Daily Archive: Sunday, April 14, 2019

Three gun-toting bandits last night invaded the Indra Grocery and Beer Garden in Canefield, East Canje, Berbice, and robbed the owners and about 22 customers of a quantity of jewellery, cash and cellphones before stealing a customer’s car to escape.

AUGUSTA, Ga.,  (Reuters) – Tiger Woods completed one of sport’s great all-time comebacks to end an 11-year major title drought at the Masters today by claiming a fifth Green Jacket.

(Trinidad Guardian) It has been clas­si­fied as the largest fi­nan­cial crime in Porsche Cars North Amer­i­ca’s his­to­ry and it was al­leged­ly per­pe­trat­ed by Shi­raaz Sookral­li, 44, a man born to Trinida­di­an par­ents who has lived in the Unit­ed States all his life, but is re­port­ed to have deep busi­ness con­nec­tions in this coun­try.

SHANGHAI,  (Reuters) – Lewis Hamilton won the Chinese Grand Prix for a record sixth time today to seize the overall lead from his Mercedes team mate Valtteri Bottas in Formula One’s 1,000th world championship race.

NEW YORK/WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – As recently as February, Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s team dropped hints that the inquiry into Russia’s role in the 2016 U.S.

(Jamaica Observer) When Russian-born, American ballet choreographer George Balanchine co-founded the New York City Ballet over 70 years ago, little did he know that a dancer with strong Jamaican roots would rise among its ranks.

Guyana could see oil exploration activity in the ultra-deepwater region picking up pace in the near future with United States oil giant Chevron set to buy Anadarko Petroleum Corp, which holds an exploration licence for the Roraima Block offshore Guyana.

As the Working People’s Alliance (WPA) yesterday called on Guyanese youth to firmly press for their inclusion in government and policy making processes, party sources confirmed that it has recommended that Tabitha Sarabo-Halley replace Dr.

While encouraging its companies to explore investment opportunities in Guyana, particularly with the oil and gas sector expected to drive growth, the United States denied 70 per cent of the Guyanese who applied here for business/tourism visitor visas last year. 

A Canje Secondary School teacher died last evening after he was allegedly struck by a truck along the Corentyne highway.

  The daughter and son-in-law of Rookmin Jameer, the West Coast Berbice pensioner found at home with her throat slit on Friday evening, have been arrested.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Cricket West Indies’ new selection panel says it has reached out to several previously marginalised senior players, including retired all-rounder Dwayne Bravo, and is hoping to have them available for future selection.

While disclosing that just under 900 foreign nationals have been granted Guyanese citizenship since he took office in 2015, Citizenship Minister Winston Felix says the law was followed in each case and he has dismissed the recent claims by the opposition of corruption as unfounded and mischievous.

Chief Justice (ag) Roxane George-Wiltshire on Friday dismissed a petition filed by the Guyana Realty Investments Limited (GRIL) seeking a declaration of title for a property situated at the northwest junction of Regent and Alexander streets, in Georgetown, citing a lack of evidence.

Demerara Cricket Club’s (DCC) captain, Trevon Griffith led from the front with an eighth-wicket haul, followed up by a half century but Georgetown Cricket Club still maintained a lead of 50 runs on the first day of the Georgetown Cricket Association/ Star Party Rental/GISE/Trophy Stall division one tournament.

Rampertab Ramnauth showed his class with a century that led Guyana to a six-wicket victory over Jamaica in the first round of the Cricket West Indies Regional Under-15 tournament yesterday in Antigua.

A disagreement has erupted between GWI and the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB)-financed Basic Needs Trust Fund (BNTF) programme over the quality of water systems done by the latter in Region Nine.

The staff of the Guyana Forestry Commission (GFC) is not being paid on time and Chairman of its Board Jocelyn Dow on Friday said it is owed millions.

Easa Sanichara and Christina Kumar etched their names into the record books by claiming titles in the male and female singles categories of the Guyana Badminton Association/E-Networks Easter tournament on Friday.

