Daily Archive: Saturday, December 21, 2019

(Jamaica Gleaner) Reggae and gospel recording artiste, Fabian ‘Ziggy Soul’ Arnold, has died.

CUTTACK, India,  CMC – West Indies face India in Sunday’s decisive third One-Day International knowing victory will see them end a near two-decade wait for a series victory on the subcontinent.

(Jamaica Observer) The on-going gang violence in sections of lower Mountain View Avenue in the eastern end of the city intensified yesterday with the shooting of a man close to the area known as “63”.

NEW DELHI/MUMBAI,  (Reuters) – More than 1,500 protesters have been arrested across India in the past 10 days, officials said, as police try to quell sometimes violent demonstrations against a citizenship law that critics say undermines the country’s secular constitution.

(Trinidad Express) The fire ignited by a fallen transformer, not the collision injuries, led to the death of Michael Bradshaw, Djenne Hills-Dyer, two of the four victims of a fiery crash on Thursday.

Guyana is now officially a producer of petroleum. The historic moment was announced last night by US oil major ExxonMobil and came less than five years after one of the company’s subsidiaries made a major oil find in the Liza-1 well offshore in the sprawling Stabroek Block.

Two brothers serving in the Guyana Police Force (GPF), who were accused of torturing 17-year-old Akshay Budhiram at their La Parfaite Harmonie home were granted bail yesterday after they were jointly charged with abducting and wounding the teen.

A heliport being constructed at Lusignan on the East Coast of Demerara has raised questions about how approval for its construction was given and about air safety.

The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) has managed a little more than 4,000 visits in its attempts to verify the new registrants from the House to House (HtH) exercise and confirmed around 2,000 as the other persons were not at home or could not be found.

Today marks one year since the governing APNU+AFC fell to a no confidence motion (NCM) and the opposition People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) has taken the opportunity to criticize government’s behaviour since that time.

On Wednesday evening the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) held its awards ceremony where Romario Shepherd was named the male Cricketer-of-the-Year as well as the Most Improved Player.

The sod was yesterday turned for the University of Guyana’s Early Childhood Centre of Excellence Speaking at the ceremony, Minister of Finance, Winston Jordan declared that it is important that the nation invests more in early childhood education to ensure that all children of that age have access to these crucial services.

Guyanese International Tennis Federation (ITF) expert Bill Adams, who lives abroad, is currently here as part of an ITF regional consultative initiative aimed at building strong regional bodies for the development of the sport. 

A New and United Guyana (ANUG) will hold a press conference today to announce a coalition with some of the 14 new parties which have sprung up ahead of the March 2020 elections.

Marics and Company Limited has joined the list of sponsors supporting the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) Super 16 championships, donating a 125 CC Honda Motorcycle for the event’s eventual Most Valuable Player [MVP].

A businessman was yesterday robbed of millions of dollars after he left a city bank.

President of the Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA), Roger Harper has described 2019 as ‘decent’ despite the weather and availability of grounds hindering the plans of the body.

President David Granger has pardoned two female prisoners who were serving sentences at the New Amsterdam Prison.

Recently, office and computer supplies giant, Metro, continued their sponsorship agreement for the traditional Boxing Day meet scheduled to be staged at the Bush Lot, Corentyne track.

NEW DELHI/LUCKNOW,  (Reuters) – Six people died and dozens were injured yesterday as Indian police clashed with thousands of protesters who again took to the streets in several parts of the country to oppose a new law they say discriminates against Muslims.

An official from the American Petroleum Institute (API) over the last few days spoke to around 200 business representatives on quality management systems.

A 42-year-old woman was granted bail yesterday after she was charged with wounding a university student.

CUTTACK, India, CMC – West Indies speedster Sheldon Cottrell says he is anxiously looking forward to his first stint in the high-profile Indian Premier League, after landing a lucrative million-dollar deal with Kings XI Punjab.

THE HAGUE,  (Reuters) – The International Criminal Court’s chief prosecutor said yesterday she would launch a full investigation into alleged war crimes in the Palestinian Territories as soon as the court’s jurisdiction had been established.

A 32-year-old fisherman was remanded to prison yesterday after he was accused of breaking and entering another man’s home and stealing over half a million in articles.

Vice-president of Cricket West Indies Dr Kishore Shallow took the former administration to task for failing to give West Indies great Shivnarine Chanderpaul a fitting send-off. 

(Jamaica Gleaner) The Mexican-owned Pacific Airport Group, GAP, which operates Jamaica’s two international airports in Kingston and Montego Bay, plans to spend US$213 million over the next five years to upgrade the runways and buildings, but it will come with passengers paying more to use the facilities, according to its latest filings.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – U.S. lawmakers who control the fate of President Donald Trump left Washington for a holiday break yesterday with no agreement over how they will handle the Senate trial to consider his impeachment charges in January.

