Daily Archive: Thursday, August 24, 2017

SAN ANTONIO,  (Reuters) – A Gulf of Mexico storm rapidly intensified on Thursday spinning into the potentially biggest hurricane to hit the mainland United States in 12 years and taking aim at the heart of nation’s oil refining industry.

    (Trinidad Express) A three-year-old boy found wandering through a village on Thursday morning told people his mother had ‘gone to heaven’ which led to a burnt out house and the remains of three people.

As an impasse with the city continues over a large outstanding debt, Cevons Waste Management this afternoon announced that it will be laying off 45 workers with effect from September 1st, 2017.

LEEDS, England,  CMC — Jason Holder admitted that an improved performance is essential to restoring confidence in his battered West Indies side, when they face England in the second Test, starting tomorrow at Headingley here.

  (CPL T20) Georgetown, Guyana.- The Guyana Amazon Warriors have replaced their Captain and opening batsman, Martin Guptill with fellow New Zealander wicketkeeper/ batsman Luke Ronchi for the remainder of the Hero Caribbean Premier League (CPL) tournament.

  SEOUL,  (Reuters) – With photographs obliquely showing a new rocket design, North Korea has sent a message that it is working on an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) more powerful than any it has previously tested, weapons experts said on Thursday.

  (Trinidad Guardian) The time consuming task of having to read 444 charges of fraud, money laundering and larceny against a policeman’s wife yesterday caused the Princes Town Magistrates’ Court to sit late into the night.

The African Cultural & Development Association (ACDA) yesterday reissued its call for an ancestral lands commission to address concerns surrounding the allocation of African Guyanese lands, as the third day of the Commission of Inquiry (CoI) into land ownership convened yesterday.

The sombre tone which pervaded the atmosphere during the announcement of this year’s Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) results suggested that once again the Ministry of Education was not satisfied with the performance of the nation’s students.

Darren Bravo and Brendon McCullum swatted the Trinbago Knightriders to the most improbable victory over the St.

Three Executives of the National Toshaos Council (NCT) last evening walked out of a session attended by several Ministers of Government having felt disrespected by remarks made by Minister of Public Security Khemraj Ramjattan during the proceedings.

BASSETERRE, St Kitts, CMC – Kirstan Kallicharan’s hundred kept Trinidad and Tobago unbeaten in the Regional Under-19 one-day championship here Tuesday, as they trounced Windward Islands by eight wickets.

The  Commission of Inquiry (CoI) into African ancestral lands and other matters yesterday heard that land where the controversial Pradoville 2 scheme sits was transferred in 1920 by way of transport  to the predecessor of NCN, the British Guiana Broadcasting Company (BGBC).

Efforts by the government are underway to salvage the decades-old MV Torani, which capsized in the Mazaruni River and questions have been raised as to how this happened to the moored vessel.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – In-form opener Dwayne Smith believes Barbados Tridents has sufficient quality to turn their season around and reach the playoffs of the Caribbean Premier League.

Guyana’s contingent of athletes and officials were scheduled to depart this morning for Suriname to compete in the 2017 edition of the Inter-Guiana Games (IGG).

A farmer was yesterday sentenced to three years in jail, and fined, after he admitted to being in possession of several grammes of cannabis, which he said were for his sick daughter and grandmother.

MANCHESTER, (Reuters) – Wayne Rooney announced his retirement from the England national team on Wednesday, ending a 14-year stint in which he became the country’s top goal scorer with 53 goals.

A so far unidentified man was killed yesterday afternoon after a motor car reportedly slammed into him on the Grove Public Road, East Bank Demerara.

The Guyana Football Federation (GFF)/FIFA Referees Assistance Programme (RAP), was officially launched yesterday afternoon at the Conference Room of the Critchlow Labour College on Woolford Avenue.

President David Granger yesterday met with Baroness Valerie Amos, now Director of the SOAS-University of London, former Leader of the House of Lords where they discussed, among other issues, Guyana’s ‘green’ development pathway.

Charged with breaching a protection order taken out against her by her ex-husband, a woman was yesterday fined by a city magistrate after admitting to the crime.

Dear Editor, It is my belief that there should be a clear line of demarcation between playing politics and doing what is best for our country.

Host Guyana went down to Barbados by four wickets in the opening match of the 10th West Indies Cricket Council for the Blind  cricket tournament for the visually impaired,  yesterday at the Malteenoes Sports Club (MSC) ground.

Residents of Lima Sands, Essequibo (Pomeroon-Supenaam) will benefit from improved water quality, following steps by the Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) to reduce the presence of iron in their water supply through the use of a product called SeaQuest.

LEEDS, England, CMC – Head coach, Stuart Law, says embattled West Indies are anxious to prove their worth, after enduring a storm of criticism over their humiliating innings defeat to England in the day/night opening Test at Edgbaston last weekend.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Two Harvard University researchers said in a study published yesterday they had collected data proving that Exxon Mobil Corp made “explicit factual misrepresentations” in newspaper ads it purchased to convey its views on the oil industry and climate science.

Joshua Richards, the eight-year-old child who was injured after his aunt’s La Bonne Intention (LBI) house collapsed last Friday resulting in the death of his sister has been discharged from the hospital.

COLOMBO, (Reuters) – Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena on Wednesday sacked the justice minister over his criticism of a $1.1 billion deal, signed last month, to lease a port to a Chinese company, the cabinet spokesman said.

Dear Editor, It is exactly two weeks since, through your columns, I brought to the attention of the authorities the danger presented by horses on the Lethem runway and people breaching the airport fence.

