Daily Archive: Thursday, April 12, 2018

NORRISTOWN, Pa., (Reuters) – Former supermodel Janice Dickinson testified on Thursday that Bill Cosby drugged and raped her at a Lake Tahoe home in 1982, a story similar to those of other alleged victims called as witnesses in the comedian’s sexual assault retrial.

GOLD COAST, Australia, CMC – Trinidad and Tobago claimed its first 200 metres Commonwealth Games medal in nearly half a century when Jereem Richards won gold, following the controversial disqualification of England’s Zharnel Hughes here today.

Former Minister of Finance, Dr Ashni Singh and former Head of the National Industrial and Commercial Investments Limited (NICIL), Winston Brassington were today charged in absentia with three counts of misconduct in public office.

(Trinidad Guardian) Weeks before his death, lettuce farmer Leon Bebe ranted on Facebook about how people whom he grew up with could “sit down and plan up how to kill” him because of envy and greed.

With a limited number of petroleum experts here, government plans to embark on a global search for the best qualified personnel to staff the proposed Department of Energy (DoE), President David Granger says.

Four of the six men who police say were held with four guns after an attempted break in at Supply, East Bank Demerara on Tuesday evening had previously faced serious criminal charges and one of them  used a sledgehammer to try to break down a door.

Convicted yesterday afternoon for raping a 15-year-old girl, Trevone Giles now faces sentencing pending the presentation of a probation report requested by his attorney.

The Ministry of Indigenous Peoples’ Affairs yesterday launched a blistering attack on the National Toshaos Council’s (NTC) Executive Committee and its Vice Chairman Lennox Shuman, particularly in relation to an interview with Stabroek News.

The Miss Linden Pageant, a major feature of the Linden Town Day celebrations, is in limbo following an allegation against a sponsor that has resulted in a call being made for the event to be cancelled.

Yesterday, the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) met for the third hearing on the Guyana Water Incorporated’s (GWI) application for a hike in rates, where attendees raised concerns over the measurement of water consumption, with the rate for pensioners being the most questioned.

Alex Algoo completed a responsible century to lead Berbice to a nine-wicket victory over Essequibo on the second day of the third annual Guyana Cricket Board/Hand-In-Hand Mutual Fire and Life Insurance Three-day Under-19 Inter-County tournament at the Lusignan Community Centre Ground, East Coast Demerara yesterday.

(Barbados Nation) Two Guyanese who tried unsuccessfully to smuggle cocaine and cannabis into the island more than two years ago were jailed when they appeared in the No.

A recording-breaking triple century from Bhaskar Yadram along with a fine spell from left-arm spinner Ashmead Nedd, left the national under – 17 side in totters, batting a second time and trailing by 298 runs at stumps on day two of Guyana Cricket Board/ Hand-In-Hand Mutual Fire and Life insurance, three-day U19 Inter-County tournament at Everest, yesterday.

Regional poultry producers have expressed concern at the non-adoption of specifications for their meat and feeds which had been developed by the standards body, CROSQ and approved.

Queen’s Prize Individual Finals – Day 1 In the sport of fullbore shooting even a flawless day can see you down the grid and this is exactly the scenario with Guyanese Lennox Braithwaite who did not drop a single point on day one of the Commonwealth Games Queen’s Prize Individual Finals.

The Preliminary Inquiry for the two men accused of the murder of America Street money changer Shawn Nurse, commenced yesterday before Principal Magistrate Judy Latchman.

National all-rounder Christopher Barnwell will lead a strong Demerara Cricket Club (DCC) line-up against Blairmont Blazers tomorrow night at the DCC ground, Queenstown.

Residents of Kumu village in the Rupununi, who have had to resort to accessing their emergency water supply in the midst of an extended dry period, are calling on the Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) to fix the community wells.

Guyana’s Shemar Britton and Priscilla Greaves were knocked out of the mixed – doubles category after producing a commanding win in the ongoing Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast Australia.

Several Berbice cane harvesters were rushed to the Fort Wellington Public Hospital yesterday morning, after the lorry they were travelling in suddenly toppled on the Number Two Village, West Coast Berbice Public Road.

Guyana’s eight-member chess team narrowly missed out on a trophy  placing sixth at the recent CARIFTA Chess championships in Suriname, a press release from the Guyana Chess Federation stated.

A 24-year-old mason was yesterday remanded to prison for an alleged armed robbery.

If you are a fan of Track and Field, Cycling, Dominoes, Cricket and/or Football, then the place to be on April 22 is the Police Sports Club Ground, Eve Leary.

WASHINGTON/BEIRUT,  (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump warned Russia yesterday of imminent military action in Syria over a suspected poison gas attack, declaring that missiles “will be coming” and lambasting Moscow for standing by Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.

Councillors of the Port Mourant Neighbourhood Democratic Council (NDC), staff and residents yesterday protested outside of the council’s compound for the removal of the overseer attached to the NDC.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – International financial groups took action on Wednesday to distance themselves from the shares, bonds and metal of Russian aluminium giant Rusal after the United States imposed sanctions on the company.

Dear Editor, The West Indian nation stands proud against the debilitating history from which it has emerged and continues to erupt with the inevitability of its dignified independence.

The country’s top wheelsmen while have their work cut out for them this weekend with back-to-back races across Demerara.

(Trinidad Newsday) Parents of an 11-year-old student say their child is being prevented from writing the Secondary Entrance Assessment (SEA) exam, next month, and are threatening to approach the High Court for an injunction to force the Education Ministry to permit him to sit the test.

