Daily Archive: Tuesday, October 15, 2019

A West Coast Berbice rice farmer died on Monday evening after three men invaded his yard and one shot him in the region of his heart.

MUMBAI,  (Reuters) – Batting greats Sachin Tendulkar and Brian Lara are among former cricketers who will return to the field for the Road Safety World Series in India next year.

RIO DE JANEIRO,  (Reuters) – Brazilian federal police launched a corruption probe today to investigate the head of President Jair Bolsonaro’s right-wing Social Liberal Party (PSL) Luciano Bivar, a police source told Reuters.

A horrific accident early this morning on the Friendship, East Bank Demerara Public Road has left five persons, including a member of the Guyana Police Force, dead.

In the wake of a death of a geologist at its operations, Australian miner Troy Resources today announced a suspension of mining at its Region Seven operations putting hundreds temporarily out of work but also raising long-term concerns about the restart of its operations.

A gold miner was fatally shot yesterday morning during a gun battle that erupted outside of El Dorado Trading in Newtown, Kitty, after an attempted robbery in which three others, including one of the robbers, were also wounded.

Relatives have identified the man who was choked to death during a suspected robbery on Church Street, Queenstown, Georgetown, on Saturday night.

Guyana snapped their five-game losing streak to Antigua and Barbuda, hammering the visitors 5-1 yesterday in League-B of the CONCACAF Nations League at the National Track and Field Center, Leonora.

The death of a four-year-old child in Linden is being treated as a murder after an autopsy showed that he died of head trauma and had been raped.

After an eventful start to the SBF Petroleum/Cricket Guy Incorporated Jaguars 50-over One-Day Franchise competition, the second round will commence today with the expected return of players from the Caribbean Premier League (CPL).

The Public Utilities Commission (PUC) yesterday ordered the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GTT) to revert to its old system of dispatching detailed paper bills to all of its customers.

Everest completed a 23-run win over host the Demerara Cricket Club (DCC) on the Duckworth/Lewis method in the latest round of this year’s New Building Society Second division 40-over tournament when rain ended play Sunday. 

Chief Executive Officer of the Guyana Oil Company Limited (GUYOIL) Renatha Exeter yesterday defended the decision to terminate three contracts with a Trinidadian company.

A fearsome spell of fast bowling from West Indies speedster Ronsford Beaton and another impressive innings from Kemol Savory, guided defending champs Essequibo to a commanding 122-run win over Georgetown in the opening round of the 2019 SBF Petroleum Jaguars One-Day League at the Georgetown Cricket Club Ground Bourda, Sunday. 

Dear Editor, Guyana’s constitutional imbroglio and political stutter have now been laid bare by the belated public intervention of its international partners.

Councillors of the Mayor and City Council (M&CC) yesterday passed a motion for City Engineer Colvern Venture to resume his duties as City Engineer, pending a recommendation from the Local Government Commission (LGC) on whether he should be sanctioned for failing to hand over duties to his deputy before he proceeded on leave.

The National Sports Commission (NSC) through donations from sporting goods store, West Indian Sports Complex (WISP) has aided the Buxton Cricket Club following a fire that hit the club last month.

Dear Editor, I am compelled to offer some clarity to some gross misinformation peddled as truth by the Regional Vice Chairman, Mr.

President of Beacon Foundation Patrick de Groot has said that the organisation’s inability to access oral morphine through the Ministry of Public Health has resulted in many of its cancer patients suffering in pain.

Amidst much anticipation and excitement, the inaugural Dragon Stout ‘Community Cup’ Street-ball competition was officially launched yesterday at the Ansa McAl Headquarters, Beterverwagting (BV).

WASHINGTON/BEIRUT/ANKARA,  (Reuters) – President Donald Trump imposed sanctions on Turkey yesterday and demanded the NATO ally stop a military incursion in northeast Syria that is rapidly reshaping the battlefield of the world’s deadliest ongoing war.

Following a walk on Sunday that 17-year-old Hadiyyah Mohamed and the Precious Angels Charity (PAC) organised to raise awareness of Rett Syndrome, the Pan-American Health  Organisation/World Health Organisation (PAHO/ WHO) promised to partner with her.

