Articles published on Thursday, May 23, 2019
ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – High-level Cricket West Indies officials will hold talks with stakeholders in Guyana over the next few days, aimed at starting to address the governance crisis afflicting the Guyana Cricket Board.
The Police say they are investigating the death of Kareema Mary Cholmondeley, 18, of lot 10 BB GEC Scheme, Hugh Ghanie Park, Cummings Lodge, East Coast Demerara, who was yesterday about 22:30hrs struck down by a motorcar on the Turkeyen Railway Embankment, E.C.D.
NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – India need to space out their experienced batsmen at the World Cup in England and veteran Mahendra Singh Dhoni is best suited at number five, according to batting great Sachin Tendulkar.
NEW DELHI/AYODHYA, (Reuters) – Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi promised to unite the country today after a big election win, with his party on course to increase its majority on a mandate of business-friendly policies and a tough stand on national security.
(Jamaica Gleaner) Dr Alveda King, the niece of one of United States’ most celebrated civil rights activists, Martin Luther King Jr, is appealing to Jamaican lawmakers to steer clear of making abortion legal in the island.
(Trinidad Guardian) Barefeet and cold, little Lucia Meza sat on the street hungrily licking an empty pack of biscuits while her mother tried to find accommodation for them to spend the night.
(Trinidad Guardian) “Everybody deserves a second chance.” This is why a 30-year-old clerical worker wants to pay the fines imposed on popcorn vendor Kevin Thomas for illegally vending on Lower High Street, San Fernando.
(Jamaica Observer) The St James police have launched a massive manhunt for a group of brazen gunmen who, in an attempted robbery Tuesday night, ensnared a truck along the busy ‘elegant corridor’ and sprayed it with bullets, seriously injuring the three occupants.
(Jamaica Gleaner) By the middle of next week, Political Ombudsman Donna Parchment Brown expects to lay to rest all issues surrounding a tweet made last Wednesday by People’s National Party Youth Organisation President Krystal Tomlinson, likening Prime Minister Andrew Holness to former German Fuhrer Adolf Hitler.
Two months after former government advisor on petroleum, Dr Jan Mangal called for an investigation into the awards of oil blocks near to Exxon-Mobil’s Stabroek Block, Director of the State Assets Recovery Agency (SARA), Professor Clive Thomas has revealed that such a probe is underway.
Indira Bipat, the West Demerara taxi driver who was discovered dead in a clump of bushes at Lust-en-Rust, Parfaite Harmonie, West Bank Demerara (WBD) on Sunday morning, died as a result of strangulation, compounded by blunt trauma to the head.
After facing two trials for the 2008 murder of scrap iron dealer Akbar Alli—both of which ended in hung juries—Rondell Bacchus was yesterday sentenced to 16 years, 8 months behind bars, after pleading to the lesser offence of manslaughter.
A route 48 minibus driver and his conductor were both remanded to prison yesterday, after facing sexual offences charges surrounding the rape of a then 12-year-old girl.
Police Inspector, 18438 Prem Narine, who was sentenced yesterday to a week in prison for insulting a magistrate was freed after several hours in custody following an order by the Chief Justice.
Acknowledging that members of Cabinet ought to comply with the law and declare their assets and liabilities to the Integrity Commission, President David Granger today disclosed that “challenges” have caused a delay in the submission of his 2018 declaration and assured that he is currently working to rectify this.
One day after a labourer was remanded to prison for the murder of 20-year-old Patrick Fraser, who was shot while liming with friends at an abandoned house in Bagotstown, East Bank Demerara, the police have nabbed a second suspect.
President David Granger yesterday said that he has asked Attorney General Basil Williams SC to respond to the allegations made in an unsigned letter, which has been circulating in the public domain.
The trial of Kerry Cromwell for the murder of Linden bus driver, Elvin Lorrimer, commenced yesterday morning before Justice Navindra Singh and a 12-member mixed jury at the High Court in Georgetown.
The five attorneys who were elevated to Senior Counsel on January 1, 2019 yesterday received their instruments of appointment from President David Granger, who stressed that this title is not “a personal favour or a political reward.”
Davanand Narine, the man who attempted to take his own life after he fatally stabbed his wife one week ago at their Anna Regina, Essequibo home, remains hospitalised under police guard, Commander of ‘G’ Division Khali Pareshram said.
