Daily Archive: Wednesday, January 16, 2019

(Barbados Nation) On Monday, January 14 police arrested and charged Janella Christy Milord Ashford 18, of 219 Lucinda Crescent, K1WOA1, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada and Marc Dawins Cimeus, 20 of 932B Cummings Avenue, Ottawa Ontario, Canada with, possession of cannabis, intent to supply cannabis, trafficking in cannabis and importation.

(Jamaica Gleaner) The 26- year-old woman who has been accused of stealing a baby in the parking lot at the Cornwall Regional Hospital in St James over a week ago, has been remanded into custody until next week Tuesday.

(Trinidad Guardian) Emer­gency re­pairs to a ma­jor land­slip along the Moru­ga Road, In­di­an Walk, Princes Town have be­gun.

The Private Sector Commission (PSC) says it has given serious and continuing consideration to the fact that the motion of no confidence in the Government, passed in the National Assembly on December 21, 2018, requires that general elections must be held within ninety days of the passing of the motion.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Prime Minister Theresa May’s government won a confidence vote in the British parliament today, clearing the way for her to attempt to forge a consensus among lawmakers on a Brexit divorce agreement.

(Trinidad Newsday) A series of Facebook posts by Trinidad soca star Rodney “Benjai” Le Blanc implying he has cancer has left scores of people saddened.

Acknowledging the public interest, Chief Justice (ag) Roxane George-Wiltshire SC yesterday said she expected to hand down rulings by month end in the three challenges filed on the December 21st no-confidence motion against government.

An 18-year-old cattle hand was remanded to prison yesterday after he was charged with the December 31st murders of the Bush Lot farmers Premcharran and Harricharran Samaroo, who were fatally shot during a robbery at their mother’s house.

A Linden couple is seeking answers from the Linden Hospital Complex after the death of their newborn baby shortly after delivery on Monday night.

Contractor, China Harbour Engineering Company (CHEC) is responsible for the failure to meet the December 31, 2018 completion date for the Cheddi Jagan International Airport expansion project which could see 5% of the US$150M contract sum withheld and utilized as liquidated damages, sources say.

President David Granger yesterday morning departed Guyana for Cuba where he will undergo the fourth round of treatment for Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma.

The Guyana Defence Force last evening slammed reports that it was preparing for general elections in June.

It is still not clear when the two Chief Whips will meet with the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) to discuss its readiness to hold general elections but at least one Commissioner is hoping that the Chairman’s health is a main item on the agenda when the meeting does occur.

The Surinamese rice exporter whose body was discovered on Monday with a single gunshot to his forehead was reportedly brought to Guyana through the Number 63 Beach, Corentyne route.

Compton Reid, the private citizen who filed the first of three court actions brought following the December 21 passage of the no confidence motion against the government yesterday said that he is anxiously awaiting the outcome of the case.

Former West Indies batsman, Shivnarine ‘Tiger’ Chanderpaul will rejoin the Guyana Jaguars camp, this time taking on the role of interim Assistant Coach for the rest of the Cricket West Indies regional four-day championships.

The Guyana Government on Monday announced the selection of the ‘Guyana Hinterland Programme: Solar PV Grid Tie Farms’  for financing by the Abu Dhabi Fund for Development (ADFD).

Following yesterday’s announcement by the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) that Shivnarine Chanderpaul will join the Guyana Jaguars as the assistant head coach to Rayon Griffith, the latter has described the move as “ideal.”

A taxi driver was yesterday granted bail after he was charged with sexually abusing an 11-year-old girl.

Guyana Jaguars skipper Leon Johnson has registered quite a fitting farewell tribute to coach Esuan Crandon who has elevated the ranks of coaching and is now the Assistant Head Coach of the West Windies.

Guyana’s fight against the H1N1 Virus also known as Swine Flu will be primarily focused on non-pharmaceutical measures as there is not enough of the vaccine available locally for mass administration.

Former President Donald Ramotar says that when his government was faced with a no-confidence motion from the opposition in 2014, it received legal advice from an attorney that at least 34 votes would be needed for the passage but he and his chief legal advisor did not believe that it would hold up in court and feared that it would cause public upheaval. 

McGill Super Stars Sports Club continued its superb run in the West Demerara Cricket Association tournament, booking a spot in the semi-final of the T20 tournament with a 36-run victory Sunday at the Zeeburg Ground.

The Local Government Commission (LGC) has written to the Auditor General to conduct a forensic audit of the accounts of City Hall, as recommended by the recent Commission of Inquiry (CoI).

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Darren Bravo’s 27-month exile from Test cricket finally ended yesterday, when he was named in a 13-man squad to face England in the opening Test of the three-Test series at Kensington Oval next week.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – President’s XI head coach, Floyd Reifer, has urged the region’s first class cricketers to produce consistent performances and make it difficult for selectors to ignore them.

Dear Editor, We have an overwhelming unemployment problem. This feeds into boredom, poverty and crime, and the crime situation dominates all aspects of our lives.

Two persons including the adopted son of 76-year-old retired police officer Cyril Persaud, whose decomposed body was found floating in a canal at D’Urban Backlands on Sunday have been detained for questioning in connection with his murder.

