Daily Archive: Friday, June 7, 2019

President David Granger, this afternoon, visited the Albion Sugar Estate, Corentyne where he assured workers that the sugar industry is going to recover from its current challenges.

The University of Guyana (UG)  this evening said that outgoing Vice Chancellor Professor Ivelaw Griffith has withdrawn his request for a renewal of his contract.

NEW YORK,  (Reuters) – A New York man who prosecutors say plotted an attack on Times Square, spoke about killing police officers and praised Islamic militants appeared in court on firearms charges today and was denied bail.

GENEVA,  (Reuters) – Four million Venezuelan refugees and migrants have fled economic and humanitarian crisis in their homeland, all but 700,000 of them since the end of 2015, U.N.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – The International Cricket Council (ICC) has asked India’s Mahendra Singh Dhoni to remove an army insignia from his wicketkeeping gloves, forcing New Delhi to weigh in after a nationalistic furore in the country.

(Trinidad Guardian) A 16-year-old boy and sev­en oth­ers, who were ar­rest­ed dur­ing a po­lice raid at a mosque in Co­corite are ex­pect­ed to be placed on sev­er­al iden­ti­fi­ca­tion pa­rades.

(Jamaica Observer) Siblings Jamelia and Javone Leslie, who had pleaded guilty to the gruesome murder of a woman and her two young children in Mavis Bank, St Andrew, last July, have been sentenced to a total of 88 years in prison.

NOTTINGHAM, England,  CMC – West Indies captain Jason Holder was left ruing “irresponsible shots” which contributed to his side’s failed run chase and eventual 15-run loss at the hands of Australia in their second match of the World Cup here yesterday.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Playing only his second Cricket World Cup match, Mitchell Santner needed his steely nerves to shut out the noise from the large Bangladesh crowd at the Oval and guide New Zealand to victory on Wednesday.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Afghanistan wicketkeeper Mohammad Shahzad has been ruled out of the World Cup due to a knee injury and replaced in the squad by 18-year-old Ikram Ali Khil, organisers said yesterday.

(Reuters) – Bangladesh paid the price for a below-par batting performance and made errors in the field at key moments during their two-wicket defeat by New Zealand at the World Cup on Wednesday, their captain Mashrafe Mortaza has said.

With the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) having completed hearing arguments on the controversial passage of the December 21st no-confidence motion against government, the state is now seeking to have new evidence admitted.

Saying that the country’s economy remains fragile, Minister of Finance, Winston Jordan, yesterday appealed to the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) to step up in its support of Guyana’s projects portfolio, as the country anticipates a steep growth in public investment.

NOTTINGHAM, England, June 6 (Reuters) – Mitchell Starc saw plenty of positives after his five-wicket haul helped Australia to a 15-run World Cup win over West Indies yesterday but it could have been a different story.

PARIS, (Reuters) – Rafael Nadal is braced for an all-out assault from Roger Federer when the two great rivals meet at Roland Garros for the first time in eight years in today’s French Open semi-final.

Attorney Darren Wade, who is defending ex-policeman Shaun Darcy Nebblett in ongoing extradition proceedings, yesterday told a city court that he wanted Public Security Minister Khemraj Ramjattan to be called as a witness to explain what he dubbed a seeming willingness to send “Black people” to the United States to suffer unnecessarily.

ROME,  (Reuters) – Michael Norman held off a late surge from fellow American Noah Lyles to win the men’s 200 metres in a world leading time of 19.70 seconds at the Rome Diamond League on Thursday.

Some staff members of the Guyana National Newspapers Limited (GNNL), the publisher of the state-owned Guyana Chronicle, seem prepared to push back against the reinstatement of Sherod Duncan as General Manager as a petition to President David Granger has been drafted to secure his intervention in reviewing the decision.

(Reuters) – West Indies great Michael Holding slammed what he saw as “atrocious” umpiring during his country’s 15-run defeat by Australia in the Cricket World Cup at Nottingham’s Trent Bridge yesterday.

