Daily Archive: Tuesday, August 20, 2019

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said today he was considering scaling back an effort that could have cut billions of dollars in foreign aid and would decide on the proposal – which faces strong opposition in Congress – within days.

(Jamaica Observer) When Jamaica’s youngest detective sergeant Adrian Wellington returns to the island in 2020, equipped with an MSc in Forensic Accounting, he intends to undertake an extensive study into financial crimes in the country.

(Trinidad Guardian) The moth­er of a woman who was shot dead by po­lice in San­ta Cruz be­lieves her daugh­ter’s death may be linked to a car which she bought four days be­fore the in­ci­dent.

(Jamaica Observer) One of the island’s top plastic surgeons is advocating the establishment of a specialist registry in light of a significant increase in the demand for body contour surgeries across the island.

(Trinidad Guardian) A 64-year-old woman and her grand­daugh­ter, 20, were ar­rest­ed af­ter po­lice of­fi­cers found an as­sault ri­fle at her home in San­ta Cruz, Trinidad.

Guyana is better off with more operators and countries involved in its oil fields, British High Commissioner to Guyana Gregory Quinn has said in wake of UK-based Tullow Oil’s recent offshore oil discovery.

Like many of his peers, Davindra Bridgmohan is today celebrating his success at the recently concluded Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) examinations, where he secured 10 passes.

Nineteen teachers are to commence training this week in order to teach English as a second language to children of Venezuelan migrants in Region One.

Eight young Guyanese working with ExxonMobil and its subcontractors are proud that they have been afforded the opportunity to work towards transforming their country.

The representatives of 15 Guyanese companies will be participating in an oil and gas conference and exhibition in Aberdeen, Scotland, next month.

Team Guyana continued its positive run at the Junior Caribbean Badminton Championships (CAREBACO) winning five gold medals and one bronze when the tournament concluded Sunday at the Sir Garfield Sobers Gymnasium, Barbados.

Today’s expected statutory meeting of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) has been rescheduled to tomorrow as members of the commission are still to be provided a copy of the Chief Justice’s recent ruling on house-to-house registration, which is expected to inform a highly anticipated decision on the holding of general elections.

The Guyana Football Federation’s (GFF) 20-member squad departed local shores yesterday for the CONCACAF Girls U17  first-round Qualifiers in Curacao.

US airline JetBlue is expected to embark on a scouting mission next month for possible operations in Guyana, according to Minister of Public Infrastructure David Patterson. 

Unicomer Guyana Inc. under the COURTS brand has once again agreed to collaborate with the Athletics Association of Guyana (AAG) to run off the traditionally successful Courts 10K Road Race.

Team Guyana has retained the Caribbean Schoolboys and Juniors Tournament trophy.

A young motorcyclist is now dead after he collided with a pedestrian along the Seafield Village Public Road on the West Coast of Berbice.

A Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GTT) delegation attended the recently held 35th Annual Caribbean Association of National Telecommunications Organisations (CANTO) Conference and Trade Exhibition, in Trinidad.

One man is now dead and four others are injured after the pick-up they were travelling in toppled while speeding along a trail at Tipuru, Mazaruni River, on Sunday afternoon.

The Guyana Amateur Powerlifting Federation (GAPF) is set to stage its Raw National Championships on Sunday at St.

Dear Editor, Yesterday at 5:42 am, I was the victim of an attempted armed robbery near the corners of Alexander Street and North Road, whilst out for my morning run.

A bodyguard of a junior government minister was shot early yesterday morning when resisted two bandits, who attempted to relieve him of his jewellery in East Ruimveldt, Georgetown.

Michael Johnson, Golden Jaguars Head-Coach has tendered his resignation from the post effective August 13th and Brazilian Márcio Máximo has been appointed Interim Head-Coach for the 2019-2020 CONCACAF Nations League with effect from tomorrow.

Dear Editor, As the country prepares to draw down on its oil revenues early next year, there are heightened expectations that the proceeds will catapult the economy to higher levels of performance.

A missing pensioner was found dead in a trench at Adventure Village, Corentyne, yesterday afternoon.

The inaugural ‘592 Street Kings’ Street-ball Championship was officially launched yesterday at the recently opened Jamrock Café (Jamaican Cuisine, Church Street).

Rickland Bovell, the cabbage farmer accused of fatally stabbing 18-year-old David Toney at the Timehri Docks in April, was yesterday committed to stand trial for murder.

Dear Editor, I have written twice on the subject of Haitian arrivals in Guyana asking that the Minister of Citizenship, Mr Winston Felix, explain the fact, according to him, that over 8,000 Haitians recently arrived in our country and less than 2,000 are recorded as having departed.

Guyana’s CAC bronze medallist duo Taylor Fernandes and Ashley Khalil have secured a place in the final of the women’s doubles category of the ongoing Senior Caribbean Singles and Doubles Championships (CASA) after day two action ended last evening at the Georgetown Club Squash Court. 

