Daily Archive: Tuesday, March 19, 2019

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump will meet at his Florida resort on Friday with the leaders of The Bahamas, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica and Saint Lucia to discuss Chinese “predatory economic practices” and the Venezuela situation, the White House said in a statement on Tuesday.

(Jamaica Gleaner) An 18-year old Jamaican man has been remanded in The Bahamas on fraud charges for pretending to be a dentist.

(Jamaica Observer) Former Jamaican fast bowler in the 1970’s and early 1980’s, William Haye, was shot and killed yesterday (Monday, March 18) by as yet unknown assailants in the Four Paths area of Clarendon.

Chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) retired Justice James Patterson has written to President David Granger to indicate that general elections can be held in November following House-to-House registration.

(Trinidad Express) A man who touched the bottom of a 72-year-old woman was on Tuesday sent to jail.

OSLO, (Reuters) – Norsk Hydro, one of the world’s largest producers of aluminium, was battling on today to contain a cyber attack which hit parts of its production, sending its shares lower and aluminium prices higher.

(Trinidad Guardian) Haunt­ed by a shad­owy spir­it crea­ture which they say lives in­side their home, a Gas­par­il­lo fam­i­ly is now seek­ing spir­i­tu­al help to re­move their un­want­ed guest.

(Jamaica Observer) Two motorcyclists lost their lives after they were involved in a bizarre crash with a minibus in Trelawny on Sunday night.

An Ethnic Relations Commission (ERC) inquiry into the hiring practices at the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) received no evidence of any particular ethnicity being given preferential treatment but qualified the finding by saying the Human Resources Manager’s refusal to cooperate did not allow for extensive deliberations to arrive at a more informed conclusion.

Calling for consensus between the country’s political leaders on a way forward before Thursday’s constitutional deadline for the holding of new elections, British High Commissioner Greg Quinn yesterday expressed fear that in the absence of an agreement business in Guyana will suffer.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – An oil and gas field off Guyana’s coast and owned by Tullow, Total and Eco Atlantic has about 3.9 billion barrels of oil equivalent, a third more than announced in an estimate released in September, Eco said yesterday.

A new and improved Nigel’s Supermarket is expected to be opened this weekend.

GECOM Chairman, Retired Justice James Patterson today sent the following letter to President David Granger stating that it would be ready for general elections in November this year following house-to-house registration.

Three days before the constitutional deadline for the holding of general elections runs out, representatives of the Atlanta, Georgia-based Carter Center yesterday held separate meetings with Attorney General Basil Williams SC and Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo.

After managing to evade the police for three weeks, Fazil Osman, the farmer who is accused of brutally chopping his reputed wife, Vashtie Mahase while she was accompanying a rural constable to serve a protection order on him at Mahaica has been arrested.

The police in ‘A’ Division are investigating the death of a 50-year-old caretaker, whose lifeless body was yesterday morning discovered in the yard of the Castello Housing Scheme property he oversaw for a number of years.

Two men were yesterday remanded to prison after they were charged in a city court with shooting at a pregnant woman and her teenage son.

(Trinidad Express) A security officer who admitted that he slapped his wife over an uncooked meal was on Monday jailed for 12 months with hard labour.

The Central Corentyne Chamber of Commerce yesterday called on President David Granger to set a date for general and regional elections and to engage opposition leader Bharrat Jagdeo to extend the life of the National Assembly.

Guyana will be looking for an improved performance in round two of the Cricket West Indies/Colonial Medical Insurance Women’s Super50 competition when they come up against Jamaica, who will not be taking them lightly at Everest Cricket Club today.

The dead body of a 48-year-old Belle West handyman was found a few lots away from his home yesterday morning.

A blistering century from Rose Hall Town Bakewell captain, Kevin Sinclair handed his side the Berbice Cricket Board/New Building Society 40 overs second division title after an 80-run win over D’Edward Sports Club in the final on Sunday at the Albion Sports Complex ground.

