Daily Archive: Wednesday, August 28, 2019

(Trinidad Newsday) BULGARIAN FIDE grandmaster (GM) GM Marian Petrov led a chess training workshop for some ten inmates at the Maximum Security Prison, Arouca, as part of a nine-day trip, in which he gave a number of workshops at varying levels for the chess-playing community.

(Reuters) – President Donald Trump called Puerto Rico “one of the most corrupt places on earth” in a swipe at the U.S.

The police today said that Clive Frederick Wilson is wanted in relation to murder committed on Shemain Frank on 2019/08/25 at Victoria Village, E.C.D.

MEXICO CITY, (Reuters) – At least 23 people died in a bar fire in the southeastern Mexican port of Coatzacoalcos late yesterday after a suspected attack, authorities said, in what appeared to be one of the most deadly acts of criminal violence under the current government.

LONDON, (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson moved to limit parliament’s opportunity to derail Brexit by cutting the amount of time it sits between now and EU exit day on Oct.

BRASILIA, (Reuters) – Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said today  that South American countries would meet to determine a common policy in defense of the Amazon rainforest, and took another swipe at France for an offer of $20 million in aid.

(Trinidad Guardian) Ac­cus­ing Prime Min­is­ter Dr Kei­th Row­ley of “us­ing the might of his of­fice to at­tack cit­i­zens,” Op­po­si­tion Leader Kam­la Per­sad-Bisses­sar says the Unit­ed Na­tion­al Con­gress will sup­port any­one who faces po­lit­i­cal per­se­cu­tion.

(Jamaica Observer) Noted sports law professor Dr Emir Crowne, counsel for the outstanding Jamaican sprinter Briana Williams, who has returned a positive test for the diuretic hydrochlorothiazide (HCTZ), will ask for an “open hearing” at an expedited date, possibly by next week, he told the Jamaica Observer last evening.

(Trinidad Guardian) A war of words has bro­ken out be­tween Prime Min­is­ter Dr Kei­th Row­ley and for­mer di­rec­tor of in­tel­li­gence at the Strate­gic Ser­vices Agency (SSA) Carl­ton Den­nie and at the cen­ter of it is the is­sue of race, which has pushed Row­ley in­to a de­fen­sive mode.

GECOM will bring the ongoing national house-to-house registration exercise to a premature end on August 31st.

Nearly 300 customers of Republic Bank Guyana Limited have been reimbursed in excess of $20 million following a series of fraudulent activities on its VISA International Debit Cards.

(Jamaica Gleaner) The Gleaner can now report that double World Under-20 sprint champion and national junior record holder Briana Williams has tested positive for the banned diuretic Hydrochlorothiazide (HCTZ).

A preliminary report by the Guyana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) has said that the threshold lights that caused the rupturing of the tyres of an American Airlines (AA) aircraft were not in the correct position at the time of the incident.

Despite a dip in rice exports within the first six months of the year as compared to 2018, the Guyana Rice Development Board (GRDB) says more revenue has been earned during the same period by way of the sale of higher-value products.

KINGSTON, Jamaica,  CMC – Jahmar Hamilton has been called up to the West Indies 13-man squad for the decisive second Test against India after Shane Dowrich was ruled out of the series with an ankle injury.

Chief Constable Andrew Foo has come in for censure from the City Council after he delayed  launching an investigation into the disappearance of a fence at Russell Square, Stabroek by over a week.

Guyana Goldfields Incorporated, owner of Aurora Gold Mine has commenced what is being described as successful underground exploration at its north-west Mazaruni location.

The eagerly anticipated and inaugural 592 ‘Street Kings’ Streetball Tournament have officially confirmed the 16 teams that will participate in the event.

More than a year after local cable TV company E-Networks was told by the Ministry of Public Telecommunications that it had not been licensed to lay and land a subsea cable, the Maritime Administration Department (MARAD) has once again placed a notice for mariners about the company’s cable laying project, which was due to start yesterday.

Uitvlugt FC downed newcomer Hurry ATE 5-3 when the West Demerara Football Association (WDFA) leg of the NAMILCO u17 championship yesterday at the National Track and Field Center, Leonora.

Sherlock James, the gold miner who attempted to take his own life after allegedly fatally stabbing his wife, Vinnette Headley-James during an argument at their Nabaclis, East Coast Demerara home one week ago has been discharged from the hospital and is now in police custody.

The Hercules Basketball Academy [HBA] successfully staged the second Bartica Basketball Camp which was held at the community center ground during the previous weekend and targeted the under-11 to under-18 age groups.

Georgetown’s Mayor and City Council (M&CC) has begun discussions with the National Insurance Scheme (NIS) on the payment of the outstanding balance on workers’ contributions.

The unassuming stature of Junior National Table Tennis player, Colin Wong, came to prominence as he captured Guyana’s lone singles medal in the 2019 Caribbean Mini and Pre Cadet Table Tennis Championships which concluded in the Dominican Republic. 

Vadeanand Resaul was stopped at the quarter-final stage of the Antigua COTECC Wadadli Bowl 2019 under – 14 lawn tennis tournament after going down to Antiguan Jaiden Julien. 

Dear Editor, It is with considerable dismay that I read Senior Counsel Ralph Ramkarran’s recent lamentation in the Sunday Stabroek  of 25th August, 2019  `CCJ has failed Guyana,  it’s now up to GECOM Chair – Ramkarran’   and also carried in his blog Conversation Tree Mr.

(Trinidad Express) A woman died on the Churchill Roosevelt Highway on Tuesday afternoon after her Toyota Hilux spun out of control on the rain swept road, and crashed into a light pole on the median.

