Daily Archive: Friday, November 8, 2019

BRASILIA/CURITIBA, Brazil,  (Reuters) – Brazil’s leftist former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva left prison today after a judge ordered his release, startling financial markets and reigniting both ends of the political spectrum with calls for demonstrations in coming days.

CARICOM Ministers with responsibility for Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) have agreed to collectively approach the Region’s telecommunications providers to axe mobile roaming charges throughout the Community.

Governing coalition partner the WPA today again called on the government to release the report on the commission of inquiry into the killing of its leader, historian Dr Walter Rodney.

(Trinidad Express) A Cunupia man appeared in court yesterday, charged with the murder of his girlfriend, Dolmatie Mungroo.

BAVISPE, Mexico,  (Reuters) – Angry kin of nine American citizens massacred in a suspected gangland ambush in northern Mexico urged the government to accept U.S.

Two court administrators have filed a whistleblower lawsuit against a New Jersey city for alleged racial and gender discrimination.

(Jamaica Gleaner) The woman who allegedly dumped her newborn into a pit latrine in Esson Castle district in St Ann last week Wednesday has been charged.

The Liberty and Justice Party (LJP)  has decided against joining with another party at the moment as it believes it is in the nation’s interest to have a “balancing” third force, according to Chairman and presidential candidate Lenox Shuman.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad,  CMC – Results of matches on the second day of the Regional Super50 yesterday: Group A At Warner Park (BASSETERRE): Pride beat Scorpions by 75 runs.

Republic Bank (Guyana) Limited’s profit for the financial year ended September 30, 2019 soared by 22.7% or 711.8m.

The Guyana Football Federation (GFF) says that its Extraordinary Congress scheduled for tomorrow has been convened in accordance with the GFF Constitution and with oversight of FIFA and CONCACAF.

The way has been paved for Australian gold mining company, Troy Resources, to resume its operation here following clearance from the Ministry of Social Protection and the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission.

(Field Level Media) LaMarcus Aldridge scored a season-high 39 points on 19-for-23 shooting as the San Antonio Spurs snapped a two-game losing streak with a 121-112 win over the visiting Oklahoma City Thunder yesterday.

A mother is calling on the relevant authorities to investigate an issue of bullying which left her 8-year-old son hospitalised.

As the Lusignan Golf Club continues to extend the record for most tournaments in a year, tomorrow the East Coast-based venue will see golfers turning out for the ANSA McAl Dewar Classic.

A Region One farmer, who is accused of attempted murder, was released on bail yesterday after he claimed his actions were in self defence.

NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – India captain Rohit Sharma celebrated his 100th Twenty20 International with a blistering 85 to help secure his team’s series-levelling eight-wicket victory over Bangladesh in Rajkot yesterday.

KATOWICE, Poland,  (Reuters) – World Anti-doping Agency (WADA) President-elect Witold Banka pledged yesterday to be tough on Russia if the country is proven to have manipulated the doping data of its athletes.

NEW YORK,  (Reuters) – Lawyers for New York state and Exxon Mobil Corp delivered closing arguments in a closely watched trial accusing the oil company of hiding from investors the true cost of addressing climate change.

The release by the local Customs Administration of two containers of what is believed to be “substandard” foods to an ‘importer’ who is set to face the courts on related charges, without the consent of the Government Analyst-Food and Drugs Department (GAFDD) represents a sharp departure from an existing agreement between the two agencies, GAFDD Director Marlan Cole has told the Stabroek Business.

Police in Region 4 (B) Division during an intelligence-led operation yesterday arrested 13 persons after they were found to be in possession of stolen vehicles and vehicle parts.

BASSETERRE, St Kitts,  CMC – Devon Thomas’s second List A hundred powered Leeward Islands Hurricanes to a massive 198-run victory over Combined Campuses and Colleges Marooners, as the Group A hosts made a bold statement of intent in the curtain-raiser here Wednesday.

The disclosure earlier this week by the Government Analyst-Food & Drugs Department (GAFDD) that four containers of “substandard” food items imported from Canada had been cleared for export by documentation purportedly issued by that country’s state-run Canadian Food Inspection Agency has been followed by a letter to the Agency by GAFDD Director Marlan Cole calling on it to exercise “greater regulatory oversight and /or scrutiny for items facilitated bearing your approval as wholeness from Canada to Guyana”.

Make mention of thriving agricultural communities across Guyana and the East Bank community of Mocha is not the first name that comes to mind, but over the years some of the longstanding land holders in this tightly knit community have drawn wider attention to their efforts to make a living from cultivating its backlands and finding markets for their produce.

Chairman of Region Six, David Armogan yesterday asked Region Six AFC Executive, Dereck Basdeo, to leave the region’s boardroom after he was disrespectful. 

Dear Editor, Stabroek News’ article of November 4, 2019, under the caption `Those who died in the violence following Camp St jailbreak’, reports “As part of a public service journalism project to shed more light on that period Stabroek News has compiled from its archives a list of persons killed between February 23, 2002 and September 2006, their photographs where available and basic facts surrounding their cases.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – A top U.S. diplomat told congressional investigators that President Donald Trump’s personal attorney Rudy Giuliani conducted a “campaign full of lies” against the U.S.

(Field Level Media) Jayson Tatum scored 23 points, Kemba Walker added 14 in his return to Charlotte, and the Boston Celtics cruised past the host Hornets 108-87 last night.

Dear Editor, With reference to my letter in yesterday’s Stabroek News headlined `Republic Bank failed to meet its schedule in relation to online access’, I’m obliged to advise that there was progress yesterday.

