Daily Archive: Tuesday, April 23, 2019

Former Minister of Public Works Robeson Benn has called for a full-fledged probe of the altering of the contract for the expansion of the Cheddi Jagan International Airport. 

(Trinidad Express) BAIL in the sum of $350,000 has been granted to each of the three men accused of holding four Venezuelan women hostage and sexually assaulting two of them in a “fake police station” in Diego Martin.

(Trinidad Express) Evidence is growing that Cunupia doubles man Barry Choon killed his family before he committed suicide in Toco more than a week ago.

Easter scenes at No. 63 beach, Corentyne yesterday. (Department of Public Information photos)   

JUJUY, Argentina, (Reuters) – In an arid, lunar-like landscape in the sunny highlands of northern Argentina, South America’s largest solar farm is rising, powered by funding and technology from China.

COLOMBO, (Reuters) – Sri Lankan intelligence officials were tipped off about an imminent attack by Islamist militants hours before a series of suicide bombings killed more than 300 people on Easter Sunday, three sources with direct knowledge of the matter said.

(Trinidad Guardian) The at­mos­phere at the Queen’s Park Sa­van­nah was lit, es­pe­cial­ly with the over­pow­er­ing scent of mar­i­jua­na at Sun­day’s I Am Leg­end Con­cert but with­in all the fun, Gram­my-win­ning leg­end Bu­ju Ban­ton sobered the au­di­ence in call­ing the coun­try out on its ram­pant mur­ders.

(Jamaica Gleaner) The Hanover police yesterday seized four illegal firearms and several rounds of ammunition in a cemetery as part of what is being described as heightened operations across the western parish over the Easter weekend.

(Trinidad Newsday) A YEAR after she was diagnosed with an aggressive form of bone cancer, Arielle Fahey-Cadiz died at a New Jersey hospital on Sunday night.

(Jamaica Observer) THE police yesterday appealed to the public for information that can assist them in locating St Andrew teacher Samuel Martin.

Gold medal efforts by Claudrice McKoy, Chantoba Bright, Anisha Gibbons and  Matthew Gordon highlighted Team Guyana’s performance at the CARIFTA Games which saw the local outfit earning a record 10 medals, four of them gold.

The 50th edition of the CARIFTA Games will be staged in Guyana in 2021.

PPP/C presidential candidate Irfaan Ali still faces questions over his academic credentials as there is still no evidence that the school that provided him with a transcript for entry into an Indian university on a Government of Guyana scholarship was ever accredited here.

An afternoon outing for a family ended tragically on Sunday when a woman was killed and her husband and one of their three children were injured after they were struck by an intoxicated truck driver along the Canal Number One, West Bank Demerara Public Road.

(BBC) Amir Khan’s WBO world welterweight title fight with Terence Crawford ended in bizarre fashion when he was pulled out by his corner after a low blow.

A recently-completed independent technical report has found that the reserves at Guyana Goldfields Inc.’s

The Boston Celtics completed a four-game sweep of the Indiana Pacers in the first round of the Eastern Conference playoffs Sunday afternoon, using key baskets from Marcus Morris and Gordon Hayward to hold on for a 110-106 victory in Indianapolis.

Republic Bank (Guyana) Limited recorded an after-tax profit of $1.887b for the first half of fiscal 2019, a hike of $532m or 39.2% when ranged against the corresponding period last year.

MUMBAI,  (Reuters) – Kuldeep Yadav is expected to lead India’s slow-bowling attack in the World Cup but his poor form in the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL) could become a headache for Virat Kohli’s men with just over a month left before the 50-over tournament.

Elon Thomas, the gold miner who was abducted on Sunday afternoon by a group of men after witnessing the murder of a co-worker at Hubana, Kuribrong, in Region Eight, has been found unharmed.

Miami Heat center Hassan Whiteside was allegedly embezzled out of $2.75 million by attorney Michael Avenatti 27 months ago, the Los Angeles Times reported.

The courts of Guyana and the CCJ are very likely to uphold “the Reynolds Defence” so that the defence of fair comment on a matter of public interest would carry far higher weight and importance than it did in the 1960s to the 1990s.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Chelsea suffered a setback in their push for a Champions League spot when they were held to a 2-2 draw at home to Burnley in the Premier League yesterday and tempers flared at the end of the match when Chelsea coach Maurizio Sarri was sent to the stands.

Dear Editor, I am extremely disappointed by this letter by the former president `The Constitution must be adhered to, not reformed’ in yesterday’s Stabroek News.

Dear Editor, Can former President Donald Ramotar (‘The Constitution must be adhered to, not reformed’ SN: 22/04/2019)   please tell me why he expects half of the population of any country to adhere to any constitutional rule that they consider detrimental to their interest?

(Cricinfo) With today’s deadline set by the ICC, set to end in another couple of hours West Indies remain the only team yet to announce their squad for the upcoming World Cup.

The Government has remembered late former Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretary-General, Sir Meredith Alister McIntyre as one of the region’s “most illustrious sons,” whose yeoman service included serving as the first Good Officer of the United Nations Secretary-General for the Guyana-Venezuela border controversy. 

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Assistant coach Roddy Estwick has hailed the work ethic of the West Indies squad during the ongoing training camp.

Dear Editor, It is with grave concern that I have decided to write this letter.

In his Easter Message,  Roman Catholic Bishop Francis Alleyne cited matters pertaining to the December 21, 2018 motion of no confidence against the government and said it cannot be business as usual.

For 2018, the public sector’s total financial operations saw a reduced deficit due to an expansion in Central Government’s current revenues, but non-tax revenues declined by 23.8%, according to the Annual Report of the Bank of Guyana.

