Articles published on Thursday, September 7, 2017
NEW YORK, (Reuters) – A U.S. appeals court today rejected the Trump administration’s effort to temporarily bar most refugees from entering the country, ruling that those who have relationships with a resettlement agency should be exempt from an executive order banning refugees.
(Trinidad Express) Caribbean Airlines advises that due to Hurricane Irma, the following flights for September 10th are cancelled.
(Reuters) – Jose strengthened today into a dangerous Category 3 hurricane on the five-step Saffir-Simpson hurricane wind scale, the U.S.
LONDON, (Reuters) – West Indies staged a spirited fightback against England after being skittled for 123 as batsmen suffered a torrid opening day of the series-deciding third test at Lord’s today.
The Dutch/French island of St Maarten/St Martin where hundreds of Guyanese live and work has been devastated by Hurricane Irma’s passing as a Category Five event in the Caribbean.
BEIJING/VLADIVOSTOK, Russia, (Reuters) – China said today it agreed the United Nations should take more action against North Korea after its latest nuclear test, while pushing for more dialogue to resolve the crisis on the Korean peninsula.
(Trinidad Guardian) More than 2,000 illegal firearms, mostly pistols and revolvers and approximately 37,000 rounds of assorted ammunition have been recovered by the police in the past 36 months.
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic, (Reuters) – Hurricane Irma plowed past the Dominican Republic toward Haiti today after devastating a string of Caribbean islands and killing at least 10 people as one of the most powerful Atlantic storms in a century took aim at Florida.
The Guyana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) yesterday lifted the suspension on shuttling operations for Trans Guyana Airways (TGA).
A rural constable attached to the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of the Wismar Police Station was yesterday released on $100,000 bail after being charged with the rape of a minor.
Ex-convict Orin Lewis Boodie, was yesterday sentenced to three years in jail, and fined $100,000 after he was found guilty of trafficking cocaine.
The Guyana Association of Private Security Organiza-tions (GAPSO) yesterday strongly condemned the announcement by the Government to effectively ban single mothers from working nights in the private security sector.
A taxi driver was remanded to prison yesterday after being charged with escaping lawful custody, while under investigation for rape and murder.
Guyana Amazon Warriors 169-5 (Ronchi 70, Walton 39, Mahmudullah 3-25) beat Jamaica Tallawahs 168-8 (Sangakkara 57*, Simmons 34, Rashid 3-32) by five wickets (CPL) A hat-trick from Rashid Khan and a rapid fifty from Luke Ronchi propelled the Guyana Amazon Warriors to victory in the 2017 Hero Caribbean Premier League (CPL) Eliminator against Jamaica Tallawahs last night.
Residents of De William, West Coast Demerara and the surrounding villages were sent into panic and flood preparation mode at around 5:00 pm yesterday after the door of the koker connected to the ocean, was destroyed by the strong Atlantic current.
Waramadong and Kamarang have become the most recent communities in Region Seven to be pummelled by strong winds and heavy rainfall, resulting in damage to several buildings in both villages.
LONDON, (Reuters) – Against all the odds, West Indies will arrive at Lord’s today with their eyes on a first Test series victory in England since 1988 after a remarkable turnaround in fortunes.
The CH&PA says it is in court seeking the rescinding of the 2014 sale of prime housing land to Brian Tiwarie of Sunset Lakes who later sold the swathe to a businessman affiliated to the controversial logging company, Baishanlin.
LONDON, CMC – Prolific West Indies opener Kraigg Brathwaite has been signed by English County Yorkshire for the last two games of the County Championship.
The Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR) yesterday wrapped up the first in a series of stakeholder consultations on Guyana’s draft Local Content Policy Framework.
Some APNU+AFC members of the Georgetown City Council who earned their seat through the Constituency system have told Stabroek News that they are prepared to end the life of the Metered Parking contract when the council meets today.
Following a protest yesterday, the Ministry of Public Health says it will be working to improve the environment and security of staffers at the Diamond Diagnostic Centre.
Dear Editor, Please allow me to offer some comments and corrections to your editorial of July 5th last, which followed on your reports last April on the most recently imperilled Aubrey Williams murals at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport.
A man was yesterday granted $300,000 bail after he was charged with causing death by dangerous driving.
Dear Editor, It is a fact that natural science taught in tropical schools suffers through having evolved from that of temperate countries, and this may be said not only of its content, but of the methods used in teaching it.
LONDON, (Reuters) – Former pace great Michael Holding hopes West Indies’ stunning victory over England at Headingley does not turn out to be just “a blip” in their steady decline as a Test force.
A Herstelling, East Bank Demerara (EBD) man was yesterday granted bail after he was charged with causing the death of a pedestrian who was struck along a roadway in Herstelling, two months ago.
A security officer was yesterday charged with throwing acid on her ex-boyfriend after allegedly seeing him with another woman.
Dear Editor, I read about the plight of Ms London and sent her a new wheelchair from New York.
LONDON, (Reuters) – Test match cricket faces a bleak future with the sport’s administrators failing to control the ‘runaway weed’ of the hugely popular Twenty20 format, former West Indies pace bowler Michael Holding said.
