Daily Archive: Tuesday, April 4, 2017

Articles published on Tuesday, April 4, 2017

QC Ground in horrible state

The Queen’s College recreational field which once facilitated the school’s sport and physical education programme is now a mass of overgrown weeds and builders waste.

T&T brothers gunned down

(Trinidad Guardian) Residents of St Rose and Belgrade Streets in Laventille yesterday lamented how their serene neighbourhood had been shattered by a double murder, after two men were killed in a vehicle parked in the area.

T20 hero Brathwaite axed, Bishoo in

ST JOHN’S, Antigua,  CMC — Twenty20 World Cup star, Carlos Brathwaite, has been dropped from the West Indies one-day squad to face Pakistan in the three-match series bowling off Friday at the Providence National Stadium.

Kristian Jeffrey in his Mitsubishi Evo V111

Kristian Jeffrey lights up South Dakota

Different event, same script for ace driver, Kristian Jeffrey The two-time Caribbean Motor Racing Champion-ship (CMRC) Group 4 (AWD) champion driver put on a show and lit up the South Dakota Circuit on Sunday when the Guyana Motor Racing & Sports Club (GMR&SC) hosted the National ‘Race of Champions’ Meet.

Why did Sittlington accompany SOCU on raids?

Dear Editor, At the Parliamentary Opposition press conference held on March 29, 2017, Mr Adam Harris, Editor of the Kaieteur News, challenged me on my statement that the British High Commission had denied the presence of any staff of the BHC at the now famous “wine party” at the Oasis Cafe on Wednesday March 7, 2017.

Johnson, Bowen lead Plaisance past GTI

Plaisance Secondary and Tutorial High secured hard-fought wins in the boys U19 section of the Youth Basketball Guyana (YBG) Conference Championship which commenced Friday at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall, Homestretch Avenue.

US withdraws funding for UN Population Fund

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The State Department said yesterday it was ending US funding for the United Nations Population Fund, the international body’s agency focused on family planning as well as maternal and child health in more than 150 countries.

US Embassy Deputy Chief of Mission (DCM) Terry Steers-Gonzalez (third, right) and Minister of Public Health Volda Lawrence (second, left) flanked by government and other officials and the new volunteers

New Peace Corps volunteers sworn in

After completing 10 weeks of intense technical and cultural training on the Essequibo Coast and living with Guyanese host families, 38 Peace Corps volunteers were sworn in yesterday at a ceremony held at the Imam Bacchus and Sons Playfield, Affiance, Essequibo Coast.

Accident prone?

Dear Editor, I know and like Basil Williams, though I am not sure he has ever come to terms with my accurate reporting of what Debbie Backer told me of him as a fellow Hugh Wooding student.

Venezuela representative storms from regional meeting

WASHINGTON/CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuela’s representative to the Organization of American States stormed out of a session of the 34-nation bloc yesterday, calling the meeting a “coup d’etat,” as regional pressure grew for President Nicolas Maduro to fully restore democratic rule in the country.

No wonder the prison is overcrowded

Dear Editor, After reading the letter by Rajendra Bissessar (‘Michael Carrington’s marijuana bill should be looked at again’ SN, March 20), it made me feel good to see that there are others who are seriously concerned about the ludicrous things going on within the scheme of things.

Suspect in Kumu arrow murder arrested

After managing to elude the police for more than two weeks, a man was on Sunday arrested in relation to the murder of Arnold Gordon, whose body was found with an arrow in his chest at Kumu Village, Central Rupununi last month This was confirmed by Commander of ‘F’ Division Ravindradat Budhram who told Stabroek News that the suspect was up to yesterday afternoon being questioned by the police as the investigation continues.