Daily Archive: Thursday, July 25, 2019

(Barbados Nation) A deadly blast that resulted in the deaths of a secondary school teacher and his two small children is now rife with mystery.

(Trinidad Express) A reputed gang lord was killed in Sea Lots by police on Thursday.

(Jamaica Observer) Nomination of candidates in the People’s National Party (PNP) leadership challenge is scheduled to take place at the party’s headquarters on Old Hope Road tomorrow, Friday July 26.

In a meeting with the diplomatic community today at State House, President David Granger defended his insistence on an input in the selection of a new Chairman of GECOM and he stressed that a date for general elections is dependent on when the electoral body gives the go ahead.

STOCKHOLM,  (Reuters) – U.S. rapper A$AP Rocky will be tried for assault in Sweden starting on July 30 over his alleged involvement in a street brawl in central Stockholm last month, the Swedish public prosecutor announced on Thursday.

SEOUL,  (Reuters) – North Korea test-fired two new short-range ballistic missiles today, South Korean officials said, its first missile test since its leader, Kim Jong Un, and U.S.

(Jamaica Observer) Jay Ravers, a member of popular dance group Ravers Clavers, died on July 14 of an unknown illness.

(Trinidad Guardian) Homi­cide of­fi­cers are cur­rent­ly on quadru­ple mur­der scene in Las Cuevas where re­put­ed drug and gun smug­gler, Vaughn ‘Sand­man’ Mieres, his wife and two oth­ers were killed.

Almost 680,000 kilos of marijuana were destroyed in eradication exercises last year, an almost six-fold increase over 2017 when approximately 117,531 kilos of marijuana worth over $20 billion was destroyed.

Finding among other things that the summation of his case to the jury was prejudicial, the Guyana Court of Appeal yesterday morning ordered that Andre Hetsberger be retried for the October 17, 2014 rape of a 13-year-old girl.

In the wake of concerns by the opposition about the sloth in discussions for the selection of a new GECOM Chairman, government yesterday said that it was working to have engagements between the President and the Leader of the Opposition  “very soon”.

Following the hearing off his appeal, the Guyana Court of Appeal yesterday morning set aside Clive Knights’ conviction for the murder of insurance company executive Bert Whyte, substituting it instead with a conviction of manslaughter and imposing a sentence of 30 years.

Minister within the Ministry of Communities (with responsibility for Housing) Annette Ferguson on July 18, 2019, met with residents of a section of Great Diamond who had lodged complaints about pollution emanating from the nearby Demerara Distillers Ltd (DDL) Biomethanation plant.

Three fishermen were yesterday remanded at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court to prison over the chopping murder of a Zeelugt man last Thursday.

The Preliminary Inquiry (PI) into the charge against two men, including the operator of Rockies Hotel in Georgetown, accused of plotting to kill a Lethem businessman, yesterday commenced with the complainant’s testimony.

Finding that there was a failure in properly directing the jury on how to assess the state’s circumstantial evidence against him for the murder of his reputed wife, the Guyana Court of Appeal yesterday morning substituted Paul Anthony Lo-Hing’s conviction on the capital offence, for that of manslaughter.

Four months after workers of the Bauxite Company of Guyana Inc (BCGI) ended their industrial action, the Guyana Bauxite and General Workers Union (GB&GWU) is still continuing negotiations for a new Collective Labour Agreement.

NORTH SOUND, Antigua, CMC – Rahkeem Cornwall signalled Test selectors with a counter-attacking half-century while out-of-favour batsman Jermaine Blackwood struck another but India A came away with the better of the exchanges on the opening day of the first four-day “Test” here yesterday.

Three Venezuelan women who are suspected to be victims of human trafficking were on Tuesday evening rescued while three males were detained after the police conducted a raid at a Hague Village, West Coast Demerara bar.

The Mental Health Unit will next month launch three support groups to help persons struggling with depression and substance abuse, Director, Dr Util Richmond-Thomas has announced.

GAP, France (Reuters) – European champion Matteo Trentin won the 17th stage of the Tour de France, a hilly 200-km ride from the Pont du Gard as tempers flared in the peloton yesterday.

The Portland Trail Blazers will sign six-time All-Star free agent Pau Gasol, the Spanish big man announced on Twitter yesterday.