Photos by Joanna Dhanraj Thirty-eight kilometres from the city, sitting between Good Hope and Jonestown in Mahaica is the community of Hand-en-Veldt, home to almost 300 residents.

President David Granger’s current radiation therapy regime, as part of his treatment for Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma, will conclude in the next four days, according to Guyana’s Ambassador to Cuba Halim Majeed.

Who will survive the round of 16 action in the Hamilton Green Cup Inter Ward/Village nine-a-side knockout football tournament will be known today when play resumes at the Den Amstel Community Centre ground.

By Laurel Sutherland Kevin Garbaran had mixed feelings about becoming a writer but when he decided to give writing a chance it rewarded him in ways he couldn’t imagine, like being shortlisted for the 2019 Commonwealth Short Story Prize.

Challenges to transparency in Government have attracted public comment in the past two weeks.

Michael Anthony produced a gem yesterday, racing to victory in the feature 35-lap event of the 15th Universal Auto and General Supplies multi race programme.

With the drama of the Pan Am Qualifiers behind him, Keevin Allicock has now shifted his focus to the Pan Am Games and the boxer is hoping that the powers-that-be pull out all the stops to enable local athletes to climb the podium steps.

In the arena of creating music for popular consumption, it is sometimes the case that a song about which one is very excited, and generating high expectations, will land like a thud – seemingly totally dismissed by the population. 

At the age of 37, Sipho Vankenic, who was diagnosed with Cerebral Palsy (CP) shortly after birth, cannot walk or move on his own.

Born in the small village of Haraculi (Good Hope) Kimbia in the Berbice River, William Andrew Boyle has come a far way and his commitment and perseverance over the years have seen him establishing Eureka Medical Laboratory, one of the best known in the country.

KHARTOUM, (Reuters) – The new head of Sudan’s military council said yesterday a civilian government would be formed after consultations with the opposition and promised the transition period would last for a maximum of two years.

GCC the Sequel, SHC Samurai and GCC Bingo Spartans recorded the biggest margin of wins in the latest round of the Guyana Hockey Board (GHB) Under-20 and second-division Developmental Leagues at the Saint Stanislaus College (SSC) ground, yesterday. 

I will very soon be 86. A young man once wrote – or rather sent an email – to me asking about the magazine Kyk-Over-Al, which I used to edit once upon a 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.

Saints Hockey Club (SHC) on Friday evening completed the double at the conclusion of the Guyana Hockey Board (GHB), Smalta and Icool Water Under -14 indoor development league at the Marian Academy Auditorium.

Nine years after a minibus accident left him unable to walk, Uttamkumar Isurdeen has finally taken a step, which he says is only the beginning. 

Dear Editor, The Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company, due to its monopoly, treats its customers with great disdain.

During Tony’s Auto Spares’ official handing over of a Toyota Passo, which was the grand prize of the company’s ‘Driving Star’ promotion, it was revealed that the winner has donated the car to the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) The winner of the grand prize was Bhoopsingh Jagmohan.

Nigel Simpson and Shawn De Souza highlighted the latest round of the Noble House Seafoods second-division, two – day competition yesterday by cracking centuries for Diplomats and GNIC respectively.  

HAVANA, (Reuters) – Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel accused the Trump administration yesterday of dragging relations with the United States to their worst level in decades and called on Cubans to strengthen the Communist-run country’s defenses and economy.

Dear Editor, I am calling on the Guyana and Suriname governments to put in place a modern boat to service the crossing from Suriname to Guyana.

BURBANK, Calif. (Reuters) – Walt Disney Co has priced its highly anticipated streaming video service below Netflix in an aggressive move to challenge the dominant streaming service and entice families to buy yet another monthly subscription.

The Region Five (Mahaica-Berbice) Regional Health Department will be constructing male and female surgical wards as well as an Intensive Care Unit (ICU) to accommodate patients at the Mahaicony Hospital.

