Daily Archive: Thursday, January 24, 2019

(Jamaica Observer) Ernest Smith, lawyer for Tommy Lee Sparta, says he is moving forward with proceedings to sue the government of Jamaica on behalf of his client.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Jamaica yesterday steered clear of endorsing Juan Guaido, Venezuela’s opposition leader, as interim president, even though the politician declared himself so in a defiant speech amid widespread protests against putative head of state Nicolas Maduro.

(Trinidad Guardian) Min­is­ter in the Of­fice of the Prime Min­is­ter, Stu­art Young has said that the gov­ern­ment of Trinidad and To­ba­go cur­rent­ly recog­nis­es Nico­las Maduro as the pres­i­dent of Venezuela.

Stephen Vieira and Nazim Gafoor were today found not guilty of involvement in the trafficking of $550 million worth of cocaine.

STATEMENT BY THE GOVERNMENT OF GUYANA ON THE SITUATION IN VENEZUELA The Government of Guyana is gravely concerned at the deepening of the political crisis in the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela and supports calls made at both the regional and international levels for immediate dialogue involving all political and social actors, with a view to the preservation of the democratic process and a return to normalcy.

Guyana’s Foreign Minister Carl Greenidge yesterday met with the Deputy US Secretary of State John J Sullivan in Washington, D.C.

MOSCOW/BRUSSELS,  (Reuters) – Russia accused the United States of trying to usurp power in Venezuela and warned against U.S.

(Trinidad Guardian) There have been in­stances of fraud found in three re­gion­al cor­po­ra­tions – and eyes are fo­cussed on a fourth.

Chief Justice (ag) Roxane George-Wiltshire SC yesterday heard oral submissions in the court action filed by Christopher Ram, asking for declarations that the December 21 no-confidence motion was validity passed and that the President and his Cabinet should immediately resign in keeping with the Constitution and she consequently said that she would try her very best to deliver a ruling on January 31 at 1:30 pm.

Two suspects in the murder of taxi driver Kelvin Walters, who was fatally shot on the Eccles, East Bank Demerara public road on Tuesday night, have been arrested.

Months after he was involved in a serious motorcycle accident, a 19-year-old pillion rider lost his life yesterday afternoon after he was reportedly crushed by a fuel truck along the Sisters Village, WBD Public Road.

The AFC is calling on government to give its side in relation to allegations that it recalled the bestowing of Senior Counsel (SC) status on attorney Timothy Jonas because of his political affiliation.

The Region Six council is calling on government to reverse a decision to have the National Drainage and Irrigation Authority (NDIA) take responsibility for drainage and irrigation in the region.

A date for the AFC’s next congress will be set on Saturday with key issues such as who will replace current leader Raphael Trotman and whether Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo will go into upcoming elections in his current capacity, on the table for the congress to decide.

PPP presidential candidate Irfaan Ali must explain the about-face from his party’s view that benefits from oil won’t be seen before 2025 to now saying that benefits would flow from the first year of a PPP/C administration, Minister of Business Dominic Gaskin says.

A battle for control of Canadian miner, Guyana Goldfields Inc (GGI) is set to culminate on May 22 and the Board of Directors on Tuesday hit back at accusations that they have mismanaged the company, outlining a number of actions taken since terminating the services of former Executive Chairman Patrick Sheridan.

Pensioners and retirees of the former Guyana Telecommunications Corporation (GTC) and GTT, are threatening legal action against the government if they do not heed calls to pay over pension owed.

Charged with attempting to smuggle less than a pound of cannabis into the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court, a mother of three was yesterday remanded to prison.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – West Indies lost four wickets in the last 38 minutes of the opening day, to squander precious momentum and gift England the early advantage in the first Wisden Trophy Test here yesterday.

Two teenage boys were remanded yesterday after they were accused of using a knife to rob a man of his phone and other articles.

Head coach of the West Indies Under-19 team, Graeme West, will conclude a one-week stint in Guyana where he worked along with four players who have been named in the West Indies 20-man squad.

Ministry of Public Infrastructure (MoPI), Technical Services Manager, Nigel Erskine has announced that the East Coast Demerara (ECD) road widening project is fifty-five percent completed So far, the contractor, China Railway First Group Limited, has finished the construction of 14.2 kilometres of the reinforced concrete side drain and 473 metres of reinforced revetment.

President of the Guyana Amateur Basketball Federation (GABF) Nigel Hinds says he will not seek reelection for another term at the helm of the local basketball association and is calling for an increase in the budgetary allocation for sport.

Agriculture is taking off in the mainly mining community of Mahdia in Region 8.

After scoring a century against four-time champions, Guyana Jaguars, Montcin Hontcin Hodge believes that more is to come from him.

The University of Guyana (UG) yesterday launched its BSc degree in food science at an all-day symposium at the Turkeyen Campus.

