Daily Archive: Tuesday, January 1, 2019

A son-in-law who about 4 am today murdered his father-in-law and reportedly severed one of the hands of his brother-in-law, is being sought.

The Police say they are investigating the murder of Kevin Betancourt, 23, a labourer of Vilvoorden,Essequibo Coast which occurred about 21:30h yesterday at Pomona, Essequibo Coast allegedly by 20 year-old of Pomona Housing Scheme,Essequibo Coast who has since been arrested.

Two Bushlot farmers were killed in a robbery at their mother’s home last evening.

(Trinidad Express) A WOMAN who stole money from a bar patron’s wallet, denied that she had taken $1,500.

(Trinidad Express) Sixteen-year-old Rachael Ramkissoon had studied late into the night back in January 2017 and woke up late the next morning.

With his government coming under increasing pressure to abide by a motion of no confidence passed against it on December 21 mandating that new elections be held within 90 days, President David Granger today extended an olive branch to the opposition saying that there are opportunities for “enhanced political cooperation”.

According to Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo, it is unlikely that Speaker of the National Assembly Dr Barton Scotland will risk his credibility by reviewing the passage of the no-confidence vote of December 21.

Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Shalimar Ali-Hack, prominent attorney Stephen Fraser and three other legal practitioners have been conferred the honour of Senior Counsel by President David Granger.

A GDF officer was on Sunday evening stabbed to death in Philippi Village, Corentyne during a row over Guinness.

Attorney General Basil Williams yesterday told reporters that he knew all along that 34 votes were required to pass  the  motion of no confidence in parliament on December 21 but chose to remain silent so that no one else on the government side would vote for it.

Dear Editor, I refer to the article `Speaker erred in ruling no-confidence motion passed – to AG says’ published in the Stabroek News of Monday, 31 December in which a claim is made by Attorney General Basil Williams that the difference in wording between articles 168 and 106(6) had an effect on whether the majority vote should be 34 votes as opposed to 33 votes.

A Government of Guyana delegation yesterday met with representatives of the US, Britain, Canada and the European Union and informed them of its intentions following the December 21, no-confidence motion passed against it, the Department of Public Information (DPI) said.

Dear Editor, Regardless of where you stand on it, the Charrandas Persaud episode is done.

Roraima Galacticos were crowned the Inaugural ExxonMobil International Futsal Festival Champion, defeating Caledonia AIA of Trinidad and Tobago 4-1 on Sunday at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall, Homestretch Avenue.

Dear Editor, The United Republican Party notes with serious concern the current action of the coalition APNU+AFC government to defy the will of the parliament which on December 21 approved the no confidence motion brought by the Opposition Leader.

With 2018 done and dusted, Chairman of the Senior Selection panel of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB), Rayon `Gummy’ Griffith has described 2018 as one of the better years for the country’s cricket.

Minister of Public Security Khemraj Ramjattan has declared that APNU+AFC defector Charrandas Persaud is a villain. 

A 37-year-old Rupununi farmer was yesterday remanded to prison after being charged with the Christmas Day murder of a Brazilian farmer.

Dear Editor, The Mayor and Councillors of the City of Georgetown expresses grave dissatisfaction at how vendors and patrons of social activities would have left the state of several streets in the city.

After a turbulent journey, Young Warriors Cricket Club is quickly becoming a team to reckon with once again as they head into the 2019 season.

National Cadet player Jonathan Van Lange ended his US tour with sensational wins at the Westchester Table Tennis Tournament.

Dear Editor, I am shocked, saddened, stunned that persons would use our national State newspaper, the Guyana Chronicle, to publish a report in its December 30th edition `Shuman shunned …leaves trail of division, controversy in St Cuthbert’s Mission’ on myself that is false, malicious, slanderous, libelous, scandalous and mischievous.

For 2018, the Guyana Water Inc (GWI) has recorded a 10 per cent increase in revenue compared to 2017, raking in over $4 billion as more than 14,000 meters have been installed and more than 10,000 residents have been granted access to potable water for the first time around the country.

