Daily Archive: Saturday, August 25, 2018

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Senator John McCain, a former prisoner of war in Vietnam who ran unsuccessfully for president as a self-styled maverick Republican in 2008 and became a prominent critic of President Donald Trump, died yesterday, his office said.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Senator John McCain, a former prisoner of war in Vietnam who ran unsuccessfully for president as a self-styled maverick Republican in 2008 and became a prominent critic of President Donald Trump, died on Saturday, his office said.

Children who participated in a Ministry of Natural Resources programme meeting the visiting US Congressmen earlier this week.

(Trinidad Guardian) Amid increased uncertainty and fear about the future of Petrotrin and job security, the state-owned company is assuring the public that there has been no change in its operations.

A three-year-old boy is now dead after he was allegedly stabbed by his mother this afternoon at their Foulis, Enmore, East Coast Demerara home.

(ESPN) Captain Kieron Pollard ensured St Lucia Stars’ playoff hopes aren’t snuffed out as the Stars bounced back from Tuesday night’s abysmal effort of 69 all out to trip up CPL table-toppers Guyana Amazon Warriors by six wickets with 11 balls to spare.

Yesterday, a vehicle belonging to the Presidential convoy was involved in an accident on the East Bank Public Road.

Gregory Quinn acknowledged that conditional cash payouts can be beneficial to Guyanese as he has stressed that infrastructure should be priority.

GTU executives yesterday chose to attend scheduled meetings with its members in Berbice instead of a conciliatory meeting hastily called by the Ministry of Social Protection.

Dr Jennifer Westford and her former aide Margaret Cummings were yesterday freed of the 24 charges for the alleged theft of over $600 million.

Today, from 12:30 pm, Trophy Stall will host its annual tournament in support of the Lusignan Golf Course’s (LGC) effort to reach an incredible milestone of 50 tournaments in a single year.

Handyman Prakash Ramdeo was yesterday sentenced to four years in jail after he admitted to setting his common-law wife’s Block 8 Mon Repos, East Coast Demerara house on fire.

A New Hope, East Bank Demerara (EBD) man is currently battling for his life after he was struck down by a vehicle along the Friendship, EBD Public Road last night.

Millions in losses loom for a new local airline as the start of operations has been delayed following de-registration of its company’s name by the Deeds and Commercial Registries Authority as it was identical to that of the former Guyana Airways.

Security guard Jermaine Bristol was yesterday charged with the murder of his girlfriend, Shanece Lawrence, who was fatally stabbed on Wednesday at the Freeman Street, East La Penitence apartment that they previously shared.

Independent party Team Benschop for Mayor will not be contesting this year’s local government elections, according to founder Mark Benschop.

Students in the Canje area will now benefit from free Saturday lessons after a group of overseas-based Guyanese launched their first ever education programme in Canje yesterday.

St. Stanislaus College students attained 96.23% overall passes in this year’s Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) examinations and 96.03% at the Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination (CAPE).

The Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR) and technical staff of the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GTT) are expected to meet soon to discuss the recent detection of high blood mercury levels among the telephone company’s staff.

Even though the police have definitively identified the killers of former Agriculture Minister Satyadeow ‘Sash’ Sawh, former president Bharrat Jagdeo on Thursday maintained his willingness to participate in an inquiry if one is ever held.

Ahead of the third round of the Caribbean Motor Racing Championship (CMRC) next weekend, Raveiro Tucker of  Team Tucker received much need sponsorship from ExxonMobil, ‘D’ Grill Kings and Hand-in-Hand Fire Insurance Company Limited on Thursday.

President David Granger has appointed Petronilla Browne-Stewart as Registrar for the Public Service Appellate Tribunal, with the charge that she must discharge her duties with competence, efficiency and fairness.

Following a survey of key populations, the Society Against Sexual Orientation Discrimination (SASOD) is calling on the government to include Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) as part of its combination prevention approach for adult HIV infections.

