Daily Archive: Tuesday, October 30, 2018

GTT concluded their month of Pinktober activities on October 28 with a Dinner/Gala at the Marriott Hotel Guyana where six cancer warriors were honoured.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – President Donald Trump said he will seek to limit the right of citizenship for certain children born in the United States in a new bid to dramatically reshape immigration policies that was likely to spark a congressional battle.

(JAMAICA GLEANER) Jamaica’s second-highest court has tossed out the appeal filed by a Manchester man against the 18-year prison sentence handed to him for throwing his female companion off a second-floor balcony, leaving her paralysed from the waist down.

(Trinidad Guardian) Skim­mers have re­port­ed­ly suc­cess­ful­ly stolen close to $.2 mil­lion from bank ac­counts be­long­ing to Sco­tia­bank cus­tomers.

(TRINIDAD EXPRESS) The taste of freedom was short lived for two prisoners on Monday after they escaped from a prison vehicle in Mayaro.

(JAMAICA GLEANER) The findings of the latest U-Report poll have indicated that most young Jamaicans have never been cyber-bullied.

All the results of the November 12th local government elections should be available by the end of the following day, according to Chief Election Officer (CEO) Keith Lowenfield, who yesterday assured that preparations for voting by both the disciplined services and civilians are on track.

Amid growing questions, about the state of President David Granger’s health, the Ministry of the Presidency (MotP) today issued a release in which the President is reported as saying that he had been experiencing “symptoms” following a check-up in Trinidad in May and was proceeding to Cuba to have the relevant investigation done.

Following an unsuccessful challenge to the legality of the Commission of Inquiry (CoI) into the operations of City Hall, Town Clerk Royston King yesterday began facing questions and submitted evidence to support the legality of his actions when he leased the Sussex Street wharf claimed by NICIL to a shipping company.  

A Clonbrook, East Coast Demerara (ECD) woman is now dead after the car in which she was travelling crashed into utility poles along the Bee Hive Public Road yesterday afternoon.

Mark Louchee, the suspect in the 15-year-old murder of Collis De Abreu, who was shot and killed outside of the Blue Iguana nightclub, was yesterday committed to stand trial.

A young biker was yesterday charged with causing the death of a pedestrian in a collision at Bagotstown.

The Ministry of Education yesterday commissioned two new IT laboratories at the Eccles and Tucville Primary Schools.

The People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) over the weekend attracted hundreds at public meetings held at Corriverton and Rose Hall Town, Corentyne, where Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo continued to use the ongoing campaign for local government elections to criticise the APNU+AFC’s governance of the country.

A man was charged yesterday with the rape of a girl below the age of 16.

Ariel Speedboat, under lights in the wee hours of yesterday morning, motored to their third consecutive Guyana Floodlights Softball Cricket Association (GFSCA) international Softball Cup Open title by defeating SVC by four wickets at the Demerara Cricket Club (DCC) ground. 

The mother of Shaquille Grant, the 17-year-old who was shot and killed by police in 2012, has sued the state for damages for what she says is the wrongful killing of her son.

The nation’s top three distance athletes swept the podium following the first leg of annual South American 10K Road Race in Suriname on Sunday. 

Following what a company official has called “an innocent mistake,” Vision General Construction Services, which is responsible for the construction of the Eccles Health Centre, will be replacing the incorrect zinc sheets that were used for the project.

MUMBAI, India, CMC – Captain Jason Holder’s unbeaten half-century spared West Indies embarrassment but they still suffered a record 224-run drubbing, as India registered their largest-ever victory over a Test-playing nation in the fourth One-Day International here yesterday.

Police in ‘A’ Division have launched an investigation into the reported attacks on patrons of the St.

Keith Hollingsworth, one of the two drivers charged with causing the death of an elderly woman last year along the Diamond, East Bank Demerara Public Road, was yesterday sentenced to four years and six months in jail after being found guilty.

MUMBAI, India, CMC – A disappointed West Indies captain Jason Holder has lamented his side’s batting meltdown, which he said was unfortunate especially coming on the backs of superb performances in the previous three matches of the series.

EITI, which has set a global standard for accountable management of natural resources, is expected to receive Guyana’s inaugural report after the first quarter next year.

Historically, Essequibo has been categorized as the least dominant team in cricket compared to its counterparts Demerara and Berbice.

The National Drainage and Irrigation Authority (NDIA) commissioned a pump at Three Friends Villages on the Essequibo Coast on Monday, according to the Department of Public Information (DPI).

West Demerara and Lower Corentyne notched up victories in round one yesterday as the historic Guyana Cricket Board women’s U17 Secondary Schools Franchise League T20 tournament bowled off.

The suspect in the violent assault of Palm Court patron Romario Baljeet has surrendered to the police in the company of his lawyer, Divisional Commander Marlon Chapman confirmed yesterday.

Police in Baramita are awaiting the arrival of a pathologist to perform a post-mortem examination on the body of Ruthina Thomas, whose lifeless body was discovered along a roadway in the indigenous community last Wednesday.

Woodpecker Hikers followed up their opening night win against Saints with another triumph, this time against GCC Bingo Spartans on the second evening of the GTT National Indoor Hockey Championships at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall (CASH) last evening. 

The body of Dharshan Mohabir, the Mon Repos minibus conductor who went missing while taking a swim in the Atlantic Ocean on Sunday afternoon, was found hours later.

In a climate where local sports associations are often divorced from the realities of what needs to be done to develop sports, kudos must be given to the Guyana Hockey Board [GHB] for their bold initiative to bring together a squad of young players to begin preparations for the Junior PanAm Games in 2020. 

