Articles published on Monday, March 9, 2020
(Jamaica Star) A teenager who was accidentally buried alive while on a construction site in Granville, St James, last Friday, was pronounced dead after he was rushed to the Cornwall Regional Hospital.
(Trinidad Express) A form five pupil has appeared in court today charged with shooting cashier Navita Premchand at her workplace in Fyzabad.
(Trinidad Express) A seven-year-old boy is suspected to have choked and died while eating a pholourie.
(Trinidad Express) The oil price crash yesterday spells trouble for Trinidad and Tobago’s economy.
Adverting to elections related unrest in recent days, President David Granger today said he won’t allow “political malefactors to hijack our democracy”.
OTTAWA, (Reuters) – Canadians should avoid all cruise ship travel amid a coronavirus outbreak, the country’s chief medical officer said on Monday, as the number of people in Canada who have contracted the disease surpassed 70.
(Jamaica Gleaner) Prime Minister Andrew Holness has praised the late Rev Dr Carmen Stewart as an “outstanding Jamaican who dedicated most of her life in service to the Church and to communities”.
(Jamaica Gleaner) A Westmoreland man who was slain, allegedly by his partner, was a serial abuser who often accused his girlfriend of cheating on him, the deceased’s sister has revealed.
(Trinidad Express) What Sunil Ramsundar thought was a prank call a few weeks ago turned very real for him after a threatening phone call, and two men with guns showed up at his Charlieville home on Monday night ready to kill him.
(Trinidad Express) Two criminal suspects who played a game of hide and seek in a supermarket with dozens of heavily armed police officers, ended up the losers.
NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Oil prices suffered their biggest daily rout since the 1991 Gulf War today as top producers Saudi Arabia and Russia began a price war that threatens to overwhelm global oil markets with supply.
LUCKNOW, India, (Reuters) – The top court in India’s most populous state ordered authorities today to remove large displays of the names, pictures and addresses of dozens of anti-government protesters, amid fears that they encourage attacks by vigilante mobs.
(Trinidad Guardian) The same man, Kenneth “Spanish” Rodriguez, who was referred to as a “known gang leader” in the Interim Report from the Joint Select Committee (JSC) on National Security is still receiving lucrative Government contracts from the current administration.
Guyana Jaguars and Leeward Islands ended their seventh round West Indies Championship match in a draw on the final day at the Providence National Stadium ground yesterday.
The National Sports Commission (NSC) continues to support the development of sports in Guyana and recently sustained that mantra by donating to the Guyana Chess Federation (GCF).
Match winning performances from Plaffiana Millington and Shabika Gajnabi ensured defending champions Berbice retain their title in the 2020 Guyana Cricket Board/Superbet 50-over senior female Inter-County tournament after defeating Demerara by seven wickets at the Georgetown Cricket Club ground yesterday.
The Guyana Rugby Football Union (GRFU) and its coaching staff will be relying heavily on a large group of young players to help carry the team’s load this season and in the foreseeable future.
Cycling action returns to Linden today for the fourth LonLam Cycling Classic.
Titans Table Tennis Club duo Jasmine Billingy and Samara Sukhai both extended their growing reputations by recording success in the ongoing West Indies LTD.
With a tense nation still awaiting the results of the March 2 elections with no clear idea of when this will be revealed, A New and United Guyana (ANUG) executive Timothy Jonas has urged the PPP/C to reach out to the APNU+AFC and agree to a truce before results are announced.
MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – Opening batswomen Alyssa Healy and Beth Mooney scored glittering half-centuries as a ruthless Australia crushed India by 85 runs to win a record-extending fifth Women’s Twenty20 World Cup in front of a heaving Melbourne Cricket Ground yesterday.
The High Court will hear arguments on a suit seeking full verification of the vote for Region Four at last Monday’s general and regional elections at 3pm tomorrow after acting Chief Justice (CJ) Roxane George-Wiltshire ruled yesterday that the court has jurisdiction to hear the matter.
(Reuters) – England’s Jofra Archer is likely to miss the Indian Premier League (IPL) as national team coach Chris Silverwood wants the fast bowler to play cricket with Sussex to get up to speed before the home test series against West Indies in June.
Navigant Builders Inc, the company that is developing a premier luxury commercial and residential community at Ogle, East Coast Demerara, have announced that they are postponing the development plans at this time.
(Reuters) – Bangladesh opening batsman Tamim Iqbal has been named the team’s new one-day international (ODI) captain, replacing Mashrafe Mortaza who stepped down earlier this week, the country’s cricket board (BCB) said yesterday.
Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo on Saturday wrote GECOM Chair Claudette Singh demanding the resumption of verification of the Region Four voting at Monday’s general elections but the chair replied yesterday and said that the matter was sub judice.
Dear Editor, The descent into sporadic but geographically widespread violence following last Monday’s general and regional elections is a most regrettable and dangerous development in this country.
TAROUBA, Trinidad,, CMC – A ruthless Trinidad and Tobago Red Force dealt a heavy blow to Barbados Pride’s title quest with a crushing 147-run victory here yesterday.
‘Backtrack’ travel between Suriname and Guyana, which had been closed for a week, resumed operations on Saturday.
