Articles published on Saturday, June 22, 2019
MANCHESTER, England, (Reuters) – New Zealand moved to the brink of the World Cup semi-finals with a thrilling five-run victory over West Indies on Saturday after Carlos Brathwaite’s magnificent century almost produced a highly unlikely comeback win for the Caribbean side.
ExxonMobil’s Liza Destiny, the first oil production vessel which will be placed in Guyana’s waters has been officially dedicated by First Lady Sandra Granger.
DUBAI, (Reuters) – Iran said today it would respond firmly to any U.S.
(Trinidad Express) National Security Minister Stuart Young said yesterday the murder of State witness Candy-Ann McIntyre on Tuesday was a tragedy, but added that she was not in the witness protection programme.
(Jamaica Gleaner) The principal of St Hilda’s Diocesan High School in Brown’s Town, St Ann, Heather Reid-Johnson is now being treated in hospital after being injured by an intruder on the school compound last night.
A Venezuelan national died after being struck by a vehicle while walking on the shoulder of the Churchill Roosevelt Highway on Friday morning.
Attorneys for Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo, Christopher Ram and Charrandass Persaud have proposed that the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) order that Cabinet, including President David Granger, resign and that a date be set for general elections within a three-month period as a result of the court upholding the validity of the no-confidence motion that was passed against the government last December.
LEEDS, England, (Reuters) – Sri Lanka pace bowler Lasith Malinga ripped through the England batting line-up with four wickets as the former champions handed the favourites a 20-run defeat in a low-scoring World Cup match at Headingley yesterday.
With a Monday deadline looming for a consensus before the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) hands down orders that could see the holding of polls within a few months, Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday said he has been invited by the government to a meeting next week.
(Trinidad Guardian) Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley slammed the US State Department for T&T’s ranking in their 2019 Trafficking in Persons Report which placed the country at Tier 2.
Scores of APNU+AFC coalition government supporters took to the streets in key areas around the country yesterday to press for a national house-to-house registration exercise to be held before the holding of the next general and regional elections.
In what will be another historic meeting, the Golden Jaguars will battle Panama today in their second match of the 2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup at the FirstEnergy Stadium, Cleveland, Ohio from 19:30hrs.
Three years after government faced a scandal over the rental of a Sussex Street drug bond from a party member for millions of dollars, the Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) yesterday commissioned a 428.5 square metre bond extension at its Diamond, East Bank Demerara facility, costing some $161 million.
NORTHAMPTON, England, CMC – West Indies Women paid dearly for a dismal fielding effort as England Women piled up their highest-ever Twenty20 score against their Caribbean counterparts to thrash them by 42 runs here yesterday.
President David Granger has signed into law the Supplementary Appropriation Act that was passed last month to provide the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) with $3.5 billion in funding for the holding of general and regional elections in 2019.
MANCHESTER, England, CMC – West Indies are hoping “frank discussions” will trigger the turnaround in form necessary to upset unbeaten New Zealand in today’s critical encounter at Old Trafford, and keep alive their already fading hopes of reaching the semi-finals of the ICC World Cup.
Republic Bank (Guyana) Limited (RBL) is urging customers to vigilantly monitor their accounts even as it works to find a permanent solution to the recent spate of “Brute-Force” attacks which resulted in fraudulent transactions through its international VISA OneCard.
MANCHESTER, England, CMC – Injury-plagued all-rounder Andre Russell is expected to sit out West Indies’ do-or-die World Cup encounter against New Zealand today.
Ramlackhan Rup, the Air Services Limited (ASL) security guard who was critically injured after he was reportedly struck down by a car driven by a soldier last month, succumbed to his injuries on Wednesday evening.
SOUTHAMPTON, England, (Reuters) – India are not underestimating the threat Rashid Khan poses even after he was mauled by England in his previous outing, all-rounder Vijay Shankar said ahead of today’s World Cup match against Afghanistan.
