Articles published on Wednesday, August 21, 2019
Chief Justice Roxane George-Wiltshire’s judgment in the house-to-house registration case is now available and is accompanied by an order underlining that it would be unconstitutional to remove the names of registered persons unless they are disqualified.
(Jamaica Observer) THE confessed driver of a motor car who was captured recklessly stunt driving in a video that went viral last week got off scot-free after surrendering to the police.
(Trinidad Express) A DIEGO MARTIN man was shot dead on Tuesday afternoon.
(Jamaica Gleaner) The university lecturer who had promised to give needy students his approximately $3 million in basic salary annually had his contract terminated by The University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona, amid questions about his mental state.
(Trinidad Guardian) A night of celebration spurned into lifetime of tragedy for a Gasparillo family after bandits shot dead a police officer’s brother and wounded his friend after a robbery at a village bar.
Hess Corporation’s investment in Guyana’s offshore Stabroek Block has resulted in the company emerging as the best-performing US oil firm this year and, along with its partners, it is poised to reap US$22 billion ($4.5 trillion) in profits from its initial two projects here, the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported yesterday.
Oil services company Nalco Champion has not yet determined whether it will store chemicals at the John Fernandes Ltd (JFL) Inland Terminal at Industrial Site, Ruimveldt, though a company representative said that the location remains the best site.
At the conclusion of the 25th Goodwill Swim Meet in Suriname over the weekend, Guyana walked away with a tally of 43 medals, 23 of which came in the individual categories with 20 coming from the relay teams.
The township of Mabaruma, in Region One, is now without electri-city as both of its generators have become non-functioning, Regional Chairman Brentnol Ashley has said.
Brian Mohan was yesterday committed to stand trial for the 2015 murder of Festival City resident Christopher Wharton, who was shot execution-style while sitting on the stairs of his home.
-Jason-Ray Khalil, Kristian Jeffery take gold in men’s doubles, Ashley Khalil, Taylor Fernandes take gold in women’s doubles “I’m happy I was here to watch this,” one spectator remarked after local squash queen Nicolette Fernandes toppled 17-year old Barbadian national Meagan Best 3-0 in a lopsided final of the women’s category of the ongoing Senior Caribbean Singles and Doubles Championships (CASA) last evening at the Georgetown Club Squash Court.
President of the Guyana Olympic Association (GOA), Kalam Juman-Yassin yesterday said that he was a little disappointed with Guyana’s performance at the Pan American Games in Peru recently and issued call for more investment in sports.
One week after the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) recommended the laying of a charge, police have yet to arraign Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) manager Andrew Kellman, who is accused of sexually assaulting a worker at the facility.
The sod was turned on Monday afternoon for a state-of-the-art $70 million mortuary in the compound of the National Psychiatric Hospital at New Amsterdam.
ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – West Indies captain Jason Holder captured the top two men’s awards while veteran all-rounder Deandra Dottin dominated the women’s, to highlight the West Indies Players Association/Cricket West Indies Awards ceremony here Monday night.
A water ambulance, which will serve the village of Baracara, in Region Six, was commissioned on Monday.
After the dust settled amidst the chaos of the Guyana Cycling Federation’s (GCF) Annual General Meeting (AGM) which facilitated the election of office bearers, Evolution’s Linden Dowridge was elected unopposed to the helm of the body yesterday at Olympic House, Liliendaal.
Guyana Football Federation [GFF] Director of Competitions Ian Alves, has been appointed acting General Secretary effective August 19th following the resignation of Renella Bourne.
High Court judge Fidela Corbin-Lincoln has denied engineer Charles Ceres an injunction he was seeking against Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo, whom he has sued for libel.
The Guyana Football Federation’s [GFF] Electoral Congress and Annual General Meeting [AGM] will be held in November.
Guyanese students currently studying at the Hugh Wooding Law School (HWLS), in Trinidad and Tobago, have welcomed the introduction of full scholarships to allow qualifying students to offset some of the almost $5 million in costs they face annually.
Tabatinga and Moco-Moco Football Clubs secured wins when the Theresa and George Bobb/Rupununi Football Association [RFA] Under-17 Women’s Championship continued at the St.
The Guyana Society for the Blind’s Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) programme has recorded an overall pass rate of 95% this year, representing the best performance by students since it was started in 2014.
The Upper Demerara Football Association (UDFA) leg of the NAMILCO U17 championship will resume today with a doubleheader at the Wisburg Secondary School ground.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said yesterday 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.
Seven bids submitted for the construction of an Administrative and Quality Control Laboratory Building for the Demerara Harbour Bridge Corporation’s Asphalt Plant were opened on Tuesday at the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board, in Kingston, Georgetown.
