Articles published on Tuesday, September 17, 2019
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The United States imposed sanctions on Tuesday on three people and 16 groups it says helped Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his government profit from food aid in the economically struggling country, the Treasury Department said.
(Reuters) – U.S. gasoline prices jumped on Tuesday after crude oil futures spiked nearly 15% following weekend attacks on Saudi Arabian oil facilities, according to a report by the AAA motor club.
(Trinidad Guardian) While Trinidad and Tobago recently made headway in the US on Venezuela, Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley is most upset with the British Broadcasting Corporation’s (BBC’s) recent documentary on T&T’s Venezuelan amnesty registration exercise – and he’s writing to the British Government on it.
The Supreme Court of Judicature yesterday launched a $17 million Sexual Offences Court at Suddie, on the Essequibo Coast.
Following a meeting with the Carter Center, President David Granger once again said in a nationwide address yesterday that it is the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) which must advise him on the best possible date for elections.
Aliyah Abrams, Emanuel Archibald and Quamel Prince have been named by the Athletic Association of Guyana as the nation’s representatives for the IAAF World Athletics Championships.
A quarrel between two brothers escalated and ended in the death of one yesterday at their home at Enterprise, East Coast Demerara.
Corruption allegations levelled by junior ranks against Deputy Commissioner of Police Lyndon Alves warranted an independent and robust investigation, Co-President of the Guyana Human Rights Association (GHRA) Mike McCormack says.
Hikers Cadets, SHC Savages, GCC the Sequel and SHC Shockwaves registered wins in the men’s second-division of the latest round of the Bounty Paper Towel – Quicker Picker Upper- men and women’s Outdoor, second-division and the Solo Drinks Under-20 men and women’s Outdoor Development Leagues at the Saint Stanislaus College Ground Sunday.
West Indies Under – 15 batsman Rampertab Ramnauth almost single-handedly guided the Port Mourant Cricket Club to a six-wicket win over the Demerara Cricket Club (DCC) at Port Mourant Sunday in a 40-overs Under – 15 fixture.
Four of the 14 suspected gang members, who were arrested by police last week during an operation in Linden, were yesterday faced with separate charges of possession of military paraphernalia and possession of ganja.
Commending government’s efforts to develop an oil spill response plan as the country is poised to become one of the most active offshore oil exploration and production (E&P) centres in the region, a United States (U.S.)
The Guyana Lawn Tennis Association along with the Nasir & Nasir Company Limited launched the seventh Bakewell Junior Open Championships recently.
A T20 cricket competition organized by the Wakenaam Cricket Committee with sponsorship from the Trophy Stall, is set to commence Sunday.
A Venezuelan national was on Sunday stabbed to death at Tabatinga Creek, Region 9 and the suspect has been arrested by the police.
On September 13, 2019, technical experts from Guyana and Trinidad and Tobago participated in a bilateral meeting on market access issues related to the export of agricultural products from here to the Twin-Island Republic.
The University of Guyana (UG)and the Everest Cricket Club (ECC) took first innings honours over Third Class and the Transport Sports Club (TSC), respectively at the weekend in the Georgetown Cricket Association Noble House Seafoods second-division two-day cricket competition.
Director, Department of Energy, Dr. Mark Bynoe, yesterday, announced that UK-based Tullow Oil plc’s (Tullow) Joe-1 exploration well has discovered a new Upper Tertiary oil play in the Guyana basin.
A city magistrate yesterday ruled to allow a witness in the trial of Rosanna Ramnarine, the former Guyana Gold Board (GGB) accountant accused of six counts of fraud, to continue his testimony after an objection was raised about him being considered an expert.
On the back of a century from wicketkeeper/ batsman, Kemol Savory, Police Sports Club clawed their way to first innings points against Demerara Cricket Club (DCC) in their own backyard last weekend.
Dear Editor, The NALCO Champion episode has exposed several glaring structural deficiencies in the decision making apparatus in Guyana.
WASHINGTON/DUBAI, (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said yesterday said it looked like Iran was behind attacks on oil plants in Saudi Arabia but stressed he did not want to go to war, as the attacks sent oil prices soaring and raised fears of a new Middle East conflict.
