Daily Archive: Saturday, April 13, 2019

(Trinidad Express) A retiree has been placed on a ban from driving for the rest of his life after he was found driving drunk for a third time.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – A group of finance ministers is working on a $10 billion package of trade finance that could be made available to help Venezuela out of its economic and humanitarian crisis once a new government is put in place, U.S.

National awards are to be conferred this year on May 24.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The Democratic chairman of the U.S. House Ways and Means Committee today set a new April 23 deadline for the Internal Revenue Service to comply with his request for six years of President DonaldTrump’s personal and business tax returns.

(Trinidad Guardian) Po­lice Com­mis­sion­er Gary Grif­fith wants Venezue­lans sus­pect­ed to be in­volved in crim­i­nal ac­tiv­i­ty to be de­port­ed im­me­di­ate­ly.

(Trinidad Guardian) To­co vil­lagers and sea­soned po­lice of­fi­cers re­coiled in hor­ror on Friday as the bod­ies of an eight-month-old ba­by boy and his sev­en-year-old sis­ter were found in a car with their dead par­ents.

With a Guyana Police Force audit of the Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU) uncovering evidence of fraud, the opposition People’s Progressive Party (PPP) yesterday called for the unit to be shut down and for an independent forensic audit to be conducted towards prosecuting all personnel implicated in wrongdoing.

Hundreds of youths attended a job fair organised by the Department of Youth at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall in Georgetown yesterday to tackle the high unemployment rate among young persons in Guyana.

During the five years that the Norway-funded REDD+ (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation) project ran, Guyana recorded 35% less deforestation than it would’ve without the project, Anand Roopsind, a Guyanese PhD student from Boise State University, says. 

President of Cricket West Indies (CWI), Ricky Skerritt has stated that CARICOM will have a larger role to play in the affairs of cricket in the region.

The University of Guyana (UG) yesterday commissioned the Jay and Sylvia Sobhraj Centre for Behavioural Research and Science  (CeBeReS), and also launched a Master’s in Clinical Psychology degree programme.

A West Coast Berbice woman was found dead with her throat slit last evening.

Head Coach of the Guyana Under-15 team Julian Moore is confident in his team’s chances of regaining the Cricket West Indies Regional U15 title as the tournament bowls off from today in Antigua.

Police are probing the death of a businesswoman following a suspected robbery on the Essequibo Coast.

The road to the Cayman Islands has been set for the 21 athletes who will carry the Golden Arrowhead at the 2019 CARIFTA Games over the Easter holiday weekend.

A West Coast Berbice motorcyclist succumbed last evening after he crashed into the side of a car at Blairmont Village, West Bank Berbice.

North East La Penitence, Albouystown-B, California Square and Kingston were among the winning teams when the Stag Beer Easter Futsal Championship continued on Thursday at the National Gymnasium, Mandela Avenue.

In the wake of increased cyberattacks on its systems, the Guyana Lands and Surveys Commission (GL&SC) is warning both applicants and state land-owners to ignore emails seeking personal information or money and report any such suspicious activity.

(Reuters) – Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s uncharacteristic outburst against a controversial umpiring decision led to the Chennai Super Kings captain being fined 50 percent of his match fee in Thursday night’s Indian Premier League (IPL) match in Jaipur.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Left-hander Jonathan Carter has been recalled following a two-year absence while speedster Shannon Gabriel also returns after a 16-month break, in a weakened West Indies 14-man squad for next month’s Tri-Nations Series against hosts Ireland and Bangladesh.

Wildfires have destroyed at least three buildings including a home in the Rupununi and with the current dry season, such occurrences continue to be a threat, Chairman of Region Nine (Upper Takutu/Upper Essequibo) Brian Allicock says.

KOLKATA, India,  CMC – West Indies star Andre Russell kept up his impressive form with the bat but it was not enough to save Kolkata Knight Riders from defeat, as they went down by seven wickets to Delhi Capitals here yesterday.

Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Tagman Media Alex Graham and his family were left traumatised after bandits early yesterday morning invaded their South Ruimveldt home and carted off an undisclosed amount of valuables, including cash and jewellery.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – The Ricky Skerritt-led Cricket West Indies administration is facing its first legal battle over their decision to axe Vasbert Drakes from the coaching staff of the men’s senior side.

A minibus conductor, who was charged in 2017 with stabbing a schoolboy to the neck with a pair of scissors, was on Wednesday sentenced to four months in jail for the crime.

Dear Editor, The Guyana Lands and Surveys Commission, (GLSC), has over the past few weeks witnessed and received complaints of an increased number of cyber-attacks on its systems.

Twenty-year-old singer/songwriter Josephine Mitchell took up music professionally some five years ago.

