Daily Archive: Saturday, July 20, 2019

(Jamaica Gleaner) Entertainer Keshan was shot and killed in Old Harbour, St Catherine early Saturday, the police have confirmed.

LOS ANGELES,  (Reuters) – Joe Biden, a former U.S. vice president and Democratic presidential candidate, compared Republican President Donald Trump yesterday to the late George Wallace, a prominent supporter of racial segregation.

Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo today wrote President David Granger requesting that he and his Cabinet resign forthwith in accordance with the Caribbean Court of Justice’s (CCJ) decision of June 18 in the no confidence motion case and the consequential orders of July 12.

(Jamaica Observer) Shantol Gordon, the girlfriend of reputed gang leader Uchence Wilson, yesterday denied transporting guns for the gang in her newborn baby’s bag while carrying the child as a cover.

(Jamaica Observer) Koffee made her debut on American late-night television talk show Jimmy Kimmel Live on Wednesday night.

President David Granger, this morning, departed Guyana for Cuba for a scheduled evaluation, following treatment for cancer earlier this year.

(Trinidad Newsday) The bloodletting continues as four men have been gunned down in shootings in Maraval, Laventille and La Horquetta.

(Trinidad Express) A Rousillac man crashed his car while trying to avoid hitting a pedestrian in St Margaret’s on Friday night.

(Reuters) – Several U.S. Democratic presidential candidates and lawmakers on Friday demanded Puerto Rico’s governor step down over offensive chat messages, as thousands on the Caribbean island staged a seventh day of protests to seek his resignation.

MUMBAI,  (Reuters) – Mahendra Singh Dhoni has opted out of India’s tour of West Indies as the selectors embark on their search for his successor once the long-serving wicketkeeper-batsman hangs up his boots for good.

(Trinidad Guardian) Flee­ing a coun­try rid­dled with po­lit­i­cal and eco­nom­ic in­sta­bil­i­ty, most Venezue­lan mi­grant chil­dren have had to grow up be­fore their time.

House-to-house registration, which the APNU+AFC government insists is necessary for holding credible elections but which the opposition PPP says would be in contravention of the Constitution, is set to begin today.

President David Granger has announced that he will resist any attempt to deny him input in the list of six “not unacceptable” candidates for consideration for the post of chairperson of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM).

Several hundred PPP supporters congregated on High Street between Barrack and Young streets, in Georgetown yesterday and called on the Guyana Elec-tions Commission (GECOM) to prepare for general and regional elections instead of carrying out house-to-house registration.

The People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) and the Working People’s Alliance (WPA), both members of the APNU faction of the governing coalition, have welcomed the planned commencement of house-to-house registration from today by the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM).

A two-year-old has died after being stung by a scorpion at Mabaruma and his family believes that his life could have been saved if the local hospital was equipped to treat him.

Still seeking to secure the over US$2 million owed to it by government for road construction works, Trinidad engineering and construction company Dipcon has filed an application to strike out an appeal by the state against the 2018 order that compelled it to pay.

Oil services company Nalco Champion has ceased all chemical warehousing plans at its Ruimveldt site following a visit by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to the location.

Guyana’s boys’ team competing in the ongoing Caribbean Area Squash Association Junior Championship in Trinidad and Tobago, reached the final of the teams’ event while the female unit lost to Barbados in the semis and will compete for third.

The Government of Guyana should pursue reducing income and corporate taxes as opposed to giving handouts from expected oil revenues, according to Investment Fund Manager David Pollard.

Customs officers along with police ranks attached to ‘B’ Division and ‘C’ Division seized several vehicles, boxes of chicken, liquor and other items at a location in Mahaicony, East Coast Demerara.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, Jul 19, CMC – Senior team all-rounder Rovman Powell summoned all his international experience to produce a terrific final over as West Indies A beat India A for the first time in the five-match series with a nerve-jangling five-run victory here Friday.

Dear Editor, Commuters using Route 21 buses and taxis on the Essequibo Coast should have a more structured fare system soon.

PORTRUSH, Northern Ireland, (Reuters) – Ireland’s Shane Lowry proved master of the Dunluce links for the second successive day to move into a share of the halfway lead with American J.B.

A young man, who claimed that threats by the mother of his children to take him to court for child support led to him stealing a gold band, was yesterday jailed for two years for the crime.

Dear Editor, It will be recalled that on 5th July, 2019, I wrote a letter describing an unfortunate experience on Caribbean Airlines coming through Trinidad & Tobago.

DUBAI/WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – Iran said it had seized a British oil tanker in the Strait of Hormuz yesterday but denied Washington’s assertion that the U.S.

Anthony Lynch, a Jamaican national currently serving a one-year-sentence for sharing an obscene video, was yesterday sentenced to nine months in prison after admitting to escaping custody.

Yashmini Amisha Sarjoo is the first ever Miss Teen India Guyana.

