Daily Archive: Saturday, August 24, 2019

The Regional Democratic Council (RDC) Region Ten is appealing to the public for urgent assistance in securing a number of items for several residents whose houses were damaged in an early morning storm today.

(Trinidad Express) A man is dead following a crash along the Sir Solomon Hochoy Highway, near Claxton Bay, on Saturday.

(Jamaica Gleaner) One lawmaker last week came face-to-face with the terror on the roadways caused by rowdy taxi drivers, and the incident has left her traumatised.

(Trinidad Newsday) Besson Street police found a silver Nissan B14 car in the Western Division this morning, 15 years after it was reported stolen.

(Trinidad Guardian) Tak­ing home her new­born ba­by should have been ex­pec­tant San Juan mom Crys­tal Car­ring­ton’s birth­day gift to her hus­band Curt God­dard and her­self.

HONG KONG,  (Reuters) – Hong Kong police fired volleys of tear gas to break up anti-government protests in a gritty industrial suburb today after activists threw petrol bombs and bricks, as China freed a British consulate worker whose detention had fuelled tensions.

(Trinidad Guardian) Af­ter spend­ing al­most 11 days on re­mand, Michael Carew, the long-time com­pan­ion of for­mer gov­ern­ment min­is­ter Mar­lene Mc­Don­ald was yes­ter­day able to ac­cess bail.

Attorney General Basil Williams has “partially appealed” the August 14 ruling by acting Chief Justice Roxane George-Wiltshire which upheld the legality of the House to House (HtH) registration exercise but also declared that existing registrants cannot be excised from a new voters’ list unless they are deceased or otherwise disqualified under Article 159 (2), (3) or (4).

Bail was yesterday granted to the Deputy Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) Andre Kellman after he was formally charged with sexually assaulting an airport employee just over a year ago.

After another three hours of discussion yesterday, the members of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) have still not reached a decision on the way forward with the opposition-nominated commissioners accusing their colleagues of using “delaying tactics” to stymie developments.

The Court of Appeal has denied former Housing Minister and current People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPP/C) presidential hopeful Mohamed Irfaan Ali a stay of his prosecution on the 19 fraud charges levelled against him over the sale of land in the ‘Pradoville 2’ Housing Scheme.

Acting Chief Justice Roxane George-Wiltshire SC yesterday ruled that the order signed by former Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) Chairman James Patterson for the conduct of the national house-to-house registration exercise is neither invalid nor illegal.

From September 1st  Trans Guyana Airways (TGA) will be offering flights to Amsterdam, the Netherlands via Suriname through a partnership agreement with Royal Dutch Airlines, KLM.

Vinnette Headley-James, the mother of eight who was fatally stabbed by her husband at her Nabaclis Sideline Dam, East Coast Demerara (ECD) home on Wednesday afternoon, suffered years of abuse and had even been stabbed days before the fatal attack, a neighbour has said.

The government will sell the problem-plagued High Street building that once housed the state radio station as part of a plan to relieve the Guyana Forestry Commission (GFC) from its current financial woes.

NORTH SOUND, Antigua, CMC – West Indies reverted to a familiar, albeit frustrating theme, here yesterday, producing a feeble batting effort to leave powerhouses India in control after the second day of the opening Test at the Vivian Richards Cricket Ground.

Executive member of the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) and Minister of Citizenship Winston Felix has defended his government’s record on crime declaring that the party takes “pride in the efforts that government has made to rid Guyana of corruption and bribery.”

LEEDS, England,  (Reuters) – England batting coach Graham Thorpe said they will not give up hope of saving the third test against Australia, but a woeful batting display from the hosts yesterday left them with a mountain to climb to regain the Ashes.

A man who claimed he was “set up” after he agreed to keep almost 36 pounds of cannabis just before the police showed up to search his house, has been sentenced to three years and a half years in jail.

A contingent of four Guyanese lawn tennis players will make the country’s first appearance at the International Tennis Federation/ COTECC Under-12 final tournament this upcoming week in Trinidad and Tobago.

Another 50 Guyanese youths yesterday graduated from TOTALTEC Oilfield Services training,   taking the total up to 250 since the company was birthed early last year and  prompting Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo to say it is the most “tangible manifestation” yet of local content in the industry.

Priyanna Ramdhani, the national female Under-19 has guaranteed Guyana it’s lone medal at the 2019 CAREBACO international senior tournament in Barbados after qualifying for the women’s doubles semifinal.

Berbice has seen a steep decrease in snapper and trout prices due to the lack of buyers in Georgetown, according to the Chairman of the Corentyne Fisherman’s Co-op.

Non-governmental organisation Saving Hands Emergency Aid (SHEA) is currently seeking the public’s help in raising funds for two brothers, who were severely burnt about their bodies during an incident at their Corentyne, Berbice home one week ago.

Guyana’s Vadeanand Resaul and his Trinidad doubles partner Nathen Resaul secured the runner up position in the doubles category of  the COTECC Trinidad Summer Bowl Under – 14 championships in the Twin Island Republic.

After admitting to robbing a Cuban national out of frustration, a young man was yesterday sentenced to a year in prison for the crime.

Guyana’s women’s team comprising  reigning singles champ Nicolette Fernandes, Mary Fung-A-Fat, Taylor Fernandes, Ashley De Groot and Larissa Wiltshire remained on course to capture gold after completing another 5-0 win last evening at the Georgetown Club Squash Court. 

