Daily Archive: Tuesday, October 13, 2020

Attorney General Anil Nandlall has announced that letters of termination were today sent to staff of the State Assets Recovery Agency (SARA), in keeping with the PPP/C’s administration’s plans to shutter the operations of the agency.

(Jamaica Star) A St Catherine woman was stabbed to death last Saturday, allegedly because of an argument about clothes.

(Trinidad Guardian) Police are actively pursuing several further matters under the Civil Assets Forfeiture law – the Unexplained Wealth law – to have certain people in T&T explain how they have achieved their wealth.

(Trinidad Express) Reanna Ashley Gobadan, who was left with serious injuries when she was struck by a vehicle in August, has returned home to continue her long road to recovery.

(Jamaica Gleaner) With early voting already under way in a number of states, with others set to start polling later this month, there is a massive push within communities with large numbers of Jamaican and Caribbean nationals to rally support for a number of Jamaicans running for posts in the November 3 elections to elect a president and fill Senate and House seats across the country.

(Jamaica Gleaner) At 45 years old, mother of nine and grandmother of 10, Susan Burke* finds herself begging on the streets of the capital city to provide for her household.

 (Reuters) – U.S. voters have cast more than 10 million votes for the Nov.

AMSTERDAM, (Reuters) – A cannon that once saluted a Sinhalese king and a diamond looted from an Indonesian sultan are among thousands of objects seized during the colonial era whose rightful owners Dutch authorities are intent on tracking down.

DAR ES SALAAM,  (Reuters) – Tanzanian firefighters were battling for a third day today to control a blaze on the slopes of Africa’s highest mountain, Mount Kilimanjaro, officials in the area said.

Two families were displaced last night after a fire of unknown origin gutted their Charlotte Street, Georgetown homes.

A 27-year-old man was yesterday remanded to prison after he was charged with murdering two women including a Venezuelan national over the last few months.

With Guyana’s international airports reopened to facilitate commercial flights, several airline operators have filed applications with the Guyana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) to resume operations, Director General Lt.

Minister of Youth, Culture and Sports Charles Ramson Jr., Friday last met with  Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) president Hilbert Foster and other executives to discuss the way forward for the sport while officially launching the board’s Brian Ramphal school bags project for young cricketers in the Ancient County.

Chief Election Officer Keith Lowenfield was yesterday faced with six additional criminal charges alleging forgery and misconduct in public office during this year’s contentious general and regional elections process.

The Golden Jaguars forgotten man! The label perfectly sums up the international existence of Shaquille Agard.

Mother of two, Angela Khan was yesterday afternoon sentenced to 10 years from which a number of deductions are to be made having pleaded guilty to the unlawful killing of Better Hope fisherman Bharrat Sugrim.

More than a month after he was shot by two men on a bicycle, city businessman Lennox Robinson yesterday afternoon succumbed to his injuries at a city hospital.

The safe restart of competitive cycling and the return of the Independence Three-Stage Road Race were among the talking points when the top brass of the Guyana Cycling Federation (GCF) met with Sports Minister, Charles Ramson Jr.,

The AB de Villiers show was on full display as Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) beat Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) by 82 runs in Match 28 of the Dream11 Indian Premier League (IPL) in Sharjah yesterday.

Several employees of Australian-owed mining company Troy Resources Guyana Inc (TRGI) have tested positive for COVID-19, the company disclosed yesterday, while announcing plans for mass testing at its Karouni work site.

Around 27 of 17,000 clients yesterday received their invested capital from the Accelerated Capital Firm Inc (ACFI), as the company which has been at the centre of what is being described as a huge Ponzi scheme yesterday began the repayment process, as promised.

Minister of Culture, Youth and Sports Charles Ramson Jr., has replaced former President David Granger as the Honorary Patron of the Rose Hall Youth and Sports Club, the club has informed. 

—Djokovic group forms breakaway union (Reuters) – Former world number one Andy Murray and three others have been elected to ATP’s Player Council to replace the Novak Djokovic-led group who resigned from the body to form a breakaway union, the governing body of men’s tennis announced yesterday.

WARSAW,  (Reuters) – Even in the glow of a champagne performance in Paris, Poland’s newly-crowned French Open champion Iga Swiatek stuck to still water as she celebrated a maiden Grand Slam success and offered a glimpse of a new era in women’s tennis.

The Ministry of Tourism, Indus-try and Commerce yesterday said it was forced to call the Guyana Police Force (GPF) to remove former Permanent Secretary (PS) Karen Van Sluytman-Corbin after she refused to accept her recent reassignment and vacate her former office, all of which she has disputed.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Lewis Hamilton looks sure to become the most successful Formula One driver of all time but argument about the greatest will rumble on.

A man died  on Sunday after he lost control of his motorcycle and fell onto the road in the vicinity of Demerara Distillers Limited at Diamond, East Bank Demerara.

Gov’t falls after APNU+AFC MP Charrandass Persaud votes yes to no confidence motion (December 21, 2018) A high-stakes gambit by the PPP/C paid off tonight when APNU+AFC MP Charrandass Persaud voted for the opposition motion of no-confidence meaning that fresh general elections will have to be held in three months.

People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) Chairperson Volda Lawrence is scheduled to report to the police today in connection with the ongoing investigation surrounding the events of the March 2nd General and Regional elections.

(Reuters) – Argentina coach Lionel Scaloni described Bolivia as “one of the best teams in the world” when they play at the punishing altitude of La Paz.

