Daily Archive: Saturday, April 27, 2019

The People’s Progressive Party today  condemned a APNU+AFC motion in Parliament on Friday on the late, convicted terrorism planner Abdul Kadir.

(Barbados Nation) Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley has sent a strong verbal message to Cricket West Indies (CWI) led by Ricky Skerritt that it should be cautious before moving swiftly to introduce a clean sweep of the top decision-makers of a sport which comes close to religion status in the English-speaking Caribbean.

(Trinidad Express) PROSECUTORS, State witnesses and others are put at risk because of the inadequacies of the physical infrastructure in the Magistrates’ Courts.

(Trinidad Guardian) Hours af­ter armed po­lice of­fi­cers were called in to pre­vent gang vi­o­lence from erupt­ing at the Nel­son Street, Port-of-Spain hous­ing de­vel­op­ment, res­i­dents said they were fear­ful they may now be­come tar­gets of the war­ring gangs.

The new Junior Agriculture Minister Valarie Adams-Yearwood has said she sees her reassignment as a promotion.

After leaving home to go fishing, a Bush Lot Village, Corentyne mother returned home yesterday to find her 10-year son dead—hanging from a rope around his neck, next to their home.

As contentions persist over conflict interest questions centred on two ministers, including Public Telecommunications Minister Catherine Hughes, the Transparency Institute Guyana Inc (TIGI) yesterday said that indicating ignorance about a contract award is not enough and has called for the release of procurement information related to Hughes’ company being awarded a contract to produce Public Service Announcements (PSAs).

A driver died on Friday night after losing control of his vehicle along the Rupert Craig Highway.

Gold miner Royston Stuart has filed a $50 million lawsuit against the government as he claims that it is allowing the Mahdia Magistrate’s Court to be built on land licensed to him and where he has been prospecting for two decades.

Four new APNU+AFC government Members of Parliament (MPs) were sworn in yesterday when the National Assembly resumed sitting after a hiatus of almost four months.

An Order to exempt Tullow Guyana BV and Eco (Atlantic) Guyana Inc from various taxes has been laid in the National Assembly.

The National Assembly yesterday reflected on the achievements of former parliamentarian Abdul Kadir, who died in a United States prison after being convicted of terrorism-related offences.

Dinesh Dias, one of the four men arrested by the Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU) on Tuesday night after a fire extinguisher filled with cocaine was found, yesterday took full responsibility for the narcotics and he was sentenced to four years in jail and fined just over $5 million for the crime.

The national men’s 15s rugby outfit, known as the `Green Machine’ will look to kick off its 2019 international season on a positive note today when they look horns with Guadeloupe in the Rugby Americas North (RAN) 15s South Zone Cup final.

Peter Ramcharran, the former Guyana Rice Development Board (GRDB) accountant who was faced with 39 counts of fraud after being deported from Canada last month, yesterday pleaded not guilty to the charges against him.

Despite a century from Robin Williams, East Bank scampered to a three-wicket win over East Coast in a last-ball thriller at Lusignan Community Centre in the Demerara Cricket Board Under-19 Inter-Association tournament.

Umadat Persaud, the driver who struck and killed 30-year-old Angelle Barry on Sunday along the Canal Number One, West Bank Demerara (WBD) Public Road, was on Thursday granted $500,000 bail after denying that he caused her death by dangerous driving.

Skipper Sanjay Stanley and his bowlers orchestrated a commanding eight-wicket win for Tri-State over defending champions the Demerara Cricket Club (DCC) in the final of the GCA/American Youth Premier Cricket League Under-19 Cricket Competition yesterday at the Everest Cricket Club (ECC), Ground. 

The reading of an attempted murder charge against Nigel Henry and Jermaine Alonzo, the two men who allegedly attacked gold miner Oris Moonsammy at Baramita, in Region One, has been deferred until next month after police were unable to secure a translator who could relate the allegations to the men.

Fugitive Troy Thomas was finally arraigned in a United States court on Thursday for the 2011 murder of a man in Queens, New York.

Pele Alumni Corp. (PAC) on Thursday last brought the curtain down on their third annual youth development programme at the St Joseph’s auditorium. 

Against the backdrop of the extradition of an American fugitive to New York, United States Ambassador to Guyana Sarah-Ann Lynch last evening pledged her country’s continued support on the security front.

Former West Indies Under-19 all-rounder Bhaskar Yadram was drafted to the Windward Islands while Guyana retained Raymon Reifer and took back Ramaal Lewis into their set up as Cricket West Indies hosted its Franchise Draft 2019/2020 yesterday in Antigua.

If government had stuck to the original Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) expansion design, there would have been no reason to implement the recent $7,000 roundtrip security fee since the increase in traffic would have absorbed expenses, Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo says.

CHENNAI, India, CMC – Left-hander Evin Lewis secured his first taste of Indian Premier League action this season in a welcome boost to his form ahead of the ICC World Cup next month, when he turned out for Mumbai Indians in a 46-run victory over leaders Chennai Super Kings here yesterday.

Dear Editor, Last month, a young lady died by suicide. Her father had paid a ‘counselor’ to counsel his daughter, having recognized that the young lady was suicidal.

(Cricinfo) England batsman Alex Hales has failed a drugs test. Hales, who was named in England’s provisional 15-man World Cup squad last week, is understood by ESPNcricinfo to have tested positive for a recreational drug in recent weeks.

A visiting doctor and nurse from Ghana have been performing cataract surgeries at the National Ophthalmology Hospital (NOH) at Port Mourant, Corentyne.

BRASILIA, (Reuters) – Thousands of people representing the more than 300 tribes native to Brazil marched to government offices in Brasilia yesterday to protest the policies of right-wing President Jair Bolsonaro that threaten their reservation lands.

