Daily Archive: Friday, October 25, 2019

 (Reuters) – A U.S. judge today validated the legality of the Democratic-led impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump and ordered his administration to hand over an unredacted copy of former special counsel Robert Mueller’s report detailing Russian meddling in the 2016 election.

(Trinidad Express) The bomb squad of the Trinidad and Tobago Police Service were called into a used car dealership owned by Rachael Sukhdeo when an object resembling a grenade was found on the premises on Friday.

The Police say they are investigating the murder  of Shurlon Errol Cutting, age 48 years, a sailor of lot 2529 Layou Street, North Ruimveldt which occurred yesterday about 6.30 pm at the Parika Ferry Stelling by a 28 year-old labourer of lthaca  Village, West Bank Berbice who is in custody assisting with the investigation.

JAKARTA,  (Reuters) – Boeing, acting without adequate oversight from U.S. regulators, failed to grasp risks in the design of cockpit software on its 737 MAX airliner, sowing the seeds for a Lion Air crash that also involved errors by airline workers and crew, Indonesian investigators found.

(Trinidad Newsday) A Cunupia man who joined ISIS has no regrets over leaving Trinidad & Tobago for Syria, though three of his wives and three of his children were killed. 

(Jamaica Gleaner) A newborn was discovered in a pit latrine in Cox Piece, St Mary this morning and later brought to the Gayle Health Centre in the parish.

(Trinidad Newsday) Oposition Senator and UNC deputy political leader Khadijah Ameen was put out of the Senate briefly yesterday.

(Trinidad Guardian) The Hous­ing De­vel­op­ment Cor­po­ra­tion (HDC) has moved to shut down a biki­ni par­ty ad­ver­tised to be held on an HDC com­pound in Arou­ca on Sun­day.

Lower Corentyne were crowned champions in the SBF Petroleum-sponsored Cricket Guyana Inc Jaguars 50-over Franchise League after defeating Upper Corentyne by 231 runs at Cumberland while Essequibo’s 35-run loss against East Bank at Everest condemned them to second place yesterday.

-Nedd, Sankar, Motie standout with the ball Powerhouse Georgetown ended their disastrous run in this year’s SBF Petroleum-sponsored Cricket Guyana Inc Jaguars 50-over Franchise League with a compelling 181-run win over East Coast at Lusignan.

Traditional rivals Santos and Pele battled to a 2-2 draw when the Masters Over-50 Fraternity of Guyana hosted a celebratory match for the 79th birth anniversary of Edson Arantes do Nascimento, globally known as ‘King Pele’ on Wednesday at the Georgetown Football Club, Bourda.

Disputing that he is a supporter of any of the parties in the governing APNU+AFC coalition, Change Guyana presidential candidate Robert Badal said that his party will not coalesce with either APNU+AFC or the PPP/C but has not ruled out  joining with smaller parties.

ANSA McAL, under the Lucozade and Icool Water brands, became the latest entity to throw their support behind the 2nd edition of the ‘GuyOil/Tradewind Tankers Secondary Schools Football League’, inking a partnership agreement to become the event’s official beverage sponsor.

Two of the men charged with killing Constance Fraser, 89 and Phyllis Caesar, 77, in 2017 were yesterday handed life sentences each with the possibility of parole after serving 35 years.

Talks between governing coalition partners APNU and the AFC  for a 2020 elections pact have stalled over the former’s apparent unwillingness to accept the latter’s nominee for the post of prime minister, posing the most serious threat  yet to the Cummingsburg Accord which led to the removal of the PPP/C in the 2015 polls.

LONDON (Reuters) – Arsenal and Sevilla preserved their 100% records in the Europa League with contrasting victories but PSV Eindhoven dropped their first points of the campaign as the group stage reached the halfway mark yesterday.

Dear Editor, We have always known that our constitution was not to be amended by tweaking single articles along the way as the need arose.

Expert international assessments of the quality of honey being produced in Guyana and the potential of the product for holding its own as an important money earner in the agro-processing sector more than justifies “far greater official attention and support from government,” Vice President of the Guyana Apiculture Society (GAS) Linden Stewart has told the Stabroek Business.

