Daily Archive: Tuesday, July 9, 2019

(Trinidad Express) Two-year-old Amara Reason has died. The infant was struck by a vehicle on Saturday morning along La Retreat Road, Arima.

The Police have detained four persons in connection with the murders of the Better Hope moneychanger Aaron Latchman and his daughter Arian.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Prime Minister Theresa May gave her “full support” to Britain’s Washington envoy today but Donald Trump attacked the “wacky Ambassador” whose leaked memo had described the U.S.

(Trinidad Express) A Venezuelan woman seeking a job was instead turned into a sex slave for two days by a man and his girlfriend.

(Barbados Nation) Police are probing reports that scores of bank accounts were hit over the weekend, leaving some customers broke.

(Jamaica Observer) A mother is demanding answers after an expletive-laced altercation between her son and members of a police team manning a checkpoint on Pretoria Road in Kingston 13 left him nursing multiple wounds and needing surgery to repair a broken jaw.

(Trinidad Express) Several police officers in the South-West peninsula are said to be seeking legal advice to prevent them having to undergo polygraph testing set to begin later this week.

(Jamaica Gleaner) A deputy superintendent of police assigned to the Major Organised Crime and Anti-Corruption Agency (MOCA) has revealed that more than $2 million was found in the house of one of the accused as the multimillion-dollar Manchester Municipal Corporation fraud trial continued yesterday.

(Trinidad Guardian) When Kyle Ja­groop went to the in­fa­mous Debe death strip where his neigh­bour Nicholas Coon had sur­vived a car ac­ci­dent, he was un­aware that the body still trapped in the wreck was his fa­ther Prem­c­hand Ja­groop.

President David Granger and his representatives have been accused by the Opposition of failing to act in “good faith” after they made eight nominations and  refused to engage in discussion about the 11 names nominated by Opposition Leader for Chair of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM).

By Zoisa Fraser and Femi Harris-Smith Saved from imprisonment by a presidential respite, Finance Minister Winston Jordan yesterday maintained that he ought not to be held personally responsible for government’s failure to pay the more than US$2 million judgment awarded to Dipcon for road works and he warned that the proceedings brought against him in his personal capacity could cause many to rethink public service if it is upheld.

The 10th edition of the Jefford Classic dubbed ‘Celebration of Athletic Excellence in Guyana’ returns to the Mackenzie Sports Club Ground on August 11 with lucrative cash incentives and door prizes on offer.

Vehemently denying a claim made by the opposition that government officials, including those at the Ministry of the Presidency are facilitating a “people smuggling ring,” Minister of Citizenship Winston Felix yesterday maintained that significant improvements have been made to the immigration sector since the APNU+AFC coalition took office.

Floodwater that inundated sections of Mahaicony, East Coast Demerara, on Thursday has slowly started to recede but farmers still fear major damage to their crops, according to Chairman of the Region Five  Council Vickchand Ramphal.

As Guyana’s squash team polishes off its preparations to contest the 2019 Caribbean Area Squash Association Junior championship in Trinidad and Tobago, coach Carl Ince has conceded that the current batch is just talented as any Guyana would have produced. 

The Guyana Under 17s got off to a forgettable start in their 2019 Cricket West Indies Future Stars tournament after suffering defeats at the hands of hosts, Trinidad and Tobago and defending champions, Barbados over the weekend.

A motorcyclist of Guyhoc Park, Georgetown died yesterday  in an accident on Vlissengen Road, in the vicinity of the Ministry of Agriculture, following a collision with a car.

With the sweeping breeze and scintillating sun coupled with the closure of schools, the 43rd annual National Sports Commission Teach Them Young cycling programme commenced yesterday at the National Park.

Vadeanand Resaul and Devine Kalekyezi were the only Guyanese to pick up wins after the first two days of the ongoing 2019 JITIC U14 lawn tennis tournament which is currently being staged in the Twin-Island Republic. 

A police prosecutor yesterday testified that he only learnt of statements made by Constable John Holder recanting his original evidence against  attempted murder accused Maryann Daby after they were disclosed by the woman’s lawyer.

Dear Editor, The objective for awarding oil blocks is to generate the maximum oil revenue (money) over the long-term for the benefit of the whole country. 

Maverick De Abreu, the man wanted in connection with the assault on gay rights activist Joel Simpson, yesterday surrendered to the police in the presence of his attorney, Siand Dhurjon.

Guyana-born all-rounder Mark Montfort is eager to make his mark on the Global T20 Canada League after being selected by Toronto Nationals.

Dear Editor, I write to congratulate and give my support to the police officers in ‘B’ division (Berbice), for publicly accusing their fellow officers of criminal complicity with the known bandit, Kelvin Shivgobin, who was killed in a shoot-out with the police in the Black Bush Polder area.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Recently-recalled batsman Darren Bravo and fellow Trinidadian left-hander Nicholas Pooran, were among seven new players handed retainer contracts by Cricket West Indies for the next year but batsman Sunil Ambris and leg-spinner Devendra Bishoo have been dropped from the list.

Attorney Anil Nandlall, who is representing the interests of the widow of the taxi driver found dead by police in the Suddie lockups last week, has written to the heads of the Police Complaints Authority, the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions and the Police Commissioner, requesting an inquest into his death.

