Daily Archive: Tuesday, October 3, 2017

  WASHINGTON/HAVANA, (Reuters) – The Trump administration on Tuesday ordered the expulsion of 15 Cuban diplomats after pulling more than half of its own embassy staff out of Havana last week, further escalating tensions between the United States and Cuba.

Two men were earlier today remanded to prison over the murder of Fazal Shaheed which occurred at Freeman Street.

Two elderly women were this morning found dead, bound and gagged in their South Road and Albert Street house.

A West Coast Berbice Police Constable on Sunday evening ended his life by ingesting a poisonous substance.

  SAO PAULO, (Reuters) – Little more than a year has gone by since Tite took over as coach of a Brazil side still reeling from embarrassing exits in the World Cup and Copa America but in that short time he has transformed the team into favourites for Russia 2018.

The Chairman of the National Insurance Scheme (NIS), Dr Surendra Persaud has called on staff to ensure that by next year 95%  of pensioners receive their monies directly at their banks  and that 95 of payments to the Scheme are made electronically.

Approximately one hundred and fifty families residing in Kingelly Village, West Coast Berbice yesterday signalled their interest in appearing before the Lands Commission of Inquiry (CoI) to challenge statements made by trade unionist Lincoln Lewis that his ancestor owns the land they live on.

PPP/C members on the city council have written to the Public Procurement Commission (PPC) calling for an investigation of the controversial parking meters contract.

Members of the Mocha/Arcadia Ancestral Lands Committee are contesting the boundaries for the communities, saying they do not encompass the full extent of its ancestral lands and that a portion was wrongly appropriated by the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo).

A handyman succumbed to his injuries on Sunday evening, just over a day and a half after he was allegedly beaten by a gang of men at Industry, East Coast Demerara and then placed in a police lock-up without medical attention.

Vijai Rahim and Lisa Oudit were voted best lifters Sunday when the Fitness Express RAW Nationals held by the Guyana Amateur Powerlifting Federation took place at the St Stanislaus College auditorium, Brickdam.

LONDON, CMC – The West Indies pair of Evin Lewis and Alzarri Joseph have both made huge strides in the latest International Cricket Council One-Day International rankings, following career-best performances in the just concluded five-match series against England.

A fight between drinking buddies ended with the death of one of them at the hands of the other yesterday morning at Industry Front, East Coast Demerara (ECD).

Dear Editor, I refer to a letter captioned, ‘What are the real curses?’

Dear Editor, Mr Lincoln Lewis believes that critics of the Guyana Constitution have not read the document and implies that my objection to the Constitution stems from hatred of Forbes Burnham (SN, September 27).

POTCHEFSTROOM, South Africa, (Reuters) – Kagiso Rabada and Keshav Maharaj ran through the Bangladesh batting order to lead South Africa to an emphatic 333-run victory in the first test as the visitors capitulated meekly on the final morning yesterday.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Forward Michael Seaton has returned to the Jamaica set-up for the first time in almost two years after being named in a 20-man squad for next weekend’s international friendly against Saudi Arabia in Riyadh.

A man who was hired to operate a minibus was yesterday charged with fraud after he allegedly sold the vehicle for $300,000, without the knowledge of the owner.

LONDON, , CMC – Barbadian all-rounder Jofra Archer has been rewarded for an outstanding season by being named Sussex’s Player-of-the-Year.

A city labourer, who is accused of having marijuana for trafficking, was remanded to prison yesterday by a city court.

Dear Editor, Two Mondays ago, I witnessed the most unsettling pulling and tugging of a young schoolgirl by minibus conductors and touts operating the Stabroek-South route.

President David Granger has recommitted Guyana to eliminating the use of mercury by 2027.

Dear Editor, The Caribbean Voice is thrilled that Ms Ann Green, head of the Childcare and Protection Agency, has announced plans for a registry of sex offenders in Guyana, especially since such a call was made since 2015 by The Caribbean Voice, which also established an online petition calling on the President of Guyana to act on this initiative.