The region’s best female junior long jumper, Chantoba Bright, is over the moon about entering the next chapter in her career.

NEW YORK,  (Reuters) – Federal prosecutors have granted immunity to the Trump Organization’s chief financial officer in an investigation involving U.S.

Veteran rider, team Coco’s Junior Niles romped to victory in the veterans category while Donovan Fraser eased to the juveniles title during the 175thanniversary of the Georgetown as a city cycling meet in the National Park yesterday.

Interdicted Cadet Officer Franz Paul, who was arrested at the start of the week after police say he threatened to shoot his wife, is now a remanded prisoner after being charged yesterday with threatening behaviour and illegal possession of a pistol and ammunition.

The Demerara Cricket Club (DCC) yesterday brought the curtain down on their 2018 youth camp at the club’s pavilion after 10 days of activities both on and off the field.  

HARARE,  (Reuters) – Zimbabwe’s Constitutional Court confirmed President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s disputed July 30 election victory yesterday, dismissing an opposition challenge that had held up his inauguration, which will now be held tomorrow.

A man was yesterday remanded to prison after being charged with murdering a miner at Five Star backdam in 2011.

Priyanna Ramdhani, Badminton World Federation (BWFT) CAREBACO Under-19 girls singles and doubles champion will look to complete the double in Suriname when she takes part in the final of the singles and female doubles of the Open International championships.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump yesterday abruptly canceled his top diplomat’s planned trip to North Korea, publicly acknowledging for the first time that his effort to get Pyongyang to denuclearize had stalled since his summit with North Korea’s leader.

Dear Editor, The Guyana Police Force (GPF) has benefited from several initiatives to prepare ranks to respond appropriately to reports of domestic violence. 

A Route 31 minibus driver was yesterday remanded to prison on a charge that he attempted to murder a rival conductor, whom he allegedly stabbed multiple times after a row over a passenger.

After more than five years of living a conventional life, Phylicia Bernard left her nursing profession to follow her dreams full time as a personal stylist and has been enjoying doing that for three years now.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – U.S. Senator John McCain, the maverick Republican who survived a Vietnam War prison camp and ran unsuccessfully for president, is discontinuing medical treatment for an aggressive form of brain cancer, his family said in a statement yesterday, a year after he announced his diagnosis.

Regardless of which side of the classroom one occupies - teacher or student - meal planning is important.

JOHANNESBURG,  (Reuters) – Former South African deputy finance minister Mcebisi Jonas told an inquiry that business friends of ex-president Jacob Zuma threatened to kill him if he spoke about a meeting at which they offered him money and the post of finance minister.

The Guyana Football Federation [GFF] and the Guyana Beverage Incorporated, officially signed a two-year Memorandum of Understanding [MOU] to roll-out the ‘Fruta Kool Kidz’ National Grassroots Programme.

Dear Editor, Why the slothfulness in effecting repairs to the Annai–Lethem stretch of the Lethem-Linden road?

GENEVA/CARACAS,  (Reuters) – The exodus of migrants from Venezuela is building toward a “crisis moment” comparable to events involving refugees in the Mediterranean, the United Nations migration agency said yesterday.

The Haslington Market Tarmac tonight will provide the battleground for the round of 16 stage in the 2nd annual Guinness Cage Streetball championships. 

SYDNEY,  (Reuters) – Australia has banned Chinese telecoms firm Huawei Technologies Co Ltd from supplying equipment for a 5G mobile network, citing risks of foreign interference and hacking which Beijing dismissed as an “excuse” to tilt the playing field against a Chinese firm.

Approximately 300 youths from around Guyana are expected to participate in the inaugural Guyana National Youth Conference in September, the Department of Youth announced last week.

Dear Editor, The SN article in Thursday’s edition `Ministry seeking consultant to train police on handling domestic violence’ referred to the training which the Guyana Police Force has already received over the years to deal with domestic violence.

