Daily Archive: Monday, November 25, 2019

(Trinidad Express) Hours before he was to appear in court for his wife’s murder, a San Fernando man is suspected to have committed suicide.

Nine fishermen have been convicted in Suriname for the fatal piracy attack in April last year in which over a dozen Guyanese fishermen were killed off the coast of the neighbouring country.

(Trinidad Guardian) Busi­ness­man John­ny Soong and chair­man and prin­ci­pal in­vestor of Green La­va Labs, the first com­pa­ny to be­gin le­gal cannabis cul­ti­va­tion in St Vin­cent says Trinidad & Tobago can be a ma­jor play­er in the pro­duc­tion and trade of med­i­c­i­nal mar­i­jua­na.

(Trinidad Guardian) Po­lice are in­ves­ti­gat­ing the shoot­ing of an­oth­er po­lice of­fi­cer in one day.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Former deputy governor of the Bank of Jamaica (BOJ), Owen Jefferson, died yesterday at his Millsborough Crescent home in St Andrew.

DRESDEN, Germany,  (Reuters) – Thieves grabbed jewels and other treasures worth up to a billion euros from an eastern German museum in the early hours of today, Bild newspaper reported.

(Trinidad Express) Wayne Chance, the founder and executive director of the non-governmental organisation Vision on Mission (VOM), has died.

HONG KONG,  (Reuters) – Hong Kong’s leader pledged to listen to public opinion today and referred to deep-seated problems in society after a landslide election victory by opponents of Chinese rule amid months of sometimes violent pro-democracy unrest.

(Reuters) – Kim Sei-young sank a 25-foot birdie putt at the final hole to win the CME Group Tour Championship and the biggest prize in women’s golf, $1.5 million, in Florida yesterday.

Marcus Keiler capped a long but successful cycling season yesterday when he won the 20th Diamond Mineral Water 40-mile road race at West Demerara.

WELLINGTON,  (Reuters) – New Zealand wrapped up an impressive innings and 65-run victory over England shortly after tea on the final day of the first test at Bay Oval last night with Neil Wagner running through the tourists’ lower order.

Cummings Lodge defeated St John’s 5-0 when the 2nd edition of the ‘GuyOil/Tradewind Tankers Secondary Schools Football League’ continued yesterday at the Ministry of Education ground, Carifesta Avenue.

Government seems afraid to question ExxonMobil about the huge disparity in costs between the Stabroek Block’s Liza-1 and Liza-2 projects but this issue needs to be urgently addressed lest this country loses out again on needed revenue, says former Petroleum Advisor Jan Mangal and economist Darshanand Khusial.

The Working People’s Alliance (WPA) is to meet today on the removal of the name of its slain leader Dr Walter Rodney from the National Archives building.

(Field Level Media) Montrezl Harrell scored 24 of his 34 points in the second half, and the Los Angeles Clippers rolled to a 134-109 victory over the visiting New Orleans Pelicans last  night.

(Field Level Media) Bogdan Bogdanovic stalled a Washington rally with a 3-pointer with 1:28 remaining last night, allowing the visiting Sacramento Kings to hang on for a 113-106 victory over the Wizards.

A father of one died yesterday morning after being involved in an accident on the Railway Embankment Road at Felicity, East Coast Demerara.

Shomari Wiltshire and Mohryan Baksh walked away with the Category-A and B titles respectively following unbeaten records, when the Farfan and Mendes Junior Skills Level Tournament concluded yesterday at the Georgetown Club Inc.

A twenty-four-year-old man was on Saturday evening gunned down in Agricola, East Bank Demerara (EBD) and a teenage boy who was shot in the crossfire is in hospital.

BASSETERRE, St Kitts,  CMC – Left-hander Kieran Powell stroked his fifth List A hundred and Rovman Powell responded with his third, but Leeward Islands Hurricanes snatched a 13-run victory in their decisive Super50 Cup contest to claim the last semi-final spot in Group A and deny Jamaica Scorpions here yesterday.

The main sugar union, GAWU yesterday said that more recent information has shown that the industry’s second crop output will be worse than expected with only Uitvlugt meeting its target.

Unbeaten sides Sparta Boss, Gold is Money, Rio All-Stars, Leopold Street and Bent Street stormed their way into the knockout round of the Inaugural Rio Indoor Street-ball Championship, following wins on Saturday at the National Gymnasium, Mandela Avenue.

The Golden Jaguars U20 Men’s team has been officially drawn in group-A of the CONCACAF Men’s U20 Qualifying Championship.

A West Berbice fisherman who was detained for threatening language and unruly behaviour last evening committed suicide in his cell at the Blairmont Police Station lockups.

Pouderoyen, Plaisance and Hurry ATE secured wins, when the Brian Tiwarie Birthday Anniversary 9-A-Side Inter-Ward football Tournament commenced on Saturday at the Den Amstel Community Centre ground.

