Daily Archive: Tuesday, July 23, 2019

President David Granger returned to Guyana earlier today after his scheduled medical evaluation at the Centro de Investigaciones Medico Quirurgicas (CJMEQ) in Havana, a release from the Guyana Embassy in Cuba said.

(Trinidad Express) The mother of 20-year-old murder victim Michael Creese may not be able to attend her son’s funeral.

(Jamaica Observer) One woman is convinced that she was sent home to die earlier this year after visiting the Kingston Public Hospital (KPH) for treatment.

(Trinidad Newsday) The Government is insisting on a stance on non-interference in the political impasse in Guyana.

(Trinidad Guardian) Rel­a­tives and friends of sev­en fish­er­men lost at sea are mak­ing a des­per­ate plea for as­sis­tance in find­ing them.

CARICOM Secretary-General, Ambassador Irwin LaRocque today said that the Secretariat continues to closely monitor the situation in Guyana but that it would only intervene if the democratic and judicial processes break down and if both parties – government and opposition -deem it necessary.

(Trinidad Express) In a midnight pirate attack, five fishing vessels were stolen from the Gulf of Paria in the vicinity of Carli Bay and Orange Valley.

(Trinidad Express) Police can only detect and arrest people driving without a drivers’ license on the nation’s roads if there are informants.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Boris Johnson, the Brexiteer who has promised to lead Britain out of the European Union with or without a deal by the end of October, will replace Theresa May as prime minister after winning the leadership of the Conservative Party today.

BEIJING,  (Reuters) – Former Chinese Premier Li Peng, reviled by rights activists and many in the Chinese capital as the “Butcher of Beijing” for his role in the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown, has died, state media reported today.

 (Trinidad Guardian) A Gov­ern­ment min­is­ter pub­licly dis­closed on Monday that he had to seek po­lice pro­tec­tion af­ter a crim­i­nal gang threat­ened him so that he could help arrange a por­tion of a mul­ti-mil­lion dol­lar State con­tract in the Moru­ga dis­trict.

(Trinidad Guardian) Sev­en­teen-year-old Sta­cy Paul and her boyfriend Ronald De­onar­ine, 21, want­ed to build a life with each oth­er.

Attorney and chartered accountant Christopher Ram has moved to the High Court for an order to stop the national house-to-house registration exercise that is currently being conducted by the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), while saying that it is being undertaken in violation of the Constitution.

Breaking his silence on the decision to proceed with the start of national house-to-house registration, Chief Election Officer Keith Lowenfield has advised the Private Sector Commission (PSC) that the process was based on the directions of the Guyana Elections Com-mission (GECOM) and will continue until further direction is received from a “duly constituted” Commission.

While warning that the ongoing national house-to-house registration exercise “threatens peace and stability,” the opposition People’s Progressive Party (PPP) yesterday said it would not accept any voters’ lists generated by the activity.

Expressing concern about the call by Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo for PPP supporters to not participate in the ongoing house-to-house registration exercise, the Guyana Trades Union Congress (GTUC) has warned that such action is unlawful and could have negative consequences.

A Corentyne woman died yesterday afternoon in a fire that she started to torch the house she shared with her husband and two children.

The first batch of athletes who will be representing Guyana at this year’s Pan American Games scheduled for July 26 to August 11 in Lima, Peru, departed the country yesterday with dreams of capturing gold in the country with a fabled Incan history.

As Guyana gears up for the upcoming 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru, squash spearhead Mary Fung-A-Fat is excited at the prospect of competing against other world-class athletes at the games. 

A South Sophia man is now dead after he was shot to the neck during a confrontation at a pool party in the wee hours of Sunday morning.

Coomacka upset Topp XX while Winners Connection mauled Hi-Stars, when the Divine Entertainment’s Summer Super Cup football championship continued on Sunday at the Mackenzie Sports Club (MSC) ground, Linden.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – West Indies A captain Roston Chase has described the just concluded one-day series against India A as “difficult” but said the hosts fancied their chances in the three four-day “Tests” bowling off here tomorrow.

