Daily Archive: Tuesday, April 10, 2018

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump has decided to cancel his first official trip to Latin America this week in order to focus on responding to a suspected chemical weapons attack in Syria, the White House said on Tuesday.

MOSCOW, (Reuters) – Rusal’s dollar bonds slumped to record lows and a prominent board member resigned today in the latest aftershocks from the Russian aluminium giant’s inclusion last week on a new U.S.

(Trinidad Guardian) A Venezuelan was killed trying to escape from his abductors who snatched him while he was on his way home from work on Friday night.

British High Commissioner to Guyana, Greg Quinn yesterday said that there is no place for corruption and law enforcement officials who are guilty of this crime must be sent to jail.

Hofosawa Awena Rutherford was yesterday afternoon sentenced to a total of 98 years in jail for killing her two children, Hodaciea Cadogan and Jabari Cadogan Jnr, whom she poisoned in 2014.

Thirty persons from key law enforcement agencies will over the next two weeks be exposed to an intensive anti-corruption training programme which, according to Attorney General Basil Williams SC is a part of government’s ongoing efforts to keep corruption away.

The Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GGCI) will be undertaking an expert review of the amended parking meter by-laws, which were passed by the city council last week, according to President of the Chamber Deodat Indar, who says any objections would be submitted to the city and Ministry of Communities.

The National Assembly’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC) yesterday found a questionable pattern of spending by the Region Six administration in 2016, when there was reportedly a record of 14 emergency purchases of gloves within a five-month period.

A year after being charged with shooting at a hotel employee, 70-year-old Leila Jagdeo was yesterday sentenced to 18 months in jail after being found guilty of the crime.

Ongoing works on the Mon Repos Bridge along the embankment road snared traffic for hours along the East Coast yesterday morning.

A day after being returned to police custody by his mother, a Sophia minor was yesterday remanded to the juvenile holding centre on charges of unlawful possession of guns and ammunition.

A Robb Street, Bourda restaurant manager was on Friday remanded to prison on a charge that he had over 800 grammes of cannabis for trafficking on the premises of the business.

With the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) determining that there is no declared quota for the size of the work force of government agencies, opposition PPP/C Member of Parliament (MP) Juan Edghill yesterday raised concerns over how their effectiveness could be pro-perly assessed and whether the correct amounts are being allocated for wages.

GOLD COAST, Australia,  CMC – Michelle-Lee Ahye handed Trinidad and Tobago their maiden global women’s athletics gold and their first overall in two decades, when she sped to victory in the 100 metres final at the Commonwealth Games here yesterday.

A high-level meeting is planned for today following yesterday’s ‘sit-in’ by  physicians attached to the Accident and Emergency (A&E) department of the Skeldon Hospital, Region Six (East Berbice/ Corentyne), according to a release yesterday from the Ministry of Public Health (MOPH) .

A Chinese supermarket owner was yesterday charged with receiving $8 million in stolen foodstuff.

Doctor, Sundarshanandan Persaud stepped out of his scrubs and into blue posing trunks on Sunday evening and claimed the title of overall Novices Bodybuilding Champion.

“I escape out of frustration,” a father of eight yesterday told a city magistrate after he was charged with escaping from police custody, having been arrested on a fraud charge.

Expectations are high as the third Guyana Cricket Board (GCB)/ Hand-In-Hand Mutual Fire and Life insurance (HIH) three-day U19 Inter-County tournament bowls off today with two matches.

A Diamond, East Bank Demerara shop owner was left traumatised yesterday morning after armed bandits, posing as customers, robbed her of over $600,000 in cash and jewellery.

National junior player Miguel  Wong is heading to the Youth Olympic Games (YOG) qualifiers, to be held April 14-15, in Paraguay, free of any pressure to perform.

Seven persons were arrested on Sunday in connection with the murder of Dominican Republic national Pedro Pablo Rosario, who was fatally wounded on Friday when armed bandits invaded a mining camp at Black Water Backdam, Cuyuni River.

A belligerent ton from Quacy McPherson and a five-wicket haul from left-arm orthodox spinner  Kiffer Douglas spurred Headquarters to a 110-run win over Training Corps in the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) Inter-Unit T20 competition at the Camp Ayanganna ground yesterday.

Colts, Pacesetters, Half Mile Bulls and Nets all won their matches when the fifth Guyana Amateur Basketball Federation (GABF) ‘Road to Mecca’ Club Championships continued Sunday at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall, Homestretch Avenue.

The body of an unidentified man was pulled yesterday from a trench outside of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) Base Camp Ayanganna along Carifesta Avenue, in Georgetown.

Dear Editor, Why are senior members of our military granted the right to bear arms?

The police are seeking the public’s assistance in recapturing convicted prisoner Deryck Oudkerk, who escaped from custody on Sunday while working at a prison officer’s East Coast Demerara home.

Sunrisers Hyderabad opened their account in VIVO IPL 2018 in grand style after they defeated the returning Rajasthan Royals by nine wickets at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad last night.

Dear Editor, I was in Region Eight recently and really do marvel at the cleanliness of the community of Paramakatoi, and its orderliness.

Almost two weeks after attorneys representing Troy Thomas, who is wanted for murder in the United States, argued that the magistracy has no jurisdiction to hear the extradition proceedings initiated against him, they moved to the High Court in a bid to block his extradition.

GOLD COAST, Australia, CMC – Jamaica’s Sunshine Girls crushed Caribbean neighbours Barbados, to win their fourth straight game in Pool A of the Commonwealth Games here yesterday.