Dear Editor, It is with a deep sense of pride that I endorse David Arthur Granger to be the Coalition’s Presidential Candidate for a second term.

After recently disclosing to Stabroek Sport that he is looking to make 2019 a banner year, the nation’s most exciting bantamweight fighter, Elton ‘The Guyanese Gladiator’ Dharry (23-5-1) got some good news yesterday.

A Lodge resident was yesterday granted bail after he was charged with fraudulently converting $1.1 million in Mercedes car parts.

Eleven schools, along with surrounding communities on the East Coast of Demerara, will soon be benefitting from the services of a bookmobile that was commissioned yesterday by the National Library, in collaboration with the Rotary Club of Georgetown.

The Berbice Cricket Board on Sunday bowled off the Spready’s Snackette 100-ball tournament with five matches  across the lower Corentyne with Chesney, Courtland, Whim, Rose Hall Town Tigers and Fyrish recording  opening round victories.

Dear Editor,  The political season is warming up with the impending hosting of general and regional elections.

MOE, Australia, CMC – Former West Indies all-rounder Dwayne Bravo produced an incisive spell to help fire Melbourne Stars to an emphatic 44-run victory over Adelaide Strikers in the Australian Big Bash here yesterday.

Dear Editor, I wish to respond to Mr. Timothy Mc Intosh’s letter in the Stabroek News on 23 January, 2019, titled ‘Let’s have a good discussion on our approach to marijuana’.

A father of six accused of trafficking 15 grammes of marijuana, was yesterday granted bail by a city court.

A La Bonne Intention (LBI) family is seeking answers from the police after a relative who was in police custody ended up hospitalised in a critical state at the Georgetown Public Hospital.

CARACAS,  (Reuters) – Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido declared himself interim president yesterday, winning the backing of Washington and many Latin American nations and prompting socialist Nicolas Maduro, who has led the oil-rich nation since 2013, to break relations with the United States.

MELBOURNE,  (Reuters) – Serena Williams squandered four match points and blew a 5-1 lead in the deciding set as seventh seed Karolina Pliskova produced a fightback for the ages to claim a 6-4 4-6 7-5 quarter-final win over the American great at the Australian Open yesterday.

Dear Editor, I have been approached by a few groups who profess to be of “like mind” where my cartoons and their thrust, perspective and intended effect are concerned.

As the police probe into the break-in at the National Insurance Scheme (NIS) office at Melanie Damishana, East Coast Demerara earlier this month continues, two persons were detained for questioning and subsequently released.

KINSHASA,  (Reuters) – Democratic Republic of Congo’s outgoing President Joseph Kabila said he would hand over power today “without regret” and called on Congolese to support his successor, Felix Tshisekedi.

BRISBANE, (Reuters) – Sri Lanka, inspired by India’s recent breakthrough triumph, are dreaming of their own maiden test victory in Australia this week when their two-match series gets underway in Brisbane today.

(Barbados Government Information Service) From April 1, the importation, retail, sale and use of petro-based single use plastic (plastic made from petroleum) will no longer be allowed in Barbados.

Dear Editor, I do not know the facts of what transpired but what I do know is that two beautiful children, three-year-old Roshnie Seegobin and Corwin Edwards are now dead.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Democratic leaders in the House of Representatives floated the idea yesterday of ending a partial U.S.

(Reuters) – Indian captain Virat Kohli will be rested for the fourth and fifth one-day international matches against New Zealand as well as the subsequent Twenty20 international series, the Indian cricket board (BCCI) said yesterday.

Dear Editor, I write with reference to the following article in yesterday’s edition of the Stabroek News, `New US$18M Craig shore base oil venture eyes creation of over 200 jobs’.

(Trinidad Express) The decomposed body found in a forested area at Las Lomas on Tuesday has been identified as kidnapped businessman Sheldon Sukhdeo.

PHOENIX,  (Reuters) – An Arizona male nurse has been charged with raping a severely disabled woman at the long-term care facility where he worked, a crime that came to light only after she gave birth, prosecutors said yesterday.

Would you change the way you eat to save the world?

NAPIER,  (Reuters) – India’s bowlers laid the foundation before Shikhar Dhawan anchored a straightforward chase to secure the tourists a comprehensive eight-wicket victory over New Zealand in the first one day international in Napier yesterday.

Dear Editor, Today, I offer in very simple strokes what I think could be the benefits of shared governance, with a word on the inherent dangers.

TechnipFMC, ExxonMobil Guyana’s prime contractor for the engineering, manufacturing and delivery of the subsea production systems for the Liza Phase 1 project, is currently taking on its third class of local Guyanese engineers. 

As books go, this one hardly appeared impressive. Wrapped in bare red cloth, stored in an unlocked steel cupboard and reeking of the natural insect-repellent citronella, the long, narrow brown leaves opened like a fan in fragile, individual sheets, held through holes by a white cord stretched between crude covers made from bare pieces of wood.