Articles published on Saturday, September 14, 2019
(Barbados Nation) The Ministry of Health and Wellness has warned Barbadians about the dangers of vaping, particularly on the heels of reports of an outbreak of severe respiratory illnesses associated with the practice in the United States.
NASSAU, (Reuters) – Tropical Storm Humberto lashed already devastated parts of the Bahamas with heavy rain and strong winds before crawling northwest on Saturday, and forecasters said it was likely to become a hurricane before the end of the weekend.
RIYADH/DUBAI/LONDON, (Reuters) – Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthi group on Saturday attacked two plants at the heart of Saudi Arabia’s oil industry, including the world’s biggest petroleum processing facility, in a strike that three sources said had disrupted output and exports.
(Trinidad Express) A La Horquetta man, charged with the murder of his neighbour, shopkeeper Christopher Khanhai.
GECOM has not yet agreed on a firm timeline for general and regional elections and while it continues to examine whether the polls can be held before year-end, the commission has indicated that costs would go up.
A 15-year-old was fatally stabbed during an argument at Plaisance, East Coast Demerara (ECD) on Thursday afternoon and the suspect, who is a relative, has been arrested.
From June 1st to August 31st, Guyanese customers experienced power outages an alarming eight times per day on average, according to statistics produced by electricity utility, the Guyana Power and Light (GPL) company, at a stakeholders’ forum yesterday.
Almost years after being established, oil services company Guyana Shore Base Inc (GYSBI) has sunk over US$100 million ($20.8 billion) into its operations here and plans to invest US$50 million ($10.4 billion) in the next 12 months.
The decision by the Local Government Commission (LGC) to discipline Town Clerk Royston King based on recommendation from a Commission of Inquiry (CoI) into the operations of City Hall was yesterday nullified by Justice Simone Morris-Ramlall.
A 25-year old Sophia resident, who allegedly set his lover on fire because she refused to speak with him, was yesterday remanded to prison after he was charged with attempted murder.
Under pressure over a series of gaffes, US 2020 presidential front-runner Joe Biden confused Guyana for the African nation of Ghana while speaking at a campaign event, according to a report in the Washington Examiner.
Visiting the New Amsterdam Multilateral School (NAMS) yesterday, President David Granger said that over the next decade, efforts will be made to have a school in every village.
The Guyana Amazon Warriors will be seeking their fourth successive win when they take on St.
Unbeaten after three matches the Guyana Amazon Warriors will look to continue their winning ways when they oppose the St Kitts/Nevis Patriots in their first away game of the 2019 Caribbean Premier League tournament.
A 33-year-old mechanic is now dead after he crashed into a truck while riding his motorcycle early yesterday morning along the Pearl, East Bank Demerara (EBD) Public Road.
Known to many as “Mr. Golf,” Nazeem “Papo” Haniff passed away Tuesday at the age of 59 in Trinidad and Tobago.
The Demerara Harbour Bridge Company has submitted the cost for repairs done on the bridge to the Impex Corporation Limited, which owns the vessel that crashed into the bridge almost two weeks ago, General Manager Rawlston Adams has said.
The Guyana Badminton Association (GBA), in its bid to extend its reach and to introduce a wider cross-section of youths to the sport, recently made a donation to the Mackenzie High School, Linden.
Denish Nunes, 34, was yesterday sentenced to more than three years in jail and fined over $2 million after a city magistrate found him guilty of having more than three kilogrammes of cannabis in his possession for trafficking.
Now in its ninth year, the Courts 10k Run has picked up steam to become one of the premier road races on the Athletic Association of Guyana (AAG) calendar.
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Cricket West Indies president, Ricky Skerritt, has downplayed Richard Pybus’s role in West Indies’ shock Test series win over England in the Caribbean earlier this year.
Dear Editor, Please allow me space in your newspaper to dispel any notion that Guyanese businesses would not have the capacity to meet the demands of the Oil industry’s Off-Field and ancillary services [OFS] demands.
A mechanic was yesterday sentenced to 18 months in prison after he told a city court that he chopped his boss because he wasn’t paid for his work.
NASSAU, (Reuters) – Bahamian education officials are scrambling to find classroom space for up to 10,000 students displaced by Hurricane Dorian after the Category 5 storm ravaged two of the archipelago’s northern islands, destroying many school buildings.
LONDON, (Reuters) – Jofra Archer took six wickets as England’s bowlers gave their side a handy lead on the second day of the final Ashes test, reducing Australia to 225 all out in reply to their own first innings score of 294 at the Oval yesterday.
Dear Editor, Yesterday, a delegation from the Government met with the Guyana Elections Commission.
Head of the Guyana Office for Investment (GO-Invest) Owen Verwey has said that his reported revelation in Europe that Guyana will this week announce another oil find was “speculative” and that his agency does not have the authority to announce oil discoveries.
The Demerara Cricket Club (DCC) and the Port Mourant Cricket Club will clash in a highly anticipated Under – 15 fixture tomorrow at the Port Mourant Community Centre ground.
Dear Editor, Mr Anil Nandlall’s letter titled `Brexit process in UK puts Guyana gov’t to shame’ in SN of Monday last is a study in selective representation of information and actual misrepresentation.