Eight Guyanese are now the beneficiaries of scholarships to study medicine in Cuba.

(Reuters) – The last time Ajinkya Rahane scored a century in international cricket was over two years back but the India test vice-captain says the drought does not concern him as long as he is contributing for his side.

BRASILIA/BRUSSELS,  (Reuters) – European leaders yesterday threatened to tear up a trade deal with South America, reflecting growing international anger at Brazil as a record number of fires in the Amazon rainforest intensified an unfolding environmental crisis.

Five international firms have submitted financial proposals to provide consulting services on legal matters in the oil and gas industry for the Ministry of the Presidency’s Department of Energy.

Dear Editor, Forecasts are as good as the data used to prepare them.

MANCHESTER, England,  (Reuters) – One of English football’s oldest clubs, Bury, faced with expulsion from the professional game due to their financial problems, may be saved after their owner said yesterday he had agreed to sell the club.

Following rehabilitation works priced at $11 million, the government’s guesthouse at Mabaruma was reopened by the Minister of Foreign Affairs Dr Karen Cummings last Thursday.

Dear Editor, The Constitution of Guyana is clear as to the roles and responsibilities of each actor.

SEOUL,  (Reuters) – North Korea fired what appeared to be two short-range ballistic missiles into the sea off its east coast yesterday, the South Korean military said, the latest in a series of launches in recent weeks amid stalled denuclearisation talks.

(Reuters) – As many as 10 women competing at this year’s U.S.

President David Granger on Thursday officially declared open the Foundation for Real Christian Education (FORCE) training centre at Victoria Village, East Coast Demerara, where he called for more attention to be paid to youth not in employment, education or training.

Dear Editor, I refer to the article titled, `Polls can be held by end of October’ (SN August 23). 

NEW YORK,  (Reuters) – Rafa Nadal was forced out of the U.S.

WASHINGTON/BEIJING,  (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump yesterday lashed back at a new round of Chinese tariffs by heaping an additional 5% duty on some $550 billion in targeted Chinese goods in the latest tit-for-tat trade war escalation by the world’s two largest economies.

CHICAGO,  (Reuters) – A judge in Chicago yesterday named a special prosecutor to probe the case involving former “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett’s allegation that he was the victim of a racist attack, which authorities have ruled a hoax.

Dear Editor, I respond here to the Chairman of the Private Sector Commission (PSC), Gerry Gouveia and the other responders re my perception of Gouveia’s tone and conduct in his abrasive and disrespectful letter to Keith Lowenfield, Commissioner of National Registration/Chief Election Officer which was carried in the newspapers on Monday, July 22nd, 2019.

Said to be well known to the police, Jamal David will be spending the next 18 months getting acquainted with the prison service and its inmate population after he admitted to stealing from a woman’s home, which he broke into while she was at church.

(Trinidad Guardian) Al­though the Avengers, who brought jus­tice to the peo­ple of Earth, maybe a work of fic­tion, Open Bible Pas­tor Kem­raj Ram­nar­ine told mourn­ers bid­ding farewell to Kris­t­ian Sir­jus­ingh yes­ter­day that God was their Avenger.

An investigation into allegations of sexual assault against Sacramento Kings coach Luke Walton has ended without the NBA finding enough evidence to support the claims, the team and league announced yesterday.

NEW YORK (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Actress Emma Watson and Nobel laureate Nadia Murad will join other women’s rights activists on Sunday to urge powerful world leaders at the Group of Seven (G7) summit in France to usher in laws empowering women and end those that harm them.

Dear Editor, The United Kingdom Chevening scholarship programme is an excellent investment in the human capital of Guyana.

In “Blinded by the Light,” hopeful teenaged writer Javed Khan, a British-Pakistani, writes an essay about his idol Bruce Springsteen titled ‘My American Dream in Luton’.

It has been 47 years since the Caribbean Festival of the Arts (Carifesta) was first hosted in Guyana.

SAN PEDRO SULA, Honduras,  (Reuters) – Regional leaders yesterday called for “shock” investment in infrastructure in Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador to reduce the number of migrants flowing from the three economically fragile countries, bound for the United States.

CANUTAMA, Brazil,  (Reuters) – Members of Brazil’s Mura indigenous tribe painted their bodies with orange-red paint and took up long bows and clubs as they headed into the jungle this week, prepared for battle.

(Trinidad Guardian) Af­ter re­ceiv­ing heavy crit­i­cism for his com­ments that some pub­lic ser­vants have been col­lect­ing a salary even though they “pro­duce noth­ing when the day comes,” Prime Min­is­ter Dr Kei­th Row­ley has now is­sued a state­ment deny­ing that he ever ac­cused the Pub­lic Ser­vice work­ers of be­ing lazy.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Jamaica has been named by United States President Donald Trump among major drug-transit or illicit drug-producing countries.

The 7,000 square miles of rainforest which have vanished in Brazil’s 75,000 forest fires so far this year represent a doubling of the area destroyed last year.

(Reuters) – Pakistan will host Sri Lanka in three one-day internationals and the same number of Twenty20 internationals starting in September before two tests as part of the World Test Championship in December, the cricket boards of both countries said yesterday.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Pop star Miley Cyrus on Thursday said she was no angel, but angrily denied rumors she had cheated on her estranged husband, actor Liam Hemsworth.