Daily Archive: Thursday, September 6, 2018

(Reuters) – Burt Reynolds, whose good looks and charm made him one of Hollywood’s most popular actors as he starred in films such as “Deliverance,” “The Longest Yard” and “Smokey and the Bandit” in the 1970s and ’80s, has died at age 82.

After 90 minutes of discussion the Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU) and the Ministry of Education have decided to take the current wage dispute to arbitration. 

Guyanese, Muntaz Alli was on board the Emirates flight from Dubai which was quarantined at New York’s JFK International Airport on Wednesday after over 100 passengers complained of feeling unwell during the 14 hour trip.  

A joint search of the Georgetown Prison today by ranks of the Police Force and those of the Prison Service, unearthed the following prohibited items, the police said.

Lamenting the delay in local content legislation that would give  businesses here first consideration in providing services and goods for the growing oil and gas industry, the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) has sent its own draft to the government.

(Trinidad Express) Four years after relatives told police Esther Williams’ died as a result of suicide, her common law husband and daughter have been charged with killing her.

The government and the GTU  are to resume discussions today in a bid to end the teachers’ strike that has upturned the new school year since Monday and yesterday the umbrella trade union grouping, GTUC accused the APNU+AFC administration of  creating an environment of conflict and not negotiating in good faith.

Trinidad and Tobago’s Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley is due in Guyana next Wednesday to sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for a technical co-operation agreement on oil and gas.

Hundreds of Berbice teachers took to the streets yesterday, joining their colleagues in escalating an ongoing nationwide strike for better wages.

The trial of two persons accused of attempting to murder a City Mall businesswoman back in 2009 is set to commence before Justice Sandil Kissoon and a 12-member jury next Monday.

A second study into the feasibility of the construction of an oil refinery in Guyana should be done when more operators are working in the industry, President of the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) Deodat Indar says.

Following years of neglect, the East La Penitence Market is finally getting a facelift after the Mayor and City Council (M&CC) awarded a contract to construct fences and rehabilitate other parts.

President David Granger yesterday participated in the Ninth Meeting of the Prime Ministerial Sub-Committee on the Caribbean Single Market and Economy (CSME), which was held in Bridgetown, Barbados.  

Autopsies on the bodies of Michael Aubrey Ross and Jennifer Nikita Park –  the two persons who died on Monday following an accident at Zealand Public Road, Mahaicony revealed that they drowned.

Urgent repair works budgeted at $11.9m were recently done on the Linden-Lethem road between Wisroc and Rockstone Junction, according to the Department of Public information (DPI) .

The M.B. Sandaka was recently outfitted with two hydro-master propulsion systems which will be powered by two caterpillar 3406 engines.

The National Track and Field Centre, Leonora will provide the setting for what is expected to be a thrilling contest as Guyana commence their CONCACAF Nations League qualifiers against Barbados from 19:00hrs.

The Ministry of Public Health yesterday launched a support group for parents of children who are differently-abled as a means of offering support and building coping skills of parents.

Despite failing to secure a win against Guyana in over two decades, Barbados Senior Men’s Football Head-coach Ahmed Mohamed, is bullish over his team’s chances of re-writing history tonight in the opening round of the CONCACAF Nations League.

A total of 62 symbols were submitted to the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) by the August 29 deadline, by parties and individuals desirous of contesting the November 12 local government elections though not all have been approved as yet.

After an outstanding amateur career, Joel Williamson is looking forward to his pro debut on September 22 at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.

A man accused of stealing jewellery from a woman was yesterday brought before a city magistrate to answer to a robbery charge.

Renowned sports entity, Woodpecker Trophies and Sports, continued its partnership with the Guinness ‘Cage’ Streetball Championship, donating the fourth-placed trophy Monday at the company’s Alberttown location.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – Brett Kavanaugh, President Donald Trump’s U.S. Supreme Court nominee, embraced judicial independence yesterday but sidestepped Senate Democrats’ questions on whether a president can pardon himself or fire a prosecutor investigating him.

Dear Editor, I feel sorry for the public having to endure the level of stupidity emanating from the Government about audits arising out of the Esso/Hess/CNOOC Petroleum Agreement.

The specialist firms recently hired by the Guyana Tourism Authority (GTA) to market Guyana as a tourist destination in North America and Germany were retained at a total cost of US$545,815 through a restrictive tendering process.

BRASILIA,  (Reuters) – Brazil’s federal police have recommended to prosecutors that President Michel Temer be charged with taking bribes and money laundering, according to a police document reviewed yesterday by Reuters.

Dear Editor, I am no expert at anything. I am just a regular road consumer, but I am scared.

As part of Indigenous Heritage Month of celebrations, National female chess player, Nellisha Johnson on Wednesday paid Minister of Indigenous People’s Affairs, Valerie Garrido-Lowe a courtesy call in recognition of the Minister’s sterling contribution towards the young woman’s journey in the sport.Johnson,

The Preliminary Inquiry (PI) into the charge against Aubrey Bobb, who is accused of murdering businessman Godfrey Scipio aka ‘Sagga’, continued yesterday with testimony by a police photographer.

