Daily Archive: Tuesday, October 23, 2018

A labourer was today remanded to prison after he was charged with the unlawful killing of Seon Harry, who was stabbed to death after an argument over a bicycle last Thursday.

(Trinidad Express) ‘GOD is good’ were the words from Melroy Corbin after his court appearance on the charge that he murdered his wife, pastor Alisa Ali.

(Trinidad Express) TWO men were shot dead in Claxton Bay early Tuesday.

ANKARA, (Reuters) – Turkey’s president today dismissed Saudi Arabia’s efforts to blame the killing of a prominent journalist on rogue operatives, calling it a planned, “savage killing”, and demanded Riyadh punish those responsible, no matter how highly placed.

(Trinidad Express) Trinidad and Tobago was shaken by another earthquake late Monday night.

(TRINIDAD EXPRESS) MORUGA grandfather Earl Teesdale said he is lucky to be alive after his house collapsed after torrential rainfall over the weekend.

(TRINIDAD GUARDIAN) On­ly sev­en per cent of schools across Trinidad were af­fect­ed by last week­end’s dev­as­tat­ing floods.

-Auditor General’s report finds A mere 17 per cent of self-employed persons submitted their 2017 income tax returns to the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) while less than 30 per cent of registered companies filed returns, continuing a trend that has previously attracted scrutiny as it means that billions in taxes are not being collected.

Over the past three years, Digicel has slashed its capital expenditure in Guyana, moving from investing US$14.3 million in 2016, to US$2.8 million in 2018, a cut of approximately 80 per cent.

A Guyana Defence Force (GDF) rank attached to the group that has been drilling wells in Region Nine drowned yesterday afternoon while swimming in the Rupununi River. 

An ammonia gas leak at Pritipaul Singh Investment Inc’s McDoom, East Bank Demerara offices yesterday afternoon resulted in at least two dozen employees, including two pregnant women, being rushed to the Woodlands Hospital for medical attention.

Five pump stations are to be constructed in four different regions for a total sum of approximately $985 million and the Ministry of Agriculture has invited firms to bid for the projects.

A Nismes, West Bank Demerara woman is accusing doctors and nurses of the West Demerara Regional Hospital of negligence over the death of her newborn baby boy on Saturday night at the hospital.

The suspect who was arrested in connection with the murder of handyman Christopher Swamy at his Mon Repos, East Coast Demerara home early Sunday morning was positively identified during an identification parade yesterday.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Monank Patel’s maiden List A hundred felled Jamaica Scorpions as USA Cricket wrapped up their Regional Super50 campaign with an impressive 74-run victory here yesterday.

The Ministry of Citizenship yesterday said it is concerned about the number of Venezuelan migrants arriving at Parika, Essequibo Islands- West Demerara Region (Region Three) without documentation as well as those not presenting themselves to immigration authorities and it will be boosting its presence in the area.

The newest addition to the West Indies Women’s T20 squad that is set to defend their Women’s World T20 at home, Sheneta Grimmond has set herself some personal goals which she plans to achieve in the tournament and introduce herself to the world.

The APNU+AFC Cabinet believes that acting Director of Prisons Gladwin Samuels and staff should have systems in place for early detection and addressing of prisoners’ concerns as those have the propensity to spiral out of control and cause unrest, Minister of State Joseph Harmon says. 

When Mariska Gittens-McEwan gave birth to her daughter several years ago, she wanted the best for her; this included a hair product that would nourish her daughter’s hair without irritating her scalp.

Twelve-year-old Niquann Fevrier catured a gold and a silver medals while Sensei Troy Bobb captured three gold medals at the Pan-Caribbean Martial Arts championships in Barbados recently.

The West Indies cricket has grown tremendously and it seems only apt that the Caribbean is hosting the first stand-alone International Cricket Council’s Women’s World T20 (WWT20) from November 9-24.

Amending the mining legislation to reduce “excessive” ministerial discretion and remove ambiguities is among the recommendations in the draft 10-year mining sector policy.

