Daily Archive: Saturday, February 2, 2019

Opposition-appointed GECOM commissioner Sase Gunraj today warned about dilatory behaviour at GECOM in relation to the preparation of timelines for the holding of general elections.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Member of Parliament for East Portland Dr Lynvale Bloomfield has been found stabbed to death at his home in Passley Gardens.

(Reuters) – West Indies clinched a decisive home series victory against England when they beat the visitors by 10 wickets in the second test in Antigua today.

(Jamaica Observer) A day after her two-year-old twin girls perished in a blaze on Grant’s Pen Road in St Andrew, 22-year-old Osheen Rogers, who is being haunted by images of her precious toddlers perishing in the fire, is questioning why no one could help to save her children.

(Trinidad Guardian) Po­lice are ques­tion­ing a 36-year-old Guapo sales clerk about the dis­cov­ery of a ba­by’s body in a shal­low grave at the back of her home.

(Trinidad Guardian) Ed­u­ca­tion Min­is­ter An­tho­ny Gar­cia said he was dis­turbed about a video on In­sta­gram which showed sus­pend­ed Diego Mar­tin North Sec­ondary a stu­dents boast­ing about their deeds.

Insisting that elections have to be held by March 21st, PPP general Secre-tary Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday called on the government to comply with the constitution in keeping with the ruling by the Chief Justice upholding the validity of the no-confidence vote passed against it.

The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) has collected in excess of $198 billion in tax revenue for the year 2018.

Amid unease due to threats made to injure students of the School of the Nations and the subsequent shooting of its principal outside his home on Sunday, a security plan was yesterday presented to parents but some remain concerned that the planned measures are not enough.

Since a Prime Ministerial (PM) candidate is expected to come from the Civic component of the People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) alliance, executive members of the PPP will meet next week for discussions with senior Civic members on potential picks.

In light of Thursday’s ruling that it is unconstitutional for persons holding dual citizenship to be Members of Parliament (MPs), PPP General Secretary Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday announced that the PPP/C’s Chief Whip Gail Teixeira has indicated that she will give up her Canadian citizenship.

NORTH SOUND, Antigua, CMC – West Indies dispensed with flair and charisma for the virtues of grind and attrition, as they wore down luckless England, to drive home their advantage on a compelling second day of the second Test here yesterday.

(Trinidad Newsday) Six years of living on a Nigerian boat off Claxton Bay has ended for five Guyanese seamen.

In the event that the National Assembly is reconvened to consider extending the deadline for the holding of general elections, those members who have dual citizenship will have to be replaced in light of the recent ruling by Chief Justice (ag) Roxane George-Wiltshire, according to attorneys who were involved in the litigation.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Jason Mohammed rescued his season with an unbeaten half-century as Trinidad and Tobago Red Force batted all day, to put leaders Guyana Jaguars under pressure in their sixth round Regional Four-Day contest here yesterday.

In a sign that early general elections are imminent, governing coalition A Partnership for National Unity and the Alliance for Change (APNU+AFC) officially launched its campaign committee yesterday at Congress Place, Sophia.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Captain Jonathan Carter struck his fourth half-century of the Regional Four-Day Championship but Barbados Pride lost late wickets to allow Windward Islands Volcanoes to strengthen their advantage, on the second day of the sixth round affair here yesterday.

LeBron James returned to action and scored 24 points to help the Los Angeles Lakers to a 123-120 overtime win against the host Los Angeles Clippers on Thursday night.

The Guyana Water Inc (GWI) yesterday blamed water supply problems currently being experienced in Berbice on low voltage and appealed to Berbicians to be patient as the company works with the Guyana Power and Light Inc.

The New Amsterdam Public Hospital’s Accident and Emergency (A&E) Care Unit is to be separated from the Outpatient Unit after it was discovered that those patients who were not deemed emergency cases have been made to wait long hours for treatment.

BASSETERRE, St Kitts, CMC – Out-of-favour West Indies stroke-maker Jermaine Blackwood hammered a breezy unbeaten half-century to put Jamaica Scorpions within sight of first innings against Leeward Islands Hurricanes, on the opening day of the day/night sixth round match in the Regional Four-Day Championship here Thursday.

The Nationals Sports Commission (NSC) will be a key player when Guyana hosts French Guiana in a Goodwill Tournament today at the Police Sports Club Ground, Eve Leary.

A family is seeking over $2 million in compensation from the police for medical expenses incurred by a Strathspey, East Coast Demerara man, who had to undergo emergency surgery and hospitalisation due to injuries they say he suffered while in police custody.

A grand 5-a-side football tournament for players over the age of 40 is set for tomorrow at the Kings of Kings playfield in Sophia.

The newly-launched A New and United Guyana (ANUG) party has started its membership drive and is mobilising for a general meeting to be convened at February month end, when its presidential and prime ministerial candidates will be elected, according to co-founder and steering committee member Dr Henry Jeffrey. 

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The United States announced yesterday it will withdraw from the Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces Treaty with Russia in six months unless Moscow ends its alleged violations of the landmark 1987 arms control pact.

Second year University of Guyana student Shanyce McAlmont, who is reading for a degree in Public Management, is following her dreams by modelling on the side of work and school, something she has been fascinated with ever since she first strutted about as a child in her mother’s heels.

