Daily Archive: Thursday, December 27, 2018

The APNU+AFC Cabinet met today and said it received recommendations on the way forward and certain decision were taken.

An Angoy’s Avenue, New Amsterdam youth was last evening chopped to death a short distance away from his house.

(Jamacia Observer) Omar Atkinson was among men doing clean-up work yesterday at a section of the house he shared with relatives, which, only hours before, also served as a bar and restaurant.

Christ­mas end­ed trag­i­cal­ly for the fam­i­ly of Tar­ra Seer­am, 63, af­ter the ail­ing woman died in a fire that de­stroyed her two-bed­room home in Cara­pichaima.

(Trinidad Guardian) The Min­istry of Agri­cul­ture said there will be stiffer penal­ties for il­le­gal hunt­ing next year now that Pres­i­dent Paula-Mae Weekes has as­sent­ed to the Fi­nance Act 2018, which in­creas­es fines for in­frac­tions un­der the Con­ser­va­tion of Wildlife Act.

(Barbados Nation) The Mighty Gabby is still going strong. The veteran entertainer and Cultural Ambassador, real name Anthony Carter, is in his Clapham, St Michael home resting after being in hospital.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – President Donald Trump is considering an executive order in the new year to declare a national emergency that would bar U.S.

(BBC) Cameron Bancroft has said David Warner told him to tamper with the ball during March’s Test between Australia and South Africa and he agreed because he wanted to “fit in and feel valued”.

LeBron James is day to day with his strained groin after the results of his MRI exam came back clean, according to multiple reports yesterday.

Captain of the senior Essequibo Franchise, Anthony Adams, has described 2018 as a “great year for Essequibo cricket” and said that he is keen on improving the franchise fortunes come next year.

A cricket team comprising married men only showed a team of bachelors who was boss after defeating them by three wickets in the Lusignan Community Centre Cricket Club’s Annual Boxing Day showdown.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Trinidad and Tobago Red Force will be boosted for their third round match in the Regional four-day championship next week by the return of four West Indies players.

MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – Cheteshwar Pujara and Virat Kohli combined to frustrate Australia for an entire session as India held the whip-hand at 215 for two at the close of a grinding opening day of the third test yesterday.

Former MP Charrandas Persaud has defended his toppling of the APNU+AFC government saying that it has done nothing for Regions Five and Six and he was tired of being a `yes man’.

(Reuters) – Tim Southee rescued New Zealand with the bat then dragged his side back into the match with the ball after Sri Lanka’s Suranga Lakmal’s career-best figures had threatened to dominate the first day of the second test in Christchurch yesterday.

Dear Editor, Since the formation of A New and United Guyana (ANUG) was announced, some have enquired ‘he been deh (a minister) so long what he ever do?’

The Bar Council of the Guyana Bar Association yesterday said that Friday’s motion of no-confidence against the government was validly passed even as the government says it will review arguments that the 33 votes did not constitute a majority.

Dear Editor, It is party time. No, not Christmas time. Or PNC or PPP or AFC time.

Minister of State Joseph Harmon yesterday dismissed the suggestion circulating in the public that President David Granger may not be the APNU+AFC presidential candidate for the upcoming general elections.

PRETORIA, (Reuters) – Dale Steyn became South Africa’s leading test wicket-taker and Duanne Olivier took career-best figures as Pakistan were bowled out for 181 on the opening day of the first test yesterday.

A Corentyne youth yesterday morning succumbed to his injuries after he was involved in an accident at Number 59 Village, Corentyne while a teenager who was also in the car has since been admitted in the hospital in a serious condition.

Dear Editor, As many will remember, in April 2017 the Vice Chancellor of the University of Guyana, Professor Ivelaw Griffith  took to the media claiming that UG staff have been stealing millions from the campus.

Kyrie Irving scored 40 points, including two three-pointers in the final two minutes of overtime, and the Boston Celtics overcame a five-point deficit in the extra session to defeat the visiting Philadelphia 76ers 121-114 on Tuesday.

Dear Editor, The recent tabling and success of a motion of no-confidence by the opposition in Parliament took much of the nation, the diaspora, and the international community by surprise.

Hess Corp’s shares swooned the most in almost three years, wiping out US$1.5 billion in market valuation, after work at the oil explorer’s most promising overseas investment was halted by a Venezuelan blockade, Bloomberg reported yesterday.

The 76ers don’t know when Markelle Fultz might be ready to return to action, but Fultz’s agent is optimistic that the second-year guard will play for Philadelphia again this season.

(Reuters) – Brighton & Hove Albion came from a goal down to draw 1-1 with Arsenal in the Premier League yesterday and arrest a run of three straight defeats.

NENTON, Guatemala/WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – Migrant children will receive more thorough medical checks after an 8-year-old Guatemalan boy died in U.S.

A Mon Repos, East Coast Demerara family is  now traumatized after several of its members were injured after the police allegedly barged into their premises and forcibly shut down a party during a row over music on Sunday morning.

Dear Editor, Call me simple but I understand the democratic process as:  a.

Dennis D’Andrade has been elected unopposed to the helm of the Upper Corentyne Cricket Association.

CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuela’s foreign ministry on Tuesday described as “interventionist and disrespectful” U.S.

(Reuters) – The Dow Jones Industrial Average surged more than 1,000 points for the first time yesterday, leading a broad Wall Street rebound after a report that holiday sales were the strongest in years helped mollify concerns about the health of the economy.

Dear Editor, After the historic voting ended regarding the no-confidence motion, Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo said the voting process was “open and transparent” and “that is how democracy works and we are fully committed to the rule of law.”

Dear Editor During the past period I was verbally abused for not criticizing the Coalition Government for wrongdoings and there were indeed many.

BEIJING,  (Reuters) – Fresh misconduct allegations brought by Tokyo prosecutors against ousted Nissan Chairman Carlos Ghosn centre on the use of company funds to pay a Saudi businessman who is believed to have helped him out of financial difficulties, two company sources with knowledge of the matter said.

The Guyana Power and Light (GPL) in its commitment to provide reliable electricity supply to its customers during the holiday season, will continue to patrol and monitor its various systems to ensure that issues that could potentially cause widespread outages during the holidays are addressed promptly.

LONDON, CMC — Bermudian striker Nahki hit his sixth goal of the season as Queens Park Rangers (QPR) eased past bottom club Ipswich Town 3-0 in an English Championship match at Loftus Road yesterday.

This is the time of the year when giving is at its peak.

The delicious fragrance of a simmering pot of black-eyed peas cook-up will soon waft through our homes on Old Year’s night as Guyanese continue their comforting compulsory ritual for promised prosperity.

The first baby to be delivered at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPHC) on Christmas Day 2018 is a boy and he arrived at exactly 12:12 am.

CARACAS,  (Reuters) – Last July 6, Major General Manuel Quevedo joined his wife, a Catholic priest and a gathering of oil workers in prayer in a conference room at the headquarters of Petroleos de Venezuela SA, or PDVSA.

With the fractured political climate that exists in Guyana, it becomes extremely important that common ground is actively pursued, concretised and expressed in the form of policies through the National Assembly.

Dear Editor, As I pen this letter I am sure the area of South Ruimveldt Gardens is a residential zone, which is subject to noise restrictions.

The streets of Georgetown’s commercial district were left lined with garbage and refuse after the Christmas holiday.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Manchester City suffered their second straight defeat in the Premier League for the first time in two years after going down 2-1 at Leicester City in a goal-packed set of Boxing Day fixtures.

AL ASAD AIR BASE, Iraq,  (Reuters) – President Donald Trump made a surprise Christmas visit to U.S.