Daily Archive: Thursday, December 29, 2016

President David Granger today ordered that the lease of Red House to the Cheddi Jagan Research Centre Incorporated be revoked.

Leader of the Opposition Bharrat Jagdeo today called for the urgent restarting of the Amaila Falls Hydropower project and he accused the government of misrepresenting the Norconsult report which was intended to be a facts-based assessment of the project to guide Guyana and Norway.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – The United States expelled 35 Russian diplomats and closed two Russian compounds in New York and Maryland in response to a campaign of harassment against American diplomats in Moscow, a senior U.S.

(Trinidad Guardian) Police yesterday swooped down on street vendors in downtown Port-of-Spain in search of unlicensed fireworks retailers and illegal scratch bombs.

Huradiah won the men’s division while Silver Sands retained the women’s title when the seventh annual Atkinson Brothers five-a-side football tournament concluded Monday at the Kumaka Recreational ground, Moruca, Region #1.

The Guyana Boxing Association (GBA) came out a winner by majority decision in 2016 after jabbing several obstacles to score victories both inside and outside the ring.

A long-awaited, independent study of the contentious Amaila Falls Hydropower Project (AFHP) has given it a positive review but the government yesterday signalled its continuing opposition and used some of the findings by Norconsult to bolster its case.

Eagles FC will tackle three-time defending champions Winners Connection while Botofago will oppose Silver Shattas in the semi-finals today following hard-fought wins Tuesday in the fourth annual Upper Demerara Football Association (UDFA)/GT Beer Championship.

A hairdresser at the New Amsterdam Psychiatric Hospital was stabbed to death yesterday morning in the compound of the facility by her estranged husband who later turned himself into the police.

The third suspect police allege was involved in the murder of Orin David, the taxi driver who was gunned down on August 1, was yesterday charged with the crime.

MANAGUA, Nicaragua, CMC – Tom Saintfiet’s tenure as the new Trinidad and Tobago head coach started shakily when his side crashed to a 2-1 defeat to Nicaragua – their first-ever defeat to the Central American nation.

BRISBANE, Australia, CMC – West Indies all-rounder Deandra Dottin has revealed she sustained multiple fractures of her cheek bone during her on-field collision with Brisbane Heat teammate Laura Harris in Tuesday’s Women’s Big Bash encounter against Melbourne Stars.

The woman whose hand was severed by her ex-boyfriend on Christmas Eve at Number 70 Village, Corentyne, Berbice, said that her attacker was obsessed with her and she had obtained a restraining order in January after an attempted abduction.

During the wee hours of yesterday morning, bandits broke into the Hardware Emporium General Store located on Church Street, Georgetown and carted off a safe containing an undisclosed amount of cash.

MELBOURNE,  (Reuters) – Two days of rain dampened the Boxing Day test between Australia and Pakistan but sunshine returned to the Melbourne Cricket Ground yesterday as a pair of opening batsmen ignited day three with over 300 runs.

Dear Editor, An experience on the last banking day before Christmas has caused me to reflect and ask the following questions.

A Brazilian was early yesterday morning lured to his mining camp located at Chinese Creek Backdam, Mazaruni River where he was attacked and chopped to death by a group of five men.

SYDNEY, Australia, CMC – West Indies leg-spinner Samuel Badree grabbed a brace of wickets as his Brisbane Heat sent Andre Russell’s Sydney Thunder to their third straight loss of the Big Bash League here yesterday.

Justice Roxane George on December 16, ruled that the last Will and Testament of Yusuf Mongroo, the owner of the Horseshoe Racing Service at the time of his death on August 15, 2010, was valid.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Jamaica are thrilled with their draw for next February’s CONCACAF Beach Football Championship, after being installed in Group A of the competition.

Dear Editor, The Sunday December 11, 2016, edition of Stabroek News carried a front page story on the seizure of kidney drugs (Vintor and Wepox) banned in the US, from GPHC. 

Because of the heavy rainfall swelling the East Demerara Water Conservancy (EDWC), the Hope Canal on the East Coast has been opened since last Thursday.

Dear Editor, I refer to an item ‘Drama after drama festival’ by Telesha Ramnarine in the Guyana Chronicle of December 23, 2016. 

PORT ELIZABETH, South Africa, (Reuters) – Opener Stephen Cook scored a career-high century to help South Africa build a massive 432-run lead over Sri Lanka despite rain delays on the third day of the first test at St George’s Park yesterday.

Dear Editor, This comment supports the enforcement of the 2 am closing time for nightspots and other places of public entertainment.

(The Sports Xchange) – Tempers flared between the Houston Rockets and Dallas on Tuesday, with the Mavericks’ Australian center Andrew Bogut among those involved in the thick of the action.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The Obama administration plans to announce today a series of retaliatory measures against Russia for hacking into U.S.

Mabaruma farmer was yesterday granted $170,000 bail by a city magistrate, for allegedly trafficking two grammes of cocaine on Christmas Day.

An Alberttown resident was yesterday remanded to prison after he denied robbing a police officer of a gold band.

(Reuters) – Golden State Warriors forward Kevin Durant wants the National Basketball Association to become less transparent, at least when it comes to its review of referee decisions.

CARACAS,  (Reuters) – Roughly one person is being lynched in crisis-ridden Venezuela every three days as frustrated residents take revenge on suspected criminals, a monitoring group said yesterday.

Dear Editor, I know a good captain when I see one, and calm waters never made a good sailor.

This taxi plunged into a trench at Turkeyen early yesterday morning, after swerving to avoid other vehicles that were part of a traffic build-up on the public road.

Drugs department gears for crackdown THE Food and Drugs Department says that from February 3 licences for the importation of drugs will not be issued to persons not in posses­sion of the Certificate of Registration from the department.

In two days we will be singing ‘Auld Lang Syne’ and bidding farewell to 2016, a most remarkable year any way you look at it, and yet a year no one will be sorry to see end.

BELGRADE, (Reuters) – Former French Open champion Ana Ivanovic announced her retirement from tennis at the age of 29 yesterday because she no longer feels fit enough to compete at the highest level.

(Reuters) – – Hollywood legend Debbie Reynolds, who sang and danced her way into the hearts of millions of moviegoers around the world in musicals like “Singin’ in the Rain,” died yesterday at age 84, her son said.

Dear Editor, I saw in all the print media that the opposition leader was lecturing the two-year-old coalition government about bringing immediate relief to those who were affected by the flood in Georgetown and elsewhere in the country in order to minimize losses and damage to property, livestock and agricultural crops.

Edward Ricardo (E.R) Braithwaite never lost his distinctive Guyanese but clear, crisp accent even though he spent most of his long life away from his South American birthplace.

A 30-year-old miner was yesterday read four charges, three counts of robbery where he allegedly stole a total of $435,000 in items and one count of making use of threatening behaviour.