National all-rounder Akshaya Persaud produced an aggressive display of strokeplay to score an unbeaten half-century which helped Cornelia Ida (CI) defeat Winsor Forest by nine wickets in the latest round of the West Demerara Cricket Association President’s Cup 50 overs tournament, Sunday at the Wales Community Centre Ground.

(Editor’s note: With Local Government Elections set for November 12, Stabroek News is examining the works of some of the councils) “They are doing something.

The locally available white oyster mushroom can be an excellent substitute for meat and twenty-five persons are now equipped with the expertise to cultivate their own crop  following a five-day workshop,  according to the Department of Public Information (DPI).

GUWAHATI, India, CMC – Skipper Jason Holder has hailed the brilliance of century-maker Shimron Hetmyer but says he hopes the left-hander can bat deeper into the innings in the future.

A taxi driver is now counting his losses after he was attacked and robbed of his motor vehicle and other valuables amounting to a little more than $3M by three knife-wielding bandits posing as customers.

A timely all-round effort from Daveanand Khemraj powered Bel Air Rubis to a 56-run win over Georgetown Eco Champs on Sunday at the Ogle Community Centre Ground in the latest match of the Georgetown Cricket Association/ Friends of Cricket Under 17, 100 overs tournament.

A new date has been set for a ruling in the matter involving Keith Hollingsworth and Ron Walker, who were charged with causing the death of a woman last year along the Diamond, East Bank Demerara public road, where she was struck after exiting a car near the Diamond Hospital.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Organisers on Saturday launched one of the main initiatives associated with the hosting of the ICC Women’s Twenty20 World Cup, as the region prepares to host the historic stand-alone tournament next month.

WASHINGTON/TAPACHULA, Mexico,  (Reuters) – President Donald Trump yesterday vowed to begin curtailing millions of dollars in American aid to three Central American nations and called a caravan of migrants bound for the United States a national emergency, as he sought to boost his party’s chances in Nov.

Ryan Hackett, Kevin Dundas and Kevin Layne will represent Guyana at the Major League Soccer (MLS) Caribbean Combined scheduled for Bridgetown, Barbados from October 22nd-25th.

It is likely to take a year or more before Guyana signs CARICOM’s Protocol on Contingent Rights because of amendments to legislation that may be required to allow for the provisions of the protocol, Minister of Foreign Affairs Carl Greenidge says. 

Dear Editor, Commissioners representing the People’s Progressive Party (PPP) on the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) have embarked on a concerted plan to undermine the work of GECOM by raising in the public sphere, their version of developments at meetings of the Commission, whether they be statutory or special.

The Masters football fraternity of Guyana will join the rest of the world, today, in celebrating the 78th birth anniversary of arguably the greatest footballer, Brazilian Edson Arantes do Nascimento more affectionately called King Pele.

WASHINGTON/ISTANBUL,  (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said yesterday that he was still not satisfied with what he has heard from Saudi Arabia about the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in Turkey, but did not want to lose investment from Riyadh.

The prosecution failed to prove its case resulting in firearm and ammunition charges being dismissed against an East La Penitence man who was arrested in January last year after the discovery of a high-powered rifle in an apartment complex at Turn Drive, East La Penitence, South Georgetown.

BRASILIA,  (Reuters) – Brazil’s leading presidential hopeful, Jair Bolsonaro, publicly upbraided his son yesterday for threatening to shut down the Supreme Court in comments that set off a storm of criticism and prompted his main opponent to call the far-right candidate a threat to democracy.

SYDNEY, (Reuters) – Olympic sprint champion Usain Bolt has been offered a professional contract by Australian A-League outfit the Central Coast Mariners but a deal is unlikely without an external third party financial contribution, the club said yesterday.

Dear Editor, Our politicians have to be careful about what they are saying lest they reinforce the belief that for them politics is about raw, naked power and self-aggrandisement and the only time they unite and are cordial is in attending to their remuneration packages.

The Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) expansion project is still on schedule to be completed by December 31, according to Minister of Public Infrastructure David Patterson.

Dear Editor, I was fascinated and intrigued by Alim Hosein’s letter claiming that Creolese is a language and not a dialect. 

MOSCOW/WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – Russia said yesterday it would be forced to respond in kind to restore the military balance with the United States if President Donald Trump carried through on a threat to quit a nuclear arms treaty and began developing new missiles.

Yogi Ferrell stole the ball from Russell Westbrook and scored a buzzer-beating layup at the end of the first half, capping a flurry that helped the Sacramento Kings build a double-digit lead en route to a 131-120 victory over the host Oklahoma City Thunder on Sunday night.

YAOUNDE,  (Reuters) – Cameroonian President Paul Biya has won re-election by a landslide, official results showed yesterday, extending his 36-year rule despite claims from two leading opposition candidates that the vote was fraudulent.

COLOMBO, (Reuters) – Police arrested the chief financial officer of Sri Lanka Cricket yesterday for suspected financial misappropriation linked with awarding telecast rights to Sony TV, police said.

The police are currently in the process of compiling a case file in connection with last month’s fatal accident at Jib Public Road, Essequibo Coast which claimed the lives of three persons including a six-month-old infant.

Dear Editor, To repeat the obvious, and again highlight national laundry secrets, the dirtiest, ugliest issue facing this land is the politics of race. 

(Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said yesterday that transgender issues were in flux and he aims to protect the country after a report that his administration was considering defining gender as male or female based on genitalia at birth drew widespread condemnation.

(Barbados Nation) American Airlines has announced that effective October 22, the airline will be going cashless at Grantley Adams International Airport (BGI).

Dear Editor, I have stopped listening to President Granger’s speeches to Parliament.

A man was yesterday remanded to prison after being accused of trafficking in cannabis.

COLOMBO,  (Reuters) – Sri Lanka’s Rangana Herath, the most successful left-arm spinner in test history, will retire after the series opener against England in Galle next month, the country’s cricket board said yesterday.

Minister of Social Protection, Amna Ally on Sunday provided equipment to farmers of Hamlet Chance Village, West Coast Berbice and Crabwood Creek, East Berbice- Corentyne. 

By: Kevin Edmonds Kevin Edmonds hails from the Caribbean, and is a graduate student at the University of Toronto and a member of the Caribbean Solidarity Network.

The announcement late last week that Cabinet had given the green light for the implementation of the clause in the Small Business Act that sets aside up to 20 per cent of state contracts for the provision of goods and services for small businesses, with effect from January next year, is good news, as much for ambitious small businesses seeking growth through the acquisition of bigger contracts as for job-creation since bigger contracts will, in some instances, give rise to the need for an expanded work force.

(Trinidad Express) Regional leaders have reached out to flood devastated Trinidad and Tobago to offer help.

PARIS,  (Reuters) – Swiss academic Tariq Ramadan, a professor of Islamic studies, said yesterday he had engaged in “sex games” with two women in France who accuse him of rape, but said the “submissive-dominant” relationships were consensual.

There is a major inconsistency in President Trump’s stand on Venezuela: He talks tough — and even makes veiled threats of a military intervention in that country.

Los Angeles Lakers guard Brandon Ingram expected a worse penalty than the four-game suspension he received for igniting a brawl against the Houston Rockets.

Dear Editor, We are pleased to  read from the October 21st Sunday Stabroek  that “In the coming days, the Pan American Health Organization and World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO), with input from the Public Health Ministry and stakeholders, will begin developing a policy for the prevention and control of use of alcohol in Guyana.”

By Shlomo Ben-Ami TEL AVIV – This summer, Israel passed a controversial new “nation-state law” that asserted that “the right [to exercise] national self-determination” is “unique to the Jewish people” and established Hebrew as Israel’s official language, downgrading Arabic to a “special status.”

A small number of residents were over the weekend affected by flashfloods in Matthews Ridge, North West District, as a result of heavy rainfall.