Daily Archive: Wednesday, May 8, 2019

(Jamaica Observer) Sixteen-year-old Akacia Quest, a ward of the state of the Mary’s Child Children’s Home, and her one-year-old son Daniel Francis have been reported missing.

(Trinidad Express) Even as the Police Complaints Authority (PCA) has launched an investigation into last Friday’s police-involved killing of three people in Carenage, the autopsy report for 14-year-old victim Niomi Nelson concluded that she was shot to the back of the head.

Saying that he has taken note of the reports of the “damning” findings of the police audit of the financial records of the Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU), President David Granger today rebuffed calls for the unit to be dismantled and assured that government will work to ensure public confidence in it is restored.

Due to rain which has flooded the Promenade Gardens, the celebration of Andaiye’s life has been shifted to the Arthur Chung Convention Centre at Liliendaal at 10 am today.

NEW DELHI,  (Reuters) – The goose that lays the golden eggs in Indian cricket is finally going to have a say in the running of the game in the country with a national players’ association inching closer to becoming a reality.

(Jamaica Observer) Ackaisha Green, the 24-year-old mother who was ridiculed by her mother for turning over to the police a bag of cash she found in an ATM two weeks ago, is now the recipient of a flood of kindness from Jamaicans here and abroad.

(Trinidad Guardian) As po­lice con­front a sus­tained wave of vi­o­lent crime in Trinidad and Tobago, some 23 peo­ple have been killed in of­fi­cer-in­volved shoot­ings this year, a 64% in­crease over a sim­i­lar pe­ri­od in 2018.

(Trinidad Guardian) For the sec­ond week in a row, an Op­po­si­tion Par­lia­men­tar­i­an—this time a Sen­a­tor—was put out of the Par­lia­ment cham­ber.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Jamaican Olympians Kemar Bailey-Cole and Ristananna Tracey have announced their engagement.

(Trinidad Guardian) A Venezue­lan mi­grant who fled to T&T to es­cape the harsh eco­nom­ic con­di­tions is now fac­ing a pos­si­ble mur­der charge af­ter killing his com­mon-law wife on Sun­day.

Extradition proceedings are set to commence before a city magistrate against ex-policeman Shaun Darcy Nebblett, who is wanted in the United States for cocaine trafficking.

The government has to pay in excess of $5 million in total which was yesterday awarded by High Court judge Priya Sewnarine-Beharry to five West Coast Berbice farmers who had sued the state over revocation of their farmlands.

Holding strongly to the view that he is the rightful owner of a plot of land over which he was found guilty of murdering his neighbour, Sukhdeo Dharamdat was yesterday sentenced to 65 years behind bars for the crime at the High Court in Georgetown.

A brand new Sexual Offences Court, estimated to cost around $9 million, was commissioned at the High Court in Berbice yesterday morning.

A US-based Guyanese man is accused of burning his three-year-old daughter to death on Sunday, by chaining the doors of a car he then lit afire, in a deranged act to hurt her mother.

Defending champions Guyana were defeated by host French Guiana in the male category of the recent Inter-Guianas under 21 volleyball tournament held on May 3-4, 2019. 

After fleeing the scene after Sunday evening’s fatal accident along the Garden of Eden, East Bank Demerara (EBD) Public Road, the driver of the minibus in which the now deceased Charlestown resident Michael Cozier was travelling, has surrendered to the police.

With the rainy season taking its toll on the first two rounds of the Hand-In-Hand Inter-County Under-19, three-day tournament, the organisers have decided to change the venue for the final round.

A father of 13 was remanded to prison yesterday after being charged with possession of over 20 pounds of cannabis, which police found in a taxi on Sheriff Street, in Georgetown.

(Reuters) – Mumbai Indians batsman Suryakumar Yadav scored an unbeaten half-century to help the three-times champions beat Chennai Super Kings by six wickets yesterday and reach their fifth Indian Premier League (IPL) final.

A youth was yesterday sentenced to two years in prison after he admitted to being in possession of a round of ammunition.

NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – Afghanistan’s leadership overhaul has not created any bad blood in the dressing room and the players are toiling to achieve the goal of reaching the semi-final at this year’s World Cup, chief selector Dawlat Khan Ahmadzai said yesterday.

The National Insurance Scheme (NIS) yesterday made major adjustments to its work schedule so pensioners no longer have to spend long hours at its Brickdam head office.

James Harden paired a game-high 38 points with 10 rebounds while Eric Gordon and P.J.

The deadline for submissions of Expressions of Interest (EOIs) for the executive lounge and duty-free concession shops in the departures terminal of the newly expanded Cheddi Jagan International Airport was yesterday and over 16 submissions were received.

Kenkassie Lynch, who is accused of the murder of Mocha mechanic Terrence Lanferman, is expected to know his fate later today when a jury deliberates on the capital indictment against him.

