Daily Archive: Saturday, May 12, 2018

KUALA LUMPUR,  (Reuters) – Police yesterday raided a deluxe Kuala Lumpur apartment block at which relatives of ousted Prime Minister Najib Razak had been staying as they searched for sensitive documents the new government fears may be taken out of the country, two senior police officers said.

INDORE, India, CMC – Sunil Narine blasted his sixth Twenty20 half-century and Andre Russell Russell grabbed three wickets, as Kolkata Knight Riders rebounded from two consecutive defeats to beat Chris Gayle’s Kings XI Punjab by 31 runs in the Indian Premier League here today.

NEW DELHI,  (Reuters) – Fourth months after splashing out $1.97 million to secure the services of Ben Stokes, Rajasthan Royals cannot be faulted for regretting the splurge as they struggle to stay afloat in this year’s Indian Premier League (IPL).

KUALA LUMPUR, (Reuters) – Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad announced his top cabinet picks today and barred his predecessor, Najib Razak, from going overseas, saying there was enough evidence to investigate his links to a multi-billion-dollar scandal.

Stressing that constitutional reform was still a major priority of the Alliance for Change (AFC) even though three years have elapsed without progress,   Chairman Khemraj Ramjattan said that he was optimistic that the process can be completed before the 2020 Regional and General Elections.

A Corentyne man who was held in connection with the recent piracy attack off Suriname, was yesterday remanded to prison, after he was charged with committing two robberies on the sea in 2015 and 2016.

The Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) yesterday affirmed the acquittals of James Anthony Hyles and Mark Royden Williams, who in 2013 were found not guilty by a jury of the 2008 murders of 11 persons—including five children who were shot and killed during what has become known as the Lusignan massacre.

The motion brought by the Opposition PPP/C calling on Government to state what actions it has taken to collaborate with the Government of Suriname on Guyanese fishermen brutally attacked and some murdered by pirates in Surinamese waters on April 27th, was unanimously supported in the National Assembly last evening.

Police in St Kitts-Nevis are continuing investigations into the death of a 34-year-old Guyanese woman who was found in a house and one person has since been taken into custody.

After more than five hours of intense debate the National Assembly yesterday approved $2.5 billion in supplementary spending for the 2018 fiscal year.

Instead of freedom for Anthony Morrison—given that a jury for the third time around has been unable to arrive at a verdict in the case against him for the alleged murder of his reputed wife, the man now faces more time behind bars, owing to his attorney Maxwell McKay’s failure to inform the court that he had already faced two previous trials which ended in hung juries.

Although relatives are certain that the badly decomposed body which washed up on the Number 63 Beach, Corentyne, Berbice on Thursday is that of missing fisherman Gavin Outar, the police have taken samples from his older brother, in order to make a positive identification, before the body is released to relatives.

Six persons including three children are now homeless after a fire, believed to be an act of arson, yesterday morning destroyed the Enterprise, East Coast Demerara (ECD) house they were renting.

A Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU) agent yesterday testified to searching the properties of two of the drug trafficking accused, following the $550M cocaine bust at Zeelugt, East Bank Essequibo in May last year.

A 32-year-old mechanic was yesterday remanded to prison after being charged with two counts of armed robbery, including a $2 million East Coast Demerara (ECD) heist, for which another man was charged on Thursday.

Help is on the horizon for residents of Festival City, North Ruimveldt who are plagued with poor drainage in their community, says Mayor Patricia Chase-Green.

Steve Armstrong, the excavator operator who was charged with having an unlicensed firearm and ammunition, was yesterday sentenced to two years in prison for the charges.

An early morning fire yesterday ripped through a Triumph, East Coast Demerara house which had been home to a woman and her two daughters.

Marian Academy, St. Joseph’s High, Queen’s College and North Georgetown all won their matches in the U16 section of the Youth Basketball Guyana (YBG) Regional Conference yesterday at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall, Homestretch Avenue.

As investigators continue their probe into a recent carjacking, two persons were on Thursday arrested by the police following the discovery of a stolen motorcar at Airy Hall, Essequibo Coast.

A 32-year-old man was yesterday remanded to prison for allegedly having in his possession an unlicenced firearm.

JAIPUR, India,  CMC – Barbadian speedster Jofra Archer produced a two-wicket haul to help Rajasthan Royals stun Dwayne Bravo’s high-flying Chennai Super Kings by four wickets with a ball to spare, in the Indian Premier League here yesterday.

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, CMC – Experienced opener Dimuth Karunaratne has been left out of a 17-man Sri Lanka touring party for the Caribbean after failing to recover from a finger injury. 

The Mayor and City Council (M&CC) is appealing to residents and the business sector to join the council in its pre-independence clean-up campaign, which starts on May 20, 2018.

NOTTINGHAM, England, CMC – Shiv Chanderpaul’s struggles continued with the bat yesterday when he was dismissed cheaply on the opening day of Lancashire’s Division One encounter against Nottinghamshire.

