Articles published on Saturday, August 26, 2017
LAS VEGAS, (Reuters) – As he gets set to face undefeated boxer Floyd Mayweather in their multi-million dollar bout today in Las Vegas, much is being made of Conor McGregor’s lack of pro boxing experience, but it may turn out to be his greatest strength.
LAS VEGAS, (Reuters) – After months of hype and profanity Floyd Mayweather and Conor McGregor take their war of words into the ring today for a boxing mismatch that is poised to become the richest fight in history.
The police are investigating a fatal accident which occurred about 3.30 this morning on the Goed Fortuin Public Road, WBD that resulted in the death of Joseph James, 42, a labourer of Walter Terrace, West La Penitence Georgetown.
Deeply concerned over the prisons and security in general, the Private Sector Commission on Tuesday met Minister of Public Security, Khemraj Ramjattan and a high level security team.
Opposition leader Bharrat Jagdeo has labelled the Commission of Inquiry (CoI) into African ancestral lands and other land matters as a political gimmick that is threatening to set back race relations for many years to come.
Opposition leader Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday nominated former Guyana Elections Commission (Gecom) Chairman Joe Singh to take charge of the country’s electoral machinery once again as part of his latest slate of nominees for the post.
Discontent over the government’s handling of the mining sector has seen the Guyana Gold and Diamond Miners Associa-tion (GGDMA) and the nascent mining syndicates joining forces to boycott this year’s mining week, which began on Sunday.
Minister within the Ministry of Social Protection Keith Scott last evening told Indigenous leaders that he will not apologise over a remark he made in Parliament which was interpreted to mean that Amerindians had shown greed in their land claims.
As expansion works at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) continue, evening flights will be affected during the latter two weeks of October in order to facilitate the merger of the existing runway to the new Taxiway Kilo.
A repeat offender was yesterday sentenced to a total of seven and a half years in jail after he admitted to obtaining money from five different women by pretending he would offer them jobs.
The Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) has been locked in a dispute with residents of Subryanville, who object to the agency’s use of a property in the residential area.
The 13th Berbice Exposition and Trade Fair was launched on Wednesday and Minister of Business Dominic Gaskin told residents of the county to look beyond the sugar industry for economic advancement.
A dentist was yesterday robbed at gunpoint at the Campbellville Health Centre.
A post-mortem examination has revealed that Shelton George, the murder accused inmate who was found dead in his cell at the Lusignan Prison earlier this week, died as a result a blood clot in one of his lungs caused by a lodged warhead, according to police spokesperson Jairam Ramlakhan.
Former murder accused Regan Rodrigues, also known as ‘Grey Boy,’ was yesterday charged with threatening the mother of the man he was charged with killing, political activist Courtney Crum-Ewing.
The Demerara Cricket Club (DCC) yesterday brought the curtains down on its 2017 Summer Youth Camp with a simple ceremony at the club’s pavilion.
David and Queen streets, in Kitty, Georgetown, will both be restricted to one-way traffic during peak hours on weekdays, the Ministry of Public Infrastructure announced yesterday.
An East Ruimveldt man was yesterday charged with hitting his cousin in the face with a glass bottle, resulting in stiches.
West Coast Berbice firefighters were able to avert major damage at the Guyana Power and Light Inc (GPL) substation at Onverwagt, West Coast Berbice, where they put out a fire on Thursday night.
LEEDS, England, CMC – West Indies eased some of the pain of last weekend’s debacle at Edgbaston, stunning England with an incisive bowling display despite an even hundred from Ben Stokes on the opening day of the second Test here yesterday.
Four months after the disappearance of her 85-year-old father, Elaine Domingo has lost hope.
Survivors of the December 2,000 fatal explosion at Camp Groomes, the ammunition depot of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF), say they are disappointed that both the army and the government are continuing to ignore their appeals for compensation.
Despite last weekend’s postponement due to an unfit playing area, the Guyana Rugby Football Union (GRFU) is steadfast in restarting its domestic season tomorrow.
(Reuters) – The independent organisation that looks after anti-doping in athletics will investigate three adverse testing results out of thousands conducted during the 2017 World Championships held in London earlier this month, however none of the anomalies belonged to medal winners.
British High Commission-er Greg Quinn on Thursday hosted a farewell reception for the latest batch of Chevening scholars and he was confident that their experiences would enable them to become advocates for Guyana’s development.
PPP/C Member of Parliament and parliamentary whip Gail Teixeira has criticised the Head of the Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU) Sydney James for appearing before the Commission of Inquiry (CoI) on lands, which she also says appears to have strayed from its gazetted terms of reference.
