Daily Archive: Tuesday, January 14, 2020

(Barbados Nation) The nude woman in viral videos circulated yesterday is now in the care of the Psychiatric Hospital.

The Police say they are investigating the murder of Richard Fresco called `Foots’  of African descent age 43 years, unemployed of Lot 23 East La Penitence, Georgetown which occurred on Monday, January 13, 2020 about 3:40 am at Lot 65 Cross Street, Werk-en-Rust, Georgetown between Hadfield and Leopold Street.

The police today said that Errol Thapordeen C/D “Buffy/Bowie/Powie” is wanted for questioning in relation to murder committed on Rudendra Persaud on 2020/01/12 at Non Pariel, E.C.D.

Vishal Birju, the man charged for the murder  of Gabriella Dubarry, shook his body as he appeared before the court.

The US-based Carter Center today announced that it had launched its observer mission here for the 2020 general elections.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Britain’s 24 million gamblers will no longer be able to use credit cards to place bets under the latest move by the government to tackle problem gambling.

(Jamaica Star) “Come ‘Bringle’, mi don’t want you go on the road.

(Trinidad Guardian) New year, new me, that’s the in­ten­tion of many as they make New Year’s res­o­lu­tions each year.

(Jamaica Gleaner) The kitchen knife used in the preparation of Sunday dinner at Neville Sinclair’s home in Brinkley district, St Elizabeth, became an instrument of death a few short hours later as it was used to slaughter the senior justice of the peace’s (JP) daughter, Nevia Sinclair, who was allegedly murdered in her sleep by her estranged boyfriend.

(Jamaica Gleaner) It was a bizarre end to an afternoon of grief that rapidly boiled up into anger in the cool climbs of Manchester on Sunday.

All holders of constitutional offices, including judges and members of commissions such at the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), are being given salary increases in line with those which were granted to public servants.

Two of the three men, including a police constable who were apprehended shortly after they allegedly robbed a Tuschen Housing Scheme Chinese restaurateur earlier this month, were yesterday remanded to prison after they were charged with armed robbery.

Declaring that crime is out of control, PPP/C Prime Ministerial Candidate Brigadier (ret’d) Mark Phillips on Sunday promised Berbicians improved security if his party is elected at the upcoming general elections.

ST GEORGE’S, Grenada, CMC – Captain Kieron Pollard has praised West Indies for executing a “total team game” after they beat Ireland by five wickets in the third One-Day International on Sunday to complete a 3-0 series whitewash.

A 26-year-old construction worker succumbed at a city hospital on Sunday afternoon, less than a day after he was allegedly stuck in his head by a gang of men who invaded a Non Pareil, East Coast Demerara wedding house.

DHAKA, Bangladesh, CMC – Seamer Rayad Emrit and veteran Chris Gayle combined to fire Chattogram Challengers to an important seven-wicket victory in yesterday’s Bangladesh Premier League eliminator, but superstar Andre Russell had a match to forget as his Rajshahi Royals slumped to a 27-run defeat in the first qualifier, to miss out on an automatic place in the final.

Miguel Ovideo dominated the field at the Lusignan Golf Club Saturday to walk away with the Best Net score of 62 and win the A&R Printery tournament.

A 20-year-old motorcyclist succumbed on Sunday afternoon, hours after he lost control of the motorcycle he was riding along the Cotton Field Public Road, Essequibo Coast.

A Canje woman was remanded to prison yesterday on an attempted murder charge after she allegedly doused her boyfriend with a pot of hot oil on Thursday afternoon at her Gangaram Village, East Canje Berbice, house.

Corporate giant Ansa McAl officially presented the prize monies for the top four finishers yesterday for the recently concluded 592 Beer Community Cup Football Festival.

City Hall workers, including the Treasurer, have been formally suspended by the Local Government Commission (LGC) following the completion of an investigation of the discovery of a bag of money in a vehicle assigned to the Constabulary.

Defending champion Northern Rangers and Georgetown Football Club (GFC) will battle in the semifinal round of the Turbo Energy Drink Knockout Football Championships, following quarterfinal wins Sunday at the Ministry of Education ground, Carifesta Avenue.

