Daily Archive: Sunday, June 2, 2019

MEXICO CITY,  (Reuters) – Mexican and U.S. officials were preparing on Sunday for upcoming talks aimed at averting a major trade clash after U.S.

(Reuters) – Andy Ruiz Jr. dethroned British title-holder Anthony Joshua with a stunning seventh-round stoppage at New York’s Madison Square Garden on Saturday to become the first Mexican-American world heavyweight champion.

 (Reuters) – West Indies used plenty of short-pitched deliveries to dismantle Pakistan in their Cricket World Cup opener but the Caribbean batsmen will get a taste of their own medicine when they face champions Australia, fast bowler Nathan Coulter-Nile has said.

SINGAPORE,  (Reuters) – China’s Defence Minister Wei Fenghe said today that a war with the United States would be a disaster for the world while issuing a warning to Washington not to meddle in security disputes over Taiwan and the South China Sea.

(Trinidad Guardian) A Diego Mar­tin fa­ther of three is striv­ing to en­ter the 2020 Guin­ness Book of World Records as he works to build the world’s longest and high­est high-rid­er bi­cy­cle.

(Trinidad Guardian) A Ja­maican na­tion­al who was re­fused en­try in­to Trinidad on Fri­day night and was de­tained by im­mi­gra­tion of­fi­cers lat­er es­caped from the Pi­ar­co In­ter­na­tion­al Air­port.

MADRID, (Reuters) – Liverpool ended an incredible season by winning Europe’s biggest prize after beating Tottenham Hotspur 2-0 in yesterday’s all-English Champions League final, earning sweet redemption after agonisingly missing out on the Premier League title.

Guyana’s most decorated muscleman, Hugh Ross will be looking to add more hardware to his grand collection on Saturday when he competes at the NABBA World Championships in Northern Ireland.

Add the World Boxing Association Fedecentro and the World Boxing Council’s FECARBOX super flyweight titles to Elton ‘The Bully’ Dharry’s collection.

While insisting that legal action will be taken against those public officials who have failed to file declarations of their assets and liabilities, Chairman of the Integrity Commission Kumar Doraisami says that he is unsure if President David Granger is non-compliant and will have to make checks to verify his status.

Guyana should not hold off on establishing a National Oil Company (NOC), according to the former head of Brazil’s oil and gas regulatory body, Nelson Narciso Filho, who says it would be essential for ensuring local capacity in industry planning and negotiations.

SAO PAULO/RIO DE JANEIRO, (Reuters) – A woman has accused Brazil soccer player Neymar of raping her in Paris, according to a Sao Paulo police report seen by Reuters, alleging that the world-renowned sports star drunkenly assaulted her at an up-market hotel in the French capital.

President of the West Demerara Cricket Association (WDCA) Anand Sanasie said yesterday that he believes that the recent visit  of Cricket West Indies president Ricky Skerritt to Guyana was not a fact-finding one as has been stated but rather an attempt to institute a change of regime.

A seven-year-old girl was killed yesterday after she was struck by a truck along the Agricola public road, resulting in her body being cut in half.

Co-founder of Red Thread Guyana and former executive member of the Working People’s Alliance (WPA) Andaiye, AA, lost her battle with cancer on Friday and was yesterday remembered as a revolutionary, who fought hard to protect the rights of citizens and particularly women and children.

President’s College made light work of YBG Cluster 32-6 in their U14 Boys fixture, when the Youth Basketball Guyana ‘Regional Conference’ continued on Friday.

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Eagles clawed past home side Den Amstel 4-0, when the West Demerara Football Association [WDFA]/Trophy Stall U11 League continued yesterday at the Den Amstel Community Centre ground.

Le Desir is home to a handful of families, most of whom are related and belong to the Islamic faith.

The new Diamond Water Treatment Plant, now approximately 78% completed, is set to serve about 22,600 residents in the East Bank of Demerara community and surrounding areas.

Countryside softball team lost to Avengers in a last ball thriller as the inaugural 592 Beer and I-Cool Water nationwide 10-over softball competition got underway at the Guyana National Industrial Corporation (GNIC) Sports Club Ground, Woolford Avenue last Sunday.

