Daily Archive: Wednesday, October 30, 2019

O’Brian Fraser and Anonth Boodrage are wanted by the police for questioning in relation to the Piracy/Murder committed on Lamar Petrie, Vishnu Seeram, Kawal Kissoon and Marvin Tamesar on the  Corentyne River between October 5 and 13, this year.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Former Exxon Mobil Corp Chief Executive Officer Rex Tillerson answered questions today about the oil major’s methods of measuring potential costs of climate change, as he testified in a closely watched civil lawsuit accusing the company of hiding the costs from investors.

A Jamaica-born woman said she is counting her blessings after she was shot in the head while sleeping in her apartment in Orlando, Florida, on September 6.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Seeking to reside in Jamaica with his Canadian husband, LGBT activist and attorney-at-law Maurice Tomlinson has taken his same-sex marriage case to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR).

(Trinidad Guardian) The moth­er of a two-year-old boy who was be­ing abused and had sev­er­al in­juries about his body has plead­ed guilty to cru­el­ty to a child.

(Trinidad Express) A Barataria man was yesterday sentenced to 30 days with hard labour after he pleaded guilty to allega­tions of sexual harassment via telephone.

(Jamaica Observer) Japhene Campbell wept bitterly as guidance counsellors, police and clergymen encircled her, singing praises unto God.

(Jamaica Observer) The People’s National Party (PNP) last night approved the recommendation of Krystal Tomlinson to be named the West Rural St Andrew candidate in the next general election.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Facebook has agreed to pay a 500,000 pound ($644,000) fine for breaches of data protection law related to the harvesting of data by consultancy Cambridge Analytica, Britain’s information rights regulator said on Wednesday.

 (Trinidad Guardian) Thou­sands of dri­vers were af­fect­ed yes­ter­day as Unipet’s 21 ser­vice sta­tions across the coun­try re­mained closed when deal­ers sought to send a mes­sage to the Gov­ern­ment that the prof­its they were mak­ing were way too low for them to con­sid­er stay­ing in busi­ness.

Over 25,000 persons could be excluded from the 2020 Official List of Electors (OLE) if they do not uplift their national identification cards, some of which have been sitting uncollected at the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) since 2008.

The Change Guyana political party was officially launched last evening with its presidential candidate Robert Badal making a call for voters to embrace what he called the visionary leadership needed to create jobs and reduce poverty.

A teenager has been charged with the murder of Guyana Defence Force (GDF) rank Olijah Chesney, who was allegedly killed over the purchase of a motorcycle just over two weeks ago.

Spring tides yesterday battered the door of a koker at Stewartville, Region Three and posed a threat of major flooding in neighbouring communities.

A Corentyne woman is now missing after she left home on Diwali night to head to a nearby Mandir to offer prayers.

Lennox Roberts, the second man who the police had said was wanted for questioning in relation to the murder of Golden Grove resident David Gentle was yesterday charged with the crime and remanded to prison.

For the second year in succession, the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) has collaborated with the Ministry of Education through the Allied Arts Institute and the Child Care and Protection Agency to roll out another 17-and-under female T20 franchise.

The police in Region 3 (Essequibo Islands-West Demerara) are probing the death of a one-year-old, who is suspected to have drowned in a trench behind her Harlem, West Coast Demerara (WCD) home on Monday afternoon.

The Petra Organization, coordinators of the Courts Pee Wee U11 Primary School Football Championship, have officially disqualified North Georgetown from the tournament’s finale after the Woolford Avenue side was found guilty of fielding ineligible players.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua,  CMC – Hayley Matthews is set to return to the West Indies Women side for the third One-Day International against India next week Wednesday, after completing an eight-match ban, Cricket West Indies has belatedly announced.

Convicted child rapist Selwyn Lancaster was yesterday sentenced to spend the next 15 years in prison for his crimes by Justice Simone Morris-Ramlall.

(Field Level Media) In a game marred by an injury to star Atlanta point guard Trae Young, the Miami Heat and Jimmy Butler defeated the visiting Hawks 112-97 last night.

Tenders were yesterday opened at the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board for the construction of the Yarrowkabra Secondary School, Linden-Soesdyke Highway.

The third edition of the Turbo Knockout Football tournament was officially launched yesterday at the Ministry of Education ground, Carifesta Avenue.

A seven-wicket haul by former national youth player, Richie Looknauth led Cornelia Ida to an eight-wicket win over Christ Ambassadors while McGill Sports Club, Windsor Forest ‘A’ and Independence ‘A’ also earned victories in the latest round of the West Demerara Cricket Association/ Beacon Café 50-over tournament.

Two men have confessed to investigators that they were a part of a five-man fishing crew that was behind the recent piracy attack which left two Corentyne fishermen dead and two missing.

The Guyana Football Federation [GFF] will stage an Extraordinary Congress on Saturday November 9th from 10:00hrs at the Pegasus Hotel, Kingston.

A Port Mourant, Corentyne upper flat apartment was destroyed yesterday by a fire, suspected to be of electrical origin, leaving a family of seven seeking help to find a new home.

Following the latest Cricket West Indies fitness test, Territorial Development Officer (TDO) of the Guyana Cricket Board, Colin Stuart has seen improvements in the local players.

Justice Simone Morris-Ramlall yesterday imposed an 18-year sentence on a man who was found guilty of raping a child under the age of 16.

