Articles published on Friday, August 16, 2019
Minister of Citizenship, Winston Felix today said that the majority of Haitians who arrived here between January and July this year reported to Brazilian immigration authorities when they crossed the border here.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs today noted with concern a statement made by the spokesperson of the Foreign Ministry of the Russian Federation.
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) – Greenland today dismissed the notion that it might be up for sale after reports that U.S.
MUMBAI, (Reuters) – Ravi Shastri will continue as head coach of the Indian senior men’s cricket team up to 2021 after pipping New Zealand’s Mike Hesson and Australia’s Tom Moody, the country’s cricket board (BCCI) said on Friday.
(Trinidad Guardian) The Institute of Marine Affairs (IMA) said it is considering placing signs at several beaches along the North-Western Peninsula of Trinidad after it found high levels of bacteria present in the water, which it said, could increase the probability of contracting infections and other ailments.
(Jamaica Observer) A significant shortage of equipment at several of the island’s public health facilities has resulted in deaths, junior doctors have stated.
(Trinidad Newsday) Strong winds, accompanied by heavy rains blew the roofs of 15 homes, five in Point Fortin and ten in the Penal/Debe area on Thursday.
(Jamaica Observer) The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has filed another lawsuit on behalf of three of four Jamaican fishermen, who brought a separate suit against the United States (US) Coast Guard in June for human rights violations, claiming that they were detained without due process at sea and degraded in inhumane conditions.
(Jamaica Gleaner) Two well-known females on the western Jamaica business circuit lost their lives in road crashes on Wednesday night.
A long-awaited meeting of the fully constituted GECOM yesterday failed to yield an expected decision on the holding of general and regional elections.
Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday said the PPP/C would not recognise key actions taken after the passage of the no-confidence motion, including approval for a deal made by oil explorer CGX and the legal architecture for the oil revenues fund.
Government plans to introduce the HIV transmission countermeasure Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), a move welcomed by rights advocate Joel Simpson, who described it as an important first step and expressed hope that the drug would eventually be available countrywide.
Two civil society groups yesterday staged a small protest outside of the Ministry of the Presidency to push for President David Granger to announce a date for elections and the resignation of his Cabinet.
LONDON (Reuters) – Josh Hazlewood, Pat Cummins and Nathan Lyon took three wickets each as Australia bowled out England for 258 and reached 30 for one in reply to take control of the second Ashes test at Lord’s yesterday.
Local squash lovers can expect to be treated to a feast of thrilling squash matches when the 2019 senior Caribbean Squash Championships (CASA) get underway in Georgetown from August 18th to the 24th.
Michael Bhopaul remains the Guyanese student with the largest number of Grade I passes—16—at the Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination (CAPE), Shanomae Milling of St Roses High School has been able to secure a total of 17 Grade I and II passes over the two years of the programme.
The Region Ten Regional Democratic Council (RDC) has dispatched a medical team to Lamp Island, Sub Region Two, Upper Berbice, to assess rising floodwaters, which have residents on edge.
Guyanese junior batting sensation Mavendra Dindyal has so far been one of the standout performers in the ongoing West Indies Under-15 tour of the United Kingdom.
The Guyana Karate College (GKC) will stage the International Karate Daigaku (IKD) sanctioned Guyana Caribbean Karate Cup at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall, Homestretch Avenue from August 23rd-25th.
Dear Editor, As a resident of the new Housing Scheme, Plantation Herstelling on the East Bank of Demerara, I would like to highlight the abandonment of the infrastructural development of this community which was commissioned under the PPP/C government.
Anil Nandlall, the attorney for Christopher Ram, who had filed a court challenge to the ongoing house-to-house registration process, yesterday said that he would not appeal the ruling by acting Chief Justice Roxane George-Wiltshire that the exercise is lawful.
The current political climate is partly to blame for the delay of the government’s divestment of some of the Guyana Sugar Corporation’s (GuySuCo) estates, according to Minister of Finance Winston Jordan.
Dear Editor, My son (and other children) came away from Wednesday’s Science for Energy Workshop for children held at UG’s Turkeyen Campus with some useful information, but also with cheap plastic bottles with “Hallibur-ton” cheaply slapped onto them.
(Reuters) – New Zealand spinner Ajaz Patel carved through Sri Lanka’s top order and took five wickets to even the odds for the visitors after the second day of the opening test in Galle yesterday.
