Daily Archive: Monday, March 26, 2018

LUANDA,  (Reuters) – The son of Angola’s ex-president, José Filomeno dos Santos, has been charged with fraud relating to a $500 million transaction out of an account belonging to the central bank, the prosecutor general’s office said on Monday.

Some American citizens will see a fee increase the next time they apply for their American passports, a release from the US Embassy said today.

A man who said he was on the roof of a Carifesta Avenue building on March 15 at the time that three men were shot by the police along the seawall has given an account of the events that differs from the version provided by law enforcers.

MUMBAI,  (Reuters) – Australia’s Steve Smith has stepped down as captain of Indian Premier League side the Rajasthan Royals following the ball tampering scandal in South Africa, the franchise said on Monday.

Former Attorney General Anil Nandlall yesterday said the Ministry of the Presidency’s intervention with the post office over stamps to commemorate the centennial birth anniversary of former President Cheddi Jagan was unlawful.

More than two decades after the Colombian Embassy was closed here, Georgetown and Bogota over the weekend discussed having one re-established and the prospects look favourable.

Dear Editor, What the various international experts on oil and gas, who are here at the invitation of the Government of Guyana, are telling us is what the people of Guyana have been telling their government which continues to ignore their voices. 

Dear Editor, I hesitated to respond to the letters by Professor Justice Duke Pollard (`Lowe’s conclusion on case before CCJ was spurious’, in SN March 21) and by Maxwell Edwards (`I reject Sherwood Lowe’s conclusion on the third term case as incredulous’, in KN March 25), in which they both expressed displeasure over my comments on the persuasiveness of the oral argument at the CCJ on behalf of Richardson in the so-called presidential term-limit case.

Several homeowners from the upscale Windsor Estates on the East Bank of Demerara say they are disappointed with the quality of homes constructed by developer of the gated community, Navigant Builders Inc.

Buxton Youth Developers will battle Sir Leon Lessons in the finale of the Milo Secondary School U18 football championships following semi-final wins yesterday at the Ministry of Education ground, Carifesta Avenue.

Commanding Officer of the 6th Construction Engineering Battalion of the Brazilian Army, Lieutenant Colonel Vandir Pereira Soares Junior and Director General of the Civil Defence Commission (CDC), Lieutenant Colonel Kester Craig yesterday wrapped up a three-day visit to the identified locations to finalise the preparations for drilling of eight water wells in the Rupununi in October this year.

Dear Editor, While I thank Mr Ori for his rejoinder to my letter, I cannot agree with any of the points that he puts forward.

President David Granger yesterday commissioned a community radio station at Orealla, Region Six – the latest in a series across the country.

Dear Editor, Yet again, there has been another accident tonight at the junction of Crown Street and New Garden Street.

Asks Charwayne Walker Come April, the 20th Commonwealth Games will commence in Australia and Guyana, as is customary, will be represented in seven of the 18 disciplines (10 core sports) that will be contested.

The Camp Groomes soldiers who were injured in a deadly explosion in December 2000 are expected to have a meeting with the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) on  Wednesday to discuss the matter of their compensation.

Former national layer Godfrey Munroe will head the Guyana Table Tennis Association (GTTA) for another term after his candidacy for the association’s top post went unchallenged at their Annual General Meeting (AGM) yesterday at the Guyana Olympic Association Building at Liliendaal, East Coast Demerara.

Dear Editor, On Tuesday, March 21, 2018 on Plain Talk, there were some very instructive comments on the state of local governance in one Neighbourhood that includes Plaisance and an area where there are two outstanding residents: the host of the programme Christopher Ram himself, and the other which the latter highlighted – the international airport at Ogle.

The road to The Bahamas has been set for 18 athletes who will carry the Golden Arrowhead at the 2018 CARIFTA Games over this Easter holiday weekend.

A fisherman is currently battling for his life at the Mabaruma Public Hospital after he was chopped multiple times by his drinking buddy on Saturday night.

Dear Editor, It is said that some men are born great while others acquire greatness.

Transport Sports Club yesterday defeated Gandhi Youth Organisation by 27 runs to win their opening match of the Georgetown Cricket Association/Guyana Diabetes Association/Ansa McAl U17 T20 competition.

Fourteen internet-ready computers are now available for use, free of cost, to residents of Albouystown, following the official opening of another Information and Communications Technology (ICT) hub by the Government.

