Daily Archive: Tuesday, November 26, 2019

Two persons died after the vehicle in which they were travelling crashed into the fence of Yokohama Trading at Liliendaal this evening.

A Corentyne businessman suffered over $40m in losses during the wee hours of this morning after a fire suspected to be arson completed destroyed the premises where he resided and operated his business. 

(Jamaica Gleaner) Radio disc jock ‘DJ Venom’ and a University of Technology, Jamaica student have been killed in a motor cycle crash.

(Trinidad Express) There has been an explosion at the Parkade building in Port of Spain.

(Trinidad Express) Special Reserve Police (SRP) officer Sharon Roop, who won her right last November to wear her hijab while in uniform, has been awarded $185,000 by the High Court for breach of her Constitutional rights.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The U.S. House of Representatives Judiciary Committee will hold its first hearing in the impeachment of President Donald Trump on Dec.

(Jamaica Observer) United States Ambassador to Jamaica Donald Tapia has promised to work assiduously with Jamaica for a direct flight between Jamaica and Phoenix, the capital of the south-western US state of Arizona.

(Jamaica Gleaner) The prosecution has closed its case in the trial of Tesha Miller, who is accused of ordering the 2008 murder of then chairman of the Jamaica Urban Transit Company, Douglas Chambers.

VALLETTA,  (Reuters) – Malta government chief of staff Keith Schembri resigned today, Prime Minister Joseph Muscat told reporters, as police continued their investigation into the 2017 murder of journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia.

TIRANA/THUMANE,  (Reuters) – At least 13 people were killed when the most powerful earthquake to hit Albania in decades shook the capital Tirana and the country’s west and north today, tearing down buildings and burying residents under rubble.

A tropical wave is sweeping across Trinidad and Tobago from this morning, bringing heavy rainfall, gusty winds and street or flash flooding.

Guyana yesterday slid out of the regional Colonial Medical Insurance Super50 Cup when it lost by eight runs to the United States by the Duckworth Lewis method.

With fewer than 300 persons collecting their national identification (ID) cards since some 18,512 with uncollected cards were named, the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) is hoping to ramp up its public awareness campaign to possibly improve the public response.

A police constable died after his motorcycle collided with a car at the intersection of Brickdam and Chalmers Place during the wee hours of yesterday.

A Sophia couple was arrested on Sunday evening after an hours-long operation by the police unearthed a quantity of illegal items including an AK-47 assault rifle.

The future here of Indian logging company Vaitarna will come under increasing scrutiny after its sister company in the state  of Karnataka shut down suddenly yesterday, months after its owner V G Siddhartha died in an apparent suicide.

Who made the decision to remove Walter Rodney’s name from the National Archives and when was the change made?

The two men tried for murdering a security guard during a 2013 multi-million dollar heist in Lethem were yesterday found guilty by a jury.

(Field Level Media) Giannis Antetokounmpo scored 50 points, collected 14 rebounds and dished out six assists to help the Milwaukee Bucks hold on for a 122-118 win over the visiting Utah Jazz on last night.

Farmers in Berbice now have access to a soil and disease testing lab that could possibly help increase rice yields after the Nand Persaud Group of Companies in collaboration with the University of Guyana’s Tain Campus yesterday commissioned the facility. 

(Field Level Media) Karl-Anthony Towns recorded 28 points and 13 rebounds, Andrew Wiggins added 25 points, and the Minnesota Timberwolves topped the host Atlanta Hawks 125-113 yesterday.

Fed up after almost a month without power, several residents of Port Kaituma, in Region One, yesterday protested against the Port Kaituma Power and Light Company (PKPL).

(Field Level Media) Spencer Dinwiddie scored 23 points and hit the game-winning jumper with 1.8 seconds as the visiting Brooklyn Nets withstood blowing a nine-point lead in the final two-plus minutes and pulled out a dramatic 108-106 victory over the Cleveland Cavaliers last night.