A Port Kaituma farmer was on Thursday remanded to prison after he was accused of raping a nine-year old girl.

Dear Editor, I take the informed view that Government should not have to mandate training initiatives in a company, especially a foreign company operating in the local economy.

KHARTOUM,  (Reuters) – Sudan’s defence minister stepped down abruptly yesterday as head of the country’s transitional ruling military council after only a day in the post, as protesters demanded quicker political change following President Omar al-Bashir’s ouster by the armed forces.

West Indies under-16 batsman, Mavindra Dindyal has staked his claim for a spot in the Guyana U17 team after finishing as the leading run getter in the recently concluded Guyana Cricket Board U17 Inter-County tournament.

The voice in my head pleaded: Stop stirring de pot! You’re making Cook-up not Risotto!

Despite the fact that I am very much for re-wearing items that I own, I must admit that at times it can prove quite difficult to do so.

Dear Editor, I am penning this letter after reading a bundle of nonsense written by the so called “majority stakeholders”. 

(Reuters) Newcastle United recovered from two consecutive defeats to beat Leicester City 1-0 with an Ayoze Perez header yesterday and moved 10 points clear of the Premier League relegation zone.

MADRID/WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – Spanish police yesterday arrested Hugo Carvajal, a former head of Venezuelan military intelligence, who Washington believes has a “treasure trove” of details he is willing to share about Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro.

A man was yesterday granted bail after he was accused of breaking his cousin’s jaw after an argument over ply board.

Dear Editor, “Professor Hinds ‘explained that he does not believe that academic qualifications should be a criterion for running for office, but that the public should know about the honesty and integrity of those lobbying for their support’” (Stabroek News 4/9/19). 

Regional stakeholders have agreed to the implementation of a Framework on Migrant Health and Rights at the country level, and to the pursuit of a holistic approach to providing services to migrants.

LOS ANGELES,  (Reuters) – The Los Angeles Lakers and head coach Luke Walton have agreed to part ways after the team posted a disappointing 37-45 record and failed to end a playoff drought stretching back to 2013.

(Reuters) – Chevron Corp doubled down on its bet on surging U.S.

Guyanese artiste Simeon Browne has yesterday (Friday) dropped another one of his originals on the local arena.

(Jamaica Gleaner) The government is still trying to come to terms with yesterday’s  Consti-tutional Court ruling, which struck down the National Identification and Registration Act that establishes the controversial National Identification and Data System (NIDS).

(Jamaica Gleaner) Jamaica is on the cusp of reaping the benefits of expanded relations with China after Thursday’s signing of a landmark memorandum of understanding set to be the launching pad of ramped-up investment and trade between the two nations.

(Trinidad Express) men, including two Venezuelan nationals, were killed following a police involved shooting incident early yesterday morning.

Conservation International-Guyana (CI-Guyana) has announced the appointment of Damian Fernandes as its Executive Director.

Dancehall artiste Javes ‘Dan Jah V’ Cox is at it again and this time he has released a song called “Amicicide”.

Cricket action in Georgetown continues today with the scheduling of seven matches across the City. 

Dear Editor, I hereby humbly suggest that the Ministry of Education conducts a feasibility study with the express intent of determining the possibility of offering CAPE studies at CXC at selected schools in Regions 2, 3, 4 (East Bank) and 5.

(Trinidad Express) Police were last evening at the scene of a massacre in Toco where a Chaguanas man is suspected to have killed his two children, his wife and then himself.

The Guyana Volleyball Federation (GVF) is set to spike off a National Female Volleyball Festival from today at the National Gymnasium, starting from 09:30hrs.

Easter is just around the corner and right on cue the Inner Wheel Club of Georgetown has announced that its annual hat show will be on and patrons will get the opportunity to participate in the original, elegant, comical and topical categories.

(Trinidad Guardian) As Government announced a two-weeks registration process of Venezuelans living in T&T, which will begin next month, National Security Minister Stuart Young on Thursday admitted they expect to face difficulties with the entire “process” which is expected to cost taxpayers $5 million.

One of my favourite American television series was a science fiction show, called “Fringe.”

A total of eight passengers were rushed to a city hospital for treatment yesterday morning after two mini-buses collided at the junction of Norton and Haley streets, in Wortmanville, Georgetown.

Amidst the ongoing battle between the Marvel Cinematic Universe and the DC Extended Universe for dominance, the arrival of “Shazam” feels significant because of its divergence.

Kirstjen Nielsen, US Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security resigned last week, reportedly because President Trump wanted to implement even harsher policies at the US-Mexico border.

Dear Editor, I noticed that some folks are still advancing a case for Ministers/MPs to retain dual citizenship, and continue to introduce an irrelevance about the diaspora’s potential role in our development.