Daily Archive: Monday, March 25, 2019

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados,  CMC – Two Caribbean prime ministers previously critical of Dave Cameron’s leadership of Cricket West Indies have welcomed the election of Ricky Skerritt as the new president of the regional governing body.

An 80-year sentence was today handed down to Victor Bobb for the 2010 murder of supermarket owner Dennis Ramah.

(Trinidad Express) The police are asking the public to help them identify the body of a woman found in a watercourse at Exchange, Couva around 10 a.m.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – Special Counsel Robert Mueller has concluded that nobody associated with President Donald Trump’s campaign “conspired or knowingly coordinated” with Russia during the 2016 presidential election, and U.S.

(Jamaica Observer) The parents of a 10-month-old baby who was left unattended at home in Bull Bay, St Andrew, while they partied in St Catherine, drew the ire of people inside the Kingston and St Andrew Parish Court last week.

(Jamaica Observer) HEAD of Calabar High’s Physics Department Sanjaye Shaw says he is still upbeat, despite the school’s rejection yesterday of his version of events surrounding an alleged assault involving two of the school’s top athletes last December.

(Trinidad Guardian) Al­lan “AJ” Mar­tin, the son of slain gang­ster Al­lan “Scan­ny” Mar­tin, was shot dead by an off-du­ty po­lice of­fi­cer dur­ing an at­tempt­ed rob­bery in Ch­agua­nas on Sunday.

(Trinidad Guardian) Two Freeport fam­i­lies are ap­peal­ing for the pub­lic’s help in find­ing three men who were ab­duct­ed on Sun­day out­side their homes.

The opposition PPP will not attend any sitting of the National Assembly before the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) pronounces on its appeal against Fri-day’s Guyana Court of Appeal ruling invalidating the passage of the December 21 no-confidence motion against the government.

Concerns about liability coverage in the event of oil spills and other accidents, and meeting local insurance requirements are yet to be resolved between ExxonMobil and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) resulting in a stalling of works at the company’s Stabroek Block, sources say.

Demerara Distillers Limited (DDL) says it had to import 14,000 tonnes of molasses last year for its rum operations as a result of the shortfall in the sugar industry.

KINGSTON, Jamaica,  CMC – Former West Indies team manager Ricky Skerritt and Dr Kishore Shallow are the new president and vice-president of Cricket West Indies (CWI).

By Wednesday, Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo will file an appeal at the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) challenging last Friday’s ruling by the Guyana Court of Appeal that invalidated the passage of the December 21 no-confidence motion against the government.

Stressing that a country’s natural resources do not belong to politicians, leader of Suriname’s Progressive Reform Party, Chandrikapersad Santokhi says that wealth management should be assigned to independent authorities or commissions and the populace must be able to benefit directly from the monies generated.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Defeated Cricket West Indies (CWI) president Dave Cameron and his running mate Emmanuel Nathan are hoping that the new hierarchy will build on what has been left behind.

Dear Editor, Leader of the Opposition Bharrat Jagdeo’s interview with Stan Gouveia on 94.1FM, as reported in Kaieteur News (24/3/2019), is deserving of national attention and concomitant actions.

Giannis Antetokounmpo collected 26 points, 10 rebounds as the host Milwaukee Bucks posted a 127-105 victory over the Cleveland Cavaliers yesterday.

The Demerara Mutual Life Assurance Society Limited is suing a former employee for allegedly defrauding the company of over $40 million.

Guyana Football Federation [GFF] President Wayne Forde says that the Golden Jaguars historic qualification for the CONCACAF Gold Cup is a monumental achievement for the entire nation.

Police in Mazaruni, Region Seven have launched an investigation into the death of a 57-year-old miner which occurred on Saturday night.

Dear Editor, I read with great interest and pleasure of the recent issuance of land titles to residents of Bare Root by this current government after years of requesting same.

A man who was swimming outside of the Splashmins Fun Park yesterday is missing and his family is fearful that he might have drowned.

Lucky Star pulled a surprise win in the final furlongs, taking the second jewel of the Triple Crown yesterday, shockingly spoiling the return of Vera’s Finally and breaking her winning streak at the Rising Sun Turf Club.

Dear Editor, A few weeks ago, several churches in Mahaica officially presented washroom facilities (for both males and females), complete with a concrete walkway lined with flowers and a rail, to the Mahaica Post Office in a simple ceremony.

Keavon Bess is once again at the helm of local bodybuilding.

Thousands of residents between Bel Air Gardens, Georgetown and Liliendaal, Greater Georgetown and other communities on the East Coast of Demerara yesterday suffered a 15-hour power outage.

Dear Editor,        All eyes are now on the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) which will, within the next weeks/months, hear the most important case(s) in the history of Guyana.

Farmers need not be concerned about water challenges in the current dry season as the conservancies have enough water to meet their needs, Chief Executive Officer of the National Drainage and Irrigation Authority (NDIA) Fredrick Flatts has assured.

