Daily Archive: Wednesday, September 19, 2018

An East La Penitence man was today remanded after he was charged with the murder of Roger Allen, the Freeman Street youth who was stabbed during a fight at D’Urban and Chapel streets, Lodge, last Thursday.

Guyana and Trinidad today signed a Memorandum of Understanding on Energy Sector Cooperation with the leaders of both countries, President David Granger and Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago Dr.

ISLAMABAD,  (Reuters) – A Pakistani court today ordered the release of jailed ousted Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and his daughter, suspending the sentences they received from a lower court in July and prompting celebrations among supporters waiting outside.

ST GEORGE’S, Grenada, CMC – Grenada Invitational Inc, the company which spearheaded the organising of the Grenada Invitational, will be looking to appoint a new chairman shortly following the resignation of Michael Bascombe.

Two men were killed after a mining pit caved in at Mowasi Backdam, Konawaruk, Potaro, where the Ministry of Natural Resources says they were engaged in illegal mining on a concession.

Former Chancellor of the Judiciary, retired Justice Cecil Kennard was yesterday sworn in as the sole commissioner on the Commission of Inquiry (CoI) into the administration and operations of the Georgetown Mayor and City Council (M&CC).

Two women were yesterday remanded to prison after being charged over a plot to traffic almost four pounds of cocaine to Jamaica.

As a protest for immediate works on the access road to Kuru Kuru, on the Soesdkye-Linden Highway, intensified, residents were yesterday told that repairs are slated to be done under the next national budget.  

An Assistant Superinten-dent of Police (ASP) and a Corporal were yesterday taken before a city court to answer to separate charges of unlawful detention and assault.

Over 90 Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) officers are currently participating in the agency’s annual staff training and Minister of Public Security Khemraj Ramjattan has pledged to provide them with more resources to execute their mandate.

The businessman who is accused of fatally beating Linden resident, Leroy Barron during an argument on Saturday was turned in at the Mackenzie Police Station on Monday evening by his mother.

Yesterday, some ex-workers from the Skeldon and Rose Hall estates picketed  outside of Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo’s Region 6 Office at Port Mourant demanding that the Government settles outstanding severance payments to them.

The Petra Organization officially launched the 2018 Courts Pee Wee U11 Football Championship yesterday at the National Library.

Deosarran Narine, called ‘Cha Cha’ and ‘Kumar,’ was yesterday handed a life sentence in his absence after a jury found him guilty of sexually molesting a five-year-old girl.

Beharry Group of Companies Limited has once again partnered with the Guyana Rugby Football Union (GRFU) to sponsor the Guyana Sevens Rugby team, Green Machine on their trip to the Rugby Americas North (RAN) Championships in Barbados this weekend.

A welder of Mocha, East Bank Demerara, who was scheduled to be charged with the rape of a teenage girl yesterday, died just hours before at a city hospital after reportedly ingesting rat poison in the lock-up at the East Ruimveldt Outpost.

With the second round of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) 50-overs Franchise League set to play today, the returning Caribbean Premier League players will be available for their respective franchises even as defending champions, Georgetown and runners up Essequibo gun for another win this season.

Rehabilitation work on the Bartica Ferry Stelling will soon commence, as tenders for the project were opened yesterday at the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board.

A pork knocker was yesterday remanded to prison after he was charged with being in possession of an unlicensed rifle, which police say was discovered by his wife after he allegedly assaulted her.

Swan defeated St. Cuthbert’s Mission by a 4-2 score line in the Region #4 Heritage Games Playoff on Sunday at the St Cuthbert’s Mission ground.

Despite failing to qualify from the CFU Women’s Challenge Series and the CONCACAF Women’s Qualifiers, the Lady Jaguars Senior Squad has climbed 35 places to achieve a FIFA ranking of 83rd.

Attorney Ryan Crawford, who was recorded delivering an expletive-laced tirade during a police traffic stop, was yesterday interviewed by police about the incident at the Whim Police Station in Berbice.

City councillors on Monday voted to allow vendors being relocated from the Stabroek Market wharf to construct stalls at their own cost, thereby relieving City Hall of the financial burden of construction after it had already spent $23 million on preparatory works at Russell Square to accommodate them.

The finalists of the Berbice Cricket Board/Elizabeth Styles Under-21 tournament has been decided with Blairmont Cricket Club defeating Albion Cricket Club by 56 runs and Rose Hall Town Gizmos and Gadgets (RHTGG) whipping  Tucber Park Cricket Club by eight wickets recently.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – West Indies Women’s coach Gus Logie has backed his side to put Sunday’s opening loss to South Africa behind them, and come out swinging in today’s crucial second One-Day International of the three-match series.