Dear Editor, Letters by Coretta McDonald (‘No one was authorised to issue a joint statement on GuySuCo by FITUG and GTUC’ SN, April 11) and Eon Andrews (‘GTUC executive had no knowledge of joint statement with FITUG’ CG, April 11) refer.

As cycling continues to grow in popularity across Guyana with consistent races weekly, officials are calling for barricades at the finishing lines.

Stakeholders in the business sector were yesterday sensitized on the draft moveable property bill during a workshop hosted by the Ministry of Business, at the Marriott Hotel.

BANGUI,  (Reuters) – Hundreds of angry demonstrators yesterday laid the bodies of at least 16 people killed in clashes in Central African Republic’s capital in front of the mission headquarters of the United Nations, witnesses said.

ALGIERS,  (Reuters) – More than 250 people including Western Sahara refugees were killed when a military plane crashed near Algeria’s capital on Wednesday, state media said, with witnesses saying they saw a wing catch fire shortly after the plane took off.

Ovid Morrison, Regional Executive Officer (REO) of Region Five, told the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) on Monday that because of staffing issues in 2016, employees had to “double up” on their duties.

It was another winless day for Guyana’s squash players who are currently participating in the ongoing Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast Australia.

Dear Editor, I offer below my refutation of the fictionalization of parts of my political life that was carried in a letter of Wednesday April 11, 2018 by Tacuma Ogunseye.

Human rights activists from the islands of Bonaire and Sint Eustatius, both special municipalities of the Netherlands, are in Guyana to raise awareness over what they say is growing repression in both territories.

(Trinidad Express) The search for missing father-of-one Daniel Cooper ended yesterday morning, along an agricultural access road near Princes Town, where his body was found.

(Reuters) – Missouri’s attorney general called on Governor Eric Greitens, a fellow Republican, to resign on Wednesday, saying the findings of a newly released state legislative report on a sex scandal that has embroiled Greitens are grounds for impeachment.

Dear Editor, Your editorial of March 20, 2018, on the late Cheddi Jagan, was timely, given that it was his 100th birth anniversary.

Left-arm seamer Sohail Tanvir has been retained by the Guyana Amazon Warriors for this year’s Hero Caribbean Premier League (CPL).

LONDON, CMC – West Indies batting star Shai Hope has been named by prestigious Wisden as one of its five Cricketers-of-the-Year.

The Private Sector Commission (PSC) of Guyana and the Caribbean Corporate Gover-nance Institute signed a  Memorandum of Understanding (“MoU”) on Monday 9th April, 2018 at the Hyatt Regency Trinidad, Port of Spain.

Dear Editor, Guyana must be complimented for its diligence in succeeding in persuading the UN Secretary General to submit the border controversy to the International Court of Justice, requesting the court to confirm the legal validity and binding effect of the 1899 Arbitral Award.

(Trinidad Express) A construction worker was shot dead near his home in South Oropouche on Tuesday.

SANTIAGO/VATICAN CITY,  (Reuters) – Pope Francis acknowledged yesterday that he had made “grave mistakes” in the handling of a sexual abuse crisis in Chile, saying he felt shame and inviting victims he had once doubted to Rome to seek their forgiveness personally.

The Trinidad-based, Australian High Commission’s First Secretary and Consul, Susan Ulrich paid a courtesy call to the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) on Tuesday  in an effort to strengthen ties.

Dear Editor, I was quite entranced by the intellectual passion which informed the discussion of the late Churamanie Bissundyal on Neaz Subhan’s programme ‘The Factor’, on Friday evening, March 30.

CHENNAI, India, CMC – West Indies Twenty20 star Andre Russell says his time away from the sport serving a one-year anti-doping whereabout ban, had taught him humility, and stressed he was now fit and confident to continue his successful return.

(Barbados Nation) A Barbadian man who police in England referred to as “evil” is now attracting the attention of detectives investigating deaths of at least two people since he was deported to his land of birth.

WASHINGTON/SAN FRANCISCO,  (Reuters) – Facebook Inc Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg fielded 10 hours of questions over two days from nearly 100 U.S.

HARARE,  (Reuters) – Australia are to return to Africa in July, three months after their controversial tour of South Africa, when they take part in a triangular Twenty20 series with Pakistan in Zimbabwe.

Data on the early ages at which children begin smoking cigarettes and using hard drugs surfaced once again during a national community policing organisation event on Sunday last, with Minister of Public Security Khemraj Ramjattan expressing amazement that some were as young as 11.

Dear Editor, The Diocese of the West Indies has lost one of its foremost mentors of the AMWI and the Brotherhood of St Andrew (BSA) in the Diocese of Guyana.

An astute plantation cook deemed “a mere brute” soon changed into a stylish man “in European dress with a countenance beaming with intelligence and hope,” as the young Rajput who was “most enthusiastic” to become the first East Indian Christian missionary in British Guiana managed to avoid further estate work as an indentured immigrant.

RIO DE JANEIRO, (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Brazil’s highest court has averted a “massacre” by blocking the eviction of 5,000 indigenous people from disputed land, one of their leaders said, in a ruling that boosted ancestral claims.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Paul Ryan will not seek re-election and will leave his post at the start of 2019, dealing a blow to fellow Republicans and President Donald Trump ahead of fast-approaching congressional elections.