Seeking to assuage privacy concerns, the Ministry of Public Telecommunications yesterday said that facial recognition technology will only be deployed at the country’s official ports of entry as part of the “Safe City” component of the National Broadband Project.
Devya Singh emerged as the first ever Miss Guyana Teen Scholarship winner last Saturday at the National Cultural Centre.
HAVANA, (Reuters) – Cubans queued for hours for public transport yesterday at peak times in Havana, sweating in the heavy heat, while queues at gas stations snaked several blocks long, as a fuel shortage that the government blames on U.S.
BANGKOK, (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – An online project mapping all of the world’s indigenous lands will help secure legal rights, and alert communities to the potential threats of illegal logging and mining, land and indigenous rights groups said yesterday.
The Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA) has released this weekend’s fixtures which feature two first-division matches and four second-division encounters.
Dear Editor, It is disappointing to find the text of the Scotiabank’s notice in SN of Friday 13 September, 2019, so difficult to read, particularly under the flaming headlines.
Chicken supplies should return to normalcy within a matter of weeks, President of the Guyana Poultry Producers Association (GPPA) Peter de Groot has said.
Bread is life – there are so many things to make with it and equally many ways to consume and enjoy bread.
The first Agri-Tourism Expo, which is expected to showcase everything each region in Guyana has to offer in relation to agriculture and tourism, was launched yesterday.
(Reuters) – Sarfaraz Ahmed has been retained as the captain of the Pakistan cricket team for the upcoming limited-overs series against Sri Lanka, the country’s cricket board (PCB) said yesterday.
Dear Editor, Now that Bartica has gained town status the town council needs to encourage certain entities to upgrade their services.
SAN SALVADOR, (Reuters) – The United Nations said on Thursday it will send a delegation to El Salvador within days as a first step toward supporting a newly unveiled national commission to combat corruption in the Central American country.
I think the Victoria Secret supermodel era is enjoying its final moments of desire, if there is actually any left; a change that is pretty much welcomed by most women.
Investigators probing the poisoning of a Mon Repos mother and her three-year-old daughter, who were allegedly forced to ingest a poisonous substance on Monday, are still to receive a statement on the events that led to the attack.
(Jamaica Gleaner) It might be working feverishly behind the scenes to cool tempers and iron out differences as it normally does in these matters, but the secretariat for regional trade bloc Caricom is not saying anything publicly about the running battle between regional sugar producers on the one hand, and manufacturers and national governments.
Dear Editor, It is awe inspiring to see that the world has been given a gift of another planet beyond our solar system that has water.
Riddim Squad crushed Pouderoyen while Pele and Dynamics battled to a draw when the fourth annual Limacol football competition continued on Thursday at the Ministry of Education ground, Carifesta Avenue.
After a packed programme, that saw appearances by 18 contestants, second-year University of Guyana student Devya Singh was crowned Miss Guyana Teen Scholarship at the inaugural pageant last Saturday (See other story in this issue) with Naheeryah Newland as first runner-up and Christel Mangra in third place.
BRASILIA, (Reuters) – A Brazilian government agency monitoring money laundering, at the heart of the recent fight against corruption, has repeatedly overreached by acting without judicial approval, the head of the country’s Supreme Court told Reuters.
(Trinidad Guardian) Watch those “cookies” and “brownies” in schools. Some infused with marijuana and Ecstasy pills, known locally as “Zessers”, have been found and are being distributed in local schools, acting National Security Minister Fitzgerald Hinds said yesterday.
A funeral service in the United States in early September, when signs of Fall, like mild chills, seep into the pores and linger for days.
The police in ‘E’ Division (Linden- Kwakwani) on Thursday arrested 14 men, who are believed to be part of a gang, during a six-hour-long operation at Mackenzie and Wismar, Linden.
(Reuters) – Former England captain Andrew Strauss is back in the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) as cricket committee chairman and will drive the development of the game at all levels as part of his new role.
Dear Editor, In discussions with lawyers, government employees and members of the public, I observed some uninform objections to the establishment of a legal education certificate (L.E.C.)
Third place winner of the International Make-Up Artist Trade Show (IMATS) Battle of the Brushes Makeup Competition 2018, Guyanese beauty specialist Janica Sandy, returned to Guyana this year with more knowledge and vigour after a packed year’s programme which she says has equipped her with what she needs to know to open a prestigious school in Guyana and to pave the way for her pursue her Hollywood screen ambition.
(Reuters) – American rock star Eddie Money, whose hits including “Two Tickets to Paradise” and “Baby Hold On” formed part of the power pop soundtrack of the late 1970s and early 1980s, died in Los Angeles yesterday at age 70, his family said in a statement.
A new antitrust probe of Google led by 50 US attorneys general is the opening shot in a long overdue campaign to rein in America’s tech giants.
BOSTON (Reuters) – Actress Felicity Huffman, the first parent sentenced in a wide-ranging U.S.
Leader of the Liberty and Justice Party (LJP) Lenox Shuman on Thursday told a visiting team from the Carter Center that his party is hopeful that general elections can be held before the end of the year.
