Daily Archive: Sunday, December 15, 2019

ST JOHN’S, Antigua,  CMC – Alarm bells continued to ring for West Indies ahead of their campaign in the ICC Under-19 World Cup next month when they slumped to their fourth defeat in five matches in the Tri-Nations Series here yesterday.

MUMBAI,  (Reuters) – Shimron Hetmyer and Shai Hope hit centuries and combined in a stand of 218 to help West Indies to an eight-wicket victory over India in the opening match of their one-day international series at Chennai on Sunday.

Under growing criticism over a previously unannounced sale of Guyana’s first three lifts of oil, the government’s Department of Energy (DoE) today defended its plan but did not explain how it decided which companies should be selected to bid in a process set for tomorrow.

Jamaican sprinter Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce walked away with the Best Female Athlete award at the first ever Panam Sports Awards in Fort Lauderdale on Friday. 

(Jamaica Gleaner) It’s been 26 years in the making, but on Saturday night in London, England, Toni-Ann Singh would not be denied the title of Miss World.

HONG KONG,  (Reuters) – Hong Kong International Airport reported its biggest fall in passenger numbers in more than a decade in November, official data released today showed.

The University of Guyana (UG) once again lauded their student athletes during its 2019 sports awards ceremony at the institution’s Turkeyen Campus Friday evening. 

Brass Aluminum and Cast Iron Foundry [BACIF], one of the sponsors of the Guyana Football Federation [GFF] year-end tournament, on Friday officially presented the federation with the Super 16 championship trophy.

The Inaugural ‘592 Beer Inter-Village Football Festival’, which resumes today with quarterfinal action will officially conclude on January 1st 2020.

-Trotman awaiting final reports before taking action A complaint to President David Granger of mismanagement and corruption at the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC), in which top officials have been fingered, has sparked a probe and Minister of Natural Resources Raphael Trotman is awaiting the final report to inform further action on the claims.

Guyana’s Dorado Speed Swim Club produced another stunning effort on the penultimate day of the 2019 Amateur Swimming Association of Trinidad and Tobago Invitational Meet to significantly increase their medal haul. 

The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) at an extraordinary meeting on Friday decided to post for public scrutiny the names of the approximately 20,000 new registrants recorded during the aborted House to House Registration exercise (HtH).

Changing the world and creating art are only two passions of artist and activist Anil Persaud, who is seeking to use his artistic talent to raise awareness about social issues and human rights.

Exactly one year after he allegedly killed his teenage daughter and her cousin, New York-based Guyanese Abdool Zameer Zaman was found hanging in his prison cell on Friday evening.

Fruta Conquerors continued their unbeaten run when the Always Women’s League continued yesterday at the National Training Center, Providence.

Two years ago, he travelled miles to surprise one of his two daughters for her birthday, but the conditions under which he found his daughters living broke his heart and with the permission of their mom, he moved them to the city in the hope of giving them a better life.

Following a high level meeting yesterday, the Guyana Police Force has launched ‘Operation Safe Roads,’ which is to commence countrywide this morning.

The fourth Youth Enhancement 10/10 cricket tournament is set for  today at the Number 56 Village Community Centre Ground,  Corentyne, East Berbice with eight teams battling for honours.

Ahead of the launch of his second collection today, fashion designer Carl Anthony Peterkin thinks that if he can “wow” at least one person, it will be worth it.

Armed bandits last evening staged a robbery at the Chenick and Sons Supermarket, in Betsy Ground Village, East Canje, Berbice, where they severely beat the owner and discharged several shots during the attack, including one that resulted in a customer being grazed.

Annai and Lodge Secondary scored  lopsided opening wins when the second  KFC Goodwill Under-18 Schools Football tournament commenced yesterday at the National Training Center, Providence with an exciting doubleheader.

The Guyana Police Force is now mourning the death of one of its own after a Special Corporal died following a boating mishap in the Berbice River yesterday morning.

Candidate Master Taffin Khan defeated Errol Tiwari as only six first-round open pairings unfolded on the opening day of the fourth Guyana Chess Federation-organised Gaico Construction-sponsored Grand Prix tournament yesterday.

“Security guards work under terrible conditions and not just where you work, but also there is sometimes no paid leave… If you call in sick you are not paid.

Despite him being released from the Georgetown Public Hospital just over a week ago, eight-year-old Richard Boodram, who was brutally beaten by five of his classmates at the Mon Repos Primary last month, is still experiencing severe headaches and complains that he cannot see from his left eye, according to his mother, Devika Persaud.

Nestled at the far end on the left bank of the Mahaica River, 28 miles from Georgetown and surrounded by rice fields, is the fairly large village of Cane Grove.

It was an evening of upsets as Coomacka and Topp XX battled to hard fought wins when the Upper Demerara Football Association (UDFA) year-end championships started on Friday.

What is the world’s biggest festival? There might be different ways of measuring it.

MADRID (Reuters) – Major economies resisted calls for bolder climate commitments as a U.N.

The driver of the Route 31 (Georgetown to Wales) minibus that crashed into a car at Nismes, West Bank Demerara, resulting in the deaths of four persons and the injury of several, was on Thursday released on a total of $120,000 bail after he was charged with three traffic offences.