A 44-year-old cyclist succumbed at a city hospital on Sunday afternoon, hours after he was allegedly struck off his bicycle by an alleged drunken driver along the Foulis, East Coast Demerara, Public Road.

Pacesetters were crowned the Georgetown Amateur Basketball Association [GABA]/’Lets Bet Sports’ U23 champions, defeating Plaisance Guardians 75-69 on Sunday at the Burnham Court, Middle and Carmichael Streets.

Director of the Child Care and Protection Agency (CPA), Ann Greene, during a stakeholder consultation to tackle child abuse, emphasised to police officers the need to have alleged perpetrators apprehended swiftly, stating that charges should be laid within 72 hours.

Dear Editor, Thanks to my young colleague, Brother Nigel Westmaas, I am able to find a reference to justify my sense for some weeks of a seeming gap in the learned, or spirited arguments going on at home in Guyana. 

The Guyana Hockey Board (GHB) yesterday announced a 12-member female National indoor squad to participate in the upcoming Field Hockey Canada (FHC) Invitational Indoor Hockey Tri-Nation series scheduled for March 22to 24.

Dear Editor, I have found my friend Mr. Ralph Ramkarran S.C.’s

International speed demons have signalled their intentions of competing in the Guyana Motor Racing and Sports Club (GMR&SC) Drag racing event on Sunday at the South Dakota Circuit.

Dear Editor, In a recent letter (SN, March 17th, 2019), Mr.

A 65-year-old man was yesterday granted bail after he was charged with showing obscene photos of his ex-girlfriend.

Saying there is scope for improved trading relations between Guyana and the United Kingdom, British High Commissioner to Guyana Greg Quinn yesterday called on the local business community to play its part in making this a reality.

Dear Editor, The one month extension to the constitutional timeframe for the holding of the 2006 elections has been the subject of much debate and I hope that it is now clear to all that the extension was made in accordance with the Constitution, the Representation of the People Act and the Election Laws (Amendment) Act.

Guyana’s Junior Lawn Tennis players, who participated in the World Junior Lawn Tennis Under – 14 Tournament in the Dominican Republic, finished 14th following the conclusion of the championships last weekend. 

Beterverwagting bread vendor Clairmont Telesford was strangled, an autopsy concluded yesterday.

Dear Editor, At the recent Town Hall style meeting held by RISE to discuss consequences of the No-confidence motion and possible avenues for averting crisis, I clashed with ANUG representative Timothy Jonas when he asserted that no party other than APNU+AFC has the ‘muscle’ (his word not mine) to successfully apply pressure via protest action in Guyana.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Prime Minister Theresa May’s Brexit plans were thrown into further turmoil yesterday when the speaker of parliament ruled that she could not put her divorce deal to a new vote unless it was re-submitted in fundamentally different form.

Guyana’s Beach Volleyball pair, Juan Velazquez and Vance Harding said the experience they gained from participating at the just-concluded South American Beach Games in Rosario, Argentina will stand them in good stead in the future. 

The police are currently on the hunt for two suspects in relation to the chopping of cousins: Nirpaul Mangal and Desmond Sharzaman during last week at Goedverwagting, East Coast Demerara.

Dear Editor, I read with interest and concern an Article in the press by Professor Duke Pollard, former Justice of the Caribbean Court of Justice in which he wrote touching and concerning the No Confidence Motion as contained in the Articles of the Constitution of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana.

ADDIS ABABA/PARIS,  (Reuters) – Investigators into the Boeing Co 737 MAX crash in Ethiopia have found striking similarities in a vital flight angle with an airplane that came down off Indonesia, a source said, piling pressure on the world’s biggest planemaker.

Bartica Warriors, who are participating in the Demerara Volleyball Association (DVA) tournament, are leading the points table after the first round of matches in this year’s league which commenced at the weekend at the National Gymnasium. 

Dear Editor, The old lady complained that she did not receive her usual monthly bill from GTT, through the post.

OTTAWA,  (Reuters) – The head of Canada’s federal bureaucracy said yesterday he was quitting over his role in handling a corporate corruption case, dealing another blow to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau as he battles the biggest political crisis of his tenure.