Attorney General (AG) Basil Williams yesterday morning reiterated previously advanced arguments that Guyanese outside of Guyana, whether residing or otherwise, cannot be allowed to vote unless they are resident in Guyana at the qualifying date of registration.

The local 2020 rugby pre-season scrums off  Saturday at the National Park from 15:00hrs with a 15s match involving ‘North’ and ‘South’ players but concerns have been raised over the suitability of the National Park Playing Field for International competitions.

The police in Region 8 (Potaro-Siparuni) are probing the disappearance of four children who have been missing for more than a week now.

Following the awarding of the rights of the FIFA Women’s U20 World Cup to Costa Rica and Panama, the Lady Jaguars and Saint Kitts and Nevis have been selected to compete in the second round of the CONCACAF women’s tournament in the Dominican Republic from February 22nd-March 8th.

Albion Community Center Cricket Club have expressed their dissatisfaction with the constant overlooking of 25-year-old, Kandasammy Surujnarine by the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) and by extension, Cricket Guy Inc.

City councillors yesterday decided that the council should examine keeping its options open and making properties that the city owns profitable after a discussion on possibly leasing the city’s Constabu-lary Training Centre on Water Street. 

Defence attorney Glenn Hanoman yesterday asked acting Chief Magistrate, Sherdel Isaacs-Marcus for the legal proceedings against Marcus Bisram, who is accused of directing the murder of a Corentyne carpenter, to be dealt with in Georgetown rather than being transferred back to a Berbice court.

(Reuters) – India are “absolutely open” to playing a day-night test in Australia this year and the world’s top-ranked team have the confidence to take on any side in the world in any condition, captain Virat Kohli said yesterday.

Dear Editor, This letter serves to inform the Hon Minister of Public Infrastructure that a stretch of the GT – Lethem road, from Linden to Mabura, is now in dire need of repairs.

MUMBAI,  (Reuters) – Wriddhiman Saha wants to represent India in all formats of the game but the test wicketkeeper is not losing any sleep over his lack of opportunities in limited-overs cricket, the 35-year-old told Reuters in an interview.

The farming community of Mibicuri located in Black Bush Polder, Corentyne, Berbice is now equipped with a standalone modern health centre, the Depart-ment of Public Information (DPI) said yesterday.

Dear Editor, A general election would be neither free nor fair if a contesting party is unfairly denied access to the broadcast media in comparison with another or a particular party is granted favoured access to the broadcast media, whether publicly or privately owned.

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y.,  (Reuters) – The man of Guyanese parentage accused of stabbing at least five people in a machete rampage at the home of a Hasidic rabbi during a Hanukkah celebration could face a death penalty trial if one of his alleged victims, still in a coma, dies, a judge said yesterday.

SOWETO, South Africa, CMC – Antonio Morris and Nyeem Young smashed whirlwind half-centuries to power West Indies Under-19s to a three-wicket victory over Canada Under-19s in their first official warm-up match in preparation for the ICC Youth World Cup here yesterday.

Kyrie Irving scored 21 points in his first game in nearly two months as the Brooklyn Nets never trailed and cruised to a 108-86 victory over the Atlanta Hawks on Sunday night in New York.

Dear Editor, Allow me to respond to a prolix prosaic piece by Tony Vieira published in at least two dailies on January  13 2020 and designed to denigrate me in particular and NCN in general.

Seven Haitian nationals, who claimed they did not know the immigration procedures, were yesterday fined by acting Chief Magistrate Sherdel Isaacs-Marcus after they admitted to illegally exiting from Guyana.

Dear Editor, In its Thursday, January 9, edition, Stabroek News published a story informing that; “The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) is currently on the ground working with GECOM with respect to voter and civic education and raising voter awareness.”

An Essequibo motorcyclist is currently hospitalised in a serious condition after he collided with a parked motor canter along the Middlesex Public Road, Essequibo Coast on Saturday night.

DUBAI,  (Reuters) – Protesters took to the streets of Iran to denounce the country’s clerical rulers and riot police deployed to face them in a third day of demonstrations yesterday after authorities acknowledged shooting down a passenger plane by mistake.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Half-centuries from debutant Desron Maloney and captain Kavem Hodge underpinned a clinical Windward Islands Volcanoes run chase as they stunned Barbados Pride by three wickets on a tense final day of the first round clash here Sunday.

