Daily Archive: Wednesday, October 2, 2019

(Trinidad Express) A 31 year old mother of four allegedly drank a poisonous substance while with her children at Palmiste Park, San Fernando on Wednesday.

(Jamaica Gleaner) The Inter-Secondary Schools Sports Association (ISSA) is reporting that the Haile Selassie student who was struck by lightning at an ISSA/Manning Cup match yesterday is recovering from his ordeal.

(Trinidad Express) “That is my son. I hugged him.” The words of an elderly mother as she pleaded guilty to interfering with a prisoner on Tuesday.

(Jamaica Observer) A 37-year-old father, Oral Grey, was yesterday morning shot dead as he walked back to his motor vehicle just minutes after escorting his daughter into the Care Bear Early Childhood Development School in St Andrew Southern.

(CWI) St. John’s, Antigua – Cricket West Indies (CWI) has today shortlisted three candidates for the final stage of the recruitment process for the role of full-time Head Coach for the West Indies men’s team.  

(Trinidad Newsday) Leiselle Morton-Taylor, the mother of a 15-year-old St Stephen’s College student who was warned about her natural hairstyles by the school, is awaiting word from authorities.

(Trinidad Guardian) The par­ents of a 17-year-old girl who ran away from home two weeks be­fore her wed­ding day are plead­ing with their daugh­ter to re­turn home.

NEW YORK, (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – The United States has blocked the import of goods suspected to have been made with forced labour from five countries, including clothing from China and diamonds from Zimbabwe, officials said on Tuesday following a rare crackdown on slave labor abroad.

 (Trinidad Guardian) Fifty-two el­der­ly peo­ple aged 60 years and over have been mur­dered in Trinidad and To­ba­go be­tween the start of 2018 and now, with the first nine months of 2019 ac­count­ing for 32 of them.

A meeting of the National Emergency Operation Centre was convened yesterday afternoon to address the recent spring tides and an application will be made for $800m from the Contingency Fund, the Department of Public Information (DPI) reported.

Two men who were in 2017 charged with the murders of Constance Fraser, 89, and Phyllis Caesar, 77, yesterday admitted to committing the crime and now await sentencing.

The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) yesterday decided to proceed with a 42-day long Claims and Objections (C&O) process, which began yesterday, although opposition-nominated commissioners maintained that a 35-day process had previously been agreed upon. 

A man yesterday admitted to chopping his mother-in-law and step-daughter to death during a 2014 attack.

Sherwin Roberts, the Sophia man who was two years ago accused of killing his one-year-old niece, was yesterday sentenced to life imprisonment after pleading guilty to the crime.

Guyana has agreed to the creation of a Regional Information Card for the thousands of Venezuelans who have fled hardships in their country.

Despite producing players such as Travis Dowlin, Ramnaresh Sarwan and most recently, Keemo Paul, the Essequibo Island of Wakenaam has been plagued by poor cricket facilities and equipment.

A Guyana Defence Force (GDF) Coast Guardsman is one of two persons who were arrested by the police on Monday afternoon following the discovery of an unlicensed firearm and a quantity of cannabis in the vehicle in which they were travelling.

Armed bandits on Monday evening shot an 18-year-old in her head after she attempted to alert her mother that their family business was being robbed.

In the wake of their 55-run clobbering of Good Success by Sans Souci Jaguars  Sunday in the final of the Birbal Contracting T20 competition, winning captain, Siddiq Mohamed, has credited the title to consistency.

This Saturday, the inner circuit of the National Park, Thomas Lands, will once again be the venue for the 15th annual Hand-In-Hand Mutual Fire and Life Insurance 11-race cycling programme.

The Public Health Ministry is working to ensure that free radiation treatment is provided to cancer patients across the country, according to Minister of Public Health Volda Lawrence.

Squash action is set to resume on October 8 after little over a month’s break following Guyana’s hosting of this year’s senior Caribbean champions where the host prevailed in the overall team’s category. 

Tenders were yesterday opened for the rehabilitation or construction of a number of access roads, including those at Hauraruni, St Cuthbert’s Mission and Kuru Kuru.

All roads will lead to the Ministry of Education ground, Carifesta Avenue tonight when the quarterfinal round continues in the 4th annual Limacol Football Tournament.

Most of the residents of West Coast Demerara villages that were flooded on Sunday after the overtopping of sea defences due to spring tides have not experienced any recurrence, which they credit to the prompt response to the situation by the Neighbourhood Democratic Councils (NDC) and other authorities.

Three months after being deemed fit to stand trial, Shamar Harvey, who is charged with the murder of Albouystown teen Christopher Mansfield, was yesterday given a date for the commencement of the Preliminary Inquiry (PI) into the charge.

DOHA, (Reuters) – American Noah Lyles shot to 200 metres world championships gold yesterday, providing a bright finish to a day darkened by yet another doping scandal.

(Jamaica Observer) Louie Rankin’s Jamaica manager, Lexxi, has confirmed that the dancehall deejay/actor died Monday evening as a result of injuries sustained in a motor vehicle crash in Canada.

DOHA, (Reuters) – Sam Kendricks of the United States clinched his second consecutive world title yesterday after a duel with European champion Armand Duplantis that electrified the usually muted crowd at Khalifa International Stadium.

Residents of Sheet Anchor Village, East Canje Berbice, were flooded on Sunday after the expected high tide. However,

The Liberty and Justice Party (LJP) has drawn attention to the lack of “independent scrutineers” in Guyana’s electoral process.

Dear Editor, As the national elections approaches, political parties have been broadly addressing key policy initiatives they believe would benefit Guyana in the coming decade, during which oil revenues are expected to give Government access to an additional source of wealth.

