Daily Archive: Friday, July 15, 2022

A 56-year-old man from Berbice was today charged by the Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU) with `Conspiracy to Defraud’ in another romance scheme.

Pauline Chase was today unanimously elected as the Chairperson of the Public Procurement Commission and Berkley Wickham as Deputy Chairperson.

Impression Inc appears to be the sole company of its kind selected to organize and run the International Building Expo which is slated for July 22-24, at Providence.

A $3 billion supplementary budget to address issues that are affecting indigenous communities was yesterday announced by President Irfaan Ali. 

Demerara Bank Limited is now poised to begin the construction of its $150 million Leonora, West Coast Demerara (WCD) location and according to its Chief Executive Officer (CEO), the bank will be offering its full range of services.

With the State denied both leave to appeal as well as its application for a stay, the way is now clear for Justice Gino Persaud to move ahead to hear the substantive challenge brought by the former Police Service Commission (PSC) to the suspension of its Commissioners and non-promotion of ranks.

Rebutting the refusal of a local content certificate, Satram and Satram, lawyers for oil services company, Ramps Logistics, yesterday argued that the rationale provided by the Local Content Secretariat (LCS) was not in keeping with the powers conferred on it.

Stemming from a letter he wrote to High Court Judge Navindra Singh, in which he expressed his displeasure with the Judge conducting a pre-trial review (PTR) and also presiding over the trial of his $2.6 billion libel suit, former President David Granger is appealing the Judge’s decision waiving the PTR.

The Childcare and Protection Agency (CPA) has launched an investigation into how an unauthorised person was allowed to counsel at least one client and her children at its East Bank Office, located in the old Ministry of Human Services and Social Security building on Cornhill Street.

Former Guyana Defence Force (GDF) rank James Cadogan was yesterday remanded to prison after being charged with the attempted murder of his former girlfriend during an attack at his Paradise home.

President Irfaan Ali, yesterday said that Guyana is out of plywood and that the Malaysian-owned Barama Company Limited is expected to restore some balance within the next three weeks.

A 19-year-old construction worker was on Wednesday afternoon fatally stabbed during a scuffle at Parfaite Harmonie, West Bank Demerara (WBD) and the police have since arrested his alleged attacker.

As he had vowed, the father of teenager Jaheim Peters—who has accused cops at the Vigilance Police Station of torturing him—has filed an action in the High Court, asking that his son be released from police confinement.

VINNYTSIA, Ukraine, (Reuters) – Russian missiles struck a Ukrainian city far behind the frontlines in an attack Kyiv officials said killed at least 23 people and constituted another war crime against civilians.

Dear Editor, The GAWU has taken note of expressions of GuySuCo and its Chief Executive Officer, which appeared in several sections of the media in response to the calls by the workers of Uitvlugt Estate regarding their right holiday-with-pay (HWP) entitlements.

Dear Editor, I only learnt of the passing of Sir Autry Fernandes on Thursday.

Guyana continued their unbeaten run in the Girls Team segment, when the 2022 Junior Caribbean Area Squash Association (CASA) Championships continued last evening at the National Racquet Centre, Woolford Avenue, Georgetown.

COLOMBO/SINGAPORE,  (Reuters) – Sri Lankan president Gotabaya Rajapaksa submitted a letter of resignation yesterday, a spokesperson for the parliament speaker said, hours after fleeing to Singapore following mass protests over an economic meltdown.

Over $15m in cash is up for grabs during this year’s Digicel Summer Cash Vault  promotions, where one  lucky customer could win up to $3 million dollars.

Dear Editor, Politics in Guyana regularly throws up a cluster of Orwellian tropes.

Metro Office and Computer Supplies (Metro) was on Tuesday evening  presented with its ISO 9001:2015 Quality Management Systems Certificate by the National Certification Body of Jamaica (NCBJ).

HOUSTON, (Reuters) – A tanker carrying Russian fuel oil arrived in Cuba yesterday, bringing supplies for the Caribbean nation’s sputtering power plants and giving Russia an outlet for products shunned by the West.

MEXICO CITY, (Reuters) – The United States agreed to increase the number of work visas for Mexicans and Central Americans during high-level talks in Washington this week, Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said yesterday.

The Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs, Anil Nandlall, has assured the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) that the government is sensitive to the legal needs of the commercial sector and highlighted several steps already taken in that direction In a release on Wednesday, the Attorney General’s Chambers stated that Nandlall met on Tuesday with members of the GCCI where several legal issues for discussion relevant to the commercial sector were raised.

SAO PAULO,  (Reuters) – Brazil’s largest biofuel producer BSBios will build the country’s first big facility that uses wheat to make ethanol, which will increase, not diminish, food supplies, its chief executive said, amid a global discussion on prioritizing food over fuel production.

Dear Editor, Any lingering doubt or indecisiveness as to whether Judges’ decision should be subject to public criticism has been further eroded with the relentless barrage of criticisms and demonstrations that erupted with the overturning of the 1973 Roe vs Wade decision that had made abortion a right.

SANTIAGO,  (Reuters) – Chile’s Supreme Court yesterday ratified the definitive closure of Canada-based Barrick Gold’s ABX.TO

Dear Editor, Narcissism and issues surrounding the Mental health of our population has always been swept under the carpet until clear cut cases surface and we all run to complain about poor mental health care and the approach to correct same.