COPENHAGEN,  (Reuters) – A Maersk vessel loaded with Russian fish and South Korean electronics will next week become the first container ship to navigate an Arctic sea route that Russia hopes will become a new shipping highway.

Dear Editor, The constant and long power outages that we are experiencing on the Essequibo Coast is cause to be very concerned. 

NEW YORK,  (Reuters) – A former director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), who helped contain the 2014 Ebola outbreak in West Africa, was arrested and charged with sexual abuse yesterday after being accused of groping a woman last year.

In an effort to further the development of the discipline, the National Sports Commission [NSC] officially presented the Guyana Karate Federation [GKF] with a large quantity of equipment. 

Since her recent return to Guyana, designer Pamela Fox has already launched a collection called ‘Welcome Summer’ at the St Joseph High School Reunion.

Photos from last year Naya Zamana 21 (Photos taken by Fidal Bassier) The Guyana Hindu Dharmic Sabha presents the 22nd production of Naya Zamana this evening at the National Cultural Centre.

OSLO,  (Reuters) – Norway’s trillion-dollar sovereign wealth fund should continue to invest in oil and gas companies, a government-appointed commission recommended yesterday, contradicting earlier advice from the central bank, and boosting the shares of oil firms.

Dear Editor, After doing a little research I discovered an article published in both the Kaieteur News and the Stabroek News in May 2016.

Living ethically as it relates to fashion has always been seen as elitist and rightly so to an extent since ethical clothing tends to be very expensive.

The Golden Jaguar internationals refused to play their final practice match on their Brazilian Tour against Bangu Atletico in protest of unpaid stipends by the Guyana Football Federation [GFF].

(Trinidad Express) Police say the one-legged man who allegedly gunned down a man in Sangre Grande yesterday had missed his intended target.

The Department of Community Development of the Ministry of Communities now has a permanent residence in Region Three.

The Theatre Guild Play House will come alive next Saturday, September 1, when participants of the Children’s Drama Workshop through Purple Arts Production Company present to the public a packed show of short plays, poetry and dance.

LONDON,  (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Every student in Scotland will be offered free sanitary products in a drive to tackle “period poverty” in a country where almost one in two girls has resorted to using alternatives such as toilet roll, socks or newspapers, the government said yesterday.

Dear Editor, Noted Guyanese economist Professor Ganga Ramdas made an important observation in the Comments section to my last letter (SN, 23 August 2018). 

FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida, CMC – A lack of fearless cricket has been named as the reason why the Jamaica Tallawahs went down to the Barbados Tridents in the Hero Caribbean Premier League (CPL) here on Wednesday.

(Barbados Nation) Former government minister Donville Inniss has begun negotiations with federal prosecutors in the United States on money laundering charges that could lead to a reduced punishment.

Three days ago America’s political landscape began to realign itself. Two of the president’s most senior advisers found themselves at the mercy of a special prosecutor, and it seemed, for the first time, that presidential pardons – the legal sleight of hand Trump has relied on to evade political pressure – had outlived their usefulness.

The police have not yet made any arrests in wake of the armed robbery committed on the proprietor of the Real Value Supermarket and his family, during which about $11 million in cash, jewellery and other valuables was stolen.

Isle of Dogs is Wes Anderson’s second animated film but it bears little resemblance to his previous foray, 2009’s Fantastic Mr Fox, beyond the common thread of anthropomorphic animal characters.

Most Guyanese are not paid adequately. Often, when we compare remunerations here to places outside our country—even if we only examine the remunerations in other Caribbean territories—significant disparities are revealed.

CHARAGUA, Bolivia, (Reuters) – In 12 years as president of South America’s poorest country, Evo Morales has accomplished many of the goals he set forth when he became the first indigenous person to lead Bolivia.

President David Granger on Thursday evening, hosted a reception at the Baridi Benab at State House for the members of the Guyana Nurses’ Association.