Daily Archive: Thursday, June 21, 2018

Five Caribbean Premier League (CPL) games have been confirmed for the Providence National Stadium starting August 9th.

A team from American Airlines met with the Guyana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) on June 12, 2018 at the Authority’s head office in Kingston.

A Limlair Village, Corentyne farmer last night stabbed his wife to death and later attempted to kill himself. 

JERUSALEM,  (Reuters) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s wife, Sara, was charged today with fraud over the alleged misuse of state funds in ordering catered meals at their official residence, the Justice Ministry said.

With an eighth oil find yesterday in the Guyana basin and its largest discovery still to be quantified, ExxonMobil’s estimated total for seven wells in the Stabroek Block stands at some 3.7 billion recoverable oil-equivalent barrels, even as the company accelerates work in the zone by adding a third drillship.

A GEA fuel inspector died and his work colleague is in critical condition at the Suddie General Hospital, after an early morning accident yesterday.

A Westminster phone card wholesaler was shot dead on Tuesday night in an apparent robbery, moments after he returned home from a day’s work.

Shortages of drugs, particularly those used for the treatment of malaria, are continuing to put a strain on health services in Region One, says Regional Chairman Brentnol Ashely.

The Vice Chairman of Region Nine, Karl Singh yesterday said that the Deep South Rupununi has been cut off by the inundation of a key bridge.

MOSCOW,  (Reuters) – A below-par Portugal were again rescued by CristianoRonaldo’s eye for goal as they stumbled to 1-0 victory over Morocco yesterday that meant the unlucky North African side become the first to be eliminated from the 2018 World Cup.

Scores of mourners flocked the funeral service as four-time gold medalist at the National School’s Swimming, Cycling, Track and Field Championships, Beyoncé Ross rode off into the sunset for the final time as she was laid to rest at the Rose Hall Town Cemetery yesterday but her memory will live on with a foundation to be established and memorial cycle race to be held in her honor.

The Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) yesterday set aside a 2008 Guyana Court of Appeal (GCA) decision in a Guyanese land dispute case and awarded prescriptive rights to a family who had been cultivating lands at Canal No.

The report of the Commission of Inquiry into the Lindo Creek killings is expected to be completed within three weeks’ time, Commissioner Justice Donald Trotman has stated, however, attempts are still being made to solicit interviews from members of the former administration.

On October 16, 2017, one of the major headlines in the sports section of the Stabroek News read, `Champs, at last, Essequibo win maiden tournament.’ 

Guyana women’s champion, Women FIDE Master (WFM) Maria Varona-Thomas heads a four-member delegation which  departed Guyana Tuesday for the 2018 World Chess Championships Qualifier sub-zonal which began yesterday and runs  until Tuesday.

Ex-army officer Oliver Hinckson died yesterday at the Kitty-based Mercy Resident Care Home where he was recovering from a recent stoke.

The Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU) is still seeking to have former Guyana Rice Development Board (GRDB) accountant Peter Ramcharran extradited from Canada and brought before the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court to answer charges for the alleged falsification of GRDB accounts from 2011 to 2015.

DHAKA, CMC – Bangladesh will have to do without the services of star fast bowler Mustafizur Rahman for their upcoming tour of the Caribbean after he was left out of the 15-man squad for the Test series.

While accusing Chief Justice Roxane George SC of overstepping her bounds, Legal Affairs Minister Basil Williams SC last week filed an appeal challenging her decision to compel him to bring into force the long-delayed Judicial Review Act (JRA) no later than July 31st.

LONDON, CMC – The International Cricket Council (ICC) will be introducing a World Test Championship as well as an ODI League as part of its Future Tours Programme (FTP) from 2018-2023.

MELBOURNE, Australia, CMC – Solid performances by Jamaican Romelda Aiken and Trinidadian Samantha Wallace helped the Queensland Firebirds and the New South Wale Swifts respectively to victories in the Suncorp Super Netball competition being played in Australia.

The Ethnic Relations Commission (ERC) has acknowledged receiving a letter from the Opposition-nominated Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) commissioners asking it to conduct an inquiry into the “unfair and discriminatory employment practices at GECOM in general, and the recent vote by the Chairman of GECOM in favour of a second ranked candidate, in particular.”

The Preliminary Inquiry into the charge of murder against Orwain Sandy in relation to his partner Reona Payne is set to commence before Magistrate Judy Latchman on June 27th.

Now that the West Indies selectors have called up Guyanese all-rounder Keemo Paul for the all-important third and final test match against Sri Lanka, the $64,000 question is whether Paul will make his debut and play test cricket or be like a few other Guyanese cricketers who have made the West Indies One-day team but failed to play test cricket.

Dear Editor, In yesterday’s SN I saw that GWI has been given the green light to increase its water rates.

With the potential absence of star cyclists, Hamza Eastman and 2017 Time Trial and Road Race Champion, Raynauth Jeffrey who are campaigning on the USA circuit, the National Cycling Championships being staged this weekend and the next may be wide open.