Tonight’s pay-per-view (PPV) welterweight fight between undefeated WBA super-welterweight champion Keith Thurman and the legendary Manny Pacquiao at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, should be one for the ages.

Dear Editor, Have you noticed that every single day and moreso on weekends (and now that school holidays are here), there is one thing you’re bound to see when on the roadways of Guyana?

PAU, France, (Reuters) – France’s Julian Alaphilippe continued to amaze as he claimed an impressive victory in the 13th stage of the Tour de France, a 27.2-km individual time trial, to extend his overall lead yesterday.

Dear Editor, I firmly believe my resignation is the best solution for both SARA and myself, and ultimately for the country.

A month after denying breaking and entering a shop and stealing over $100,000 in articles, a driver yesterday confessed to the crime and was sentenced to four months in prison.

Have you ever cooked something that you quickly put together with very few ingredients, a sprinkling of this and that, and have it turn out tasting so darn good that you attempt to make it again with what you consider to be the “right” ingredients, only to have it taste blah?

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – The United States yesterday stepped up its response following the death of a Venezuelan navy captain, sanctioning four top officials in Venezuela’s military counterintelligence agency, the U.S.

A city magistrate yesterday found a cashier/receptionist and a security guard, who had been employed at the Woodlands Hospital, guilty of stealing a little over $1 million from the institution.

Dear Editor, Former President Donald Ramotar, in a letter published in Stabroek News on July 4, 2019, rebuked me for saying that, as President, he had prorogued Parliament without an explanation. 

Eating healthy is all the rage today. Scroll through Instagram’s explore page and you will see what appears to be a million and one voices shouting at you to be healthy.

JOHANNESBURG,  (Reuters) – South African President Cyril Ramaphosa suffered two major setbacks yesterday, when he was accused of misleading parliament and his predecessor Jacob Zuma won significant concessions from a corruption inquiry.

The Lethem branch of the GPF and the Rupununi Football Association (RFA) will today stage a five-a-side futsal tournament at the Tabatinga Sports Ground, Lethem.

MVP Sports located in the Giftland Mall is the latest entity to become a sponsor of the highly anticipated Jefford Track and Field Classic X scheduled for August 11 in Linden.

(Jamaica Gleaner) A leading businessman is warning Jamaica to be on guard against a similar local occurrence of the economic nightmare unfolding in regional neighbour Venezuela.

Rickland Bovell, the cabbage farmer accused of fatally stabbing 18-year-old David Toney at the Timehri Docks in April, yesterday heard that a prima facie case was made out against him.

Over the course of two weeks, 37 children have benefited from the Sumania Children’s Workshop at the Theatre Guild.

NAIROBI,  (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Kenya unveiled Africa’s largest wind power plant yesterday, a project aimed at reducing electricity costs and dependence on fossil fuels and moving the nation to meet its ambitious goal of 100% green energy next year.

Dear Editor, If the nation is struggling to find a candidate that can provide for Guyana’s elections to be independently supervised, then the participants in this decision-making process should seriously consider submitting this name – Excellence Dazzell.

A year after being charged with stealing millions from the L.

McALLEN, Texas,  (Reuters) – U.S. Democratic lawmakers yesterday called President Donald Trump’s latest anti-immigration initiatives “unacceptable” and warned his administration against misappropriating funding authorized only for humanitarian use.

(Reuters) – As athletics’ Diamond League prepares to create a trimmer look for 2020, Christian Taylor worries about the future of the event in which he has won five gold medals.

“Arrowhead” singer Courtney Noel landed a small role in the Netflix original film See You Yesterday and is taking aim at Hollywood and the Pop charts.

Dear Editor, How would you use data to explain that this is a fair contract to the average Guyanese?

(Trinidad Guardian) A Chaguanas businessman was murdered in El Socorro yesterday morning moments after he dropped his wife to work.

PARIS,  (Reuters) – Three French soldiers died from toxic fumes during an operation targeting illegal gold miners in French Guiana, the defence ministry said on Thursday.

A martyr is someone who dies because of a cause or belief.

This weekend some 16 actors and actresses will take to the stage of the National Cultural Centre (NCC) in a play titled Mommy Baby Daddy Maybe, which is described as a hilarious satire that focuses on exploring the well-known Guyanese parlance.

Dear Editor, I have observed that several of the media houses in Guyana underscored the fact that Canada was not one of the signatories when a joint statement was presented by Western diplomats following the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) ruling on July 12.

This week President Trump’s remarks repeatedly crossed the line between hectoring and hateful.

PAU, France, (Reuters) – Tour de France organisers are looking to launch a major women’s race which “would be to women’s cycling what the Tour de France is to men’s cycling”, they said yesterday.

Essequibo Coast commuters who use the public transportation system can expect to see a more structured fare system for buses and taxis soon, the Ministry of Business said yesterday.

In a mid-year movie season that feels built on familiar tropes (the current slate of films in cinemas affirms this), the recent digital-release “Teen Spirit” probably seems too apt.