Dear Editor, Forgive me for being in a paradoxical state as I am both pleased and displeased at the same time.

Defending champions, Uprising, Beterverwagting [BV]-A, Melanie-B, Buxton Diamond and Paradise-A reached the group round when the Guinness ‘Greatest of the Streets’ East Coast Demerara Championship commenced on Friday.

Annandale Secondary won the KFC Secondary School tapeball competition after defeating Patentia Secondary on Saturday at the Durban Park Tarmac, Homestretch Avenue.

(Barbados Nation) Prime Minister Mia Mottley has established a special committee as Government seeks to ensure investors are not granted “egregious contracts” and concessions.

(Reuters) – The most powerful operational rocket in the world, SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy, launched its first commercial mission on Thursday from Florida in a key demonstration for billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk’s space company in the race to grasp lucrative military launch contracts.

Dear Editor, It seems as if conflicts of interest are a settled, acceptable way of life here.

The police in ‘G’ Division are in pursuit of a man suspected to have been involved in the death of businesswoman Nazarene Haniff, who was found dead at her home last Friday.

Dear Editor, The Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs refers to the headline in the Stabroek News dated Thursday, 21st March, 2019 ‘Press Association calling on AG to apologise for attack on Stabroek News’.

(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.

Selson Prescott, the businessman who was shot and robbed on Regent Street, in Georgetown earlier this month while on his way to a city bank, has been discharged from the hospital and is at home recuperating.

Distribution Warehouse sealed their semi-final berth in the Banks DIH Limited Inter-Department/Branch Tape-ball Cricket Championship, defeating Berbice by seven wickets on Friday at the Thirst Park venue.

SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Alibaba Group founder and billionaire Jack Ma has defended the grueling overtime work culture at many of China’s tech companies, calling it a “huge blessing” for young workers.

The third round of the qualifier for the 2019 National Chess Championship has been completed and Taffin Khan and Davion Mars are the two leaders of the competition.

“She was a loving, kind and caring person, she was everything a mother could ask for,” Tejwattie Jinkoo better known as Sharda said as she described her dead daughter, 21-year-old Omwattie Gill known as Anjalie.

A rather special and different type of dramatic production was held at the National Cultural Centre last Sunday.

The Guyana Police Force (GPF) is looking for a man who allegedly chopped a teenager to his forehead on last Tuesday night after the two had an argument over a woman earlier in the day.

MUNICH (Reuters) – If you are a “Game of Thrones” fan and appreciate the element of surprise, stop reading now.

MOHALI, India,  CMC – West Indies superstar Chris Gayle agonisingly missed out on his 22nd Twenty20 hundred but his efforts came in a losing cause as his Kings XI Punjab went down to Royal Challengers Bangalore by eight wickets in the Indian Premier League here yesterday.

Your overall health follows cycles and you can take control of those cycles.

If over the years you’ve found yourself being unable to focus on a task at hand, having difficulty concentrating and paying attention because your mind is “all over the place” and you’re extremely impulsive and/or hyper and it negatively affects your daily life, you could be suffering from Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorder.

A few days ago, the British government published the text of the CARIFORUM-UK Economic Partnership Agreement (UK EPA) that will govern trade in goods and services with the Caribbean, assuming Britain leaves the European Union sometime later this year.

Introduction In this week’s column, I begin consideration of Guidepost 6, as listed in my Guyana Petroleum Sector Road Map, for the dimension of “getting petroleum revenues.”

The Green Ibis is resident in lowlands from Honduras south to northern Argentina, also the wetlands and swampy woods in Central and South America.

Dear Editor, It is disheartening to see negativity which threatens our future.

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

The Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU) was established under the administration of Mr Donald Ramotar as part of Anti-Money Launder-ing Law requirements.

UncappeD Marketplace this year saw the New Guyana Marketing Corporation arranging for many more farmers to showcase their fresh produce.