Xinoxi Qu, the manager who was charged with the attempted murder of a customer of the FreshCo Supermarket, walked out of a city court a free man yesterday after a magistrate ruled that he was merely retrieving what belonged to his employer.

BARCELONA (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Countries in the northern hemisphere can expect longer summer heatwaves, as well as more consecutive days of heavy rain with harmful consequences, if internationally agreed goals to limit global warming are exceeded, scientists warned on Monday.

Dear Editor, Under Melinda Janki’s letter (SN: 18/08/19), I asked several questions: What royalties are we getting on one million barrels of oil?

ST JOHN’S, Antigua,  CMC – Hanuma Vihari and Ajinkya Rahane both gathered half-centuries as India’s three-day warm-up match against West Indies A petered out into a stalemate here yesterday.

WOLVERHAMPTON, England,  (Reuters) – Manchester United were held 1-1 at Wolverhampton Wanderers and missed out on taking top spot in the Premier League yesterday as a sumptuous Ruben Neves strike cancelled out Anthony Martial’s first-half goal and Paul Pogba missed a late penalty.

Dear Editor, The declaration from Minister Valerie Garrido-Lowe that elections will be held this year, sometime in December, according to “information from the President” (SN: 17/08/19), seems to be another attempt of the APNU+AFC to defy the most supreme law and hide from the electorate for as long as they can.

NEW YORK (Reuters) – The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is investigating a “cluster” of lung illnesses that it believes may be linked to e-cigarette use after such cases were reported in 14 states.

Andre Hetsberger, who is currently awaiting a new trial for the alleged rape of a 13-year-old girl, was granted bail more than a week ago, but remains incarcerated due to what his attorney termed an “administrative hiccup.”

Dear Editor, Many of my fellow Guyanese think that now that oil is found and would be produced here, we would be a rich nation.

(Reuters) – Tomas Berdych earned his first ATP win in six months with a 6-1 3-6 6-3 first round victory over Andreas Seppi at the Winston-Salem Open on Sunday.

SINGAPORE/MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – China National Petroleum Corp, a leading buyer of Venezuelan oil, has halted August loadings following the latest U.S.

A Loo Creek fraud accused, who was recaptured after apparently giving police the slip by providing a fake name, was yesterday remanded to prison after a city court heard that he might be a flight risk.

Veteran point guard J.J. Barea re-signed with the Dallas Mavericks yesterday and while no terms were announced, the deal is for one year, according to ESPN.

KHARTOUM (Reuters) – Sudan’s ousted president Omar Hassan al-Bashir acknowledged receiving millions of dollars from Saudi Arabia, a police detective told a court yesterday at the start of a corruption trial that many Sudanese thought they would never see.

Carlton Bourne, the accused in a series of armed robberies, is now a remanded prisoner.

Dear Editor, The students, parents, and educators in the Marian Academy family have much to be proud of, humbled over, and thankful about its 2018-19 CSEC report card.

Dear Editor, The announcement last week of Guyana’s performance at the 2019 Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) and Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination (CAPE) assessments gave Guyana much to celebrate.

(Trinidad Guardian) The at­tacks against prison of­fi­cers con­tin­ued on Sun­day morn­ing af­ter a prison officer’s house was shot at in Pleas­antville.

CIUDAD DELGADO, El Salvador (Reuters) – A Salvadoran court yesterday acquitted a woman accused of homicide after giving birth to a stillborn baby in a case that drew international attention to the socially conservative nation’s strict abortion ban.

(Reuters) – England have named an unchanged 12-man squad for the third Ashes test against Australia starting on Thursday, with recovering seamer James Anderson set to play for Lancashire’s second XI to step up his rehabilitation.Anderson,

All the signs and portents push towards an arc of escalation for gold prices. 

Police have arrested a 20-year-old man, who is accused of fatally beating porter Oswald Henry during an argument on Saturday night at Kumaka, in Region One.

CARACAS (Reuters) – Allies of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro had discussed holding a presidential election in the coming months during talks to find a breakthrough in the country’s political crisis, four sources told Reuters yesterday.

Dear Editor, Two recent developments at the Ministry of Education, I feel, are worthy of comment as they could be indicative of the quality of leadership there.

(Trinidad Express) Police have rescued a 17-year-old Venezuelan national who was abducted and being kept in a house in exchange for drugs.

Last Thursday’s claim emanating from a Russian Federation spokesperson that Guyana and the United Kingdom are jointly stoking the fires of an ongoing insurrection against the Maduro administration in Venezuela, using an unnamed island in the Essequibo river to train “sabotage and spy groups” for reentry into the country, amounts to a contrivance so far-fetched that it would merit no serious attention at all under different circumstances.

Junior national lawn tennis ace, Vadeanand Resaul, continues to put up a good showing in the COTECC Trinidad Summer Bowl Under – 14 championships in the Twin Island Republic after securing quarter-final places in both the singles and doubles categories, yesterday. 

By Shahra Razavi NEW YORK – Political economy has come a long way.