Daily Archive: Monday, January 20, 2020

Three persons were yesterday charged with assaulting a teacher of St Agnes Primary in an incident that stemmed from a fight involving two pupils and the teacher was also charged with assaulting one of the trio.

Attorney Anil Nandlall today condemned a statement made yesterday by the Chair of the PNCR Volda Lawrence for APNU+AFC supporters to assemble outside of polling stations on elections day at the close of poll and to follow ballot boxes.

(Trinidad Express) A Trinidadian couple who travelled to the United States and entered into fraudulent marriages to gain citizenship was convicted for the crime last week Thursday.

(Jamaica Star) Last November when Ayoka Lawrence checked her account balance online, she was confronted by a dismal reality – it was $387.16.

(Jamaica Star) Pastor Jeremy Arnold said he was thrown into a garbage bin at birth by doctors who thought he was dead.

The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) has acknowledged receipt of a request by three political parties for a “joinder” of their lists of candidates.

BEIJING,  (Reuters) – Bundled up in winter clothes as they head home for the Lunar New Year holiday amid a health scare over a mystery new virus, Chinese travellers on the teeming concourse of Beijing West station were evenly split between the masked and the barefaced.

LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – South Korean thriller “Parasite” was the upset winner at the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) awards yesterday, while Joaquin Phoenix and Renee Zellweger were named best actors, cementing their roles as frontrunners at the Oscars next month.

(Trinidad Guardian) State-owned Na­tion­al Pe­tro­le­um Mar­ket­ing Com­pa­ny Lim­it­ed (NP) lost over US$500,000 in a bad deal on the sale of bunker fu­el on the in­ter­na­tion­al mar­ket.

Supporters of the APNU+AFC coalition must be prepared to play their part at the close of polls on elections day and be ready to guard against any interference during the counting of ballots at polling stations, Chair of the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) Volda Lawrence told a gathering at Kitty Market Square last night.

A Coldingen, East Coast Demerara (ECD) fisherman was found dead with multiple stab wounds and lacerations about his body on Saturday night and police have since arrested one of four suspects.

BASSETERRE, St Kitts, CMC – Lendl Simmons flirted with a maiden Twenty20 International hundred as West Indies crushed Ireland by nine wickets in the final match here last night, to earn a share of the three-match series.

A Wakenaam pensioner took his own life  minutes after he lit his common law wife on fire following a domestic dispute on Saturday afternoon.

Rose Hall Town Namilco Thunderbolt secured a five-run win over Albion Community Centre to win the Berbice Cricket Board/Ivan Madray T20 final in a last over thriller yesterday.

Patrick Prashad, Ayube Subhan and Maxim `Danny’ Mangra won their respective Flight divisions Saturday at the Global Spare Parts and Auto Sales tournament at the Lusignan Golf Club.

The Liberty and Justice Party (LJP) launched its campaign for the March 2 general and regional elections on Saturday with its leader and presidential candidate Lenox Shuman saying it is time that Indigenous people have a voice in decision-making as he argued that the two major parties, PPP/C and APNU+AFC, have consistently muzzled Indigenous voices.

Arysh Ragunauth was crestfallen. He had led the Guyana Chess Federation’s Choco Moo National U12 championships from the first round on the first day Saturday.

The decision by three new political parties to join their Lists of Candidates for the March 2 elections, in the hope of denying the next government an absolute majority in the National Assembly, has surprised many in the political establishment.

For the year 2018, the New Guyana Pharmaceutical Corporation (NGPC) secured $798m in contracts or 36.5% of the total awarded for the Ministry of Public Health, according to the 2018 Auditor General’s report.

LeBron James produced his 31st double-double, Kyle Kuzma chipped in 23 points and the visiting Los Angeles Lakers turned a third-quarter defensive clinic into a 124-115 win over the Houston Rockets on Saturday.

The Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC) yesterday completed a clinical effort,  defeating the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) by an innings and 50 runs in the weekend’s lone Noble House Seafoods second-division, two-day contest. 

MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – Gary Lineker’s celebrated quote that soccer is a simple game that “the Germans always win” might well be adapted to tennis and the inescapable dominance of Novak Djokovic at the Australian Open.

The resuscitation of the controversial specialty hospital project is one of the People’s Progressive Party/Civic’s (PPP/C) strategies to boost the local healthcare sector should it win the March 2 elections, former Minister of Culture Dr Frank Anthony has said.

Residents of Block ‘V’ Herstelling have come together to improve their roads for the benefit of the community.

The University of Guyana (UG) yesterday registered their second win of the weekend after completing a 137-run  defeat of Third Class in the day’s lone Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA), New Building Society (NBS) forty-overs, second-division fixture. 

Ten witnesses are expected to testify in the Preliminary Inquiry (PI) into the murder charge against Osafa Grundell and James Fraser, who are accused of killing taxi driver Marlon Rodney.