Although the Small Business Development Finance Trust Inc. (SBDF) disbursed fewer loans last year, it facilitated the creation of more jobs than in the previous year, according to Director Mohamed Ali.

Dear Editor, Two sons of Guyana left for a better life in the “developed” USA. 

The accused in the 2012 murder of Plaisance businessman Deryck “Backatoo” Cox was discharged last Friday after almost seven years in jail, which his lawyer says will form the grounds of a $100 million lawsuit for wrongful imprisonment and malicious prosecution.

MANCHESTER, England, (Reuters) – New Zealand captain Kane Williamson encouraged his frontline batsmen to play with freedom in today’s semi-final against India to overcome their struggle for rhythm in the Cricket World Cup.

Dear Editor, Please allow me space in your newspaper to address a letter written by Ms.

Eagles defeated Topp XX 2–1 when the inaugural Summer Super Cup commenced Sunday at the Mackenzie Sports Club (MSC) ground, Linden.

Bardon Construction Service has been awarded a $57 million contract to begin the construction of a tarmac at Diamond, East Bank Demerara, which will provide a space for vendors and facilitate parking for taxi drivers.

The prosecution yesterday closed its case against two women charged over a plot to traffic almost four pounds of cocaine to Jamaica.

Dear Editor, The recent NGSA results painted several revealing pictures.  There were the warm, feel good stories, that should incentivize others especially those who are struggling in different ways. 

FRANKFURT/SYDNEY/HONG KONG/NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Deutsche Bank laid off staff from Sydney to New York yesterday as it began to slash 18,000 jobs in a 7.4 billion euro ($8.3 billion) “reinvention” that will lead to yet another annual loss, a plan that knocked its already battered shares.

JOHANNESBURG, (Reuters) – Ottis Gibson wants to stay on as South Africa coach despite a disappointing World Cup and with his contract coming to an end.

Jason Thomas, who is awaiting sentencing for stealing a gold band from a woman, yesterday appealed to two magistrates for his release, while promising that he would not be seen in court again if granted mercy.

Dear Editor, The signatories to the letter titled `Credible accounts of gross human rights violations in Haiti must be addressed by CARICOM’ (SN and KN 9/7/19) must be congratulated for highlighting the tragedy of Haiti, and the silence of many, including the ABC countries.

NEW YORK,  (Reuters) – American financier Jeffrey Epstein pleaded not guilty yesterday to charges of sex trafficking as prosecutors accused him of luring dozens of girls as young as 14 to his luxury homes in New York and Florida and paying them for sex acts.

(BBC) Serena Williams has been fined $10,000 (£7,988) for damaging one of the Wimbledon courts with her racquet.

(Trinidad Express) “We would like to signal our growing impatience and anxiety with the lack of actions regarding persons who are free to kill.”

There are no new developments in the probe of the murder of 36-year-old Leon Hescott called ‘Dudu’ on Friday night.

GENEVA,  (Reuters) – The rule of law has crumbled in Venezuela under the government of President Nicolas Maduro which has usurped the powers of the legislative and judicial branches, an international legal watchdog said yesterday.

Dear Editor, I have seen a report in the Kaieteur News of 28th June, 2019, in which Dr.

(Reuters) – Mexico’s Jonathan dos Santos scored in the 73rd minute to give his side a 1-0 win over the United States in the CONCACAF Gold Cup final on Sunday.

(Trinidad Express) One man was killed and two people injured when a gunman opened fire at the Princes Town Market just before dawn yesterday.

With Roger Khan expected to be deported from the United States to Guyana after serving almost 10 years in jail for drug trafficking, there is yet to be an indication that authorities here are trying to build a case against him for any crime that may have been committed on local soil.

Dear Editor, When the Caribbean Court of Justice ruled that two terms is all one gets to a presidential slot in our Guyana, upholding constitutionally enacted changes, I am sure those learned judges could not have meant for the Putin/Medvedev syndrome to be put into action via a questionable and weak proxy candidate, by a man who will not accept his time is past.

With markedly less aplomb than its 2018 predecessor, the Guyana Trade and Investment Exhibition (GuyTIE) 2020 was officially launched last Wednesday at the Arthur Chung Conference Centre, the comparatively low key nature of the event signalling, perhaps, a veiled official  concession that last year’s inaugural event staged at the Marriott Hotel had fallen well short of  its widely advertised objectives, not least of those being the growing of the global market for Guyanese products and the significant strengthening of linkages between the local and international business sectors.

By Kenneth Rogoff CAMBRIDGE – Although much derided by climate-change deniers, not least US President Donald Trump, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s Green New Deal hits the nail on the head with its urgent call for the United States to lead by example on global warming.

Just over a week ago, Cuba’s President, Miguel Díaz-Canel, said that starting this month all state employed workers will receive the first of what will likely be several salary increases.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo yesterday launched a panel to re-examine the role of human rights in U.S.

GENEVA, (Reuters) – U.N. human rights chief Michelle Bachelet is “appalled” at the conditions in which the United States is keeping detained migrants and refugees, including children, her office said in a statement yesterday.

(Trinidad Express) A 16 year old boy was gunned down in his mother’s home at Guayaguayare on Sunday.

(Reuters) – Bangladesh have parted ways with head coach Steve Rhodes after their eighth-placed finish at the World Cup, ESPNcricinfo reported yesterday.