Daily Archive: Thursday, January 31, 2019

Government of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana statement on rulings of Chief Justice Roxane George The Government of Guyana notes and respects the rulings of the Chief Justice (ag) Roxane George handed down today, January 31st, 2019.

Chief Justice Roxane George this afternoon ruled that Cabinet should have resigned with immediate effect upon the passage of the vote of no-confidence against the government on December 21st.

Chief Justice Roxane George this afternoon ruled that 33 is the majority for the purposes of  carrying a vote of no-confidence in Parliament.

The vote of former APNU+AFC MP Charrandass Persaud which brought down the government in a vote of no-confidence on December 21  is valid, Chief Justice Roxane George ruled this afternoon.

(Trinidad Express) Police responding to a report of a car crash found more than a kilogramme of marijuana in the vehicle.

The UK today terminated the contract that Dr Sam Sittlington has with the Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU).

The advice offered to PPP presidential candidate Irfaan Ali by the Canadian High Commission of Trinidad and Tobago appears to be in line with the country’s laws related to “criminal inadmissibility” of Foreign Nationals.

BRUSSELS,  (Reuters) – The European Parliament recognised Venezuela’s self-declared interim president Juan Guaido as de facto head of state today, heightening international pressure on the OPEC member’s socialist President Nicolas Maduro.

(Jamaica Observer) Christopher Townsend, attorney-at-law representing Elephant Man, said his client will be at an undisclosed location today for “talks” with members of the Jamaica Constabulary Force.

(Trinidad Guardian) “Mol­ly” which is a new ad­dic­tive drug has hit the na­tion’s schools and of­fi­cials of the Min­istry of Ed­u­ca­tion are cur­rent­ly “scram­bling” to get more on it and its ef­fects so that they can deal with the fright­en­ing is­sue.

(Trinidad Express) Homicide detectives are investigating the shooting death of an 18-year-old man outside a building complex in Embacadere in San Fernando yesterday.

Ahead of today’s ruling in the court action filed by Christopher Ram asking for declarations that the December 21 no-confidence motion was validly passed and that the President and his Cabinet should immediately resign, Chief Justice Roxane George-Wiltshire, SC, yesterday heard additional arguments on what is meant by the resignation of Cabinet with “immediate effect.”

United Kingdom advisor to the Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU), Dr Sam Sittlington, has registered a local branch of his company to deal with fraud, money laundering and related matters.

Four persons have been questioned as the police continue to probe violent threats made on Facebook to the student body of the School of the Nations, and the subsequent shooting of its principal outside his home on Sunday.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Driven by a crushing victory inside four days in the opening Test in Bridgetown, West Indies will chase a long awaited major series win when they clash with England in the pivotal second Test starting here today.

A Guyana Jaguars side, boosted by the return of three of their more senior players, will have a chance to extend their lead in the 2018-2019 Cricket West Indies Regional Four-Day Championships when they come up against fifth placed Trinidad and Tobago Red Force in the sixth round from today at the Queen’s Park Oval.

The National Insurance Scheme yesterday announced that the old age pension and survivor’s pension will rise along with the insurable income ceiling.

Cricket administrators in the City have once again placed confidence in the leadership of former Guyana and West Indies all-rounder Roger Harper, electing him to head the Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA) for his fifth consecutive term on Tuesday evening at the Association’s Annual General Meeting (AGM) and election of office-bearers at the Muslim Youth Organization (MYO) pavilion. 

Kallicharran Sawak, the La Bonne Intention (LBI) man who succumbed on Monday to injuries he sustained while in police custody last week, died as a result of multiple injuries due to blunt trauma about the body, an autopsy yesterday showed.

Canadian miner, Guyana Goldfields Inc (GGI) yesterday announced the restructuring of its country office here as well as the promotion of several locals to top positions in the company.

The 7th edition of the Milo Secondary School Football Championships was officially launched yesterday at the Beepat Headquarters, Dennis Street.

The Guyana Elections Commission is urging citizens to be alert and not divulge personal information to people visiting their homes under the pretext of seeking information as GECOM representatives.

Several outstanding performers of the Flying Ace Cycle Club’s ‘Track Attack’ were on Monday rewarded for their achievements by representatives of Banks DIH’s Rainforest Waters Brand. 

  Three persons are in custody over a large quantity of drugs found in a Charlestown house on Tuesday by the Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU).

The Frank Watson Memorial National U-15 Intra-Association Football Playoff was officially launched yesterday at the Guyana Football Federation [GFF] Boardroom, Section-K Campbellville.

The Berbice Cricket Board yesterday announced its 14-member squad to represent the county while six of its players were selected to be part of the Guyana Select U19 side for the upcoming Guyana Cricket Board senior female Inter-County tournament.

Residents of Region Six yesterday held a picketing exercise outside of the New Amsterdam Public Hospital, in an effort to let their frustrations over poor conditions and delivery of services at the facility be heard.

Dear Editor, Individuals and organizations, including the Opposition People’s Progressive Party (PPP), are demanding there be an independent investigation in the deaths of three children at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC).

