Articles published on Friday, January 18, 2019
Joint Services ranks conducting patrols in the Blackwater Creek, Cuyuni River during last Wednesday and Thursday arrested five persons (three Venezuelans and two Guyanese) with drugs, a gun, ammunition and grenades, the police said today.
Appealing to citizens to help it create a new governance system where the main parties share executive power, A New and United Guyana (ANUG) was this afternoon launched at Moray House pledging to be held legally accountable for its commitments and declaring that corruption will be tackled by calling in the United Nations and Transparency International.
Commissioner of Police Leslie James this morning said that the investigation involving former government Member of Parliament (MP) Charrandass Persaud stems from a report of bribery and alleged plans to move gold out of the country.
NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – India’s Supreme Court has been asked to decide the future of two international cricketers suspended for their comments about women in a TV show interview last week, stirring a debate over whether they were being treated too harshly.
(Trinidad Express) Port of Spain Mayor Joel Martinez had a scolding for a man who he witnessed urinating against the Red House fence on Thursday morning.
(Trinidad Express) Two police officers faced a Port of Spain magistrate on Thursday after they allegedly stole a quantity of cash from a man while responding to a report of a disturbance at a house in Morvant last May.
(Jamaica Gleaner) Annette Hannan, the mother of four-year-old Rihanna Rupon, who died from dengue fever last week, says she’s left angry and devastated by the death of her child.
(Trinidad Newsday) Squatter Zeia Flemming and her 11-year-old son got a rude awakening yesterday morning in their one-bedroom hut in Pleasantville, San Fernando.
(Jamaica Observer) A Canadian man, who reportedly attempted to smuggle just more than seven pounds of cocaine out of the island last November, is likely to plead guilty to breaches of the Dangerous Drugs Act when he reappears in the Kingston and St Andrew Parish Court today.
(Jamaica Observer) THE management for Grammy-winning deejay Buju Banton is confident that the National Stadium in St Andrew will be filled to capacity for the March 16 concert to start his Long Walk to Freedom Tour.
(Trinidad Guardian) The body of a 73-year-old woman, who lost a four-year battle with breast cancer, was finally released last night after being wrangled in a two-day custody conflict between two funeral homes.
Leader of the Opposition Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday refuted the claim that an agreement was reached with APNU+AFC administration for the legislature and the executive to function normally in the wake of the December 21st approval of the no-confidence motion against government.
As the execution-style killing of a Suriname rice dealer on Monday on the No 63 breach, Corentyne continues to baffle law enforcers here, it has been learnt that Nitender Oemrawsingh was a bird enthusiast and would come to this country to make purchases.
The Guyana Police Force’s was tipped off about former government Member of Parliament (MP) Charrandass Persaud’s enquiry for the purchase of US$1 million in gold by Public Security Minister Khemraj Ramjattan, who said he received the information from Minister of Indigenous Peoples’ Affairs Sydney Allicock.
Public Service Minister Dr. Rupert Roopnaraine yesterday confirmed that he has UK citizenship and expressed his willingness to relinquish it if he needs to.
All Cessna Caravans operating out of the Eugene F. Correia International Airport have been temporarily grounded to facilitate visual inspections by the Guyana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA).
Within “a matter of days,” the 35-member Central Committee of the People’s Progressive Party (PPP) will be casting their votes for a presidential candidate to lead the party into the next general and regional elections, General Secretary and Leader of the Opposition Bharrat Jagdeo said yesterday.
British High Commissioner to Guyana Greg Quinn says that his Government’s plans to build a military base in the Caribbean is part of its demonstration that they are a “global player” and are determined to remaining a global player going forward but there has been no request for one here in Guyana.
CAVE HILL, Barbados, CMC – Jonny Bairstow and Rory Burns found form ahead of next week’s first Test, hitting half-centuries on the opening day of the second two-day match against CWI President’s XI here yesterday.
The Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) is warning of the possibility of a major outbreak of the mosquito-borne dengue fever.
Banks DIH Limited, the organizers of the Guinness ‘Greatest of the Streets’ Championship, has revealed that a National Streetball League is in the embryonic stages.
United Kingdom (UK) High Commissioner to Guyana Greg Quinn says there is a need to have the court decision on the recently passed no-confidence motion against the APNU+AFC Government quickly “so we all know what happens next.”
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – The former chairman of CARICOM’s sub-committee on cricket, Prime Minister Dr Keith Mitchell, has given a vote of no-confidence in the leadership of Cricket West Indies president, Dave Cameron.