A man was yesterday remanded to prison after being charged with the attempted murder of a Semang Landing miner.

Dear Editor, There is so much promise offered for resuscitating Guyana’s failing sugar industry. 

PORT-AU-PRINCE,  (Reuters) – Haitian President Jovenel Moise could be ruling by decree later this week, a scenario he said would help break the Caribbean nation’s political deadlock but which critics fear will undermine its fragile democracy.

Half-centuries from national player, Ronaldo Alimohamed and Martin Pestano-Belle, saw Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC) beating Rising Stars by seven wickets on Sunday.

PARIS, (Reuters) – French judges yesterday adjourned the trial of Lamine Diack, the disgraced former head of athletics’ governing body IAAF who faces charges of corruption and money laundering linked to a Russian doping scandal.

Residents of Linden are poised to enjoy additional relief from the dust pollution caused by bauxite mining as Chinese bauxite mining company, Bosai Minerals Group (Guyana) Inc.

Dear Editor, This is an urgent letter to the smaller parties. 

MEXICO CITY,  (Reuters) – Chinese banks are providing $600 million in financing for the construction of an oil refinery at the Mexican port of Dos Bocas in the southeastern state of Tabasco, China’s ambassador to Mexico said yesterday.

PORT ELIZABETH, South Africa, (Reuters) – England captain Joe Root was back in training yesterday after being sidelined with an upset stomach ahead of the third test against South Africa at St George’s Park starting on Thursday.

Two men were refused bail yesterday by acting Chief Magistrate Sherdel Isaacs-Marcus after they were charged with robbing a man who had planned to sell one of them an iPhone.

Dear Editor, I have noted the PNCR press release of 11th Jan 2020 about an informational flyer I shared via my personal Facebook account.

(Reuters) – Dark comic-book story “Joker” led nominations yesterday for the Oscars in a best picture lineup dominated by stories by or about men and featuring only one actor of color despite efforts over the past few years to diversify the field.

(Trinidad Express) The Court has ruled that Sections 3 and 4 of the Sedition Act are unconstitutional, as they impose disproportionate and unjustified restrictions on a citizen’s free speech, expression and thought.

SANDRINGHAM, England,  (Reuters) – Queen Elizabeth has reluctantly agreed to her grandson Prince Harry and his wife Meghan’s wish for a more independent future after the British royal family held crisis talks yesterday to resolve a widening rift among the Windsors.

(Reuters) – World number one Rafa Nadal has called on tennis administrators to create one “big world team cup competition” instead of confusing fans by staging the ATP Cup and Davis Cup within two months of each other.

By Elizabeth Drew WASHINGTON, DC – The recent tense, dangerous exchanges between the United States and Iran have revealed a great deal about US President Donald Trump’s management of his foreign policy.

By R M Austin Basil Butcher, the Guyanese and West Indian cricketer, died at the age of eighty-six  on the 16th December, 2019.

A few weekends ago during the course of a conversation with a female University student the young woman declared that the real problem with workplace sexual harassment is that the magnitude of the problem for exceeds official and wider public understanding of its nature and extent.

Republic Bank’s Panorama 2020 competition was launched with a concert entertaining the Sunday seawall crowd with the enlivening sounds of steelpan from the bands participating this year.

Two men who police say were found with 169 grammes of cannabis were charged at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts yesterday.

Dear Editor, President David Granger, addressing the Coalition’s Rally at Hopetown, West Coast Berbice on January 08, in his address said “…we will keep sugar going in this region, that is a promise, that is a pledge…”. 

LOS ANGELES,  (Reuters) – Barack and Michelle Obama’s production company scored an Oscar nomination yesterday for “American Factory,” a documentary that chronicled what happened to workers when a Chinese billionaire purchased a manufacturing plant in the U.S.

(Jamaica Gleaner) United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will be in Jamaica on a two-day working visit, beginning next Tuesday, a Gleaner source has revealed.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – Republican members of the U.S Senate, poised to begin an impeachment trial against President Donald Trump in the coming days, voiced opposition yesterday to any attempt to dismiss the charges against him without a trial.