The fourth edition of the Independence Track and Field Classic returns to the National Track and Field Centre next weekend with lucrative cash prizes on offer.

LONDON,  CMC – Former Test star Andrew Flintoff said yesterday Barbadian Jofra Archer was a must for England’s World Cup campaign and urged selectors to drop “anyone” to accommodate the rising star.

Three weeks have passed since moneychanger, Prince Phillip Alleyne, was shot and killed during a robbery outside Ashmins Trading’s building on High Street, Werk-en-Rust, Georgetown, and the police are yet to apprehend his killer/s.

Defending champion Christianburg/Wismar Secondary successfully retained their Edward ‘Screw’ Richmond Secondary School Championship, defeating Linden Technical Institute at the Wisburg Secondary School ground.

Tenders were yesterday opened at the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board for the construction of a warehouse for the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) where the engineer’s estimate is $379.1m.

The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) as part of its submission to the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) in the No Confidence case has said that it fulfilled its duties and responsibilities.

LIVERPOOL, England, (Reuters) – Liverpool produced one of the greatest comebacks in Champions League history to beat Barcelona 4-0  yesterday, overturning a three-goal first-leg deficit and advancing to their second successive final with a 4-3 aggregate victory.

DUBLIN, Ireland, CMC – Stylish Shai Hope stroked his second straight One-Day International hundred and fourth in eight innings but his fireworks were negated by a ragged fielding effort, as West Indies crashed to an eight-wicket loss to Bangladesh in the second match of the Tri-Nations Series here yesterday.

Dear Editor, Sharing the commissioning of the Indian Arrival Monument in East Berbice on Sunday, May 5, 2019, proved to be both inspirational and instructive.

A city magistrate yesterday committed former prison escapee Wayne Gilbert to stand trial for the 2017 murder of a Leopold Street resident at a city bus park.

A man was yesterday remanded to prison after being charged with wounding.

TUCUPITA, Venezuela, (Reuters) – The project was meant to feed millions.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Cricket West Indies has hailed late former West Indies stroke-maker Seymour Nurse as a “true legend”.

Dear Editor,                                                                                                           First of all I wish to apologise unhesitatingly for what has been deemed an ‘overtly sexist attack’ on Dr.

WASHINGTON/BEIJING, (Reuters) – Chinese Vice Premier Liu He will travel to Washington for two days of trade talks this week, China said yesterday, setting up a last-ditch bid for a deal that would avoid a sharp increase in tariffs on Chinese goods ordered by U.S.

Fireworks are coming for the Golden State Warriors this summer, when Kevin Durant is expected to opt out of the final year of his contract and Klay Thompson becomes an unrestricted free agent.

Attorney Brandon De Santos last Friday made closing arguments on behalf of Trinidad and Tobago national Sawak Maraj, who is charged with faking his own kidnapping and conspiring with others to secure a ransom.

Dear Editor, The government is in a bad place.  It sends people to do sensitive jobs and it comes up short. 

Caribbean Airlines (CAL) and the University of Guyana (UG) have announced that CAL has been designated the Principal Airline Partner for the upcoming Diaspora and Entrepreneur Conference being hosted by UG.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump’s businesses lost a total of more than $1 billion from 1985 to 1994, according to the New York Times, which said it obtained printouts from Trump’s official Internal Revenue Service tax transcripts.

CAPE TOWN,  (Reuters) – South Africa have called up all-rounder Chris Morris for their Cricket World Cup squad after a hand injury ruled fast bowler Anrich Nortje out of the tournament, in the latest setback for the injury-plagued side.

Dear Editor, Like most Guyanese, I am totally disgusted by all the brutal, senseless killings and barefaced robberies taking place every day throughout the country, and the apparent lack of any coherent plan by the Minister of Public Security to end this escalating crime spree.

Dear Editor, This article is being dedicated to the unsung graduates of the second oldest profession—Motherhood.

The Guyana Marketing Corporation (GMC) has announced the addition of 30 new agro-processed products to the shelves of The Guyana Shop, following their release from 13 local agro-processors.

Having considered the five economic links in the eight-link decision chain that it was recommended must be implemented if Guyana is to avoid the Dutch disease and achieve transformative and sustainable development, I came to the conclusion that Guyana is not in a good place, and now come to the critical political links (Reversing the Resource Curse: How to Harness Natural Resource Wealth for Accelerated Development.

HIGHLANDS RANCH, Colo.,  (Reuters) – Two male students armed with handguns burst into a Denver-area science and technology school and opened fire yesterday, killing one classmate and wounding seven others before being taken into custody, law enforcement officials said.

“Success in sports is built on four interconnected pillars – fitness, physical skill, tactics and strategy, and mental skills.

SOFIA, (Reuters) – Vereya have been expelled from the top flight of Bulgarian soccer after repeated warnings from the sport’s European governing body UEFA over suspected match-fixing, the Bulgarian Football Union (BFU) said yesterday.