Daily Archive: Saturday, November 9, 2019

(Jamaica Gleaner) Earlier this week when production for the Bad Boys For Life movie came to a close, Ian and Roger Lewis of the band Inner Circle were present on set.

(Trinidad Guardian) Days af­ter the con­tro­ver­sial jaw-drop­ping fash­ion show at the Trin­i­ty Cathe­dral in Port-of-Spain, an­oth­er church held a fund-rais­ing tea and fash­ion show.

(Trinidad Express) Two people, one of them a woman, are dead following a shooting outside a bar in El Socorro during the early hours of yesterday morning.

BRASILIA,  (Reuters) – Brazil’s former leader Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva today attacked right-wing President Jair Bolsonaro for impoverishing working Brazilians and vowed to unite the left to win the 2022 elections in a speech one day after being freed from jail.

NEW DELHI/AYODHYA, India, (Reuters) – India’s Supreme Court today awarded a bitterly contested religious site to Hindus, dealing a defeat to Muslims who also claim the land that has sparked some of the country’s bloodiest riots since independence.

(Trinidad Express) Angela Swamber, 60, is ­severely visually impaired but she’s a woman possessed of ­extraordinary grit and determination and has been taking care of her son, Aaron, 29, who suffers from cerebral palsy, all his life.

(Trinidad Newsday) A son who bludgeoned his mother to death in 2007 after she quarrelled with him for not doing enough in the house has four months and 14 days left to serve on his sentence.

(Jamaica Gleaner) A four-year-old boy braved scorching heat to run into a burning house and rescue his ailing 88-year-old grandfather in Annotto Bay on Thursday night, drawing whoops of praise from family members and residents.

None of the roughly 19,000 persons who didn’t uplift their ID cards from the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) will be prevented from voting.

Six months after an earlier application had been rejected by Cabinet, Eastern Airlines has been given the green light to operate scheduled non-stop flights between the Cheddi Jagan International Airport and John F. Kennedy International Airport, New York.

Clinton Urling, former chairman of the Guyana Football Federation [GFF] Interim Management Committee [IMC], has criticized the lack of transparency  for today’s Electoral Congress as well as questioned the rationale for staging an election utilizing an Extraordinary Congress.

With the vision of expansion as well as bridging the gaps in transportation between hinterland communities and the coastlands, Air Services Limited (ASL) yesterday launched scheduled flights to Region Seven.

Guyanese will have front row seats to Elton Dharry’s upcoming fight for the interim World Boxing Association (WBA) World Super Flyweight title in six days versus Australian Andrew Moloney in Australia.

By way of a majority vote, the Board of Directors of the Guyana Power and Light Inc.

After an absence of 15 years, Berbice will see the return of First-Division Two-Day cricket after the Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) inked a deal with Banks DIH Limited under their Banks Beer brand.

Two youths were remanded to prison on Friday after they were charged with the murders of four Corentyne fishermen in a recent pirate attack.

The body of a Guyana Defence Force (GDF) soldier was recovered yesterday afternoon, one day after he allegedly drowned while at a river aback the army’s Medical Centre at Base Camp Jaguar, New River.

(CWI) BASSETERRE, St. Kitts – An explosive 92 from India-bound Rahkeem Cornwall set up Leeward islands Hurricanes for a 70-run victory over Canada in the Colonial Medical Insurance Super50 Cup. 

Chief Election Officer (CEO) Keith Lowenfield yesterday said that while as of December 31st, 2019, the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) will no longer possess the funds it needs to conduct elections on March 2nd, Finance Minister Winston Jordan has assured the Commission that the monies will be provided.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad,  CMC – West Indies left-hander Darren Bravo wasted little time in reminding selectors of his immense talent, smashing an unbeaten hundred to lift Trinidad and Tobago Red Force to a comfortable eight-wicket win over Windward Islands Volcanoes in the Super50 Cup here Thursday.

“Guyana is not a real place” is a now cliché term that remains popular, especially on social media.

An inception workshop with major-stakeholders began on Tuesday to develop a National Action Plan (NAP) for reduction of the use and emissions of mercury in the Artisanal and Small-scale Gold Mining (ASGM) sector The workshop is part of a US$500,000 project, funded through the Global Environment Facility (GEF), and is being implemented by the United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP) in partnership with the Ministry of Natural Resources and the Basel Convention Regional Centre for Training and Technology Transfer for the Caribbean Region (BCRC-Caribbean).

BASSETERRE, St Kitts,  CMC – All-rounder Kyle Mayers celebrated his return to the Barbados side with a half-century as Pride trounced Jamaica Scorpions by 75 runs in their opening Super50 Cup outing here Thursday.

President David Granger on Thursday afternoon presented a 30-seater bus to President’s College in order to assist with the transport of students, particularly those who have to pay high transportation costs to get to school.

(Field Level Media) Boston Celtics guard Marcus Smart, who vented about the referees on Thursday night, knew he would pay the price for his remarks.

(Field Level Media) Tristan Thompson led seven Cavaliers in double figures with 21 points and visiting Cleveland held off the Washington Wizards for a 113-100 win last  night.

Gary Grant, the man who escaped from police custody while being held at Stabroek Police Outpost, was yesterday ordered to serve a three-month sentence after he was found guilty of four offences.

TAROUBA, Trinidad,  CMC – Kemol Savory scooped the final delivery of the match for a boundary to complete a memorable debut as last year’s losing finalists, Guyana Jaguars, snatched a dramatic one-wicket win to deny West Indies Emerging Players in their Super50 Cup opener on Thursday night.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – An official on the White House’s National Security Council said he heard the U.S.