Michael Johnson, Golden Jaguars Head-Coach has officially announced his 23-member squad for the must-win encounter with Belize on March 23rd, selecting a whopping 16 overseas born and based players for the fixture.

Dear Editor, I just listened to the very disturbing and heartbreaking story of Devina on Mr Jagdeo’s facepage. 

Mohammed Raffik, of Raffik and Sons Construction, was unanimously voted president of the Central Corentyne Chamber of Commerce (CCCC).

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – Far-right Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, on his first official visit to Washington, declared himself an unabashed admirer of the United States and said he was seeking a new era of close relations after what he called decades of anti-American leaders.

Cricket West Indies (CWI) has been forced to admit liability in a case brought against them by Phil Simmons for unfair dismissal as West Indies coach.

HAVANA,  (Reuters) – The Trump administration’s move to end five-year visitor visas for Cubans has left residents of the island angry and frustrated that it will be even harder to see their relatives, shop, or undertake cultural and academic exchanges in the United States.

Dear Editor, Ever since Dave Cameron entered the scene as the Cricket West Indies (CWI) President in 2013, his tenure as President has been plagued with controversies after controversies.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – As the United States makes its biggest diplomatic push in Latin America in years to try to oust Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, the U.S.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates,  CMC – West Indies’ sterling performance against England has seen them draw level with eighth-ranked Sri Lanka on points, 10 weeks before they kick off their campaign at the ICC 50-overs World Cup.

A miner was yesterday granted bail after he denied having over two pounds of cannabis in his possession for trafficking.

Dear Editor, I wish to address some concerns regarding shared-governance which is being advocated as a way forward for Guyanese politics.

Bail was granted to a 39-year-old man on Wednesday after he denied an allegation that he stole jewellery before fraudulently converting it for his own use.

A miner is now a remanded prisoner after being charged with robbing a couple and assaulting two police officers during his arrest.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Cricket West Indies yesterday disputed claims by respected cricket website, ESPNCricinfo, suggesting the budget for the office of president Dave Cameron had risen to half-million United States dollars.

MAPUTO,  (Reuters) – The number of people killed in a powerful storm and preceding floods in Mozambique could exceed 1,000, the president said yesterday, putting the potential death toll greatly more than current figures.

Dear Editor, On the 14th March 2019, the Guyana Chronicle newspaper carried an article of an ordinary woman (Dianne Henry) who placed her husband (a farmer) in a canoe and paddled for about 40 miles to seek medical attention for him, due to a snake bite he received.

(Trinidad Guardian) The South West Regional Health Authority (SWRHA) is on heightened alert after two children from different schools in South Trinidad died from suspected cases of meningitis.

Dear Editor, It does not appear that there is anything on which the government and opposition can agree regarding the elections machinery as a whole, and the state of elections readiness by Gecom. 

Ranks of the Guyana Police Force (GPF) have been undergoing training on the verification and use of breathalysers and speed guns and use of the International System of Units, in order to build their competency and guarantee the integrity of data presented in court.

TAROUBA, Trinidad, CMC – Brandon King blasted an aggressive century, but it wasn’t enough to stop the Jamaica Scorpions from going down to the Trinidad and Tobago Red Force by 85 runs in their final match of the Regional Four-Day Championship.

LONDON – The United Kingdom’s protracted attempt to leave the European Union has upended the two illusions by which the world has lived since the end of the Cold War: national sovereignty and economic integration, the twin end points of history, according to Francis Fukuyama’s celebrated 1989 essay.

Francisco Martín Moreno is one of Mexico’s best-known writers, and several of his more than two dozen historical novels have been national bestsellers.

Last September, the Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU) made what, at the time was held in some quarters to be a somewhat surprising disclosure that the ‘recreational’ drug ecstasy (surely a misapplied terminology) was being distributed in five local schools.

RIO DE JANEIRO,  (Reuters) – A Brazilian court has ordered Vale SA, the world’s largest iron ore miner, to suspend operations at two more dams, demanding that it prove the structures are stable.