Daily Archive: Monday, July 15, 2019

(Trinidad Guardian) A Trinidad & To­ba­go na­tion­al, An­dre Sted­man, has been sen­tenced to eight years in prison for rap­ing a mi­nor girl.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Five Jamaicans were among 13 persons apprehended at sea in The Bahamas on Friday.

(Trinidad Express) Famed local actor Raymond Choo Kong was found dead in Arima this afternoon.

(Trinidad Express) Bullets meant for a man, instead killed his girlfriend in Carenage on Sunday night.

The United States Ambassador to Guyana,  Sarah-Ann Lynch; United Kingdom High Commissioner to Guyana, Greg Quinn; and the Head of Delegation of the European Union to Guyana,  Jernej Videtič today issued a joint statement following the issuing of the Caribbean Court of Justice’s Definitive Orders on 12 July 2019.

 (Reuters) – England should have been awarded five runs instead of six in the final over of Sunday’s World Cup title clash against New Zealand after a throw from the deep struck Ben Stokes’ bat and ran away for a boundary, former umpire Simon Taufel has said.

JOHANNESBURG,  (Reuters) – Former South African President Jacob Zuma told a corruption inquiry today that he had never broken the law with the Gupta family, describing the businessmen at the centre of an influence-peddling scandal as friends.

(Trinidad Guardian) A 31-year-old Cen­tral bus dri­ver, who was re­leased from po­lice cus­tody on Sun­day in con­nec­tion with the death of three-year-old Isa­iah Hazel, is now fear­ful for her life.

(Jamaica Observer) Thirty-six-year-old amputee, David Daley, is determined to support his family and himself despite having to live with one leg.

(Trinidad Guardian) Chelsea Re­nee, the now es­tranged wife of Trinidad &Tobago’s Olympic ath­lete Michelle-Lee Ahye, has ad­mit­ted that Ahye was ar­rest­ed by po­lice be­cause of a mar­i­tal dis­pute but added that she did not press charges.

Four years after it made its first offshore oil discovery in Guyana, ExxonMobil says that it and its contractors have created almost 1,200 new jobs for locals with over 200 of those being held by women and spent some US$119.5 million (approximately $24.9 billion) on local procurement.

A taxi driver and one of his passengers died after being involved in an accident on the Linden/Soesdyke High-way on Saturday night.

Over the weekend,  communication between representatives of  the President and Leader of the Opposition ended without a meeting set and saw a proposal by the government’s side that retired Justice Claudette La Bennett and GPHC Chairman Kesaundra Alves be on the list for chairmanship of GECOM, sources say.

Demerara Distillers Limited (DDL) will be establishing an environmental management department within the company and a Canadian consultancy firm and other personnel have been hired to assist with the process, Head of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Dr.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – England ended their 44-year wait for a maiden 50-overs World Cup title by beating a gutsy New Zealand side on boundaries after a tied Super Over amidst heart-stopping drama yesterday.

Minister of Public Security, Khemraj Ramjattan on Saturday assured Berbicians that if there is  civil strife in the country the government is prepared to ensure stability.

NORTH SOUND, Antigua, CMC – Raymon Reifer’s defiant half-century went in vain as West Indies A produced another inept batting display to slip to their second defeat in four days to India A here yesterday.

(Reuters) – U.S. authorities launched small-scale operations to arrest undocumented families over the weekend in a start to President Donald Trump’s plan to deport thousands of immigrants.

Dear Editor, John Berkeley, in the introduction to his seminal treatise, ‘The Principles of Human Knowledge’, observed “…I am inclined to think that the far greater part, if not all of those difficulties which have hitherto amused philosophers, and blocked the way to knowledge, are entirely owing to ourselves – that we have first raised a storm of dust, and then complained that we cannot see.”

In his address on Friday following the consequential orders issued by the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ), President Granger said as follows: “Guyanese, the Constitution of Guyana is sacrosanct and supreme”.

Skipper of the Guyana Under-17 cricket team Sheldon Charles has blamed poor batting and execution for the team’s performance at the just-concluded Regional tournament.

Dear Editor, While most of our attention drifted naturally towards the no confidence motion case, there was an extremely important point which came out from the GECOM Chairman case.

MEXICO CITY,  (Reuters) – Guatemala said yesterday it would postpone President Jimmy Morales’ visit to Washington to discuss Guatemala’s potential designation as a ‘safe third country’ for asylum seekers, stressing it had no plans to sign such an agreement.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Novak Djokovic again proved the toughest nut for Roger Federer to crack, repelling all the Swiss threw at him in an epic duel to win a fifth Wimbledon crown in the longest singles final in the tournament’s 133-year history yesterday.

Although persons who attended the Creatives Go Global workshop were thrilled that the Creative and Cultural Industry was finally getting recognition from the government, they felt that the workshop, which focused primarily on marketing strategies and exporting services, did not address the challenges they are facing presently.

HONG KONG,  (Reuters) – Tens of thousands rallied in a large Hong Kong suburb yesterday, driven by abiding anger at the government’s handling of an extradition bill that has revived fears of China tightening its grip over the former British colony and eroding its freedoms.

The police are yet to obtain legal advice on their investigations in the murders of Better Hope moneychanger Aaron Latchman and his daughter, Arian, police commissioner Leslie James said last night.