(Reuters) – A federal court judge yesterday threw out a Texas voter identification law that was supported by the Trump administration, but the state’s attorney general said his office would appeal the ruling.

CAPE TOWN, (Reuters) – Batsman AB de Villiers has stepped down as captain of South Africa’s One-Day International team but has said he is ready to play all three formats of the game after a self-imposed exile from test cricket.

A man was yesterday granted bail of $100,000 after he was charged with stealing a cellphone.

Dear Editor, I wish to bring not only to your attention but to the attention of the Foreign Affairs Minister and also the general public a breach of service offered by the staff of the Suriname Embassy located in Queenstown.

Dear Editor, Over the past two decades I have persistently reviewed the Estimates of the Public Sector, perhaps in some instances, more closely than the contending parties.

Hopetown Rangers downed Young Strikers 3-1, when the Berbice Zone of the National Milling Company (NAMILCO) U17 Football League continued on Monday, at the Burnham Park ground, New Amsterdam.

LOS ANGELES,  (Reuters) – Marvel and DC Comics superheroes may be battling for box office domination, but on the small screen, a little known blue superhero is offering up a satirical take on larger-than-life crusaders for justice.

Following the breakout of eleven residents from the juvenile correctional centre at Onderneeming on the Essequibo Coast on Sunday last,  Police Commander, G Division, Stephen Mansell yesterday visited the New Opportunity Corps where he spent some time interacting and addressing the students.

WASHINGTON/NEW YORK, (Reuters) – President Donald Trump’s fellow Republicans rebuked him yesterday after his threat to shut down the U.S.

FRANKFURT, Germany (Reuters) – Three-time Wimbledon champion Boris Becker was appointed on Wednesday as head of men’s tennis in his home country as the German federation (DTB) looks to revive the once hugely popular sport.

During a farewell courtesy call yesterday from Surinamese Ambassador Mehroen Nisa Kurban-Baboe, Minister of Foreign Affairs Carl Greenidge said that the neighbouring states had enjoyed a high level of interface, which had been further aided by the Ambassador during her tenure.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The United States could impose additional penalties on four unidentified countries that do not cooperate with requests to return their citizens, a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) spokesman said Wednesday.

Dear Editor, School of the Nations continues to record excellent results in the Cambridge University International General Certificate of Secondary Education (IGCSE) examinations and Advanced Level (AL) examinations.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – One of the U.S. State Department’s three science envoys publicly resigned yesterday, the latest in a wave of defections over President Donald Trump’s response to a white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia.

Following much anticipation, the inaugural Guinness ‘Cage Football Championship’ coordinated by Three Peat Promotions, was officially launched yesterday at the Windjammer International Hotel, Kitty.

LOS ANGELES, Reuters) – Morgan Freeman, the versatile actor known for playing gods, presidents and pimps, will be honored with the 2017 lifetime achievement award by the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) at its annual ceremony in January.

OTTAWA, (Reuters) – Canada fears a huge surge in asylum seekers crossing the border from the United States, putting political pressure on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau ahead of a 2019 election, sources familiar with the matter said yesterday.

GUATEMALA CITY,  (Reuters) – Guatemalan President Jimmy Morales will ask United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres to remove the head of a U.N.-backed

Dear Editor, Only a decade ago a small event called Pork-knockers Day began to be celebrated in Bartica.

ZURICH, (Reuters) – Liverpool scored three goals in 12 dramatic first-half minutes, two of them from Emre Can, on their way to a hugely entertaining 4-2 win over Hoffenheim which took them back to the Champions League group stage after a two-season absence on Wednesday.

Minister of State, Joseph Harmon yesterday charged Regional Democratic Council (RDC) councillors of Essequibo Islands-West Demerara (Region Three) to take up their roles as the drivers of the social cohesion in the region.

(Trinidad Express) A 32-year-old flight attendant has been fined $55,000 on three charges in connection with attempting to illegally import US$39,054.

LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – Mark Wahlberg soared to the top of the world’s highest paid actors on an annual Forbes magazine list that highlighted a huge disparity between male and female Hollywood stars.

AMSTERDAM/MADRID, (Reuters) – A Spanish man was detained by Dutch police on Wednesday after he was found driving a van with gas canisters near a Rotterdam venue where a rock concert was canceled due to a threat of a possible attack.

A best-selling book by the British writer Michael Brooks, “13 Things That Don’t Make Sense,” looks at the most intriguing scientific mysteries of our time, ranging from cold fusion and the ultimate fate of the universe, to the continuing quest for understanding dark matter and dark energy.

MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – Cricket Australia (CA) has recovered thousands of scalped tickets for the third Ashes test against England in Perth, the governing body said on Wednesday.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – A doctor who evaluated American and Canadian diplomats working in Cuba diagnosed them with conditions as serious as mild traumatic brain injury and damage to the central nervous system, CBS News said on Wednesday, citing medical records it reviewed.

A man was on Friday remanded to prison after he was accused of wounding another individual.

LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – Actor George Clooney and his humanitarian lawyer wife, Amal Clooney, have donated $1 million to the Southern Poverty Law Center, a U.S.

It was announced this week that contracts have been signed for landfill designs and related resources for Bartica, Linden and Mahdia.

BRASILIA/CARACAS, (Reuters) – Dismissed Venezuelan prosecutor Luisa Ortega said yesterday she had evidence that President Nicolas Maduro was involved in corruption with construction company Odebrecht.

Dear Editor, I read Coach Law’s comments made earlier today and I sympathise with him.