Articles published on Tuesday, November 19, 2019
(Jamaica Gleaner) Hundreds converged on a packed the St Paul’s Cathedral in London this morning to witness history as the beloved and widely admired Jamaican priest, Reverend Rose Hudson-Wilkin, was ordained as Bishop of Dover.
Traffic Chief, Senior Superintendent Linden Alves’ revelation that up to this time in 2019 the number of deaths on our roads have been fewer than for the corresponding period last year (94 deaths so far this year as against 100 in 2018) fits into the Police Traffic Department’s well-worn habit of pressing numbers into service to disguise the truth about the overall state of affairs on our roads.
BRIDGETOWN, (Reuters) – Barbados was hit by serious power outages for a second day today, forcing schools and some businesses to close and hitting water supplies on the island.
(Trinidad Guardian) Trinidadian born poet and author, Ian Williams has won Canada’s richest literary award for fiction, for his novel Reproduction.
(Jamaica Star) Nicardo thought that it would just be a night of fun when he and a friend went to Waves Beach in Portmore last Thursday night.
Cabinet today said that it was distressed by the action taken by Troy Resources Limited in dismissing hundreds of workers and called on it to take measures to ensure that there is no further hardship to families.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – A White House official testified in the impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump today that a phone call the president made to ask Ukraine to investigate his political rivals was improper, and denounced attacks on witnesses in the investigation.
(Trinidad Express) A St Joseph man is expected to appear before a Port of Spain Magistrate today, charged with the murder of physically challenged landlord Rudven Prout.
(Jamaica Star) A 13-year-old girl was allegedly raped by an older student at a St Catherine High School, after she refused to give him $50.
LONDON, (Reuters) – Donor governments and philanthropists pledged $2.6 billion today to help fund a worldwide polio eradication plan that has taken decades to reach what global health specialists say is now the “last mile”.
(Trinidad Newsday) Because she was scheduled to be deported after serving a prison sentence, a Venezuelan woman was kept in prison even after she had completed her jail term.
(Jamaica Observer) An admission by a Crown witness that he prefers to remain in prison rather than being released early under a plea bargain deal he signed with the State surprised many people in the Home Circuit Court on day four of the Tesha Miller trial yesterday.
(Jamaica Gleaner) With some 1.6 million Jamaican children registered between 1955 and 2017, without their fathers’ names on their birth certificates, Pastor Michael McAnuff-Jones has made a call for the Registration Act to be revised.
(Jamaica Gleaner) Amid concerns of a permissive culture of drug use among Jamaican children, there are fresh fears that easy access to marijuana-laced foods is putting students at risk of health complications in ‘high schools’.
(Trinidad Guardian) Ramrajie Gobin, 49, who was discovered hacked to death at her home in Golconda on Sunday was described as an “Angel.”
With the suspension of funding by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) to the Sheriff Street/Mandela Avenue road expansion project, the contractor Sino Hydro Corporation Limited has begun to lay off employees.
The Golden Jaguars gained their first ever point against heavyweight Jamaica, securing a 1-1 draw yesterday at the Catherine Hall Sports Complex, Montego Bay in their final group match of League B in the CONCACAF Nations League.
Approximately 300 employees of Troy Resources Guyana Inc. were notified of their dismissals yesterday following a decision by the board of the Australian company as it seeks to find a way to restart operations.
Powered by ace swimmer, Amy Grant’s four gold medals, North Georgetown (District 11) once again swam away with the spoils of the Swimming Champion-ships of this year’s ‘Nationals’ With the heroics of the other swimmers like Monique Watson who made big splashes and Grant’s medal haul at the National Aquatic Centre, District 11 emphatically retained the coveted title yesterday, tallying 446 points.
Melanie and Buxton secured hard-fought wins when the inaugural ‘592 Beer Inter-Village Football Festival’ commenced on Sunday at the Buxton Community Centre ground.
During the 42-day Claims and Objections (C&O) period, nearly 18,000 objections were lodged with the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) but fewer than 400 were upheld even after more than two-thirds were withdrawn.
