Daily Archive: Thursday, June 27, 2019

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court today handed President Donald Trump a stinging defeat, blocking his contentious citizenship question planned for the 2020 census because officials gave a “contrived” rationale and prompting Trump to suggest an extraordinary delay in the constitutionally mandated population count.

MANCHESTER, England, CMC – West Indies limped out of the World Cup with hardly a whimper here today, when they crashed to a heavy 125-run defeat to powerhouses India at Old Trafford.

(Barbados Nation) MISSING WITHOUT a trace. That seems to be the situation surrounding Monday’s disappearance of American visitors Magdalena Devil, 25, and Oscar Suarez, 32, who went missing at sea after renting a jet ski at Holetown, St James, for a half-hour ride.

(Trinidad Express) One of the arguments offered by anti-migrant proponents is that the 14,000 -plus Venezuelans registered to live and work in Trinidad and Tobago for one year, will take the jobs of locals.

(Jamaica Observer) MONTEGO BAY, St James — England McCrane, the woman who is accused of being a ‘quack doctor’ and has been in custody for the past six months, wept openly in court Monday.

(Jamaica Observer) A FILM based on the life of pioneer Jamaican nurse Mary Seacole is in the works, according to Variety Magazine.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – David Warner says he’s living the dream playing for Australia at the World Cup and no amount of booing from England fans eager to remind him of his one-year ban for ball tampering is going to spoil his mood.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – Ten Democrats took the stage in the first Democratic debate of the 2020 U.S.

People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) Executive Juan Edghill yesterday condemned government plans to initiate Budget 2020 but the Ministry of Finance (MoF) justified its actions, saying it is simply planning. 

A 62-year sentence was yesterday handed down to an emotionless 22-year-old  man who, weeks before said he wanted to be honest with the court about having raped three females—two children and an adult.

With the country waiting years for this development, the Guyana Forensic Science Laboratory (GFSL) will on Friday commence DNA testing of several samples from crime scenes following the acquisition of a key piece of equipment and the training of four staff members in its use.

Even as he sought to reassure the public that the allegations made against Crime Chief Lyndon Alves will be properly probed and the truth found, Public Security Minister Khemraj Ramjattan yesterday said that he sees nothing wrong with the force’s Office of Professional Responsibility (OPR) conducting the investigation.

Civil group, ‘Mourning Family and Friends in White’, yesterday staged a protest outside the office of the leader of the opposition Bharrat Jagdeo, and called on the government to launch an investigation into the extrajudicial killings that happened under the PPP/C administration.

Minister of Finance, Winston Jordan, has filed an appeal to the ruling handed down by Justice Priya Sewnarine-Beharry, ordering that he be jailed for 21 days if he fails to pay over to Trinidad construction company Dipcon, the more than US$2 million owed by government for road construction works.         

Kansas, USA: Guyana’s Golden Jaguars ended the 2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup  by registering its first points in the tournament when they battled old rivals Trinidad and Tobago’s “Soca Warriors” to a 1-1 draw yesterday afternoon at the Children’s Mercy Park in Kansas City.

Armed bandits invaded a Campbellville, George-town house in broad daylight yesterday and attacked a 48-year-old Indian national before carting off $1.3M in cash and a quantity of gold jewellery.

The Guyana Tennis Association (GTA) along long-standing sponsor GBTI on Tuesday rewarded the winners of the recent GBTI/GTA lawn tennis tournament at GBTI’s Lawn Tennis Court and facilities, Bel Air, Georgetown.

The University of Guyana’s Berbice Campus Elites cricket team is the newest member to join the sport and have garnered support from the Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) and the Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club.

Later this afternoon, 59-year-old Mahadeo Dasrat will be sentenced for the offence of raping a woman two years ago.

MANCHESTER, England, CMC – Captain Jason Holder yesterday said West Indies were still to produce the “complete game” and urged his charges to capitalise on the “crucial moments”, as they looked to halt their losing slump and revive their flagging World Cup campaign against unbeaten powerhouse India here today.

Makeup artist, Lolita Callender, known as ‘Lola,’ was yesterday sentenced to six months in prison by a British Virgin Islands court.

MANCHESTER, England, CMC – Members of the West Indies team took a break from their hectic schedule to pay a visit to the storied Old Trafford stadium, home to one of the world’s most famous football clubs – Manchester United.

An autopsy yesterday confirmed that Vickram Brijmohan, the 22-year-old who was discovered dead in his Good Hope, East Coast Demerara home last Sunday with a cord around his neck, took his own life.

An Enmore, East Coast Demerara fisherman is currently confined to bed due to injuries he suffered last Thursday when he was attacked and robbed some 200 feet from his home.

BIRMINGHAM, England, (Reuters) – Babar Azam’s patient unbeaten century guided Pakistan to a six-wicket victory over New Zealand yesterday and increased their hopes of reaching the Cricket World Cup semi-finals.