In an effort to promote the development of sports in Guyana, Robb Street-based sporting giants, West Indian Sports Complex, has donated a large quantity of boxing gear to the Winston Pompey Warriors boxing gym.

Six persons from West Coast Berbice are now homeless after a relative allegedly set their house on fire yesterday afternoon.

Dear Editor, It has been fifty-two days since I have been without telephone and internet service due to a cable problem at 3rd Street, Ocean View, Uitvlugt, West Coast Demerara.

President David Granger has once again committed to using revenue earned from oil and gas to improve Guyana’s education sector.

The eighth annual Kadir Mohamed Memorial cycle road race will take center stage when the event peddles off October 8.

Dear Editor, If there is one iota of truth regarding allegations of a reduction in the number of government advertisements to the Stabroek News, that must be cause for serious concern for all those who cherish the ideals of a free and independent press.

The Georgetown Cricket Umpires and Scorers Association (GCUSA) is set to host itsr Annual General Meeting (AGM) on November 28.

Minister of State,  Dawn Hastings Williams yesterday presented 85 food hampers to residents of flood-affected Zeelugt and visited Anna Catherina and Den Amstel, West Coast Demerara to do some further assessment of the flood related damage.

Dear Editor, Today it is Stabroek News.  Tomorrow it could be the turn of Kaieteur News to feel the blunt blow of the advertising axe. 

Bacchus Bulls on Sunday stromed to a 70-run victory over Reliance Hustlers to take the Central Essequibo T20 championship and the $50,000 cash prize.

The Federation of Independent Trade Unions of Guyana (FITUG) says the 50th anniversary of the National Insurance Scheme (NIS) is a worthy celebration but the threat to the Scheme’s viability overshadowed the occasion.

Dear Editor,     The Caribbean Voice commends the media for publishing helpline contact info at the end of articles and programmes and urging anyone who is depressed or suicidal to seek help.

(Trinidad Guardian) Three men from east Port-of-Spain have been de­nied bail af­ter ap­pear­ing in court on gang charges.

(Trinidad Express) There have been no arrests for the murder of Richard Chan-Attong, 43 who was abducted from his Belmont home on September 16 and found dead in Santa Cruz days later.

DOHA, (Reuters) – Donavan Brazier stormed home and broke the world championship record to claim a first-ever world title for the United States in the men’s 800 metres yesterday.

LIMA,  (Reuters) – Peru’s armed forces and police reaffirmed allegiance to President Martin Vizcarra late yesterday after his move to close Congress prompted dozens of dismissed lawmakers to pledge loyalty to vice president in a deepening political standoff.

Dear Editor, It must be queried, in the matter of the hush-hush and secret review, which was never made public until now, of a two decades old decision by a former government agency, involving two former employees, was the matter not referred to the court system, where others have had to go for perceived injustice?

A Covent Garden man has been fined $15,000 after a city court heard he was seen jumping the fence at Stabroek Market after the market had closed.

LONDON (Reuters) – Liverpool’s Anfield fortress was briefly shaken by Tottenham Hotspur but Juergen Klopp’s side recovered to secure a 2-1 win and restore their six-point lead atop the Premier League yesterday.

BOGOTA,  (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Police in the Dominican Republic have rescued dozens of women from forced sex work in bars and nightclubs across the Caribbean island in its biggest anti-trafficking operation this year, authorities said yesterday.

Two young men accused of robbery offences were released on bail yesterday after they denied the allegations.

SEOUL/TOKYO,  (Reuters) – North Korea fired at least one missile off its east coast today that South Korea said may have been launched from a submarine, a day after it announced the resumption of talks with the United States aimed at ending its nuclear programme.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, CMC – Independent assessors have cleared the bowling action of West Indies vice-captain Kraigg Brathwaite for the second time in his career.

Dear Editor, Three occurrences impacting the Guyana Police Force were recently announced.

QUITO, (Reuters) – Ecuador, one of the smallest members of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), said yesterday it will leave the 14-nation bloc from Jan.

BRASILIA,  (Reuters) – Brazil’s Senate approved the main text of a pension reform bill in a first-round vote yesterday, clearing another key hurdle for the government’s bid to narrow its massive budget gap.

Dear Editor, I welcome the correction by the Chairperson of GECOM to its previously announced position which required the attendance of persons at the GECOM offices in order to be included on the list of electors during this period of “claims and objections”.

LONDON, CMC – English county championship side, Middlesex have signed Barbados Pride and West Indies fast bowler Miguel Cummins to a three-year contract.

(Trinidad Express)  The Central Bank on Monday afternoon announced the long-delayed sale of the traditional insurance portfolios of CLICO and British American Trinidad (BAT) choosing its preferred bidder Sagicor Life, a subsidiary of Sagicor Financial Corporation.

HONG KONG,  (Reuters) – Hong Kong anti-government protesters are increasingly focusing their anger on mainland Chinese businesses and those with pro-Beijing links, daubing graffiti on store fronts and vandalising outlets in the heart of the financial centre.

(Reuters) – The U.S. Anti-Doping Agency on Monday said it had banned American Alberto Salazar, who has coached some of the world’s top distance runners including British Olympian track champion Mo Farah, for four years for doping violations.

Dear Editor, I have read with some interest the issues relating to Stabroek News and the Government.

I have been informed that this is the first time in Guyana’s post-independence electoral history – certainly the first time since the electoral reforms in the early 1990s – that elections have been called without the major parties having agreed upon the list of voters that is to be used on elections day or (even more concerning) agreed upon the process for arriving at such a list!

On the 24th September, whilst celebrating Trinidad and Tobago’s 43rd anniversary as a Republic with members of the T&T diaspora in New York City, Trinidad and Tobago’s Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley, appears, to have quite innocently re-ignited the debate on the renaming of public institutions after persons who have served in high office.