Daily Archive: Friday, December 7, 2018

The MovieTowne entertainment complex at Turkeyen is set for opening on February 21st next year, according to Trinidad business magnate Derek Chin.

SAO PAULO/BRASÍLIA,  (Reuters) – Brazil’s President Michel Temer said today he had reached an agreement with Roraima state Governor Suely Campos for a federal “intervention” in the state that borders Venezuela.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Buju Banton has been released from prison after eight years at the McRae Correctional institution.

A half century from West Indies test player, Vishaul Singh was the backbone of Guyana’s innings on the opening day of their clash yesterday against Windward Islands Volcanoes who are trailing by 192 runs at the Darren Sammy Stadium in St.

India’s Bank of Baroda (BoB) yesterday sought bids from investment bankers to carry out the sale of its Guyana-based subsidiary.

LUSAKA, (Reuters) – President Edgar Lungu can stand in presidential elections due in 2021, Zambia’s top court ruled on Friday, finding that he would not be breaching a constitutional two-term limit.

(Reuters) – Comedian Kevin Hart stepped down on Thursday from hosting the 2019 Oscar ceremony after “insensitive words” about gays he tweeted in the past resurfaced online.

(Jamaica Observer) National Security Minister Dr Horace Chang yesterday condemned the murders of returning residents Karen Cleary-Brown and Barbara Findley and said that the Government and his ministry remain steadfast in their mandate to serve and protect all citizens.

(Trinidad Guardian) Height­ened se­cu­ri­ty in the cap­i­tal city since mid­night is ex­pect­ed to im­pact thou­sands of peo­ple to­day, as one of the main streets lead­ing in­to down­town Port-of-Spain will be cor­doned off to fa­cil­i­tate two high-pro­file crim­i­nal cas­es.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Residents of Berkshire District in Bethel Town, Westmoreland, were left baffled yesterday, as they woke up to the shocking news that a seemingly quiet second form high school student had allegedly attacked and murdered his mother early Wednesday night.

(Trinidad Guardian) Schiz­o­phre­nia is a chron­ic and se­vere men­tal dis­or­der that af­fects how a per­son thinks, feels and be­haves.

Outgoing United States Ambassador to Guyana Perry Holloway on Tuesday said that over the next two to three years Guyana should see better results from both local law enforcement and their collaboration with international authorities in the fight against the drug trade.

With one major United States carrier already plying routes here, the Guyana Government is upbeat that another may fly here as United Airlines will soon be meeting with officials to discuss the possibility of entering this market.

The Caribbean Boxing Championships got off to an explosive start last night at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall with the host winning five of the six international bouts on the 10-fight card.

ADELAIDE (Reuters) – Ishant Sharma and Ravichandran Ashwin removed Australia’s openers to leave the home side vulnerable at 57 for two at lunch on day two of the first test yesterday after India were bowled out for 250 underpinned by a century from Cheteshwar Pujara.

Rodney Kurtzious, 31, was yesterday sentenced to life imprisonment after a jury convicted him for raping a one-year-old girl, whose genitals he tore during the assault, causing her to be hospitalised.

A 26-year-old man died in an accident along the Nonpareil Public Road, East Coast Demerara (ECD), after being struck by a minibus yesterday afternoon.

Guyana’s hopes of qualifying for their maiden CONCACAF Gold Cup received a timely boost, as the regional confederation has sanctioned the Barbados FA for fielding ineligible players during the team’s matchup in the Nations League.

The oil and gas and aviation sectors are to be included in an “alliance” created by the Ministry of Social Protection in an effort to curb the incidence of accidents in the various sectors, Minister in the Ministry of Social Protection Keith Scott told the National Assembly in his post-budget presentation earlier this week.

Georgetown Football Club [GFC] and Northern Rangers will contest the finale of the Turbo Knockout Football Championship, following semi-final wins yesterday at the Ministry of Education ground, Carifesta Avenue.

The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has made available to Guyana a US$11.64 million loan to assist the country in preparing for its transition towards becoming a major oil and gas producing state.  According to an IDB press release yesterday, this is a policy-based loan that is designed to support the strengthening and the sustainability of the energy sector in Guyana by contributing to the institutional development of oil and gas governance and the development of cleaner energy sources for electricity generation.