A lethal display of seam bowling from Demerara Cricket Club’s (DCC) Dexter George stopped Police Sports Club in their tracks and led his side to a 46-run victory over the lawmen while Shafiek Ishmael’s half century ensured Muslim Youth Organisation (MYO) a massive 148-run win over Diplomats last weekend in the Georgetown Cricket Association/New Building Society 40-over Second-Division tournament.

Essequibo couple Dhanraj and Kamwattie Rambaran, who were charged in April with trafficking two Venezuelan women, have been freed after a court upheld a no-case submission made by their attorney.

Dear Editor, There are many things that can lead to back pain.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Britain will hold its first December election in almost a century after Prime Minister Boris Johnson won approval from parliament yesterday for an early ballot aimed at breaking the Brexit deadlock.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados,  CMC – Head coach Floyd Reifer says he has high expectations of West Indies Emerging Players, as they prepare to do battle in the Regional Super50 starting next week.

The police are preparing to charge a Patentia, West Bank Demerara (WBD) man with several offences including possession of an illegal firearm.

Dear  Editor,  The Shooter’s Bar in Cotton Field/Anna Regina seems to be on a nightly mission to disrupt the peace, rest and sleep of residents in this community.

TOKYO,  (Reuters) – A Japanese voice thunders out of a megaphone and political slogans drown out the voices on a Tokyo nightclub roof garden.

BEIRUT,  (Reuters) – Saad al-Hariri resigned as Lebanon’s prime minister yesterday, declaring he had hit a “dead end” in trying to resolve a crisis unleashed by huge protests against the ruling elite and plunging the country deeper into turmoil.

Dear Editor, I was stunned by Fritz McLean’s letter to Stabroek News of October 28, 2019 announcing the passing of my close friend and colleague Vybert Young Kong.

A 21-year-old man is now dead and one of his friends was critically injured after the motor car in which they were in crashed into a parked vehicle along the La Bonne Intention (LBI), East Coast Demerara Public Road on Saturday afternoon.

In the Thursday September 12, 2019 edition of Stabroek News (SN), our claim that the award of the petroleum exploration licences was subject to the Public Procurement Act was rejected by the Public Procurement Commission and by Dr.

A 21-year-old pedal cyclist is now dead after he was struck down by an alleged drunken driver along the Evergreen, Essequibo Coast Public Road on Monday evening.

MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – Australia captain Aaron Finch is hoping spin bowler Ashton Agar can blossom into a swashbuckling “finisher” in the batting lineup to give the team more flexibility ahead of next year’s T20 World Cup.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – A White House official testified yesterday he was so alarmed by hearing U.S.

Dear Editor, One of the most quoted articles in our constitution is Article 13.

Dear Editor, Ageism is everywhere in politics, but the notion of “too old” flies in the face of accomplishments.

A man was sentenced to four months in prison last Friday after admitting to stealing a cellphone that he borrowed for a phone call.

(Reuters) – Bangladesh captain Shakib Al Hasan was banned from all cricket for two years with one year of that suspended yesterday, after the all-rounder was found to have breached the International Cricket Council’s Anti-Corruption code.

HONG KONG,  (Reuters) – Hong Kong authorities disqualified prominent pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong yesterday from standing in upcoming district elections, a move likely to sow discord among anti-government demonstrators as an illegal Halloween march looms.

Dear Editor, There are two issues I planned bringing to the attention of our administrators last week.

Dear Editor, It was highly amusing to see the re-appearance in our political landscape of Robert Persaud, Mr.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad,  CMC – Out-of-form left-hander Darren Bravo will have his first chance to redeem himself after being named in Trinidad and Tobago Red Force’s squad for next week’s Regional Super50.

EL PASO, Texas,  (Reuters) – Immigration arrests at the U.S. border with Mexico soared 88 percent in fiscal 2019 in what U.S.

LA PAZ/SANTA CRUZ,  (Reuters) – Protests over a disputed presidential election convulsed Bolivia yesterday as police fired tear gas in the capital and the sitting president and opposition candidate wrestled over an audit of the results.

SANTIAGO, (Reuters) – Chileans took to the streets again yesterday, pouring by the thousands into plazas and shutting down main boulevards in a sign that government promises of reform continued to fall short.

Dear Editor, GECOM spent three billion dollars on an ill-advised House to House (H2H) registration exercise in 2019.

BURBANK, Calif., (Reuters) – HBO ordered 10 episodes of a “Game of Thrones” spinoff called “House of the Dragon,” the network said yesterday, shortly after reports emerged that the premium cable channel had nixed another series set in the world created by author George R.R.

(Reuters) – Manchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has backed Fred and Andreas Pereira to bring energy and creativity to his team’s midfield in the absence of the injured Paul Pogba.

Dear Editor, Poor people generally are not given enough credit for the prudent management of the relatively small income they receive.

TOKYO,  (Reuters) – Winger Cheslin Kolbe is likely to be back in the South Africa matchday squad for their Rugby World Cup final against England in Yokohama on Saturday, coach Rassie Erasmus said yesterday.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Grave failings by the London Fire Brigade during the Grenfell Tower blaze, which killed 71 people in 2017, meant that some lives that could have been saved were lost, a public inquiry has found.

One week from today West Indians will begin paying keen attention to the activities of a group of their fellow countrymen during their campaign against Afghanistan in India.

(Jamaica Observer) KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Government has signed a new bilateral security cooperation agreement with the United States (US) that will assist in the fight against transnational criminal activities.

Every so often one needs to abandon the hackneyed discourses that surround everyday politics and contemplate lasting solutions to tectonic issues.