Daily Archive: Thursday, October 25, 2018

(TRINIDAD GUARDIAN) Screams and cries res­onat­ed from the hills of Laven­tille on Thurs­day night, af­ter po­lice shot and killed five men who opened fire on them.

(JAMAICA OBSERVER) The police are reporting that three males were taken into custody yesterday in relation to the murder of 14-year-old Raven Wilson.

(Cricket West Indies) For 21 years he thrilled fans in the West Indies and all over the world.

(TRINIDAD EXPRESS) THE University of the West Indies Seismic Research Centre has recorded another earthquake.

The Police say they are investigating the murder of Vernon Cummings, 51, a labourer of Ice House Road, Timehri, E.B.D,

(TRINIDAD GUARDIAN) Po­lice were put on alert yes­ter­day af­ter­noon, af­ter re­ports that groups of men pos­ing as vol­un­teers of­fer­ing to re­move dam­aged house­hold items in Green­vale, La Hor­quet­ta, were in fact im­posters who were steal­ing from the flood-hit res­i­dents.

(TRINIDAD NEWSDAY) Dwayne Bravo will not wear West Indies colours again.

(JAMAICA GLEANER) A traffic accident along the Long Hill main road in St James on Wednesday left hundreds of motorists and commuters, including students and visitors to the island, stranded for several hours.

Attorney Anil Nandlall has filed an appeal at the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) over the appointment of retired judge James Patterson as Chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM).

A fifty-three-year-old man was yesterday afternoon convicted for raping a three-year old in 2016, and has been placed on remand as he awaits sentencing.

As Jaguar Oil Field Services Inc. – a partnership between Mines Services Limited, TOTALTEC and Trinidadian company Process Components Limited launched yesterday, the Minister of Business emphasised that the private sector, more than government, plays a role in ensuring Guyanese benefit from “Guyanese oil”.

Four contracts signed in 2017 for bridge and road work projects in Region Eight as of August 7, had not started and one had not been honoured, through all the contractors were given advance payments, according to the 2017 Auditor General’s report.

VISAKHAPATNAM, India, CMC – Stroke-maker Shai Hope smashed the last delivery of the match to the point boundary to earn West Indies a thrilling tie with India after they appeared on course for a rare win, in a high-scoring second One-Day International here yesterday.

The submission of inaccurate information resulted in a delay in the payment of October salaries for the employees of seven Ministry of Public Security agencies but by the end of the workday yesterday the problem had been rectified and monies were said to be available.

Guyana Softball Cup 8 is just a matter of days away, but corporate support continues to roll in for the October 26-28 event.

A former gold miner was yesterday sentenced to 4 ½ years in prison after he admitted to conning three persons out of more than $3 million.

National U13 player Nkechi McRae on Monday last captured the girls Open title in the 2018 East Bank Children’s Cup table tennis competition  played at Jugo Place, Grove, East Bank of Demerara. 

The Guyana Defence Force (GDF) has sent a team to the South Rupununi to investigate the reported drowning of Teron Halley, reports say.

Buxton’s ‘Carl Hooper’ Sports Club and Better Hope Cricket Club stormed to the final of the Elizabeth Styles/East Coast Cricket Board 40-overs-a-side tournament.

The Alliance for Change finds ironic the People’s Progressive Party’s claim of fraudulent conduct by AFC candidates considering that the PPP/C was forced to pull out of a constituency in the Wakenaam Neighbourhood Democratic Council for fraudulent behaviour, says AFC Georgetown chairman Michael Leonard.

Due to public demand, the office in Guyana for tickets for the upcoming International Cricket Council’s Women’s World T20 (WWT20) has opened days ahead of the originally announced date.

Strongly disputing the state’s case that it was merely a quantity of ‘stones’ retrieved and lodged by the police after a robbery at his Potaro mining camp back in 1994, miner Ronald Khan remained adamant that it was instead $54M worth of uncut diamonds.

The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) says the 105,522 figure listed in the 2017 Auditor General’s Report of self-employed persons is not accurate as it contains the names of pensioners, housewives, the deceased and persons who had migrated, among others.

VISAKHAPATNAM, India, CMC – Shai Hope has pointed to captain Jason Holder’s tragic run out in the 48th over as the turning point in the second One-Day International against India which finished in a thrilling tie here yesterday.

(Reuters) – Australia’s sensational powerplay batting collapse was like “watching a car crash in slow motion” according to captain Aaron Finch after his side were dismissed for their third-lowest score in Twenty20 cricket yesterday.

A woman was yesterday placed on $10,000 bail by a city court after she denied forging a will to obtain property valued over $14 million.

A Reliance man, Mangalam Chetram was last evening found dead in his bottom house, while a woman, Samdai Persaud Samnarine who had been missing since Tuesday was found dead in a trench at Albion, Corentyne, sometime around 5 pm yesterday.

SINGAPORE, (Reuters) – Naomi Osaka used her potent serve to punishing effect to claim the U.S.

BARCELONA,  (Reuters) – Barcelona came through their first test without the injured Lionel Messi, earning a convincing 2-0 win at home to Inter Milan to take control of Champions League Group B yesterday.