(Jamaica Gleaner) Sakima ‘Mr Smooth’ Mullings has seen off many fierce opponents on his way to becoming not only the first-ever two-time Wray and Nephew Contender Series champion, but also the World Boxing Council Caribbean Boxing Federation Welterweight champion.
The individual who is accused of smuggling 70 live finches inside hair rollers from Guyana into the US and later deported was questioned by the police, Crime Chief Lyndon Alves told Stabroek News yesterday.
In front of around 200 cricket lovers, the Guyana Jaguars were dismissed for 196 just after tea but fought back to leave the Leeward Islands Hurricanes 57-3 at stumps on day one in the fifth round of the West Indies Regional Four-Day Championships at Providence yesterday.
The Cheddi Jagan International Airport Corporation (CJIAC) recorded an overall increase in passenger movement last year, with the international arrivals up by 9% and arriving passengers representing the majority of the traffic.
Between 1989 and 2016 the number of cooperative societies in Guyana slumped from 1440 to 1268, a decline of 20% according to a 2017 report from a Ministerial Task Force set up to address “the Revitalization of the Cooperative Movement in Guyana.”
New political party A New and United Guyana (ANUG) has joined calls for the legalisation of marijuana for recreational and medical uses and according to one of its founding members, Timothy Jonas, such a move will reduce the burden on the justice system and ease overcrowding in the prisons.
(Reuters) – England fast bowler Olly Stone has been ruled out of the upcoming tour of West Indies with a back injury and will return home, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) said.
Some of the ‘heavy hitters’ in the corporate sector along with First Lady Sandra Granger have lined up alongside the National Library’s “Reading & Robotics” programme which Coordinator Karen Abrams says has the potential to become a game-changer as far as the trajectory of the country’s education system is concerned.
MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – Eleven years after beating Jo-Wilfried Tsonga to win the 2008 Australian Open title, top seed Novak Djokovic bested the Frenchman again at Melbourne Park to reach the third round early yesterday.
A man and his common-law wife, who were both charged last year after allegedly being found with a quantity of ecstasy, were yesterday freed of the charge after the prosecution failed to prove its case.
If you visit Parika stelling on any Friday afternoon and if you are able to spend the entire weekend there, it is not just the range of commercial activity that will hold your attention but the manner in which a host of influences converge and the people that come from the far-flung communities to gather there, their livelihoods dependent on participating in the activities.
Presidential candidate of the newly-launched Liberty and Justice Party (LJP) Lenox Shuman has said that if he had not met the eligibility criteria for the presidency, he would not have accepted the nomination to be the candidate.
If agro-processors are to identify and effectively exploit the right opportunities for investing in a processing venture it is necessary that they pursue what sometimes can be rigorous and painstaking research.
MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – Milos Raonic served his way into the third round of the Australian Open yesterday with a pulsating 6-7(4) 7-6(6) 7-6(11) 7-6(5) victory against former champion Stan Wawrinka.
Dear Editor, I write in response to the letters published in the Stabroek News on January 15 and 16, 2019 authored by Mr.
A juvenile is in police custody in Linden since Wednesday, after he directed ranks to an abandoned house in McKenzie where he had hidden an unlicensed firearm.
BRASILIA, (Reuters) – Brazil’s far-right President Jair Bolsonaro said yesterday he would do all he could to “to re-establish order and democracy” in Venezuela, while his foreign minister met with Venezuelan opposition leaders.
Dear Editor, Nine years ago, I penned a letter expressing my frustration and feeling of hopelessness about West Indies cricket.
Eleven years after her pioneering introduction of a range of clothing and fabric from West Africa on the local market Designer and Businesswoman Anetha Eastman is still seeking the commercial space which she has more than earned for her game-changing contribution to the African Guyanese clothing culture.
ST GEORGE’S, Grenada, CMC – Veteran opener Devon Smith continued his domination at first class level, stroking his 36th hundred as Windward Islands Volcanoes kept under-pressure Jamaica Scorpions in the field all day on the opening day of their fifth round match here yesterday.
BOGOTA, (Reuters) – A car bomb exploded at a police academy in Colombia’s capital Bogota yesterday, killing at least nine people and wounding over 20 in an attack that prompted fears of a return to the country’s violent past.
Dear Editor, The recent revelations concerning Dr. Van West-Charles’ fuel importation dealings point to a central problem in our winner take all system, but one which has an immediate solution.