MUMBAI (Reuters) – Rohit Sharma will lead India for the Twenty20 internationals against Bangladesh at home next month with regular captain Virat Kohli rested for the three-match series, the country’s cricket board (BCCI) said yesterday.

With more spring tides forecast from today, the Sea and River Defence Department of the Ministry of Public Infrastructure (MoPI) is assuring that it will seek to cushion the impact of expected flooding in coastal communities, including those still vulnerable due to exposed sections of the Mahaicony sea defence.

Dear Editor, I have just started reading the book “Blowout” written by Ms Rachel Maddow, the Emmy award-winning host of MSNBC’s “The Rachel Maddow Show”.

MELBOURNE (Reuters) – With the T20 World Cup the only piece of major silverware missing in Australia’s bursting trophy cabinet, Aaron Finch’s team will look to make a statement in the series against Sri Lanka and Pakistan a year before hosting the global tournament.

Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo is calling on the Chair of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), retired Justice Claudette Singh, to address the public and clear any and all misunderstanding on decisions made by the commission.

The Denver Nuggets snapped the Portland Trail Blazers’ NBA record for consecutive home-opener victories on Wednesday, winning 108-100.

Dear Editor, I read with great amusement Dr Henry Jeffrey‘s Future Notes column captioned: `The WPA: the self-proclaimed apologist for the PNCR!’

The need for immediate and aggressive diversification of the Berbice economy to have it make a significant mark beyond its already proven agricultural credentials has been emphasized by two senior officials of the Central Corentyne Chamber of Commerce following the staging of the September 27th – 30th, Fifteenth Berbice Expo and Trade Fair.

A witness on Wednesday identified murder accused Rajen Dindial as the person who used a paddle to repeatedly hit the now deceased Alston Henry multiple times until he was no longer moving.

A Guyanese man is now sitting in a New York jail after he was busted at the John F Kennedy International Airport earlier this week on suspicion that he ingested cocaine.

BASEL (Reuters) – Stan Wawrinka outlasted Frances Tiafoe over three sets to set up an all-home quarter-final against compatriot and fellow veteran Roger Federer at the Swiss Indoors yesterday.

LA PAZ,  (Reuters) – Bolivian President Evo Morales rebuked a regional election observer mission yesterday for questioning the legitimacy of what he insisted was an outright win for him in the first round of a disputed election.

Dear Editor, I have read that the Commission appointed by President David Granger to inquire into the deadly Friendship, East Bank Demerara accident that killed five people on October 15 has completed its work.

A Toopoo Village, Coren-tyne man lost his life on Wednesday after he fell into the Toopoo Pump Station canal.

The recent public advertisement regarding the planned sale of “various scrap metal” by the Guyana Power and Light Company (GPL) would appear to point in the direction of some measure of success in creating an environment in which some semblance of normalcy can be restored to the local scrap metal trade.

Dear Editor, I read with sadness the passing of my friend and colleague of over 45  years,  Jimmy Hamilton.

A youth was remanded to prison on Wednesday after he was accused of using a knife to rob a woman of her money and cellphone before giving her $200 to get home.

SHANGHAI (Reuters) – China will host the first edition of the new, expanded 24-team Club World Cup in 2021, FIFA president Gianni Infantino told reporters yesterday following a meeting of the global soccer body’s decision-making council in Shanghai.

LONDON  (Reuters) – Prime Minister Boris Johnson called yesterday for a general election on Dec.

(Jamaica Observer) MONTEGO BAY, St James —Not even a heavy afternoon downpour could further delay the long-awaited ground-breaking ceremony for the construction of the US$43 million Western Children and Adolescents Hospital on the grounds of the Cornwall Regional Hospital, yesterday.

One of the trademark services offered by the Guyana Marketing Corporation is its Farmers’ Market, an event that provides both space and shoppers for farmers, affording them the opportunity of a market for their produce.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – Republicans yesterday pressed their campaign to discredit the Democratic-led impeachment inquiry against U.S.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, CMC – Bermuda produced their highest total of the tournament, but became the first team to bow out of the ICC T20 World Cup Qualifier after losing by 46 runs to Scotland here yesterday.

Dear Editor, Stabroek News of Tuesday 22nd October, contained Mr. GHK Lall’s most articulate, if not poetic, plaintiff on the ‘hyphenation’, if you will, of two distinctive Guyanese identities.

