Daily Archive: Thursday, October 17, 2019

At 7:53am today, a Piper PA31 aircraft, registration 8R-HAI belonging to Capt.

Jean-Pierre Kingsley,  who served as Canada’s Chief Electoral Officer for 17 years,  has accepted the invitation of GECOM Chair Justice (rtd) Claudette Singh to provide technical electoral aid to the Chair.

BRUSSELS,  (Reuters) – Britain clinched an eleventh-hour Brexit deal with the EU today, more than three years after Britons voted in a referendum to leave the bloc, but Prime Minister Boris Johnson still faces a knife-edge vote in parliament to get it approved.

(Trinidad Express) Someone in central Trinidad captured video footage of a meteor flashing across the night sky over Trinidad on Wednesday night.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Democratic presidential hopeful Elizabeth Warren has listed United States Ambassador to Jamaica Donald Tapia among five persons whom she claims are “unqualified” and only got the job because they made financial donations to President Donald Trump.

(Jamaica Observer) American rapper, songwriter, producer and entrepreneur Kanye West will bring his Sunday Service music worship experience to Emancipation Park in Kingston on Friday.

Minister of Social Protection, Amna Ally on Tuesday rescinded a cease work order issued by Minister with responsibility for labour, Keith Scott on October 10 which triggered a shutdown of operations by Australian gold miner Troy Resources and the laying off of hundreds.

The lack of evidence that can stand up in court and the refusal of persons to come forward and give information to the police are the reasons behind convicted drug trafficker Roger Khan not being charged locally, according to President David Granger who said he finds the situation of witnesses not coming forward disappointing.

President David Granger yesterday said that talks with the leader of the Liberty and Justice Party (LJP) Lenox Shuman have been “preliminary exploratory talks” as they look for common ground and areas of convergence.

Chief Justice (ag) Roxane George yesterday struck out an application by attorney Anil Nandlall, for mandatory orders compelling Cabinet including the President to resign on grounds that the application was an affront to the principle of precedent, and was wholly misconceived, vexatious, and an absolute abuse of process.

The Private Sector Commission (PSC) has expressed disappointment at not being invited to a safety forum hosted here yesterday by the Energy Chamber of Trinidad and Tobago (ECTT), with some executives saying that it is tantamount to disrespect.

Investigators were working up to last evening to determine whether a motor car which was found abandoned at Peters Hall, East Bank Demerara on Tuesday night was the vehicle used to carry out Monday’s attack in front of El Dorado Trading which claimed the life of gold miner, Deon Stoll.

The stepfather of four-year-old Alex Prince who was allegedly raped and killed during last week was on Tuesday remanded to prison after he was charged with murder.

The World Trade Organization’s General Council yesterday approved the extension of the Waiver of the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act (CBERA), which allows for continued duty-free access to the United States market for eligible Caribbean products, up to September 30, 2025.

Wayne Anthony Chester, called ‘Sharky,’ was yesterday committed to stand trial for the 2017 murder of Purcell Moore, who was shot and killed by bandits as they attempted to relieve him of his gold chain.

A 42-year-old businesswoman was yesterday morning admitted to a city hospital after she was shot and robbed by a lone gunman who attacked her as she was about to open her business situated in the Harbour Bridge Mall, Peters Hall Public Road, East Bank Demerara (EBD).

The Guyana Football Federation [GFF] and the Denmark Football Association [DFA] yesterday inked an historic developmental Memorandum of Understanding [MoU] at the Pegasus Hotel, Kingston.

On Tuesday, the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) spent its statutory meeting discussing two more proposals that government-nominated commissioners argued would strengthen the Official List of Electors while opposition-nominated commissioners stressed that they would “disenfranchise voters”.

President David Granger yesterday said that he will dissolve Parliament when the time comes but that it will remain in session and if necessary can be convened.

Dear Editor, The Ministry of Public Infrastructure wishes to respond to the claims in an article published in Stabroek News on Monday, October 14, 2019 under the headline ‘Stalled Mabaruma solar farm project being reclaimed by forest- Region One Chairman’.

Table leaders, West Berbice and defending champions, Essequibo clash will highlight the third round action in the SBF Petroleum/Cricket Guy Inc.,

Dear Editor, On Saturday October 12, 2019,  there were strings of multiple coloured flags across Craig Old Road on the East Bank of Demerara with ‘chic chic boards’ for gambling and loud music that started before 3 pm. 

Minister of Public Security, Khemraj Ramjattan, on Thursday, vowed to investigate allegations, made by indigenous leaders that police officers stationed at hinterland locations have been molesting residents of those communities in addition to behaving unprofessionally.

The Guyana Open Golf tournament was officially launched yesterday at the Marriott Hotel in Kingston.

Fresh off a decent performance in the Tour of Tobago, Flying Ace Cycling Club’s Balram Narine will not have to worry about funding his career due to the intervention of SMiLE Designers Guyana.

Kevin Allicock told a court that he used to be a boxing ambassador for the country in his plea for bail.

Dear Editor, My attention was drawn to a screaming headline, `T&T Company implicates Finance Ministry in alleged kickbacks scheme’, in Guyana Times, Tuesday, October 15, 2019.

Dear Editor, One gets the impression that not many observers would be aware that the GAWU has been represented in the Board of Directors of the Guyana Sugar Corporation for some time.

Defending champion Woodpecker Hikers and Pepsi Hikers clinched victories in the Women and Men’s Division respectively when the GTT National Indoor Hockey Championships continued on Tuesday.

