Articles published on Monday, November 4, 2019
(Jamaica Gleaner) Jamaican hotelier, Peter Morrow, one of the two persons who died in a plane crash in Ocala, Florida last Thursday, has been described as an avid pilot and as someone who was passionate about tourism.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Two U.S. diplomats told lawmakers the State Department was being used for domestic political purposes under President Donald Trump and warned that would hurt American interests, according to transcripts released yesterday from Congress’ impeachment investigation.
Several armed men last evening attempted to rob a moneychanger at Number 69 Village, Corentyne and one of them may have been wounded.
BANGKOK, (Reuters) – A U.S. envoy denounced Chinese “intimidation” in the South China Sea at a summit of Southeast Asian leaders today and said they should not be bullied into giving up their resources by what he compared to a conquest.
(Trinidad Guardian) Photographs of models in bathing suits walking down the aisle of the Holy Trinity Cathedral went viral on social media yesterday as people questioned the appropriateness of the situation.
For more than 15 years, the number of persons who died in the violence that followed the February 23rd, 2002 Camp Street jailbreak and the circumstances of their deaths have been the sources of heated disputation.
Kenyan athletes Alex Ekesa and Veronica Jepkostei came, saw and conquered.
The curtain came down on the Terrence Alli National Open Championships last night after three nights of fistic fury in the National Gymnasium, with gyms and boxers from around the country vying for trophies and bragging rights.
A Bushy Park, East Coast Demerara (ECD) farmer was brutally chopped to death on Saturday night after he tried to calm a man who was allegedly on his way to attack another man.
Plaisance Guardians clinched the Brusches U-18 Basketball Classic title, defeating Victory Valley Royals by a 61-53 scoreline on Saturday at the Mackenzie hardcourt, Linden.
The Alliance For Change (AFC) is anticipating that consensus on the terms of a new Cummingsburg Accord could be reached by the end of this week with its coalition partner A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) and has set next Sunday as the date by which that agreement would be signed.
Mahindranauth Tiwari outplayed a field of 60 golfers on Saturday to emerge Net champion with a score of 65 while Patrick Prashad reigned supreme in the top flight in the 14th edition of the MACORP golf tournament at the Lusignan Golf Course (LGC).
Water from the recent spring tides that flooded yards and farmlands in the villages of Harmony Hall, Rebecca’s Rust and surrounding areas have begun to recede and residents are calling on the Ministry of Public Health to conduct a medical outreach in the affected communities to treat persons who may have contracted any diseases.
A Diamond, East Bank Demerara, man who was arrested in Berbice on Saturday for allegedly raping a young relative, hanged himself in the Whim Police Station lockups hours after being arrested.
Regal Masters maintained a clean record in the third annual Guyana Softball Cricket League-organised Prime Minister’s Cup yesterday at the Everest Cricket Club while Regal Legends were crowned the inaugural champions in the Legends category.
AUSTIN, Texas, (Reuters) – Valtteri Bottas won the battle but Lewis Hamilton won the war, securing his sixth Formula One world championship yesterday, despite finishing second to his Mercedes team mate at the US Grand Prix.
Dear Editor, Every week that passes, sees the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) dropping a new bombshell on the country.
The procurement process for a firm to audit the more than US$960 million ExxonMobil said it racked up in pre-contract costs here is nearly completed, Director of the Department of Energy Dr Mark Bynoe says.
LIVERPOOL (Reuters) – Cenk Tosun’s header in the eighth minute of stoppage time earned Everton a 1-1 home draw against Tottenham Hotspur in a Premier League match overshadowed by a terrible-looking injury to Everton midfielder Andre Gomes yesterday.
Dear Editor, The Ministry of Public Infrastructure has heard the cries of residents living along the corridor from Fort Wellington to Bath Settlement in Region Five (Mahaica-Berbice) and wishes to inform that street lights have been confirmed for this vulnerable stretch.
Dear Editor, It would be very inspiring, most meaningful, to hear and learn that all political parties make constitutional reform their first priority; all of them.
It would be illegal to merge data from the recent house-to-house registration process with existing electoral lists and any attempt will “contaminate the entire electoral process,” former Attorney General and PPP/C executive Anil Nandlall says.
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Bangladesh ended their 20-overs jinx against India after Mushfiqur Rahim’s unbeaten half-century helped secure their seven-wicket victory in the first Twenty20 International yesterday.