Dear Editor, Interpretation is now the focus of dissent concerning the Court of Appeals’ ruling.  The

Despite the Cricket West Indies Colonial Medical Insurance Women’s Super50 title eluding Guyana once again, the hosts will look to salvage a consolation win when the play Windward Islands in the final round of the tournament today at the Georgetown Cricket Club ground.

Dear Editor, Since November last year people have been waiting on Fly Jamaica for their refunds.

A virtual final is set to unfold when two undefeated sides Barbados and Trinidad and Tobago clash in the final round of the Cricket West Indies Colonial Medical Insurance Women’s Super50 tournament at Enmore Community Centre today.

A New and United Guyana (ANUG), has called on the APNU+AFC and the PPP/C to agree that elections should be held in late November or early December regardless of the outcome of any court appeals and for house-to-house registration to commence immediately.

Regional Executive Officer of Region Ten, Orrin Gordon says that plans are on stream to secure some eight teachers for Kwakwani as students prepare to write the CSEC exams later this year.

(Reuters) – Australia cruised to a comfortable eight-wicket win over Pakistan in the second one-day international (ODI) in Sharjah yesterday thanks to a record opening stand by centurion Aaron Finch and Usman Khawaja.

Dear Editor, Fr Keith Hardless of the Roman Catholic Church passed away a couple of weeks now.

Dear Editor, I noticed that the Press has reported there will be new features for an Annual Portuguese Arrival Day.

JOHANNESBURG, (Reuters) – Dwaine Pretorius starred with the bat and Andile Phehlukwayo shone with the ball as South Africa completed a 3-0 sweep of the Twenty20 International series against Sri Lanka with a 45-run victory via the Duckworth–Lewis–Stern method at The Wanderers yesterday.

Newly-accredited United States Ambassador to Guyana, Sarah-Ann Lynch, on Friday handed over 21 new automatic weather stations to the Hydrometeorological Department.

Dear Editor, The Court of Appeal (COA) ruled that 34 – not 33 – constitutes an absolute majority of 65.

The Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) has unveiled its Strategic Plan for 2019-2024, under the theme ‘Unlocking Potential’, which outlines 14 goals and 41 accompanying strategies to improve the organisation.

(Reuters) – David Warner hit a blistering 85 off 53 balls for Sunrisers Hyderabad against Kolkata Knight Riders yesterday as he returned to the Indian Premier League (IPL) with a spot in Australia’s World Cup squad in his sights.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – U.S. Special Counsel Robert Mueller found no evidence of collusion between President Donald Trump’s election team and Russia in the 2016 election but left unresolved the question of whether Trump had tried to obstruct justice by undermining investigations that have dogged his presidency.

Christianburg/Wismar, Annandale Secondary, Vergenoegen and President’s College earned quarterfinal berths when the Milo Secondary School Football Championship, resumed yesterday at the Ministry of Education ground, Carifesta Avenue.

Dear Editor With respect to the No-Confidence Voting,  the Appeal Court of Guyana has ruled in the APNU+AFC’s favour.

CARACAS,  (Reuters) – Two Russian air force planes landed at Venezuela’s main airport on Saturday carrying a Russian defense official and nearly 100 troops, according to media reports, amid strengthening ties between Caracas and Moscow.

A man was remanded to prison on Friday after being charged with having three grammes of cocaine in his possession.

Puerto Rico, led by Brian Afanador and the Dominican Republic led by Emile Santos are favoured to reach the final of the men’s division of the 2019 Pan Am Games table tennis qualifiers, following play yesterday at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall (CASH). 

A man was is now a remanded prisoner after being accused of a knife-point robbery.

In keeping with a decision of CARICOM Heads to facilitate a peaceful resolution of the crisis in Venezuela, a delegation of community foreign ministers took part in a video conference on Saturday in Barbados with the President of the Venezuelan National Assembly Juan Guaido while meeting with a team of his representatives.

Dear Editor, Two Court of Appeal Judges out of an uneven three, Ruled that a “majority” is half rounded up plus one apparently, There can be no half a Judge, So there can be no politically inspired Judicial fudge, As mathematically half of three rounded up plus one is three.

If the current political controversy is about the control of the anticipated oil revenues and continues to escalate, we would have failed the first test in our attempt to avoid the resource curse.

By Eusi Kwayana Is there any doubt that political leadership in Guyana as in other countries like Venezuela, Britain, India, Pakistan, Congo and Nigeria needs to be born again?

Now that the Guyana Court of Appeal has spoken, the no-confidence motion (NCM) case and its variegated repercussions will wend their way to the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) for final resolution.

BAMAKO,  (Reuters) – Mali’s President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita sacked and replaced two generals and disbanded an anti-jihadi vigilante group yesterday, a day after gunmen massacred 134 Fulani herders in the country’s troubled central region.