Daily Archive: Saturday, September 2, 2017

The Guyana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) this evening said it is working with operators on the restoration of interior shuttling flights which were suspended on Wednesday.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – The U.S. Justice Department said it had no evidence to support the unsubstantiated claim made in March by President Donald Trump that his predecessor, Barack Obama, had ordered a wiretap of Trump Tower during the 2016 presidential campaign.

Collision at Friendship, East Bank Demerara this morning. There was no fatality.

(Trinidad Guardian) “I have no doubt justice will prevail in this matter and I will emerge victorious,” former People’s Partnership (PP) Attorney General Anand Ramlogan told reporters following his first court appearence yesterday on charges of misbehaviour in public office and obstruction of justice.

Guyana Amazon Warriors’ surge toward the final CPL playoff berth continued on Friday night at Sabina Park as they walloped the Jamaica Tallawahs by nine wickets.

A one-year-old child died early yesterday morning after she was thrown out of a window and then buried in a swampy North Sophia yard, all reportedly at the hands of an uncle.

A couple died early yesterday morning after a collision along the Cummings Lodge Railway Embankment Road.

Prison escapee Uree Varswyk was shot dead minutes before midnight on Thursday during a Joint Services operation at Central Amelia’s Ward, Linden and ranks were up to last evening in hot pursuit of Bartica massacre convict Mark Royden Williams, who had been spotted with him.

Multi Technology Vision Inc (MTV) Channel 65’s antenna crashed to the ground on Thursday night in what is suspected to be sabotage that has forced the station off the airwaves.

Mark Griffith, the man suspected to have been shot during an attempted robbery on Tuesday at the Giftland Mall Access Road junction, was recently sentenced in his absence to two years in jail on an armed robbery charge.

LONDON, England, CMC – Fast bowling legend Sir Curtly Ambrose has praised the young West Indies team following their amazing win over England in the second Test match at Headingley.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Venus Williams continued her U.S. Open campaign when the American beat Greek Maria Sakkari 6-3 6-4 yesterday to advance to the fourth round.

At age 15, Martin King was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes and his life changed in many ways.

With the sugar industry seeing an improvement in workers’ attendance over the past few months, the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) is on track to hit its production target for the second crop.

MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – An Australia team that stared down the hardened bureaucrats and faceless money men of the nation’s cricket board to strike a huge win in pay negotiations showed precious little unity when put under pressure by Bangladesh, the ninth-ranked test team.

Minister Valerie Garrido-Lowe yesterday urged the Indigenous Peoples to think about their future in modern Guyana and how they can contribute to its development.

(The Sports Xchange) – Manny Pacquiao has pulled out of his proposed November rematch with Jeff Horn for the WBO welterweight title because of government duties.

Dear Editor, I want to express my deep gratitude as a financial analyst to the teams in the Ministry of Finance and the Research Department at the Bank of Guyana for a job well done in producing their respective half-year reports for 2017. 

LONDON, (Reuters) – English football clubs splurged on the final day of the transfer window, laying out 210 million pounds to take total gross spending to a record-high 1.4 billion pounds as the Premier League again flexed its unrivalled financial muscles.

King Jared, whose common-law wife was killed after their motorcycle collided with a pile of mud on the Cummings Lodge Access Road last month, says he is awaiting compensation since he believes the accident was caused due to the negligence of the Ministry of Public Infrastructure.

Dear Editor, Hollywood has been rightly criticised for what has come to be called “whitewashing”, namely the use of white actors playing ‘black’ roles in film.

Diamond Secondary School teacher Jennifer Lall-Shiwbalak took the Miss Guyana Renaissance 2017 title besting 11 other contestants in what has been described as a stiff contest, last month at the National Cultural Centre.

In an effort to deliver efficient garbage collection in the city, the Georgetown City Council is redeploying street orderlies to assist with the garbage collection in the commercial district.

Dear Editor, As a relative of pensioner Oswald Williams, who has been bedridden for some months, I have witnessed and experienced the frustration caused when attempts are made to uplift his life certificate needed to access his hard earned pension.

SYDNEY, (Reuters) – Australian Olympic Committee media head Mike Tancred has been cleared of allegations of bullying after an independent investigation, the organisation said yesterday.

The Guyana Public Service Co-operative Credit Union (GPSCCU) is accusing Junior Social Protection Minister Keith Scott of practicing “financial bullyism” after it was asked to pay $49.6 million in retroactive contributions to the Audit and Supervision Fund for the years 2002 to 2013.