Minister of Public Telecommuni-cations Catherine Hughes and Chief Executive Officer of the Machinery Corporation (MA-CORP) Guillermo Escarraga yesterday signed a Memorandum of Understanding for free online training for persons interested in being certified for the repair and maintenance of heavy machinery.
Briton John has a bullseye on his back and the country’s top wheelsmen will be hunting him this Sunday when the 17th Victor Macedo Memorial cycling race pedals off.
LONDON, (Reuters) – Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s government will seek to persuade Britain’s top court this week that his decision to suspend parliament until shortly before the date for Brexit was not illegal as Scottish judges concluded last week.
Veteran golfer Rabindranath ‘Pandit Ravi’ Persaud along with Patrick Prashad and Maxim `Danny’ Mangra showed their class when the inaugural Crown [Mining] ECO tournament was held Saturday.
Customers of the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GTT), who are located on the East Bank of Demerara, can expect reduced downtime in all GTT services following the installation of a secondary fibre cable in the New Hope to Timehri areas.
Dear Editor, I wish to offer a response to Mr. Timothy Jonas, member of the political party ‘A New and United Guyana’ (ANUG), who wrote a letter to Stabroek News on Sunday 15th September, with the given title, `Cease all grants of citizenship to foreigners until stringent and clear criteria agreed.’
COLOMBO, (Reuters) – The grand opening of Sri Lanka’s tallest tower was mired in controversy yesterday when President Maithripala Sirisena said one of the Chinese firms contracted to work on the project had disappeared with $11 million of state funds.
Charged almost three months ago with escaping police custody, Seon Maynard was cleared yesterday after a city court found that the prosecution failed to make a case against him.
BASSETERRE, St Kitts, CMC – Debutant fast bowler Akeem Jordan made an instant impact while opener Evin Lewis struck his second half-century as St Kitts and Nevis Patriots recovered from losing two games on the trot to beat St Lucia Zouks by six wickets here Sunday night.
The Guyana Police Force is awaiting legal advice on the way forward on the alleged assault committed on Regional Vice Chairperson Nandranie Coonjah by Region Two (Pomeroon-Supenaam) Regional Executive Officer (REO) Denis Jaikarran.
Dear Editor, I note with considerable interest that the Ministry of Public Infrastructure has called in the contractor for the Sheriff Street expansion with regard to traffic management, but, clearly, to no avail.
MADRID, (Reuters) – Spain’s High Court ruled yesterday that the government should refuse a request from the United States to extradite Venezuela’s former military intelligence chief and ordered his release from jail.
(Trinidad Guardian) Chief Justice Ivor Archie has opened the new law term with a scolding for the media for what he contends is the abdication of its duty to act responsibly.
Dear Editor, Things are rough here. As Guyanese would say forlornly: ting baaad.
(Reuters) – Sprint favorites Christian Coleman and Noah Lyles and women’s 400 metres hurdles world record holder Dalilah Muhammad headline a 141-member U.S.
A young man, said to be known for committing simple larcenies, was remanded to prison yesterday after being charged with stealing a cellphone.
Cruise tourism has become a big business, with the Caribbean now accounting for more than 35 per cent of all such vacations globally.
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Jamaica Tallawahs will have to do without key all-rounder Rovman Powell for the rest of the Caribbean Premier League after he was ruled out through injury.
By Shashi Tharoor NEW DELHI – Amid much fanfare, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government has completed a hundred days of its second term.
(Trindiad Guardian) In her feature address centred around judicial reform during the church service for the ceremonial opening of the 2019-2020 Law Term, Dean of the Law Faculty at the University of the West Indies (UWI) Professor Rose-Marie Belle Antoine said that, in her opinion, lawyer fees in the country “are too high”.
The public response to the recent opening of the new Massy Superstore at Turkeyen has been pleasing without being excessive.
Indal Sheobalis, the accused in the theft of over $50,000 in valuables from an Essequibo shop, was unable to secure bail yesterday after he could not provide a fixed address to a city court.
Dear Editor, Permit me to share a situation which was brought to my attention recently thus prompting me to write some thoughts regarding the apparent necessity for an attitudinal metamorphosis within our nation’s younger labour grouping.
NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Democratic presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren yesterday denounced the corruption she argues has crippled the country’s politics and economy, drawing her largest crowd thus far in a sign of her campaign’s growing strength.