Dear Editor, I am a resident of Sea View, Stewartville, West Coast Demerara.

The Department of Fisheries of the Ministry of Agriculture is moving to finalise amendments to regulations needed to restart the export of catfish to the United States of America, according to Head of the Department Denzil Roberts.

James Harden scored a season-high 57 points, and the host Houston Rockets survived their first game without center Clint Capela, pulling away in the second half for a 112-94 victory over the reeling Memphis Grizzlies on Monday.

Dear Editor, Charrandass Persaud’s vote in support of the Opposition-sponsored No Confidence Motion (NCM) has not only created legal turmoil in Guyana but has also exposed the flaws of the Cummingsburg Accord, a factor that could hinder any of the new, emerging political parties from forming a coalition with either of the two major parties in the future, as long as the current constitution prevails.

MELBOURNE,  (Reuters) – Top seed Novak Djokovic looked every inch the Australian Open favourite as he kicked off his bid for a record seventh title at Melbourne Park with an emphatic 6-3 6-2 6-2 win over American qualifier Mitchell Krueger yesterday.

With the possibility of general and regional elections this year, Opposition Member of Parliament Juan Edghill has called on the Ethnic Relations Commission (ERC) to extend its monitoring to social media.

A Cumberland Village, East Canje, Berbice businessman was yesterday afternoon robbed of his car and over $400,000 in cash at Crabwood Creek, Upper Corentyne.

Dear Editor, Once again, Guyana seems to have come to the crossroad. 

LONDON,  (Reuters) – British lawmakers defeated Prime Minister Theresa May’s Brexit divorce deal by a crushing margin yesterday, triggering political chaos that could lead to a disorderly exit from the EU or even to a reversal of the 2016 decision to leave.

CAVE HILL, Barbados,  CMC – Off-spinner Bryan Charles claimed five wickets as CWI President’s XI pushed touring England on the opening day of the two-day tour match at 3W’s Oval here yesterday.

MELBOURNE,  (Reuters) – Japan’s Naomi Osaka clubbed her way into the Australian Open second round by beating Poland’s Magda Linette 6-4 6-2 late yesterday.

Justice Franklyn Holder on Friday began hearing legal arguments in the court action challenging the 19 ‘Pradoville 2’ charges laid against former PPP/C Minister of Housing, Mohamed Irfaan Ali.

Dear Editor, In his letter published in the Stabroek News of January 15, 2019, Mr.

CARACAS, (Reuters) – Venezuela’s opposition-run Congress declared President Nicolas Maduro a “usurper” yesterday, and the U.S.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Newcastle United beat Blackburn Rovers 4-2 after extra time while Championship side Stoke City threw away a two-goal lead as they suffered a shock 3-2 home defeat by third-tier Shrewsbury Town in FA Cup third-round replays yesterday.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – The U.S. economy is taking a larger-than-expected hit from the partial government shutdown, White House estimates showed on Tuesday, as contractors and even the Coast Guard go without pay and talks to end the impasse seemed stalled.

The Region Four Council (RDC) has recently employed a Deaf youth to work as a plumber/handyman at the Friendship Health Office.

Dear Editor, Shortly after the 2016 US Presidential elections I wrote about the “startling rise in the unscrupulous manipulation of people’s emotions by very savvy media operators” (Stabroek News 11.11.16).

Chris Pollard, a youth accused of robbing a man of personal items, was yesterday granted bail after he pleaded not guilty to the charge.

SYDNEY,  (Reuters) – Virat Kohli smashed his 39th one-day international century as India claimed a dramatic six-wicket victory over Australia at a sweltering Adelaide Oval yesterday to level up the three-match series at 1-1.

Dear Editor, The formation of new political parties in Guyana in the run-up to anticipated General and Regional elections is most interesting.

(Reuters) – Accused Mexican drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman once paid a $100 million bribe to former Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto, an ex-Guzman associate testified yesterday that he previously told U.S.

(Reuters) – Manu Sawhney, the former managing director of ESPN Star Sports, has been appointed as International Cricket Council’s (ICC) new chief executive, the sport’s governing body announced yesterday.

Dear Editor, SN’s Editorial of Friday 4 January, 2019 on ‘A Modernised GPOC’ should have been followed immediately with a very substantive question mark (?),

NAIROBI,  (Reuters) – Gunmen blasted their way into a hotel and office complex in the Kenyan capital yesterday, killing at least 15 people and sending workers diving under desks to escape an attack claimed by Somalia-based Islamist group al Shabaab.

Last Friday, the wives and girlfriends of the members of that long suffering group, the West Indies Test Cricket Fan Club, had to endure an annual ritual which coincided with the arrival of the sixteenth English Test team in Barbados.

Medical specialists from the Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) recently conducted a medical outreach among the residents of Waipa and Karisparu, in Potaro-Siparuni, Region Eight.

Last week, the president and the leader of the opposition met, and contrary to what many had hoped for but what Guyana’s political legacy suggested was most improbable, they emerged from their hour-long meeting just as they went in – with only smiles!  

(Trinidad Guardian) Influenza vaccinations have run low in some health centres as public demand grows with the threat of the deadly H1N1 virus.