A Guyanese woman is now being held in custody in Trinidad after she allegedly misbehaved while on a flight to the island.

The Guyana Manufacturing and Services Association (GMSA) has rejected a proposal floated to apply a 40 per cent Common External Tariff (CET) to refined sugar entering the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), while warning that refined sugar-dependent companies could be forced to close and jobs lost.

When the dust settled at the Lusignan Golf Club on Sunday, Avinash Persaud cruised to a successful title defence in the male division while Christine Sukhram marked her return to the local scene with a triumph in the female category in the Lusignan Open.

On Thursday last, the Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) joined hands with Trophy Stall to launch an Under-13 Tournament for the Ancient County. 

Director of the State Assets Recovery Agency (SARA) Professor Clive Thomas has said that unless the police force files court action against those involved in the smuggling of 476 pounds of gold to Curaçao, the gold will remain in the possession of the island’s government.

Braving the inclement weather, over 150 children along with their families and friends flocked the Everest Cricket Club, Camp Road and Carifesta Avenue on Sunday as they concluded their one- week summer camp with three softball matches along with a fun day.

A fire of unknown origin gutted the home of a pensioner and seven others at Middle Road, La Penitence yesterday afternoon.

A minibus driver was yesterday charged with causing the deaths of two of his passengers who died after his bus toppled along the Garden of Eden, East Bank Demerara Public Road in May.

NIMES, France,  (Reuters) – With only five days of actual racing left, there is still no clear front runner in this year’s Tour de France, making it the most open and exciting competition in 30 years.

NAIROBI,  (Reuters) – Kenyan Finance Minister Henry Rotich was arrested yesterday on suspicion of financial misconduct related to the construction of two dams, an unprecedented detention of a sitting minister for corruption in a country notorious for graft.

(Reuters) – Portuguese soccer star Cristiano Ronaldo will face no charges in Las Vegas in connection with a 10-year-old sexual assault allegation because the case cannot be proven beyond a reasonable doubt, prosecutors said yesterday.

A pregnant woman is now free on $5,000 bail after she denied dousing a People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) supporter with dirty water during a protest last Friday.

Royston Rowe, who was recently released from prison after serving two years for armed robbery, is now back behind bars after being charged with the unlawful possession of a gun.

GWANGJU, South Korea, (Reuters) – Mack Horton has received a warning from swimming’s world governing body FINA over his refusal to share a podium with China’s Sun Yang in protest of the gold medallist’s doping history.

Dear Editor, Oil companies exist for the sole purpose of making money.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – President Donald Trump said yesterday he will watch only “a little bit” of Robert Mueller’s long-awaited congressional testimony on the results of his 22-month inquiry into Russian interference in the 2016 U.S.

(Field Level Media) Washington Wizards owner Ted Leonsis made official the leadership structure of Monumental Basketball, the newly formed umbrella organization for the Wizards, Washington Mystics of the WNBA, Capital City Go-Go and Wizards District Gaming.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – A British minister and longstanding critic of Boris Johnson quit yesterday, the latest resignation before the presumed new prime minister takes office with a “do or die” pledge to leave the European Union with or without a deal.

Senior Magistrate Leron Daly is awaiting a report from the Customs Anti Narcotic Unit (CANU) on the exact amphetamine content of ecstasy pills allegedly found in the possession of Darrel John, who is charged with trafficking the drug to students.

Dear Editor, On July 14th Mr. Rod Henson who heads up Esso Exploration and Production Guyana Ltd informed in an interview with Stabroek News that they were on target for first oil in the first quarter of next year from its Liza 1 project.

Hours after the drive-by shooting in Festival City, North Ruimveldt, which claimed the life of former murder accused Leon Duncan, called ‘Whistle,’ police located a car that they believe was the one used in the attack.

SRIHARIKOTA/BENGALURU, India, (Reuters) – India launched a rocket into space yesterday in an attempt to safely land a rover on the moon, its most ambitious mission yet in the effort to establish itself as a low-cost space power.