Following their provision of cricket gear to two players in the Guyana Under-19 squad, Regal Stationery has now ventured to provide financial support to the five players in the squad who are members of the Demerara Cricket Club (DCC).

Sixteen entrepreneurs from the cultural and creative industry who submitted proposals to the Department of Social Cohesion, Culture, Youth and Sport, to develop their  projects have been selected to be beneficiaries of a $20 million grant, which they will receive through the Guyana Fund for Cultural and Creative Industries Programme (GFCCI).

Pouderoyen defeated Eagles 2-1 when the West Demerara Football Association/Trophy Stall U11 League continued on Tuesday at the National Track and Field Centre, Leonora.

In yesterday’s edition of Stabroek News, it was incorrectly reported that the hearing of the fixed date application filed by attorney Christopher Ram, challenging the house-to-house registration, will be heard on August 7th.

Cricket West Indies Regional Under-19 defending champions Guyana will depart local shores for St Vincent and the Grenadines today where they will look to retain their championship crown for the sixth consecutive year, this time under the leadership of West Indies Under-19 player, Ashmead Nedd.

Girls in Tech (GIT), a global non-profit group that works to put an end to gender inequality in high-tech industries and startups is to launch a Guyana chapter on August 7, 2019.

Fitness Express is the latest entity to partner with the nation’s fittest male and female, Dillon Mahadeo and Delice Adonis, ahead of the CrossFit Games.

Afron Marshall, 26, a Superbet operator, from West Ruimveldt, and 27-year-old Nicketa Parks, a food vendor from East Bank Demerara, both appeared before Principal Magistrate Faith McGusty at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court yesterday on assault charges.

The Guyana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) probes into two domestic airplane crashes will take another couple of weeks as one of the engines has been sent to the United States of America for further investigation.

For the third year in succession, International Hockey Federation (FIH) coach Shiv Jagday is in Guyana to run what has become the Bon ice-cream junior hockey camp for under-21 boys and girls from July 21 to 29. 

Dear Editor, It is unbelievable that one week has passed and no meeting has been scheduled for the continuation of discussions at the informal level either between the Leader of the Opposition and the President or with their emissaries. 

LONDON (Reuters) – Ireland enjoyed a fairytale opening day in their first ever test match against England as they bowled out the hosts for 85 before building a healthy lead at sweltering Lord’s yesterday.

It has been more than a month since two members of a Wakapau Village, Pomeroon  family died after they mysteriously fell ill and relatives are still awaiting the results from toxicology tests which were done to determine how exactly they met their demise.

Dear Editor, In the current dispensation, the life of this caretaker/interim government comes to an end on the midnight hour of September 18, 2019. 

The Guyana Sugar Corporation Inc (GuySuCo) is notifying Tour Agencies that it will be holding a consultation on its ‘Draft Cultural Heritage (Sugar) Tourism Strategy’ on 13 August, 2019 from 09:00 – 12:00 hours at the Corporation’s Head Office, La Bonne Intention Compound.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – West Indies A off-spinning all-rounder Rahkeem Cornwall is one of several regional slow bowlers called up for an ongoing spin bowling camp here in Antigua.

GWANGJU, South Korea (Reuters) – Hungarian teenager Kristof Milak shattered Michael Phelps’ 10-year-old world record in the 200 metres butterfly yesterday while Adam Peaty sewed up a third straight breaststroke double with victory in the 50 metres at the world championships.

A man was fined $20,000 yesterday after a Georgetown court heard that he threatened to shred his mother to pieces and put her in a freezer.

Dear Editor, Was the No Confidence Motion (NCM) a blessing in disguise, a cauldron of unintended consequences?

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – Former Special Counsel Robert Mueller emphasized yesterday he had not exonerated Donald Trump of obstruction of justice, as the president has claimed, but his long-awaited congressional testimony did little to add momentum to any Democratic impeachment ambitions and Trump heartily declared victory.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Boris Johnson  promised in his first speech as prime minister to lead Britain out of the European Union on Oct.