Albion Estate sugar workers yesterday joined the protest for a wage increase noting that they have not received any since 2014.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Fast bowler Shakera Selman has been recalled to the West Indies Women’s squad for the five-match Twenty20 International series against India Women starting tomorrow in St Lucia.

Kamarang is one of two best-known gold-mining locations in Region Seven’s Upper Mazaruni District.

(Trinidad Express) Arima police are probing an incident where a man was chopped several times about the body.

UNITED NATIONS, (Reuters) – Brazil voted for the first time with the United States yesterday against an annual United Nations resolution condemning and calling for an end to Washington’s economic embargo on Communist-ruled Cuba, while Colombia and Ukraine abstained.

WASHINGTON/BEIJING,  (Reuters) – China and the United States have agreed to roll back tariffs on each others’ goods in a “phase one” trade deal if it is completed, officials from both sides said on Thursday, sparking division among some advisers to President Donald Trump.

Georgetown Cricket Club [GCC] Spartans thumped YMCA Old Fort 10-0, when the Sunshine Snacks Junior Hockey Championship commenced on Wednesday at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall, Homestretch Avenue.

Dear Editor, The Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR) takes note of a letter contained in the Kaieteur News edition for 2019.11.7, which is titled: `Restructuring of GGMC untimely, belated action shows lack of strategic vision’.

The need for trained, local protected-species observers to monitor oil and gas activity on marine life was among the calls made when ExxonMobil’s local subsidiary, Esso Exploration and Production Guyana Ltd (EEPGL), held the last of required stakeholder meetings for its Payara project yesterday.

Having already soaked up a slew of international criticism over what is characterised as its healthy contribution to oil-related climate degradation, ExxonMobil, one of the world’s most powerful energy giants, was on Wednesday October 30, compelled to endure the sight and sounds of one of its most high-profile former bosses conceding that its longstanding posture notwithstanding, the company knew the climate change was not just a reality but that it was a real issue.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The United States yesterday imposed sanctions on three Nicaraguan government officials as it seeks to add pressure to the leftist government of President Daniel Ortega over what Washington views as its undermining of democratic institutions and the rule of law.

The Ministry of the Presidency has complained about an editorial appearing in yesterday’s edition of the Stabroek News.

Dear Editor, For a long time these words of Hannah Arendt have stood as the foundation of the free press: “The moment we no longer have a free press, anything can happen.

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

A joint effort that may yet be a most significant initiative by the Guianas to kick-start a tourism undertaking that will collectively benefit the three countries, Guyana, Suriname and French Guyana, got underway in Georgetown yesterday.

(Field Level Media) The NBA fined the Los Angeles Clippers $50,000 yesterday for comments made about Kawhi Leonard and his injury status.

LA PAZ, (Reuters) – Street clashes broke out yesterday among supporters and opponents of Bolivia’s government armed with slingshots and dynamite as an opposition leader planned a march to pressure President Evo Morales to resign after disputed elections last month.

Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday reiterated that his party is willing to support a strengthening of polling day measures as a means to prevent voter fraud.

(Trinidad Guardian) A Couva man was hot dead at his home at Basta Hall yesterday.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – If Novak Djokovic is to claim the year-end number ranking for a record-equalling sixth time he will have to do it the hard way at the ATP Finals next week in London.

Dear Editor, Leaders like Mr. Donald Ramotar, as they seek to recount history, remind us of the level of disservice being done to this nation and its diverse people.

So, the first oil to be extracted from Guyana’s bountiful wells in the Stabroek Block will be divvied up between ExxonMobil and its two partners Hess and CNOOC.

PARIS,  (Reuters) – French President Emmanuel Macron has decided to scrap a 3-billion euro ($3.32 billion) shopping and leisure complex project that French retail group Auchan and Chinese conglomerate Dalian Wanda planned to build just outside Paris, the Elysee Palace said on Thursday.

The new Guyana Marketing Corporation has agreed to provide us with the above information which we will publish on a weekly basis subject to receipt.

Police officers yesterday during two separate operations in Alberttown, Georgetown arrested two persons who were found with 261 ecstasy pills and 8 grammes of Amphetamine drugs known as `Molly’.

GASCI (www.gasci.com/telephone Nº 223-6175/6) reports that session 850’s trading results showed consideration of $21,634,601 from 198,212 shares traded in 19 transactions as compared to session 849’s trading results which showed consideration of $1,027,995 from 5,652 shares traded in 8 transactions.

This week’s announcement that the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) is collaborating with the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) to help local agro-processors improve their competency in areas that are critical to the growth and development of their respective business ventures is good news and this newspaper’s first reaction to the announcement is that no effort should be spared to ensure that the optimum number of agro-processors, critically, from the farthest flung areas of the country as funding and logistics permit, secure an opportunity to benefit from the project.

(Reuters) – Britain’s Nicola Adams, the first female boxer to win an Olympic gold medal, has announced her retirement from the sport at the age of 37 due to concerns about her eyesight.

Coming very soon: GT’s Christmas chaos Hello readers. To be sure, this is another deliberate attempt today to do my escapist time-out from our daily doses of disease, traffic fatalities, crime and – yes – politics and electoral campaigning.

Gold Prices for the three day period ending Thursday November 7, 2019 Kitco is a Canadian company that buys and sells precious metals such as gold, copper and silver.

Dear Editor, In one of his rare encounters with the media the caretaker president, David Granger spoke glowingly about agriculture and food production.

There are conversations that are required of us that we simply aren’t having.

(Trinidad Guardian) Caribbean Air­lines will not be adding the Boe­ing Max 8 to its fleet next month.