Daily Archive: Friday, March 22, 2019

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – Special Counsel Robert Mueller today handed in a confidential report on his investigation into Russia’s role in the 2016 presidential election and any potential wrongdoing by U.S.

By a majority decision, the Appeal Court has invalidated the passage of the no-confidence motion against the government, saying that an “absolute majority” of 34 votes were needed.

(Jamaica Observer) The police are in search of a 27-year-old woman who has been reported missing since last Saturday after reportedly going for a job interview in St James.

(Trinidad Express) Accused wife killer Dominic Guevara reappeared in court on Friday.

Former APNU+AFC MP Charrandass Persaud has sued Minister of Public Security Khemraj Ramjattan for $30m for alleged libel in the aftermath of the December 21, 2018 motion of no confidence in Parliament.

SANTIAGO,  (Reuters) – A group of South American leaders signed a declaration to create a regional bloc of nations they say is open to any country, regardless of ideology, to collaborate on solving regional problems.

(Trinidad Newsday) A birthday party ended in bloodshed on Tuesday night after a gunman opened fire on partygoers at a house in Enterprise, Chaguanas.

NEW DELHI,  (Reuters) – Former Indian cricketer Gautam Gambhir joined Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ruling party today, leaving a panel to decide whether to field him as a candidate in the cricket-crazy country’s upcoming general election.

(Jamaica Gleaner) A teacher at Calabar High School is now scared for his safety after making several attempts to ensure that two of the school’s elite track athletes serve suspensions for allegedly assaulting him in December 2018.

(Jamaica Observer) The origin of one of the documents Peta-Gay Ffrench presented at the Registrar General’s Department (RGD) in Twickenham Park, St Catherine, when she attempted to register a stolen baby last month, will determine whether another person is charged in the matter.

A 26-year-old man was shot dead in Albouystown yesterday. Dead is Collis Collison of Better Hope, East Coast Demerara and 68 William Street, Kitty.

Maintaining its stance that the APNU+AFC government became illegitimate at midnight last night in light of its failure to hold constitutionally-due polls or secure an extension, the People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) has planned a series of both local and international protests that are to start from today.

Warning that Guyana could enter “a time of constitutional uncertainty” without an agreement on the way forward, the Carter Center yesterday said it remained hopeful that the National Assembly would meet no later than today to approve an extension of the deadline for elections.

President David Granger is expected to soon announce a date for new elections based on a recent briefing from the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) and opposition leader Bharrat Jagdeo has already indicated that the timeline proposed by the body is “totally unacceptable,” while maintaining that the government would become illegal from today.

Concerned about reports of alleged bid tampering at the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board (NPTAB), the Public Procurement Commission (PPC) has asked the agency for a report.

A Corentyne man is now dead after the car he was travelling in crashed into a bus shed along the Number 43 Village, Corentyne Public Road during the wee hours of Thursday morning.

An ambitious multi-million dollar renewable energy-based industrial enterprise aimed at producing a range of products and services that will target both local and overseas markets is in the process of being rolled out under the leadership of a Linden-born female Industrial Engineer.

Police are investigating the death of a North Rupununi woman, who was struck down from her bicycle along the Wowetta Main Road on Wednesday.

Chastened by the controversy that has dogged the local scrap metal industry for several years, not least the vandalising of costly metal-based infrastructure owned and operated by local utility companies, the Ministry of Business has now re-opened the trade under more restrictive conditions.

With only one day remaining before their must-win clash in the CONCACAF Nations League, the respective coaches and captains for the Golden Jaguars and the Belizean Jaguars, have expressed their confidence in securing a historic victory.

A 27-year-old man is nursing several lacerations and a gunshot wound following a third incident of violence in Albouystown yesterday.

If it is bound to take some time – perhaps several years – for Guyana to arrive at the avocado production levels long reached by many of her counterpart countries in the hemisphere, the country’s agricultural sector could do much worse than aggressively probe the prospects for the significant expansion of the fruit’s cultivation and export in the period ahead.

Several persons are currently receiving treatment at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH) following an incident yesterday involving minibus BXX 4165 and motorcar PNN 3115 at Princes and High streets.

(Trinidad Guardian) Po­lice of­fi­cers were called in to deal with a sit­u­a­tion at the Uni­ver­si­ty of the West In­dies’ St Au­gus­tine cam­pus on Wednes­day af­ter a male stu­dent pep­per sprayed a fe­male class­mate fol­low­ing an ar­gu­ment over a group project.

GASCI (www.gasci.com/telephone Nº 223-6175/6) reports that session 817’s trading results showed consideration of $6,848,357 from 82,991 shares traded in 17 transactions as compared to session 816’s trading results which showed consideration of $33,041,257 from 191,293 shares traded in 23 transactions.

By Berry Dann, Julianna Dietz, and Sarah Ward On March 24, 1989, the Exxon Valdez had just entered the frigid waters of Alaska’s Prince William Sound, when the tanker, freshly filled with crude oil, crashed into Bligh Reef, wrecking its hull on impact.

(Field Level Media) Kemba Walker scored 31 points, and the host Charlotte Hornets rolled to a much-needed 113-106 victory over the Minnesota Timberwolves last  night.

Government-nominated elections commissioner Vincent Alexander has dismissed claims made by Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo that house-to-house registration will be used to rig the upcoming elections, saying that the claims are unsubstantiated and ought not to be taken seriously.

EDDY COUNTY, NEW MEXICO,  (Reuters) – In New Mexico’s Chihuahuan Desert, Exxon Mobil Corp is building a massive shale oil project that its executives boast will allow it to ride out the industry’s notorious boom-and-bust cycles.

