Daily Archive: Monday, April 22, 2019

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – President Donald Trump today filed suit to keep U.S.

Buxtonian kite maker Marvin Cole and his assistants create kites as efficiently as any factory line, with each specialist leaving a mark on the final creation.

ALGIERS,  (Reuters) – Five Algerian billionaires, some of them close to former president Abdelaziz Bouteflika who quit over mass protests, have been arrested as part of an anti-graft investigation, state TV said on Monday.

COLOMBO,  (Reuters) – Sri Lanka said today it was invoking emergency powers in the aftermath of devastating bomb attacks on hotels and churches, blamed on militants with foreign links, in which 290 people were killed and nearly 500 wounded.

A driver, who had seen persons stripping a vehicle and reported same, was yesterday afternoon fatally shot and a gold miner who witnessed the killing was abducted in the mining district of Hubana, Kuribrong, Region Eight, and remain-ed missing up to last night.

A mysterious fire on Saturday morning destroyed a bridge utilised by farmers to transport their produce in Canal No.2 West Bank Demerara and an investigation has been launched by the Guyana Fire Service to determine the cause.

Aerial shots of what appeared to be remnants of an oil spill in the Essequibo River has turned out to be huge beds of sargassum seaweed which is now a major nightmare for fishermen.

Two dilapidated cottages in Kitty were yesterday afternoon destroyed by fire in what neighbours believe was the result of one of the occupants forgetting about a lit kerosene stove.

From May 2nd, the Charlestown Post Office will be closed to the general public until further notice, according to an advertisement in the Sunday Chronicle, which advised that persons will have to use the main post office on Robb Street.

Fresh off returning from treatment in Cuba, President David Granger yesterday attended Easter Sunday service at the St Matthew’s Parish Church, Providence, East Bank Demerara, where he spread a message of love, faith and hope.

GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands,  CMC – Guyana’s Anisha Gibbons and Anthaya Charlton of the Bahamas both copped gold in the morning session of the 48th CARIFTA Games here yesterday.

A 35-year-old businesswoman of Vigilance South, East Coast Demerara, was yesterday arrested and taken into police custody after she was caught with a quantity of marijuana. 

BENGALURU, India, CMC – There were no late-game heroics from Dwayne Bravo this time around, as the Chennai Super Kings lost a heartbreaking thriller to Royal Challengers Bangalore by one run in the Indian Premier League here yesterday.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Trinidad and Tobago survived a seven-wicket defeat to Guyana in Saturday’s final round to capture the Regional Under-15 Super50 Cup by the narrowest of margins here.

A gold miner of Central Baramita, North West District, is currently battling for his life in the Georgetown Public Hospital after he was attacked by two men. 

Alika Persaud secured Guyana’s first gold medal at the ongoing Carifta Swimming Championship Saturday evening at the Barbados Aquatic Centre, Wildey, Barbados, grabbing the Girls 11-12 100 LC Metre Butterfly event. 

A Meten-Meer-Zorg Reserve, West Coast Demerara tractor operator died yesterday morning after the tractor he was operating toppled as he was returning from the backdam.

The Guyana Defence Force [GDF] and Den Amstel secured victories, when the GFF Elite League Championship continued yesterday at the Den Amstel Community Centre ground.

This year’s Bartica Regatta queen, 18-year-old Amel Griffith, is passionate about the elimination of human trafficking, the social ills, on which she based her platform.

The Lloyd N’ De Arts Production company, centred on theatre production, pageantry and events management, was officially launched on Saturday at the St Joseph’s High School.

A small Easter Sunday crowd, yesterday witnessed two quality innings from the Demerara Cricket Club’s Alphius Bookie and Sanjay Stanley of the US-based Tri-State Club in the final round of the GCA/American Youth Premier Cricket League Under-19 Cricket Competition. 

The Commonwealth Writers, a cultural initiative by the Commonwealth Foundation, will next month be launching a book, titled ‘We Mark Your Memory: writing from the descendants of indenture,” and hosting a writing workshop in Guyana.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – West Indies fast bowler Shannon Gabriel still believes he has much to offer to One Day International cricket, despite having not played in the limited overs format for the regional outfit in almost two years.

