Articles published on Thursday, July 20, 2017
LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – Chester Bennington, the lead singer of Linkin Park, was found dead on Thursday of apparent suicide a week before the California alt-rock band was due to embark on a U.S.
The United States Embassy here today warned about a tender scam.
CARACAS,(Reuters) – Many Venezuelan streets were barricaded and deserted today for a strike called by foes of President Nicolas Maduro to demand elections and the scrapping of plans for a new congress they fear will consolidate dictatorship in the OPEC country.
CARSON CITY, Nev., (Reuters) – O.J. Simpson was granted parole from prison on Thursday after serving nine years for a botched armed robbery in a Las Vegas hotel room and will be released in October.
First Lady, Sandra Granger, last evening said that the recent success by the Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Guyana team at the 2017 First Robotics Global Challenge in Washington, D.C
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Treasury Department today said it was fining global oil company Exxon Mobil Corp (XOM.N)
Dr Rupert Roopnaraine has withdrawn his resignation which had been tendered to President David Granger.
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Police today confirmed that three Guyanese miners working for a Brazilian were shot dead when their camp at Imataka on the Venezuelan side of the border was raided by gunmen on Tuesday morning.
(Trinidad Guardian) We will pay back the taxpayers. This was the assurance given by representative for CL Financial (CLF) shareholders Carlton Reis, moments after the Government last night lost its bid to appoint a pair of provisional liquidators to recoup the remaining $15 billion it spent to bail out the company’s cash-strapped subsidiary Clico since 2009.
Berbice police yesterday launched a manhunt for Camp Street Prison escapee, Stafrei Hopkinson Alexander in the Port Mourant backlands on the Corentyne.
Charges are expected to be laid against two men this week following the interception of a vessel carrying 95.45kg of cocaine by the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) Coast Guard on Monday in the Pomeroon River, Essequibo.
US-based Dynamic International Airways has filed for bankruptcy even as it assures passengers that normal operations will continue.
President David Granger yesterday said that he will continue to act in accordance with his “perception” of the Constitution in his search for a person to hold the post of chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission (Gecom).
The Maritime Administration Department (MARAD) says that the boats involved in the collision on the Moruca River on July 14th which left one man dead and another missing were unlicensed and were not equipped with navigational lights.
Four High Court judges and one appellate judge were yesterday sworn in by President David Granger who said that persons holding these offices must display high moral standards and he reiterated that government will not interfere in the judiciary’s work.
A drug addict was yesterday sentenced to three years in prison after he admitted to having less than five grammes of cocaine in his possession.
“To be honest, it really hasn’t soaked in as yet; to say what I want to this person, I can never find the full stop for it.
Following negotiations with the miners association, the Guyana Gold Board (GGB) will be charging a processing fee of $2,500 per ounce for gold sold to it by miners effective September 1, 2017.
Although Region Two’s (Pomeroon/ Supenaam) 2015 budget made provisions for the purchase of a much-needed generator for the Suddie Hospital, the item is yet to be procured by the regional administration, which reportedly encountered difficulties getting approval from the Tender Board.
Guyana’s women’s table tennis team bowed out of the team event at the 59th annual Caribbean Table tennis Championships now underway in Havana, Cuba after going down 0-3 to the host country in last night’s semi-final.
Prison Officer Odinga Wain Wickham, who was slain in the line of duty during the July 9th 2017 Camp Street Prison fire and jailbreak, will be buried next week Tuesday , his mother Annette says.
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 yesterday.
The Ministry of Finance yesterday signed a US$17.5 ($3.7b) million line of credit agreement with the Exim Bank of India, which will be used to upgrade the Bartica, Suddie and the West Demerara Regional Hospitals.
Despite the recent inclement weather, the spirit of the national rugby squad is far from dampened as the ruggers continue to prepare assiduously for the Rugby Americas North (RAN) 15s championships home game against USA South in nine days.
Daniel Williams’ coach, Johnny Gravesande is a happy camper after his charge stunningly snared a silver medal at the World U-18 Championships last week in Kenya, but the small town athlete has bigger dreams.
During the Camp Street Prison fire and unrest on July 9, inmates had locked some of the prison officers in a room and they had to be rescued by other prisoners.
As the probe into the Kartuni, Cuyuni River mining camps robberies widens, Commander of ‘F’ Division, Ravindradat Budhram yesterday disclosed that a quantity of raw gold and one firearm have been confirmed missing thus far.
LONDON, (Reuters) – Chelsea have agreed a deal to sign Real Madrid striker Alvaro Morata, subject to the Spain international agreeing personal terms and passing a medical, the Premier League champions said yesterday.
SOUTHPORT, England, (Reuters) – Rory McIlroy is confident he can put injury problems and a frustrating run of form behind him to mount a serious challenge for a fifth major title at this week’s British Open.
Digicel yesterday announced the introduction of Unlimited Rollover Data and Talk.
MONACO, (Reuters) – Usain Bolt says he is over his early season setbacks and running into form at the right time to sign off his career with two more gold medals at next month’s world athletics championships in London.
A mother of one was yesterday released on $5,000 bail by a city magistrate for allegedly stabbing her ex-boyfriend in his shoulder.