Three persons were arrested yesterday in connection with the armed robbery of a Corentyne supermarket that left the owner, a pregnant woman and several residents all brutalised.

Confirmation that the clause in the country’s 2004 Small Business Act making provision for local small businesses to access 20% of state contracts from January next year will be activated was on Monday provided in the National Assembly by Minister of Business Dominic Gaskin.

LONDON,  CMC — Three months after he announced his resignation as West Indies head coach, Stuart Law has been reflecting on his tenure at the regional side, pointing to the Windies’ first Test victory over England in 17 years as the highlight of his tenure.

These days, you get the feeling that an increasing number of Guyanese are prepared to ‘shell out’ good money to ‘eat out,’ if the menu is reflective of the best of the Guyanese cuisine culture.

Minister of Public Infrastructure David Patterson has rejected claims by Opposition Member of Parliament Juan Edghill that his ministry took additional funds from the Demerara Harbour Bridge Asphalt Plant to fund the controversial feasibility study for the planned new bridge crossing.

KINGSTON, Jamaica  CMC – Two years after making his international debut,  Jamaican all-rounder Rovman Powell has been appointed to captain the West Indies in the upcoming three-match One-Day International series in Bangladesh.  The 25-year-old played his first international match in an ODI against Sri Lanka in Harare in 2016.

Dear Editor, The fact that there are four new hinterland towns has gone unnoticed.

A hospitalised youth was robbed at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH) yesterday by a man who posed as a doctor.

By Tuesday of this week the evidence on downtown Regent Street pointed to the non-arrival, up until now of what we in Guyana describe as the Christmas spirit.’

Berbice duo, Kelvin Umroa and Kevlon Anderson have been selected as part of a quartet of Guyanese to take part in a West Indies under-19 training camp scheduled to begin next Monday.

By Brian T. Mullis The tourism sector is widely recognized globally as a vital contributor to job and wealth creation, economic development, environmental protection, and poverty alleviation.

Dear Editor, I have read the following in the Economist and I am worried; “Angola is a country where oil makes up over 95 per cent of exports.

A police constable was yesterday granted bail after he was accused of illegally having several rounds of ammunition in his possession.

The provisional squads for Georgetown, East Coast and Linden All-Stars respectively for the impending Kashif and Shanghai coordinated, ExxonMobil International Futsal Festival, were officially released on Wednesday.

(Reuters) – Skipper Kane Williamson cracked an unbeaten century as New Zealand took a valuable 198-run lead against Pakistan on day four of the third and final test in Abu Dhabi yesterday.

Insisting that the opposition’s no-confidence motion against government will be defeated, government Chief Whip Amna Ally yesterday expressed confidence that the APNU+AFC coalition will also retain office at the next general elections in 2020.

Dear Editor, About two years ago the Fire Side Grill and Bar on Garnett Street opened for business.

WASHINGTON/OTTAWA,  (Reuters) – President Donald Trump did not know about plans to arrest a top executive at Chinese telecoms giant Huawei in Canada, two U.S.

Weeks after the Lusignan Golf Club was robbed of over a $1 million worth of valuables, they have suffered yet another burglary.

Gold Prices for the three day period ending Thursday December 6, 2018 Kitco is a Canadian company that buys and sells precious metals such as gold, copper and silver.

Dear Editor, It has become rather commonplace these days for government and ruling coalition officials to make statements that serve no other purpose but to make Guyanese a laughing stock.

CAPE TOWN, (Reuters) – South Africa have named uncapped middle-order batsman Zubayr Hamza and fast bowler Duanne Olivier in their squad for the three-test home series against Pakistan starting in Pretoria on Boxing Day.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Royal Dutch Shell has concluded that a Nigerian oilfield sale where it suspects an executive took bribes was not linked to a separate court case in which he and Shell face corruption charges over a $1.1 billion offshore acquisition.

BRASILIA, (Reuters) – Brazil’s right-wing President-elect Jair Bolsonaro named a pro-life evangelical pastor yesterday to head a new ministry of Women, Family and Human Rights that will also take over the agency looking after the country’s 850,000 indigenous people.