The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) has asked its secretariat to provide versions of a work plan with timelines within which general and regional elections can be held.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua,  CMC – Skipper Jason Holder has come in for praise from his players for the professional way in which he has handled himself and the team.

Dear Editor, Given the tragic record of defective performers in the position of Town Clerk of the Mayor and City Council over the last two decades, care should be taken about the next appointment.

BARCELONA,  (Reuters) – Philippe Coutinho struck twice as Barcelona mounted a comeback to thrash Sevilla 6-1 and sweep into the Copa del Rey semi-finals 6-3 on aggregate yesterday.

CARACAS/WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – The White House warned traders yesterday not to deal in Venezuelan gold or oil following its imposition of stiff sanctions aimed at forcing socialist President Nicolas Maduro from power.

The manager of a city store is seeking to be heard, after his reports about a “mentally ill” vagrant who continually throws objects into the store, placing staff and customers in danger, went unheard by the police.

Dear Editor, The Minister of Finance in his 2019 budget speech stated that: “6.4 In addition, Mr.

MOSCOW/NEW YORK,  (Reuters) – A law firm appointed to act as a buffer between Russian metals magnate Oleg Deripaska and one of his businesses, under a deal that allowed Washington to lift sanctions on the firm, has worked closely with Deripaska for years.

The Rural Agricultural Infrastructure Development (RAID) project is taking root in Ithaca, West Berbice.

CAPE TOWN, (Reuters) – Quinton de Kock scored a rapid half-century as South Africa defeated Pakistan by seven wickets at Newlands to claim the five-match one-day series 3-2 yesterday.

Dear Editor, I was in Delhi, India when I got a phone call that Pt.

Dear Editor, What is wrong with placing cameras in police station lockups?

CHATTOGRAM, Bangladesh, CMC – All-rounder Andre Russell snatched a hat-trick and then struck a cameo but West Indies teammates, Kieron Pollard and Sunil Narine, both failed to score as star-studded Dhaka Dynamites slumped to their fourth straight defeat in the Bangladesh Premier League with an 11-run loss to Chittagong Vikings here yesterday.

(Trinidad Guardian) In a bid to pro­tect T&T’s mar­itime bor­ders from il­le­gal mi­grants, pira­cy, kid­nap­ping, and smug­gling of guns and drugs in­to T&T the Po­lice Ser­vice in­tends to es­tab­lish an elite air unit from to­mor­row.

BRUMADINHO, Brazil,  (Reuters) – Brazilian rescue teams have recovered the bodies of 99 people buried after the rupture last week of a Vale tailings dam, and with over 250 people still missing, relatives at the disaster site are fast losing hope.

A study conducted by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has concluded that jobs in education and health are good quality jobs, especially for women since their remuneration has grown significantly in recent years and they are more likely to provide a pension in old age.

A taxi driver was yesterday charged for fraudulently converting $3.7 million in top up from a mobile operating store to his own use, after he was entrusted to sell it.

KARACHI, Pakistan, CMC – West Indies Women touched down here Wednesday for their three-match Twenty20 International series against Pakistan, hailing the enhanced level of security for the historic tour.

(Trinidad Guardian) Gov­ern­ment is seek­ing ad­vice to as­cer­tain the ef­fect on its Drag­on Field gas plan of the US Gov­ern­ment’s sanc­tions on Venezuela’s Petroleos de Venezuela (PDVSA) oil com­pa­ny, Com­mu­ni­ca­tion Min­is­ter Stu­art Young has said.

Dear Editor, I refer to the Friday January 18,2019 edition of the Stabroek News and the letter  under the headline, `It is time Guyana withdraws from Cricket West Indies’ written by Eric Whaul and I want to endorse everything that the gentleman wrote in that letter.

LONDON/BRUSSELS,  (Reuters) – The EU’s chief Brexit negotiator told Britain yesterday that time was too short to find an alternative to the Irish border arrangement agreed in their divorce deal, as London wants, and that this deal was not open for renegotiation.

CHICAGO,  (Reuters) – A blast of icy polar air brought dangerously low temperatures to the U.S.

Winners of the Physical Display segment, Retrieve Nursery with ‘Bring it On’ (Region Ten photo) Bring it on: The Department of Education, Region Ten kicked off its 2019 Children’s Mashramani Competition yesterday in the Nursery category.

(Reuters) – England opener Keaton Jennings has been dropped for the second test against West Indies in Antigua, with Joe Denly set to be drafted into the side to make his test debut at the age of 32.

(Trinidad Express) One of six fishermen kidnapped for a $US200,000 ransom was released without harm on Wednesday.

Dear Editor, I think it is worth taking a close, hard look at Transparency International’s Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) for Guyana in respect of 2018. 

Two men who are suspected to be homeless, were yesterday charged with stealing women’s underwear.

A few days ago, rumblings were being heard again in Kenya about ending the importation of second-hand clothing.

Growing up along the pot-holed paths of south Georgetown, we were lucky to find water unpredictably trickling and sputtering from the shared standpipe in the yard.