Daily Archive: Monday, October 14, 2019

(Trinidad Guardian) Church ser­vices re­sumed on Sat­ur­day at the Trans­formed Life Min­istry, East­ern Main Road in Arou­ca and the at­ten­dance was de­scribed as “the usu­al.”

(Trinidad Guardian) A Tri­nidad-born sur­geon prac­tis­ing in Eng­land is be­ing hailed as a hero by many for suc­cess­ful­ly re­con­struct­ing the jaw of a 15-year-old girl fol­low­ing a horse-rid­ing ac­ci­dent.

(CWI) ST. JOHN’S, Antigua – Cricket West Indies (CWI) announces the appointment of former West Indies player, Phil Simmons as the Head Coach of the West Indies Senior Men’s Team for a period of four years, as well as the appointment of three new selection panels.

(Jamaica Gleaner) A Jamaican man is now facing a long prison sentence and deportation following his second conviction in the United States on charges related to a prize scam.

(Jamaica Observer) The police are urgently seeking the public’s assistance in finding five-week-old Nyyear Frank of Hopewell district, St Andrew, who was stolen from his mother yesterday.

(Trinidad Guardian) Two men were ar­rest­ed and a quan­ti­ty of forged US cur­ren­cy seized by of­fi­cers of the Spe­cial Branch and North­ern Di­vi­sion dur­ing an an­ti-crime ex­er­cise con­duct­ed in the Tu­na­puna dis­trict last week.

A gold dealer was shot dead this morning while two others were injured after armed bandits attempted to carry out a daring daylight robbery outside El Dorado Trading, Newtown, Kitty.

MADRID, (Reuters) – Spain’s Supreme Court today sentenced nine separatist leaders from Catalonia to between nine and 13 years in prison for sedition over their role in a failed independence bid, triggering protests across the region.

(Trinidad Guardian) A lum­ber­er by trade, Bryan Fe­lix, 40, was asked by his neigh­bour Aleem Khan, 50, on Fri­day to help cut down some logs and build up a wood­en struc­ture on a par­cel of land in Cu­mu­to.

(Jamaica Observer) A 26-year-old woman who was attacked by dogs in her Fair Prospect community in East Portland last month is demanding compensation from the owner, after stating that the incident has not only left her traumatised, but seriously injured.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Prime Minister Andrew Holness yesterday stressed that the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) would not interfere with the ongoing investigation and court case involving former Minister of Education Ruel Reid, even as he fired shots at the People’s National Party (PNP).

Oil major ExxonMobil says that it will not make any contributions to political parties for the March 2, 2020 general and regional elections. 

Suspected Corentyne pirate attack The body of another crewman from a missing Corentyne fishing boat was discovered yesterday along the foreshore at Good Faith, Mahaicony, bringing the death toll to two with two more fishermen still missing.

The operations of Demerara Distillers Limited (DDL) at Plantation Diamond are now being powered by Liquid Natural Gas (LNG).

A man, who was walking on Church Street, Queenstown, Georgetown, on Saturday night, was choked to death by a 24-year-old man during a suspected robbery.

Local company GuyEnergy’s proposed modular oil refinery in Linden, Region 10, is slated to be completed next year and if the firm wants to purchase some of Guyana’s share of oil expected from the operations of ExxonMobil, it will have to pay “maximum value.”

A Timehri, East Bank Demerara cash crop farmer who willingly agreed to try onion farming when the National Agricultural Research & Extension Institute (NAREI) approached him, is happy that the crop is “coming ‘A’ one.”

Dozens of People’s Progressive Party (PPP) supporters descended on the Saraswati Vidya Niketan’s secondary school graduation ceremony attended by President David Granger yesterday as the opposition party continued its campaign of protests against the caretaker government.

Bids are being invited for the excavation of eight outfalls in Georgetown.

Nicholas Narine was tactically sound yesterday afternoon during his 2-1 win over Nicholas Vewey – one of Guyana’s rising talents on the squash court – to cop championship honours in the Open Category of this year’s Ansa McAl Trading Limited sponsored Handicap Squash tournament at the Georgetown Squash Court. 

According to Chairman of Region One, Brentnol Ashley, a $264 million solar power farm built in the region is being reclaimed by the forest without having lit one bulb.

Seven minutes of rain was enough to end proceedings at the Albion Community Centre ground, Berbice and hand Lower Corentyne a 38-run win over East Bank via Duckworth Lewis and Stern Method in the opening round of the SBF/ Cricket Guy Inc.

Surinam Airways yesterday announced that it will add a fourth non-stop flight to Miami, USA beginning from November 4th.

 Dear Editor, The Guyana Amazon Warriors (GAW) lost the finals of the CPL T20 on Saturday, October 12, 2020; so what!

Five-time Mr. Guyana, Kerwin Clarke added a gold medal to his resume’ after using his sharp physique to slice through his weight class yesterday at this year’s CAC Bodybuilding and Fitness Championships staged in the Dominican Republic. 

The Government of Guyana through the Department of Culture will host a second phase of consultations on a national cultural policy from October 15-17, 2019 at the Hotel Tower, commencing from 9 am daily.