Candidate Master Taffin Khan and Davion Mars are in the lead with the maximum three points  after three rounds of the second Guyana Chess  Federation (GCF) GAICO-sponsored Swiss System tournament following play Sunday afternoon at the National  Resource Centre.

Dear Editor, As the election campaign is manifested in all manner of ways one is “supplied” frequently, with issues which provoke thought, analysis, debate.

Chief Justice Roxane George will render her decision tomorrow on whether the Cabinet of the A Partnership for National Unity + Alliance for Change (APNU+AFC) government stands resigned, or is required to resign ahead of impending elections on March 2, 2019.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Donald Trump’s former Russia adviser testified for more than nine hours yesterday behind closed doors, the latest witness summoned in the impeachment inquiry against the U.S.

Rain interrupted the final day encounter between Police and the Transport Sports Club (TSC) as the two teams played to a draw in the latest round of the Noble House Seafoods, Second Division two day competition at Eve Leary Sunday. 

Dear Editor, It has been reported in the media that the high tides being experienced along Guyana’s coastland have again flooded and caused extensive damage to several villages and cultivated lands located at Fyrish, Mahaicony, Mahaica, Leguan and elsewhere.

Effectively mobilised, civil society’s energies can have a positive impact on national elections, according to the Guyana Human Rights Association (GHRA).

BANGKOK, (Reuters) – The largest ever task force assembled to fight organized crime in Asia has identified a long-time drug trafficker, a China-born Canadian national, as the suspected kingpin of a crime syndicate that police say dominates the $70 billion-a-year Asia-Pacific drug trade.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Former all-rounder Phil Simmons was yesterday appointed West Indies head coach on a four-year contract, returning to lead the side for the second time in four years after his first stint ended in acrimony.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Former Windward Islands batsman Miles Bascombe has been appointed to the men’s senior selection panel, which will be headed up by former West Indies off-spinner and head coach, Roger Harper.

Dear Editor, I am a member of the People’s National Congress.

A labourer, who police say was one of two men who wounded a man during a confrontation at Leopold Street, was remanded to prison yesterday.

MADRID/BARCELONA,  (Reuters) – Spain’s Supreme Court yesterday jailed nine Catalan separatist leaders for between nine and 13 years for their role in a failed independence bid, a decision that triggered mass protests in the region and left the future course of the dispute uncertain.

QUITO,  (Reuters) – Ecuadorean President Lenin Moreno yesterday officially scrapped his own law to cut expensive fuel subsidies after days of violent protests against the IMF-backed measure, returning fuel prices to prior levels until a new measure can be found.

By  Bertrand Badré and Antoine Sire PARIS – Four years after world leaders signed the Paris climate agreement and adopted the United Nations’ 2030 Agenda with its 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the global environmental crisis shows every sign of worsening.

Dear Editor, Please make a correction on my behalf concerning my letter in homage to Cyril Belgrave in yesterday’s edition.

One of the issues that arose out of the various public pronouncements made during the course of the 2019 Education Month activities was the importance of building a cadre of teachers strong enough to adequately deliver the curriculum to children across the country, taking account of the increasingly weighty demands that will be placed on the country’s education system, going forward. 

A man charged with breaking the windows of his partner’s vehicle was ordered to perform community service after his partner asked the court to be lenient with him.

(Reuters) – A white Fort Worth, Texas, police officer was jailed on murder charges yesterday in the fatal shooting of a 28-year-old black woman who was babysitting inside her home, the police department said.

WASHINGTON/CARACAS, (Reuters) – The Trump administration is preparing new sanctions on Cuba over its support for Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and is taking a “closer look” at Russia’s role in helping him remain in power, the U.S.

Dear Editor, My regard for Dr. David Hinds was enhanced after reading his article in the Monday, October 14, 2019 Stabroek News titled  ‘The Coalition has allowed for a re-emergence of political plurality among African Guyanese.’

By Dani Rodrik CAMBRIDGE – In Mohammed Hanif’s novel Red Birds, an American bomber pilot crashes his plane in the Arabian desert and is stranded among the locals in a nearby refugee camp.