Guyana made four pledges at a recent conference in Geneva, Switzerland to help those affected by statelessness and the plight of Venezuelans who have fled here to avoid hardship was also on the agenda.

Dear Editor, I have seen advertisements by the Ministry of Agriculture concerning its World Food Day activity.

The Ministry of Public Health’s Vector Control Services is collaborating with the Pan American Health Organisation/World Health Organisation (PAHO/WHO) office in Guyana to launch a revised Mass Drug Administration (MDA) campaign to eliminate filaria (lymphatic filariasis).

LONDON, (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – The governing body of world athletics the International Amateur Athletics Federation (IAAF) yesterday welcomed a landmark study showing high testosterone helped women run better, saying it justified their decision to bar Olympic champion Caster Semenya from key races.

Shawn Lee, a music vendor, appeared at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts yesterday  where he was charged with intent to maim, dismember or disfigure after unlawfully wounding Dellon Foster on July 11th at George and Norton Streets, Werk-en-Rust, Georgetown.

Dear Editor, Mr. Lenox Shuman criticizes A New and United Guyana (ANUG) for the choice of its presidential candidate on the ground of age.

The main sugar union GAWU yesterday criticised President David Granger for what it contended was his casual treatment of a petition by around 3,500 sugar workers for a pay rise.

BARCELONA, (Reuters) – Barcelona forward Lionel Messi picked up a record-extending sixth – and third consecutive – European Golden Shoe award yesterday following his outstanding individual 2018-19 domestic campaign.

WASHINGTON/ANKARA, (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said yesterday he had no problem if Russia helped Syria in a conflict with NATO ally Turkey and rejected criticism of his withdrawal of U.S.

Dear Editor, It is with great disbelief that the Ministry of Public Infrastructure seeks to respond to a paid advertisement published in the Kaieteur News Edition on Tuesday, October 15, 2019, with the headline, “Linden/Lethem Road or…” The author of the article began by saying, “Guyana should be first and foremost for Guyanese.

President David Granger will on Saturday leave for Cuba for his scheduled medical check-up.

BEIJING, (Reuters) – On Oct. 4, a Chinese trader noticed a sharp drop in the price of crypto tokens backed by Nike’s Air Jordan sneakers on a U.S.-based

NAIVASHA, Kenya (Reuters) – Kenya’s opened a $1.5 billion Chinese-built railway line linking Nairobi to Naivasha yesterday, despite delays in building an industrial park in the Rift Valley town to encourage freight.

(Reuters) – The United States yesterday restored economic aid to El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras that had been cut off after the Trump administration complained the three Central American countries had done too little to halt a surge in migration.

LONDON, (Reuters) – The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) has announced that Australian duo Steve Smith and David Warner and West Indies opener Chris Gayle are among the most expensive players listed in Sunday’s draft for the new domestic tournament The Hundred.

A driver from Port Kaituma was granted his release on bail by a city court on Tuesday  after he denied a simple larceny charge.

(Trinidad Express) Gunmen broke into a house in Rancho Quemado and shot a man and his wife on Tuesday night.

PANAMA CITY, (Reuters) – Mossack Fonseca, a Panamanian law firm at the centre of the “Panama Papers” scandal, has filed a lawsuit against Netflix, accusing the video streaming heavyweight of defamation in a new movie based on the case and seeking to stop its immanent release.

Dear Editor, Five years to 2025, according to the Hon. Minister of Finance. 

A 30-year-old labourer who allegedly stole two car mirrors from a car parked in a police station compound was yesterday remanded to prison after he failed to give the court a fixed place of abode, which was required to secure bail.

MEXICO CITY,  (Reuters) – The longtime head of Mexico’s powerful oil workers union, Carlos Romero Deschamps, has resigned, a ruling party federal lawmaker said yesterday, a day after the president hinted he should step down to face allegations of wrongdoing.

HAMILTON, Bermuda, CMC – Bermuda made wholesale changes to the side that suffered a 5-1 mauling at the hands of regional powerhouses Mexico here last week, but bounced back to hold Guatemala to a goalless draw in a friendly international at the National Stadium on Tuesday night.

Dear Editor, I was hugely privileged on Tuesday evening at the Nations University for a rare discussion on race and people’s personal racial  history in Guyana.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – The parents of slain gay Wyoming man Matthew Shepard blasted U.S.

(Reuters) – United Arab Emirates captain Mohammed Naveed was among three national team players provisionally suspended yesterday after being charged under the International Cricket Council’s Anti-Corruption code.

Two years ago, the Meeco Group of Germany was awarded a contract worth $227,706,890 (US$1,088,046.90) for the design, supply and installation of a 440-kilowatt (kW) solar photovoltaic (PV) farm at Mabaruma in Region One (Barima/Waini).

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – One of the world’s largest freshwater fish is protected by the natural equivalent of a “bullet-proof vest,” helping it thrive in the dangerous waters of the Amazon River basin with flexible armour-like scales able to withstand ferocious piranha attacks.

Dear Editor, The death of five persons following a collision between a police vehicle and a private car on the East Bank Demerara is indeed tragic.

BRUSSELS, (Reuters) – European Union leaders’ two-day summit in Brussels starting today will be dominated by last-gasp efforts to seal a deal on Britain’s exit from the bloc despite a raft of other pressing issues, from the crisis in the Middle East to the bloc’s budget.

The modern hero of the popular British crime drama, “Sherlock” ponders in one memorable episode, “When does the path we walk on lock around our feet?”