Dear Editor, Budget 2020 must be presented by a Government that has a mandate from the people through Free and Fair Elections.

The Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) yesterday said that persons trespassing on its La Bonne Intention (LBI), East Coast Demerara compound would be prosecuted.

Dear Editor, Considering my role in the previous two national elections, my present employment and pronouncements I’ve made recently in the letter columns and on social media, I think that people might be confused about where I stand politically.

Two Venezuelans were yesterday remanded to prison, after they were jointly charged with breaking and entering a shop in Kumaka, Region One, where they allegedly stole articles valued more than $200,000.

Local Olympians of today and yesteryear will be honored during a special ceremony at the Aliann Pompey Invitational billed for July 6 at the National Track and Field Centre.

Dear Editor, In Guyana corruption is a good word to start a conversation with or even better to crank up an argument.

A 31-year-old handyman was remanded to prison yesterday, after he was charged with a series of armed robbery offences during his appearance at a city court.

Candidate Master Ronuel Greenidge will be hosting an inaugural summer chess camp geared and enhancing the skills of young talents as well as introducing newcomers to the sport.

Dear Editor, Today it is a very senior officer; from almost all the way to the top one is sent on leave. 

An East Ruimveldt man was yesterday remanded by a city magistrate, after pleading not guilty to the possession of 27 grammes of cannabis.

LAUSANNE, Switzerland,  (Reuters) – The International Olympic Committee yesterday officially took over the boxing qualification and competition for next year’s Tokyo 2020 Olympics and suspended international boxing federation AIBA following a vote at its session.

OTTAWA,  (Reuters) – Canadian unemployment is at an all-time low and businesses have a message for politicians ahead of October’s national election: We need foreign workers so do not make the campaign about keeping them out.

MATAMOROS, Mexico,  (Reuters) – A harrowing photo of a Salvadoran migrant and his young daughter who drowned in the Rio Grande at the U.S.-Mexico

A father and son accused of robbing a woman of close to $5 million in cash and jewellery, were yesterday remanded by a city court after they were jointly charged with the offence.

A fish cleaner who police said was found with 20 grammes of cannabis, was yesterday sentenced to two years in jail after he admitted to a charge of possession at a city court.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Lewis Hamilton will feel the heat, literally at least, in Austria this weekend as Formula One champions Mercedes seek to equal McLaren’s modern-day record of 11 wins in a row and he returns to the scene of his most recent retirement.

Dear Editor, The revelation that ExxonMobil paid for the trip of the Minister of Petroleum’s wife, First Lady Sandra Granger, Head of the Department of Energy Dr.

PHILADELPHIA,  (Reuters) – Philadelphia Energy Solutions (PES) will seek to permanently shut its oil refinery in the city after a massive fire caused substantial damage to the complex, the company confirmed on Wednesday, a day after sources told Reuters about the plans.

Following a complete postponement of cricket in Guyana due to the rainy season, the East Coast Cricket Committee will be the first body to resume their competitions when they bowl off the Neville Ramotar T20 competition  this weekend.

The police investigation into the nearly one-month-old accident along the Agricola Public Road, East Bank Demerara, which claimed the life of seven-year-old Ciarra Benjamin, remains incomplete, and police are still awaiting a statement from the child’s babysitter.

Dear Editor, Over the last few months, or so, numerous commentators across the spectrum of the media have directly and indirectly addressed, or attempted to, the reasoning behind Mr Granger and his administration’s obstinacy in not adhering to the rule of law and complying with the no-confidence defeat.

Minibus drivers arrested: The police in ‘G’ Division on Tuesday arrested a total of twenty-one minibus drivers and impounded their vehicles after they were found in breach of several traffic laws.

The action taken by the management of the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) against the employee of a concessionaire, almost a year after she alleged that she was sexually harassed by a senior CJIA manager almost makes no sense until one considers it in the light of male privilege and the downside of this, which is discrimination against women.

MANCHESTER, England, CMC – Talismanic opener Chris Gayle has rescinded his One-Day International retirement and will now be available to face India in a three-match series in the Caribbean this August.

Dear Editor, So then it is farewell Justice Patterson as he departs the GECOM stage.

(This is the sixth of a series of articles by Transparency Institute of Guyana Inc on the Production Sharing Agreement signed between the Government of Guyana and Esso Exploration and Production Guyana Limited, a subsidiary of ExxonMobil.)

It must rank as an extraordinary moment in the short, checkered history of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ).

The University of the West Indies (UWI) has announced the establishment of a new campus of the university in Antigua and Barbuda.

GUATEMALA CITY, (Reuters) – Guatemalan prosecutors raided the offices of the Supreme Election Tribunal to investigate alleged discrepancies in the vote count for the first round of a presidential election this month, the attorney general’s office said yesterday.