Daily Archive: Wednesday, April 18, 2018

Articles published on Wednesday, April 18, 2018

Jamaican Prime Minister Andrew Holness (centre) and other Caribbean representatives during the meeting. (VOA photo)

Jamaica PM accepts UK PM’s apology over Caribbean migrants

(Trinidad Guardian) A sense of “relief” descended on the Caribbean community in Britain yesterday when British Prime Minister Theresa May apologised to Caribbean leaders over the treatment of members of the so-called “Windrush Generation,” who have been threatened with deportation after decades of living in the United Kingdom in what was a significant about turn on a decision by the British government to deport descendants of members of the Windrush Generation who are deemed illegal immigrants.

Gail Teixeira

‘Clean your own house’

The Opposition People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) has declined an invitation from the State Assets Recovery Agency (SARA) to participate in its anti-corruption walk, citing a series of transgressions by the government and calling on it to `clean its own house’.

Kelvin Umroa

Umroa spins Berbice past Demerara

A superb spell of left-arm spin bowling from Kelvin Umroa spearheaded an eight-wicket win for Berbice over defending champions, Demerara in second round action of the Hand-in-Hand Mutual Fire and Life Insurance/Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) U19 Inter-County three-day competition at Lusignan, yesterday.

Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce

Fraser-Pryce eyeing elite company on return

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Former World and Olympic champion Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce says becoming only the fourth woman to go below 10.70 seconds in the 100 metres, is one of the major driving forces behind her return to track and field.

Klay Thompson

Warriors pull away for 2-0 lead on Spurs

(Reuters) Klay Thompson scored six consecutive points early in the fourth quarter, two on free throws that resulted from a clear-path foul, helping the Golden State Warriors break away from the San Antonio Spurs en route to a 116-101 victory in Game 2 of the Western Conference quarterfinals Monday night in Oakland, California.

Exxon sued in Colorado over climate change

NEW YORK (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Three Colorado communities filed a lawsuit against oil companies yesterday, launching the latest legal battle seeking damages for what they claim are the costs of adapting to climate change.

One dead after engine breaks apart on Southwest flight

PHILADELPHIA,  (Reuters) – An engine on a Southwest Airlines flight with 149 people aboard exploded in mid-air yesterday, killing one passenger and nearly sucking another out of a window that was shattered by shrapnel, according to airline and federal authorities and witness and media accounts.

Rohit Sharma

Mumbai Indians defeat RCB for first win

MUMBAI, India, CMC – West Indies opener Evin Lewis stroked his maiden half-century of the Indian Premier League as Mumbai Indians brushed aside Royal Challengers Bangalore by 46 runs here yesterday, to register their first win of the tournament.

Opposite caption

Dear Editor, I was intrigued when I saw the caption in today’s (April 17) Stabroek News which reads the virtual opposite of the above caption, ie ‘Break and enter suspect gets 18 months for escape from police outpost’.

Mash Day Plaisance fire wasn’t electrical

The ongoing investigation into the February 23rd fire at Victoria Street, Plaisance, East Coast Demerara, which claimed a life and destroyed three properties, including an apartment building, has found that the origin of the blaze wasn’t electrical.

Sam Sittlington

SOCU advisor says case backlog reducing

In keeping with his concerns about the large number of Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU) cases that were awaiting legal advice, Irish crime expert Sam Sittlington last week said that since addressing the issue with the Police Legal Adviser (PLA ) and Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) the backlog is reducing.

Guyana’s ‘troubles’ and the Good Friday Agreement

In a presentation given at a panel discussion at Queen’s University, Belfast, Ireland, to mark the 20th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement on 10th April 2018, former president Bill Clinton claimed that ‘The Good Friday Agreement is a work of genius that’s applicable if you care at all about preserving democracy.’