Guyana’s hopes of winning a medal in the sport of boxing at the ongoing Common-wealth Games in Australia ended yesterday when the promising Keevin Allicock dropped a close decision to Scotland’s Reece McFadden in their 52kg bout.

Dear Editor, After reading a letter which appeared in your Stabroek News issue of Thursday, April 5, captioned: ‘To attempt to forcibly impose a contract the people have rejected is to take the road of high-handedness’ signed by Councillor, Khame Sharma, I have grudgingly come to the conclusion that much more work needs to be done in the areas of civic awareness, training and education in local government and governance, and the City Council.

An East La Penitence man was on Friday remanded to prison on charges of robbery and the possession of ganja.

BRASILIA,  (Reuters) – A Brazilian association of criminal lawyers requested yesterday that a Supreme Court justice issue an injunction freeing former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who began serving a 12-year sentence for bribery over the weekend.

Dear Editor, I call upon the President, the Attorney General, and the opposition, believed honourable people to varying degrees, to up the ante to level the field against those who wage war on the populace. 

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – The Federal Bureau of Investigation yesterday raided the offices and home of U.S.

A homeless man was yesterday sentenced to 18 months in jail for the theft of a water pump.

Up-and-coming pugilist Travis Inverary on Sunday punched his way to the best boxer award when the Pepsi/Michael Parris Under-16 tournament was staged at the National Gymnasium.

WASHINGTON/UNITED NATIONS,  (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday promised quick, forceful action in response to a deadly suspected chemical weapons attack in Syria, appearing to suggest a potential military response.

(Trinidad Guardian) An act of honesty has earned a young lady high praise and has gone viral as more people learn about it.

There will be no more Interim Management Commit-tees (IMCs) and no handpicking of councillors by government for Local Democratic Organs (LDOs).

Dear Editor, The first place I turned to in the book by Hilary McD Beckles, Cricket without a Cause: Fall and Rise of the Mighty West Indies Test Cricketers was the index.

(Reuters) JJ Redick led five players in double figures with a team-high 18 points as the Philadelphia 76ers became a 50-game winner for the first time in 17 years with a 109-97 victory Sunday afternoon over the visiting Dallas Mavericks.

GOLD COAST, Australia, CMC – Jamaican Javon Francis clocked a season-best time to lead five Caribbean qualifiers into the final of the men’s 400 metres at the Commonwealth Games here yesterday.

Dear Editor, City Hall debated and voted to approve the parking meter bylaws.

 OSLO,  (Reuters) – Aluminium producer Norsk Hydro denied yesterday its Alunorte alumina refinery in Brazil had contaminated local waters, contradicting the findings of a Brazilian public health group.

SYDNEY,  (Reuters) – China has approached Vanuatu about establishing a permanent military presence on the tiny Pacific island, Australia’s Fairfax Media reported yesterday, a plan that would likely stoke regional tensions.

Thirty-five Mental Health Practitioners will undergo training to become drug prevention specialists and drug treatment service providers, according to the Department of Public Information (DPI).

BOGOTA, (Reuters) – Colombia yesterday arrested a soon-to-be congressman from the Marxist FARC party on charges of drug trafficking, the government said, sparking outrage from the former rebel group that demobilized last year.

Dear Editor, The situation in neighbouring Brazil is most interesting. Former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has surrendered himself to the police after an initial reluctance to serve a 12-year sentence on corruption charges which he denies.

LUANDA,  (Reuters) – People involved in an alleged scheme to defraud Angola’s government laid out plans to secure as much as $1.5 billion, the finance ministry said yesterday, three times the amount previously mentioned by authorities.

(Reuters) – Madison Brengle filed a lawsuit against the Women’s Tennis Association and the International Tennis Federation yesterday seeking damages for injuries she says were caused by the repeated drawing of blood for anti-doping tests.

VALENCIA, Venezuela, (Reuters) – Venezuela yesterday reopened air and sea links to the islands of Aruba, Bonaire and Curacao, three months after cutting them off in an attempt to curb smuggling.

Dear Editor, Some days there is positive news and all is not lost.

AUGUSTA, Ga.,  (Reuters) – Greater emotional control on the course helped Patrick Reed win the U.S.

(BBC) Shares in firms controlled by Oleg Deripaska have plunged after the US imposed sanctions on seven Russian oligarchs and their companies on Friday.

By Sania Nishtar ISLAMABAD – Half of the planet cannot access essential health services.

President Trump’s top aides have advised him not to shake hands with Cuban dictator Raúl Castro at the Summit of the Americas, which starts April 13 in Lima, Peru.

MADRID,  (Reuters) – With the score poised at 1-1 in Sunday’s Madrid derby in La Liga between Real and Atletico, Cristiano Ronaldo’s number appeared on the fourth official’s electronic board in red and the crowd in the Santiago Bernabeu fell silent.

RIO DE JANEIRO,  (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Brazil’s government has been told that development projects, including hydropower dams, in protected areas can no longer go ahead without the prior approval of lawmakers.

Dear Editor, I applaud your editorial titled ‘Stamps’ (SN, Mar 25) in which you deservedly admonished the government for its failure to deliver on a public edict that it would honour Dr Cheddi Jagan with a commemorative stamp.

Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo officially resumed duties yesterday following his return home on Thursday last after bypass surgery.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – Facebook Inc Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg swapped his trademark T-shirt and jeans for a dark suit and a purple tie on Monday as he met U.S.

On February 16, the Stabroek News published a news story regarding the discovery of “a drug ring inside two Georgetown secondary schools” in which we attributed to “a source” information to the effect that “a group of students was involved in the peddling of the psychoactive drug ecstasy to peers” in the two named schools.