Daily Archive: Thursday, November 7, 2019

RIO DE JANEIRO,  (Reuters) – Major global oil firms snubbed a second Brazilian oil auction in a row today, passing up promising offshore blocks and forcing officials to reconsider a bidding system that gives a privileged position to state-run Petroleo Brasileiro SA.

(Jamaica Observer) Vaughn Benjamin, charismatic founder and singer of the Midnite band, died on November 4 in Port St Lucie, Florida.

(Trinidad Express) Be careful of what you post to social media.

(Jamaica Observer) All cases that were set to be heard today at the Manchester Parish Court have been adjourned following an early morning fire that damaged a section of the building.

The police today issued wanted bulletins for three men in connection with an armed robbery on November 2nd on Zhou Chumia, the proprietor of a supermarket at No.

(Barbados Nation) Parents of students at Alexandra School are expressing concern after a video circulating on social media showed a large number of cockroaches on the school’s compound.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Jamaica will “very shortly” change a law that will allow spouses, including those who are married, to be charged for raping their partners.

THE HAGUE,  (Reuters) – The International Criminal Court sentenced former Congolese military leader Bosco Ntaganda today to 30 years in prison for atrocities including murder, rape and conscripting child soldiers.

(Trinidad Express) Fake police officers driving a fake squad car were arrested by real police officers in San Juan this morning.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Michael Fray , a two-time individual Olympic finalist, died on Wednesday morning in Kingston in an apparent suicide.

ExxonMobil will take the first three liftings of crude oil from the country’s huge offshore deposits and Guyana will receive its share in its ground-breaking petroleum endeavour beginning around March next year.

Four containers of assorted food items which were imported from Canada were denied entry into Guyana by the Government Analyst-Food and Drug Department (GA-FDD) and the department is preparing to institute legal proceedings against the importer, an East Coast Demerara businessman.

The Commission of Inquiry (COI) into the more than three-week-old accident along the Friendship, East Bank Demerara Public Road which claimed the lives of five persons has been completed and speeding by the police vehicle was excessive, according to President David Granger.

The Government of India will be doubling the the number of Indian Technical and Economic Cooperation (ITEC) Training Slots allocated to Guyana from the current 24 to 50 with immediate effect. 

GECOM is set to pave the way for persons who have not collected their identification cards to vote on elections day provided they take along additional identification, sources at the Commission say.

LUCKNOW, India,  CMC – Roston Chase narrowly missed out on three figures while Shai Hope kept up his heavy scoring in One-Day Internationals with another half-century, as West Indies effortlessly strolled to a seven-wicket victory over Afghanistan in the opening match of the three-match series here yesterday.

Veteran doctor Carl ‘Max’ Hanoman passed away last evening at a private city hospital, even as he was preparing to leave the country for Trinidad and Tobago for further medical treatment.

Guyana Jaguars will begin their hunt for a title in the Cricket West Indies, Colonial Medical Insurance Regional Super50 today from 13.30 hours against West Indies Emerging Players in a day and night encounter at the Brian Lara Stadium, Trinidad and Tobago.

The Guyana Court of Appeal yesterday upheld a 28-year sentence on a man who killed an East La Penitence woman in 2006.

After managing to elude the police for more than six years, a 36-year-old gold miner who is accused of fatally stabbing his wife at Tenapu Backdam, North West District in 2013 was arrested on Tuesday.

Adrian Giddings, General Secretary of the West Demerara Football Association [WDFA] says that he will not be in attendance at the impending GFF Electoral Congress on Saturday due to the lack of transparency involved in the process.

NORTH SOUND, Antigua,  CMC – Not even the return of all-rounder Haylew Matthews and another half-century from captain Stafanie Taylor could spark West Indies Women as they suffered a six-wicket thrashing in the final One-Day International here yesterday to concede the three-match series 2-1.

A 19-year-old who was charged with three offences including resisting arrest was allowed his pre-trial freedom yesterday.

MUMBAI,  (Reuters) – India batsman Rishabh Pant needs to improve his off-side game if he wants to graduate from being a one-trick pony, former Australia batsman Dean Jones has told Reuters.

CARICOM says it is “saddened and concerned” by the deepening crisis in Haiti which has paralysed the normal functioning of all sectors of the country and created a situation of extreme hardship for the people.

The male and female teams led by Kellon Reid and Semonica Duke dominated the RX CrossFit competition of the Kares Fitness Expo on Sunday at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall. 

Republic Bank (Guyana) Ltd has acknowledged that it is “experiencing some challenges” in its transition to the new banking system effective November 4.

The two Corentyne men who were wanted in connection with the murders of four fishermen during a recent pirate attack and who were recently arrested in Suriname have since been deported to Guyana.

Dear Editor, The Republic Bank gave advice, via two pieces of undated correspondence to the entity I’m employed by, that as a result of a platform upgrade, online access to accounts for the period November 01, 2019 to November 03, 2019 would not be possible.