An investigation into allegations that General Manager Sherod Duncan mismanaged funds from the Guyana National Newspapers Limited (GNNL) and engaged in excessive spending has apparently not begun six weeks after Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo ordered that it be conducted.

Blake Griffin scored a career-high 50 points, including a game-winning three-point play with 1.8 seconds left in overtime, and the Detroit Pistons edged the visiting Philadelphia 76ers 133-132 on Tuesday.

Two East Canje men found dead in separate houses Two East Canje men over the last two days were found dead in their houses located in Adelphi Village, East Canje, Berbice.

One of the suspects in the almost $9 million Princess Casino robbery trial, has asked to review all evidence presented to the court, before the case is closed by the prosecution.

Los Angeles Lakers head coach Luke Walton received a $15,000 fine from the NBA yesterday for public criticism of officiating, while Washington Wizards forward Markieff Morris received a similar fine for unsportsmanlike conduct.

Persons without national identification (ID) cards and who would not have been able to get replacement cards in time for the local government can still cast their ballots in the November 12 Local Government Elections (LGEs).

Dear Editor, Yesterday was World Polio Day. This year’s theme was ‘End Polio Now’. 

SINGAPORE, (Reuters) – Sloane Stephens maintained her unbeaten record at her first WTA Finals with a second successive victory yesterday, laying down the foundations of a three-set win over Kiki Bertens as the second set was slipping away.

For the seventh successive year the inner circuit of the National Park will be transformed into the track where the country’s best wheelsmen will ply their trade to contest  top honours in the Payless Variety Store 11-stage cycling programme this Saturday.

Dear Editor, Irregular Tuesday at  GECOM today. No statutory meeting. The Chief Election Officer (CEO) is again unavailable, reminiscent of his unavailability on Nomination Day.

The National Commission on Disability has rolled out a countrywide survey, according to the Department of Public Information (DPI).

WASHINGTON/NEW YORK,  (Reuters) – Former U.S. President Barack Obama and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton were among the targets of suspected package bombs delivered to several high-profile Democrats and CNN in what New York officials yesterday called an act of terrorism.

(Barbados Nation) Former cabinet minister Donville Inniss will stand trial on money-laundering charges in a Brooklyn federal court from June 24 next year.

RIYADH, (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia’s powerful Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman vowed yesterday that the killers of Jamal Khashoggi would be brought to justice, in his first public comments since the journalist’s murder sparked global condemnation.

A 35-year-old handyman was yesterday sentenced to a year in prison after he changed his plea to guilty on a break and entry and larceny charge.

Dear Editor, The newly appointed Police Commissioner, Leslie James D.S.S. D.S.M.

Guyana’s top senior badminton player Narayan Ramdhani has secured a scholarship to play for the Kings’ University Eagles Badminton team after successfully completing a try-out session a few weeks ago at the University in Edmonton, Canada. 

Unbeaten Plaisance Guardians dismissed Pepsi Sonics 66-32 in their U23 division encounter, when the Georgetown Amateur Basketball Association [GABA] ‘League Championship’, continued on Tuesday at the Burnham Court, Middle and Carmichael Streets.

(Trinidad Guardian) Pim, pom, pi, di, pom, pom…The ‘Bass Man’ is gone!

Dear Editor, The recent escape of three inmates from the Lusignan prison and the subsequent riot that resulted in 10 prisoners being injured by rubber bullets and live rounds used by security officers who were called out to quell the uprising, have once again brought to the fore the challenges facing Guyana in its overcrowded prisons and poorly managed penal system.

The preliminary inquiry into the murder charge against Subryanville hotelier Erwin Bacchus, continued yesterday with eyewitness testimony, including that of the handyman who was present at the scene.

MAPASTEPEC, Mexico/MEXICO CITY,  (Reuters) – Central American migrants clustered for the night yesterday in a southern Mexico town after advancing on their trek toward the United States, despite Mexico’s vows to hinder their progress under pressure from the Trump administration.

Contrary to a report in yesterday’s edition of the Stabroek News, the Attorney General’s Chambers was represented during an in-chamber hearing on Tuesday before acting Chief Justice Roxane George SC in the challenge mounted by former Finance Minister Dr Ashni Singh and former head of the National Industrial and Commercial Investments Limited (NICIL) Winston Brassington who have been charged with misconduct in public office.

Marian Academy Inter-house badminton team championships commenced Tuesday with four houses participating at the school’s auditorium.

Worried about the heavy rains like thousands more residents, Jizzelle Baldwin kept trying to get home last Friday evening, but all the usual routes in Central Trinidad were already cut off.

Dear Editor, As I absorb the anxieties and outrage generated by the proposed toll hikes for the Berbice Bridge, I ask: what else is in store? 

(Jamaica Gleaner) Deep Blue Cable Limited, the start-up enterprise planning to create a new fibre-optic ring across the region, says it will partner with Digicel Group on a multi-government contract in the Caribbean.

It is disgusting, unhealthy and beyond disappointing that the Public Health Ministry could in this day and age be storing anything in spaces that are unsuitable and less than scrupulously well maintained.

SYDNEY,  (Reuters) – Asian shares dived yesterday as hundreds of billions of dollars haemorrhaged from global markets after a rout in tech stocks inflicted the largest daily decline on Wall Street since 2011, wiping out all its gains for the year.