Daily Archive: Saturday, November 30, 2019

VALETTA, (Reuters) – One of Malta’s wealthiest men, Yorgen Fenech, was charged in a Valletta court today with complicity to murder in the car bomb killing of anti-corruption journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia in 2017.

January 10th, 2020 is Nominations Day for the March 2, 2020 General and Regional Elections, according to a notice from GECOM in today Stabroek News.

GUATEMALA CITY, (Reuters) – Guatemala’s human rights prosecutor on Friday indicted another former top military official for genocide and crimes against humanity committed during the bloodiest phase of the Central American country’s 36-year civil war.

(Trinidad Expess) “I want to tell Kamla Persad-Bissessar something tonight. Not all East Indians in politics are thieves.”

(Jamaica Gleaner) Negril is reeling from yesterday’s double murder of a businessman and his Italian wife in the popular tourist resort town, which is covered under a tri-parish state of emergency in Hanover, Westmoreland, and St James.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Una Spencer had returned to Jamaica in 2012 to help her sister having lived in Canada for more than 40 years, but she has ended up gaining an extended family of survivors of HIV/AIDS.

(Trinidad Newsday) While singer Destra Garcia was shocked at the reactions to her recently released video, Me Gusta, with Pakistani-American cricketer Ali Khan, she believes the videos of apologies done by Khan and Dwayne “DJ” Bravo showed “great courtesy” by wanting to remedy the situation.

(Trinidad Newsday) The Prime Minister has identified gambling as one of many social ills in TT which the Opposition UNC has no interest in addressing.

Queen’s Park of Trinidad and Tobago along with  GCC Tigers and Hikers all won their matches when the Diamond Mineral Water Indoor Hockey Festival continued on Thursday at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall, Homestretch Avenue.

Titanic clashes are set to occur this evening at the National Gymnasium when the round of 16 matches of the inaugural Rio Indoor Streetball Championship commence.

The opposition People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) yesterday launched an outline of its 2020 elections manifesto, with both promises of more jobs and a reduced cost of living and appeals to non-supporters to give its ideas a fair hearing.

Despite the inclement weather and the fact that most sports bodies have already closed off their 2019 season, Berbice cricket continues this weekend with a packed schedule of high-profile matches.

In the face of expected resources from oil and gas, the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) has developed a strategic policy plan for Guyana’s development and is pleading with politicians to implement it whether the government changes or not.

The Holy Family Bible Club’s end of term Inter Secondary Schools 24-ball knockout cricket competition will take place today at the Durban Park Tarmac from 9am.

A former Royal Castle supervisor, who allegedly stole over $19.3 million while working for the fast-food chain, was granted bail yesterday after she denied the charges at a city court.

Unbeaten Lodge Secondary and the Bishops’ High School secured lopsided wins when the GuyOil Secondary Schools Football League continued Thursday at the Ministry of Education ground, Carifesta Avenue.

In an effort to resolve the power woes facing the community of Port Kaituma, in the North West District, Region One, a local company is being engaged to supply the mechanical part to repair the damaged generator engine.

The Brian Tiwari Birthday Anniversary 9-a-side Inter-Ward football tournament  is set to conclude tomorrow at the National Track and Field Centre ground, Leonora.

The proceedings against former Attorney General Anil Nandlall, who is charged with the fraudulent conversion of law reports, has been adjourned until next year after he sent apologies to the trial magistrate for his absence in court yesterday, while he was attending the launch of his party’s 2020 elections manifesto.

Dear Editor, The media has reported that Minister of Education Dr Nicolette Henry went to Richard Ishmael Secondary School to respond to a boy’s attack on a girl.

LUCKNOW, India, CMC – West Indies required just over an hour to thrash Afghanistan by nine wickets here early yesterday, and post an emphatic victory in the one-off Test at the Atal Bihari Vajpayee International Stadium.

Dear Editor, To be lawful, renaming the National Archives of Guyana required an amendment in the National Assembly of the National Archives of Guyana Act.

Designer Denise Jennings returned to Guyana three years ago after 20+ years designing of elegant gowns and alluring costumes in Barbados and plans to turn up the heat in the couture arena with her Hibiscus Couture House of Fashion. 

Newly-elected president of the Guyana Gold and Diamond Miners’ Association (GGDMA) Andron Alphonso has called for unity in the mining industry and for members of the organisation to project a single front to promote their interests in Guyana.

Dear Editor, Hardly any mention is made of 2019 being one hundred years since Hubert Critchlow founded the first Labour Union in the then British Empire, outside of Britain itself – The British Guiana Labour Union.

White-flesh sweet potatoes are truly an excellent substitute for English potatoes when it comes to making certain dishes.