The United Nations General Assembly overwhelmingly demanded yesterday that Britain give up control over the Chagos Islands in the Indian Ocean within six months, dealing a diplomatic blow to Britain and the United States.
More than a year after he escaped from police custody, remanded inmate Leon Price, was on Mon-day spotted in the Onderneeming Sandpit area, but managed to escape following an exchange of gunfire with the police.
Noting that he is the APNU+AFC campaign director, President David Granger who is undergoing treatment for cancer yesterday signalled his intention to be on the campaign trail in the next general elections.
As the May/June rainy season continues, increasing the rate of flooding in some areas, City Chief Engineer Colvern Venture, has assured that all of the city’s pumps are functioning, and that the drainage rate in most areas is good.
A familiar-looking Guyana Amazon Warriors side will this year have the services of locals, Anthony Bramble, Clinton Pestano and Chandrapaul Hemraj for the Caribbean Premier League (CPL) following yesterday’s draft in London.
Guyana has secured the hosting rights for the 2019 Caribbean Junior Cycling Championships on the weekend of August 10-11.
A pensioner was left counting millions of dollars in losses yesterday morning, after a fire of unknown origin destroyed her Haslington North, East Coast Demerara home.
Most Valuable Player at the just concluded Hand In Hand Under-19 Inter-County tournament, Junior Sinclair has set his sights on breaking into the West Indies youth team for the Under-19 World Cup as well as the Guyana Cricket Academy.
Guyana Carnival 2019 has kicked off to a positive start, with large turnouts to the various events leading up to the costume parade, which is to be held on Sunday.
The University of Guyana Senior Staff Association (UGSSA) and the University of Guyana Workers Union (UGWU), are awaiting the conclusion of today’s UG Council meeting to decide their next step, as it relates to issues that have been brewing between themselves and the university’s Council.
SOUTHAMPTON, England, CMC – All-rounder Carlos Brathwaite and opener Evin Lewis tuned up for the imminent World Cup with up tempo half-centuries but Australia overpowered West Indies to win by seven wickets, in a practice match at the Rose Bowl here yesterday.
(BBC) England’s one-day side have “the best opportunity in my time” to win the World Cup this summer, says former captain Michael Vaughan.
Two men who were accused of breaking and entering a shop and stealing articles valued more than $100,000, were yesterday remanded to prison after being charged with the offence.
MONACO, (Reuters) – Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton was exempted from media duties at the Monaco Grand Prix yesterday as teams and drivers came to terms with the death of triple world champion Niki Lauda.
A young Non Pareil mother was granted bail yesterday, after she was brought before a city court to be charged with fraudulent conversion of a gold chain.
The Toronto Raptors have the momentum, but the Milwaukee Bucks will be playing on their home court Thursday night in the pivotal Game 5 of the Eastern Conference semifinals.
The Guyana Tourism Authority is conducting a resident survey on tourism.
Dear Editor, I am shocked, maybe I should say appalled, and my ‘jaw dropped’ when I read the Ministry of the Presidency’s release, dated May 22, 2019, that President David Granger is not compliant with the Integrity Com-mission Act and has not fulfilled his obligations in filing his declarations.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – President Donald Trump yesterday abruptly cut short a White House meeting with Democratic lawmakers on infrastructure, then ripped into them over House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s accusation that he is engaged in a cover-up and asserted that he could not work with them unless they dropped multiple investigations.
LAUSANNE, Switzerland, (Reuters) – Boxing should keep its place at next year’s Olympic Games but recognition of AIBA, the governing body of the sport’s amateur version, should be suspended, the International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) executive board recommended yesterday.
Director of the Department of Energy (DoE), Dr. Mark Bynoe, has rejected the claim published in the May 17th edition of the Kaieteur News that Oil Consultant Dr Michael Warner, who was hired to complete Guyana’s draft Local Content Policy, is employed by ExxonMobil.
NEW YORK, (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump, three of his children and the Trump Organization yesterday lost their bid to block Deutsche Bank AG and Capital One Financial Corp from providing financial records to Democratic lawmakers investigating Trump’s businesses.
SOUTHAMPTON, England, CMC – Big-hitting left-hander Shimron Hetmyer hopes to use the World Cup to make a an indelible mark on the international stage but says his main priority will be helping West Indies win the ICC showpiece.