SILVERSTONE, England,  (Reuters) – Formula One champion Lewis Hamilton wrote a new chapter in British Grand Prix history yesterday with a record sixth home win that he ranked as one of the best and proudest days of his life.

Dear Editor, The judicial position is that there is a ‘caretaker’ government in Guyana; or it should think of itself and operate as one. 

KUALA LUMPUR,  (Reuters) – Malaysia has seized more than 1 billion ringgit ($243.25 million) from a bank account of state-owned China Petroleum Pipeline Engineering Ltd (CPP), the Straits Times newspaper said on Saturday.

A shooting at a creek last evening on the Linden-Soesdyke Highway has left a man nursing a gunshot injury to the face.

Dear Editor, Credit Unions throughout Guyana are governed and administered in accordance with the Laws of Guyana under the Cooperative Societies Act, Chapter 88:01 and Regulations and Rules of the Credit Union that are developed by its members and approved by the subject Minister through the CCDO.

Former champions Queen Street Tiger Bay, Leopold Street and Broad Street along with Albouystown-B, Sophia and Future Stars secured their group stage berths, when the Guinness ‘Greatest of the Streets’ Georgetown Championship continued on Saturday.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad,  CMC – Barbados retained their CWI Under-17 title even though rain wrecked their final round match against Jamaica on Saturday.

Sanjeev Datadin, the attorney for Charrandass Persaud in the no confidence motion case on Friday expressed disappointment with the ruling of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ), stressing that it was not what they were looking for.

Dear Editor, In the year 2000, SIMAP decided to build a school at Saxacalli since the old school building was unfit.

PORT-AU-PRINCE,  (Reuters) – Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen visited Haiti on Saturday in an attempt to bolster support in the region after the neighboring Dominican Republic broke diplomatic ties with Taiwan last year.

HAVANA, (Reuters) – Cuba’s first new train passenger cars in more than four decades set off on their maiden journey across the island on Saturday in what the government hopes will prove a total revamp of its decrepit railway system with help from allies Russia and China.

Shomari Wiltshire, Abosaide Cadogan, Kirsten Gomes and Michael Alphonso are among a number of Guyanese players who secured semifinal places after recording success on the opening day of the 2019 Caribbean Area Squash Association Junior championship yesterday in Trinidad and Tobago.

Subscribers to Creditinfo Guyana (CIG) will now be able to request and view their credit reports online, as the company launched its new service on Friday.

Dear Editor, I am a resident of Herstelling housing scheme. I wrote several letters about the mosquito invasion in this scheme, but only twice last year did they come and spray.

Championships defeating Bermuda 2-0 on Saturday at the National Track and Field Centre, Leonora.

Dear Editor, Over the coming weeks the international community will be subjected to numerous Guyanese voices pleading for swift and decisive actions to ensure Guyana remains a democratic state.

Yesterday marked 40 years since Jesuit priest Father Bernard Darke was murdered while photographing a demonstration in Brickdam in Georgetown.

BEIJING,  (Reuters) – China’s exports fell in June as the United States ramped up trade pressure, while imports shrank more than expected, pointing to further weakness in the world’s second-largest economy and slackening global growth.

(Trinidad Guardian) The Joint Con­sul­ta­tive Coun­cil (JCC) has filed a Free­dom of In­for­ma­tion Act (FOIA) re­quest­ing de­tails of the State’s US $71 mil­lion deal with a Chi­nese-based hous­ing con­struc­tion com­pa­ny.

Dear Editor, The Stabroek News edition of Thursday June 27 carried an article accompanied by a photograph, of the West Indies Cricket Team and management staff currently in England, touring the home of one of the most famous football teams, Manchester United, in Manchester at Old Trafford.

President’s College clinched their maiden U18 title while Kwakwani and Marian Academy copped the U14 and girls divisions respectively  when the National School Basketball Festival [NSBF] concluded on Saturday.

NEW ORLEANS,  (Reuters) – Storm Barry trudged through northwestern Louisiana yesterday, weakening to a tropical depression but dropping up to 15 inches (38 cm) of rain in some places to create life-threatening flood conditions along the Mississippi River.

Almost two weeks after a sea defence breach in Mahaicony, floodwater is still receding, even as the Ministry of Public Infrastructure continues repair works in the area, Chairman of the Region Five Council Vickchand Ramphal said.

India may be blocking the Big Four (KPMG, Deloitte, Ernst & Young and PwC) from rendering audit services to clients in that country because of several major scandals involving entities for which they are the external auditors.

 Thirty-seven students from several city schools were on Friday awarded for their outstanding performances in the areas of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM), the Department of Public Information (DPI) reported.

Dear Editor,  A classic Cricket World Cup Final. It does not come any better.

Guyana Under – 19 cricket team will begin preparations for the 2019 Cricket West Indies (CWI) Regional Under – 19 tournament with a one-week camp, beginning today. 

A new UN report estimates that the world population – which currently hovers around  7.7 billion – will grow to 8.5 billion by 2030 and peak at around 11 billion early in the next century.

LOS ANGELES, (Variety.com) – Sony’s “Spider-Man: Far From Home” claimed victory again during its second weekend in theaters, dominating over new releases, Paramount’s gator thriller “Crawl” and Disney’s R-rated comedy “Stuber.”

By Lear Matthews Lear Matthews is professor, State University of New York, Empire State College.

A motorcyclist of Sophia is now hospitalised following a collision with a minibus on the ‘B’ Field access road on Saturday morning.