Minister of State, Dawn Hastings- Williams, last evening, travelled to several communities in Upper Demerara-Berbice where she handed over building and cleaning supplies to residents who were severely affected by a storm last week.

Additional documents requested by the Audit Office for its forensic audit of City Hall have been dispatched, acting Town Clerk Sherry Jerrick has informed the Georgetown Mayor and Council.

National Para Table Tennis champion, Gibran Sarfaraz has bowed out gracefully after his third straight defeat in the ParaPan American Games recently in Lima, Peru.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Just over a month after being appointed head of the Jamaica Constabulary Force’s (JCF) Public Safety and Traffic Enforcement Branch (PSTEB), Assistant Commissioner of Police Bishop Gary Welsh has been booted from the post.

Dear Editor, In the midst of a highly divided GECOM and the not too disguised threat of “no registration, no elections”, Chairperson Justice Claudette Singh has offered something of a compromise by terminating the exercise while accepting the information on registrations to date for purposes of the long overdue elections.

LONDON,  CMC – Seamer Kemar Roach has moved into the top 10 of the International Cricket Council’s bowling rankings despite West Indies’ heavy drubbing on Sunday in the opening Test against India.

Dear Editor, Without doubt one of the most important professions in the world is politics.

Tenders were yesterday opened at the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board for the rehabilitation and modification of the Guyana Revenue Authority’s Building in New Amsterdam, Berbice.

(Trinidad Express) Ten years after a crash that killed three boys and two men at Mosquito Creek, South Oropouche, the driver of the truck involved in the tragedy is yet to go on trial.

WJ Enterprise, distributor of Croxley Papers, became the latest entity to support the fourth annual Limacol Football Championship, donating an undisclosed sum to tournament organizer the Petra Organization.

Dear Editor, “Sister Clemmy”, as I and many others called her, was a very personable individual whose presence was always felt in a room; if it wasn’t her claps and exclamations of approval during sermons at church, it was her giving of tips on how a good meal should be prepared.

A man was on Monday asked to post $75,000 bail for his release after he denied having possession of cannabis for trafficking.

BRASILIA/PORTO VELHO, Brazil,  (Reuters) – Brazil said yesterday it was ready to accept foreign aid to help fight fires in the Amazon but only if it could determine how it was spent, in an apparent attempt to smooth over a public spat between the Brazilian and French presidents.

Ninety-six young people have completed a six-month Youth Entrepreneurial Skills Training Programme as part of the government’s strategy to empower the nation’s youths.

Following the end of the KFC U20 tournament, the Guyana Football Federation [GFF] has commenced several Talent Identification Sessions in the respective member associations ahead of their preparation for the CONCACAF Men’s U20 Qualifiers in February 2020.

BRASILIA, (Reuters) – A Brazilian congressional committee yesterday approved a proposed constitutional amendment to allow commercial agriculture on indigenous reserves, a practice that is currently prohibited.

Dear Editor, A meeting between residents of a certain section of Enmore and a GPL Contractor together with Representatives from the IDB is scheduled for today to advise residents about the installation of Smart-meters in Enmore.

The National Sports Commission (NSC) says it is proud of the National Deaf Football Team and has bestowed the prestigious NSC Award on the team.

SHANGHAI,  (Reuters) – Senior Chinese diplomat Wang Yi told a Hong Kong business delegation that more support should be given to the city’s government to end violence that has evolved into the biggest crisis it has faced since the return to Chinese rule in 1997.

Dear Editor, In a Stabroek News letter dated September 2, 2017 and captioned `Suppression of news’  – I referred to the media’s inclination to neglect issues that specifically speak to the discontents as well as the aspirations of African Guyanese.  

Twelve students attached to the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GTT) gained first-hand exposure of working in the real world while they participated in the company’s work-study programme.

Dear Editor, Permit me a few lines in your newspaper to highlight a most troubling development which must be called out for what it is, with the hope that  what must be a blind spot is corrected.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – World number one Naomi Osaka was given a testing workout by Anna Blinkova in the U.S.

BRIDGETOWN,  (Reuters) – Tropical Storm Dorian churned toward Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic yesterday and was expected to be close to hurricane strength when it nears the islands today.

After insisting on serving his country, a man sentenced to community service for stealing deodorant was on Monday allowed to act as a French language interpreter for a city court.

(Barbados Government Information Service) No major incidents, damage or injuries were reported across Barbados following the passage of Tropical Storm Dorian Monday night and early yesterday morning.

(Reuters) – England’s Ben Stokes has become a “world box-office attraction” with his Ashes heroics in the third test against Australia and his life will never be the same again, former all-rounder Ian Botham has said.

A 37-year-old man was arrested on Monday evening following the discovery of a 12-gauge single-barrel shotgun in a wooden boat at Mahaicony.

Fans of international cricket are probably still discussing the Test match which finished on Sunday.

Dear Editor, It is good to see GECOM starting to make decisive moves to quicken the path to our country’s next major elections.

No interpretation of the constitution or any law should support the holding of general elections in a democratic society until the major participants are satisfied that the quality of the electoral list will allow for free and fair elections.

(Trinidad Newsday) Last Wednesday, Dana Lemessey, 29, from Icacos, Cedros, gave birth to triplets at the San Fernando General Hospital.

A Venezuelan woman was sentenced to do three weeks of community service yesterday after she pleaded guilty to shoplifting from a Bounty Supermarket.

NEW YORK,  (Reuters) – A succession of women who said Jeffrey Epstein sexually abused them at a young age voiced anger and defiance in a packed New York courtroom on Tuesday, some lamenting that the financier’s suicide deprived them of the opportunity to obtain justice.