Articles published on Wednesday, April 17, 2019
LIMA, (Reuters) – Peru’s former president Alan Garcia died in a hospital in Lima today, hours after shooting himself in the head to avoid arrest in connection with a bribery probe, authorities said on Wednesday.
Two senior policemen earlier today visited Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo at his Church Street office about alleged offensive statements he made about government officials inclusive of the president, in March.
American Airlines is to begin non-stop daily flights from Guyana to New York from December this year or earlier.
(Reuters) – England have not picked uncapped all-rounder Jofra Archer in a preliminary 15-man World Cup squad but have named him in squads for the warm-up games against Pakistan and Ireland.
KHARTOUM, (Reuters) – Deposed former Sudanese president Omar al-Bashir has been moved to Kobar prison in Khartoum from the presidential residence, family sources said on Wednesday, and a prison source said he was being held under tight security in solitary confinement.
(Trinidad Newsday) THERE may be about 15 Trinidad & Tobago children in refugee camps in Syria, but a news story in the Daily Telegraph of London on Friday said a mother, who is a TT citizen, could not be accounted for.
(Jamaica Observer) A Kingston man who is accused of sexually assaulting his two six-year-old daughters was remanded for trial in the Kingston and St Andrew Parish Court on May 24.
(Trinidad Guardian) A Chaguanas family is counting themselves lucky to be alive after they were bound, beaten and robbed by three masked bandits who also set their home of nine years on fire before they fled the area as well.
(Jamaica Gleaner) The Area Five police are probing leads that a man in custody may be linked to the grisly discovery of the body of eight-year-old Shantae Skyers in the Sterling Castle Heights area of Red Hills, St Andrew, yesterday.
The Commissioner of Police, as represented by the head of the Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU) Sydney James, on Monday failed in a bid to secure the forfeiture of more than $7 million in local currency and millions more in foreign currencies that the police say they unearthed during a search of the home of a Berbice resident as part of a money laundering probe.
An overseas-based Guyanese has initiated legal action against the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) and Chief Election Officer (CEO) Keith Lowenfield to prevent the planned national house-to-house registration exercise, which is scheduled to begin in June.
A Baramita man who allegedly chopped four persons within a period of 11 days was yesterday remanded to prison after he was read four attempted murder charges.
Guyana Manganese Inc (GMI) should be sanctioned for allowing its employees to work without the requisite protective equipment, according to General Secretary of the Guyana Trades Union Congress (GTUC) Lincoln Lewis.
In the middle of his trial for the murder of his friend, Ignatius France yesterday decided to plead guilty to the lesser offence of manslaughter, for which he was sentenced to 12 years in jail, with deductions to be made for the time he has already served.
A 57-year-old moneychanger was yesterday morning fatally shot and robbed of his licensed firearm and an undisclosed sum of cash by two men just after he had parked his motor car outside Ashmins Trading building on High Street, Werk-en-Rust, Georgetown.
Six men armed with guns and cutlasses pounced on a Mibicuri, Black Bush Polder family yesterday morning, robbing them of over $1.5 million in cash and a quantity of jewellery and cellphones.
Addressing rumours that their recent intervention to provide water access in Region 9 communities will carry a cost for residents, the Guyana Water Inc.
Caribbean Airlines yesterday advised travellers that the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) has increased its airport security fee and introduced a passenger service charge, which are effective from April 1st.
Bail was yesterday denied to a woman charged with stabbing a policewoman in her feet.
The extension granted by the Guyana Football federation to the Georgetown Football Association [GFA]-Interim Management Committee [IMC] has ended.
The Demerara Cricket Club (DCC) and the Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC) yesterday recorded opening round wins in the GCA/American Youth Premier Cricket League Under-19 Cricket Competition.
A miner was yesterday remanded to prison after he was accused of having almost 200 grammes of cannabis in his possession.
Defending champions, President Guard (PG) romped to their fourth consecutive final with a nine-wicket win over ‘D’ Division while ‘F’ Division escaped with a three-wicket win over ‘A’ Division yesterday to book their spots in the final of the Police Commissioner’s Inter-Division T20 tournament.
Trinidadian conglomerate ANSA McAL yesterday tendered a half-a-billion-dollar bid to the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation for the procurement of pharmaceuticals.
The APNU+AFC’s “Government comes to you” Berbice outreach, held on the lawns of the University of Guyana’s Tain Campus yesterday, saw a poor turnout, and was rivaled by protest action by over 200 People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) supporters.
Everest, Malteenoes Sports Club (MSC) and the Gandhi Youth Organization (GYO) all recorded first round victories yesterday in the first round of the Georgetown Cricket Association/AYPCL Under-19 50-overs tournament.
The wife of Arnold Kissoonlall, the maintenance worker who was killed in a hit-and-run accident along the Providence Public Road on Monday, is hoping the driver will be arrested and brought to justice.
La Bonne Intention [LBI] won the 4th Annual P.K.F. Barcellos, Narine & Company Secondary Schools tapeball cricket competition Saturday at the Durban Park Tarmac, Homestretch Avenue.
Following the latest death of a miner and the injury of others in another mining pit accident, Minister of Natural Resources Raphael Trotman has called for a plan for an enforcement operation.
Linden Technical Institute [LTI] and New Silvercity secured contrasting wins when the Linden Town Week Secondary Schools Basketball Championships continued on Monday at the Mackenzie High School court.