CARICOM and the UN on Tuesday held discussions on their respective organizations’ work on a range of development priorities, spanning economic diversification, food security, human services, climate resilience, violence against women and girls, crime and the rule of law.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Former finance minister Rishi Sunak cemented his lead over rivals to become Britain’s next prime minister yesterday in an increasingly bitter race to replace Boris Johnson.

West Indies cricketing trio, Nicholas Pooran, Jayden Seales, and Anderson Phillip, paid a visit yesterday to the Ministry of Human Services and Social Security’s Drop-in Centre at Plum Park, Greater Georgetown, where they engaged with approximately 100 children housed across two facilities.

CARACAS,  (Reuters) – A Venezuelan government official yesterday called former White House national security adviser John Bolton “crazy” after his admission this week that he had tried to plot foreign coups, including backing an unsuccessful bid to oust socialist President Nicolas Maduro.

Dear Editor, There was an educative report in SN of July 13 concerning an imbroglio between factory employees of Uitvlugt Estate and the highest level of GuySuCo’s Executive Management – certainly a most exceptional interaction during which the former reportedly alleged to have been ‘disrespected’ – a human complaint in an otherwise pedestrian industrial relations engagement, regarding which the Union (GAWU) will attest that there are ‘stages’ of negotiations (‘talks’ if you will) that are normally observed, and in which the Corporation’s accredited Industrial Relations team should usually be proactive, together of course with the Estate’s team.

PORT-AU-PRINCE,  (Reuters) – Haitian demonstrators yesterday burned tires and blocked streets of the capital to protest ongoing fuel shortages even as the country’s main fuel terminal renewed deliveries that had been suspended due to an outbreak of gang violence.

A probe launched more than seven months ago into the hit-and-run accident that claimed the life of 78-year-old Veronica Lewis still has investigators stumped. 

Georgetown secured a five-wicket win over West Demerara in the Demerara Cricket Board Under-19 100-Over tournament yesterday at La Bonne Intention, East Coast Demerara.

The Ministry of Health yesterday reported 127 new cases of the COVID-19 virus.

The review of the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) statutes has begun in earnest and the manoeuvres of the Federation’s executives are in full flow.

BOGOTA, (Reuters) – A tax reform proposed by Colombia’s President-elect Gustavo Petro will raise $10.9 billion annually via a progressive income tax, the elimination of business exemptions, and tackling evasion, his incoming tax agency head said on Thursday.

Dear Editor, The United Negro College Fund had a slogan some time ago that read: “A mind is a terrible thing to waste.” 

LONDON,  (Reuters) – A self-portrait of Dutch post-Impressionist artist Vincent van Gogh has been uncovered hidden behind one of his paintings.

It’s not one or two, but a multitude of reasons why Phil Simmons should be relieved of his misery and be replaced at the helm of the West Indies team.

The Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) has said the recent installation of pipelines along the Merriman Mall is part of its ongoing work to update the aged Georgetown transmission network.

Notes 1 – Interim Results  2 – Prospective Dividends 3 – Shows year-end EPS but Interim Dividend 4 – Shows Interim EPS but year-end Dividend EPS: earnings per share for 12 months period to the date the latest financials have been prepared.

(Reuters) – Britain’s Tom Pidcock won the 12th stage of the Tour de France, a 165.1-km Alpine trek between Briancon and L’Alpe d’Huez yesterday.

Gold Prices for the three day period ending Thursday July 14, 2022 Kitco is a Canadian company that buys and sells precious metals such as gold, copper and silver.

GASCI (www.gasci.com/telephone Nº 223-6175/6) reports that session 975’s trading results showed consideration of $11,207,335 from 29,419 shares traded in 14 transactions as compared to session 974’s trading results which showed consideration of $7,777,822 from 22,816 shares traded in 17 transactions.

PGA Tour rookie Cameron Young shot a bogey-free, 8-under-par 64 yesterday to establish the first-round lead at The Open Championship at St.

(Reuters) – Batsman Virat Kohli and seamer Jasprit Bumrah have been left out of India’s Twenty20 squad for the team’s five-match tour of West Indies beginning later this month, the country’s cricket board said yesterday.

Dear Editor, It was quite easy for the Medical Council to promptly respond to the fake doctor issue. 

(Trinidad Guardian) ANSA Merchant Bank in T&T and Barbados, and ANSA Bank have partnered with The Cropper Foundation and the Capitals Coalition to launch the Caribbean Natural Capital Hub.

MEXICO CITY,  (Reuters) – Mexico’s tourism fund has terminated a high-profile construction contract it awarded last year to a consortium led by a subsidiary of mining and transport firm Grupo Mexico GMEXICOB.MX,

Construction is underway on BM Soat Auto Sales’ new office extension and show room on Croal Street.

(Reuters) – Reece Topley recorded the best figures for an England bowler in one-day international cricket as the hosts roared back against India after their drubbing at the Oval to level the three-match series with a 100-run win in the second game yesterday. 

(Reuters) – Africa’s fastest man Ferdinand Omanyala said he is “positive” that he will compete at the World Athletics Championships in Eugene, Oregon, despite receiving his visa to travel to the United States less than 24 hours before the event. 

So what is “news”? Long-time students of journalism and communication would all explain and define: “news is new information made known”.

No one could ever accuse the PPP of being endowed with any aesthetic sense, particularly where Georgetown is concerned, but then the City Council is equally lacking in that regard.