Daily Archive: Wednesday, November 7, 2018

President David Granger is resting comfortably at an official residence following an intensive series of tests by specialist doctors immediately after he arrived in Cuba on Tuesday, October 30, 2018, a release today from the Ministry of the Presidency said.

(Jamaica Observer) After living in the United States of America for 52 years, Jamaican born 84-year-old nurse, Murlin Hampton, was determined to independently use her stroller to get to Clark County in Nevada, to cast her vote during the 2018 Midterm Elections on November 6.

(Trinidad Express) When a mother’s heart is stopped her unborn child does not die instantly.

UPDATE: Michael Joseph, the 30-year-old punch vendor who went missing two days ago, has been found.

Grenada and Antigua and Barbuda have voted against the move to have the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) as their highest appellate court.

The Ministry of Education today announced that all schools will be closed on Monday November 12 to facilitate the holding of Local Government Elections.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – Donald Trump faced greater restraints on his presidency after Democrats won control of the U.S.

(Trinidad Guardian) Scratch bomb and fire­works play for chil­dren in the Mc Bean, Cou­va com­mu­ni­ty on Di­vali night end­ed up in tragedy for three fam­i­lies af­ter two of their hous­es burst in­to flames de­stroy­ing every­thing.

Although saying government’s temporary takeover of the Berbice River Bridge is unlawful, the concessionaire Berbice Bridge Company Incorporated (BBCI) yesterday said it will comply with the decision and will consider whether it will mount a legal challenge based on a response from Public Infrastructure Minister David Patterson to a request for a justification of the move.

The suspect in custody for the murder of Paradise, East Coast Demerara resident Justin Peterkin, who was bludgeoned and chopped to death on Monday morning, is suspected to be mentally unstable, a reliable police source has told Stabroek News.

The construction of a roundabout at Timehri, East Bank Demerara, which should have been completed in 24 weeks, has been stalled for more than a year due to “complications” regarding the removal of Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Com-pany (GTT) and Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) utilities that were present at the site.

Mocha/Arcadia community activist Ina Barnwell-Bacchus celebrated her 100th birth anniversary on Monday.

Since their establishment some eight years ago, the constitutional rights commissions have made no serious impact on the quality of life in the sectors they were supposed to defend and promote, according to Guyana Human Rights Association (GHRA) Co-President Mike McCormack, who says Parliament should evaluate their success instead of moving to renew them.

Guyana sunk to further levels of embarrassment in the CONCACAF Men’s Under-20 Championship, losing to lowly Cayman Islands 3-2 yesterday at the modernized IMG Academy in Florida, USA.

While Finance Minister Winston Jordan maintains that the economy was being sustained by proceeds from the drug trade under the former PPP/C administration, he has dismissed a request by the Private Sector Commission (PSC) that he provide evidence to back up his pronouncement.

Millions of dollars spent under the Ministry of Edu-cation’s School Feeding Programme in Region Seven and Region Nine cannot be properly accounted for, according to the Auditor General, who has found that in some instances school treasurers had the cash in their personal possession.

Australia Women’s captain, Meg Lanning cashed in last night at the Providence Stadium with a solid half century to see her side defeat South Africa by 46 runs in their latest International Cricket Council Women’s World T20 Tournament.

A Baramita, North West District man was on Monday remanded for the murder of his common-law wife Ruthina Thomas, whose lifeless body was discovered along a roadway in the community.

President of the South American Consudatle, Roberto De Melo during his brief remarks at the 70th anniversary of the Athletics Association of Guyana (AAG) told the gathering that Guyana has a bright future.

Romario Baljeet, the victim of a recent assault at popular nightclub Palm Court, and who subsequently underwent emergency surgery for internal bleeding, has been discharged from the hospital.

(Reuters) – Russia will have to meet a set of criteria approved by the International Biathlon Union (IBU) if it is to become a full member again, new IBU President Olle Dahlin has said.

(Reuters) – The United States Olympic Committee (USOC) has taken the first steps to revoke USA Gymnastics of its status as the national governing body for the sport in the latest fallout from the sex abuse scandal involving a former team doctor.

A massive Matthews Ridge to Baramita road rehabilitation project in Region One is at the halfway stage, according to the acting project foreman Vincent Pancham.

The ministries of Education and Public Health, in collaboration with the Carnegie School of Home Economics (CSHE), last Friday launched a school reintegration initiative for teenage mothers.