Dear Editor, Yesterday was the day that old age pension books were distributed at the Diamond Market Tarmac.

Gordon Edghill, the driver who allegedly struck down and killed 40-year-old Vidur Anauge along the Adventure, Essequibo Coast Public Road on Monday night, was yesterday granted a total of $315,000 bail after being charged with two traffic offences.

A woman yesterday refused to pay her 18-year-old grandson’s fine after he admitted to stealing an electronic tablet from her.

Dear Editor, Ms Akola Thompson makes a studied and important contribution to the ongoing discussion about race and racism in Guyana’s context.

NAPIER,  (Reuters) – Dawid Malan smashed a 48-ball century and skipper Eoin Morgan made a blistering 91 to help secure a series-levelling 76-run victory in the fourth Twenty20 international against New Zealand yesterday.

Samuel Bruce and Kelder Halley, who were charged last year with possession of ecstasy for trafficking, were both freed yesterday after a city magistrate upheld a no-case submission.

PERTH,  (Reuters) – Pakistan were left humbled and humiliated by Australia’s miserly bowling unit, which set up a comprehensive 10-wicket victory for the home side in the third Twenty20 international yesterday and ensured a 2-0 triumph in the rain-affected series.

For years, Jonathan Hamer has operated behind the scenes as co-founder of the once popular Classique Dance Company and now director of Kreative Arts, but the work he does with his students pours out in every move they make; he now hones in others what began when he first added music to his steps.

Dear Editor, I happened upon a scene that is the ominous core of Guyana. 

CAPE TOWN,  (Reuters) – Senegal’s new legally binding bid process will ensure the transparency of a new oil and gas licensing round, the managing director of the national oil company said yesterday.

The inaugural ‘592 Beer Inter-Village Football Festival’ was officially launched on Thursday at the 704 Sports Bar & Lounge on Albert and Lamaha Streets.

Businessman Faizal Asif Iqbal Alli has denied the allegations of malpractice levelled against him by the Government Analyst-Food and Drug Department (GA-FDD) after it refused the entry of four containers of food imports and he has threatened legal action against the entity.

When and how much salt to add when cooking fills many cooks with uncertainty, shaking their confidence.

Dear Editor, With respect to your editorial `The President and fairness in the press’ (Nov 7) and recent letter comments about government conditioning its paid advertisements to Stabroek News and other media houses to ‘favourable’ coverage (reporting and editorializing), such behaviour is unethical and a violation of the basic norm of professional journalism.

LA PAZ,  (Reuters) – Bolivians marched again in several cities last night and there were even scattered cases of police joining the protests, adding to the pressure on President Evo Morales amid a weeks-long standoff over a disputed election last month.

Dear Editor, In his article ‘Any list deemed unacceptable by opposition parties is not fit to be used for free and fair elections’ (SN: 07/11/2019),  Mr.

One hundred and sixty minutes. That is the amount of time I spent cycling this past Monday. 

Matthew Parks, the Freeman Street, East La Penitence man who is accused of fatally stabbing a fellow resident during a fight at D’Urban and Chapel streets, Lodge, last year, was on Thursday committed to stand trial at the High Court.

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

(Field Level Media) Golden State Warriors guard Steph Curry is “unlikely” to return this season, according to a story yesterday from Ric Bucher of Bleacher Report.

Chris Pollard, an 18-year-old who has several pending charges in two courts in relation to thievery, was on Thursday ordered to serve a one-year sentence after being found guilty of snatching a man’s phone.

(Field Level Media) Domantas Sabonis, T.J. McConnell and T.J. Warren led a well-balanced attack with 17 points apiece and the host Indiana Pacers downed the Detroit Pistons 112-106 yesterday.

CHICAGO, (Reuters) – Tests of lung samples taken from 29 patients with vaping-related lung injuries suggest all contained Vitamin E acetate, a discovery U.S.

Dear Editor, The government and, in particular, the Department of Public Information (DPI) have offered explanations for reducing the placement of state ads in the Stabroek News.

Karamchand Sugrim also known as ‘Kishan’, 20, of Reliance Settlement, Canje, Berbice is currently training at the Shriram Bharatiya Kala Kendra in India to become a classical vocalist.

(Barbados Nation) Banks Holdings Limited (BHL) says its subsidiary Banks (Barbados) Breweries Ltd has not been sold.

Every revelation of the White House’s interference with US policy in Ukraine suggests that Trump has misjudged the political fallout of his actions.

BISSAU,  (Reuters) – Guinea-Bissau’s newly appointed Prime Minister Faustino Fudut Imbali handed in his resignation yesterday after an ultimatum was given by West African regional bloc ECOWAS, the president said.

Miss World Guyana 2020 contestant Kimberly Adams who back in June launched her Beauty with a Purpose Project, Future Guyana, has been working assiduously towards its success.

Dear Editor, The Department of Public Information (DPI), in an excerpt from President David Granger’s interview of November 01 with Kaieteur Radio, quotes the President to say “My legacy is written on the faces of the people of this country and I’m very happy that I have been accepted as their President.

There’s no moment in “Terminator: Dark Fate” that works as excellently as a scene in the first act where Linda Hamilton’s Sarah Connor appears in a moment of crisis.

The Working People’s Alliance (WPA) yesterday called again on the government to release the report on the commission of inquiry into the killing of its leader, historian Dr Walter Rodney.

DUBLIN,  (Reuters) – William Porterfield has stepped down as Ireland’s test and one-day captain after more than 11 years at the helm with Andrew Balbirnie succeeding him, Cricket Ireland said yesterday.