We make a big pretence in the Caribbean to be this sophisticated person of the world, very much at home in the metropolitan areas to which many of us migrate but in fact we’re country people. 

Broadcast infringements have declined significantly, according to the Monitoring and Compliance Chair of the Guyana National Broadcasting Authority (GNBA) Jocelyne Josiah, who has attributed this development to the regular interaction between the entity and errant operators.

Even as Guyana mulls putting one of its own vessels to ply the Guyana to Suriname route following the docking of the Canawaima Ferry due to mechanical problems, government is currently engaging its Surinamese counterparts on the way forward.

Four Guyanese have been named on the West Indies Full-Bore Shooting Council team which will compete at the 150th Imperial Meeting of the National Rifle Association, Bisley, United Kingdom next month.

A grant of $1 million was yesterday donated to the Baramita, Region One community, for the construction of a toll both to control the passage of alcohol and illicit substances and to monitor access by visitors into the community.

The United States renewed its Level 2 travel advisory on Guyana last Thursday.

The Imam Bacchus Ground, Affiance, Essequibo Coast, will be the venue for a series to sports activities to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the National Milling Company (NAMILCO).

Following the refusal of Demerara Bank Limited (DBL) to honour a trade conducted by the Guyana Association of Securities Companies and Intermediaries Incorporated (GASCI), the association’s Board of Directors has suspended trading in DBL shares on the stock exchange.

The memory of man is astonishing and mysterious. How can one account for the fact that my old Aunt Anna, at the age of 92, could not recall what she had been told an hour before yet could delight one with a most joyfully and meticulously remembered account of a dance she had attended 76 years before, when she was 16, describing exactly the dress she wore that whirled around her ankles as she waltzed and the sip of wine she had from a glass embossed with cupids and the naval officer she danced with whose beard curled precisely so?

The final playoff rounds of the nationwide Ivanoff Vodka dominoes tournament which was postponed from last weekend will get cracking today at the Transport Sports Club from noon with the finals billed for tomorrow at the same venue.

A year after receiving a warning from the Guyana Securities Council (GSC) to desist from trading shares here, oil and gas company G.G.C

PARIS,  (Reuters) – Simona Halep’s path to a second successive French Open title cleared up in spectacular fashion yesterday after 23-time Grand Slam champion Serena Williams and world number one Naomi Osaka exited Roland Garros in the third round.

Dear Editor, How can one begin to compose a tribute to the life, work, and impact of this most extraordinary woman of Guyana and the Caribbean?

If you are someone who works out but imbibes habitually or now and then, keep reading. 

BRISTOL, England, (Reuters) – cand Steve Smith returned to international cricket yesterday to see Australia through to a comfortable seven-wicket win over Afghanistan in their World Cup opener at Bristol’s County Ground.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – The recent appointment of three Independent Directors to the Cricket West Indies (CWI) Board of Directors will augur well for the development of the regional institution, believes CWI president Ricky Skerritt.

Introduction Today’s column links my ongoing assessment of Guidepost 6 in Guyana’s Petroleum Road Map (that is, the average (unit) total costs for its crude oil export) to my previous presentations in this series on Guyana’s projected indicative price range per barrel of oil equivalent (boe) for its expected petroleum exports.

Dear Editor, The discovery of oil and gas has catapulted Guyana to centre-stage in the regional if not global arena.

Waving rainbow flags and equal rights banners, members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) community and their allies marched and danced along the streets of Georgetown yesterday as part of the second annual Pride Parade held in Guyana.

Overdependence on the internet, especially by young children, creates developmental challenges, a false sense of connectedness and a vacuum where there should be crucial conversations, even as the young continue to be bullied in the virtual world.

NOTTINGHAM, England, CMC – England’s Jofra Archer’s debut at the International Cricket Council’s World Cup has already caught the attention of several players.

Dear Editor, Andaiye is a name to remember. Her name is synonymous with the struggles for freedom, democracy and the civil and political and economic rights for all Guyanese.