ST GEORGE’S, Grenada, CMC – West Indies players Andre Fletcher and Sunil Ambris carved out half-centuries in a pivotal century partnership as Windward Islands Volcanoes won for only the second time this season with a two-wicket victory over Jamaica Scorpions.
Dear Editor, It is revealing the naked grab for power by the APNU+AFC based on the promise of black gold, gushing forth from the Atlantic.
The police in Berbice have launched an investigation into a suspected hit and run which has left a Rose Hall Town, Corentyne man dead.
Guyana Foundation head Supriya Singh-Bodden, who endorsed President David Granger in 2015, says both he and Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) Chair, retired Justice Claudette Singh, owe the nation an explanation for the events that occurred after the March 2nd elections.
SEVILLE, (Reuters) – Real Madrid failed to build on last week’s ‘Clasico’ victory as they lost 2-1 at Real Betis in a fiery match yesterday and surrendered top spot in La Liga to Barcelona.
Dear Editor, This correspondence is so motivated by my innate-grandmother-inspired-values of honesty, truth, fairplay and latterly, the maintenance of democratic principles, that I fear I’ll be guilty of some rambling and a less-than-coherent presentation hereunder.
ROME, (Reuters) – Italy’s Serie A league was criticised by the country’s sports minister Vincenzo Spadafora yesterday for being “irresponsible” after ignoring his request to call off the day’s matches and suspend the competition over the coronavirus outbreak.
Dear Editor, I have come from seeing Mr. Timothy Jonas speaking about what Mr.
Aside from the violent protests in Berbice and the East Coast Demerara on Friday, supporters of the PPP/C also demonstrated at other locations against what they claimed was the “rigging” of last Monday’s elections.
NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – Fit-again all-rounder Hardik Pandya returned to India’s one-day squad yesterday but opener Rohit Sharma, who is recovering from a calf injury, was left out of the three-match series against South Africa beginning next week.
WASHINGTON/NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Older Americans, especially those with chronic medical concerns, should probably avoid big social gatherings and airline flights, given the rapid spread of coronavirus, a top U.S.
Dear Editor, No government installed based on an electoral result that includes the unverified District 4 tabulation will be recognized as legitimate.
By Shabna Rahman in New York Hundreds of New York-based Guyanese gathered on Saturday evening at the corner of 134th Liberty Avenue, New York, calling for democracy and transparency in the electoral process.
Harrison, NEW JERSEY, (Reuters) – The United States defeated Spain 1-0 in a hard-fought battle in front of a sold-out crowd at Red Bull Arena yesterday, with a late-game header into the net by Julie Ertz sealing the match on the second leg of the SheBelieves Cup tournament.
President David Granger, yesterday morning, met former Prime Minister of Jamaica Bruce Golding and his team from the Organisation of American States (OAS) Observer Mission in Guyana.
TOKYO, (Reuters) – Oil prices plunged around 25% yesterday, heading towards their biggest daily loss since 1991 after Saudi Arabia slashed prices and set plans for a big increase in crude production in April.
SANTIAGO/MEXICO CITY, (Reuters) – Hundreds of thousands of women across Latin America’s biggest cities flocked to the streets for International Women’s Day yesterday, spurred by a growing outcry over inequality, femicide and strict abortion controls.
Dear Editor, We are all proud Guyanese. We want our nation to become the Oil Dorado always promised since Independence.
(Reuters) – Ronaldinho Gaucho, the former Brazil and Barcelona soccer star being held in a Paraguayan jail for using a falsified passport, is being investigated for additional crimes, the prosecutor leading the case said yesterday.
After a week which has threatened the integrity of our national elections, many of us should now have a clearer sense of potential flashpoints in America’s ongoing primaries and its forthcoming elections.
SEOUL, (Reuters) – North Korea launched multiple short-range projectiles into the sea yesterday as part of ongoing firing drills, a week after it resumed missile tests following a three-month break, South Korea’s military said.
CARACAS, (Reuters) – Venezuela’s elections council said yesterday that a fire over the weekend destroyed most of the voting machines stored in its main warehouse in the capital, Caracas, potentially complicating parliamentary elections scheduled for this year.
From competence to controversy “Do You See Anything To Laugh About?”
Dear Editor, Since the 1950’s, Guyana has suffered from racial insecurities.
Anthony Davis had 30 points and eight rebounds, and the Los Angeles Lakers snapped the host Los Angeles Clippers’ six-game winning streak with a 112-103 victory yesterday.
(Editor’s note: Below we reprint the editorial that should have appeared in yesterday’s Sunday Stabroek.
MIAMI, (Reuters) – Brazilian and U.S. governments signed yesterday an agreement for development of defence projects that may give the South American country access to financing.
The Guyana Police Force has boosted its transportation and anti-rioting capacity with the newest addition of an armoured vehicle.
(Jamaica Observer) A St Ann mother is seeking justice for her 14-year-old son who alleges that he was sodomised by a pastor in the Seventh-day Adventist Church when he was just 13 years old.
Last Monday, Guyanese voters took to the polling stations to cast their ballots for general and regional elections following the 21 December 2018 vote of no confidence in the Government.
Dear Editor, It comes as no surprise the speed at which the controversy surrounding the declaration of the Region 4 results has been used to cast the PNCR as the rogue.