A Middle Road, La Penitence pensioner was on Monday morning robbed of his cellphone and wallet at gunpoint, as he was awaiting transportation in the village.
ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Outspoken Cricket West Indies director, Conde Riley, has slammed the regional governing body’s decision to axe the entire coaching staff of the men’s senior side ahead of the World Cup, and has warned that the sweeping personnel changes announced last week could “destabilise the whole process” heading into the ICC showpiece next month.
Seventeen more touts were arrested and charged last week as the Guyana Police Force continues their “soliciting of passengers” campaign.
Landry Shamet buried a go-ahead three-pointer with 16.5 seconds remaining, capping a historic rally from a 31-point deficit Monday night and delivering the Los Angeles Clippers a shocking, 135-131 victory over the Golden State Warriors in Game 2 of their Western Conference first-round playoff series in Oakland, Calif.
WASHINGTON/HAVANA, (Reuters) – The Trump administration will allow lawsuits in U.S.
CARACAS, (Reuters) – The first shipment of humanitarian aid from the Red Cross intended to alleviate a dire economic crisis in Venezuela arrived in the once-prosperous, oil-rich country yesterday, a representative of the organization and a lawmaker said.
TURIN, (Reuters) – Ajax Amsterdam followed up their elimination of Real Madrid by producing a spell-binding display of inventive, passing football to win 2-1 away to Juventus yester day and end the Serie A team’s dreams of winning the Champions League.
Dear Editor, I refer to a letter in the Sunday Stabroek captioned, `GTT has disconnected my internet service without just cause’, in which Ms.
The Guyana Police Force and the PNCR have both denied that instructions were passed by the latter for the arrest, detainment and charging of Opposition Leader, Bharrat Jagdeo, in relation to comments made at Babu Jaan.
NEW YORK/SAN FRANCISCO, (Reuters) – The U.S. Attorney General yesterday struck down a decision that had allowed some asylum seekers to ask for bond in front of an immigration judge, in a ruling that expands indefinite detention for some migrants who must wait months or years for their cases to be heard.
Dear Editor, The GAWU, through a usually reliable source, has learnt that Uitvlugt Estate during 2018 expended well over a million dollars on meals provided to visitors to the estate.
The Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) yesterday celebrated 14 years of its operations and is marking this occasion with activities throughout the week, a release from the court said.
BARCELONA, (Reuters) – Lionel Messi produced another masterful Champions League performance to knock out Manchester United and fire Barcelona into the semi-finals for the first time in four years, scoring twice in a 3-0 home win yesterday.
Dear Editor, The Hon. Minister of Public Telecommunications, Ms. Cathy Hughes, MP, has come before the public.
NIZHNY NOVGOROD, Russia, (Reuters) – Germany’s Daimler and some others have stopped dealing with sanctions-hit van maker GAZ, controlled by Russian businessman Oleg Deripaska, he told reporters, adding he was ready to give up control of the company.
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Experienced West Indies seamer Kemar Roach is hoping for a major impact on the upcoming tours of Ireland the World Cup, after recovering from the injury which forced him out of the recent England one-day series.
A prime suspect who was arrested on Monday in Canje, Berbice, has since confessed to being part of a gang which robbed a Canefield, East Canje, Berbice business and a Bloomfield Village, Corentyne family recently.
Dear Editor, Your editorial in the Tuesday, April 16 2019 edition on the undertakings given by the Commissioner of Police on assuming the position is both relevant and timely.
Bail was yesterday granted to a 31-year-old man, who is accused of stealing over $100,000 from the home of a Bartica resident.
OTTAWA, (Reuters) – A federal judge has ordered Canada’s lobbying commissioner to reconsider a probe into whether the Aga Khan broke the rules by inviting Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s family to vacation on his private island at a time when his foundation was registered to lobby Trudeau’s office.
DHAKA, (Reuters) – Rookie swing bowler Abu Jayed earned a spot in Bangladesh’s World Cup squad yesterday while batsman Mosaddek Hossain also made the cut for the showpiece tournament in England and Wales.
(Trinidad Guardian) “Blingers” and “Zessers” beware of Government’s Explain Your Wealth legislation.
Dear Editor, The majority of clubs affiliated to the North Essequibo Cricket Committee (NECC) wish to categorically dissociate themselves from the recent public statements made by President of the Committee Mr.
PARIS, (Reuters) – President Emmanuel Macron pledged on Tuesday that France would rebuild the fire-devastated Notre-Dame de Paris cathedral, saying he hoped the work would be done in five years and the French people would pull together to repair their national symbol.
While preparing to make an intervention in a panel discussion on the future of the oil and gas sector in Guyana a few weeks ago, I came to realise that although I had been reading the almost daily commentaries, I must have missed it but I did not have a broad vision of where the sector is going.
MOHALI, India, CMC – Barbadian fast bowler Jofra Archer sent one final reminder of his extraordinary talent to selectors ahead of England’s World Cup squad announcement today but it came in a losing cause as Rajasthan Royals went down by 12 runs to Chris Gayle’s Kings XI Punjab.
We have to be doing something wrong. There can be no other explanation for the dangerous lives our women and girls continue to live each day despite the attempts being made at empowerment and education.
We would fidget in excitement while waiting outside the rusting gates or staring through the wooden-barred windows away from the shimmering heat, anxiously looking for our faithful kite maker.