A La Grange, West Bank Demerara resident was yesterday granted his release on $200,000 bail after he denied a charge of attempting to export over $7 million in raw gold without a licence.

(Field Level Media) Marcus Smart connected on a driving layup with 31.1 seconds remaining and followed with a key steal to lead the host Boston Celtics past the Sacramento Kings 103-102 last night.

The police are investigating the death of an Essequibo labourer, whose lifeless body was discovered on Coffee Grove Public Road, Essequibo Coast early yesterday morning following a suspected hit-and-run accident.

(Field Level Media) Carmelo Anthony scored a season-high 25 points on 10-for-20 shooting, and the visiting Portland Trail Blazers cruised to a 117-94 win over the Chicago Bulls last night.

The Mayor and City Councillors yesterday took the City Constabulary to task on the issue of security as “seasonal vending” has started within the city.

BASSETERRE, St Kitts,  CMC – Paul Palmer’s maiden List A hundred went in vain as reigning champions CCC Marooners said goodbye to the Regional Super50 Cup, with a 51-run defeat to minnows Canada here yesterday.

The driver of the minibus that toppled along De Kinderen Public Road, on the West Coast of Demerara last Friday morning, leaving 31-year-old Reshma Ramotar dead and her husband and their three minor children injured, was yesterday released on bail after he was charged with three traffic offences, including causing death by dangerous driving.

(Reuters) – Russia should be hit with a four-year Olympic ban and barred from all world championships for the manipulation of data retrieved from a tainted Moscow laboratory, the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) said yesterday.

Some residents of the North Rupununi villages of Kaicumbay and Yupukari now have access to water in their homes for the first time, according to a release on Sunday from the Guyana Water Inc (GWI).

WELLINGTON, (Reuters) – Patience and application at the crease was key to New Zealand’s innings and 65-run win over England in the first test at Bay Oval yesterday, captain Kane Williamson said.

Dear Editor, The APNU+AFC regime has had the name of Walter Rodney expunged from our National Archives.

Monedderlust was crowned the Berbice zone champion of the NAMILCO u17 Football Championship, defeating New Amsterdam (NA) United 1-0 on Sunday at the Esplanade Park, NA.

Canadian miner, Guyana Goldfields Inc yesterday announced the appointment of  Alan Pangbourne as the Company’s Presid-ent and Chief Execu-tive Officer (“CEO”), effective January 1, 2020.

Kevin Abrams, who is accused of having quantities of cannabis and cocaine in his possession for trafficking, was yesterday granted his release on a total of $60,000 bail after denying the charges.

In a scintillating day of fun for a worthy cause, the Diplomatic Corps defeated hosts, Everest Masters by four wickets yesterday in their second charity event of the year.

Dear Editor, The Administration of the Guyana Police Force has noted the very interesting publication in the Stabroek News of Monday November 18, 2019, under the caption `420 persons killed between February 2002 and September 2006’.

 The Commonwealth yesterday announced a new partnership designed to reduce domestic violence in member countries.Yesterday,

Dear Editor, My employer informed me that my salary was paid into my bank account at Republic Bank around Thursday, November 21st.

(CWI) St. JOHN’S, Antigua – Cricket West Indies yesterday announced the fifteen man squad for the ICC U19 Cricket World Cup that takes place in South Africa in January 2020.

Darrel Kennedy, 23, who police say was caught with a gun in his pants crotch, was yesterday remanded to prison after being faced with three charges.

A break and enter and larceny accused was remanded to prison yesterday after he told a court that he had no knowledge about the outcome of previous charges against him because he went to Suriname.

(Jamaica Gleaner) The Press Association of Jamaica is raising concerns about statements about the press made by Prime Minister Andrew Holness recently at a Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) constituency conference in West Kingston.

Beterverwagting (BV) and Mahaica earned identical 1-0 victories when the inaugural ‘592 Beer Inter-Village Football Festival’ continued on Sunday at the Golden Grove Community Centre ground.