A number of Guyanese businesses will now be able to market their delicacies to an international audience through Caribbean Airlines’ (CAL) recently launched Caribbean Café project.

The Guyana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) has issued an invitation for bids for preparatory works on land at Providence, East Bank Demerara, which has been allocated for the construction of its new headquarters.

NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – A victory for President Abdulla Yameen in a Sunday election in the Maldives could ramp up pressure on its finances, as the government stays the course on a Chinese-backed infrastructure boom that is in danger of swamping the economy.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Fitness concerns have forced Alzarri Joseph out of the upcoming Test tour of India, with the little known West Indies A seamer Shermon Lewis named as his replacement.

Dear Editor,  I wish to commend citizen, PPP/C MP Dr. Frank Anthony for his letter,  `Urgent steps must be taken by gov’t to preserve Amerindian languages’.  

(Trinidad Guardian) Energy Minister Franklin Khan on Monday told Parliament that 3,500 permanent workers plus 1,200 non-permanent workers will be affected by the Government’s planned closure of the refinery in two weeks.

LONDON, (Reuters) – England all-rounder Ben Stokes and batsman Alex Hales will appear before a disciplinary hearing in December after being charged yesterday with bringing the game into disrepute for a fracas outside a Bristol nightclub a year ago.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – A woman who has accused President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee, Brett Kavanaugh, of sexual assault decades ago wants her allegations to be investigated by the FBI before she appears at a U.S.

First Lady, Sandra Granger, yesterday met with the management of Demerara Bakery at her office, to discuss possible collaborations in the area of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM).  According to a Ministry of the Presidency (MoP) press release, the First Lady thanked the officials of the bakery, who included Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Marissa DaCosta-Takrudin; Managing Director, Peter Abai; Human Resources and Marketing Manager, Davindra Lalltoo and Director, Sharmella Chan-Abai, for showing an interest in STEM and suggested that robotics camps be held in the community of Land of Canaan, East Bank Demerara where the bakery is located.

Dear Editor, Please permit me to inform and update citizens of the plight of vendors following the special meeting held by the city council on Monday, September  17, 2018 on the decision to relocate stall holders plying their trade at the Stabroek Market Wharf to a portion of reserve west of the Parliament Building.

The 12th Biennial Conference of the Commonwealth Association for Public Administration and Management (CAPAM) will be held from October 22-24 under the theme “Transforming the Public Sector for Climate Governance.”

(Trinidad Express) A Special Reserve Police officer and a welder accused of kidnapping Natalie Pollonais, were denied bail by a San Fernando magistrate yesterday.

BERLIN,  (Reuters) – Germany’s government said on Tuesday it would replace the head of its domestic intelligence agency who has faced accusations of harbouring far-right sympathies, putting an end to a row that exposed divisions in Chancellor Angela Merkel’s government.

Dear Editor, It is heartbreaking to read the news on the use of illegal drugs among our children.

Dear Editor, With cunning strategies, the minibus union and the Ministry responsible devised a method to fool the commuters with empty promises and with brutal bullyism.

(Barbados Nation) Barbados needs to speed up its immigration process for non-nationals who could hold the key to the country’s economic future, says Minister of Home Affairs Edmund Hinkson.

MUMBAI/NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – India’s largest law firm, Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas (CAM), is being scrutinized by federal agents after they seized documents related to the $2 billion fraud at state-run Punjab National Bank from CAM’s premises in February, a lawyer representing the government and a police source told Reuters.

(Reuters) – Manchester United will not be using the artificial pitch as an excuse if they fail to beat Swiss side Young Boys in Bern in their Champions League opener, manager Jose Mourinho said yesterday.

Sherman Lewis, the Toshao of Smith Creek Village in Region One says part of his Village Council plans for the next three years, is to establish a multipurpose centre and an improved drainage system.

That some very poor and costly decisions in Guyana’s budding oil and gas sector have recently been visited upon Guyanese is now sufficiently established.

In ancient times, long before the inventions of the railroad and the field of telecommunications, messages were relayed by the age old tradition of professional running messengers.

(Barbados Nation) Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley yesterday revealed plans for Barbados to delve into a national digital payment network.

Dear Editor, Once again, a traffic fatality focuses the spotlight on the reality of what passes for law and justice in Guyana. 

BUENOS AIRES,  (Reuters) – Argentina’s ex-President Cristina Fernandez said yesterday that she never received corrupt payments and challenged investigators to scour her home region of Patagonia if they believed she had hidden cash, a day after she was indicted on graft charges.