LONDON (Reuters) – If any bowler was tailor-made for a green-tinged Lord’s wicket it was Ireland seamer Tim Murtagh but even he could not have imagined writing his name on the honours board in such devastating fashion as he did yesterday.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Boris Johnson promised yesterday that Brexit would make Britain the greatest place on earth, echoing the patriotic rhetoric of U.S.

Over two months after the murder of Albouystown shop owner, Nalini Persaud, police investigations are still ongoing.

Dear Editor, The Caribbean Voice is thrilled that yet another training session on suicide reporting has been undertaken with Guyana media, especially in view of the fact the local media continues to sensationalize suicide, post pics of suicide victims, and use suicide inappropriate language such as ‘commit’.

(Reuters) – Atletico Madrid have asked La Liga to block French forward Antoine Griezmann’s move to Barcelona in a dispute over the transfer fee between the two clubs, according to the Spanish league’s president Javier Tebas.

(Trinidad Guardian) A search party has found the body of one of the seven missing fishermen from Orange Valley.

Dear Editor, A generation ago, a British sitcom captured the essence of the Westminster model of governance and dispensed with the polite fiction that Ministers are indispensable.

(Reuters) – A federal judge in San Francisco yesterday blocked the Trump administration from enforcing a new rule that aimed to bar almost all asylum applications at the U.S.-Mexico

The police are on the lookout for a suspect who could have been involved in the execution-style killing of Leon Hescott.

(Jamaica Gleaner) “Music is a way of life, and being a musician is also seriously a way of life because once any momentum of success within the business is gathered, it can overwhelm and control your life,” Maxi Priest told The Gleaner.

Exciting national Under-19 pair Ashmead Nedd and Sachin Singh were yesterday handed a cash donation a day before winging out to represent Guyana at the 2019 Cricket West Indies regional U19 championships in St Vincent and the Grenadines.

(Trinidad Express) Cabinet has agreed to the reconstitution of the Board of Directors of Tourism Trinidad Ltd.

(Reuters) – Jeffrey Epstein, the financier facing charges of sex trafficking involving dozens of underage girls, was found unconscious in a Manhattan jail cell with injuries to his neck, media reported late yesterday, citing unidentified sources.

Dear Editor, We, the residents of first bridge Grove, New Housing Scheme, East Bank Demerara are kindly asking GWI to increase the water pressure.

SAN DIEGO,  (Reuters) – Walt Disney Co’s Marvel Studios on Saturday unveiled a star-packed slate of superhero films for the next two years that includes Angelina Jolie in “The Eternals,” Mahershala Ali in a remake of “Blade” and Natalie Portman as a female “Thor.”

(Jamaica Observer)  Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica (PSOJ) says it is deeply concerned at what appears to be the continuing neglect of the principles of good governance and the attempted redefinition of the standards required to maintain the moral legitimacy and authority of the state.

In our family’s music collection is a well-loved classic composition by the old time Trinidadian calypsonian Mighty Spoiler about the magistrate who tries himself for speeding.

(Trinidad Guardian) Sanatan Dhar­ma Ma­ha Sab­ha (SDMS) sec­re­tary gen­er­al Sat­narayan Ma­haraj and the or­gan­i­sa­tion’s me­dia com­pa­ny Cen­tral Broad­cast­ing Ser­vices have won their law­suit over the re­fusal of the T&T Po­lice Ser­vice (TTPS) to dis­close the war­rant used to search Ra­dio and TV Jaa­gri­ti, in April.

SAN JUAN,  (Reuters) – Puerto Rico Governor Ricardo Rosselló yesterday said he would resign after almost two weeks of protests calling for him to step down over a scandal involving offensive chat messages and government corruption that rocked the bankrupt island.

Just recently, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) cut two massive swathes in pollution problems that have been causing some amount of grief.

(Reuters) – African football official Musa Hassan Bility has been banned from the game for 10 years by FIFA’s Ethics Committee following an investigation into the finances of the Liberian Football Association (LFA).

Dear Editor, The Public Service Minister recently announced that persons joining the Public Service would not have to wait until after three months for them to access their first pay cheque, but would have their salaries payable at the end of the first month.

LOS ANGELES,  (Reuters) – Director James Cameron on Monday handed over the baton for the biggest box-office movie of all time to the makers of “Avengers: Endgame” after it ended the 10-year record of “Avatar.”