The University of Guyana (UG) on Friday launched its Energy Think Tank, which is part of efforts to better equip the institution’s oil and gas programme with an agenda that caters to Guyana’s plan to produce fossil fuels while pursuing sustainable development.

Dear Editor, The Ministry of Education must be complimented for their efforts to promote physical activity via sports.

Dear Editor, Article 78A of the Constitution reads as follows: “Parliament shall establish a Local Government Commission, the composition and rules of which empower the Commission to deal with as it deems fit, all matters related to the regulation and staffing of local government organs and with dispute resolution within and between local government organs.”

Draymond Green put the onus squarely on himself to improve the results for the visiting Golden State Warriors in Game 2 of the NBA Finals tonight against the Toronto Raptors.

SAN SALVADOR (Reuters) – El Salvador’s new President Nayib Bukele took office yesterday pledging to cure the Central American country that he described as a “sick child” following years of violence and migration that has strained relations with the United States.

CARDIFF,  (Reuters) – New Zealand crushed Sri Lanka without losing a single wicket in Cardiff yesterday to begin their World Cup campaign in style after seamers Matt Henry and Lockie Ferguson had skittled their opponents out for 136.

The inability of the Parliamentary Committee on Appointments to meet and agree on the outstanding member of the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) has resulted in the reconstitution of the body being placed on indefinite hold.

Dear Editor, I am grateful for the opportunity provided by the letter written by Vice-Chancellor Professor Ivelaw Griffith, and published in the Stabroek News of Thursday 30th May 2019, to clarify a number of matters that are of great interest to members of the University of Guyana community and the wider public.

(Trinidad Guardian) Venezue­lans who risked their lives to cross the ocean in search of a bet­ter life in Trinidad are now cel­e­brat­ing hav­ing com­plet­ed reg­is­tra­tion, which al­lows them to live and work in Trinidad for a year.

A 28-year-old miner is now dead after he was severely chopped and stabbed on Friday evening during an altercation at Kuribrong, in Region Eight.

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexico’s president yesterday hinted his country could tighten migration controls to defuse U.S.

Dear Editor, I refer to Freddie Kissoon’s letter `UG unions should remain in TUC and fight for Lewis’ removal’ (SN: 31/05/2019).

NOTTINGHAM, England, CMC – If the West Indies can emulate their performance against Pakistan throughout the World Cup, legendary former captain Clive Lloyd expects them to beat some of the higher ranked teams.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – A six-member Task Force has already commenced the process of reviewing the team selection policy of all West Indies teams.

Tertiary education is enormously expensive to fund.  While some fortunate older universities in the Western world might receive endowments from wealthy alumni from time to time, or in the case of the UK, might own property which allows them to earn a bit of extra income, the vast bulk of funding for tertiary institutions derives from tuition fees and state subventions.

The Guyana Rice Development Board has “categorically” rejected statements in Suriname’s De Ware Tijd’s online edition, DWTonline, quoting Suriname’s Ambassador to Guyana Ebu Jones as saying that an insect plague has broken out in the rice sector. 

                           Last Update: 558.05                               Movement: 3.73%                            Current Update: 537.22                         YTD Movement: 4.34% The Lucas Stock Index (LSI) declined 3.73% during the fourth period of trading in May 2019. 

The 2019 National Chess Championship began yesterday with no confirmed favourite in place.

The Guyana Carnival rolled by behind the big trucks from May 17 – 27.

The Yellow-chinned Spinetail (Certhiaxis cinnamomeus) is found from Trinidad and Colombia south to Argentina and Uruguay. It

A man who was brought to court to face an armed robbery charge was on Friday remanded to prison after a city magistrate heard about his attempts to escape police custody before being brought to court.

Crepe Myrtle commonly called Queen of Flowers comes from the Lagerstroemia family. This

MEXICO CITY (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Mexico City lawmakers have given the green light to decriminalise sex work in the capital, hoping it will be a first step to a crackdown on sex trafficking that traps thousands of Mexican women and children.

It was not to be. A ‘Sargassum Summit’ to develop a multinational response to the worsening problem of the sargassum seaweed washing up on some of the best beaches in the Caribbean has had to be postponed.