Daily Archive: Friday, February 14, 2020

(Trinidad Express) Machel Montano is now a married man. The King of Soca wedded his long-time girlfriend, Renee Butcher, at the Red House in Port-of-Spain on Friday.

Former Jamaican Prime Minister Bruce Golding will head the Organisation of American States (OAS) observer mission to Guyana’s March 2 general elections.

On the occasion of its 5th anniversary as a coalition, the governing APNU+AFC launched its manifesto for the March 2, 2020 General and Regional Elections promising among other things conditional cash transfers, non-custodial sentences for the possession of small quantities of marijuana and constitutional reform,  the latter of which it failed to deliver as per its 2015 pledge.

(Trinidad Express) I don’t want to die. This from Chaguanas businesswoman Rachael Sukhdeo, woman who broke her silence yesterday on the carnage that has surrounded her since the killing of her husband, Sheron Sukdeo almost two years ago.

(Trinidad Guardian) It’s a moth­er’s worst night­mare to wake up to trag­ic news of her daugh­ter be­ing killed and her grand­daugh­ter shot and wound­ed and in a crit­i­cal con­di­tion at hos­pi­tal.

 (Trinidad Guardian) The son of a re­tired po­lice su­per­in­ten­dent was shot dead while ly­ing on the ground next to his fa­ther, in a hold-up in Freeport Wednes­day night.

BEIJING, (Reuters) – There were no doctors, nurses or medical equipment at the Wuhan hotel converted into a temporary quarantine facility for suspected coronavirus patients when brothers Wang Xiangkai and Wang Xiangyou arrived two weeks ago.

ST GEORGE’S, Grenada, CMC – Discarded Test leg-spinner Devendra Bishoo struck a key blow late in the day when he removed half-century maker Kavem Hodge, to give Guyana Jaguars the edge on the rain-hit opening day of their fifth round match against Windward Islands Volcanoes.

East Bank bounced back in the Demerara Inter-Association Under-17 second round with a nine-wicket win over West Demerara yesterday at Everest.

In celebration of Guyana’s 50th Republic Anniversary, the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) has collaborated with the Ministry of Social Cohesion’s Department of Culture, Youth and Sport to host the Golden Republic T20 Bash with one million dollars up for grabs.

Guyana Football Federation (GFF) General Secretary Ian Alves has confirmed that CONCACAF is fully aware of the denial of entry of five Golden Jaguars U-20 internationals to Nicaragua for the impending CONCACAF U-20 Men’s Qualifiers, which is slated for February 15th-23rd.

Even as it declared that all transactions for the recently announced US$75 million AC Marriott Hotel are above board, the National Industrial and Commercial Investments Limited (NICIL) yesterday disclosed that the major US brand Hilton Hotel is also coming to Guyana at the same Ogle location.

The Ministry of Public Health and the Petra Organization have renewed their longstanding partnership, aiming once again to utilise the annual Milo Secondary School U-18 Football Championship as an avenue to address the social ill of gender-based violence.

The 11 political parties, which have been approved to contest the March 2, 2020 elections, yesterday signed a Code of Conduct under the auspices of the Ethnic Relations Commission (ERC).

Another call has been made for the legal framework to be put place to ensure persons with disabilities (PWDs) can independently exercise their right to vote if that is their choice.

Net-Rockers and Topp XX battled to a drawn affair while Botofago crushed Silver Shattas when the Jermin and Family sponsored and coordinated ‘Mash Cup’ continued on Wednesday at the Mackenzie Sports Club ground, Linden.

Director General of the Ministry of the Presidency, Joseph Harmon, yesterday declared open the Department of Citizen-ship’s new $57.5M Immigration office in Canje, New Amsterdam, East Berbice-Corentyne (Region Six).

Guyana Rush Saints and Gladiators secured opening night victories in the Men’s and Women’s Division respectively, when the Rupununi Football Association (RFA) Champions League Tournament started on Sunday.

Guyana’s 2015 oil find and more specifically the country’s anticipated 120,000 barrels per day production is expected to be the main driver behind the Caribbean Development Bank’s (CDB) projected regional GDP growth of 4.1% for 2020, the Bank’s President Dr Warren Smith declared at a press conference in Barbados on Tuesday.

In pursuit of what the Guyana Marketing Corporation (GMC) says is its sustained drive to optimise market opportunities for local agricultural and agro-processed produce among local consumers, the state agency will, on Friday, February 22, stage a Mini Mash Market Expo in collaboration with Coss Cutters at its Farm, East Bank Demerara, outlet.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – A Kevin Stoute half-century underpinned critical rearguard action from Barbados Pride and denied Trinidad and Tobago Red Force total domination of the opening day of their fifth round match here yesterday.

Presidential hopefuls from five of the smaller new parties contesting the general and regional elections all have on the agenda the renegotiation of the oil contracts and the need for supporting other industries through revenues received from the oil & gas sector.

Jo-Ann Forde’s background is not your run-of-the-mill one. She is the daughter of a pair of Assemblies of God pastors, who some years ago, opted to relocate to the Rupununi to preach the Gospel there.

ROME (Reuters) – A stoppage-time Cristiano Ronaldo penalty rescued a 1-1 draw for Juventus at 10-man AC Milan yesterday in the first leg of their Coppa Italia semi-final.Ante

People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) presidential candidate Irfaan Ali has been granted another adjournment to facilitate the decision of the Court of Appeal on the Preliminary Inquiry (PI) into the 19 fraud charges brought against him over the sale of state lands in the ‘Pradoville 2’ Housing Scheme.

When account is taken of the sustained squeeze that the Trump administration has placed on the administration of President Nicolás Maduro in Venezuela, targeting particularly the country’s oil & gas sector, the country can be considered as having been afforded some breathing space in recent months.

MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Steve Smith and David Warner will be ready for whatever South African crowds throw at them when the Australia batsmen return to the nation two years after the ball-tampering scandal, paceman Josh Hazlewood has said.

Dear Editor, Recently published by National Geographic February 11th 2020, scientists utilizing the European Space Agency to monitor the changes in Antarctica have mentioned that we are at an increased risk of the sea level rising four feet in the future due to current substantial melting that will lead to the release of a significant amount of water from the Pine Island Glacier.

Just days after the victim of a fatal stab wound, Latoya Haywood, was laid to rest, two persons were arrested by police after they broke into her tomb minutes after 1 am yesterday at the Le Repentir Cemetery where she was buried on Sunday.

BEIJING/SIHANOUKVILLE, Cambodia,  (Reuters) – China’s coronavirus outbreak showed no sign of peaking with health authorities today reporting more than 5,000 new cases, while passengers on a cruise ship blocked from five countries due to virus fears finally disembarked in Cambodia.

Dear Editor, The Medical Council of Guyana (the Council) is obliged to make the following statement in respect of the complaint lodged by the personal representatives of the late Mr.

The creative community in the Caribbean is being afforded the opportunity to access funding through financing provided by The Cultural and Creative Indus-tries Innovation Fund (CIIF), which is administered by the Caribbean Development Bank.

Leslie Castello is expected to face yet another retrial after a 12-member panel was yesterday once again unable to arrive at a verdict on charges that he raped a young girl.

(Field Level Media) The games will go on. That’s the message from the International Olympic Committee at the start of a two-day meeting with organisers of the 2020 games in Tokyo.

While the legality and use of marijuana remains a hotly debated issue in some parts of the Caribbean and elsewhere around the world, Caribbean Community (CARICOM) member country Jamaica (as the Stabroek Business has been reporting) continues to parade to the rest of the region both the monetary and medicinal value of the plant commonly known as ‘ganja’.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – U.S. Attorney General William Barr said yesterday that President Donald Trump’s attacks on prosecutors, the judge and jurors in the trial of a longtime adviser undermined the Justice Department’s work, adding he would not be “bullied” by anyone.

Dear Editor, `Step by Step there will be improvements to our deal with Exxon’ Admittedly, the captioned subject has not been given the attention it deserves, by the undersigned.

A vehicular accident on the Linden-Soesdyke Highway which occurred on Wednesday night has claimed the life of a female who is yet to be identified.

FLORENCE HALL, Jamaica, CMC – Terrance Warde struck an important unbeaten half-century to prop up Leeward Islands Hurricanes and frustrate Jamaica Scorpions on the opening day of their fifth round clash here yesterday.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – The U.S. Senate passed legislation yesterday to limit President Donald Trump’s ability to wage war against Iran, rebuking him weeks after a strike against an Iranian military commander and Tehran’s retaliation raised fears of broader regional conflict.

Dear Editor, I refer to the letter in the Stabroek News dated  February 9th, 2020 written by one Sahadeo Bates captioned, `Lawlessness on some bus routes continues to prevail.’ 

The two brothers suspected of committing the robbery at the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GTT) kiosk at Giftland Mall remain in police custody, Commander of Region 4(A) Edgar Thomas yesterday told Stabroek News that they are still in the early stages of investigation and the brothers are being questioned.

(Reuters) – Former Brazil striker Pele yesterday dismissed talk he is depressed and reclusive and assured fans he is doing well and maintaining a busy schedule.

The new Guyana Marketing Corporation has agreed to provide us with the above information which we will publish on a weekly basis subject to receipt.

‘WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – Scientists examining the genomes of West Africans have detected signs that a mysterious extinct human species interbred with our own species tens of thousands of years ago in Africa, the latest evidence of humankind’s complicated genetic ancestry.

Yesterday we carried a Reuters report about more than half of Malta’s traffic police being arrested on Tuesday for suspected fraud. 

Dear Editor, Your editorial: `Environmental bona fides and development aspirations’ (Stabroek News of Tuesday 11th February, 2020) captured two key elements of the environmental challenge we face as a country: lack of “… culture of respect for and serious adherence to environmental laws…” The article as a whole gave a favourable impression of the candour of its author.

Following the conclusion of the group stage on Wednesday, the round of 16 section in the Lets Bet Sports-sponsored Mocha ‘Village Cup’ Streetball Championship commences this evening at the Mocha Primary School tarmac with four slated matches.

Almost on all of our city’s streets you can see them, weathering the dangerous elements as they eat, sleep and exist.

This week’s disclosure that, in the period ahead, Guyana will be home to a US$75 million Marriott-branded hotel is probably not altogether surprising given what we are continually being told is likely to be the considerable levels of foreign investment that will come on the back of the emergence of our oil and gas industry.

A 20-year-old man who was accused of having over 400 grammes of cannabis for trafficking was granted bail yesterday after he was charged with the offence in Lethem.

-Retail Politics versus Mobile Rallies Whenever I’m about to scold myself for embracing European-inspired traditions, I quickly remind myself of my strongly-held historical fact and belief: that Europeans, Asians, all Humanity, were originally African (Black and /or Brown.)

Gold Prices for the three day period ending Thursday February 13, 2020          Kitco is a Canadian company that buys and sells precious metals such as gold, copper and silver.

GASCI (www.gasci.com/telephone Nº 223-6175/6) reports that session 864’s trading results showed consideration of $9,883,937 from 103,058 shares traded in 26 transactions as compared to session 863’s trading results which showed consideration of $42,443,102 from 76,212 shares traded in 20 transactions.