A claim by the State Assets Recovery Agency (SARA) against the Guyana Bank for Trade and Industry (GBTI) for the payment of $224 million related to a 2015 agreement for the sale of land was struck out on a technicality.
In the latest round of the Georgetown Cricket Association’s New Building Society-sponsored second division 40-over tournament on Sunday, Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC) handed University of Guyana (UG) a memorable scolding with a 155-run win.
Three days after officials declared that governing coalition partner Alliance for Change (AFC) would be contesting the March 2020 elections alone if the terms of a revised Cummingsburg Accord were not concluded by yesterday, the party is now saying it will address the matter at the end of the week.
TAROUBA, Trinidad, CMC – Left-arm spinner Yannick Ottley trapped Larry Edward lbw with three balls left in the final over to end with a five-wicket haul, and propel Trinidad and Tobago Red Force to a sensational two-run victory over luckless Windward Islands Volcanoes here Sunday night.
(Field Level Media) Giannis Antetokounmpo scored 33 points and grabbed 10 rebounds, and the Milwaukee Bucks finished strong for a 115-101 win over the host Chicago Bulls last night.
The Guyana Court of Appeal yesterday ordered a retrial for businessman Kevin Jordan, after setting aside his conviction in 2015 for the rape of a seven-year-old boy.
BASSETERRE, St Kitts, CMC – Jamaica Scorpions defeated Canada by three wickets in their Group A match of the Regional Super50 at Conaree Cricket Centre here yesterday.
Dwayne Tappin, the former soldier who was found guilty of decapitating his uncle in 2017, was yesterday sentenced to life in prison for the crime.
(Field Level Media) OG Anunoby scored a career-best 24 points, and the Toronto Raptors demolished the visiting Charlotte Hornets 132-96 last night.
A 22-year-old Venezuelan national was fatally stabbed early yesterday morning after he attempted to fend off two bicycle bandits who attacked him on the Grove, East Bank Demerara Public Road.
Orin Jules, the Sophia man who last week admitted to killing his brother in 2016 following a row over their family shop, was yesterday sentenced to 17 years in prison.
(Field Level Media) Julius Randle scored 13 of his game-high 30 points during a pivotal first-quarter run last night for the host New York Knicks, who never trailed in a 123-105 win over the Cleveland Cavaliers.
Neville Thomas, the taxi driver who was charged with the rape of a 12-year-old girl, was yesterday committed to stand trial by a city magistrate at the conclusion of the Preliminary Inquiry into the charge.
The riders of District Six (Corentyne) brought their talents to the National Park yesterday and once again dominated their rivals, winning the cycling title at the 59th National Schools Athletics, Cycling and Swimming Championships.
A 28-year-old murder accused was freed yesterday after a judge upheld a no-case submission made by his attorney.
Dear Editor, The story about Ms Parbattie Austin having to raise funds for much needed brain surgery is a story about the violation of the right to free health care in Guyana.
The Guyana Government (GoG) yesterday criticised an editorial appearing in the Trinidad Express and Barbados Nation over the weekend which flayed it for a press freedom attack on Stabroek News (SN) via the withdrawal of state advertising.
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Guyana Jaguars became the latest side to fall at the hands of giant-killers West Indies Emerging Players when they crashed to dramatic one-run loss in a final-over finish here late Sunday.
Dear Editor, The Ministry of Public Infrastructure has taken note of a few complaints published in the media over the past two days with regards to street lights in various areas and wish to shed some light in this regard.
Dear Editor, The GAWU saw reports appearing in the November 16, Stabroek News and Guyana Times regarding responses of officials from the PNC and the AFC in regard to questions posed by the media about the wage freeze imposed on sugar workers since the Coalition took office in 2015.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Democrats responded skeptically yesterday to President Donald Trump’s declaration that he might be willing to testify in his impeachment inquiry and also said they were examining the truthfulness of his testimony in the Russia 2016 election interference probe.
Witnessing the hacking to death of her two young children and surviving the most gruesome cutlass attack, that left her with a severed right hand, 26-year-old Nazaleena ‘Natasha’ Houston is still struggling to overcome the ordeal.
