Articles published on Wednesday, July 19, 2017
DURBAN, South Africa, CMC – Off-spinner Bhaskar Yadram held his nerve to bowl a brilliant last over as West Indies Under-19s snatched a dramatic two-run victory over South Africa Under-19s to seal a 3-2 win in the five-match Youth One-Day International series here today.
Reassigned minister, Dr. Rupert Roopnaraine following consultations with his party – the Working People’s Alliance (WPA) – has tendered his letter of resignation to President David Granger who earlier today said that he has not yet accepted it.
(Reuters) – Madonna attempted on Tuesday to stop an upcoming auction of a prison break-up letter from rapper Tupac Shakur and a note in which she called singer Whitney Houston and actress Sharon Stone “horribly mediocre.”
On Monday, ranks of the GDF Coast Guard intercepted a boat in the Pomeroon River filled with over 95 kilogrammes of suspected cocaine, the Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU) said today.
(Trinidad Guardian) Don’t expect Parliament to resolve the 53 unfinished matters left in limbo by former chief magistrate Marcia Ayers-Caesar.
Team STEMGuyana finished in 10th place after overcoming many hurdles in their battle against 164 other nations at the inaugural First Global Games, a robotics competition held in Washington, D.C,
After months of delay President David Granger is this morning set to swear in four High Court judges and one Appeal Court judge.
Rawle Samuels, 29, who pleaded guilty to manslaughter for the brutal slaying of four-year-old Jamal Nedd, whom he had knifed to death at Buck Hill, Linden, in 2013, was yesterday morning handed a life sentence.
Police in the interior are on the hunt for a gang of men robbing mining camps in Kartuni, Cuyuni River.
Under a $471 million project, 16 communities across six regions will receive electricity by early December, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Central Housing and Planning Authority (CH&PA) Lelon Saul announced yesterday.
Businesswoman Jocelyn Dow lost her home, while several businesses were displaced after a fire ripped through her three-storey property at Charlotte Street early yesterday morning.
Aniki Jones yesterday afternoon walked out of the High Court a free man after being cleared of the charge of murder when Justice Nareshwar Harnanan upheld a no-case submission made by his attorney, Mark Conway.
A taxi driver, who police say tried to traffic just over 16 pounds of cannabis, was yesterday remanded to prison.
In the absence of a written ruling by acting Chief Justice Roxane George, both the Ministry of the Presidency and the Opposition Leader’s office have said that her findings on the interpretation of the Constitution vindicate their respective positions on the selection of a Chairperson for the Guyana Elections Commission (Gecom).
Mining blocks are available for distribution to syndicates which were recently established after miners complained about difficulties in acquiring lands.
Billion-dollar bids were opened yesterday at the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board (NPTAB) for the supply and delivery of medical supplies for 2017 and supply and delivery
“If I had known it was an offence to say I was an only child, then I would not have done it,” East Ruimveldt resident Madison Baird Sampson yesterday told a city court, which fined her a total of $200,000 for falsely claiming she was only child so that she could sell her deceased mother’s house.
Minister of Foreign Affairs, Carl Greenidge says that government’s submission on gay rights to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) may have been “badly put together” but it only made a reference to a possibility rather than stated definitely that a referendum would be held to decide whether to decriminalise same sex intimacy.
The patience of the Supreme Court-appointed Committee of Administrators (CoA) is finally beginning to wear thin.
The prime suspect in the fatal stabbing of BK Inter-national worker Trevor Dublin was arrested on Sunday and police say he has since admitted his involvement in the crime.
Executive Committee Member of the Guyana Football Federation (GFF), Dion Inniss, conducted a successful fact-finding mission in Region One as the GFF seeks to expand its membership in response to the interest expressed by the residents of the Region, a press release from the GFF states.
SOUTHPORT, England (Reuters) – Golf is unlikely ever to be dominated again by a single player in the way that Tiger Woods ruled the sport, world number three Jordan Spieth said yesterday ahead of this week’s British Open Championship at Royal Birkdale.
The Commission of Inquiry (CoI) into an alleged plot to assassinate President David Granger is schedule to commence tomorrow and retired Chief Justice Ian Chang will be representing the interests of the Guyana Police Force, a source said.
Guyana’s male and female table tennis teams face a tough road in their quest to qualify for team honours at the 59th annual Caribbean championships now underway in Havana, Cuba.
At a community meeting held at the Rose Hall Estate Community Centre yesterday afternoon, GuySuCo officials enlightened Berbicians on the ‘New GuySuCo,’ and what is in store for the corporation’s estates.
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Head coach Dennis Lawrence will be without his marquee overseas-based pros when Trinidad and Tobago take on Ecuador in an international friendly next week Wednesday.
Residents wishing to relocate from shacks they are occupying at the corner of Lombard and Broad streets, Georgetown, may soon be able to do so with the help of the Ministry of Communities’ Department of Housing and the Ministry of Public Health.
Dear Editor, Dr Richard Van West-Charles and I have a fond acquaintance.