If you are a fan of amateur boxing, then definitely the place to be from this evening is the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall to witness the fourth edition of the Caribbean Schoolboys and Juniors Tournament.
Dear Editor, In recent days the US interest rates have produced an inverted yield curve, which is a sign of slowing economic activity in the US economy and may possibly trigger a recession.
The family of Kurt Duncan, the Sophia man who was fatally shot by an ex-policeman two weeks ago during a scuffle at Seeta’s Bar, is fearful that his murder will become a cold case like that of his brother, who was murdered almost nine years ago.
Against the backdrop of this week’s announcement of Tullow Oil’s potentially huge discovery in its Orinduik block, upbeat international reporting on the country’s longer-term oil prospects seem set to equal, if not exceed, the boisterous celebratory soundings, which less than five years ago, had followed ExxonMobil’s May 2015 disclosure of Guyana’s first major oil find.
(Reuters) – The La Liga season begins today with Barcelona, Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid all set to be far stronger units after a record-smashing transfer window which saw Spain’s biggest three clubs splurge over 800 million euros on new players.
Dear Editor, The African Business Roundtable (ABR) supports the idea of having the income tax structure of the country adjusted in a phased approach over the next five years.
The prevailing political climate arising from the outcome of last December’s no-confidence vote in the National Assembly could result in further downward revision of the originally envisaged 4.6% growth projection for 2019, according to the Mid-Year report released on Wednesday by the Ministry of Finance.
A man was nabbed by the City Constabulary early on Thursday morning after he was caught attempting to break into the Bourda Market and then shot at one of the arresting ranks during his bid to escape.
MANCHESTER, England (Reuters) – Tottenham Hotspur ended Manchester City’s European ambitions last season and they will be looking to dent Pep Guardiola’s side’s hopes of winning a third successive Premier League title when they meet at the Etihad Stadium tomorrow.
Dear Editor, I wish to endorse the sentiments expressed by letter writer, and Republic Bank customer, Arthur Taylor in your August 15 edition titled `Republic Bank should review decision made to disallow loan repayments being made upstairs’.
Police in ‘E’ Division (Kwakwani/ Linden) are still on the hunt for a Hururu Mission, Berbice River man, who stabbed his ex-girlfriend and her new partner, Commander Linden Lord has said.
General Secretary of the Guyana Trades Union Congress, Lincoln Lewis has told the Stabroek Business that the time is long overdue for the country’s leading Business Support Organisations (BSOs) to “publicly and vociferously identify with environmental and health and safety issues in the workplace as an integral part of their public pronouncements on important national issues.”
The Davis family fits snugly into a fast-emerging entrepreneurial category seeking to occupy those spaces in the small business sector which have long been lying vacant.
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Captain Jason Holder has urged his players to “take ownership” for getting West Indies over the line, after the Caribbean side slumped to a six-wicket defeat to India in the third One-Day International here Wednesday.
Dear Editor, Speaking at the Buxton First of August Movement’s Annual Eusi Kwayana Emancipation Symposium on Sunday 11th August, former Minister of Foreign Affairs Carl Greenidge is reported to have “urged that the citizenry focus on their role in the oversight of spending of expected revenues” instead of issues such as the Production Sharing Agreement (PSA) between the government and ExxonMobil and its partners.
Roderick Andrew Chase, the 66-year-old pensioner who was allegedly nabbed earlier this week with a quantity of cocaine concealed in his shoes at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA), Timehri, was yesterday remanded to prison on a drug trafficking charge.
Any argument for a shift in focus from agriculture to ‘make way’ for what might seem to be the brighter prospects that beckon on account of what is now, unquestionably, the potential economic breakthrough which successive major oil & gas discoveries offer, loses much of its traction when account is taken of the human health and prosperity prospects associated with an enhanced focus on food production.
BARCELONA (Reuters) – Barcelona coach Ernesto Valverde said he would not risk an unfit Lionel Messi in today’s La Liga opener against Athletic Bilbao and continued to be non-committal about Neymar re-joining the club from Paris St Germain.
Dear Editor, I would like to bring attention to the deplorable condition of the access road for the Ya-Ya pontoon crossing at the Essequibo River.
The trial of former Guyana Rice Development Board (GRDB) accountant Peter Ramcharran for alleged falsification of an account commenced yesterday.
