Daily Archive: Sunday, July 28, 2019

A Berbice policeman is under investigation after he was accused of stowing ganja on the premises of a Superbet shop located in Reliance Village, East Canje Berbice in an extortion bid.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – President Donald Trump today said disparaging comments he made about a prominent African-American lawmaker and his Baltimore district were not racist and, without citing any evidence for his claim, he called the congressman a racist.

(Trinidad Guardian) A house that was left aban­doned six weeks ago in Las Cuevas, close to where Vaughn “Sand­man” Mieres, 44, lived and was killed last Thurs­day, along with his wife and two body­guards, was burnt flat on Sat­ur­day.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – “Shall we all just kill ourselves?” It was an odd title for a comedy night, but British stand-up Carl Donnelly turned out to have chosen an environmental theme with impeccable timing.

(Jamaica Observer) TORONTO, CANADA — In what seemed an unprecedented operation, the entire plane load of passengers on Air Canada flight AC 1803 from Kingston, Jamaica, had every piece of their luggage searched and some items confiscated by customs agents at Pearson Toronto International Airport here in Canada.

NORTH SOUND, Antigua, CMC – India A predictably defeated the West Indies A in the opening session on the fourth and final day of their first four-day “Test” at the Vivian Richards Cricket Ground here yesterday.

Dear Editor, The leadership of the Alliance For Change (AFC), all by itself, has squandered the grand opportunity given it by the citizens of Guyana in 2015.

As a taxi driver, Shamiak Nick Haniff often had a first-hand look at children at their most vulnerable.

A well-known Guyhoc Park, East La Penitence mechanic was shot and killed in the wee hours of yesterday morning during a scuffle with two gunmen, who invaded his home in what appeared to be an attempted robbery.

Boxing standout Keevin Allicock will spring into quarterfinal action tomorrow in the ongoing Pan American Games in Lima, Peru and President of the Guyana Boxing Association (GBA), Steve Ninvalle believes that his charge is prepared and ready to climb the podium steps.

Guyana’s senior men’s rugby sevens team lost 59-nil to Brazil and 87-7 to Chile in their Pool A matches yesterday at the ongoing Pan American Games in Lima, Peru.

Following opposition leader Bharrat Jagdeo’s request that Cabinet immediately resign in keeping with the constitutional provisions triggered by the passage of the no-confidence motion against government, President David Granger has said that Attorney General Basil Williams is handling it.

The recent announcement of the first batch of beneficiaries under the inaugural Guyana Fund for Cultural and Creative Industries (GFCCI) represents the end of an almost 25-year-long quest for artist Barrington Braithwaite.

Acting Chief Justice Roxane George has ordered the Permanent Secretary (PS) of the Ministry of Legal Affairs and the Attorney General’s (AG’s) Chambers, to pay any and all salaries that were withheld from former Deputy Solicitor-General Prithima Kissoon, after finding that there was no legal basis for the sanction.

The challenge facing most young people today is “planning for the future” in terms of their job stability – whether they are already gainfully employed, or whether they are now seeking to enter the workforce.

Coach of the Guyana Under-19s, Julian Moore says they are upbeat about their chances of winning the Cricket West Indies Regional Under-19 50 overs tournament for the sixth consecutive year.

Welcoming the impending appointment of Justice Claudette Singh as the new Chairperson of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), A New and United Guyana (ANUG) has urged that the major political parties support her, even if her positions on how to proceed towards constitutionally-due elections are not in line with theirs.

Former National Basketball Association (NBA) Sacramento Kings player Anthony Bonner will arrive on local shores for his maiden trip to conduct a Youth Hoops Basketball Guyana (YHBG) clinic in August.

“If you hear how these dentists talk to the mother and the child, it was just lef for me to cry and I could imagine how that woman feel.

By J.L Marden A popular Instagrammer went on a Live rant some weeks ago.

By Gabrielle Mohamed The following work contains content about sexual abuse that may trigger an anxiety response for some and may also be inappropriate for younger readers.

The selection of Justice Claudette Singh as the new chairperson of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) has been welcomed by the Alliance For Change (AFC) and the Private Sector Commission (PSC).

Capital FC and Botofago secured lopsided group wins, when the inaugural Divine Entertainment Summer Super Cup Football tournament continued on Friday at the Mackenzie Sports Club ground, Linden.

The Girls Division finale between New Campbellville and East Ruimveldt in the ExxonMobil Under-14 Secondary School Football Championship was abandoned yesterday due to a torrential downpour which rendered the playing area unplayable.

A study commissioned by Caribbean sugar producers has recommended a region-wide approach to producing white sugar and urged the enforcement of a tax on most sweeteners imported into the region even as domestic producers highlight extensive tax evasion by importers. 

Dear Editor, It is worthy of note that after several meetings involving their high representatives and between His Excellency the President and the Leader of the Opposition, a consensus Chair of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) was appointed on Friday, July 26, 2019 by His Excellency the President. 

Comedy remains foremost among contemporary trends in theatre in the Caribbean.

Three years after embarking on a journey in his vehicle from his home in Queensland, Australia, Ronald Hof arrived in Guyana last Wednesday.

Central American and Caribbean Games (CAC) bronze medal pair Ashley Khalil and Taylor Fernandes were on Friday denied a podium finish after being edged out of the squash semi-finals in the ongoing 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru.

Goshen, a satellite community of River’s View Village, is situated in Region 10 (Upper Demerara-Berbice), though it is across the Essequibo River from Bartica, which is in Region 7 (Cuyuni-Mazaruni).