CAPE TOWN,  (Reuters) – The inclusion of Argentina into southern hemisphere rugby competition has left Australia, New Zealand and South Africa stretched when they go on their end of year tours to Europe, All Blacks coach Steve Hansen said yesterday.

LONDON,  CMC – World and Olympic champion Omar McLeod is the only Caribbean athlete nominated for the IAAF World Athlete-of-the-Year.

Dear Editor, The paradigm appears to be slowly but surely shifting towards the police in their seven divisions being more community oriented and problem solving (COPS).

  Sri Lanka 419 (Chandimal 155, Dickwella 83) and 138 (Dickwella 40*, Yasir 5-51) beat Pakistan 422 (Azhar 85, Herath 5-93) and 114 (Herath 6-43, Dilruwan 3-46) by 21 runs How did we get here?

A taxi driver and a pregnant woman, both of Linden, were yesterday remanded to prison after they were charged with trafficking marijuana.

HARARE, Zimbabwe, CMC – Queens Sports Club will host both Tests when West Indies arrive here October 11 for their short series against Zimbabwe.

Following the gruesome killing of Berbice child Leonard Archibald, who is alleged to have been raped before his death, a group of non-governmental organisations (NGOs) are pooling their resources to help parents and galvanise communities as part of a drive to protect children from the scourge of sexual abuse.

Dear Editor, On reading Christopher Ram’s letter in Sunday Stabroek about persons the APNU+AFC government removed but other persons they kept after it came to power, I saw where he left out two names and one situation that on the basis of perception, conjure up thoughts of the practice of ethnic politics by the present regime.

POTCHEFSTROOM, South Africa, (Reuters) – South Africa strike bowler Morne Morkel will take no further part in the two-match series against Bangladesh after suffering a side strain that will sideline him for six weeks, officials said yesterday.

Santa Rosa’s leaders yesterday urged authorities to rectify what they say has been the longstanding issue of the improper demarcation of the village’s lands, which continues to stifle development.

Dear Editor, Guyana has two large ethnic groups; one group has a slight numerical advantage over the other.

(Reuters) – World number one Garbine Muguruza fell at the first hurdle at the China Open yesterday with the Spaniard forced to retire due to illness during her first-round match against Czech Barbora Strycova.

Dear Editor, Reading Christopher Ram’s letter in the Sunday Stabroek  (October 1) captioned ‘What are the real curses?’

LAS VEGAS,  (Reuters) – A retiree armed with multiple assault rifles strafed an outdoor country music festival in Las Vegas from a high-rise hotel window on Sunday, slaughtering at least 59 people in the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S.

Following negotiations with workers’ unions, the University of Guyana (UG) administration has announced a final pay hike offer of 8% and 6% to its UB (support) and UA (academic) staff members, respectively, retroactive to January 1.

(Trinidad Express) Finance Minister Colm Imbert has announced an increase in fuel prices with immediate effect.

Dear Editor, Significant interest has been focused on the imminent elections of the Berbice Cricket Board (BCB).

Five weeks after President David Granger was presented with a third list of nominees for the post of GECOM Chair, he is still to make his choice.

Former national U17 left-arm spinner Javed Rasheed dished out his career best performances in both the batting and bowling departments to see Everest to a 368-run pounding of Diplomats in the Georgetown Cricket Association/Noble House Seafoods second-division, two-day competition played at the Gandhi Youth Organisation (GYO) ground over the weekend.

STOCKHOLM/LONDON,  (Reuters) – U.S. scientists Jeffrey Hall, Michael Rosbash and Michael Young won the 2017 Nobel prize for medicine yesterday for unravelling molecular mechanisms that control our internal body clocks.

SINGAPORE,  (Reuters) – Aamir Khan, the Bollywood superstar with a conscience, says his next movie about a small town teenage girl who uses the Internet to become a singing sensation will be much bigger than his last film, which was India’s highest grossing ever.