SERRE-CHEVALIER, France, (Reuters) – Chris Froome kept control of his rivals in a gruelling Alpine ride to move a step closer to a fourth Tour de France title yesterday, retaining the leader’s yellow jersey after the 17th stage, won by Slovenia’s Primoz Roglic.
President David Granger said yesterday that recommendations have been made by a panel for the posts of substantive Chancellor and Chief Justice and those appointments could be made by early next month.
A farmer was yesterday placed on $100,000 bail by a city magistrate after he was accused of fraudulently converting his friend’s money to his own use and benefit.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The United States and China failed yesterday to agree on major new steps to reduce the U.S.
The Guyana Chess Federation will Sunday stage a seven round, one-day Rapid Chess tournament at the National Resource Centre, Woolford Avenue, Thomas Lands.
A Turkeyen teenager was yesterday slapped with two charges of armed robbery and pleaded guilty while saying he was hungry and under the influence of marijuana.
Adams Alves and Javed Rahaman won their matches in the Open men’s singles competition as the 2017 Digicel Senior National Squash Championships got underway Tuesday evening at the Georgetown Club Courts.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – U.S. Senator John McCain, the 2008 Republican presidential nominee known for political independence during more than three decades in the Senate, has been diagnosed with an aggressive form of brain cancer, his office said yesterday.
After a protest from the Region 10 Regional Democratic Council (RDC), the Ministry of Communities has decided not to proceed with the planned transfer of engineer Clive Peters.
Dear Editor, By now you ought to be aware of the Chief Justice’s ruling on the interpretation of Article 161(2) of the Constitution in respect of the appointment of a Chairperson for Gecom.
MARACAIBO, Venezuela, (Reuters) – Venezuela’s severe economic crisis will worsen if President Nicolas Maduro presses ahead with a controversial new congress that would further undermine investor confidence in the OPEC nation, the head of the country’s biggest business guild said.
DURBAN, South Africa, CMC – West Indies Under-19s head coach, Graeme West, has praised the resolve of his players after they produced a sterling comeback to snatch a dramatic last-over victory over South Africa Under-19s and take the five-match Youth One-Day International series 3-2 here yesterday.
MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – England’s abject display against South Africa in the second test shows they are a side struggling for consistency and Australia should be able to exploit their lack of cohesion in the upcoming Ashes series, former paceman Mitchell Johnson has said.
Dear Editor, Accompanying a letter to the editor by EB John in SN of July 18 was an interesting picture of a group of GuySuCo officials who went to Brazil in the 1980s to study that country’s successful production of ethanol.
The body of an elderly man was yesterday afternoon pulled from a trench at Vergenoegen, East Bank Essequibo (EBE).
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump took Senate Republicans to task yesterday for failing to reach agreement on overhauling Obamacare, as a new report showed 32 million Americans would lose health insurance if senators opt to repeal the law without a replacement.
(Reuters) – New Zealander John Bracewell will step down as head coach of Ireland at the end of his contract in December, the country’s cricket board has said.
A gang of men on Sunday evening broke into the Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club (RHTYSC) office and carted off a sum of cash, appliances and other items, with an estimated value of $1 million.
Dear Editor, My memories of Dr Rupert Roopnaraine go back to him on the campaign trail in earlier elections.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court rejected yesterday a bid by President Donald Trump to include grandparents and other relatives of Americans in his travel ban on people from six Muslim-majority countries.
(Reuters) – On Tuesday June 20 Mohammed bin Nayef, a powerful figure in Saudi Arabia’s security apparatus for the past two decades and the next in line to the throne, was summoned to meet King Salman bin Abdulaziz on the fourth floor of the royal palace in Mecca.
COLOMBO, (Reuters) – Shaminda Eranga’s bowling action was found to be legal and the paceman has been cleared to resume playing for Sri Lanka more than a year after he was banned, the International Cricket Council (ICC) has said.
Dear Editor, There is nothing more reassuring to the citizens of any country than that of an independent judiciary.
By Royston Alkins in The Bahamas The opening ceremony of the sixth Commonwealth Youth Games created quite a spectacle at the Queen Elizabeth Sports Centre in Nassau, Tuesday evening.
MEXICO CITY/OTTAWA, (Reuters) – U.S., Mexican and Canadian officials have agreed to an aggressive timetable to renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), sources said, aiming to conclude early next year to avoid Mexico’s 2018 presidential elections.
Dear Editor, Government is losing one public relations battle after another.
Dear Editor, According to the Auditor General’s report seventy-nine contracts valued at $147.536 million were not awarded to the lowest or the most competitive bidder in Region Six, but went to the most expensive bid from those which were submitted.
The English humorist and writer, Sir A.P. Herbert is well-loved for his realistic series of satirical judgments and absurd legal accounts first set out in “Misleading Cases in the Common Law” which on several occasions were mistakenly reported by several newspapers as entirely factual.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he would not have appointed Jeff Sessions as attorney general if he had known Sessions would recuse himself from the Russia investigation, according to a New York Times interview.
MUMBAI (Reuters) – The odds were against India the last time they toured Sri Lanka in 2015 but Virat Kohli led the inexperienced side to a comeback win in the test series which changed the team’s mindset, the captain said yesterday.
Police officers, soldiers, firemen, nurses, security guards, scouts and guides, as well as prison officers wear uniforms which make them easily recognizable in a professional setting.