The informational horizon of the Critchlow Labour College has been considerably broadened, following the provision of computers, through a grant which was presented by the Mitsubishi Corporation on Tuesday.

President of the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI), Deodat Indar on Monday used his wide-ranging address at the 129th Annual General Meeting of one of the country’s key Business Support Organisations to underscore the central role he said the Chamber has played in helping to ready the country for what could be the most significant developmental initiative in its history – the management of the anticipated huge returns from the oil and gas industry.

Trinidad and Tobago raced to their third straight win after defeating the Windward Islands by 51 runs in the third round of the Cricket West Indies Colonial Medical Insurance Women’s Super50 tournament at the Everest Cricket Club yesterday.

Dear Editor, Kindly permit me space in your newspaper to voice my concern about a very dangerous situation on our roadway.

The makings of a fully-fledged Department of Energy are beginning to emerge as Guyana moves closer to ‘first oil’ officially scheduled to materialise in 2020.

(Field Level Media) Rookie Trae Young scored 23 points, including the go-ahead three-point play with 1:47 remaining, and the Atlanta Hawks hung on to beat the visiting Utah Jazz 117-114 on Thursday.

(Trinidad Guardian) A three-year-old boy, who was among 13 pas­sen­gers re­fused en­try in­to Trinidad and To­ba­go af­ter they came off a flight from Venezuela, was re­unit­ed with his moth­er last night.

Guyana marked their first victory of the Cricket West Indies Colonial Medical Insurance Women’s Super50 with a 31-run win over the Leeward Islands in the third round at Enmore Community Centre Ground yesterday.

The changing of the name of the Guyana Police Force to the Guyana Police Service is only a proposal at this stage, according to Top Cop, Leslie James.

SAO PAULO/BRASILIA,  (Reuters) – Brazil’s former President Michel Temer was arrested yesterday in “Operation Radioactivity,” a probe of alleged graft in the construction of a nuclear power plant, threatening to delay debate over the government’s ambitious fiscal reforms.

BRUSSELS,  (Reuters) – European Union leaders have given Prime Minister Theresa May two weeks’ reprieve, until April 12, before Britain could lurch out of the EU if she fails to persuade lawmakers to back the withdrawal treaty she concluded with Brussels.

Students of the Port Kaituma and Matthews Ridge Secondary schools, engaged in a debate competition last week, held in observance of GBTI’s Port Kaituma branch anniversary.

 Defending champions Barbados recorded another comfortable win in the ongoing Colonial Medical Insurance Women’s Super50 cup by brushing aside Jamaica by eight wickets at Bourda yesterday. 

Dianna Dolphin-Trotman has had the good fortune of being able to transform a childhood hobby into an enterprise that allows her to continue to immerse herself in something that she loves whilst earning from it.

Dear Editor, I want to comment on an ongoing discussion on education reform, specifically in Guyana, and what lessons could be derived from the Caribbean region.

WASHINGTON/BRUSSELS, (Reuters) – The United States yesterday imposed sanctions on three senior officials from Democratic Republic of Congo’s electoral commission, accusing them of corruption and obstructing December’s presidential election.

Surinamese politician Chandrikapersad Santokhi has been invited to deliver the feature address at the Annual Dinner of Transparency International Guyana Inc (TIGI).

The new Guyana Marketing Corportation has agreed to provide us with the above information which we will publish on a weekly basis subject to receipt.

Dear Editor,  A few days ago I shared a story of a 30-year-old man who had been abandoned by his relatives at a hospital in Berbice.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – Test icon Shivnarine Chanderpaul says the success of the domestic franchise system has left him with no choice but to support incumbent Cricket West Indies president, Dave Cameron, in his re-election bid.

Dear Editor, Today, March 21, the international community marks the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination under the theme “Mitigating and countering rising nationalist populism and extreme supremacist ideologies”.

Gold Prices for the three day period ending Thursday March 21, 20193Kitco is a Canadian company that buys and sells precious metals such as gold, copper and silver.

KINGSTON, Jamaica,  CMC – Incumbent Cricket West Indies president, Dave Cameron, does not believe he can lose Sunday’s elections, especially with three territorial boards already in his corner.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – The United States yesterday threatened to pull out of the annual meeting of the Inter-American Development Bank in China next week if Beijing refuses to allow a representative of Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido to attend.

-A taxi-driver on Jagdeo’s `powerlust Leaving the obvious “issues of national significance” – poised to erupt (?)

Dear Editor,  During the Sunday, March 17, 2019 edition of the Walter Rodney Groundings (WRG) television programme the nation was informed by the moderator, Kidackie Amsterdam, that well known public personality Mr.

(Jamaica Gleaner) In a deal said to be worth $4 billion, the owners of Jamaica Energy Partners (JEP) have snapped up rival energy outfit Jamaica Private Power Company (JPPC) giving the American parent control over 250 megawatts of domestic rated capacity.

It has always been a policy position of the Government of Guyana that Guyanese residing in the diaspora should be encouraged to return home eventually, to resettle, to invest or both.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said yesterday it was time to recognize Israeli sovereignty over the Golan Heights that Israel seized from Syria in 1967, marking a dramatic shift in U.S.

The cases of child abuse reported to the Child Protection Agency for 2018 numbered a stunning 4,917, according to a statement emanating from agency Director, Ms Ann Greene.

Dear Editor, With oil money coming, the political stakes could not be higher, as most of our citizens know and feel that they could be cheated of their God given rights to the opportunities and wealth of our Republic.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, , CMC – Barbados have hired legendary Trinidad and Tobago midfielder, Russell Latapy, as head coach of the senior men’s national team on a two-year contract.