Dear Editor, I am deeply saddened having received the news about the death of Sir Alister McIntyre.

(BBC) Australian Ashton Turner became the first man in Twenty20 history to make five consecutive ducks as he fell first ball in the Indian Premier League yesterday.

Dear Editor, Cricket was known as a gentleman’s game, but with the advent of 20/20 matches and the hundreds of millions of dollars being paid out by sponsors and the big bucks earned by the players, it seems to me that it is more business rather than a sport.

(Reuters) – Days after being relieved of the team’s captaincy, Rajasthan Royals’ Ajinkya Rahane hit a blistering 105 not out off 63 balls against Delhi Capitals in a losing cause in the Indian Premier League yesterday.

The interest of Guyanese businesses in the oil and gas sector is higher than anticipated, according to Director of the Centre for Local Business Development (CLBD) Patrick Henry, who says that of the 2,675 businesses registered with it over the past two years, 1,573 are local. 

The Guyana Power and Light Inc. (GPL) will be working towards the upgrading of the existing 5km 69kV transmission line, known as L5, as part of an effort to reinforce the transmission infrastructure of the Demerara-Berbice Interconnected System.

Dear Editor, I have learnt that Minister of Public Telecommunications, Catherine Hughes has indicated her intentions to take legal actions against the Stabroek News, Anand Goolsarran and Gail Teixeira for public comments they made about an apparent conflict of interest, where her company, Videomega Production received at least one contract from the government of which she is a serving minister.

SAN FRANCISCO,  (Reuters) – Chief Executive Elon Musk said Tesla Inc robotaxis with no human drivers would be available in some U.S.

MUMBAI, (Reuters) – Afghanistan named fast bowler Hamid Hassan, who last played for the side in July 2016, in their 15-man squad for the Cricket World Cup yesterday.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – U.S. House Democrats are divided over whether to proceed directly to impeach President Donald Trump after Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia probe, but they can still hold Trump accountable without impeachment, Speaker Nancy Pelosi said yesterday.

MUMBAI,  (Reuters) – India are lucky to have someone with Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s ability and experience in the side and the long-serving wicketkeeper-batsman is going to be crucial to their chances at the Cricket World Cup, captain Virat Kohli has said.

Dear Editor, About three weeks ago, Stabroek News published a letter (SN: 29/03/19) by the General Secretary of GAWU, Seepaul Narine  in which he criticised my positions on the sugar industry and expressed his opinion that I took no position on the dismissal of 7,000 sugar workers and claimed that I was trying to be relevant, when, I really was not, in the current political climate.

Berbicians who were protesting the level of service offered by the Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) at the ‘Government comes to you’ event in Berbice last week, did not raise their concerns with the utility despite it having a presence at the event, GWI says.

Dear Editor, Having read the article, ‘Agro processors want more robust lobby for access to regional markets, local outlets’ (SN: 19/04/2019), I looked at the accompanying picture of the displayed products and noticed some improvements in bottling and packaging.

BOGOTA,  (Reuters) – The death toll from a weekend landslide in the southwestern Colombian province of Cauca has risen to 28 people, the country’s disaster relief agency said yesterday.

Sixty Linden youths are being trained in patient care, according to a release yesterday from Region 10.

Trevor Benn, who led ‘F’ Division to their maiden Police Commissioner’s Inter-Division T20 title over the weekend believes that cricket in the force is on the rise and there is talent among the ranks.

(Trinidad Guardian) Po­lice Com­mis­sion­er Gary Grif­fith yesterday de­fend­ed his de­ci­sion to ap­pear on stage dur­ing Bu­ju Ban­ton’s “I am Leg­end” con­cert, stat­ing if he had not done so, it would have re­sult­ed in a strained re­la­tion­ship be­tween T&T and Ja­maica.

Following Guyana’s third place finish in the Cricket West Indies female Under-19 Regional T20 tournament, Head Coach of the team, Bharat Mangru says it is disappointing to finish in that position while calling for more cricket to be played.

Dear Editor, ExxonMobil’s announcement Thursday that it made a new and its 13th oil discovery offshore Guyana at the Yellowtail-1 well included another bit of information worthy of some attention.

Tomorrow, an independent team of high-level persons from across the region, established as the Chancellor’s Commission on Governance, will host a public forum to listen to Governance issues related The University of the West Indies (The UWI).

Minister of State, Joseph Harmon on Sunday pledged Government’s continued support to lift  the profile of the annual Bartica Regatta and to transform it into a  “truly national event”.

What irony! Latin America’s leftist leaders are using the tragic suicide of Peru’s former President Alan Garcia — as he was about to be arrested in the Odebrecht bribery scandal — to claim that corruption is a byproduct of free-market economies.

LAS CRUCES, N.M./TAOS, N.M.,  (Reuters) – The head of an armed group that stops migrants who cross the U.S.-Mexico

The Berbice Cricket Board has added the Stag Beer 50-over first-division tournament to its list of competitions for 2019 with the first round beginning in two weeks.

We learnt last week that the Ministry of Education (MOE) has commenced a series of meetings with parents across Guyana and teachers and that the objectives of these so-called Town Hall meetings are to attach greater importance to the teacher/parent collaboration in the delivery of education.

Dear Editor, The Guyanese society is one laden with latent potential.

By Elizabeth Drew WASHINGTON, DC – The political situation in the United States is more unsettled now than at any time since I began covering it, including the Watergate era.

(Trinidad Guardian) De­spite a po­lice-en­forced Red Alert and a man­date for in­creased po­lice vis­i­bil­i­ty, there were nine mur­ders over the long East­er week­end.