TAROUBA, Trinidad, CMC – Left-arm spinner Akeal Hosein snatched a six-wicket haul as Trinidad and Tobago Red Force needed a mere 64 balls to rout Leeward Islands Hurricanes by an innings and 168 runs and post their first win of the Regional Four-Day Championship here yesterday.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.,  (Reuters) – Elon Musk’s SpaceX simulated a successful emergency landing yesterday in a dramatic test of a crucial abort system on an unmanned astronaut capsule, a big step its mission to fly NASA astronauts for the first time as soon as this spring.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Nkrumah Bonner’s second first class century helped Jamaica Scorpions frustrate Windward Islands Volcanoes and earn a share of the honours on the final day of their second round match here yesterday.

The appeals filed by Devon Thomas and Randy Isaac who in 2015 were convicted and sentenced to 75 years each  for murdering businessman Kumar Mohabir on Mashramani Day back in 2013 are due to be heard on February 3rd.

LA PAZ,  (Reuters) – Former Bolivian leader Evo Morales is fostering instability and violence from inside Argentina and the United States had warned the South American nation that he would be a “headache,” a senior U.S.

Dear Editor, I would like to address two issues.  The first is a letter by the Ethnic Relations Commission PRO, Mr.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Rookie speedsters Keon Harding and Chemar Holder stunned Guyana Jaguars on yesterday’s final day of their second round match in the Regional Four-Day Championship, to hand Barbados Pride a convincing seven-wicket victory.

The Guyana Public Service Union (GPSU) has called on the Government to ratify the International Labour Organisation (ILO) Convention: C190 – Violence and Harassment Convention, 2019 and has sought President David Granger’s involvement to initiate this action.

BOGOTA, (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said yesterday he looks forward to meeting with Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido on Monday in Bogota at a regional counter-terrorism conference.

BEIJING,  (Reuters) – China is stepping up restrictions on the production, sale and use of single-use plastic products, the state planner said yesterday, as it seeks to tackle one of the country’s biggest environmental problems.

BENGALURU, (Reuters) – Rohit Sharma smashed a scintillating century and Virat Kohli starred in another successful chase as India beat Australia by seven wickets in the final one-dayer yesterday to complete a 2-1 series victory.

Dear Editor, There is a tanker alongside Liza Destiny and the efficient Exxon public relations office has advised “The first tanker of crude oil from the Liza field will begin loading this weekend.

The Guyana Power and Light Inc (GPL) says it managed for the second consecutive year to successfully maintain a stable supply of electricity during the Christmas season.

 ASUNCION,  (Reuters) – At least 75 inmates, including members of Brazil’s most powerful gang, escaped from a Paraguayan prison yesterday after digging a tunnel in an operation that prison officials were believed to have been aware of, Paraguay’s government said.

BEIRUT, (Reuters) – Lebanese security forces fired water cannons, rubber bullets and tear gas yesterday to try to break up stone-throwing protesters in Beirut, which has been rocked by some of the worst violence since unrest erupted in October.

Another welcome to this your mini-feature which seeks to lighten any lingering tensions generated at this time.

Dear Editor, I must congratulate the opposition presidential candidate. His motto must be: since it has to be going all out, then it must be big and sprawling and arresting; make the hugest wave, stop them dead in their tracks.

PORT ELIZABETH, South Africa, (Reuters) – Captain Joe Root led from the front as ruthless England took 10 wickets yesterday to move to the brink of victory in the third test with South Africa reeling on 102-6 in their second innings.

Government on Thursday dismissed criticisms by Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo on the recent award of contracts, saying they were long in the making and aboveboard.

By Percy C. Hintzen Percy Hintzen is Professor Emeritus at the University of California, Berkeley and Professor of Global and Sociocultural Studies and Director of African and African Diaspora Studies at Florida International University.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Britain’s Prince Harry spoke yesterday of his sadness at being forced to give up his royal duties in a deal with Queen Elizabeth and senior Windsors that will see him and his wife Meghan exit official roles to seek an independent future.

Can the decision announced late Friday by ANUG, the LJP and TNM to join their lists for the purpose of assigning parliamentary seats be a game-changer in alliance politics in this the 50th year of Republicanism?

The Ministry of the Presidency, Department of Social Cohesion, Culture, Youth & Sport in partnership with the Department of Energy, ExxonMobil Guyana and the University of Guyana, on Thursday officially launched the “First Oil Public Exhibition”.

Dear Editor, The focus of our country’s leaders is on oil.

In last week’s article, we began to highlight the key events that took place in 2019 which presented significant challenges for democracy and the rule of law in Guyana.

TEGUCIGALPA,  (Reuters) – Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez said yesterday he was committed to battling corruption after his government ended the mandate of an anti-graft mission in the country backed by the Organization of American States (OAS).

(Reuters) – Opener Kevin Kasuza struck a half-century on debut as Zimbabwe eased to 189 for two at the close on the opening day of the first test against Sri Lanka in Harare yesterday.