The police on the Essequibo Coast are investigating the death of a father of three who went missing on Tuesday afternoon last.
Dear Editor, I continue to read with shock the continuous misrepresentation of facts by the Kaieteur News in relation to the Providence, East Bank Demerara lands.
COLOMBO, (Reuters) – A merciless India subjected Sri Lanka to a tour whitewash after fifties from skipper Virat Kohli and Manish Pandey secured their seven-wicket victory in the one-off Twenty20 International yesterday.
First Ladies and Spouses of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) have launched a network to fight issues related to the health and wellbeing of women, adolescents and children.
Sparta Boss kept their quarterfinal hopes alive in the inaugural Guinness ‘Cage’ Football Championship battling past Albouystown-B 2-1 Tuesday at the National Gymnasium on Mandela Avenue.It
Dear Editor, Drivers in Berbice are finding it difficult to drive from 70 to 74 village, where the speed limit is 50 km.
(Reuters) – Australian David Warner’s second successive hundred against Bangladesh helped his side maintain their slight advantage on the third day of the second and final test yesterday.
A new project designed to integrate indigenous traditional knowledge into a national environmental conservation policy was launched on Monday evening as part of efforts to protect Guyana’s biodiversity and alleviate poverty among the Indigenous peoples.
Power brokers of Caribbean boxing will gather here on Sunday at the Guyana Squash Racquet Centre for an all-important meeting to chart the region’s way forward in relation to AIBA’s current crisis.
Dear Editor, As we collectively celebrate the month of September in Guyana which is designated Amerindian Heritage Month, I feel compelled to acknowledge the continuing accomplishments of the Indigenous people, particularly in Region 2.
NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Rafa Nadal gave Russian teenager Andrey Rublev a tennis lesson yesterday, racing into the semi-finals of the U.S.
BRASILIA, (Reuters) – The former finance minister under Brazil’s Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva yesterday accused the ex-president of receiving bribes from contractor Odebrecht , adding to a list of corruption accusations that threaten Lula’s ability to run in 2018.
The youth population must be the primary target in addressing the scourge of non-communicable diseases (NCDs).
PANAMA CITY, CMC – Trinidad and Tobago’s bid to reach the 2018 World Cup in Russia ended in disappointment here Tuesday night when they crashed to a 3-0 defeat to Panama at the Estadio Rommel Fernandes.
Dear Editor, All the evidence available shows that the APNU+AFC coalition is anti-business.
Hibernia defeated a select South Essequibo under – 19 side by four wickets in the opening round of the Golden Fleece Rice Invest South Essequibo 40 overs competition on Saturday last.
Colts on Tuesday rode roughshod over Sonics defeating them 71-29 when the Georgetown Amateur Basketball Association (GABA) League Championship continued at the Burnham Basketball Court, Middle and Carmichael Streets.
Dear Editor, The Minister within the Ministry of Public Infrastructure recently boasted in the media about the Lady Northcote ferry, which transports passengers and cargo to the North West District (Barima- Waini).
BOGOTA, (Reuters) – Pope Francis arrived in Colombia on Wednesday with a message of unity for a nation deeply divided by a peace deal that ended a five-decade war with Marxist FARC rebels but left many victims of the bloodshed wary of the fraught healing process.
The Ministry of Education yesterday participated in countrywide tree-planting exercises for schools in observance of Education Month 2017.
A Diamond resident was yesterday accused of stealing over $3,000,000 in articles, and later covering himself in faeces to avoid being taken to court.
Dear Editor, In today’s world beset with allegations and perceptions of corruption by political leaders, I thought it prudent to extract a quotation by the late Dr Cheddi Jagan: “I first wanted to be a doctor.
NEW YORK, (Reuters) – A rampaging Madison Keys completed an American sweep of the U.S.
This weekend, at least twelve cruise yachts are expected to begin arriving in the Essequibo River, sailing south from Grenada, Trinidad and Tobago and up Guyana’s coastline from Saint Laurent du Maroni in French Guiana for the 5th International Nereid’s Rally.
September marks the beginning of the new school year and it is also the time when Education Month is observed.
A repeat driving-under-the-influence alcohol offender, was yesterday suspended from driving for the next twelve months and also fined $7,500 by Magistrate Christel Lambert at the Bartica Magistrate’s Court, the police said in a release.
As I write this column, the huge Hurricane Irma is directly hurtling towards our former Leeward Islands’ lovely home of Antigua and Barbuda, threatening to trash the small islands and test its’ big-hearted people like never before.
(Jamaica Observer) KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Constant Spring Police have charged the man who was implicated in the killing of 34-year-old fashion designer Dexter Pottinger, whose body was found at his home at Yarico Place, Kingston 20 last Thursday.
Jayleena Titus, the seven-year-old girl who went missing after a mishap at the seashore near the Guyana Marriott Hotel at Kingston, Georgetown died by drowning, according to a post-mortem examination.
The Ministry of Natural Resource began consultations on the draft local content policy framework for the oil and gas sector yesterday.