BELO HORIZONTE, Brazil, (Reuters) – The collapse of a Brazilian dam controlled by miner Vale a week ago likely happened because parts of the sand and dried-mud structure dissolved into liquid, a state regulator said in an interview, similar to what caused another deadly mining disaster less than four years ago.

Dear Editor, The frequency with which the issue of police corruption has/is  been  addressed at training courses, by letter writers, and editors of the various dailies in Guyana, indicates widespread consciousness of its disturbing presence.

A four-year sentence and a fine of a little over $8 million was yesterday handed down to Courtney De Monick, one of the three persons held on Tuesday after a total of almost 200 pounds of cannabis was found in a Charlestown house by the Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU).

KARACHI, Pakistan, CMC – Deandra Dottin belted a couple of sixes and a four as West Indies stunned Pakistan in the decisive Super Over, to win the second Twenty20 International and the three-match series with a match to spare here yesterday.

What’s Cooking is a series in which I answer questions and share advice about food and cooking that you have but may be too shy to ask.

DORAL, Fla., (Reuters) – U.S. Vice President Mike Pence yesterday listened to harrowing stories of deprivation, torture and escape from Venezuelans who fled their homeland, and pledged to ramp up pressure to help the opposition trying to oust Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro.

Dear Editor, I write concerning the advice by the Canadian Government, through their office in Port of Spain telling the PPP/C Presidential Candidate, Irfaan Ali, not to travel to Canada this weekend.

Following weeks of anticipation, the 2nd edition of the Magnum ‘Mash’ Futsal Championship will kick-off tonight at the National Gymnasium, Mandela Avenue with nine fixtures.

Jeweller and pawnbroker Freeman Fordyce was yesterday dealt a four-year suspended sentence after being found guilty of the illegal possession of a pistol and ammunition.

Defending champions, the Demerara Cricket Club (DCC) will take on the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) in the season opener in the GISE, Star Party Rental, Trophy Stall and Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA) first division two-day competition which bowls off today. 

Members of the Mon Repos, East Coast Demerara family that lost their house, shop and youngest in a fire on Thursday are asking for the public’s help to rebuild their lives.

Dear Editor,  Yesterday I attended the official launch of United Nations World Inter-Faith Harmony Week 2019 at the National Cultural Centre.

BOGOTA, (Reuters) – Venezuela’s dictatorship only has a short time left, Colombian President Ivan Duque said yesterday, calling for more diplomatic pressure on that nation’s leader, Nicolas Maduro, to facilitate the return of democracy to the oil-producing nation.

(Trinidad Guardian) Prime Min­is­ter Dr Kei­th Row­ley yes­ter­day ac­cused the Op­po­si­tion of try­ing to un­der­mine Gov­ern­ment’s ef­forts at med­i­ta­tion in Venezuela’s on­go­ing po­lit­i­cal cri­sis.

In a world of excess that creates so much uncertainty, minimalism is becoming the new face of desirability as it relates to fashion and lifestyle. 

The Ethnic Relations Commission (ERC) released its national unity song “Let Harmony Come In” at a recent launching at the Pegasus Hotel.

Dear Editor, The vote on December 21 has thrust the issue of General and Regional elections into the spotlight.

The highly-anticipated West Demerara Cricket Association’s 50-overs President’s Cup final is set to get underway today at the Joe Vieira Park, Schoonard with Mc Gill Super Stars taking on Independence A.

THE HAGUE,  (Reuters) – Former Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo was freed from detention by the International Criminal Court yesterday, under the condition that he will stay in the country that accepts to take him in and that he will return to the court when asked to do so.

Police in Linden are probing the discovery of a human skull found in the vicinity of the Wismar-Mackenzie Bridge.

(Jamaica Gleaner) The Bank of Jamaica (BOJ) has moved to explain the significant fall in the value of the local currency against the benchmark United States dollar in the recent weeks. 

Movie production being what it is, “The Wife,” which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2017 and was released to theatres in 2018, feels very much of this time.

(Trinidad Guardian) Cit­i­zens have racked up US$1.205 bil­lion in cred­it card trans­ac­tions for 2018 which is now en­gag­ing the at­ten­tion of the Min­istry of Fi­nance.

The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) is continuing in its ongoing efforts to resolve the ongoing situation in the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela and its implications for the Community.

Clifford ‘Alabama’ Charles releases his first single for 2019 “No Puppet” today on air as well as several social media platforms.

Dear Editor, I feel a greater sense of pride today being Guyanese.

BRASILIA,  (Reuters) – A Brazilian Supreme Court justice reopened a probe on Friday into suspicious cash payments involving President Jair Bolsonaro’s son Flavio, reviving an investigation that has dogged the president’s first few weeks in office.

CANBERRA, (Reuters) – Joe Burns and Travis Head smashed big hundreds to end Australia’s century drought and put the hosts on course for a massive first innings total despite a wobbly start against Sri Lanka’s makeshift attack in the second and final test yesterday.

“Music is the universal language of mankind” – Henry Longfellow. “Music once admitted to the soul becomes a sort of spirit and never dies” – Edward Lytton.

Announcing the end of Mexico’s 13-year drug war, President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador told reporters yesterday that “The main purpose of the government is to guarantee public safety … What we want is security, to reduce the daily number of homicides.”