(Reuters) – Britain’s sports minister Nigel Adams has described the booing of Australian Steve Smith during the Ashes series as “distasteful” and says the batsman has served his punishment for his part in last year’s ball-tampering scandal.
BRASILIA (Reuters) – Wildfires raging in the Amazon rainforest have hit a record number this year, with 72,843 fires detected so far by Brazil’s space research center INPE, as concerns grow over right-wing President Jair Bolsonaro’s environmental policy.
The trial of Ganga Kishna and Avishkar Bissoon, who are accused of killing a man and his two young daughters after setting their Robb and King streets home on fire back in 2014, will officially commence this morning before Justice Brassington Reynolds at the Georgetown High Court.
COLOMBO, (Reuters) – New Zealand’s loss in the first test against Sri Lanka had been a lot closer than the six-wicket defeat suggested and the side had learned a lot about how best to play in local conditions, says pace bowler Tim Southee.
Dear Editor, A writer, in a recent letter to the editor, asserted that “oil companies pay royalty on the petroleum produced” and used that assertion to juxtapose a lament that Guyana’s royalty will instead be paid on “petroleum produced and sold.”
BOGOTA (Reuters) – International donors have been significantly less generous in their support of Venezuelan migrants than other global refugee crises, Colombia’s foreign minister said yesterday, as he repeated a request for more aid money.
(Reuters) – Indian fast bowler Shanthakumaran Sreesanth’s ban for alleged spot-fixing has been reduced to seven years, with the sanction period coming to an end on Sep.
Dear Editor, Are votes during Guyana’s general elections in 2019 as golden as I think they are or should be?
SANTIAGO (Reuters) – Chile will begin budgeting for the costs of fighting climate change, Finance Minister Felipe Larraín announced yesterday, as receding glaciers and drought put a squeeze on water and natural resources in the world’s top copper producer.
Kevin Allicock, the Albouystown youth who police say shot at a City Constable after being caught while trying to break into the Bourda Market, is now a remanded prisoner.
Dear Editor, Governor General Sir David Rose and later President Arthur Chung were the guardians of the Westminster-model Constitution.
(Reuters) – New Zealand skipper Kane Williamson and Sri Lankan spinner Akila Dananjaya have been reported for suspect bowling action after the first test between the two nations in Galle that finished on Sunday, the International Cricket Council (ICC) has said.
(Reuters) – Facebook Inc said it is tweaking its policies to allow users to see and control the data that other websites and apps share with the social network to improve targeted advertising.
CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said yesterday he had authorised contact with the administration of U.S.
Seon Burch has been remanded to prison after being charged with stealing over one million dollars’ worth of articles.
Dear Editor, Guyana has always been touted as a country with great potential.
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Companies should focus on social responsibilities as well as profits, the Business Roundtable, a group of corporate chief executives that includes the head of the largest U.S.
(Trinidad Express) In the last four years, Chinese tech firm, Huawei, has invested $272 million (US$40 million) in Trinidad and Tobago.
TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) – A Honduran court convicted the wife of former President Porfirio Lobo on graft charges, including siphoning funds from programmes designed to help poor children, a judicial official said yesterday.
(Trinidad Guardian) Former government minister Marlene McDonald’s long-time companion Michael Carew and another man charged alongside the couple for corruption and money laundering, are yet to access bail.
A woman and her family are now traumatised after they were attacked by a lone gunman at their Diamond/Grove Housing Scheme, East Bank Demerara (EBD) home in the wee hours of Monday morning.
Last Saturday, the game of cricket, Test cricket (not its distant relative – one day cricket or its cheap impersonator – T20 cricket), quite appropriately returned to its rightful position, centre stage.
The man who allegedly stabbed his ex-girlfriend and her new partner last Wednesday at Hururu Mission, Berbice River, was arrested on Sunday, Commander Linden Lord said.
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – The new James Bond film finally has a title – “No Time to Die” – and an April 2020 release date, producers announced on Tuesday.
Dear Editor, The AFC is seeking a re-negotiation of the Cummingsburg Accord ahead of the impending national and regional elections.
After some of 60 years of ethnic jostling, 45 years of de facto division into separate states, and 30 years of efforts at finding a solution, the United Nations representative to the 30th anniversary bicommunal meeting of the parties on the 21st June 2019 stated that hope still remains alive for the establishment of a bi-communal federation for it still is viewed as the ‘most acceptable solution’ across the two communities of Cyprus (https://in-cyprus.com/hope-still-remains-alive-un-diplomat-tells-conference-on-bicommunal-party-meetings/)!
LIMA (Reuters) – Uruguay’s President Tabare Vazquez announced yesterday that doctors detected a likely malignant growth in his right lung during a routine checkup.