Semion Pompey was yesterday morning sentenced to eight years behind bars for the unlawful killing of his cousin, Sydney Errol Campbell, whom he stabbed during a fight on Old Year’s night of 2014.

President David Granger yesterday announced that government intends to enforce the existing mining and environmental laws more rigorously so as to eradicate river pollution.

Leader of the Opposition Bharrat Jagdeo has accused the APNU+AFC coalition of maintaining a government characterized by “state sponsored kleptocracy”.

(Reuters) – Nike Inc is “very concerned” about a rape accusation against Brazilian soccer star Neymar, the world’s largest sportswear maker said yesterday, raising questions about its sponsorship of one of the sport’s most famous players.

Students of St Ignatius Secondary School in Region Nine are expected to return to school on Monday, June 10, after an abrupt closure of the school due to sanitary issues.

The Youth Basketball Guyana [YBG] Promotional group donated the winners’ trophy and the sum of $100,000 towards the staging of the Linden leg of the ‘Regional Conference Schools Championship’, which is slated to commence today.

An arrest warrant will be issued for the former Attorney General Anil Nandlall if he fails to show up at a city court for the next hearing in the proceedings against him for the alleged fraudulent conversion of law reports.

(Field Level Media) Golden State Warriors minority investor Mark Stevens was banned from NBA games for one year and handed a $500,000 fine for pushing and swearing at Toronto Raptors guard Kyle Lowry during Game 3 of the NBA Finals on Wednesday.

Demerara Distillers Limited [DDL] under its Pepsi Brand joined the growing list of sponsors to support the 2nd edition of the ExxonMobil Boys and Girls U14 School Football Championship.

A mid-morning fire suspected to be electrical in origin, yesterday destroyed the top floor of the G3 business complex at Diamond Housing Scheme, East Bank Demerara.

The Golden Jaguars went down to Bermuda 1-0 in an international friendly yesterday staged at the Bermuda National Stadium.

The National Agricultural Research and Extension Institute (NAREI) has been conducting research into the utilisation of coconut husk by-products for agricultural purposes and recently acquired a coconut shredder.

LEICESTER, England,  CMC – West Indies Women suffered their largest-ever One-Day International defeat to England Women here yesterday, after going down by 208 runs in the opening match of the ICC Women’s Championship series.

The body of an East Canje, Berbice man who went missing on Monday, was discovered on Wednesday morning in the Canje River, in close proximity to the riverbank.

NOTTINGHAM, England,  CMC – Shai Hope and captain Jason Holder struck half-centuries but a late batting collapse sent West Indies to a hugely disappointing 15-run defeat to Australia, squandering an ideal opportunity to notch their second straight win of the ICC World Cup here yesterday.

A Berbice woman has been reported missing after she was violently taken from a friend’s house in Warren Village, East Berbice, around 1 am on Tuesday.

SAN SALVADOR, (Reuters) – As Nayib Bukele waged an underdog bid for the presidency of El Salvador, savvy use of social media helped propel his rise.

Even as local agro-processors step up their lobby for the creation of greater market opportunities for their produce in the region, Stabroek Business has learnt that the Guyana Marketing Corporation (GMC) is in the process of creating an opening for local agro-produce to consolidate its existing foothold on the market in Antigua and through that vehicle to possibly expand access in territories beyond the region.

MUMBAI, (Reuters) – Rohit Sharma’s unbeaten century in India’s Cricket World Cup opener against South Africa augured well for the team and will help take some pressure off captain Virat Kohli, former opening batsman Krishnamachari Srikkanth has said.

The township of Linden will soon be benefitting from its first ever women’s shelter and two new community centres following an agreement between the United States Security Cooperation Office (SCO), the Guyana Defence Force (GDF), and the Ministries of Communities and Public Health of Guyana.