Dear Editor, The successful Leo Houlding-led Roraima Expedition of Nov/Dec 2019,  is the first expedition to have had two Guyanese summit the Great Northern Prow of Mount Roraima.

Dexter Thompson, the La Parfaite Harmonie man who was brought before the courts in May to face fraud charges surrounding counterfeit US currency was remanded to prison yesterday after he was charged with a similar offence in a city court.

‘MEXICO CITY, (Reuters) – Two Carnival Corp cruise ships collided yesterday in the port of Mexico’s Caribbean resort of Cozumel, the luxury cruise operator said, crushing the stern of a 952-foot-long (290-meter) vessel and leaving passengers stunned at the loud impact.

Fierce rivals Sparta Boss and Leopold Street will collide while Bent Street will take aim at newcomer Rio All-Stars in the semifinals of the inaugural Dragon Stout Street-ball ‘Community Cup’, following quarterfinal wins Thursday.

“One day I started doodling and haven’t stopped…,” talented landscape and abstract artist Sheliza Rampersaud said.

(Jamaica Gleaner) The All-Island Jamaica Cane Farmers Association (AIJCFA) has landed a deal with the Government to lease more than 3,600 acres of the land surrounding the Long Pond Sugar Factory in Trelawny to be sublet to cultivators affected by the closure of the historic facility.

Dear Editor, Today marks one year since the No Confidence Motion (NCM) was passed in the National Assembly of Guyana.

BEIJING,  (Reuters) – An Earth observation satellite jointly developed by China and Brazil was launched into space yesterday under a bilateral programme seen as a template for broader cooperation among BRICS nations.

For many people, there is no Christmas without ham. For me personally, it is all about the Pepperpot and homemade bread.

Rivers View Head-coach Wayne Dover is optimistic that his charges can secure a positive result against Western Tigers today in the GFF Super 16 Cup at the Bartica Community Centre ground.

As part of their community enhancement drive, the recently formed Century Palm Gardens Community Project in the D’Urban Backlands area has posted a number of signs in their neighbourhood. 

(Trinidad Guardian) Rel­a­tives of bank em­ploy­ee, Ro­ma La Mothe, 28, who was found dead in a drain along De­mer­ara Road in Ari­ma, are dis­put­ing ru­mours that a close rel­a­tive had any­thing to do with her demise.

Dear Editor, Thank you for publishing my letter on road safety and minibuses in yesterday’s edition of Stabroek News.

My therapist once told me that the holiday season is the one of the busiest periods for her and in the industry in general.

A 45-year-old man who allegedly broke and entered Gafoor’s Houston complex with intent to commit a felony was fined yesterday after he admitted to the charge.

(Jamaica Observer) KINGSTON, Jamaica — Miss World, Jamaica’s Toni-Ann Singh, is back home.

CUTTACK, India, CMC – Captain Kieron Pollard has underscored the importance of opener Shai Hope’s role in the one-day side, labelling the elegant stroke-maker as the “anchor” upon which West Indies built their innings.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., (Reuters) – Boeing Co’s new astronaut capsule failed after liftoff yesterday to climb high enough in orbit to reach the International Space Station, cutting short a critical unmanned test mission in the embattled aerospace giant’s race to send humans to the orbital outpost.

Dear Editor, The upsurge in the formation of small political parties campaigning for a place and position in Guyana’s troubled political landscape should not be readily dismissed as decorative to the whole electoral season.

One of Berbice’s youngest entrepreneurs, the talented Rebecca Ann D’Andrade, is on the path to open her makeup business, Bliss Studios in Rose Hall Town early next year. 

Fourteen minutes into “Bombshell”, Gretchen Carlson meets with a pair of lawyers.

The macabre results of Guyana’s vehicular accidents have created enough trauma to impact a few generations.

The Berbice Bridge Company Inc (BBCI) yesterday said it is disappointed at the ruling of Chief Justice (ag.),

CHATTOGRAM, Bangladesh, CMC – Chadwick Walton’s whirlwind half-century lifted leaders Chattogram Challengers to their fifth win in six outings as they beat Comilla Warriors by 16 runs in the Bangladesh Premier League here yesterday.

(Barbados Nation) In a matter of weeks, the first batch of more than 100 Ghanaian nurses will arrive in Barbados to help ease the island’s shortage.

The dramatic vote that made Donald Trump the third US leader, and the only first-term president, to be impeached has disclosed more about Washington’s current dysfunctions than a shelf of political memoirs.

Three Toyota Vitz cars were won yesterday when the final set of winners of the Ariel Detergent Christmas Triple Treat Promotion were announced at Massy Stores, Providence.

RIO DE JANEIRO/BRASILIA,  (Reuters) – Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro yesterday defended his son from accusations of corruption and attacked the Rio de Janeiro state prosecutors leading an investigation of Senator Flavio Bolsonaro’s alleged money laundering and misuse of public funds.

Dear Editor, Mosa Telford’s article, ‘A culture of begging’ [SN 14th December 2019] caught my eye.