(Trinidad Express) Police are at the scene of a crime right out of a horror movie.
Akailah Gordon is the sole Lindener among the batch of young female agro-processors, all graduates of the Guyana School of Agriculture (GSA), who the Stabroek Business interviewed recently.
Dear Editor, A fairly intelligent person, I am annually completely bewildered by the release of the CXC results by the Ministry of Education.
(Reuters) – Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo and Virgil Van Dijk have been shortlisted for the UEFA Player of the Year award, the sport’s European governing body said yesterday.
The Ministry of Public Infrastructure has one again put out a public advisory imploring persons to take necessary precautions during the spring tide over this weekend.
Eight months after the conclusion of a Commission of Inquiry into the functioning of City Hall, the Local Government Commission (LGC) is still working to implement the over 30 recommendations that were made.
ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Cricket West Indies president Ricky Skerritt has praised late former Jamaica and West Indies leg-spinner, Reg Scarlett as a “true stalwart” who gave his all to cricket.
At 58, Wayne Walcott reflects on a life in athletics out of which, he says, he has derived immense satisfaction.
Dear Editor, Please permit me the opportunity to address an important issue related to the City‘s building regulations.
MORRISTOWN, N.J., (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said yesterday that U.S.
(Trinidad Express) A Diego Martin man was shot dead following an argument yesterday.
(Trinidad Express) The police action against corruption accused Marlene McDonald is not a crisis but a ray of hope says Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley.
The annual Osmond Cummings Memorial Football Championship will officially commence on Sunday at the Silvertown ground, Linden from 10:00am.
Gold Prices for the three period ending Thursday August 15,2019Kitco is a Canadian company that buys and sells precious metals such as gold, copper and silver.
Dear Editor, I wish to congratulate all those students who have excelled at this year’s CSEC and CAPE examinations.
KAMPALA, (Reuters) – A forest of slender white poles topped with dark, unblinking eyes is quietly sprouting on the rubbish-strewn, potholed street corners of the Ugandan capital.
Global oil and gas company TechnipFMC has invited expressions of interest (EOIs) for technical services for its ongoing projects in Guyana.
The new Guyana Marketing Corporation has agreed to provide us with the above information which we will publish on a weekly basis subject to receipt.
GASCI (www.gasci.com/telephone Nº 223-6175/6) reports that session 838’s trading results showed consideration of $2,158,856 from 11,830 shares traded in 14 transactions as compared to session 837’s trading results which showed consideration of $11,565,141 from 101,691 shares traded in 11 transactions.
CIUDAD DELGADO, El Salvador, (Reuters) – The retrial of a Salvadoran woman convicted of aggravated homicide after a stillbirth adjourned without a verdict on Thursday, in a closely watched case that could overturn a 30-year prison sentence handed down after prosecutors said she had induced an abortion.
The story published in this week’s issue of the Stabroek Business based on observations made by General Secretary of the Guyana Trades Union Congress Lincoln Lewis regarding what he believes is the obligation of the local Business Support Organisations (BSOs) to become more active in matters of workplace safety and health is, in our view deserving of an editorial comment if only because, in a sense, it raises the issue of the extent of the role of those private sector bodies, that is to say where they responsibilities begin and where they end.
LONDON (Reuters) – Former South American Football Confederation (CONMEBOL) treasurer and executive committee member Romer Osuna has been banned for life and fined one million Swiss francs ($1 million) for bribery, the world soccer body FIFA said yesterday.
The Guyana Police Force is appealing to members of the public to assist in identifying the victim of the fatal accident which occurred at Middle Road, La Penitence on July 5th.
-Our vital institutions – A layman’s lament I was thinking of alerting my Editor that every Friday I would just record repetitively, my personally-held refrain: That the PNC – masquerading as “APNU” – will triumph at the next elections whenever His Excellency so proclaims them.
MORRISTOWN, N.J., (Reuters) – President Donald Trump said yesterday he supports meaningful background checks for gun buyers, but he said that those responsible for recent mass shootings were mentally ill and the United States should build more mental institutions.
Education Minister Nicolette Henry was in buoyant mood when she announced the results of the CSEC examinations at NCERD in Kingston on Wednesday.
Dear Editor, I wish to comment on your lead story, `CJ rules that house-to-house registration is legal’ (SN, August 15).
In present day Guyana, hardly a day goes by without some mention of oil.