PARIS, (Reuters) – Teenage sensation Amanda Anisimova blew defending champion Simona Halep out of the French Open with a shock 6-2 6-4 victory in the quarter-finals yesterday, and immediately set her sights on winning the Suzanne Lenglen Cup.

Dear Editor, The GAWU saw in several sections of the media reports regarding the status of the $30B bond that was secured by the National Industrial and Commercial Investments Limited (NICIL) to re-capitalise the estates under the stewardship of the Guyana Sugar Corporation Inc (GuySuCo).

Our editorial focus on the nexus between technology and development in this week’s issue was deliberate.

NEW YORK,  (Reuters) – The New York Police Department yesterday apologized for the first time for the raid on the Stonewall Inn gay bar 50 years ago and anti-gay laws of the time that gave rise to the modern LGBT rights movement, describing them as discriminatory and oppressive.

The mother-in-law of a 22-year-old mother of six who passed away after having her right eye removed, is seeking answers as to the cause of her death.

On Saturday the Richmonds had arrived at D’Urban Park from Jacklow in the Pomeroon River hopeful that the Guyana Marketing Corporation’s (GMC) Farmers’ Market might point the way to a definitive upward climb in their farming fortunes.

Dear Editor, The National Insurance Scheme (NIS) became a financial entity under the Financial Act in September, 1969 under the Forbes Burnham-led People’s National Congress (PNC) government.

The authorities monitoring the well explosion that is suspected to have been caused by natural gas are yet to ascertain its true nature as investigations continue, the Civil Defence Commission (CDC) said yesterday.

BRASILIA, (Reuters) – Brazil’s Supreme Court ruled yesterday that state-run firms do not need congressional approval to sell their subsidiaries, a major victory for the government of President Jair Bolsonaro and state-run oil firm Petrobras.

(Reuters) – The Toronto Raptors showcased their strength in depth that undermanned Golden State could not match on Wednesday, taking full advantage of their status as the deeper and healthier team in the NBA Finals.

MONTREAL, June 6 (Reuters) – Formula One champion Lewis Hamilton will have a new and upgraded engine in his Mercedes for this weekend’s Canadian Grand Prix and expects to be stronger than in the past at a favourite circuit.

Dear Editor, Ms Alleyne’s letter  `Practice of constructing highways in populous built-up areas must end’  SN June 5 2019, was practical and offered a perspective that  needs serious examination and evaluation.

Minister of Public Infrastructure, David Patterson, yesterday disclosed that Norway has approved the transferal of $16 billion (US$80m) through its Climate Mitigating Ministry, which will finance the construction of 30 megawatts of solar photovoltaic farms with storage.

(Reuters) – Beyond Meat Inc, a maker of plant-based burgers and sausages, said it expects to more than double its revenue and report breakeven EBITDA this year, sending the its shares up over 21 percent.

Locally organised Farmers’ Markets are yet to make the kind of mark that they seek to make in terms of providing a recurring assembly of farmers or their representatives selling the food that they produce directly to consumers and in effect enabling the creation of close and often lasting bonds of mutual benefit amongst farmers, shoppers and communities.

By Karen Abrams, MBA By the year 2050, the population of the world will increase to 9.7 billion.

(Trinidad Guardian) The T&T Po­lice Ser­vice (TTPS) will im­port spe­cial­ist pros­e­cu­tors from the Unit­ed King­dom and form an elite unit trained to tack­le mon­ey laun­der­ing, cor­rup­tion and fraud.

PARIS, (Reuters) – Despite sending mighty serves crashing down from a great height, world number five Alexander Zverev could offer only momentary resistance to Novak Djokovic day, as the top seed barged into the French Open semi-finals in straight sets.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – The U.S. Treasury Department yesterday tightened its pressure on Venezuela’s state-owned oil company by making clear that exports of diluents by international shippers could be subject to U.S.