SOUTHAMPTON, England, (Reuters) – England’s extreme pace will suit Australia when the Ashes rivals clash in a mouth-watering World Cup contest at Lord’s next week, all-rounder Glenn Maxwell said.
Autopsies which were done on the bodies of Danny Ross Dunraj and Kelvin Atherly-Ward, the two youths who died after their crashed car exploded, have revealed that they died due to smoke inhalation and shock from burn injuries they suffered.
SOUTHAMPTON, England, (Reuters) – Afghanistan need regular exposure against the top teams before they can compete at the World Cup, captain Gulbadin Naib said ahead of today’s match against India.
A Linden schoolboy is currently on life support at a city hospital after he was allegedly struck down by a speeding car along the Amelia’s Ward Access Road on Wednesday.
The Guyana Olympic Association will join the rest of the world in celebrating Olympic Day tomorrow.
Breaking its silence, the Guyana Police Force (GPF) last evening confirmed that an internal investigation is presently ongoing into bombshell corruption allegations against ranks in ‘B’ Division (Berbice) as well as a senior officer.
Vehicles seized by the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) are disposed of in a “fair and consistent manner,” Commissioner-General Godfrey Statia said yesterday as he dismissed allegations that such vehicles were fraudulently transferred to persons sympathetic to the government.
The National Racquet Center on Woolford Avenue will be the latest venue that will be utilized for the Guinness ‘Greatest of the Streets’ Georgetown Championship.
Board Chairman Leslie Sobers yesterday maintained that the Guyana National Broadcasting Authority (GNBA) did not willfully deny Guyana Publications Incorporated (GPI), the publisher of the Stabroek News and Sunday Stabroek, a radio licence, while noting that the company only became fully compliant in October last year, by which time all the primary zone frequencies were already allocated.
Dear Editor, As Commissioner-General of the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA), I am usually dissuaded from responding to statements in the press when made by politicians, and especially those whom I deem to be leaders, or previous leaders who held the highest positions in government, and had direct influence and responsibility over the administration and the laws that govern the Authority.
The Guyana Cycling Federation’s National Championships will roll off this morning.
Guyana has for the third consecutive year maintained its Tier 1 ranking in the latest United States State Department report on Trafficking in Persons (TIP), which recognises its sustained efforts while also noting shortcomings in protection and shelter outside the capital and the lack of a standard operating procedure for protecting foreign victims.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said yesterday he aborted a military strike to retaliate for Iran’s downing of an unmanned U.S.
The ExxonMobil boys and girls’ U14 Secondary Schools football competition will continue today at the Ministry of Education ground, Carifesta Avenue.
By Joanna Dhanraj Gospel and soul singer Lashaunda Brown has recently been heating up the local arena with her mesmerizing voice.
Dear Editor, CARICOM law making reached an important plateau on June 18, 2019 when the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) handed down its rulings on the Guyana No-Confidence motion of December 21, 2018 and on issues related to it.
The quarterfinal round in the KFC Independence Knockout Club National Championships will commence today at the National Training Centre, Providence.
BASRA, Iraq/BAGHDAD, (Reuters) – Just weeks ago, U.S. energy giant ExxonMobil looked poised to move ahead with a $53 billion project to boost Iraq’s oil output at its southern fields, a milestone in the company’s ambitions to expand in the country.
Morvin Maikoo, a youth who was granted time to repay a man he stole from but failed to follow through and then absented himself from court, was yesterday sentenced to six months in prison.
Steamed fish can be boring; at least to me. I am always more interested in the broth itself or whatever is accompanying the steamed fish.
Dear Editor, Once the no-confidence motion passed, David Arthur Granger became a figurehead, operating on skeletal caretaker powers until the people’s voice is heard in a new election.
Summer is my season. To be honest it’s the only season I truly feel happy in.