The Liberty and Justice Party (LJP) on Saturday called on the government to raise the “meagre” monthly stipend paid to indigenous leaders and accused it of double standards in relation to Amerindians.

While residents on the Essequibo Coast are pleased with the services they have been receiving at the Suddie Hospital, they are calling for an endoscopy specialist to be sent to the facility so as to avoid them being referred out of the area. 

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad,  CMC – Darren Bravo passed 400 runs with his third straight half-century and fifth of the Regional Super50 Cup as Trinidad and Tobago Red Force dealt Guyana Jaguars’ semi-final hopes another blow with a six-wicket win here Saturday night.

TAROUBA, Trinidad,  CMC – Windward Islands Volcanoes wrapped up a disappointing Super50 Cup campaign on a high note when they beat United States by 12 runs here Saturday night.

Hire car drivers of Charity, Essequibo are disappointed that a regional official of Region Two removed them from their park to facilitate the construction of a koker but failed to keep his promise to let them return upon its completion.

A Charity, Essequibo resident who claimed he was arrested “in an embarrassing manner” on November 14 at the Regional Democratic Council boardroom, Region Two, had a charge of threatening language dismissed against him. 

Dear Editor, The Stabroek News of November 24 reports that Minister of Finance Winston Jordan has published the Income Tax (Special Provision) Regulations to waive taxes on the retroactive wage increases for public servants.

HONG KONG,  (Reuters) – Hong Kong’s democrats romped to a landslide and symbolic majority in district council elections after residents turned out in record numbers yesterday to vote following six months of anti-government protests in the embattled city.

Dear Editor,  Help & Shelter joins in the observance of International Day against the Elimination of Violence Against Women and 16 days of activism under the theme “Orange the world: Generation Equality stands against Rape”.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – Billionaire media mogul Michael Bloomberg, the former mayor of America’s largest city, jumped into the race for the Democratic U.S.

MADRID, (Reuters) – Hosts Spain made light work of a youthful Canadian side to win the inaugural edition of the new-look Davis Cup and claim the team trophy for a sixth time yesterday.

Parents and guardians from the Essequibo Islands-West Demerara have been reminded of the importance of investing in the early childhood of their children.

Dear Editor, Stabroek News of Thursday November 21, 2019, page 23, reported that Traffic Chief Isles made “the Traffic Department’s Christmas Policing Plan Presentation”.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper fired the Navy’s top civilian yesterday over his handling of the case of a Navy SEAL who was convicted of battlefield misconduct in Iraq and later won the support of President Donald Trump.

The Ministry of Public Infrastructure (MPI) yesterday said that on Friday the washrooms at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport were under procedural sanitation for the Domestic Cold Water pipelines system and were therefore closed for around six hours.

KOLKATA, India, (Reuters) – Umesh Yadav struck three times as India took less than an hour on day three to complete formalities and bulldoze Bangladesh by an innings and 46 runs in the second and final test for a 2-0 series sweep yesterday.

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WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Democratic U.S. lawmakers have begun the next step in the impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump – writing a report on their findings – but still could take more testimony and hold additional hearings, the chairman of the House of Representatives Intelligence Committee said yesterday.

SYDNEY,  (Reuters) – Australia duly wrapped up victory over Pakistan by an innings and five runs in the first test in Brisbane yesterday but they were forced to wait until late on day four by a magnificent rearguard action from Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan.

(Reuters) – Deontay Wilder retained his WBC heavyweight title on Saturday with a seventh round knock-out of challenger Luis Ortiz.

Iceland’s largest fishing conglomerate, Samherji, used an anonymous shell company in the Marshall Islands to launder illegal fishing activities off the coasts of West Africa and to bribe members of the Namibia government.

By Sireesha Bobbili & Ruth Rodney Sireesha Bobbili and Ruth Rodney are UN Women consultants who developed the qualitative research component of the Women’s Health and Life Experiences Survey in Guyana.

Dear Editor, On the evening of the 13th day of June 1980, the world stood still as the news of the death of Dr.

On Tuesday via a joint statement from GuySuCo and the Guyana Manufacturing and Services Association it was revealed that the sugar corporation has taken a decision to acquire a plant that would produce around 55,000 tonnes of white sugar per annum which would satisfy the needs of beverage producers here, other consumers of the refined sweetener and also regional demand.

MELBOURNE,  (Reuters) – Australia is investigating allegations that China tried to install an agent in a parliamentary seat in Canberra, the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation said in a rare statement, adding it was taking the matter seriously.

LA PAZ,  (Reuters) – Interim Bolivian President Jeanine Anez agreed to withdraw the military from protest areas and repeal a law giving them broad discretion in the use of force as part of a preliminary “pacification” deal struck early yesterday with protest leaders.

(Trinidad Guardian) At­tor­ney Gen­er­al Faris Al-Rawi says ful­ly le­gal­is­ing mar­i­jua­na now will crip­ple its eco­nom­ic po­ten­tial for the small man.