The Regional Democratic Council (RDC) of Region Four and UNICEF Guyana have entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on Venezuelan migrants that would see them advancing their work in Regions One and Four.
Dear Editor, The Stabroek News Editorial of Tuesday May 21 invites the question of whether Guyana’s tourism is a glass half full or half empty.
Out of 602 persons interviewed by the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) in Regions Two and Seven over a two-month period, 95% of them were Venezuelans, while 5% were returning Guyanese, most of whom were seeking education and training opportunities.
Guyana is expected to field a national T10 team to face off against the Windward Islands, South/Central (TT) and North/Tobago (TT) in a T10 International Cricket Tournament sponsored by Southern Sales and Service Company Limited, NLCB and In-Electra Limited.
LONDON, (Reuters) – Prominent Brexit supporter Andrea Leadsom resigned from Prime Minister Theresa May’s government yesterday, piling pressure on the British leader after a new Brexit gambit backfired and fuelled calls for her to quit.
(Trinidad Guardian) Police have launched a manhunt for two suspects, who fatally shot a former member of the Medical Board of Trinidad & Tobago just meters away from his Wallerfield home yesterday.
Dear Editor, The first reaction, however misleading, is the absence of any specific reference to Heads et al of Queen’s College, Bishops’ High School in the same context of the Cyril Potter College of Education – regarding the duty-free concessions to educators, as reported in SN of May 17.
Dear Editor, Basically, the way I see it, a teacher teaches for five hours, three in the morning and two in the afternoon, Monday to Friday.
The Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR), addressing “misguided remarks” regarding the Task Force assigned to reorganise and restructure the Forestry Commission, has issued a statement reiterating Cabinet’s direction of the process.
LIBREVILLE, (Reuters) – Gabon’s President Ali Bongo has fired his vice president and his forests minister, his office said yesterday, after hundreds of containers of illegally logged kevazingo wood that had been seized went missing.
LONDON, CMC – Former West Indies fast bowler, Ravi Rampaul, crafted a solid all-round performance but it was not enough to prevent Derbyshire from crashing to a two-wicket defeat to Glamorgan here yesterday.
(Barbados Nation) British national James O’Rourke is singing the praise of technology today.
MANCHESTER, England, (Reuters) – The 2022 World Cup in Qatar will be held with 32 participating teams and not an expanded 48 teams, organisers FIFA said yesterday.
(Trinidad Express) A security officer assigned to keep watch on a cargo vessel anchored off the port of Port of Spain has been found murdered.
Dear Editor, I respond to the statement from GPL on the power outages affecting the Coastland and resulting power disruption.
Minister of Public Health, Volda Lawrence was on Monday elected as a member of the Executive Board of the World Health Organization (WHO) when the body held its 72nd session of the World Health Assembly in Geneva, Switzerland.
BRASILIA, (Reuters) – Brazil-ian President Jair Bolsonaro surmounted a crucial hurdle for his young government yesterday by winning approval from disgruntled lower house lawmakers for his move to reorganize the country’s executive branch.
President David Granger yesterday accepted Letters of Credence from Marichu Mauro, accrediting her as the new non-resident Ambassador of the Republic of the Philippines to Guyana.
Dear Editor, The CCJ will rule soon, although not soon enough, on the validity of the no confidence motion as well as the unilateral appointment of a Gecom Chair.
US-based Guyanese designers Michelle Cole-Wagner and Roger Gary have themed up with Philbert Giddings, Chief Executive Officer of Guyana Fashion Showcase to host what is being billed as a ‘fashion and lifestyle’ event at the Ramada Georgetown Princess Hotel tomorrow evening.
The results of India’s elections, held between April 11 and May 19 this year, are likely to be announced today.
The round of 16 section in the 2019 edition of the Hamilton Green 9-a-side Inter-Ward Football Championship commences today at the Den Amstel Community Centre ground.
NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Michael Avenatti’s legal troubles escalated yesterday as federal prosecutors announced new indictments accusing the lawyer and prominent critic of U.S.
As I opened the front door, a giant hawk glided from the thorny bael tree that is a thirsty tangle of thin branches bleached bare by the harsh drought.
(Trinidad Guardian) The 93 Venezuelan nationals who have been detained by police in Palo Seco, are being released.