Spencer Dinwiddie collected 32 points and 11 assists as the Brooklyn Nets led most of the way and recorded a 112-107 victory over the Boston Celtics yesterday afternoon in New York.

PARAMARIBO,  (Reuters) – A court in Suriname yesterday convicted President Desi Bouterse of murder for the execution of 15 opponents in 1982 following a coup to seize power, sentencing the man who has dominated the former Dutch colony’s recent history to 20 years in prison.

Orwin Peters, called ‘Ratty,’ was yesterday committed to stand trial for the 2017 murder of Tedroy James, who was shot to his head while attempting to drive away from bandits, who robbed several passengers on his minibus.

Dear Editor, Given the level of corruption, discrimination and marginalization against one segment of the population, the handing out of a one-off payment from oil revenues would be a recipe for disaster.

MELBOURNE (Reuters) – David Warner and Marnus Labuschagne shone in the Adelaide Oval floodlights with back-to-back centuries and a record 294-run stand as Australia completely dominated Pakistan on day one of the second test yesterday.

They say the only thing constant is change but being stuck in a rhythm feels so comfortable and safe. 

Cordel David, one of two men charged with trafficking cannabis, was yesterday ordered to serve a three-year sentence and pay a fine after he was found guilty of the crime, while his co-accused was freed.

DOHA (Reuters) – Iraq scored two first-half goals to beat United Arab Emirates 2-0 at the Khalifa International Stadium in Doha yesterday and secure their place in the Arabian Gulf Cup semi-finals.

Dear Editor, Last week we celebrated the 30th Anniversary of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child.

VALLETTA,  (Reuters) – Malta’s Prime Minister Joseph Muscat has told associates he plans to resign over the political and legal crisis stemming from the murder of journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia, the Times of Malta reported yesterday.

SAO PAULO,  (Reuters) – Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro claimed yesterday that Hollywood star Leonardo DiCaprio financed fires being set in the Amazon rainforest, without presenting any evidence, the right-wing leader’s latest broadside in casting blame over forest fires that have generated international concern.

Next Saturday night art and fashion will take over the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall when Hibiscus House of Fashion hosts its Festival of Arts and Fashion Show.

Teon Allen, the former policeman who was shot on Tuesday after he and another man allegedly attempt to elude the police, remains hospitalised and police were yesterday granted more time to further detain them.

WELLINGTON (Reuters) – New Zealand’s BJ Watling was again proving to be a thorn in England’s side as the wicketkeeper combined with debutant Daryl Mitchell to rebuild the hosts’ innings after losing two quick wickets on the second day of the second test in Hamilton.

BAGHDAD,  (Reuters) – Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi announced his resignation yesterday after the country’s senior Shi’ite Muslim cleric urged lawmakers to reconsider their support for a government rocked by weeks of deadly anti-establishment unrest.

Dear Editor, First of all, I wish to recognize the fact and be grateful to Caribbean Airlines by patting them on their shoulders for always being there for us.

MEXICO CITY,  (Reuters) – Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said yesterday that his government was committed to fighting organized crime, seeking to dispel fears that the United States could take matters in its own hands in the fight against drug cartels.

A mini-bus conductor hung his body outside the open door of a moving bus, gyrated as the music played loudly, while passengers cackled and filmed.

Investigators have been unable to obtain any eyewitness statements on last Saturday’s shooting in Agricola, East Bank Demerara (EBD), which left one man dead and a teenager wounded.

It’s hard not to think of Martin Scorsese’s newly released “The Irishman” as a film that looks backward.

The Guyana Amateur Powerlifting Federation (GAPLF) will kick off the month of December with its last statutory competition for 2019, the Senior Nationals Championships at St Stanislaus College.

Josephine Mitchell lead singer of Josie and the Flames unleashes her first production, ‘Burning Desire’ tonight at the Pergola Restaurant at the Courtyard Mall.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – British police yesterday shot dead a man wearing a fake suicide vest who stabbed two people to death in London and wounded three more before being wrestled to the ground by bystanders, in what the authorities called a terrorist attack.

Dear Editor, It is common in the expression of free speech that misinformed or intended to misinform definitions and accusations are thrown into the public opinion pool.

(Trinidad Guardian) A sergeant in the T&T Defence Force was arrested by officers of the Special Operations Response Team (SORT) yesterday for the alleged rape and buggery of a child.

Even with climate change and political unrest roiling the planet, a recent White House memoir, published anonymously as “A Warning”, would easily make any shortlist of the year’s most worrying news.

A planned police confrontation between a parent and a teacher, who have accused each other of assault following a skirmish at the Winfer Gardens Primary School, was aborted yesterday.