Recognising that miners are not working efficiently, the Guyana Gold and Diamond Miners Association (GGDMA) has set up a Technical Services Unit (TSU) which, while currently manned by one employee, is intended to increase the productivity of the sector.

Junior Caribbean sensations Esmerlyn Castro and Mariano Lockward of the Dominican Republic emerged as the 2019 under – 18 individual champions in the just concluded Caribbean Junior and Cadet Championships in Santo Domingo.

Dear Editor, The Stabroek News of Thursday, April 18th, reported on the conviction of Daniel France for trafficking of 25 grammes of cannabis.

D’Edward defeated Cotton Tree Die Hard by 31 runs yesterday to lift the Berbice Cricket Board/ Perry Gossai West Berbice 100 balls title yesterday afternoon at the Bush Lot Ground.

Dear Editor, Almost all the political commentators who dominate our press today, speak of the need for constitutional reform(s).

The Medical Council of Guyana has begun discussions on the findings of investigations into the deaths of three children, who died at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH) in January after being administered cancer drugs.

The Haslington Market Tarmac will be the battleground tonight when the Guinness ‘Greatest of the Streets’ East Coast Demerara Championship concludes with the semi-final round and eventual final.

COLOMBO, (Reuters) – More than 200 people were killed and at least 450 injured in bomb blasts that ripped through churches and luxury hotels in Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday, the first major attack on the Indian Ocean island since the end of a civil war 10 years ago.

Forty youth entrepreneurs will be honoured this Thursday at Brand YOUth’s inaugural forty under forty entrepreneurial awards, being held under the theme ‘Building Bridges, Passing Batons’.

Dear Editor, It has been more than a month since the EPA visited a Cotton Field, Essequibo Coast businessman regarding my complaint of dust and noise pollution.

(Trinidad Express) The woman whose husband was killed by police officers during a domestic dispute in Chaguanas on Friday was chopped almost a dozen times by her spouse.

At the end of 2018, Guyana’s public debt had increased by 1.5 per cent, a figure representing 43.9 per cent of the country’s GDP, with a significant portion (33.9 per cent) comprising external debt.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Top congressional Democrats left the door open yesterday to the impeachment of U.S.

(Trinidad Guardian) Hours af­ter de­fend­ing his of­fi­cers’ de­ci­sion to search the ho­tel room of Bu­ju Banton, Com­mis­sion­er of Po­lice Gary Grif­fith met with the Ja­maican reg­gae artiste to as­sure him of­fi­cers will not in­ter­fere with him or mem­bers of his en­tourage again.

Despite the good things said by Ricky Skerritt recently, searching questions remain following the rash of decisions made since the new Cricket West Indies (CWI) president assumed the helm.

Dear Editor, A columnist recently expressed concern about persons in authority and requested that I do an evaluation of their fitness.

Beneficiaries of the Hinterland Employment and Youth Service (HEYS) continue to receive financial support under the initiative, with 119 North and Central Rupununi youths recently receiving stimulus grants amounting to $6 million in total.

The questions about conflict of interest swirling around two ministers of government, the Minis-ter of Public Telecommunications Catherine Hughes, and the Minister in the Ministry of Communities Valerie Adams-Yearwood, have gone completely unanswered by government.

By Joan French Joan French, who is from Jamaica, has long been involved in activism for women’s socio-cultural and political progress.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Jamaicans are fast falling out of love with marriage, as weddings have plunged almost 23 per cent in the nine years up to 2018.

Dear Editor, Thank you for publishing my letter, which you chose to title “The oil and gas loans will help in Guyana’s development.”

KIEV, (Reuters) – Ukraine entered uncharted political waters yesterday after exit polls showed a comedian with no political experience and few detailed policies had easily won enough votes to become the next president of a country at war.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados,  CMC – Elegant stroke-maker, Shai Hope, says “runs and wins” will be his focus as West Indies gear up for the Tri-Nations Series in Ireland and the ICC World Cup which follows.