(CMC) Another dismal performance led to another depressing result as West Indies suffered yet another series defeat with a heavy 71-run crushing at the hands of India, in the second Twenty20 International yesterday.

The Office of the First Lady, in collaboration with the Ministry of Social Protection’s Board of Industrial Training (BIT), on Monday launched an Information Communication Technology (ICT) training programme at the Essequibo Technical Institute (ETI), Anna Regina in the Pomeroon-Supenaam Region (Region Two).

(Reuters) – Retired two times swimming world champion Filippo Magnini was handed a four-year ban by Italy’s anti-doping agency on Tuesday along with ex-relay team mate Michele Santucci.

Several women entrepreneurs from across Guyana converged on Monday at the Arthur Chung Conference Centre (ACCC) for the second Women’s Empowered Leadership Conference.

Dear Editor, I must go against the grain and embrace a contrarian position.

(Trinidad Guardian) Danielle Year­wood was al­most nine months preg­nant when she, her un­born son and the child’s fa­ther were mur­dered in Waller­field on Mon­day af­ter­noon.

(Reuters) – The pool of potential jurors for the U.S. drug trafficking trial of accused Mexican drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman continued to shrink on Tuesday, with two people who expressed fears about their safety and one self-described “fan” of the defendant cut from the running.

(Reuters) – French club Girondins de Bordeaux have been sold by the media company M6 Metropole Television (MMTP.PA)

(Reuters) – Japan, hosts of the next Paralympic Games in 2020 and reigning wheelchair rugby world champions, know they are in a unique position to promote the fast-paced, hard-hitting sport.

Police constable 23388 Oswin Argyle, who was the driver of a car that was involved in the fatal accident just over a week ago along the Bee Hive Public Road, has ended his life.

Dear Editor, Permit me to reply to former Minister of Home Affairs Clement J.

(Reuters) – Democrats struck early in the battle for the U.S.

Eon Ward, 25, the prisoner who was stabbed multiple times at the Timehri Prison on Saturday last, has been discharged from the hospital, Director of Prisons Gladwin Samuels confirmed.

Dear Editor, The Government has lost another case. Reference is being made to the case where the court, last week, ruled that sugar workers must be paid their severance package.

Uitvlugt mauled Queen’s College, while Vergenoegen held Christianburg/Wismar to a draw, when the GuyOil/Tradewind Tankers Under-18 Secondary School Football League continued yesterday.

A young woman and her family are thankful for life after suffering minor injuries from a vehicular collision, which was the result of the alleged reckless driving of an employee of the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) yesterday afternoon.

(Trinidad Express) What started off as a sunny Divali morning yesterday gradually turned into overcast skies, heavy rainfall and flooding in several areas along East Trinidad.

Unbeaten Eagles soared past cellar occupant High-Stars, while Botofago downed Silver Shattas, when the Upper Demerara Football Association [UDFA] Senior League continued on Sunday.

Dear Editor, On November 1st, 2018 readers of Stabroek News were once again subjected to the ongoing diatribe of Commissioner Bibi Shadick in a letter captioned ‘Logistical details for election day look good on paper’, in which she vented her spleen on developments at the meeting of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), which took place on October 30th, 2018.

Riddim Squad and Northern Rangers secured comfortable wins, when the 2nd Annual Turbo Energy Drink Football Championship continued on Monday at the Ministry of Education ground, Carifesta Avenue.

Dear Editor, I was saddened to read of the death of Mr.

On the 23rd of October, the Caribbean lost one of its great musical icons, the calypsonian, The Mighty Shadow.

(Reuters) – Thousands of mostly Honduran migrants traveling through Mexico gathered in the capital on Tuesday after a 1,000 mile (1,600 km) journey, with a handful saying President Donald Trump’s hostility had deterred them from continuing to the United States.

Three members of the 14th Chinese Medical Team were last month awarded the Foreign Link Award, following their participation in Linden’s 18th annual “Race of Cure”, an event to raise cancer awareness.

In his column in Kaieteur News on Sunday, Dr. David Hinds claimed, “The WPA, of which I am a part, is still committed to power-sharing as a political solution to our problems.

With new intelligence gathered, Commander of ‘C’ Division Calvin Brutus has said the police are working to apprehend the second suspect in last Thursday’s carjacking and abduction on the East Coast of Demerara.

(Trinidad Guardian) Af­ter more than 35 years in the art form, so­ca king Machel Mon­tano is be­ing award­ed an Hon­orary Doc­tor­ate in by the Uni­ver­si­ty of Trinidad and To­ba­go (UTT).