The work of 11 artists was showcased on Thursday when the Guyana Women Artists’ Association (GWAA) hosted its 31st Annual Art Exhibition, which was held at the Arthur Chung Conference Centre at Liliendaal.

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Nicaragua’s National Assembly yesterday approved nationalising a major gas station company two days after the United States imposed sanctions on it for allegedly being used by President Daniel Ortega’s family to finance and launder money for the government.

Dear Editor, I am writing this letter to outline a few concerns that I have as we move to close out 2019 and move into 2020.

Paws for a Cause-Guyana Inc (PFAC-G) yesterday hosted its first event to raise funds to build a shelter for stray animals.

CHENNAI, India, CMC – All-rounder Dwayne Bravo has hinted at the return of seasoned Twenty20 campaigners Chris Gayle, Andre Russell and Sunil Narine, and believes their presence will have a significant impact on the young West Indies side.

The University of Guyana (UG) will next month be introducing a mandatory human relations course for its staff and the student body a part of a respect programme that was due to begin this weekend.

Dear Editor, The unusual request for a face-to-face meeting with those interested in selling Guyana’s oil and government officials is inexplicable.

For some of you, the enthusiasm and excitement of starting and staying on a fitness course that you began this year, may have gone way off track.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Darts great Raymond van Barneveld lost the final match of his garlanded career, bowing out in the first round of the PDC world championships at the Alexandra Palace yesterday.

SANANDITA, Bolivia (Reuters) – Bolivia will issue an arrest warrant in the coming days against former leftist President Evo Morales, accusing him of sedition, interim Bolivian President Jeanine Anez said yesterday.

Demerara Distillers Limited (DDL) has invested some $4 billion into its Tropical Orchard Products Company (TOPCO) expansion project, which will see its demand in 2020 for a total of nearly 2 million pounds of various fruit that local farmers are expected to supply.

Dear Editor, I had cause to share in this publication a couple of weeks ago, some reports and experiences of what prevails outside the Georgetown Public Hospital.

How often have you heard the saying “opposites attract”? Time and time again, we hear people say that they couldn’t be with someone just like them because it would be boring and predictable.

PERTH, (Reuters) – Marnus Labuschagne and Joe Burns notched half-centuries before New Zealand’s unflagging attack yielded late wickets but Australia had built a near insurmountable lead of 417 by stumps on day three of the first test yesterday.

BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Argentina’s new government has hiked export levies on soy, wheat and corn, according to an official decree yesterday, hitting farmers in the grains exporting nation to raise revenue needed to avoid default on a mountain of looming sovereign debt.

Last Update: 597.19                                        Movement: 0.10% Current Update” 596.61                                   YTD Movement: 15.88% The Lucas Stock Index (LSI) fell 0.10% during the second period of trading in December 2019. 

Nine farming groups within Region Five (Mahaica-Berbice) and Region Six (East Berbice-Corentyne) have received almost $20 million in micro-grants to reduce the impact of natural disasters.

The spectacle of a Nobel Laureate, Aung San Suu Kyi, a world renowned fighter for human rights, and former political prisoner, denying genocide during last week at the World Court is sobering.

One of the consequences of my having written a number of songs that have become popular with Caribbean people is, as I’ve previously mentioned, that upcoming Caribbean songwriters will ask me for tips on songwriting or, sometimes, with help on a specific problem in a song they’re working on.

Another year has nearly passed away. This seems astonishing to me.

The celebrated Gaico Construction Grand Prix series of chess tournaments comes to a conclusion this, and next weekend, at the Providence Stadium following two months of intense encounters.

(Barbados Nation) The HIV Food Bank continues to struggle to feed an increasing number of clients and has reached the point where it is forced to distribute less food.

If it were not for the Foreign Minister’s inexperience and lack of familiarity with border questions, it would be difficult to understand how Takuba Lodge could have pursued the chairmanship of the Group of 77 and China at such potential cost to the interests of this nation.

(Trinidad Newsday) While senators agreed decriminalisation of marijuana is a step in the right direction, some said a joint select committee (JSC) is needed to treat with concerns in the Dangerous Drugs (Amendment) Bill 2019.

Seeking to increase transparency, the Guyana Police Force (GPF) has introduced the use of portable video recording devices, known as body cameras, during daily operations in several divisions and Regional Commander of Region 4(A) Assistant Commissioner Edgar Thomas is seeking to lead by example to encourage the adoption of their use by members of the force.

Dear Editor, I would like to express my utter dissatisfaction with the lack of concern displayed by Digicel to our plight as customers.

MUMBAI, (Reuters) – India seamer Bhuvneshwar Kumar has been ruled out of the three-match one-day international series against West Indies due to a groin injury, the country’s cricket board (BCCI) said yesterday.

What is the world’s biggest festival? There might be different ways of measuring it.

LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson needs to “focus on reality” and recognise that the Scottish National Party (SNP) has been given a mandate for a second independence referendum, Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said yesterday.

(Trinidad Newsday) Hassan Ali was denied bail on Friday when he appeared before magistrate Cheron Raphael in the Arima First Magistrates’ Court on Friday charged with demanding money by menace.

(Trinidad Express) West Indian Cannabis Company Ltd is involved in the apparel industry.

(Jamaica Gleaner) A pastor based in Hanover has been charged with seven counts of rape, with children from several western Jamaica communities among his alleged victims.