Following reports of a group of bikers riding motorcade-fashion on public roads without safety gear and in a manner dangerous to the public, Traffic Chief Linden Isles says the police are clamping down on the bikers.

Scottsburg United, No. 66 Cricket Club and Radha Krishna Foundation Academy secured wins following Saturday’s fourth round of the Port Mourant Trophy Stall-sponsored/Upper Corentyne Cricket Association (UCCA) Under 19 -50 overs round robin tournament.

Dear Editor, Since the passage of the No-Confidence Vote in Parliament on December 21, 2018, there have been many persons calling for elections to be held in 90 days.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives plan to vote on Thursday on a funding package to end the 10-day-old partial U.S.

The man who was arrested Sunday evening in relation to the gunning down of Canada-based Sean Allister O’Brien Greene, is deemed a ‘person of interest’ and he remains in custody as the probe continues, Crime Chief Lyndon Alves said yesterday.

MELBOURNE,  (Reuters) – Overflowing with confidence and buoyed by the blossoming of a rare pace talent, India can sniff a first-ever series win on Australian soil ahead of the fourth and final test in Sydney.

Dear Editor, Commonsensically we as citizens must accept the reality of the latest debacle in our public management system – the almost inevitable result of a fractured political psyche.

A 42-year-old mother of five was yesterday remanded to prison for the alleged possession of over 500 grammes of cannabis.

MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – A troubled Australia side will head to the Sydney Cricket Ground for the fourth test against India hoping to turn over a new leaf in 2019 but still plagued by the fall-out of their annus horribilis.

JOHANNESBURG, (Reuters) – Mozambique’s former finance minister, Manuel Chang, has been arrested in South Africa at the request of the United States, a police spokesman said on Monday.

Dear Editor, Over the past week, there has been an eruption of views regarding the Parliamentary No-confidence Motion and with it, the ugly face of tribalism, racism and disunity.

A Bourda Market grocer is accusing the police of dragging their feet in probing a robbery during which she was held her at gunpoint and robbed her of approximately $600,000 in cash, phone cards and other valuables on Friday evening. 

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren, a liberal firebrand who has taken on Wall Street and traded barbs with Donald Trump, on Monday became the most prominent Democrat to announce a challenge to the Republican president in 2020.

MELBOURNE,  (Reuters) – Queensland all-rounder Marnus Labuschagne has been added to Australia’s squad for the fourth and final test in Sydney in the wake of the 137-run thrashing in the third match against India in Melbourne.

Dear Editor, As a physician I find it horrifying that there are calls for mutilating MPs by cutting them in half.

(Trinidad Express) A Fyzabad man was killed by a single gunshot fired from a police officer’s gun in Vessigny Village, La Brea early Monday.

MUMBAI,  (Reuters) – India batsman Rohit Sharma left Australia on Sunday after his wife had a baby girl and will miss the fourth and final test starting on Thursday in Sydney, the country’s cricket board said.

Sandra Adams (Jan 2nd 2018):  Two days into the new year, the sudden death of leading People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) Region 10 official Sandra Adams, who suffered massive cardiac failure, came as shock to many in her Linden community and her party.

Dear Editor, Further to my  letter published in Stabroek News yesterday headed `Guyana constitution requires only a majority for the no confidence motion to pass’, I wish to draw attention to this extract from paragraph 51 of the Kilman v Speaker of Parliament of the Republic of Vanuatu judgment: “…the absolute majority is to be assessed against 51 members of Parliament of which a majority, simple or absolute, is 26.”

Venezuela, over the years, would have been monitoring closely both the exploratory work by ExxonMobil in its search for what, as it turns out, is Guyana’s huge reservoir of oil reserves, the various oil finds that have been realised since around May 2015 and now the unfolding plans for the start of the oil recovery exercises which are imminent and which can transform Guyana’s economic fortunes in the period ahead.