Dear Editor, When the self-identified so-called leadership group of Australians found it difficult to remove South African batsmen, (who, by the way, except De Villiers are, like the Australians except Smith, of average ability) on the third day of the Capetown five-day match, they decided to cheat by tampering with the ball.

BEIJING,  (Reuters) – The United States asked China in a letter last week to cut the tariff on U.S.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Britain’s opposition Labour Party will today demand that parliament has the final say on the government’s Brexit deal, including an option to send ministers back to the negotiating table rather than leave without an exit agreement.

Dear Editor, I was fortunate to have observed the CCJ proceedings on the case State of Guyana v Cedric Richardson popularly known as the ‘Third Term Case’. 

The Guyana National Industrial Corporation (GNIC) completed an exciting five-wicket win over the Guyana Defense Force (GDF) yesterday in the GISE/Start Party Rental/Trophy Stall Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA) first division two-day competition at the Everest Cricket Club  Ground.

The police are yet to arrest anyone in connection with the recent armed robbery committed on Ultra Waters, Camp Street, during which bandits posing as customers carted off an undisclosed amount of cash.

HARARE, Zimbabwe, CMC – Favourites West Indies failed in their bid to put the finishing touches on an otherwise successful campaign as memeses Afghanistan trounced them by seven wickets here Sunday to lift the ICC World Cup Qualifiers trophy.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – U.S. House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes said his committee will investigate China’s efforts to gain military and economic power in Africa.

Dear Editor, Let’s say President Janet Jagan and her aides made a typo (an extra zero typed in and no one caught the error), but at that time (1999-2010), no one knew oil was under the seabed.

CARACAS,  (Reuters) – Jose Abreu, the award-winning founder of a programme that pulled thousands of Venezuelan children from crime and poverty through music, died on Saturday, aged 78.

Death, and a warrior princess, stole the show to claim the top prizes in the Cosplay competition at GTT’s Innov8 Summit yesterday.

(Trinidad Guardian) More than a week after being arrested, a 38-year-old mason, Rodger Mattison has finally been charged with the quadruple murder which rocked the community of Sobo Village in La Brea, earlier this month.

A number of residents living in outlying areas are beginning to benefit from medical outreaches by the Diamond Hospital in collaboration with the Regional Health Department of Region Four and the Cuban brigade at the Diamond hospital.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – An adult-film actress who claims she had sex with Donald Trump before he was president said yesterday she had been threatened in 2011 while in a parking lot with her infant daughter to discourage her from discussing the relationship.

Dear Editor, I thank George N Cave for his letter, ‘There is merit in learning Creolese at university level but also about Creolese’ (SN, March 24).

HAMILTON, New Zealand, CMC – West Indies Women ended their tour of New Zealand in the same vein in which it began, with another defeat and a comprehensive series loss here yesterday.

Considering all of the facts known at this point,  there is an unmistakably familiar incongruence in the police explanations for the deaths of three men on the seawall on March 15 and numerous outstanding questions.

uMuntu ngumuntu ngabantu; Motho ke motho ka batho – I am because you are; you are because we are.

With the Easter season upon, we asked the man/woman in the street how they planned to spend their holidays.

KANDY, Sri Lanka,  (Reuters) – Police and politicians backed by the country’s former strongman President Mahinda Rajapaksa joined anti-Muslim riots that rocked Sri Lanka’s Kandy district this month, according to witnesses, officials and CCTV footage reviewed by Reuters.

Dear Editor, So what are we to understand?  When officials give a public statement it is not to be heeded or accepted?

(Barbados Nation) The Barbados Light & Power (BL&P) solar farm in Trents, St Lucy, is saving the country an estimated $10 million a year.

The Ministry of Social Protection recently participated in a special capacity building workshop for women of Region Four to enhance their leadership skills and to prepare them for participation in the upcoming Local Government Elections later this year.

KARACHI, Pakistan,  CMC – Barbados-born England all-rounder Chris Jordan produced a solid all-round performance but was unable to prevent Islamabad United from lifting the Pakistan Super League title, with a three-wicket victory over defending champion Peshawar Zalmi in yesterday’s final.

By Nicole Burrowes Nicole Burrowes is an Assistant Professor in the African and African Diaspora Studies Department at the University of Texas, Austin.