Articles published on Wednesday, September 9, 2015
(Trinidad Express) From: The Hon: Kamla Persad-Bissessar S.C. Political Leader of the People’s Partnership People’s Partnership to File Election Petitions to Declare Elections Held on September 7, 2015 Null and Void A decision has been taken to challenge the results of the General Election based on legal advice the People’s Partnership has received.
(Trinidad Guardian) Dr Keith Rowley has been sworn into office as Trinidad’s seventh prime minister at a ceremony at Queen’s Hall, St Ann’s by President Anthony Carmona.
Scenes from the Ministry of Education’s reading fair held yesterday on the Main Street Avenue.
At about 0530h. today, the police responded to a report of suspected larceny of goats.
The Kaieteur National Park (KNP) has been re-opened, even as Park Rangers continue to be on the lookout for any signs of the tourist, Laleta Sivanand who went missing more than a week ago during a visit to the site.
(Trinidad Guardian) Members of the security detail guarding outgoing Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar yesterday came under fire for abandoning her after she lost Monday’s general election.
Former President and Leader of the Opposition, Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday clarified that he had offered help to President David Granger over ongoing tax cases and not in the recovery of misappropriated funds as had been reported in some sections of the media.
Junior Social Protection Minister Simona Broomes and officials from the labour department yesterday conducted a surprise inspection of stores along Regent Street, Georgetown and uncovered poor working conditions and labour law violations that she said would not be tolerated.
Three days after a notice was placed in a daily newspaper requesting that they settle debts owed for the use of the National Stadium, neither PPP/C Member of Parliament (MP) Odinga Lumumba, the Kashif and Shanghai organisation nor Hits and James entertainment has officially responded.
The Sheriff’s Office in West Palm Florida is presently investigating the death of a Guyanese man.
A Guyanese is among three persons who have been charged in Greece after authorities there intercepted cocaine that was concealed in containers of scrap iron shipped from Guyana.
A stalemate continued yesterday between dislodged vendors and the Mayor & City Council (M&CC) as they failed to reach a compromise on relocation.
Brazil’s Ambassador to Guyana, Lineu Pupo De Paula says there is no place in South America for old territorial disputes and Brasilia will not tolerate turmoil on its borders.
Seon Adams, the driver charged with the hit and run that claimed the life of a roadside fisher, has been sentenced to four years in jail after being found guilty of the crime.
Three students will be pursuing studies in medicine and technology at the University of Guyana (UG) as the recipients of Courts Guyana’s inaugural scholarship programme.
Up to Monday, seven guns and more than a thousand rounds of ammunition had been handed over under the one-month amnesty announced by the Ministry of Public Security.
A construction worker was yesterday granted a $400,000 bail release after he denied raping a 16-year-old girl.
Private developers who are in possession of hundreds of acres of land in prime areas on the East Bank of Demerara were urged to start, or in some cases, resume works or the government will take action.
The principals of the new Giftland Mall and the Guyana Boxing Board of Control (GBBC) teamed up yesterday to roll out a new initiative dubbed ‘Next Generation Boxing: The Giftland Showcase’.
West Front Road-Gold is Money will oppose Sparta Boss while Festival City will tackle Bent Street when the inaugural GT Beer Futsal Championship semi-final round begins today at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.
Government is exploring the construction of a new bridge across the Demerara River, while maintaining the current bridge, according to Minister within the Ministry of Public Infrastructure Annette Ferguson.
The police yesterday reported that their files on the five men who are accused of robbing Land Court Judge Nicola Pierre and her husband remain incomplete.
On a day when the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) selectors replaced their captain Denesh Ramdin with the young Jason Holder, the Clive Lloyd-led selection panel also made change in Woman team captaincy as well.
Six Guyanese secondary school students completed the annual three-week Youth Ambassadors Programme (YAP) which is hosted by the United States Government to heighten civic responsibility.
Commanding victories by Police and Albion highlighted the second round of the ongoing Berbice River Bridge 50 overs-a-side first-division knockout competition which continued last weekend in Berbice.
Demerara Cricket Club (DCC) recorded a pair of commanding wins over GNIC and Third Class in the ongoing Guyana Cricket Association (GCA)/New Building Society (NBS) 40-overs-a-side tournament.
Grand as in big but certainly not for grandeur, the CARIFESTA XII Grand Market in Port-au-Prince was not a disappointment but rather a sober display, not enough to be remembered or reminisced for its lack of that Caribbean unity and festival vibe.
The case against a vendor charged with cocaine possession was yesterday dismissed after Magistrate Judy Latchman found that the prosecution failed to prove its case against the man.
With a berth in the grand finale billed for Sunday at stake, the semi-final round of the Foxy Ladies organized third annual football championships will commence on Friday at the Tucville Community ground.
The proposed site for a five-storey multi-complex mall building, which would be located next to the Chinese Embassy on Mandela Avenue.
West Berbice u-19 All-stars and East Berbice u-19 All-Stars battled to a 2-2 stalemate on Sunday as the Berbice Football Association (BFA) concluded its u-19 tournament at the Burnham Park ground in New Amsterdam.