A spectacular spell of spin bowling from Mohammed Jameer which resulted in a hat-trick, catapulted Georgetown Eco Champs to a 90-run win over Malteenoes Sports Club in the Georgetown Cricket Association/ Friends of Cricket U17, 100 overs tournament at the Guyana National Industrial Corporation (GNIC) Ground, Woolford Avenue Sunday.

Dear Editor, At the risk of censure, I’ve pointed out that this administration can be and has been unnecessarily glacial on issues of cultural policy.

A city court is expected to rule on if the contents of an affidavit in the trial of eight members of the Guyana Bank for Trade and Industry’s (GBTI) Board of Directors, who are charged with failing to comply with a court order, will be accepted into evidence.

Dear Editor, On the 8th   of August 2018, I wrote a letter pointing out that something stinks with the HDM Labs/Ministry of Public Health deal.

RIO DE JANEIRO,  (Reuters) – Jair Bolsonaro, the far-right former Army captain who won Brazil’s presidential weekend election, said yesterday he would press ahead with loosening gun laws this year and planned to visit Washington D.C.

The prosecution in the matter against former members of the Guyana Rice Development Board (GRDB) was on Thursday ordered to release the original audit report of the agency made by accountant Nigel Hinds.

Kuru-Kururu, Plaisance, Crane, Sophia, Wales and Agricola secured hard-fought wins when the Mayor’s Cup  9-a-side Inter-Ward Birthday Anniversary Football Championship continued Sunday at the Den Amstel ground.

CARACAS,  (Reuters) – Venezuela’s ruling Socialist Party has for weeks been seeking a dialogue process with the opposition, according to four sources involved in the effort, but the opposition remains broadly skeptical of new talks following the failure of previous rounds.

Dear Editor, The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) wishes to respond to the lead headline of the Sunday October 28, 2018 edition of the Kaieteur News titled `Lawyers, doctors and other professionals collectively pay less than $6m to GRA in 2017’, and the first paragraph of the said page 3 article which stated that “the hundreds of lawyers, doctors, and other professionals with private practices across Guyana have collectively contributed only $5.6M to the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) in 2017.

COLOMBO,  (Reuters) – Sri Lanka President Maithripala Sirisena is under increasing pressure to uphold the island nation’s constitution and reconvene parliament after his decision to replace the prime minister triggered political turmoil.

Former policemen Derwin Eastman and Jamenson Williams, who are charged with the murder of businessman Godfrey Scipio, called ‘Sagga,’ have been accused of assaulting the main witness against them.

MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – Cricket Australia have been branded as “arrogant” and “controlling” and accused of treating its elite players like commodities, allowing “alpha-male” egos to develop a win-at-all-costs approach, according to a wide-ranging report yesterday.

(Trinidad Guardian) As the coun­try grap­ples with the spi­ralling crime rate, the Gov­ern­ment has an op­por­tu­ni­ty to in­vest in an ad­vanced foren­sic sys­tem which can help po­lice solve crime in a time­ly and ef­fi­cient man­ner.

Head of the United Minibus Union (UMU) Eon Andrews says that the Guyana Police Force (GPF) needs to do more to curb petty crime being carried out in minibuses and around the city bus parks.

Dear Editor, Guyana has earned its name from the Amerindians, with the meaning “Land of Many Waters”.

SAO PAULO, (Reuters) – Brazil president-elect Jair Bolsonaro said yesterday he would withdraw government advertising from media outlets he deemed to be “lying”, keeping up pressure on critical outlets after winning the weekend’s presidential election by a landslide.

SYDNEY,  (Reuters) – Former Australia coach Darren Lehmann has joined calls for Steve Smith, David Warner and Cameron Bancroft to have their bans set aside and be allowed to return to state and international cricket.

(Barbados Nation) In a move aimed at boosting security and portability of official examinations records, the Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) will pilot Blockcerts or blockchain-based credentials to a limited number of candidates starting tomorrow.

An incorrect photograph was published in yesterday’s issue under the story headlined ”Norton says gov’t in the dark on $20b golf project.”   

Dear Editor, Stabroek News’ editorial on Monday, October 29, 2018, provided for interesting reading, more so given that some arguments proffered were not contextually based, not fully at least.

JAKARTA,  (Reuters) – An Indonesian airliner crashed into the sea yesterday, with the likely loss of all 189 people on board, as it tried to return to Jakarta minutes after take-off.

MOSCOW, (Reuters) – Russia has sent a high-level official delegation to Venezuela, including a deputy finance minister, to help advise the cash-strapped country on economic reform at a time of crisis, a spokesman for the Russian Ministry of Finance said yesterday.

By Michael J. Boskin STANFORD – US President Donald Trump claims credit for “the greatest ever” economy, and constantly contrasts economic conditions today with the historically weak recovery under President Barack Obama.

This is the worst time for freedom of the press in recent history – not just in Cuba, Venezuela and other brutal dictatorships, but also in the United States and other Western Hemisphere democracies.

Long before last Saturday’s St. Joseph High School ‘Fair of the Year’ came to an inglorious end  on Sunday morning the available evidence had been pointing unerringly to the likelihood that it could descend into something ugly.

Dear Editor,  On October 26, 2018 at a sitting of the Commission of Inquiry (COI) into the operation of the Georgetown City Council, chairman of the COI, retired Chancellor of the Judiciary of Guyana, Cecil Kennard, shouted “shut up” to Mrs.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The United States said yesterday it will send over 5,200 troops to help secure the border with Mexico, a far larger-than-expected deployment as President Donald Trump hardens his stance on immigration ahead of Nov.

Surihya Pennelope Sabsook is the latest attorney-at-law from the ancient county of Berbice to be admitted to the local bar.

COLOMBO, (Reuters) – England will continue their tour of Sri Lanka as planned but the cricketers have been asked to be careful amid the political crisis prevailing in the island nation, a team spokesman said yesterday.