Daily Archive: Tuesday, August 29, 2017

  LEEDS, England, (Reuters) – Shai Hope became a symbol of hope for the future of West Indian test cricket after his landmark twin hundreds at Headingley steered the Caribbean side to an astonishing five-wicket victory over England on Tuesday.

LEEDS, England,  (Reuters) – Shai Hope became the first man to score a hundred in both innings of a first-class match at Headingley as he inspired the West Indies to a truly magnificent and wholly unlikely five-wicket win over England in a thrilling second test today.

A  bandit was this morning fatally shot by a security official during an attempted robbery at the junction of the Giftland Mall access road.

President David Granger will soon begin consideration of the third list of nominees for the post of Chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission (Gecom) submitted by opposition leader Bharrat Jagdeo, Minister of State Joseph Harmon said yesterday.

A father of three is now dead while another person is critically injured after a car collided with a motorcycle along the Better Hope Public Road, East Coast Demerara on Sunday evening.

The Guyana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) has officially launched an investigation to identify the cause of Sunday’s fatal plane crash, which claimed the life of Air Services Limited (ASL) pilot Imran Khan.

Feroze Khan, a father of seven of Yarrowkabra, Soesdyke-Linden Highway, died during the wee hours of Sunday morning after an accident along the Land of Canaan, East Bank Demerara Public Road.

General Manager of the Mahaica, Mahaicony, Abary/Agricultural Development Authority (MMA/ADA) Aubrey Charles yesterday testified that as far as he knows, the Abary Cattle Ranchers Association had never raised any issue with regards to compensation for land lost.

Another motorcyclist lost his life yesterday after colliding with a truck along the Airy Hall Public Road, Mahaicony, East Coast Demerara (ECD) as he made his way home from Suriname.

Mayor Patricia Chase-Green yesterday announced that a special council meeting for discussions on the city’s suspended metered parking project will be held on September 7.

Widening and improvement of the East Coast Public Road between Better Hope and Belfield is expected to begin today at the price of US$47m.

Three weeks have passed since the Guyana Police Force announced a $10 million reward for information leading to the arrest of four remaining prison escapees but acting Commissioner of Police David Ramnarine yesterday said that the inmates are still under the radar.

The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) is inviting sealed bids for the purchase of 42 motor vehicles on an as is/where is basis.

Two large contracts have been awarded by the Ministry of Agriculture for the purchase of excavators and bulldozers.

With the start of the new school year approaching, the Schools Welfare Department in Region 3 yesterday presented 20 students with book bags and school supplies.

An autopsy has confirmed that Abdool Wahab Khan, the handyman whose lifeless body was discovered along the Vryheid’s Lust roadway on Sunday morning, died as a result of multiple injuries caused by an accident.

A police constable on sick leave was on Sunday placed under close arrest after he was found gambling with persons of ill repute under a shed in Den Amstel, West Coast Demerara.

Despite the Ministry of Public Infrastructure (MPI) repairing part of Agriculture Road, residents of Mon Repos and the surrounding areas, who regularly ply the main thoroughfare, say that the “most deplorable” parts have not been fixed and they are calling on the authorities to complete the entire road.

A Coroner’s Inquest into the death of Sew Persaud, who was reportedly struck down last year August along the Diamond Public Road, commenced yesterday with evidence from two police witnesses.

A man was yesterday granted his release on bail after he denied fraudulently obtaining $15,000 in alcoholic beverages.

Guyana completed the regional under – 19 double with six wickets win over the Windwards Islands, yesterday in St Kitts.

Two Laing Avenue residents were placed on $100,000 bail each on Friday after denying a simple larceny charge.

LEEDS, England, CMC – Bowling coach, Roddy Estwick, conceded yesterday that West Indies had failed to properly negotiate the big moments on the penultimate day of the second Test but warned pundits not to write off the Caribbean side ahead of a tense final day on Tuesday.