Dear Editor, In a troubled nation like Guyana, at least half of the citizenry has become adept at filtering out what their caretaker leader David Granger says publicly.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump yesterday urged British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage to come together to safeguard prospects for expanded U.S.-UK
A teen’s celebration of his 18th birthday ended tragically when his bloodied body was found on a road, hours after he left a bar in Aranaputa, Region Nine.
HAVANA (Reuters) – Cuban Communist Party leader Raul Castro, President Miguel Diaz-Canel and Venezuelan President Nicholas Maduro signaled yesterday that punishing U.S.
LUCKNOW, India, CMC – Captain Kieron Pollard said yesterday he was under no illusions about the potent threat posed by Afghanistan’s spinners and added that West Indies will have to adopt a strategic approach in order to negate their effectiveness.
Dear Editor, I refer to the explanation proffered by President Granger when asked recently about the withholding of advertisements from the Stabroek News which he ludicrously referred to as a “commercial dispute” and justified the position by saying that Stabroek News did not see it fit to cover the “national event”, the 175th Anniversary of Queen’ s College.
Parliamentary democracy in Guyana has been collateral damage in government’s resort to the courts to stave off the effects of the no-confidence motion passed against the David Granger-led administration on December 21 last year, So said Opposition Leader Bharat Jagdeo at a press conference last week.
Recently reinstated Assistant Commissioner of Police Simon McBean has been assigned as the Commander of Region Three (Essequibo Islands-West Demerara) effective from Friday.
Dear Editor, When recently in Guyana, I was surprised to see the blank looks on the faces of senior PPP and AFC politicians when I dared to say that ‘The next election in Guyana will be won on social media’ (as in the UK,USA.)
CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuela’s foreign ministry said yesterday it was expelling El Salvador’s diplomats from the country, in response to the Central American country’s decision to kick out their counterparts representing Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro.
ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Britney Cooper and Chinelle Henry have been both ruled out of the remainder of the three-match one-day series against India Women.
(Jamaica Gleaner) Two men were shot and killed, and four other persons shot and injured, in separate incidents hours apart Saturday night, as gunmen continued their assault on residents in St James, which is under a state of public emergency.
LA PAZ (Reuters) – Bolivia’s chief opposition leader yesterday called for new elections to resolve the political crisis engulfing the nation since a disputed Oct.
Pouderoyen and Den Amstel battled to a 2-2 draw when the West Demerara Football Association (WDFA) leg of the NAMILCO U-17 Championship continued yesterday at the Goed Fortuin ground.
Dear Editor, So the Head of the Guyana Police Force “isn’t bothered” by the crime rate!
A police pickup yesterday morning crashed into two utility poles and a newly-constructed shop at Perseverance, East Coast Demerara and the driver of the vehicle has been arrested.
NORTH SOUND, Antigua, CMC – India Women defeated West Indies Women by 53 runs in the second One Day International of the three-match series at the Vivian Richards Cricket Ground here yesterday.
(Reuters) – Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro yesterday pledged funds for a state-owned Argentine shipyard to finish building two long- overdue tankers for state oil company Petroleos de Venezuela, which is struggling with a diminished tanker fleet.
On October 29, nearly a week ago, it was reported to the media by several commissioners of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) following their weekly meeting that a decision had been taken by the Chair, Justice (Rtd) Claudette Singh that the names of over 25,000 could be excluded from the Official List of Electors (OLE) for the March 2020 General and Regional Elections if those persons made no effort to uplift National Identification Cards which have not been collected going all the way back to 2008.
Rajen Dindial, who is accused of killing a man outside a Grove wedding house, is expected to lead his defence after a judge overruled a no-case submission that was made on his behalf.
Dear Editor, At the `A Conversation with Guyana’ conference presented by the `Women of Queen’s College & Friends’ at the Pegasus Hotel, the conversation was spirited, honest and forthright.
By Steven L. B. Jensen Steven L. B. Jensen is a Research Visitor at the Bonavero Institute of Human Rights in Oxford and the author of The Making of International Human Rights.
Britain is to hold a general election on December 12. It is a decision that the country’s political class hopes will end once and for all the damaging debate and procedural manoeuvres about how, when or whether the UK will leave the European Union.
(Trinidad Newsday) Two days after a woman was chopped to death at her home, an unidentified woman was found dead of chop wound on land parcel off Caura Royal Road, Caura yesterday.