LOS ANGELES,  (Reuters) – Life has been tough for Shania Twain in the past decade, but the Canadian country-pop artist who ruled the charts in the late 1990s is hitting a high note again in her career.

Guyana’s 3×3 basketball team will have to get past either Ecuador or Venezuela in an effort to advance in the basketball competition at the South American Youth Games currently underway in Santiago, Chile.

WASHINGTON, – U.S. Supreme Court justices yesterday expressed skepticism toward part of an immigration law requiring the deportation of immigrants who commit violent felonies because of uncertainty over which crimes fit the bill and which do not.

A contract was yesterday signed between General Manager of Hope Coconut Industries Limited (HCIL) (Hope Estate), Ricky opchand and Ivor Allen for two bridges to the tune of $2.6M.

Dear Editor, I would first like to thank President Granger for his humanitarian suggestion to invite to Guyana our Caribbean brothers and sisters from Dominica who have suffered from hurricane Maria.

Dear Editor, I hope West Indian cricket people have been watching Australia in India and recognising that  India has been dominating  Australia even more than England dominated the West Indies; and what is more there was no performance by any player in that series to match the dominating performance of  our young Lewis.

QUITO, (Reuters) – An Ecuadorean judge yesterday ordered pre-trial detention for Vice President Jorge Glas as part of an investigation into Brazilian construction company Odebrecht’s corruption scandal.

(Reuters) – Ferrari will make changes to improve the quality of components after both of the Formula One team’s cars suffered engine failures in Malaysia at the weekend, chairman Sergio Marchionne said yesterday.

MUMBAI,  (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – An elderly woman seeks a Mills & Boon romance with her swimming coach in Hindi film, ‘Lipstick Under My Burqa’, that battled the Indian censors ahead of its release in theatres last month and is now going strong on streaming service Amazon Prime.

Minister of Social Cohesion, with responsibility of Culture, Youth and Sport, Dr.

The Transport Sports Club (TSC) recorded a 288-run victory over Ace Warriors in the opening round of the Georgetown Cricket Association/New Building Society, second-division competition played at the Demerara Cricket Club (DCC) over the Weekend.

SAO PAULO, (Reuters) – Brazilian Maurine yesterday became the fifth member of the women’s national team to quit international football in protest at the removal of Coach Emily Lima two weeks ago.

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico, (Reuters) – President Donald Trump is set to make his first visit to Puerto Rico today, two weeks after Hurricane Maria devastated the U.S.

There is a school of thought that frowns violently on points of view that are critical of the Guyana Police Force (GPF), asserting in defence of the police that their job is a challenging one and that persistent criticism only serves to demoralize the men and women whose task it is to get the job done.

Colts secured the Georgetown Amateur Basketball Association (GABA) second –division league championships after crushing Pacesetters 85-64 to take an unbeatable 2-0 lead in the best-of-three finals.

Here’s a fact that few people are taking into account when talking about the Venezuelan crisis or Latin America in general: the region’s biggest countries will have elections over the next 12 months, which could change the hemisphere’s political map.

Sheila Harrichand, whose house collapsed during a storm at Bath Settlement, West Coast Berbice two weeks ago, is calling on the region and the government to fulfill their promise of assisting her with rebuilding.

LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – Emmy-winning comedic actress Julia Louis-Dreyfus said on Thursday that she was battling breast cancer and highlighted the case for universal healthcare.

President David Granger on Sunday morning kicked off the 60th Anniversary of the founding of the People’s National Congress (PNC), now the PNC Reform, with a tree planting exercise on Burnham Drive in Wismar, Linden in Upper Demerara-Upper Berbice.

Dear Editor, October 1, 2017 marks the 68th anniversary since the founding of the People’s Republic of China under the leadership of the Communist Party of China.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Britain’s Monarch Airlines collapsed on Monday, causing the cancellation of hundreds of thousands of holidays, after falling victim to intense competition for flights and a weaker pound.