(Field Level Media) T.J. Warren scored 21 points as the host Indiana Pacers benefited from a lopsided run to begin the third quarter to record a 121-106 victory over the Washington Wizards yesterday.

(Trinidad Guardian) Pre­lim­i­nary find­ings by the Trinidad and To­ba­go Po­lice Ser­vice (TTPS) have all but cleared Prime Min­is­ter Dr Kei­th Row­ley of any wrong­do­ing in re­la­tion to al­le­ga­tions of fi­nan­cial im­pro­pri­ety.

Iris December of Mabaruma Township, North West District, lost a cousin to cervical cancer two years ago so when the Cancer Institute of Guyana (CIG) took its two-day cervical cancer outreach to the Mabaruma Hospital last week, she made an effort to be there.

Dear Editor, We seem to be back to where we were in September 1991 when the then Commissioner of National Registration, Ronald Jacobs published a Preliminary List of Electors (PLE) containing a large number of duplicate names with over 50,000 eligible voters missing from the said list.

(Field Level media) Andre Drummond had 27 points, 12 rebounds and seven assists and Tony Snell made all nine of his shot attempts while scoring a season-high 24 points as the host Detroit Pistons cruised past the New York Knicks 122-102 yesterday.

MONROE, La.,  (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump struck a defiant note yesterday at a rally in Louisiana a day after Democrats clinched victories in a raft of local elections that cast a shadow over his 2020 re-election hopes.

(ESPN) New Zealand pulled off a remarkable heist to defend 180 in the third T20I at Nelson, as England lost 5 for 10 in 18 balls after needing 42 off 5.2 overs with eight wickets in hand to lose by 14 runs.

Over 50 persons have registered for free online courses in repair and maintenance of heavy machinery being offered through a collaboration between the Machinery Corporation of Guyana Limited (MA-CORP) and the Ministry of Public Tele-communications (MoPT).

Dear Editor, On the 21st October I delivered a letter to the City Engineer pointing out various blockages in the drains/alley from Quamina Street to Church Street.

BAGHDAD, (Reuters) – Iraqi security forces fired tear gas and live rounds into the air to disperse protesters in central Baghdad yesterday, killing one person, as the biggest wave of anti-government demonstrations in decades spread out across the capital.

During his arraignment at a city court yesterday, Shamal Plass admitted to the illegal possession of a firearm and ammunition.

(Trinidad Guardian) To­ba­go po­lice and Ed­u­ca­tion Di­vi­sion of­fi­cials have launched an in­ves­ti­ga­tion in­to a man’s in­volve­ment in a school fight that took place in Rox­bor­ough, To­ba­go.

Dear Editor, Agriculture not only provides food and raw material but also employment opportunities to a very large proportion of the population in Region #5.

KATOWICE, Poland, Nov 6 (Reuters) – The election of a new president of the World Anti-Doping Agency should give it the strength to stop countries stealing Olympic medals, the U.S.

NAIROBI, (Reuters) – Thirty-seven civilians were killed and more than 60 wounded when gunmen ambushed a convoy transporting workers of Canadian gold miner Semafo in eastern Burkina Faso, regional authorities said yesterday.

LA PAZ, (Reuters) – A Bolivian protest leader who has become a figurehead for opposition to President Evo Morales arrived yesterday in capital La Paz, where he plans to formally demand the leftist leader step down after a contentious election last month.

City councillors at last Monday’s statutory meeting raised concerns over the number of constables that were proceeding on vacation leave.

Dear Editor, When a prominent person passes on some try to put words in their mouth that they never uttered and/or attribute actions to them that they never performed.

(Field Level Media) James Harden, Clint Capela and P.J. Tucker recorded double-doubles as the host Houston Rockets breezed by the short-handed Golden State Warriors 129-112 yesterday.

ATHENS/SAO PAULO,  (Reuters) – After initially naming only one ship, Brazilian authorities have added four more tankers as suspects in the investigation into the source of oil tarring its coastline over the past two months, according to a document yesterday.

SAO PAULO, (Reuters) – Brazil has canceled a 10-year-old ban on sugarcane cultivation in its Amazon rainforest and central wetlands, the government gazette said yesterday, a move environmentalists criticized as another assault on the country’s sensitive ecosystems.

A man was yesterday remanded to prison after he denied a robbery with aggravation charge at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts.

A fearsome-looking Doberman graces the front cover of the March 1996 edition of Guyana Review under the caption, ‘The media’s watchdog role.’

Dear Editor, In its Tuesday, November 5, 2019 edition, Stabroek News carried a letter bearing the caption `Waiting for 22 months on NIS sickness benefit”.

(Reuters) – Rudy Giuliani, a personal lawyer for U.S. President Donald Trump and a central figure in a congressional impeachment inquiry, has hired lawyers to represent him as prosecutors examine his interactions with two men arrested on campaign finance charges.

BASSETERRE, St Kitts,  CMC – Leeward Islands Hurricanes defeated Combined Campuses and Colleges Marooners by 198 runs, in the first match of the Regional Super50 at Warner Park here yesterday.