Dear Editor, Now that they have announced that the 2019 CPL finals will once again be held in Trinidad & Tobago for the 3rd consecutive year, they may as well give the champions trophy to the Trinidad & Tobago Knight Riders.

Floodwater has receded enough to allow vehicular traffic between Lethem and Aishalton, Aishalton’s Toshao Michael Thomas has said.

According to Leader of the Opposition Bharrat Jagdeo, the Minister of Public Infrastructure David Patterson should take responsibility for the frequent power outages currently being experienced.

Enterprising first-class left-hander Trevon Griffith has warmed up for the upcoming UDeCOTT T10 International cricket tournament with two half-centuries in the just concluded TT Cricket Board T20 festival. 

(Trinidad Guardian) Prime Min­is­ter Dr Kei­th Row­ley has walked away from his two-week long trip to the US, Nether­lands and the UK with favourable terms for the coun­try’s en­er­gy sec­tor.

Dear Editor, I refer to the article titled, “Commonwealth to assist member states in stamping out corruption” (SN June 6). 

WASHINGTON/MEXICO CITY,  (Reuters) – Mexican and U.S. officials held a second day of talks on trade and migration yesterday, with markets rebounding on optimism a deal could be close, although it was unclear if Mexican pledges to curb migration flows were enough to persuade the Trump administration to postpone tariffs.

DURBAN,  (Reuters) – Cricket South Africa selection convenor Linda Zondi said yesterday they have no regrets in turning down an approach from retired batsman AB de Villiers to make himself available for the Cricket World Cup in England.

(Trinidad Guardian) Opposition Leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar has been cleared of any wrongdoing in connection to marijuana found on her property some five years ago.

A Haslington youth was yesterday granted his release on $2,000 bail after denying the alleged theft of a SIM card.

VANCOUVER, Canada,  (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Enacting the sweeping recommendations of a Canadian government report that called the deaths of indigenous women and girls a “genocide” will take work, commitment, courage and vision, the head of the inquiry said on Wednesday.

Dear Editor, Reference is being made to E.B. John’s letter `Issue surrounding VC was specifically about ‘terminal leave’ as distinct from paid annual leave’ (SN 5th June 2019). 

Since the era of Forbes Burnham, the Guyana Chronicle has never succeeded in unshackling itself from the political forces of the day. 

A few weeks ago the Stabroek Business reported on an announcement made by Professor Stefan Gift, Pro-Vice Chancellor, Graduate Studies and Research at the University of the West Indies, regarding what he said was the intention of the region’s foremost institution of higher education to push a Caribbean-wide entrepreneurial curriculum with a view to positioning graduates to pursue options to paid employment by establishing businesses of their own.

-The Chief Commander: Chronicle page 3 Hello. As a teacher in my by-gone twenties I had concluded, a little hastily, that our laws and system of justice, especially “criminal” justice, were tilted and lopsided in favour of the criminals.

President David Granger, last evening, said the United Kingdom remains a strategic partner of Guyana, even as he noted that the relationship between the two countries has provided valuable assistance to Guyana in numerous areas.

(Reuters) – Sri Lanka cannot afford another sloppy batting display if they are to beat a resurgent Pakistan and record a first World Cup win over their subcontinent rivals today, captain Dimuth Karunaratne said.

GASCI (www.gasci.com/telephone Nº 223-6175/6) reports that session 828’s trading results showed consideration of $17,725,123 from 157,626 shares traded in 19 transactions as compared to session 827’s trading results which showed consideration of $21,545,797 from 183,455 shares traded in 31 transactions.

The new Guyana Marketing Corporation has agreed to provide us with the above information which we will publish on a weekly basis subject to receipt.

SYDNEY,  (Reuters) – Australian journalists could face jail for holding classified information, authorities and lawmakers said on Thursday, as police appeared to broaden the scope of their investigation after raids on two media organisations.

Dear Editor, I have consistently made two points in my exchanges with Lincoln Lewis.