DHAKA, Bangladesh, CMC – Hundreds by Tamim Iqbal and Soumya Sarkar trumped half-centuries from Shai Hope and Roston Chase, as West Indies lost their tour match by 51 runs under Duckworth-Lewis-Stern here yesterday.

(Trinidad Express) A man was gunned down in a drive by shooting in Freeport on Wednesday night.

Saying that Guyana is “still healing,” Social Cohesion Minister Dr. George Norton told the National Assembly on Wednesday that there will be more sensitisation sessions and other initiatives across the country, including in schools, to further the process in 2019.

COLLEGE STATION, Texas,  (Reuters) – Former U.S. President George H.W. Bush was laid to rest at his presidential library in College Station, Texas, yesterday, following funeral services at his longtime church in Houston.

Dear Editor, Guyana’s President David Granger, who is currently in Cuba for medical attention has said that he is receiving “the best medical care in the world”.

UNITED NATIONS,  (Reuters) – A U.S. attempt to get the United Nations to condemn violence by Palestinian militant group Hamas for the first time failed yesterday because the draft resolution fell short of votes needed in the General Assembly.

CARACAS/MARACAIBO, Venezuela, (Reuters) – Angelica Vera of Venezuela’s western state of Zulia planned to cremate her father’s remains after he died of cancer in November because hyperinflation has pushed the cost of funeral services beyond her financial reach.

With the provisions of the 2019 budget  pointing in the direction of a major focus on small business development in the new year, government appears to have handed the Small Business Bureau (SBB) a major role in positioning the sector as a factor in ensuring economic growth and employment generation in the new year.

The reigning Caribbean under–21 table tennis champion, Shemar Britton has expressed his bliss after he served his way to another senior table tennis title in Trinidad and Tobago. 

Dear Editor, Polemic is useful when it leads to positive outcomes, and I believe that my quarrel with Mr.

The Guyana Civil Aviation Authority has granted Copa Airlines approval to add another flight to its Guyana-Panama route with onward connections effective December 9, 2018.

The Dharm Shala home for the indigent yesterday hosted its annual Christmas party for the children of the Albouystown community.

Despite returning from their disastrous CONCACAF U20 Men’s Championship in Florida on November 11th, some of the Golden Jaguars management staff are still owed stipends by the Guyana Football Federation [GFF].

Two men were yesterday presented with two red hot Nissan Juke motor vehicles after winning the Courts ‘Vroom Vroom Promotion.’

Taken at surface level Minister Keith Scott’s disclosure in his post-budget presentation in the National Assembly earlier this week regarding the creation of an “alliance” designed to help curb the incidence of workplace accidents in the various high risk sectors is an interesting one particularly since, outside of mining and the traditional areas where workplace accidents occur with some regularity, the Minister has also based on his presentation in the National Assembly embraced the oil and gas and aviation sectors, which, going forward will assume an increasing prominence in the country’s economy, as part of the alliance.

GASCI (www.gasci.com/telephone Nº 223-6175/6) reports that session 802’s trading results showed consideration of $30,282,757 from 403,961 shares traded in 14 transactions as compared to session 801’s trading results which showed consideration of $7,612,693 from 82,031 shares traded in 11 transactions.

BOGOTA, (Reuters) – Colombia has arrested 27 people accused of belonging to four smuggling networks which recruited youths to swallow drug trafficking cash profits and bring them into the South American country from Mexico, the police said yesterday.

– Guardedly thanking Comrade Chairperson Volda Just imagine me! I’m being briefly but heavily political today.

Dear Editor, Rovman Powell is the Windies one-day captain because he is a sort of an all rounder who has shown some promise with the bat but has done very poorly in the last series played recently in India.

Disaster Management can be defined as “the organization and management of resources and responsibilities for dealing with all humanitarian aspects of emergencies, in particular preparedness, response and recovery in order to lessen the impact of disasters.”

Introduction Today’s column carries out a commitment I made in a letter earlier this week responding to a statement by Mr.

BENGALURU,  (Reuters) – Palladium is more valuable than gold for the first time since 2002, with prices soaring by around 50 percent in less than four months to record levels — just as gold failed to capitalise on some seemingly bullish scenarios.