Despite raising the toll for local vessels to transit through the Berbice Bridge retractor opening by more than 300% almost a month ago, the Berbice Bridge Company Inc (BBCI) is yet to provide an explanation for the decision.
Hosororo was crowned Region One champs in the Digicel Schools Football Championships after upsetting highly-favoured debutant Matthew’s Ridge 2-1 Monday at the Mabaruma Community Centre ground.
Dear Editor, I think you, and anyone for that matter, would appreciate the peace and tranquillity of the seawall for early morning exercise; it is a gem which compares with any place under the sun.
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Trinidad and Tobago retained their Regional Under-17 title after all three final round matches were abandoned because of heavy rain from the passage of Tropical Storm Don here Tuesday.
An ongoing project aimed at testing new-born babies for Sickle Cell Anaemia (SCA), as part of the contribution by the Guyana Bank for Trade and Industry (GBTI) to the development of the local health sector, has seen the screening of some 3,200 new-born infants to date.
Georgetown and West Demerara secured lopsided wins when the Upper Demerara Football Association/ GT Beer Intra-Association Championship continued on Sunday at the Mackenzie Sports Club (MSC) ground, Linden.
Dear Editor, Local print media are on the move here in hazy lazy Guyana.
A young miner was yesterday remanded to prison on an armed robbery charge after a city court heard that he had been positively identified by the victim.
ROMANS-SUR-ISERE, France, (Reuters) – Michael Matthews improved his chances of winning the points classification on the Tour de France, as the Australian claimed the 16th stage yesterday after his Sunweb team worked hard to keep green jersey holder Marcel Kittel out of contention.
Dear Editor, I write to acknowledge a comprehensive response to my letter captioned ‘Rice farmers are being exploited by the millers’ dated May 29, 2017 by the Guyana Rice Development Board (GRDB).
A porkknocker was on Monday granted his release on $200,000 bail after he denied having possession of almost three pounds of cannabis for trafficking.
(Trinidad Guardian) When 17-year-old David Sancaro rushed to a bar to protect a woman he didn’t even know from physical abuse being meted out by her enraged lover on Sunday, little did he know his gallantry would have cost him his life.
Dear Editor, The favourable ruling by Justice Brassington Reynolds in the wrongful dismissal case of former CEO of New Building Society, Maurice Arjoon, demonstrates that justice is alive and well in Guyana.
COLOMBO, (Reuters) – Niroshan Dickwella and Asela Gunaratne hit crucial half centuries to guide Sri Lanka to their highest-ever run chase as the hosts defeated Zimbabwe by four wickets on the final day of an intriguing one-off test yesterday.
The Athletic Association of Guyana (AAG) has shortlisted four athletes to represent Guyana at the International Amateur Athletic Federation (IAAF) World Track and Field Championships including Olympian Winston George who reportedly was having visa issues.
Dear Editor, With reference to recent publications to the contrary, a technical team from GuySuCo did visit Brazil to gain firsthand knowledge on ethanol usage as an extender for gasoline.
(Trinidad Express) The younger brother of Haffiza Rose Mohammed, 56, on Monday appeared before an Arima magistrate charged with her murder as well as that of her 13-year-old neighbour, Videsh Subar.
WASHINGTON/CARACAS, (Reuters) – The Trump administration is preparing sanctions against several senior Venezuelan government figures, U.S.
MADRID, (Reuters) – The head of Spain’s soccer federation (RFEF) Angel Maria Villar, a FIFA vice president, was arrested yesterday after a raid on several offices in Madrid as part of an anti-corruption investigation, police said.
Dear Editor, I read in the newspapers on July 1 about the Grade Six Asessments, and I am surprised at the results from the public schools.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Republican efforts to overhaul or repeal Obamacare collapsed in the U.S.
(Trinidad Express) If you are travelling out of Piarco International Airport to the United States, it would be wise to get there more than three hours earlier as the United States Department of Homeland Security has requested increased security checks.
(Barbados Nation) Police are continuing their investigations into Monday night’s shooting death of Colleen Beresdean Payne, 58, of Lodge Hill, St Michael.
Dear Editor, Public Security Minister Khemraj Ramjattan has reportedly stated that lack of money was the reason a new prison was not built, and that funds were needed elsewhere, including for sugar.
On the 29th April this year the Department of Tourism within the Ministry of Business held a Sports Tourism/Workshop which brought together sports associations, business and tourism entities, and the diplomatic corps with the aim of identifying the lines of action needed for the development of a successful sports tourism industry.
Last year, when considering the establishment of the Commission of Inquiry into the March 2016 prison disturbances in which 17 inmates lost their lives, I made two recommendations having to do with imprisonment and sentencing, which I am following up on here, because I believe they are still important to how our criminal justice system develops and is responded to by those in jail.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The United States slapped new economic sanctions against Iran yesterday over its ballistic missile programme and said Tehran’s “malign activities” in the Middle East undercut any “positive contributions” coming from the 2015 Iran nuclear accord.
LONDON, (Reuters) – England booked a place in the Women’s World Cup final with a dramatic two-wicket win over South Africa yesterday.