Dear Editor, Morality matters and there is nothing immoral or illegal about former President of Guyana, Mr.

HONG KONG,  (Reuters) – Hong Kong’s leader said yesterday she would listen to public opinion after a landslide election victory by opponents of Chinese rule amid months of sometimes violent pro-democracy unrest.

Dear Editor, A mother throws pepper at a bully to stop the bullying of her child.

Almost seven months since he was stabbed in the face with a broken bottle during a robbery perpetrated by five men, vendor Garfield James says he is still waiting for justice, while police have been giving him a runaround.

Lodge Secondary maintained their unbeaten run in the 2nd edition of the ‘GuyOil/Tradewind Tankers Secondary Schools Football League’, defeating President College 3-1 yesterday at the Ministry of Education ground, Carifesta Avenue.

BOGOTA,  (Reuters) – Thousands of protesters took to streets of Colombia’s capital Bogota yesterday for a fifth day of demonstrations over issues including economic reforms, police violence and corruption as President Ivan Duque met with unions and business leaders.

Pouderoyen and Buxton Stars secured quarterfinal berths when the Turbo Energy Drink Knockout Football competition continued on Sunday at the Ministry of Education ground, Carifesta Avenue.

A Diamond pensioner has voiced his dissatisfaction over the way the police are handling his allegations of ongoing harassment by neighbours.

Dear Editor, The recent article on GuySuCo’s intention to address the white sugar market is encouraging.

(Trinidad Express) A Claxton Bay man was killed days after three men were committed to stand trial for attempting to murder him three years ago.

OTTAWA/MONTREAL,  (Reuters) – A strike at Canadian National Railway Co, the country’s largest railroad, entered a seventh day yesterday, sending further shocks through the economy with grain shipments scuttled and layoffs planned at fertilizer producers and an auto shipment terminal.

Dear Editor, It is easy in our society to escalate everything, thrive on conflicts and lose sight of reasoning and the need to arrive at sensible conclusion(s).

(Barbados Nation) The man who was shot and killed late Sunday night has been identified as Denzil Obed Scarboro, alias Blue, of Farm Road, St Philip.

LUCKNOW, India,  CMC – Captain Jason Holder says West Indies are bracing for the anticipated trial by spin against Afghanistan  but has backed his batting group to negate the threat when the one-off inaugural Test bowls off here tomorrow.

SACABA/LA PAZ,  (Reuters) – Bolivians have taken down roadblocks and struck peace deals after a month of protests and deadly clashes that have convulsed the divided nation following a disputed election in October and the resignation of long-term leader Evo Morales.

Quite recently, and  arising out of a random  series of brief conversations with eighteen children attending secondary schools in Georgetown and its environs, across grades ranging from seven to nine about the frequency with which they are given homework, we received a ‘not frequently’ response from fourteen of them.

Dear Editor, Within the space of a few weeks, we have seen the main witnesses in two separate murders brutally killed.

MOSCOW – In her 2014 book Putin’s Kleptocracy, the late Karen Dawisha argued that the key to understanding Vladimir Putin’s Russia is money.

Although the statistics vary, reliable Caribbean and international entities suggest that the region’s sector is now delivering on average directly and indirectly about 40.6% of the Caribbean’s GDP, earned the region in 2018 US$62bn, and employs at least one in 11 of the region’s citizens.

(Trinidad Express) Coast guard officers assisted police in the search for the bodies of two people found burnt in a boat at Canari bay, Moruga, yesterday.

BUENOS AIRES,  (Reuters) – An Argentine court yesterday convicted two Roman Catholic priests and the former gardener of a church-run school for deaf students in the province of Mendoza on 28 counts of sexual abuse and corruption of minors.

WELLINGTON,  (Reuters) – The England and New Zealand cricket boards launched a probe yesterday after England fast bowler Jofra Archer said he was subjected to racial insults by a spectator while batting during the final day of the opening test at Bay Oval.