BASSETERRE, St Kitts, CMC – Kjorn Ottley hit his maiden Super50 Cup century as Barbados Pride put one foot in the semi-finals with a comfortable four-wicket win over reigning champions CCC Marooners here Sunday.
The Demerara Harbour Bridge Company (DHB) has taken legal action against the owner of the Panamanian tug that crashed into the Harbour Bridge in September and caused millions in damage.
MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – Former Australia captain Steve Smith, who was banned for a year for ball-tampering, says he does not feel hard done by despite a much lighter sanction handed down to West Indies batsman Nicholas Pooran for the same offence.
Dear Editor, We are about to end this year, 2019 with five tragic leaps already into the grave.
SAO JOSE DOS CAMPOS, Brazil, (Reuters) – Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest rose to its highest in over a decade this year, government data yesterday showed, confirming a sharp increase under the leadership of right-wing President Jair Bolsonaro.
LISBON/BRASILIA, (Reuters) – A Brazilian tribe that has been fighting for 15 years to preserve land they use to gather food won a victory on Monday when public pressure made Portuguese hotel group Vila Gale cancel plans to build a 500-room luxury resort on the Bahia coast.
SAO PAULO, (Reuters) – Max Verstappen won a thrilling Brazilian Formula One Grand Prix for Red Bull on Sunday after the Ferraris collided and Mercedes’ six-times world champion Lewis Hamilton was demoted from third to seventh.
MEXICO CITY, (Reuters) – Mexico, Uruguay and representatives of the Caribbean Community yesterday rejected the use of force and human rights violations in Vene-zuela, urging a peaceful and democratic solution to solve the crisis in the troubled South American nation.
Dear Editor, Mrs Patricia Rodney’s recent call for the Government of Guyana to make public the COI report into Walter Rodney’s death has led to a flurry of letters in the Guyana media, a few from the WPA.
The police have sought legal advice on possible charges against the suspects in last Monday’s robbery at the Matthews Ridge Airstrip, during which a quantity of raw gold was stolen, Crime Chief (ag) Michael Kingston has said.
(Trinidad Express) Digicel customer service employee Dillon Fraser was killed in Port of Spain this morning.
Dear Editor, It is fitting that the 2019 Nobel Prize for Economics was awarded to three Massachusetts Institute of Technology professors whose academic careers were built on the study of poverty alleviation.
A youth accused of unlawfully wounding a friend was granted bail yesterday after he denied the charge.
By Jorge G. Castañeda MEXICO CITY – Events in Bolivia remain exceptionally fluid following the ouster of President Evo Morales.
HONG KONG, (Reuters) – Dozens of Hong Kong protesters staged a dramatic escape from a university campus sealed off by police yesterday by shimmying down plastic hosing from a bridge and fleeing on waiting motorbikes as the police fired projectiles.
MEXICO CITY, (Reuters) – Nicaraguan police yesterday accused 16 anti-government protesters of planning to carry out terrorist attacks in the Central American country, which has been rocked by more than a year and a half of deadly protests against the government.
BRASILIA, (Reuters) – Brazil staged a remarkable comeback for the second time in a week on Sunday to beat Mexico 2-1 in front of their own fans and win the Under-17 World Cup for a fourth time.
Dear Editor, In doing a piece of research I am working on, I had cause to read the Stabroek News of February 5, 1991, and the headline in that newspaper was `Kwayana resigns from Parliament’.
MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – Fast bowler James Pattinson has left the Australia camp in Brisbane and will return to his home state Victoria in the wake of his one-test ban for personal abuse of an opponent.
NEW YORK – The climate crisis and the 2008 financial crisis are two sides of the same coin.
TORONTO, (Reuters) – Writer Ian Williams won Canada’s top annual literary award for fiction for his book “Reproduction,” the prize’s sponsor said yesterday.
LA PAZ, (Reuters) – Thousands of Bolivian coca farmers marched yesterday to demand the resignation of interim President Jeanine Anez, who was forced to suspend a trip to her home province earlier in the day after receiving a death threat.
