Trinidad PM to leave for heart treatment in the US
(Trinidad Guardian) Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley will leave tomorrow for the United States (US) where he will undergo a series of coronary tests and observation.
Articles published on Sunday, March 3, 2019
(Trinidad Guardian) Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley will leave tomorrow for the United States (US) where he will undergo a series of coronary tests and observation.
Two vendors who ply their trade at Bourda Market died after the bus they were in crashed this morning and toppled several times before coming to a halt on the other side of the Success Public Road, East Coast Demerara.
(Jamaica Observer) The Ministry of Education has moved to warn educators about the so-called Momo Challenge encouraging children to engage in increasingly terrifying and destructive behaviour, culminating with suicide.
(Trinidad Express) Police have made “a major breakthrough” in a case involving an increase in fraudulent automated banking machine (ABM) transactions at the One Woodbrook Place branch of First Citizens (FCB).
(Jamaica Observer) A woman, who reportedly collected £4,000 and $140,000 from a woman to make reservation for her and her family to travel from London, England to New York in the United States but failed to do so, is scheduled to return to court on May 6, to pay over half of the amount to the complainant.
(Jamaica Observer) Guess what! Twenty-three-year-old American actor and rapper Shameik Moore, more popularly recognised for his role as Curtis “Shaolin Fantastic” in the Netflix hit The Get Down and who was christened recently at the 91st Annual Academy Awards for his voice-over role as Miles Morales in the critically-acclaimed and multiple award-winning film Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse has deep Jamaican roots and could eat his mother’s oxtail 24 hours a day.
(Trinidad Guardian) Police Commissioner Gary Griffith is using drone technology as part of the TTPS’s effort to ensure public safety and security across the country during the Carnival celebrations.
MUMBAI, (Reuters) – The International Cricket Council has assured its members of a tight security plan for this year’s World Cup in England after the Indian cricket board sought guarantees from the governing body following a suicide-bomb attack in Kashmir last month.
A miner was shot and killed and three of his companions were taken into custody after police say they attempted to rob a diamond trader yesterday at Middle and Thomas Streets, Cummingsburg.
Former president Donald Ramotar is maintaining that he had no knowledge of ExxonMobil’s oil find in the Stabroek Block before the 2015 general elections and therefore his award of contracts to private companies shortly before should not be seen as questionable.
L’Esperance is a farming community situated between Noitgadacht and Sans Souci along the Number One Canal Polder road.
We have become depressingly used to the party political animosity that divides the nation and holds back united efforts to solve the multitude of problems which need our combined human resources.
A Sophia housewife was hospitalised in a critical condition up to press time last night after she was repeatedly stabbed by her husband, who fled but was later arrested.
GROS ISLET, St Lucia, CMC – Man-of-the-Series Chris Gayle plundered the fastest One-Day International fifty by a West Indian after Man-of-the-Match speedster Oshane Thomas’s had demolished England for a record low, as West Indies pulled off an emphatic seven-wicket victory in the final ODI here yesterday to level the five-match series 2-2.
Around two dozen persons squatting on a plot of land at Lombard and Broad streets, Charlestown, lost their homes yesterday morning in a fire, suspected to be an act of arson.
When you hear the term Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), you may more often than not naturally think of war veterans or persons who have been severely traumatised by war. In
Charlestown Secondary downed Tutorial High 2-0 when the 7th edition of the Milo Secondary School Football Championship, resumed yesterday at the Ministry of Education ground, Carifesta Avenue.
A match-winning spell from 11- year-old leg-spinner Riyad Latif spun Demerara past defending champions Berbice in the final of this year’s Guyana Cricket Board Dave West Indian Imports Under-15 Inter-County one day competition at the Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC), Bourda, yesterday.
Five persons, including two children, yesterday sustained pellet wounds about their bodies after a GEB security guard accidentally discharged his shotgun outside Republic Bank’s Camp Street, Georgetown branch.
It’s easy to get dillusioned or even cynical about mankind in a time of Trump, or of some wayward soul in the interior with a high-powered rifle, and not much else, shooting a beautiful jaguar, or of a man in Georgetown leaving his dog chained up in the hot sun all day long.
He is arguably the oldest footballer still playing the ‘Beautiful Game’, here, in Guyana and at age 70 , Seaton Floris can been seen in action on any Sunday morning at the GNS sports ground on Carifesta Avenue where the Pele Masters and Rastafari Patriarchs have their regular sessions among other players of the Masters football fraternity.
As industrial action at the Bauxite Company of Guyana Inc. (BCGI) enters its third week, Chief Labour Officer Charles Ogle has invited the company and the Guyana Bauxite and General Workers Union (GB&GWU) to a meeting tomorrow.
Guyanese can be excused for being baffled at the latest developments in the current political saga gripping the nation.
When Ileana Bonnard’s husband got a job with an international organisation she gave up her career and followed him.
In this column, I will continue to explore the rationale of the PNCR’s economic policy since March, 2015.
A laser focused Brandon Bell on his return to competitive action, served his way to the “B” class title in the Forbes Burnham Memorial table tennis tournament at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall (CASH), late Friday evening.
