Articles published on Tuesday, September 3, 2019
(Trinidad Guardian) After former Strategic Services Agency (SSA) head Matthew Andrews labelled former Intelligence Director Carlton Dennie a pathological liar, Dennie has agreed to subject himself to a lie detector test as he maintains he was asked to fire persons of East Indian descent from the service.
LONDON, (Reuters) – A cross-party alliance defeated Prime Minister Boris Johnson in parliament today in a bid to prevent him taking Britain out of the EU without a divorce agreement – a move that the government warned would thrust Britain towards an October snap election.
(Trinidad Express) An Airport Authority’s employee spotted a potential problem with an American Airlines passenger aircraft moments before it took off from the Piarco International Airport today.
The Demerara Harbour Bridge (DHB) reopened for light traffic at 2 PM today.
GENEVA, (Reuters) – The United States, Britain and France may be complicit in war crimes in Yemen by arming and providing intelligence and logistics support to a Saudi-led coalition that starves civilians as a war tactic, the United Nations said on Tuesday.
(Jamaica Observer) Jamaica’s Senior Reggae Girlz have strengthened their stance against the Jamaica Football Federation (JFF) in an ongoing salary dispute, threatening to strike ahead of the Olympic Qualifiers if monies owed to them are not paid over.
(Trinidad Newsday) Trinidad & Tobago national Arlene Chow is the interim CEO at Heritage Petroleum.
A tug and barge hit the Demerara Harbour Bridge (DHB) early yesterday morning, causing extensive damage requiring millions in repairs and disrupting travel between the West and East Demerara.
The police are investigating the murder of a man, who was discovered early yesterday morning with chop wounds about his body and his head almost severed from his neck at Haslington North, East Coast Demerara.
Two years after its establishment, Pomeroon Trading, a coconut growing and processing agribusiness, is preparing to be publicly traded on the Guyana Stock Exchange.
After almost 21 years on the run, Philbert Thomas was yesterday brought before a city court, where he was charged with the murder of his wife, Viola Thomas.
Two days after United States Ambassador to Guyana Sarah-Ann Lynch contended that the push here for local content provisions may make foreign investors feel unwelcome, the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) is crafting a response.
The Government Analyst- Food and Drug Department (GA-FDD) has launched an investigation into the circulation of substandard/falsified (SF) medication on the local market and the police force’s fraud squad has been called in to assist with the probe.
A resident of Linden who thought he would never be able to use his right hand again following an accident, is grateful to Dr. Li Qing, the anaesthesiologist with the Chinese Medical Team (CMT), for saving it through a new technique.
Following damage to a utility pole and cables as a result of the collision of a bus and a container truck at Helena, Mahaica, several villages along the East Coast corridor were without service from the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GTT) for a number of hours yesterday.
Texas-based oil giant ExxonMobil has again committed to sponsoring the Guyana Amazon Warriors for the 2019 HERO Caribbean Premier League.
With the Demerara Harbour Bridge knocked out of commission yesterday morning many commuters travelling to the West Demerara had to do so in the darkness last night and up to press time all appears to have run smoothly.
Australian all-rounder, Chris Green said yesterday Guyana’s Amazon Warriors did nothing wrong in their runner-up finish season last year and should stick to their strengths in order to win the 2019 HERO Caribbean Premier League (CPL).
Explosive wicket-keeper batsman Nicholas Pooran has thrown his support behind the ‘youthful’ Guyana Amazon Warriors to lift the 2019 HERO Caribbean Premier League (CPL).
The National Mine Workers Union of Guyana (NMWUG) has been given notice that it will be certified as the majority union of rank and file workers of Aurora Gold Mines Inc.
Guyana-born environmentalist Conrad Gorinsky has died. Gorinsky who was born in Parubaru, near the Kuyuwini river, in British Guiana on March 7, 1936 died of pneumonia after being treated for nasal cancer on August 18, 2019 at age 83.
Guyana’s 2018 Commonwealth Games, triple jump, gold medalist, Troy Doris has fully switched his focus towards achieving international glory next year, which includes an Olympic medal.
Accused last year of forging chassis numbers for two vehicles stolen in carjackings, a father and son were yesterday freed of the charges.
The Guyana Committee of Service (GCS), a benefactor of numerous sporting disciplines and athletes recently pulled its raffle and former sprinting standout, Junior Cornette emerged winner of the $1M grand prize.