Dear Editor, The crime situation has become extremely troubling. The fact is that the crime level has increased significantly and is seriously affecting all in the society.

Dear Editor, My training as a journalist as well as my experience over the years have led me to expect that all noteworthy occasions attended by the President of a country would be treated as a ‘news story’, if only to inform the populace about the agenda of the nation’s governance. 

Two employees of the Guyana Lands and Surveys Commission (GL&SC) on Wednesday said the New Amsterdam Town Council is claiming rights to land they would have leased from the GL&SC.

HOVE, England, CMC – West Indies captain Stafanie Taylor turned in a match-winning performance to power Western Storm to the final of the Women’s Super League T20 tournament here yesterday.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Opener Dwayne Smith struck his fifth Twenty20 century and his second in three innings as Barbados Tridents put winless St Lucia Stars out of their misery with a 29-run victory, to edge closer to the playoffs of the Caribbean Premier League here late Thursday night.

I like to consider myself to be a true and dedicated Spice fan.

Hi Everyone, The beginning of this school year will be no different from others.

Dubbed the ‘King of Soca’ Trinidadian singing sensation Machel Montano arrived in Guyana yesterday and is set to take the stage by storm tonight at the National Stadium as the leading act in his ‘Soca In My Heart’ concert.

Dear Editor, On this day, the 9th of Dhul Hijjah, the final month in the Islamic calendar and the day before Eid ul Adha,  the Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) delivered his final sermon to his followers.

A man was shot yesterday after he tried to drive off another man who was smoking ganja next to him.

After four nights of excitement and non-stop laughter at the National Cultural Centre recently, the theatrical production Nothing to Laugh About 10 will be taking their entertaining bevy of actors to four other regions in Guyana.

To mark World Suicide Prevention Day, set to be observed on September 10th, the Ministry of Public Health through its mental health unit will be hosting a free concert on the Seawall Bandstand on the same date between 4pm and 7om.

Dear Editor, The heat is on.  It is right here in scorching concentrated fury; it is relentless and ruthless. 

(The Sports Xchange) – Kyrie Irving admitted he has not spoken with LeBron James since being traded to the Boston Celtics but he praised his former teammate with the Cleveland Cavaliers.

Old Skool Ballers created the biggest upset of the inaugural Guinness Cage Football Championship after defeating giant Sparta Boss 3-0 Thursday at the National Gymnasium, Mandela Avenue.

HOVE, England, CMC – West Indies captain Stafanie Taylor turned in a match-winning performance to power Western Storm to the final of the Women’s Super League T20 tournament here yesterday.

Police yesterday fished out a decomposed body of a man from a trench in Charlestown, Georgetown.

COX’S BAZAR, Bangladesh (Reuters) – Nearly 400 people have died in fighting that has rocked Myanmar’s northwest for a week, new official data show, making it probably the deadliest bout of violence to engulf the country’s Rohingya Muslim minority in decades.

NAIROBI,  (Reuters) – Kenya’s Supreme Court yesterday nullified President Uhuru Kenyatta’s election win, citing irregularities, and ordered a new poll within 60 days, an unprecedented move in Africa where governments often hold sway over judges.

Dear Editor, The results of the Kenyan elections have been annulled by the Supreme Court of Kenya.

Two days ago, a building in South Mumbai collapsed, killing 23 people and trapping at least 37 others in rubble.

ORANGE, Texas/HOUSTON,  (Reuters) – Rescuers searched painstakingly through flooded neighborhoods across southeastern Texas yesterday for people stranded by Hurricane Harvey’s deluge as Houston’s mayor warned residents of the city’s west side that their homes may not dry out for weeks.

Colts defeated arch-rival Pacesetters 72-68 in the Open Division when the Georgetown Amateur Basketball Association (GABA) League Championship continued Thursday.

The Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) has advised the police to hold an inquest into the boating accident that resulted in the deaths of a father and son in the Moruca River in July.

Express Guyana will be hosting their first recital for the Performing Arts Programme at West Demerara Secondary School tomorrow (Sunday September 3rd) and it is expected that their students will showcase what they have learned for the past three months.

Early on in Perry Henzell’s “The Harder They Come,” the film establishes itself as firmly aware of the cultural and cinematic context from which it emerges.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – House of Representatives Speaker Paul Ryan urged President Donald Trump yesterday not to rescind an Obama-era programme that protects immigrants who entered the United States illegally as children, as more Republicans lined up against the move.