The Guinness ‘Greatest of the Streets’ Georgetown Championship quarter and semi-finals have been rescheduled for next Friday at the National Cultural Centre Tarmac after torrential rains rendered the venue unfit for players and spectators on Friday night.

Inclement weather is being blamed for some of the power outages experienced in the city and some parts of the coastland yesterday.

Dear Editor, With a chair now in the hot seat, there has to be rapid advancing through the pressurized learning curve of the burning issues on the table before Gecom, if only to recover some of the lost time. 

We’ve all had that bloated and uncomfortable feeling when our tummy is not quite right at some stage in our lives.

Tickets for the Guyana leg of the 2019 Hero Caribbean Premier League (CPL) will go on sale from tomorrow at the CPL OPCO (Guyana) office located at 238 Quamina and Camp Streets, Georgetown.

The police have been advised to charge a suspect with the fatal shooting of Sophia gold miner Terry Ault, who was killed last Sunday during a confrontation at a pool party.

Dear Editor, It is with great reluctance that we write to you today in an effort to highlight the plight of staff of the Protected Areas Commission at the National Park.

MEXICO CITY,  (Reuters) – Mexico’s government said yesterday it would help Honduras create 20,000 jobs this year and support its coffee farmers as the two countries seek to curb migration to the United States that has created tensions with U.S.

Persistent rainfall has once again made sections of the Linden to Lethem trail a nightmare for motorists.

GWANGJU, South Korea (Reuters) – Caeleb Dressel lit up the pool by winning his fourth, fifth and sixth gold medals yesterday but even his electric performance failed to brighten the mood on a dark day at the world swimming championships in Gwangju.

Following the recent outbreak of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the Public Health Ministry yesterday said that it is imperative that measures advised by the World Health Organization (WHO) be adopted in order to safeguard all travellers as well as the country’s ports of entry.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – President Donald Trump hit out at a prominent African-American critic yesterday, calling him a “brutal bully” who should concentrate on cleaning up his “disgusting, rat and rodent infested” Baltimore district rather than criticizing the work of U.S.

The Ministry of the Presidency (MoTP) yesterday expressed astonishment at the Stabroek News’ editorial of July 26th, 2019 – titled ‘Temporising’ – which it said made “numerous odious and malicious assertions.”

Dear Editor, It is indeed refreshing that an agreement has been reached regarding the appointment of a Chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM).

By: Michelle Z. Donahue (SciDev.Net) Scientists say they have almost eradicated populations of the world’s most invasive mosquito species from two test sites in China using a novel two-pronged approach which renders the insects infertile.

HONG KONG,  (Reuters) – Police fired tear gas and rubber bullets at demonstrators hurling rocks in a rural Hong Kong town yesterday as several thousand activists gathered to protest an attack by suspected triad gang members at a train station last weekend.

Dear Editor, Jamaican reggae and dancehall star, Gmac Citylock (Garfield Mclean) has joined The Caribbean Voice’s (TCV) suicide prevention campaign as a member of our team of spokespersons.

Members of the diplomatic community were on Friday given a tour of several city operations by Mayor Ubraj Narine.

(Reuters) – Speedster Jofra Archer received his maiden call-up to the England test squad for the Ashes series opener against Australia while all-rounder Ben Stokes was reappointed Joe Root’s deputy yesterday.

The previous Part dealt with construction at a macro level, and signalled difficulties in tracking its output in Guyana.

MOSCOW,  (Reuters) – Russian police rounded up more than 1,000 people in Moscow yesterday in one of the biggest crackdowns of recent times against an increasingly defiant opposition decrying President Vladimir Putin’s tight grip on power.

On July 26, President Granger and Opposition Leader Jagdeo were finally able to discharge their constitutional obligations in relation to a Chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM).

Azerbaijani chess grandmaster Shakhriyar Mamedyarov defeated the French No 1 grandmaster Maxime Vachier-Lagrave to win the vital FIDE Grand Prix in Riga, Latvia, last week.

Introduction Today’s column addresses Guidepost 2, in Part 2 of Guyana’s Petroleum Road Map.

Last Update: 555.77                                                        Movement: 5.099% Current Update: 555.77                                                  YTD Movement: 13.45%The Lucas Stock Index (LSI) rose 5.099% during the fourth period of trading in July 2019. 

Religions have blood-soaked histories that justify the scorn which hard-core rationalists like Richard Dawkins, author of The God Delusion, pour on them.

VAL THORENS, France (Reuters) – Climbing phenomenon Egan Bernal was poised to become the first Colombian to win the Tour de France and the youngest race champion in 110 years when he retained the overall lead after yesterday’s 20th stage, a 59-km ride from Albertville.

Just over a week ago, before President Granger left for Cuba, he pronounced that there would be ‘gridlock’ unless he was given the right to recommend names for inclusion in the list of six persons the Leader of the Opposition would recommend to him from which to choose the Chair of GECOM.

Female entrepreneurs have been able to get a better understanding of business management while gaining confidence and support through an empowerment project designed to help small business owners.

Dear Editor, Discussing my ‘three line letters’ with some distinguished Guyanese in London last week, they seemed to be hitting the spot.

Featured in today’s Sunday Style is local designer Akilah Atherley’s new collection, ‘Asparia Rwanda,’ which will be launched on August 4th at the Cliff Anderson tarmac as part of the Fashion Fusion Gospel Edition – I Am Soca Tour.

  The play “Graveyaard Talez” is meant to capture, in its rawest form, the violence that members of the queer community are often subject to, says author Gabrielle Mohamed.

CARACAS,  (Reuters) – Venezuelan Socialist Party Vice President Diosdado Cabello yesterday predicted U.S.

Changes in the nature of what we refer to as our “popular music” of the day are part and parcel of the form.