Dear Editor, In this and future election seasons it is important that we are given the opportunity to take an objective view of our leaders while also being able to make an informed decision at the polls.
The Guyana Football Federation (GFF) concluded its annual Referees Assistance Programme (RAP) on August 31st.
Human trafficking charges have been reinstituted against Soesdyke businessman Feezal Shaw, months after he was freed following a procedural error.
Dear Editor, It is time our power company, GPL gets a shake-up that will bring about much needed changes that are necessary for our country’s future.
Two weeks after being freed of an attempted murder charge, Fresh Co Supermarket manager Xinoxi Qu was yesterday back before a city court on a charge of assaulting one of his employees.
The fourth annual Limacol Football Championship will resume today at the Ministry of Education ground, Carifesta Avenue with another doubleheader.
KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – A sudden post-lunch collapse sent embattled West Indies to a crushing 257-run defeat to India inside four days of the second Test here yesterday, leaving them with another series whitewash and without a single Test victory over the Asian side in nearly two decades.
Two gunmen last evening grabbed a bag from a salesman’s car which was located in front of a supermarket in New Amsterdam.
Dear Editor, We now hear from Mr Ralph Ramkarran that the CCJ’s decision-making was “timid, indecisive and ineffectual” after he wholeheartedly referred to the very ruling in his August 4th column, “as these clear and telling words”.
As the police investigation into the more than one-week-old murder of 18-year-old Rivaldo Williams continues, Commander of ‘A’ Division Marlon Chapman yesterday said several persons were questioned but the main suspect is yet to be apprehended.
Dear Editor, There was the proud announcement a few weeks ago of the graduation of dozens of secondary school students from the Bertram Collins Staff College.
LONDON, (Reuters) – Joe Denly will swap places with struggling opener Jason Roy in the England batting order for the fourth Ashes test against Australia at Old Trafford, he said yesterday.
Dear Editor, What could Colombia with a particularly undesirable reputation, all the way over there, possibly have in common with Guyana and its noisy, disputatious existence down here?
Kumar Shaw, a homeless man who admitted to stealing a battery from a minibus, was fined yesterday for the crime after he failed to convince a city magistrate to allow him to do community service as his punishment.
BUENOS AIRES, (Reuters) – Argentine bond prices fell to record lows yesterday and the official and black market pesos diverged after the country imposed capital controls in a bid to stem a currency rout that is sharpening the risk of default.
NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Naomi Osaka was upset 7-5 6-4 by Belinda Bencic at the U.S.
Fresh off of enhancing the main visitors’ area of the Kaieteur National Park and providing life skills training in the indigenous village of Chenapou, Region Eight, the First Assembly of God Wortmanville’s youth group Nulli Secundus has been awarded for its service to communities across Guyana.
MARSH HARBOUR, Bahamas, (Reuters) – Hurricane Dorian pounded The Bahamas yesterday, killing at least five people and inundating homes with floodwater ahead of its expected advance on the U.S.
Harricharan Ramsundar was found hanging from a tree hours after he chopped his wife to death in their Siparia home yesterday morning.
Dear Editor, I refer to the letter published in the Stabroek News of Saturday, July 31, 2019 titled `Constitution provides clear path through obstructions and partisan views being thrown in its way’.
So the Government Analyst-Food and Drugs Department (GA-FDD) has issued yet another fake drugs alert, described in its media statement as the “circulation and release of substandard/falsified (SF) medication” on the local market through retail pharmacies.
By Jayathma Wickramanayake NEW YORK – When I was a bright-eyed eighth grader in my native Sri Lanka, I couldn’t wait for my first sex education class.
Dear Editor, I wish to congratulate all my Amerindian brothers and sisters on the occasion of Amerindian Heritage Month which is celebrated in the month of September.
(Reuters) – Sebastian Soderberg was thrilled to play Sunday’s final round of the European Masters with Rory McIlroy but he did not let the occasion overwhelm him as he won the title following a five-way playoff in the Swiss Alps.
Last month the Group of Seven (G7) most advanced economies failed to reach a consensus on the major challenges the world faces.
LONDON, (Reuters) – Lawmakers will decide today whether to move Britain one step closer to an early election when they vote on the first stage of their plan to block Prime Minister Boris Johnson from pursuing a no-deal Brexit.
BOGOTA, (Reuters) – A mayoral candidate in southwestern Colombia was killed along with five other people in an attack likely perpetrated by dissidents from the demobilized FARC guerrilla group, the government said yesterday.