The Guyana Football Federation [GFF]/KFC U20 Independence Knockout Club Championship will commence today with the East Bank Demerara section at the National Training Centre, Providence.

While in high school, he was a member of a gang called the Crips, but the now 24-year-old Martain Al-ameen has since turned his life around and is a man of many talents including being a songwriter, producer, director, photographer and chef.

Dear Editor, I refer to the online article in Demerara Waves dated April 24 and titled, `Guyanese murder-accused extradited to US creates precedent -US Ambassador.’ 

The Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) yesterday launched its second annual Health Expo and is seeking to target a larger audience.

Dear Editor, The Nadira and Indranie Shah Dance Troupe, are staging Nrityageet 40 at the National Cultural Centre on May 3rd & 4th, 2019 at 20:00 hours as their final annual dance theatre production.

Attorney General Basil Williams has announced that Guyana will begin implementation of the Hague Convention on Protection of Children and Cooperation in Respect of Intercountry Adoption by the start of June.

Gold is Money downed Sparta Boss to seal their final’s berth in the Stag Beer Easter Futsal Championships, winning via sudden death penalty kicks on Thursday at the National Gymnasium, Mandela Avenue. 

KATTANKUDY, Sri Lanka,  (Reuters) – Mohamed Hashim Mohamed Zahran was 12 years old when he began his studies at the Jamiathul Falah Arabic College.

Baking is not as simple as cooking. Cooking is about freedom and room for creativity and adaptability.

Dear Editor, Kite flying is one of Guyana’s great traditions. It brings together adults and children and creates life-long memories.

BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazil led the world in rainforest destruction last year, although deforestation in South America’s largest country fell by 70 percent compared to 2017, according to an independent forest monitoring network.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – Admitted Russian agent Maria Butina was sentenced to 18 months in prison yesterday after the Siberia native, her voice breaking with emotion, begged a judge for mercy and expressed remorse for conspiring with a Russian official to infiltrate a gun rights group and influence U.S.

(Reuters) – Batsman Ajinkya Rahane has missed out on India’s World Cup squad but is doing everything possible to keep himself ready if an opportunity arises by joining English County Championship side Hampshire.

It is difficult to feel good about yourself when everything you like goes against what seems to be right.

BRASILIA,  (Reuters) – A barrage of criticism this week from the sons of Brazil’s right-wing President Jair Bolsonaro aimed at the vice president has laid bare stark divisions in his cabinet, raising serious concerns from senior members of his four-month-old government.

The police in ‘A’ Division are on the hunt for two suspects who allegedly shot and injured two men, including a passer-by, during a misunderstanding on Thursday at the corner of D’Urban Street and Mandela Avenue.

NORTHAMPTON, England, CMC – Injury kept West Indies captain Jason Holder out of Northamptonshire’s One-Day Cup clash with Worcestershire which they lost by 20 runs at home here yesterday.

Dear Editor, The 26th April 2019 will surely be recorded as a day of infamy, for it is the date when the Granger Administration’s Members of Parliament successfully passed a motion to eulogize convicted international terrorist Abdul Kadir.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – The United States yesterday imposed sanctions on Venezuela’s Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza, saying it would pursue those in President Nicolas Maduro’s government for corruption as well as officials conducting diplomacy on his behalf.

SANTIAGO (Reuters) – A 15,600-year old footprint discovered in southern Chile is believed to be the oldest ever found in the Americas, according to researchers.

The Linden Town Week Washdown will have an added attraction this year – ‘Women’s Beach Bikini Boxxing’ – which will see 10 competitors on May 1 at the Blue Lake.

The body of security guard Mohammed Al Rasheed, who fell into the Demerara River on Wednesday, has been recovered and an autopsy has confirmed that he drowned.

GENEVA,  (Reuters) – At least 21 Venezuelans were missing after their boat sank on the way to the Carib-bean island nation of Trinidad and Tobago, the United Nations refugee agency said yesterday.

INDIANAPOLIS,  (Reuters) – President Donald Trump told the National Rifle Association yesterday he was pulling the United States out of an international arms treaty signed in 2013 by then-President Barack Obama but opposed by the NRA and other conservative groups.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Marvel superhero spectacle “Avengers: Endgame” hauled in a record $60 million at U.S.

Although the redacted version of the Mueller Report does not find treachery within the White House, it paints such a withering portrait of the president’s boorishness, ineptitude and dishonesty that the absence of collusion seems almost beside the point.

PANAMA CITY,  (Reuters) – Panama’s electoral tribunal has ruled that former President Ricardo Martinelli, who is awaiting trial on wiretapping charges, cannot run in next month’s elections, but the politician vowed on Friday to retake the presidency in the following vote.

Dear Editor, I have read that the police went to question the Opposition Leader about his exhortations some time at Babu Jaan to PPP supporters to “run” government ministers at a time when he regarded the government as illegal.

Guyana Power and Light Incorporated (GPL) yesterday blamed a circuit breaker fault at the Garden of Eden Power Plant for the shutdown of the Demerara-Berbice Interconnected System (DBIS) that left its customers without power on Thursday.

Reggae/Dancehall artiste Patrice Gonsalves who goes by the stage name Sonjah Royalty will be performing at the Ghetto Boushwha (Bourgeoisie) Concert tonight alongside several of Guyana’s renowned artistes in commemoration of Earth Day which was observed on Monday last.

We highly regard tolerance in this time. In many societies, the exercise of the right to freedom of expression along with freedom to believe whatever one chooses are the core of the balance.

Beacon Foundation in collaboration with the Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) have joined forces to stage a `Help The Fight’ three team T20 tournament today at Albion Sports Complex, Berbice. 

During a tense scene in the newly released “Hotel Mumbai,” a pair of gunmen enter a hotel-room toilet in search of a victim.