Daily Archive: Saturday, January 26, 2019

(Trinidad Guardian) A preg­nant moth­er of two, who was placed in a med­ical­ly in­duced co­ma with swine flu com­pli­ca­tions has died.

(Jamaica Gleaner) A Jamaican man has come forward as the winner of last month’s US$298 million Powerball lottery jackpot in the United States.

(Reuters) – Part-time off-spinner Roston Chase took eight wickets as West Indies recorded their third biggest ever win by runs, a crushing 381-run defeat of England in the first in Barbados on Saturday.

(Trinidad Guardian) The Op­po­si­tion Unit­ed Nation­al Congress has en­dorsed Venezue­lan Na­tion­al As­sem­bly head Juan Guai­do as in­ter­im Pres­i­dent and called for fresh elec­tions in Venezuela su­per­vised by in­ter­na­tion­al ob­servers.

A meeting between commissioners of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) and the Government and Opposition Chief Whips on the electoral body’s preparedness for general and regional elections ended yesterday without any clear indication of how soon the polls could be held.

Royston King has been fired from the post of Town Clerk and the Local Government Commission (LGC) has asked the police and the Auditor General to investigate his tenure as chief administrative officer of the Georgetown City Council.

An autopsy yesterday determined that the baby that was found in a latrine at Goed Fortuin, West Bank Demerara on Wednesday was stillborn.

A day after the death of Sharezer Mendonca, the third child to have died after receiving pre-chemotherapy treatment at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC), her family was plunged into further turmoil after learning that her body was handed over to another family for burial.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Captain Jason Holder carved out a monumental and entertaining maiden double hundred while Shane Dowrich struck an unbeaten century, as West Indies dominated England and set them an improbable target of 628 runs to win the opening Test here yesterday.

Guyana may get its fifth male world champion in time for this year’s Republic celebrations which will be held under the theme, “Celebrate Mash 49 with Victory in Mind.”

The Working People’s Alliance (WPA) will soon disclose who it supports for the APNU+AFC coalition’s President and Prime Ministerial (PM) candidates at the upcoming general elections but President David Granger has the support of party executive David Hinds.

Cabinet has been updated on the police investigation of former government Member of Parliament (MP) Charrandass Persaud and is now awaiting a fuller report, Minister of State Joseph Harmon said on Thursday.

March 24, 2019. That is the day the Jumbo Jet Thoroughbred Racing Committee (JJTRC) and the Kennard Memorial Turf Club (KMTC) will host their respective race meets.

State Minister Joseph Harmon has said he recently briefed Charge d’Affaires of the United States Embassy Terry Steers-Gonzalez on the no-confidence motion against government and subsequent developments.

Guyana Amateur Basketball Association [GABF] Vice-President Michael Singh has confirmed his intention to run for the post of GABF president at the  Annual General Meeting (AGM) on Saturday at the Roraima Duke Lodge, Kingston.

Under the theme ‘Engineering for First Oil and Beyond,‘ the University of Guyana (UG) yesterday launched undergraduate and post-graduate degree programmes in the area of petroleum engineering.

CARICOM Heads of Government have sounded their “grave concern” over the political instability in Venezuela and have offered to assist in mediation to prevent further crisis.

A blistering century from National youth all-rounder, Nigel Deodat steered Blairmont Cricket Club to a crushing 137-run victory over West Berbice in the Berbice Cricket Board/ New York Business Group under-19 tournament.

The Georgetown City Council will over the next two months, intensify the provision of routine environmental and health services as it joins the fight to prevent a dengue fever outbreak in Guyana.

The Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) will begin its 2018 season with the senior female Inter-County tournament on February 2 while it will not be hosting the Under-19 version of the competition.

The Mayor and Councillors of the City of Georgetown yesterday announced plans for a cleaning exercise on Sunday within the Stabroek ward.  

The Enterprise Busta Sports Club last week held annual elections where a number of experienced executives returned to the fold even as the body says it plans to revamp its youth programme.

Officials from the Ministry of Education (MoE), led by Minister Nicolette Henry, visited the Mae’s Schools yesterday to offer support to students following the suicide of teenaged student Vanica Schultz on Thursday.

After a hugely successful 2018 which ended with the hosting of the 14th edition of the Diamond Mineral Water Indoor Hockey Festival, the Guyana Hockey Board (GHB) is set to officially kick off its 2019 hockey season tomorrow at the Guyana National Stadium Providence. 

 A number of exciting matches are anticipated during the course of the weekend in action of the Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA) and the New Building Society (NBS) 40-over second division tournament. 

Local poet and University of Guyana (UG) student Renata Burnette is set to host what is being billed as “the poetry event of the year” in order to raise funds to pay her tuition fees.

Dear Editor, The Ministry of Public Health is concerned by the article `A&E patients frustrated by new system, long wait at NA Hospital’ in the Stabroek News on Thursday, January 24, 2019 which erroneously represented the situation at the New Amsterdam Hospital with regards to the functioning of the Accident & Emergency Unit of that hospital.

The accused in the murder of Godfrey Phillips, the shop owner who was stabbed to death last Sunday at Sophia, was remanded to prison on Thursday after he was charged with the crime.