Stakeholders who met last week to carve a path for the improvement of the New Opportunity Corps (NOC) have been urged to see young people as assets to society rather than problems.
MANCHESTER, (Reuters) – James Taylor’s patient century laid the platform for England to beat Australia by 93 runs in the third one-day international at Old Trafford yesterday, leaving the touring side 2-1 up in the series.
St. JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC- Antigua, headquarters of the West Indies Cricket Board, (WICB) will play host to the next Town Hall Meeting, organized by the governing body for the sport in the region.
ST. JOHN’S, Antigua – The West Indies Cricket Board will hold a regularly-scheduled, quarterly meeting of its Directors on Saturday at the Vivian Richards Cricket Ground in Antigua.
(Reuters) – England batsman Kevin Pietersen is to make a return to South African cricket having agreed to play five matches for the Durban-based KwaZulu-Natal Dolphins in the country’s domestic Twenty20 championship.
NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Persistence finally paid off for Kevin Anderson as the towering South African prevailed in a slugfest with Andy Murray to reach the quarter-finals of the U.S.
GUATEMALA CITY, (Reuters) – A Guatemalan judge yesterday ordered fallen President Otto Perez to remain in jail while awaiting trial over a graft scandal that stoked a political crisis, charging him with criminal association, taking bribes and customs fraud.
LONDON, (Reuters) – Evergreen Roger Federer has booked his place in the ATP World Tour Finals, joining world number one Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray as definites for the season-ending event in London.
Dear Editor, Everyone within Guyana and many without would have heard the booming allegations of huge, widespread, deep corruption of hundreds of billions of dollars, against our PPP/C Administration of the last 23 years.
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Forward Jonathan Glenn believes good preparation was behind Trinidad and Tobago’s 3-3 draw with CONCACAF powerhouses Mexico.
LONDON, (Reuters) – Tennis ‘bad boy’ Nick Kyrgios has been left out of his country’s Davis Cup semi-final against Britain in Glasgow next week to focus on his “personal and professional” development, captain Wally Masur said yesterday.
ST. THOMAS, U.S. Virgin Islands, (Reuters) – An engine fire on board a cruise ship operated by Carnival Corp left about 4,500 passengers and crew stranded in the U.S.
CARACAS, (Reuters) – Venezuela has extended a partial border shutdown with Colombia and sent another 3,000 troops to the area in a crime crackdown that has sent thousands of Colombians fleeing their adopted homeland and led to accusations of rights abuses.
(Trinidad Express) People’s National Movement (PNM) political leader, Dr Keith Rowley will be sworn in as Prime Minister of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago at 1.30p.m.
Dear Editor, I just happened to catch a programme the other night in which a sports panel was discussing the current state and future prospects of Guyana’s capacity to produce highly competitive swimmers, after having reviewed the last team effort overseas.
Dear Editor, I am protesting against the Venezuelan claim to our Essequibo territory and maritime space, and after talking with some fellow countrymen and women and young people, I have found that there is a need for Guyanese to be educated on the controversy.
GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands, CMC-The government here has suspended funding to the Cayman Islands Football Association (CIFA) after the organisation refused to accept the nomination of two new members to its executive committee.
PORT-AU-PRINCE, (Reuters) – A leading political party in Haiti announced yesterday that it was pulling out of next month’s legislative elections, saying it was the primary victim of violence during the first round of voting in August.
PARAGUANA, Venezuela, (Reuters) – Venezuelan authorities have arrested seven people for allegedly attempting to smuggle diesel, an industry source and a law enforcement source said yesterday, as the government seeks to clamp down on contraband of its highly subsidized fuel.
CARACAS, (Reuters) – Venezuela is prepared to give asylum to 20,000 refugees from the conflict in Syria, President Nicolas Maduro said.
Dear Editor, Sherwood Lowe has provoked serious thought with his observations about police high speed pursuit and the firing of weapons, and the dangers they pose to innocent persons in those circumstances (‘What are the rules of engagement for the police pursuing escaping suspects?’
Properly engaging the PPP/C is the central pillar upon which this government will stand or fall and on which a good life for all of us depends.
Dear Editor, Many bemoan the fact that the asset recovery process seems inordinately long winded, or is not achieving its desired objectives.
Dear Editor, A wind of change seems to be blowing in the Caribbean as the electorates are getting rid of governments which in their view do not serve them in the best interest.
Turn those pages: Books in hand, children of the Belair Primary School at the Ministry of Education’s reading fair on Main Street yesterday.
It is doubtful that any, or many of the leaders of Europe Union thought, as they planned and executed, in 2011, the Nato bombing of Libya ridding that country of Gaddafi, that within a few years, thousands of Libyans would, like Gaddafi, now be fleeing from their country, anxious to reach Britain and other EU countries, in search of a more peaceful existence.
VATICAN CITY, (Reuters) – Pope Francis, making the most substantial changes to Catholic marriage annulment procedures in centuries, yesterday radically simplified them and said bishops should give greater help to divorced couples.
In 2008 I wrote a letter to the press that was facetiously titled `The new science of jumbienomics.’