Michael Sookraj, who admitted to trying to obtain a passport by pretending to be his brother, was yesterday sentenced to three months in jail after he told a city court that he was desperate to go back to his motherless child, who resides in Curacao.
SALVADOR, Brazil, (Reuters) – Alexis Sanchez shrugged off an ankle injury and continued his resurgent form at the Copa America as the Chile striker fired his side to a 2-1 victory over Ecuador yesterday which took the holders into the quarter-finals of the competition.
HONG KONG, (Reuters) – Thousands of demonstrators blockaded police headquarters yesterday as Asia’s leading financial centre braced itself for a third weekend of mass protests against an extradition bill that has plunged the Chinese-ruled city into crisis.
Dear Editor, Due to my continued work highlighting grand thefts and forfeitures of billions of US dollars by our politicians past and present, of the oil wealth which belongs to the people of Guyana and which does not belong to the politicians and companies, there have been and will continue to be attempts to discredit my message by trying to discredit the messenger.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The U.S. Treasury Department yesterday imposed sanctions on four high-ranking Nicaraguan government officials for allegedly preventing their country’s citizens from exercising fundamental freedoms.
Dear Editor, Working in another Caribbean country, I have become familiar with the term “ bush lawyer”.
TAPACHULA, Mexico, (Reuters) – Millions of new trees will soon begin sprouting in El Salvador thanks to a programme funded by the Mexican government that aims to help impoverished communities that often create fertile ground for fleeing migrants.
FRISCO, Texas, CMC – Two first half goals were enough to hand Haiti a 2-0 victory over Nicaragua and a spot in the next round of the CONCACAF Gold Cup but Bermuda were once again made to pay for their wastefulness as they slumped to a 2-1 defeat at the hands of Costa Rica here Thursday night.
MADRID, (Reuters) – Spain’s Supreme Court yesterday ruled that five men who attacked a teenager at a bull-running festival were guilty of rape not the lesser crime of sexual abuse, concluding a case that sparked mass protests across Spain over chauvinism and sexual abuse.
Shamar Harvey, 21, who is charged with the murder of Albouystown teen Christopher Mansfield, yesterday learned that he had been found fit to stand trial.
Two Berbicians pageant walked away with the top titles at Saturday night’s Miss Earth Guyana pageant at the National Cultural Centre: Faydeha King was crowned queen, and Cintiana Harry copped the Miss Eco Guyana 2019.
Guyana is among the three Caribbean countries that will host a grand revival crusade led by Dr Daniel Olukoya of Nigeria, founder of Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries worldwide.
Two days ago World Refugee Day drew attention to the millions of people whose flight from the world’s troublespots is so often misrepresented or exploited for political gain.
PHILADELPHIA, (Reuters) – A massive fire at Philadelphia Energy Solutions Inc’s oil refinery yesterday damaged the largest U.S.
Dear Editor, The extension of the life of the government following the successful passage of the NCM and failure to hold elections within the stipulated time frame needs to be urgently addressed.
The police are seeking the assistance of the public to find an Angoy’s Avenue, Berbice resident, who is wanted in connection with the murder of Carl McDonald, who was chopped to death a short distance away from his home on Boxing Day last year.
The opening credits of “Birds of Passage” are written in blood-red.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – U.S. cities expecting to be hit by a wave of immigration raids intended to deport recently arrived families who are in the United States illegally said yesterday they would not cooperate with federal authorities.
The silly season can be applied to any situation that is ludicrous, farcical, or that demonstrates a lack of intellect or common sense.
KINGSTON, (Reuters) – Three-time world champion Shelly-Anne Fraser-Pryce and training partner Elaine Thompson eased into the semi-finals of the 100 metres at the Jamaican trials for this year’s world championships with neither breaking a sweat on Thursday.
(Reuters) – French Open champion Ashleigh Barty warmed up for Wimbledon with a comfortable 6-4 6-3 win over Venus Williams to reach the semi-finals of the Nature Valley Classic in Birmingham yesterday.