Old Fort secured the Men’s title while Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC) clinched the Women’s category when the second annual Igloo Hockey Festival concluded Sunday at the GCC ground, Bourda.

Sporting an unusual hairstyle, Campbellville resident Milton Griffith yesterday told a city court that the police arrested him in the middle of his haircut on a trumped up drug charge.

A vendor was brought before a city magistrate last Friday on a charge that he shot at another man.

The National Gymnasium on Mandela Avenue will provide the battleground this evening when the Three Peat Promotions coordinated inaugural Guinness ‘Cage Football Championship, kicks-off at 19:00hrs with 16 elimination matches dubbed ‘Super Tuesday’.

Dear Editor, I refer to your editorial in yesterday’s newspaper entitled ‘Not bribable?’

North Sophia resident Derwayne Singh found himself facing a simple larceny charge last Friday, after he was accused of making off with a phone that he borrowed to make a call.

This year’s Mr. Guyana, Bruce Whatley will lead a five-member team selected to fly the country’s flag at the 45th Central American and  Caribbean (CAC) Bodybuilding Championships in Mexico from September 28 to October 1.

The garbage collection in the city is under control, according to Solid Waste Director Walter Narine.

Dear Editor, After making my presentation on Sunday, 20th August 2017 at the Atlantic Avenue Georgetown the site of the 1823 Monument, people have been calling for my speech to be published in the print media.

LEEDS, England, (Reuters) – West Indies ended the fourth day of the unexpectedly enthralling second test requiring 317 more runs to win after England turned the contest firmly in their favour.

GUATEMALA CITY, (Reuters) – Guatemalan President Jimmy Morales yesterday showed signs of wavering on his decision to expel the head of a United Nations-backed anti-graft unit, who is investigating the leader’s campaign financing.

Dear Editor, It is with great frustration and disappointment we pen this letter regarding our landline service.

QUITO, (Reuters) – An Ecuadorean judge has sentenced 20 Chinese crew members to up to four years in prison for illegally fishing off the Galapagos Islands, where they were caught with 6,600 sharks aboard.

TOKYO/SEOUL,  (Reuters) – North Korea fired a missile that flew over Japan and landed in waters off the northern region of Hokkaido early on Tuesday, South Korean and Japanese officials said, marking a sharp escalation of tensions on the Korean peninsula.

First Lady, Sandra Granger, on Saturday evening, attended ‘Emerge 6’, an evening of performances by children, held at the Theatre Guild Playhouse, Kingston.

The curtains came down on the thirteenth edition of the Caribbean Festival of Arts CARIFESTA XIII on Sunday evening.

 Twelve apprentices who participated in the three-week ‘Youth in Natural Resources’ programme graduated at Cara Lodge, Georgetown yesterday, the Department of Public Information (DPI) said.

Cougars FC and Hopetown Rangers secured contrasting wins, when the Berbice zone of the National Milling Company (NAMILCO) u17 Football League continued on Sunday.

Dear Editor, I am currently counselling a young woman who is suffering from major depression, and I’m writing this letter to warn parents, families, employers, and friends to be careful of what they say to a depressed person or that person may end up taking his/her own life.

SANTIAGO, (Reuters) – Chilean President Michelle Bachelet yesterday sent Congress a bill that would legalize gay marriage, a move that follows a string of liberal reforms in one of Latin America’s most conservative nations.

BOGOTA, (Reuters) – Colombia has sent a letter of protest to Venezuela after it said security forces from the socialist country crossed the border into the Colombian province of La Guajira over the weekend, two government sources said yesterday.

Retrieve Raiders doused Block 22 Flames and Bankers Trust Falcons downed Christiansburg Pistons, when the Linden Amateur Basketball Association (LABA)/Mackenzie Sports Club (MSC) Open Championship continued on Sunday.

Dear Editor, Strangely for a moment, Gower, one of those English captains who suffered at the hands of the West Indies behemoth of the eighties, was “looking to Australia”, while the English team trailed by 137 runs in their second innings.