A Hadfield Street, Lodge businessman was on Tuesday evening robbed of over $100,000 in cash and valuables by a man he had earlier in the day hired to cut branches off a coconut tree on his premises.

President of the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) Boss Wayne Forde continues to remain silent on the status of the investigation launched into the behavior of Executive Committee Member Keith O’Jeer.

Dear Editor, The Stabroek News editorial on 15 June, 2018 `Mental health and the poor and downtrodden’ talked about the failure of the justice system and the health system to deal with mental health problems faced by those who are in conflict with the law.

A gym instructor, who allegedly stabbed his sister, was yesterday granted his release on $50,000 bail.

Ranks of the Joint Services on Monday conducted a three-hour search of the Lusignan Prison and the following prohibited items were found.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump yesterday backed down and abandoned his policy of separating immigrant children from their parents on the U.S.-Mexico

Dear Editor, As expected the PPP/C and its leader Bharrat Jagdeo have decided to intensify their hostile campaign of lies and misrepresentation of facts directed in part against GECOM’s Chairman, Retired Justice James Patterson, and those Commissioners in GECOM not under the control of the PPP/C.

HAMILTON, Bermuda, CMC – Following a disappointing debut for English Premiership club Burnley, Bermudian striker Nahki Wells is hoping to turn things around in the upcoming season.

(Jamaica Observer) Jamaica’s alumina exports could become a casualty of the ongoing trade dispute between the United States of America and other countries, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Kamina Johnson Smith admitted on Tuesday.

Residents of the ‘E’ Field, Sophia/Cummings Park area are desperate for works to be done to the community’s roads, which they say have been in an unusable state for a decade.

After weeks of anticipation, the Guinness ‘Greatest of the Streets’ Berbice Championship, will kick-off tomorrow [Friday] at the New Amsterdam (NA) Stelling Tarmac.

Dear Editor,  The main reason that the Giftland Group keeps its distance from the Private Sector Commission (PSC), cocktail circles and other such organizations, is due to the heavy politicization of these agencies in following narrow political objectives and not for the broader good of its members.

Dear Editor, The Indian Action Committee (IAC), having followed the recent developments at the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), calls for an immediate investigation primarily through a Commission of Inquiry (COI).

A decade after their deaths, the families, relatives and supporters of the eight miners slain at Lindo Creek, gathered at the Brickdam Cathedral yesterday for a joint memorial service to honour the lives of their loved ones.

The Guyana Amateur Basketball Federation (GABF) finalized their 12 member men’s team for the Caribbean Basketball Confederation (CBC) Championships in Suriname from tomorrow until  June 30th.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Digicel Group Limited plans to sell hundreds of its Caribbean cell towers in a bid to reduce its leverage.

KAZAN, Russia,  (Reuters) – A scrappy second half goal by Diego Costa broke a Persian stonewall and lifted Spain to a 1-0 win over a courageous Iran in a nerve-jangling World Cup clash yesterday.

A 38-year-old Castello Housing Scheme, Georgetown resident who allegedly robbed a Meten-Meer-Zorg, West Coast Demerara supermarket proprietress of a sum of cash last weekend was on Wednesday admitted to the charge and will be sentenced tomorrow.

CARACAS, (Reuters) – Venezuela yesterday tripled its minimum wage to 3 million bolivars per month, equivalent to just $1.14 at the black market exchange rate, as the crisis-ridden OPEC nation struggles under hyperinflation.

Dear Editor, Every year, led by the UN International Labour Organization (ILO), on 28 April there are International observances of Occupational Safety and Health Day; and 12th June as World Day against Child Labour.

CHAGUARAMAS, Trinidad and Tobago,  (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Unemployed and without food to feed his family, Venezuelan construction worker Robert Monterosi says there is only one way he can survive – dodging customs officials to sell smuggled goods in neighbouring Trinidad and Tobago and stock up there.

NEW YORK,  (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Puerto Rico should use some of the billions of dollars in aid pledged after a deadly hurricane last year to fix a flawed land ownership system that is hampering reconstruction, community leaders said in a report published yesterday.

BUDAPEST,  (Reuters) – Hungary’s parliament yesterday approved a package of bills that criminalises some help given to illegal immigrants, defying the European Union and human rights groups.

Unemployment and poor infrastructure are two of the recurring themes in our Sunday feature, the World Beyond Georgetown.

As the end of their five-year contracts loomed, indentured Indians carefully hoarded their hard-won savings, some having finally switched to the more profitable free-market labour system to the delight of authorities.

ROSTOV-ON-DON, Russia,  (Reuters) – Luis Suarez marked his 100th international cap by sending Uruguay into the last 16 of the World Cup as the striker benefited from some poor goalkeeping to eliminate Saudi Arabia with a 1-0 win yesterday.

Dear Editor, Please permit me a few lines in your newspaper to ask the Guyana Telephone Telegraph (GTT) to do more.

In light of recent events concerning a child at the Mae’s Schools, which brought widespread discussion over cultural representation and respect, the Ethnic Relations Commission (ERC) has announced that ‘education for the promotion of national harmony’ is high on its list of priorities.