 The Mocha Arcadia Community Centre will come alive tonight when the Mocha Village Cup football tournament commences with the opening round of group matches.

Dear Editor, In 2014 the number of clinical counselors in Guyana could have been counted on the fingers.

A  Kuru Kuru, Soesdyke-Linden highway resident was yesterday remanded to prison after being charged with cultivating marijuana.

BRISBANE,  (Reuters) – Travis Head and Marnus Labuschagne missed individual centuries but forged Australia’s highest partnership of the summer to earn the hosts a handy first innings lead against Sri Lanka on day two of the series opening day-night test yesterday.

Former journalist Abigail Wade has left the news behind having found her niche in the fashion industry as a makeup artist (MUA) and stylist in the USA.

MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – The rewards could not get bigger when Petra Kvitova takes on Naomi Osaka in today’s Australian Open final with one of them set to emerge as a fresh champion at Melbourne Park as well as the new world number one.

A Kumaka bar owner was yesterday charged with attempting to murder a man who remains hospitalised with life-threatening injuries.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – President Donald Trump agreed under mounting pressure yesterday to end a 35-day-old partial U.S.

Dear Editor, I read with great interest the letters by Timothy Jonas and Audreyanna Thomas on the issue of the legalization of marijuana and its societal impacts.

The everyday staple of rice in our diets can easily become boring.

After operating illegally for over a year, a popular Diamond, East Bank Demerara Chinese eatery, Georgie’s Restaurant, has been ordered shut by the Central Housing and Planning Authority (CH&PA).

BRASILIA/RIO DE JANEIRO,  (Reuters) – Brazilian rescuers were searching for some 200 missing people after a tailings dam burst yesterday at an iron ore mine owned by Vale SA, the second major dam disaster involving the company in just over three years.

(Trinidad Express) In a brief but hard-hitting statement on Venezuela’s developing political crisis, United States Ambassador Joseph Mondello yesterday slammed the Trinidad and Tobago Government for continuing to recognise Nicolas Maduro as president of the troubled country.

Stephen Curry scored 38 points, and the visiting Golden State Warriors defeated the Washington Wizards 126-118 Thursday night for their ninth consecutive win.

Dear Editor, Many of us may conclude that some of our political leaders were ineffective because of their self-serving idealism and racial agenda. 

I don’t generally consider myself to be a shy person. But for some reason I always get overly anxious when it comes to taking my own picture (common term selfie).

WASHINGTON/CARACAS,  (Reuters) – The United States yesterday signaled it was ready to step up economic measures to try to drive Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro from power as some U.S.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Trial judge Justice Vivene Harris had strong words for murder-convict police constable Collis ‘Chucky’ Brown in handing down sentencing yesterday afternoon in the Home Circuit Court.

Om Singh, the Danielstown, Essequibo Coast resident who died on Sunday after he reportedly collapsed at the Anna Regina Police Station, where he was taken after allegedly assaulting his wife, died as a result of heart failure.

MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – If Rafa Nadal’s Australian Open semi-final win over Greek sensation Stefanos Tsitsipas was one-sided, Novak Djokovic showed he could be even more brutal in his victory against Lucas Pouille yesterday.

Dear Editor, Article 6 of the Revised Treaty of Chaguaramas commits the 15 Member States of our Caribbean Community (CARICOM) to “enhanced coordination of Member States’ foreign and foreign economic policies” and to “the achievement of a greater measure of…… effectiveness in dealing with third States, groups of States and entities of any description.”

Spoken word poet Leeanna Allen is expected to release a video for her poem “See You”, which she penned five years ago at a time she was searching for healing for her own soul in a bid in find herself.

A few days ago, as H.bomberguy livestreamed a session of Donkey Kong 64 on the gaming platform Switch, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the Representative for New York’s 14th Congressional District, entered the conversation as an “[Unidentified Caller].”

“Glass” recently premiered as the third part of M. Night Shyamalan’s Eastrail 177 Trilogy, which began with 2000’s “Unbreakable” and continued in 2017’s “Split.”

Alice Walker is a novelist, poet, short fiction writer and activist.

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.,  (Reuters) – A longtime ally of U.S. President Donald Trump was arrested yesterday for lying to Congress about the 2016 campaign’s efforts to use stolen emails to undercut his Democratic rival in the latest arrest of the Special Counsel probe into possible election manipulation.

Gospel/conscious music rapper and singer Rondel ‘Disi’ Holder is teaming up with artiste Martin Massiah who goes by the stage name MA to host the Kingdom Music Session (KMS) Party scheduled for February 9.

(Jamaica Observer) The Jamaica Stock Exchange (JSE), the world’s number one performing stock exchange, launched the Jamaica Social Stock Exchange (JSSE) as a move to address social inequity at the Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston on Tuesday night.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Ex-West Indies speedster Mervyn Dillon has been named head coach of Trinidad and Tobago Red Force, replacing Kelvin Williams who quit in the wake of the team’s third defeat of the Regional Four-Day Championship last week.

A 60-year-old man was remanded to prison on Thursday after he was charged with simple larceny at a city court.

Dear Editor, The conferral and sudden withdrawal seems to suggest that one does not have the right to associate.