Daily Archive: Thursday, May 16, 2019

Articles published on Thursday, May 16, 2019

Zaila Sugrim and her husband, Ryan Sugrim in happier times.

Businessman admits to killing wife

Businessman Ryan Sugrim has confessed to killing his wife, Zaila Sugrim, whose decomposed body was found in a shallow grave next door to his La Union, West Coast Demerara property on Tuesday afternoon, days after she was reported missing.

Left-hander Andre Seepersaud kept the innings together with his unbeaten 38. (Orlando Charles photo)

Nandu spins U-17s past Essequibo 

Off-spinner Matthew Nandu yesterday produced a stellar bowling performance to spin the national Under-17 select side to a 42-run win over Essequibo in the second round of the Hand-in-Hand under – 19 Inter-County one-day tournament at the Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC) Ground.

Another dual citizen MP?

Dear Editor, Now that seven Members of Parliament—-three  PPP/C and four  APNU+AFC Coalition (excluding Charrandass Persaud) —-have voluntarily resigned due to the High Court and the Court of Appeal rulings on dual citizens being prohibited from sitting as parliamentarians, one wonders if there are others.

Beach footballers lose yet again

 Guyana’ s hopes of qualifying for the knockout round in the 2019 CONCACAF Beach World Football Qualifiers were all but extinguished after  they went down 2-0 on penalty kicks to Guadeloupe yesterday at the Puerto Vallarta facility in Mexico.

England skipper Morgan banned

  (BBC) England captain Eoin Morgan has been suspended for the next one-day international and fined 40% of his match fee for a slow over-rate during the six-wicket win against Pakistan on Tuesday.

Region indebted to Maurice Bishop for recognition as `Zone of Peace’  

Dear Editor In this 40th anniversary year of the 1979 Grenada Revolution, the fates smiled upon our Caribbean Community (CARICOM) when it was confirmed  that the 22nd Regular Meeting of CARICOM’s Council For Foreign and Community Relations (COFCOR) would  be held in Grenada on the 13th and 14th of May 2019, thereby ensuring that the assembled Caribbean Foreign Ministers would find themselves in a space steeped in the spirit of Maurice Bishop — the great hero and martyr of the Grenada Revolution — and would therefore be impelled to take cognisance of Bishop’s signal contribution to the edifice of CARICOM’s collective Foreign Policy — the notion that  our Caribbean region should be legally constituted in International Law and universally respected as a “Zone of Peace”! 

Children’s rights

Thirty years ago, the member states of the United Nations agreed to a binding treaty of international law that would allow all children in all countries and of all ethnicities, cultures and orientations to live in a world in which their human rights would be respected and adhered to.