In revamping the Albion, Blairmont and Uitvlugt sugar estates, government intends to employ some 10,000 persons and will appoint a Board to the Guyana Sugar Corporation that will make sound decisions to maximize the resources available and ensure the profitability of the industry.

(Barbados Nation) More than 50 Guyanese seniors were feted at a garden party hosted by Guyana’s Consul General at the Consulate’s Harbour View House headquarters, in Highgate Gardens, recently.

The family of 23-year-old Akemo Anthony who died in an accident late Saturday night are hopeful that the police officer involved, who failed a breathalyzer test, will face the law.

To date, Guyana does not have approval from the Council of Legal Education (CLE) for the establishment of a law school and this matter will be on the agenda of the regional body when it meets here on September 6th to 8th.

Holding only his third press conference since his governing coalition won the General and Regional Elections in 2015, President David Granger on Friday said that it has always been his intention to have more frequent meetings with the media but this has been thwarted because of his duties as Head of State.

Paul DeNobrega’s gutsy solo escape with three miles to go was enough to win yesterday’s Oasis Premium Purified Water 75-mile race on the open roads of Berbice.

Dear Editor, The University of Guyana takes this opportunity to respond to the article by Freddie Kissoon, titled `Dr Mark Kirton is livid, confused and wants to know what’s going on’, carried in the Kaieteur News on August 29, 2018.

University of Guyana Trojans (UG) cruised into the semifinals after earning a draw against Transport Sports Club at the Everest Cricket Club ground yesterday in the GISE Star Party Rental/ Trophy Stall first-division, two-day tournament.

Guyana is set to be marketed as a must-go destination by North American and German  firms in an initiative spearheaded by the Guyana Tourism Authority (GTA) to put the country on the global map.

Dear Editor, The Council of Legal Education (CLE) which is responsible for managing professional legal education in the Caribbean is set to meet in Guyana from September 6 – 8,  2018.  

Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo will soon be furnished with a copy of the security sector reform report which was handed over to government in January and which will be laid in the National Assembly later in the year, President David Granger disclosed on Friday.

Dear Editor, At his recently held press conference, President Granger blithely claimed that the Carter Formula for the Chairman of GECOM has outlived its efficacy and should be replaced by some amorphous, ‘I don’t know what’ ‘You guess what’ ‘ who knows what’ body.

Centuries from Kevon Boodie and Kemol Savory highlighted the final day of the Police Sports Club (PSC) and Malteenoes Sports Club (MSC) Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA), GISE, Star Party Rental and Trophy Stall first division two-day match yesterday at the Demerara Cricket Club (DCC) ground.

Dear Editor, Full credit must go to the teachers and their union for finally standing up to this oppressive Granger regime. 

Dear Editor,  I refer to Dr. Mark Devonish’s letter published in the Stabroek News on Saturday, 25th August, 2018.

When the curtain came down on the annual Maurice Solomon Golf Tournament at the Lusignan Golf Club (LGC) Saturday, Nazeem ‘Papo’ Haniff, William Walker and Guillermo Escarraga were the respective flight winners while Maurice Solomon was made an honorary life member of the club.

B.E.V Processors Inc has temporarily re-employed 40 staff members who were retrenched along with more than 300 other workers in July as the company moves towards clearing their inventory and liquidating their assets.

After returning from a successful stint for the Guyana Under-19 team, Kevlon Anderson marked his return to his local club, Rose Hall Town Pepsi, with a blistering century to see them reaching the final of the Berbice Cricket Board/New York Business Group under-19 tournament after they defeated Tucber Park by 77 runs yesterday.

Dear Editor, Antigua and Barbuda, and Grenada are to hold referenda on the same day – November 6 – to decide whether or not to accept the Caribbean Court of Appeal (CCJ) as their final court.

RIO DE JANEIRO,  (Reuters) – A massive fire raced through Brazil’s 200-year-old National Museum in Rio de Janeiro yesterday, probably destroying its collection of more than 20 million items, ranging from archeological finds to historical memorabilia.

A Troy Resources Incorporated worker was on Friday charged with stealing in excess of $1 million worth of raw gold from his employer.

(CPL) Dwayne Bravo made Hero Caribbean Premier League (CPL) history with five successive sixes as Trinbago Knight Riders beat St Kitts & Nevis Patriots by 46 runs at Warner Park Saturday night.

Dear Editor, I believe Guyanese musicians are missing an opportunity teeming with potential to catapult Guyanese music and musicians onto the regional and international stage and establish a money making industry for themselves and Guyana.

AUSTIN, Texas,  (Reuters) – The National Hurricane Center issued a tropical storm watch yesterday for parts of the U.S.

Guyana will celebrate its 50th anniversary as a Republic in 2020 and to commemorate this occasion, the Guyana Gold Board (GGB) in collaboration with the Ministry of Natural Resources will be launching a gold medallion.

Dear Editor,  It seems we have become so inured to inefficiencies in Guyana that the current erratic DSL internet service in Georgetown is simply accepted as “normal”. 

(Jamaica Gleaner) The current management of the state-owned oil refinery Petrojam has launched a probe into the expenditure of J$1.4 million (US$10,500) to host a premium party during a strategic planning retreat last September.

A North Ruimveldt mechanic was on Sunday busted with over 1,600 grammes of cannabis after he was seen acting in a suspicious manner at Issano, Region Seven.

SOUTHAMPTON, England, (Reuters) – Moeen Ali spun England to a 60-run victory over India in the fourth test as the hosts sealed a series victory over the world’s top-ranked nation with a match to spare yesterday.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Jamaica was unable to bid to host any of the upcoming Women’s T20 World Cup matches in the Caribbean because the costs associated were too high.

YANGON,  (Reuters) – A Myanmar judge today found two Reuters journalists guilty of breaching a law on state secrets and sentenced them to seven years in prison, in a landmark case seen as a test of progress towards democracy in the Southeast Asian country.

Dear Editor, In responding to the striking teachers’ demands for salary increases, Junior Minister of Social Protection, Keith Scott said the teachers are “selfish and uncaring” (yesterday’s Sunday Stabroek).

ANNAPOLIS, Md.,  (Reuters) – Fighter jets roared over the U.S. Naval Academy yesterday in a final tribute to former Senator John McCain as the Vietnam War hero and two-time presidential candidate was laid to rest at the military college that began his career six decades ago.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Defending champion Sloane Stephens eased into the quarter-finals of the U.S.

TRIPOLI,  (Reuters) – Some 400 prisoners escaped from a jail in Libya’s capital yesterday while fighting between rival armed groups raged nearby, a judiciary official said as the United Nations called for the warring parties to meet on Tuesday.

(Barbados Government Information Service) Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley is confident that Barbados can get out of its economic troubles and become “fiscally fit”.

By Laura George, Wazir Mohamed, Marcello Mello, and Medino Abraham Laura George is the Governance & Rights Coordinator for the Amerindian Peoples Association.

Dear Editor, It was heart-wrenching to hear of yet another accident on the Soesdyke-Linden Highway.

New bus fares: Friday marked the implementation date for the new mini-bus fare structure.

President Granger’s statement on Friday at his third press conference since taking office three years ago that the government is now seeking to mobilise funds to make a better pay offer to teachers is cause for great concern.