The application filed by former Deputy Solicitor General Prithima Kissoon challenging her dismissal was yesterday thrown out by Chief Justice (ag) Roxane George, SC who cited concurrent proceedings for identical reliefs before the Public Service Appellate Tribunal, as one of the grounds.

(Reuters) – Venezuela’s state-run oil company PDVSA is preparing to shut a Caribbean refinery that is running out of crude amid threats by ConocoPhillips to seize cargoes sent to resupply the facility, according to two sources with knowledge of the situation.

A man was yesterday sentenced to six months in prison for assaulting his wife.

The Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) has joined up with the New Building Society Limited (NBS) to stage a limited overs second division competition.

Dear Editor, At our last statutory meeting on the 23rd of April 2018, the Chairperson, Her Worship the Mayor of Georgetown, Patricia Chase-Green refused to allow me,  a duly-elected Councillor the right to highlight the plight of the Kitty market vendors who continue to sell on the roadside after some two and half years since the Market rehabilitation project began and still pay their rentals for stalls they do not occupy.

In 2002, Tara Bentinck left the E R Burrowes School of Art with the outstanding honour of Best Graduating Student.

A $40M contract for the review of an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) of Esso Exploration and Petroleum Guyana Limited (EEPGL)’s Liza Phase 2 development project was noted by Cabinet at its meeting on Tuesday, Minister of State Joseph Harmon announced yesterday.

By Dr. Rudi Webster 0y 2018 the West Indies cricket team was in ninth position in the ICC Test rankings, just ahead of Zimbabwe; and In the ODI rankings the team nudged out Afghanistan for the ninth place.

NEW YORK,  (Reuters) – Billionaire Macau real estate developer Ng Lap Seng was sentenced to four years in prison yesterday after being found guilty last July of bribing two United Nations ambassadors to help him build a multibillion dollar conference center.

Dear Editor, Having read the International Monetary Fund’s Guyana: Staff Concluding Statement of the 2018 Article IV Mission, I feel compelled to share my analysis in layman terms.

Hi Everyone, I do not have the same exacting cooking standards as my mother.

A 43-year-old mother of four was yesterday remanded to prison on a ganja trafficking charge.

GENEVA, (Reuters) – The United Nations human rights office has asked Nicaragua to let it enter the country to gather evidence about the deaths of dozens of students in protests, U.N.

The inaugural Regional Democratic Council (RDC)/DEVCON/Lloyd Britton/Regional Executive Officer (REO) Inter Secondary School Cricket Competition will get underway Monday it was disclosed yesterday.

Dear Editor, I live on the east bank of the Berbice River in the farming village, Macaw.

(Trinidad Guardian) Finance Minister Colm Imbert said on Thursday that the debt owed by Clico to Government is finally being settled.

Winston Semple was re-elected President of the Malteenoes Sports Club (MSC) when the Thomas Lands Club held its annual general meeting at the club’s pavilion last week.

I often wrestle with the idea of whether I will raise my children under my religious beliefs which lean towards Anglican-Christian or that of my husband’s which is Orthodox Christian.

KATHMANDU, (Reuters) – Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi yesterday visited Nepal to launch building work with his counterpart K.P.Sharma

Dear Editor, I refer to the two-page spread on pages 16 and 17 of your Friday edition.

(Reuters) – AT&T Inc on Friday ousted its top lobbyist, and the No.

Dear Editor, This week, the nation witnessed, first-hand, how the law enforcement agencies of the state and the criminal justice system can be used by the authoritarians against the citizenry.

The Cosmetologists Network of Guyana will present its first ever Hair Carnival Show at the Umana Yana on Thursday May 24, and it is expected to offer the public the opportunity to choose their ideal hairstyle out of the many that will be on display.

Guyana’s premier barbell warriors will battle for supremacy tomorrow when the Guyana Amateur Powerlifting Federation (GAPF) stages its Masters and Intermediate Championships at St Stanislaus College.

 (Trinidad Express) A Petit Valley woman was killed execution-style outside her home early yesterday.

Despite the recent inclement weather, the Bounty Farm 15s League continues this weekend at the National Park with two more matches.

President Trump’s withdrawal from the Iran nuclear deal is a characteristic act of petulance and one that is inexplicable except as a rebuke to his predecessor.

Two Saturdays ago, the Georgetown School of Ballroom and Latin Dance along with Let’s Dance brought intrigue 007 style to the Umana Yana through dance, song and drama leaving an appreciative audience wanting more.

Dear Editor, An effort was made last Saturday at a free concert at a public school auditorium in Richmond Hill to revive Guyanese style taan singing.

“I Feel Pretty” ended up being a last minute choice at the cinema this week.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Top real estate attorney Jennifer Messado, has been arrested in a major fraud probe.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – Senior American, Canadian and Mexican officials yesterday ended a week of talks without a deal to modernize NAFTA, agreeing instead to resume negotiations soon, ahead of a deadline next week issued by U.S