“I just want to tell my story because I went through a lot abuse, but now I get out and I happy.
New Amsterdam [NA] Kings-B, Canje Warriors, Top Form and Goalers sealed their respective berths to the main draw in the Guinness ‘Greatest of the Streets’ Berbice Zone, following playoff wins on Friday at the Scott Schools ground.
Scotiabank Guyana’s net income for 2018 was $2.52 billion, which represented a decline of 10% when compared with the previous year.
Profit for the New Building Society (NBS) for last year was $1.201 billion, which is down 6% from the previous year’s figure of $1.279 billion.
Introduction Thus far, I have considered two of the six Guideposts in my depiction of a Road Map for the Government of Guyana (GoG) “getting its petroleum revenues” dimension.
Set a small target of 114 to win, Chandrapaul Hemraj stroked his seventh first-class half century to see Guyana Jaguars defeat Barbados Pride by seven wickets before tea on the third day of the Cricket West Indies four-day championships at the National Stadium, Providence yesterday.
RIO DE JANEIRO, (Reuters) – Brazilian iron ore miner Vale SA is dismissing Chief Executive Fabio Schvartsman, as well as several other high-ranking employees, a source with direct knowledge of the matter told Reuters yesterday, after one of its mining dams burst in January killing hundreds.
A young couple is accusing the New Amsterdam Public Hospital of negligence following the death of their newborn several hours after delivery at the institution.
Dear Editor, The letter by Gail Teixeira, “GECOM has no authority to state it is unable to hold elections prior to date being announced, President knowingly causing constitutional crisis” (SN: 1/3/ 2019), is highly disingenuous, especially from someone who has been in public life as long as the Honourable Member of Parliament has.
Golden Jaguars Assistant Coach Charles ‘Lily’ Pollard says that local players have a fantastic opportunity to prove themselves ahead of the final squad selection for the CONCACAF Nations League clash with Belize later this month.
The Guyana Police Force yesterday arrested 13 persons and seized a quantity of narcotics after a three-hour cordon and search operation at the Stabroek Market and its environs.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said yesterday that North Korea had a bright economic future if the two countries made a deal, but did not have any economic future with nuclear weapons.
Dear Editor, According to a Demerara Waves article dated March 2nd, the Hon.
KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Captain Kieran Powell finally tasted form with a half-century but it was seamer Sheno Berridge’s four-wicket burst which earned Leeward Islands Hurricanes a convincing 134-run win over Jamaica Scorpions inside three days here yesterday.
The family and friends of Nadina Kalamadeen, the mother of five who was stabbed to death last Wednesday evening by an alleged stalker, believes that the crime was premeditated based on the man’s actions prior to the attack.
ALGIERS/GENEVA, (Reuters) – Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika has changed his campaign manager for an April election in which he is expected to seek a fifth term, state news agency APS said yesterday.
Dear Editor, It is now 70 days since the no-confidence motion was passed on December 21, 2018.
KINGSTOWN, St Vincent, CMC – Captain Denesh Ramdin’s unbeaten half-century helped Trinidad and Tobago Red Force take a stranglehold on their ninth round match against Windward Islands Volcanoes, and install themselves as firm favourites to win the contest on today’s final day.
(Barbados Nation) Regional airline LIAT could go belly-up in the next ten days unless CARICOM can find it a $10 million lifeline.
The wheels of the 2019 National Chess Championships have begun to turn with the current hosting of the qualifier for the National Junior Championship.
(BBC) – Clash of the Titans was one of the most popular films of 1981.
Health tourism is an enormous and highly competitive global business. Reliable estimates indicate that by 2021 the worldwide health tourism market will reach somewhere between US$46.6 billion and US$125 billion per annum and is experiencing a compound annual growth rate of somewhere between 13% and 19%.
Tagetes commonly, called Marigolds, originated in South America and New Mexico.
CAIRO (Reuters) – Sudan’s main opposition party leader Sadiq al-Mahdi yesterday called on President Omar al-Bashir to step down and sit with the opposition to agree on details of a transitional process to end the nation’s crisis, a statement from his party said.
Dear Editor, On the 19th January, 2019, the People’s Progressive Party selected Irfaan Ali as its presidential candidate for the upcoming National and Regional Elections.
The Mambo Sports Bar Domino Competition, will officially commence today from 14:00hrs at the entity’s Barr Street location.
A new layer of complication has been introduced into Guyana’s already Byzantine politics.
(Jamaica Observer) The Portland man who was initially taken into custody and released in connection with the gruesome killing of Dr Lynvale Bloomfield was on Friday charged with murder after he was again called in for questioning.
According to one survey, 38% of adults eat unhealthy foods or overeat during periods of stress.
A man was sentenced to 24 months in jail on Friday after he admitted to wounding two men.
The male Northern Slaty Antshrike (Thamnophilus punctatus) is distributed across much of the Guiana Shield, as well as more locally in the foothills of the east Andes, from southwest Venezuela to eastern Colombia, and thereafter reappearing in southern Ecuador and northernmost Peru.