NEW YORK, (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – U.S. President Donald Trump’s plan to cut foreign aid supporting HIV/AIDS treatment could cost 9 million years of lost life in South Africa and Ivory Coast, according to a global study released yesterday.

Fly Jamaica Airways, recently beset by a disruption of its flights, has managed to shuttle the majority of its passengers to their respective destinations.

(Trinidad Express) The Office of the Prime Minister yesterday afternoon issued a statement disclosing the Robert Le Hunte, cannot hold a senatorial or ministerial portfolio.

BARCELONA, (Reuters) – Ousmane Dembele insisted he is not feeling under pressure to perform despite joining Barcelona as a club record signing and the second most expensive footballer of all-time.

Three children were yesterday rescued from their home in Central Rupununi by officers of the Childcare and Protection Agency (CPA) amid reports of them being sexually abused by their father.

NEW DELHI/BEIJING  (Reuters) – India and China have agreed to an “expeditious disengagement” of troops in a disputed border area where their soldiers have been locked in a stand-off for more than two months, India’s foreign ministry said on Monday.

Dear Editor, The President needs to get the general aviation sector reviewed from top to bottom.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Jamaican prosecutors yesterday indicated that they are not yet in possession of the evidence United States authorities have gathered against controversial Muslim Sheikh Abdullah el-Faisal.

 LONDON,  (Reuters) – Lewis Hamilton’s Belgian Grand Prix victory at the weekend means the Mercedes driver can take the lead in the Formula One world championship with another victory in Italy at Ferrari’s home Monza circuit on Sunday.

The Aranaputa Processors Friendly Society (APFS)  in the North Rupununi is now looking to international markets to sell their peanut butter, the Department of Public Information (DPI) said yesterday.

  Sprucing up for school: The trench along Woolford Avenue being cleared yesterday.

OTTAWA,  (Reuters) – Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau yesterday reshuffled his cabinet to put more emphasis on helping aboriginal people, who complain he has broken repeated promises to improve their lives.

Tragedy struck in the North West District on Sunday when a man fell overboard as he was being transported home and drowned.

Dear Editor, Concerning the matter of whether the Caribbean diaspora in New York can secure political representation, Mike Persaud’s unfortunate dismissal of the pioneering efforts of previous Guyanese-born candidates ‒ Trevor Rupnarain, Dr Taj Rajkumar, Dr Dhanpaul Narine, Attorney Albert Baldeo, Dr Robby Mahadeo ‒ is symptomatic of the myopic armchair mentality of West Indians living in the overseas diaspora (‘Guyanese-born candidate standing for NY City Council’ SN, August 23).

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – President Donald Trump is unlikely to win congressional support for funds he wants for a proposed U.S.-Mexico

Dear Editor, The routine commerce of daily interactions, observations, and experiences now confirm a pervasive, if not firmly established state.

Fifty-seven young people last Thursday graduated from the Buxton Information and Communication Technology (ICT) workshop and the Buxton Youth Development remedial programme.

(Trinidad Express) A gold tooth cap with an engraving “Z” is the only way to identify one of two male victims whose charred remains were found in a burnt out house in Carlsen Field on Thursday.

DHAKA, (Reuters) – Shakib Al Hasan lit up his 50th test with all-round brilliance to help Bangladesh claim a handy first-innings lead over a listless Australia in the second test yesterday.

The U.S. State Department’s new travel advisory warning Americans about the risks of traveling to Cancun and Los Cabos should not be taken too seriously.

NAIROBI, (Reuters) – Kenyans producing, selling or even using plastic bags will risk imprisonment of up to four years or fines of $40,000 from yesterday, as the world’s toughest law aimed at reducing plastic pollution came into effect.

Up to the time of local government elections last year, for the first time in more than two decades, there appeared to have existed the notion (at least in some quarters) that a change in the political administration at City Hall would necessarily bring about a corresponding transformation in the performance of the municipal civil service.