The National Sports Commission (NSC) is one again faced with the unwillingness of associations/federations to submit proposals for their calendar of activities for 2019 and Director of Sport Christopher Jones is bashing some associations/federations for doing a terrible job at marketing their product.

Dear Editor, It is uncertain whether its timing is intended to be an orchestrated intervention aimed at becalming the smouldering anxieties of the undermentioned grades of teachers; but the Teaching Service Commission released on August 28, 2018 a Preliminary Appointment List of Promotions, effective October 01, 2018.

GUATEMALA CITY,  (Reuters) – Guatemala’s top court said yesterday it had given the government 48 hours to explain why it barred the head of a U.N.

Fabian Allen powered St Kitts & Nevis Patriots to a thrilling two-wicket victory with two balls to spare that takes them temporarily to the top of the Hero Caribbean Premier League (CPL) while inflicting a sixth straight defeat on the Barbados Tridents.  It looked like the Tridents were finally going to return to winning ways back on the road after five defeats at home when they reduced the Patriots to 92/6 in pursuit of 169 for victory, and again when Allen lost the strike in the closing overs and was left needing 17 from the final six balls.  But Allen had the answers, smashing the first two balls of Dominic Drakes’ closing over for sixes to take the target down to a far simpler five from four.

Dear Editor, Guyana’s education system has more than five standardized examinations: National Grades 2, 4 6 and 9 exams.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Britain charged two Russians in absentia yesterday with the attempted murder of a former Russian spy and his daughter, and said the suspects were military intelligence officers almost certainly acting on orders from high up in the Russian state.

Dear Editor, This is the second installment of my reply to a condemnatory letter on me by Tacuma Ogunseye (SN, Friday, August 31).

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – Many senior officials in President Donald Trump’s administration have been working from within to frustrate parts of his agenda to protect the country from his worst impulses, an anonymous Trump official wrote in a column published by the New York Times yesterday.

There are no new leads into the murder of Krishnachand Dabee, the pensioner whose lifeless body was found in his Annandale, East Coast Demerara (ECD) yard more than a week ago, the police say.

(Reuters) – The United States yesterday called on Nicaragua to release all detained students and political prisoners, declaring the country’s five months of civil unrest a threat to the region’s security.

The ‘Green Machine’s winless campaign at the just concluded America’s 15s Challenge in Colombia severely impacted their World Rankings.

Dear Editor, My attention was drawn to an article in the Monday, September 3, 2018 edition of the Guyana Chronicle headlined: ‘Bringing joy through music – celebrating 160 years of the Guyana Police Force Band’s legacy.’

TOKYO,  (Reuters) – At least one person was killed and 32 were missing, Japanese media reported, after a powerful earthquake paralysed the northern island of Hokkaido yesterday, triggering landslides and knocking out power to its 5.3 million residents.

NEW YORK,  (Reuters) – Defending champion Rafa Nadal failed to win a single game in the opening set of his U.S.

(Trinidad Express) Oilfield Workers Trade Union (OWTU) president, Ancel Roget, said yesterday the closure of Petrotrin’s refinery did not instigate this Friday’s intended day of “rest and reflection”.

Around 2.1 kilometres of the first layer of paved asphalt surface of the planned 5 kilometres of the $1.2Billion East Bank Berbice (EBB) has been completed.

Dear Editor, A fundamental structural feature of colonialism is the fracturing of an economy into two parts: export enclave and the rest of the economy. 

A man was yesterday remanded to prison after being charged with stealing a cellphone from another man.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – The world’s largest offshore wind farm will open today off the northwest coast of England when Danish energy group Orsted unveils the Walney Extension project.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Serena Williams fought back from a break down in the first set to beat Czech eighth seed Karolina Pliskova 6-4 6-3 and reach the semi-finals of the U.S.

BRASILIA, (Reuters) – Brazil’s front-running far-right presidential candidate Jair Bolsonaro rallied his supporters yesterday with a message of a clean break from the past, hopeful that charges filed against two of his rivals in recent days will consolidate his support among voters fed up with rampant graft.

Dear Editor, In a letter published in SN on September 5 and written by Tacuma Ogunseye we are enjoined to reject self-hate and to return to the ancestral goddesses that we have abandoned.

Down memory lane! This pictorial exhibit highlighting scenes of the late President Forbes Burnham was on display at a one-day exhibition held at City Hall.

As the “Louisa Baillie” careened in cold, rough seas not far from India, the decisive drama of fragile life and certain death played out aboard the ill-equipped sailing ship.

MUNICH, Germany, (Reuters) – Germany are a world-class team despite their early World Cup exit but France should have the advantage when the sides meet today, French coach Didier Deschamps said yesterday.

LOS ANGELES,  (Reuters) – “Star Wars” producer Kathleen Kennedy and veteran actress Cicely Tyson will receive honorary awards this year, recognizing their lifetime achievements in the movie industry, the Motion Picture Academy said on Wednesday.

For more than 20 years, Estée Lauder, the world-renowned, manufacturing group of companies named for its founder that has been in existence since the 1940s, has been listing P.