Acting head teacher of the Moblissa Primary School, Yonette Amsterdam has praised the Regional Democratic Council (RDC) Region Ten for what she has dubbed as the timely and important fixing of roads within the community.

Dear Editor, On a Saturday night when I should have been streaming a movie as I customarily do, I found myself absorbed behind West Indies cricket again, well Guyana on this occasion, albeit it was a franchise game.

The annual GTT National Indoor Hockey tournament will get underway this evening at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.

Dr. Arron Fraser was on Saturday elected Presi-dent of the Queen’s College Old Students’ Association (QC-OSA) at an Extra-ordinary General Meeting at Queen’s College.

Dear Editor, In his most recent column (“Give us a chance’: To do what?’

Guyana’s premier football side the Golden Jaguars, will face-off with Antigua and Barbuda in a crucial encounter today in League-B of the CONCACAF Nations League at the National Track and Field Centre, Leonora.

Dear Editor, When Martin Carter sat down and scribbled on a sheet of paper, ‘For a dead Comrade’ and sent it to Janet Jagan, he was doing two things at the same time.

A Best Village, West Coast Demerara (WCD) man is in a critical condition after he was shot by a passenger in a car that was passing as he walked on the Crane Public Road yesterday.

QUITO,  (Reuters) – Ecuadorean police battled masked men who launched homemade projectiles at them in downtown Quito yesterday, as protesters defied a curfew that was imposed by President Lenin Moreno in a bid to quell anti-austerity unrest.

We Stand United’s ace cyclist Brition John produced another outstanding performance to take the eight annual Kadir Memorial road race yesterday.

Five persons were arrested during an intelligence-led operation in several East Coast Demerara (ECD) villages that unearthed an unlicensed gun and a quantity of drugs yesterday.

Dear Editor, It is with pleasure that I read of the discussions concerning cash distribution and am pleased that I was able to provide some inspiration to Dr.

Veteran chess player and Stabroek News’ columnist Errol Tiwari played flawless chess yesterday to force the resignation of Steve Leung in their second round clash of the GAICO sponsored Guyana Chess Federation (GCF) tournament at the National  Resource centre.

TUNIS, (Reuters) – Thousands of supporters of presidential candidate Kais Saied thronged the grand boulevards of central Tunis in celebration late yesterday after two exit polls said he was elected by a landslide.

(Trinidad Guardian) The company that brought in the tainted eye injections that left seven patients blinded in one or both eyes was awarded over $15 million in tender awards by the Ministry of Health.

Dear Editor, Reference is made to Mr Sherwood Lowe’s `Election campaigning and columnists’ (SN Oct 10) and Mr Earl Hamilton’s `SN should act to preserve its independence’ (SN Oct 12).

WASHINGTON/BEIRUT,  (Reuters) – The United States said yesterday it will withdraw its remaining 1,000 troops from northern Syria in the face of an expanding Turkish offensive while Syria’s army struck a deal with Kurdish forces to redeploy along its border with Turkey, both major victories for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.

Eagles clawed their way past Hurry ATE by a 3-2 score when the West Demerara Football Association [WDFA] Senior League resumed Saturday at the Goed Fortuin Community Center ground.

(Trinidad Guardian) A lumberer by trade, Bryan Felix, 40, was asked by his neighbour Aleem Khan, 50, on Friday to help cut down some logs and build up a wooden structure on a parcel of land in Cumuto.

Dear Editor,  It must be queried if the party is superior to any other political outfit, then how come it was scrambling to compete to host a reception for the toshaos on the same day as the opposition?

Defending champion St. Pius as well as former winners West Ruimveldt, Tucville, Soesdyke and St.

PORT-AU-PRINCE, (Reuters) – Thousands of Haitians packed the streets in Port-Au-Prince yesterday to call for President Jovenel Moise’s resignation, singing and dancing in a carnival-like protest led by artists after weeks of intensifying anti-government demonstrations.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – The Cayman Islands said on Wednesday it would make public information on the beneficial ownership of companies, prompting anti-corruption campaigners to call on other offshore jurisdictions to follow suit as part of a global crackdown on money-laundering.

In recent months there has been sufficient cause to be concerned that there is a rogue outfit operating within the elections secretariat/machinery to create maximum administrative confusion, further delay the scheduled general elections and to tinker with well-established timelines and schedules.

Older readers of this column may remember a time when most Caribbean economies were dominated by family owned and run companies.

By The Caribbean Voice According to the World Health Organization (WHO) one in four people in the world will be affected by mental or neurological disorders at some point in their lives.

Defending champion Timehri Panthers, Riddim Squad, Agricola and Samatta Point/Kaneville secured wins when the fourth  East Bank Football Association/Ralph Green U11 League continued yesterday.

NAGANO, Japan, (Reuters) – Japan sent tens of thousands of troops and rescue workers yesterday to save stranded residents and fight floods caused by one of the worst typhoons to hit the country in recent history.

Dear Editor, It is with great sadness that I learnt of the passing of the late ‘Comrade’ Cyril Belgrave.

(Barbados Nation) A St Michael man is dead following a shooting incident at Golden Rock, The Pine on Saturday night.