Noel George, a youth who was charged with armed robbery, was remanded to prison yesterday after a city magistrate heard that he previously faced similar charges and has a pending matter before the court.
Radiek-Ah DeFreitas belongs to a growing clique of budding young Guyanese entrepreneurs who are lifting the well-worn trade of agro-processing out of the antiquated setting in which it had been for decades and into a business setting that can make it a game-changer for up-and-coming investors.
TORONTO, (Reuters) – World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) inspectors have recovered doping data from a discredited Moscow laboratory, WADA said yesterday – a condition of its controversial decision in September to restore the accreditation of Russia’s anti-doping agency (RUSADA).
(Field Level Media) Kemba Walker led a balanced attack with 23 points, and the Charlotte Hornets gained revenge on the visiting Sacramento Kings with a 114-95 victory last night.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – President Donald Trump’s conflict with Democrats over a partial U.S.
On Tuesday and Wednesday, a team from the Bridges Global Medical Mission visited the Linden Hospital Complex (LHC) and conducted a two-day clinic, where scores of patients benefited from diagnoses and treatment, the Department of Public Information (DPI) said yesterday.
Dear Editor, On the night of Sunday, January 20th, and into the early morning hours of the 21st, a Total Lunar ‘Blood Moon’ eclipse will occur.
HAVANA, (Reuters) – Cuba is on the verge of the most dramatic restructuring of its government in decades as popular criticism and frustration with a sluggish economy and bureaucracy mount.
(Field Level media) Joel Embiid had 22 points, 13 rebounds and eight assists to lift the visiting Philadelphia 76ers past the Indiana Pacers 120-96 yesterday in Indianapolis.
Gold Prices for the three day period ending Thursday January 17, 2019Kitco is a Canadian company that buys and sells precious metals such as gold, copper and silver.
BRASILIA, (Reuters) – A retired Army officer who last year advised a Canadian company seeking to mine gold in the Amazon returned to the head of Brazil’s indigenous rights agency yesterday, vowing to improve the lives of the country’s native peoples.
Dear Editor, As I sat in the hallowed chambers of the ruinous City Hall building recently and witnessed the new Mayor of our capital city being inaugurated and watched him take the march past, I felt a sense of deep pleasure and satisfaction as a result of the achievements and qualities of this humble, young and energetic man taking up this leading and key position in Georgetown.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Donald Trump’s lawyer Rudy Giuliani, who along with the president has repeatedly denied that any collusion occurred between Russia and other people in Trump’s 2016 campaign, retreated from those earlier broad statements, saying he had no idea whether any aides colluded with Moscow during that time.
Five fields that were under ganja cultivation, were yesterday destroyed during a thirteen-hour narcotics eradication operation at Tabatalli, Berbice River, police say.
Dear Editor, It was a sad day yesterday for Guyana. A dual citizen is acting in the role of Prime Minister of Guyana.
GASCI (www.gasci.com/telephone Nº 223-6175/6) reports that session 808’s trading results showed consideration of $12,680,125 from 98,076 shares traded in 25 transactions as compared to session 807’s trading results which showed consideration of $1,841,175 from 20,245 shares traded in 8 transactions.
We have been, as far as circumstances allow, deliberately monitoring the impact of the latest bout of jousting between City Hall and its two principal garbage disposal contractors if only because, first, we are aware of the particular vulnerabilities of the municipality in the wake of the revelations of the Report of the Kennard Commission of Inquiry.
At a time when the entire world seems to be experiencing unprecedented change in some way or the other, it is important that the institutions of the state function with a clear focus and systematic efficiency, to avoid becoming swept up in, or swept away by this unrelenting stream of change.
MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – Serena Williams soundly beat Eugenie Bouchard 6-2 6-2 on Thursday night, racing through the last five games to advance to the third round of the Australian Open.
CARACAS, (Reuters) – Venezuela will receive 2,000 Cuban doctors who left Brazil following a dispute between the Communist-run island and the government of far-right Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, who ordered an end to their stay after taking office this year.
BRASILIA, (Reuters) – Rio de Janeiro state prosecutors said yesterday they were temporarily suspending an investigation into suspicious payments handled by the former driver of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro’s son, Flavio, due to a Supreme Court ruling.
Under-development in health care, sport ’Tis the Season! To “form a party”!
In Tuesday’s edition of Stabroek News under the headline ‘Kumaka vendors get bail on break and enter charge’, photographs of two men which were identified as those of defendants in the story – Derek Persaud and Leon Singh were incorrect.