PARIS, (Reuters) – Paris St Germain extended their perfect start to the Ligue 1 campaign with a 3-0 home win over St Etienne watched by NBA star Stephen Curry, who attended the match as a special guest of the French side’s Brazil forward Neymar yesterday.
The Zara Group of Companies yesterday launched its scholarship programme, and five young students were awarded scholarships to pursue various courses of study at the University of Guyana (UG) in the new academic year.
Dear Editor, I have long suspected that Dr Leslie Ramsammy was asleep at the wheel during his tenure as a government minister, and his latest commentary on the MV Torani confirms my suspicion.
(Trinidad Express) The close relatives of Carlsen Field mother Michelle Harrylal are expected to submit samples for DNA testing to have legally satisfying proof that it is her remains.
Local craft producer Petal Frank died yesterday in Barbados, where she had travelled to participate in Carifesta XIII as an independent member of the Guyana Arts and Craft Producers Association (GACPA).
Dear Editor, We refer to a letter titled ‘Commission has been ineffectual’ written by Mr Hafiz Rahaman which was carried in your newspaper of August 23rd, 2017.
The eagerly anticipated and much publicized inaugural Guinness ‘Cage Football Championships has been rescheduled for Tuesday after the opening night was abandoned due to a power failure.
CARACAS/WASHINGTON/, (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order that prohibits dealings in new debt from the Venezuelan government or its state oil company yesterday in an effort to halt financing that the White House said fuels President Nicolas Maduro’s “dictatorship.”
An East Coast Demerara taxi driver became the victim of a carjacking on Thursday at Vryheid’s Lust, where he was also beaten by two men.
Dear Editor, On the National Communications Network VOG 102.5 FM, there is a morning programme called ‘Manners Matter’ on the Breakfast Show at 07:40hrs.
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas, (Reuters) – The eye of Hurricane Harvey began to push onto the Texas coast yesterday bringing with it winds of up to 156 miles per hour and 13-foot ocean surges as the most powerful storm in over a decade bore down on the mainland United States.
NEW YORK, (Reuters) – A former Guinea government minister was sentenced to seven years in prison yesterday following his conviction of laundering $8.5 million in bribes that U.S.
The Guyana Hockey Board (GHB), will stage its annual ‘Igloo Festival’ today and tomorrow at the Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC) ground, Bourda.
Often when phenomena such as natural disasters occur many voice the view that the world will soon reach its end.
The new film “Atomic Blonde” is a hyperaware, pop-version of the excellent 2011 adaptation of the John le Carré Cold War spy novel “Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy.”
Dear Editor, On Wednesday, August 23, I sat and encouraged my family to listen to a Plain Talk discussion hosted by Christopher Ram, that included Ramon Gaskin.
A miner was yesterday fined $50,000 after he admitted to stealing a taxi driver’s cellphone, after borrowing it to make a call.
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Jamaica netted in either half as they rallied to beat fellow Caribbean powerhouses Trinidad and Tobago, 2-1, in an international friendly at the Hasely Crawford Stadium here Thursday night.
BANGKOK, (Reuters) – Thailand’s former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra has fled to Dubai, senior members of her party said on Saturday, a day after she failed to show up for a negligence ruling in which she faced up to 10 years in prison.
(Jamaica Gleaner) Law enforcement sources say controversial Muslim Sheikh Abdullah el-Faisal, who was arrested yesterday is wanted in the United States on terrorism-related charges.
In September 2001 the English novelist Martin Amis wrote about the week of “incredulous misery” that followed the attacks on the World Trade Center.
Dear Editor, The daily scandals and controversies which have enveloped the coalition government, have distracted public attention away from the crime wave that continues to wreak havoc on the law abiding citizens of this land.
GUATEMALA CITY, (Reuters) – Guatemala’s attorney general and a U.N-backed anti-graft body are seeking to investigate President Jimmy Morales in a probe into suspected illicit campaign financing, the International Commission Against Impunity in Guatemala (CICIG) said on Friday.
The Guyana Marketing Corporation (GMC) yesterday hosted its 4th annual street fair at the Stabroek Market Square.
(Reuters) – The billionaire head of South Korea’s Samsung Group, Jay Y.
Trinidad and Tobago all-rounder Rayad Emrit has been tasked with leading the Guyana Amazon Warriors (GAW) in the absence of regular skipper Martin Guptill who had to return to New Zealand because of his father’s illness.
An alleged promise to obtain a car for someone landed a Grove resident before a city magistrate yesterday on a charge of obtaining money by false pretence.