A man who told a court that he was going to exchange the marijuana found on him for a cellphone was remanded to prison on Wednesday.

Dear Editor, There have been several letters in the press as well as Dr.

(Jamaica Gleaner) In a stunning revelation on Wednesday, former Contractor General Dirk Harrison detailed how the pockets of local contractors are raided by politicians, the police, and dons although already faced with stiff competition from foreigners who enjoy vast concessions.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – U.S. Vice President Mike Pence yesterday accused China of curtailing “rights and liberties” in Hong Kong and blasted U.S.

Chief Executive Officer of the local training and  consultancy firm, Clarke Productions says that his company is seeking to take its Defensive Driving programme beyond next week’s October 31 – December 1, two day programme, pointing out that the recent multi-fatality East Bank tragedy “surely underscores the importance of taking a long hard look at the way in which we use our roads.”

A fire during the wee hours of yesterday gutted the top flat of a North-East La Penitence, Georgetown home which was occupied by two sisters who are visiting from the US.

BARCELONA (Reuters) – La Liga will appeal against the Spanish Football Federation’s (RFEF) decision to hold the postponed Clasico between Barcelona and Real Madrid on Wednesday Dec.

The GT Masters Football Club has officially selected its squad for the impending Independence tour of Suriname which is slated to be staged from November 21st-25th.

Gold Prices for the three day period ending Thursday October 24, 2019 Kitco is a Canadian company that buys and sells precious metals such as gold, copper and silver.

Dear Editor, On Wednesday, October 23, 2019, I took a young child to the Campbellville Health Centre.

(Trinidad Guardian) Tobago Homicide Officers are probing the circumstances surrounding the island’s eighth murder for 2019.

SYDNEY,  (Reuters) – The Solomon Islands government says a contract signed by one of its provinces to lease the entire island of Tulagi to a Chinese company is unlawful and should be terminated.

Special Prosecutor Lawrence Harris’ absence at the most recent hearings for the now dismissed Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU) proceedings against former Guyana Rice Development Board (GRDB) officers may have been due to him not being paid for several months, a source has said.

There are several things that are wrong with the failure of the Energy Chamber of Trinidad and Tobago to have not invited officials from the local private sector to its “Guyana Safety Forum” ostensibly staged to address safety interests and which was reportedly dominated by companies from the twin-island Republic.

“That comes as a surprise,” we quoted AFC Leader Khemraj Ramjattan as saying when told that Mr Robert Badal, along with Mr Nigel Hinds were launching a new political party called Change Guyana.

In a report on March 13, 2019 last Dr. Jan Mangal, who has been on a crusade to get the contract with ExxonMobil’s subsidiary renegotiated is credited with having indicated that “… changing the royalty, from two to more, would see Exxon putting up a fight.

(Trinidad Express) How could a fisherman raise “overnight” US currency of $20,000 to pay as a ransom, National Security Minister Stuart Young asked yesterday.

An accident on Regent Street and Shiv Chanderpaul Drive yesterday left three persons with minor injuries and two vehicles with serious damage.

Dear Editor, Mr E.B.John’s letter in the Stabroek News of 24/10/19 titled: `Booker Group, Georgetown Club and stuffed pigeon’ included the regimentation of wearing a tie before entering the Georgetown Club during the height of the Booker days in colonial British Guiana.

STRASBOURG/BEIJING,  (Reuters) – The European Parliament awarded its annual prize for the defence of human rights on Thursday to jailed ethnic Uighur economics professor Ilham Tohti, angering Beijing which called him a criminal and a terrorist.

When it comes to the topic of hair, many are quick to label it as a frivolous thing.

-Last week’s significant quotes For citizens concerned. Do you find time to consider the status, character, integrity and/or abilities of those who assume positions of authority to direct and manage our national life?

GASCI (www.gasci.com/telephone Nº 223-6175/6) reports that session 847’s trading results showed consideration of $2,305,330 from 15,295 shares traded in 12 transactions as compared to session 846’s trading results which showed consideration of $7,551,714 from 41,287 shares traded in 16 transactions.

The Georgetown Office Assistant Sports Promotion team will stage an Inter-Ministry/Government Agencies Knockout Domino Championship today at the Ministry of Agriculture, Regent Street.