Dear Editor, It would be wonderful if we could all stop what we’re doing for three weeks, isolate and continue the shutdown of ‘non-essential businesses, minimizing Covid’s dreadful contagion; but we have to deal with the real world where there are nightmare scenarios, growing scarier by the day, which result from curfews, lockdowns and closure of businesses.

 MATTHEWS, North Carolina, CMC – Teenaged Jamaican Nicque Daley scored one of the most important goals of his United Soccer League career as he helped put Charleston Battery in the Eastern Conference semi-finals with a 2-1 win over Charlotte Independence here last weekend.

When the trial of Allan Sim for the murder of hospital ambulance dispatcher Melissa Skeete continued yesterday, the court heard from police investigators that the accused had said that he stabbed the woman using a surgical blade with which she first attacked him.

(Reuters) – Delhi Capitals wicketkeeper Rishabh Pant will miss a week’s action in the Indian Premier League (IPL) after sustaining a hamstring injury in Friday’s victory over the Rajasthan Royals, his captain Shreyas Iyer said.

An Essequibo Coast family is now in mourning after a trip to a beach ended in a drowning on Sunday.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres yesterday urged development banks to stop backing fossil fuel projects, after a report found the World Bank had invested $12 billion in the sector since the 2015 Paris Agreement to combat climate change.

Dear Editor, I refer to the article captioned `Airports say they are ready for passengers’ in SN October 12 edition, with particular reference to the Minister of Health’s statement that “If the PCR test is done within 72 hours of travel, the passenger will not be required to do another PCR test on arrival.

LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – As the NBA bursts its bubble following the completion of the Finals on Sunday, the league now faces tough questions about when next season will begin and what it will look like.

LONDON, (Reuters) – With cricket bat, bowler and beer, Londoners set up an impromptu game of night cricket on the high street in Peckham this week as fatigue and frustration with the British government’s lockdown rules rise.

(Reuters) – Former U.S. President Barack Obama congratulated LeBron James a day after he picked up his fourth NBA title, as prominent figures in sports, politics and beyond celebrated the Los Angeles Lakers championship.

Nicholas Williams, the man accused of killing his former partner last Tuesday morning, was on Friday charged with her murder.

(Reuters) – Johnson & Johnson said yesterday it had temporarily paused its COVID-19 vaccine candidate clinical trials due to an unexplained illness in a study participant, delaying one of the highest profile efforts to contain the global pandemic.

Dear Editor, Two daily newspapers recently carried front page articles on the proposed bridge across the Corentyne River.

MANCHESTER, England, (Reuters) – Premier League clubs will break their silence over the much criticised proposals for major changes to the structure of England’s top flight, when they meet this week amidst talk of a ‘civil war’ within the game.

Odel Roberts is likely to know his fate tomorrow after a jury deliberates on the case against him for the 2015 murder of Sophia businessman Shawn Anys who police say was shot and killed by bandits.

  Court nominee on ObamacareWASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – Democratic senators including vice presidential nominee Kamala Harris yesterday painted President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett as a threat to the Obamacare healthcare law during a deadly pandemic and denounced the Republican drive to approve her before the Nov.

Dear Editor, A society’s historical, habitual, traditional behaviours, characteristics, beliefs, creative expressions – whether by groups or collectively- are ever-present in the people’s midst.

(Reuters) – Enable, one of Europe’s most successful horses, has been retired after a career spanning five seasons, owners Juddmonte said yesterday.

The trial of Les Charles Critchlow for the 2016 murder of his brother-in-law Terrence Adams is set to commence next Monday at 9am at the High Court in Georgetown.

Dear Editor, In responding to Ravi Dev`s letter of October 9, 2020: `African Ethnic Security Dilemma has resolved itself’’, let me first of all acknowledge the ethical and intellectual nature of Ravi`s engagement, unlike many of those who merely troll on social media and comment on letters.

SEOUL,  (Reuters) – North Korean leader Kim Jong Un appeared to shed tears at the weekend as he thanked citizens for their sacrifices, in the most striking demonstration yet of how he is relying on his “man of the people” persona to tackle his country’s deepening crises.

“The IDB (Inter-American Development Bank) will work with the region to boost investment through greater integration and nearshoring.

Such public comment as has been expressed over the decision to push back the boundaries of the COVID-19 curfew and – perhaps more importantly —to re-open the country’s two international airports, is altogether understandable. 

The Ministry of Education (MoE) yesterday apologized after inappropriate content was aired on the Guyana Learning Channel.

By Marta Valiñas, Francisco Cox Vial, and Paul Seils NEW YORK – In September 2019, the United Nations Human Rights Council mandated us to investigate alleged human-rights violations in Venezuela – specifically, extrajudicial executions, enforced disappearances, arbitrary detentions and torture, and other cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment.

By Marta Valiñas, Francisco Cox Vial, and Paul Seils NEW YORK – In September 2019, the United Nations Human Rights Council mandated us to investigate alleged human-rights violations in Venezuela – specifically, extrajudicial executions, enforced disappearances, arbitrary detentions and torture, and other cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment.

Dear Editor, Recently in the press while discussing the Bridge to link Suriname and Guyana the statement was made that the entire Corentyne River belongs to Suriname.

The Guyana Chess Federation (GFF) which seems to be utilising the virtual platform to its advantage, pulled off another online competition at the weekend where Emmanuel Primus and Mayas Khan secured under-16 title honours.

DHAKA,  (Reuters) – Bangladesh’s cabinet yesterday approved the death penalty for rapists amid nationwide protests in the wake of a series of gang rapes and sexual assaults.