(Reuters) – Sixteen months after leaving test cricket in disgrace over the ball-tampering furore, Steve Smith’s preparations for the Ashes have gone up to a manic level as the former skipper looks to return to red ball cricket in top form.

Dear Editor, As if the ongoing saga over the selection of a new Chairman for GECOM and the attendant concerns as regards the holding of free and fair elections are not sufficient enough for the nation to bear, National Security Minister, Mr.

Dear Editor,  I remember there was one house to house registration period in my lifetime (before this one that is), during that period my older siblings were registered, neither of whom was at the age of majority, but when they became eligible to vote they were automatically placed on the Voters List.

A Venezuelan national who was remanded on currency fraud charges, has been granted her release on $120,000 bail after a city court heard she is legally staying in Guyana.

MELBOURNE,  (Reuters) – Australia’s Peter McNamara, who won three doubles Grand Slam titles and became a prominent coach after hanging up his racquet, has died at the age of 64 after a quiet battle with cancer.

LONDON/DUBAI,  (Reuters) – Britain called yesterday for a European-led naval mission to ensure safe shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, days after Iran seized a British-flagged tanker in what London described as an act of “state piracy” in the strategic waterway.

Dear Editor, Thanks for publishing in SN 14 July, the letter captioned `Underpaid teachers just one of the issues besetting schools’.

Almost nine months have passed since the murder of Kwakwani midwife Paulette Wade and her family is still awaiting justice.

APAA, Uganda (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – The landscape is bucolic: shoulder-high grass, patches of woodland and the occasional homestead, all sloping down to the east bank of Uganda’s River Nile.

CAPE TOWN, (Reuters) – FIFA’s plan to take over the running of African football is set to face a possible roadblock with an executive committee member of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) saying he will challenge the decision in court.

SAN JUAN,  (Reuters) – Hundreds of thousands of people filled San Juan streets yesterday to demand that Puerto Rico Governor Ricardo Rosselló resign over offensive chat messages, the latest scandal to hit a bankrupt island struggling to recover from deadly 2017 hurricanes.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Milky Way, home to our sun and billions of other stars, merged with another smaller galaxy in a colossal cosmic collision roughly 10 billion years ago, scientists said yesterday based on data from the Gaia space observatory.

The Salvation Army is set to celebrate its 125th anniversary in 2020.

Dear Editor, I support all those who protest any effort to conduct house-to-house registration.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Haas will again run different aerodynamic configurations on their Formula One cars at this weekend’s German Grand Prix as they try to turn around a season that has stalled after a strong start.

(Trinidad Express) Adriel Hackett, an ex-lover of WASA security guard Chris Rivers, appeared in court yesterday charged with her murder.

(Reuters) – Manchester United midfielder Paul Pogba is a positive influence in the dressing room and must extend his stay at the club to help bring trophies back to Old Trafford, team mate Juan Mata said.

PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) – Haitian Prime Minister Jean Michel Lapin resigned yesterday, according to a high-ranking government official who asked not to be named, presenting a shakeup at the highest levels of government in the Western Hemisphere’s poorest nation.

Venezuela’s Conference of Bishops has released a bombshell statement demanding an immediate end of dictator Nicolás Maduro’s “illegitimate and failed government.”

Even with the various other developmental challenges that are on its plate our   policy-makers, particularly those responsible for overseeing the child health regime in the  schools system, should take a serious look at the UNICEF 2019 “State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World” report which, in its section on the global problem of overweight and obesity, makes a point of saying that the overarching concern over this particular health challenge extends to schoolchildren, worldwide. 

Dear Editor, Law abiding and decent citizens are  being asked and expected to become lawless by being an active participant in the H2H registration exercise currently taking place and which collides with our moral and ethical principles and practices.

Caribbean Airlines is highlighting its cargo delivery capabilities after it recently shipped a Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) used in the oil industry utilising its All Cargo Freighter.