Articles published on Thursday, February 1, 2018
(Reuters) – Los Angeles County homicide detectives have named actor Robert Wagner a “person of interest” in the probe of the unexplained 1981 drowning of his wife, actress Natalie Wood, saying he was the last person with her before she vanished off Southern California.
The Guyana Power and Light (GPL) has announced the appointment of Albert Gordon, a Jamaican as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) with effect from today.
Ranks of the Guyana Police Force earlier today headed by a Senior Officer carried out a drug-eradication operation at Long Hook, Canje River, Berbice, during which an estimated 200,000 marijuana plants measuring two to six feet, 100kg processed cannabis, together with two camps were photographed and destroyed.
(Trinidad Guardian) Two soldiers, accused of defrauding the Defence Force of $1.5m in an alleged payroll scam, have agreed to repay the money.
Venezuela yesterday criticised the decision by United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres to forward the border controversy with Guyana to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) even as President David Granger hopes for acceptance by the Nicholas Maduro-led government.
Retired Judge Donald Trotman was yesterday sworn in to head the Com-mission of Inquiry (CoI) into the 2008 Lindo Creek massacre which resulted in the deaths of eight miners and the first witness could take the stand within two weeks’ time.
In a bid to fill more than 800 vacancies in the private sector, the Private Sector Commission (PSC) yesterday organised a job fair to target the unemployed ex-sugar workers and residents of Wales and the surrounding communities and a large number of persons turned out.
An armed bandit yesterday afternoon cornered and shot at a civil engineer in a Chinese restaurant on Robb Street, Georgetown before snatching his bag containing $5,000 cash and other valuables.
Armed bandits on Tuesday night stormed the Guyana Society for the Blind headquarters where they attacked several residents before carting off a laptop.
The implementation and enforcement of the laws and regulations contained in the Tobacco Control Act are now dependent on the establishment of a Tobacco Enforcement Committee.
PPP General Secretary Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday denied that there is a power struggle underway in the opposition party.
A Palmyra Village, Corentyne taxi driver was remanded to prison yesterday after he was allegedly busted on Monday morning with just over 22 pounds of cannabis at Bath Village, West Coast Berbice.
The trial of Edward Skeete and Nabadingi Gobin, for the murder of Ryan Clementson who was shot near the Turning Point Snackette in Tucville on the night of July 14, 2015, commenced yesterday morning before Justice Navindra Singh and a 12-member jury at the High Court in Georgetown.
The inaugural Magnum Mash Futsal Championship was officially launched yesterday at the Windjammer International Hotel and Cuisine, Kitty.
Upholding a no-case submission, City Magistrate Allan Wilson yesterday dismissed charges against attorney Keisha Chase, who was on trial for causing the death of a pedestrian two years ago.
The Guyana Jaguars opened their campaign with a 36-run win over English side Kent CCC yesterday in their opening encounter of the Cricket West Indies (CWI) Regional Super50 title.
Two West Coast Berbice men were yesterday remanded to prison after they were refused bail on a possession of narcotics for the purpose of trafficking charge.
LONDON, CMC – England Lions left for the Caribbean yesterday, bracing for a tough challenge in foreign conditions but confident of executing, following an intense training camp Down Under.
Dear Editor, Reference is made to recent articles published in the media on the Charity Wharf and its current state of disrepair.
Elton Dharry’s management team is staying true to their word of making 2018 a busy year for the national bantamweight champion.
As the month requested to conduct due diligence checks on Justice Kenneth Benjamin comes to an end, Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo has said he is very close to reaching a position on President David Granger’s nominee for Chancellor.
Dear Editor, We are distraught to learn of Mr Harmon’s comment regarding the importance of the resolving the Marudi Mountain dispute: “I can’t say that it is something that has engaged the level of Central Government as of right now.
Dear Editor, I have observed from advertisements in the press on GIPEX 2018 that the visiting time for the exhibition is two hours each day and only in the afternoon period.
Regan Rodrigues, called ‘Grey Boy,’ is expected to be placed before a magistrate’s court and committed for the murder of political activist Courtney Crum-Ewing.
The Jumbo Jet Thoroughbred Racing Committee (JJTRC) has decided to ring in the new year with fresh, new initiatives for the ‘Sport of Kings’.
A former Cricket West Indies (CWI) official has sided with current CWI Director, Azim Bassarath in criticizing the board’s President Dave Cameron for his statement that the board would consider excluding Trinidad and Tobago’s Sunil Narine, Kieron Pollard and Darren Bravo from future selection for the West Indies.
Convicted child rapist Mark Campbell was on Tuesday afternoon acquitted on one of two additional charges levelled against him for the rape of a three-year-old boy.
Dear Editor, Who among us can ignore the very touching report by Dr Mark Devonish in yesterday’s SN about the ignominious, downright uncouth, unprofessional and utterly insensitive treatment meted out to him and his family on the occasion of the serious illness and eventual death of his young brother at the Georgetown Public Hospital (‘Sad the way the GPHC treated a terminally ill patient’ Jan 31).
The sixth annual of what is rated as one of the hottest T20 events on the cricket calendar, the Hero Caribbean Premier League (CPL) will now take place early August to mid-September and open the domestic season for the West Indies.
Dear Editor, The General Secretary of the PPP/C and Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo has publicly stated that neither he nor his party has any objection to any enquiry or investigation that seeks to elicit the facts in respect of criminal activities, including those that were politically motivated and encouraged and which gave rise to political unrest and abuses, and to violations of human rights with resultant loss of property and lives.
Complaints regarding the delivery of regional health services have once again attracted the attention of the media, this time at the Skeldon Hospital.
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC– West Indies seamers Miguel Cummins and Kemar Roach stunned Trinidad and Tobago Red Force with lethal spells, as Barbados Pride made a successful start to their Regional Super50 title defence with a commanding 171-run win here Tuesday.
Attorney Anil Nandlall says that the Attorney General’s Chambers, headed by his successor Basil Williams SC, owes to his clients in excess of $1.7M for payment of court costs awarded in cases which he has won against him.
Dear Editor, There is a concept called the Fire Triangle: Without sufficient heat, a fire cannot continue.
Dear Editor, The word from the GRA confirmed old suspicions and settled beliefs: tens of billions lost annually through the actions of tax cheats.
CHARLOTTE, Mich., (Reuters) – Jessica Thomashow was a nine-year-old gymnast who still liked playing with American Girl dolls when USA Gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar first molested her, she said in a Michigan courtroom yesterday.
Four companies on Tuesday tendered to construct a new building to house the St.
Dear Editor, I applied for a “bundles plan” with GTT for $449 in the latter part of last year at approximately 5.30 pm.
After being forced to re-migrate due to the economic crisis in Venezuela, a family’s decision to erect housing on the government reserve at Jib, on the Essequibo Coast, has added to its woes as the regional administration demolished the structure.
LONDON, CMC – Well-travelled Bermudian striker Jonté Smith has told a British newspaper he left a Vietnamese club because of racial discrimination only four days after being offered a lucrative contract.
Dear Editor, In April, August and September of 2017 I was charged for 2 calls to India in April, l call to Taiwan in August and 4 calls to Taiwan in September.
(Trinidad Express) A Santa Cruz man is expected to appear before a Port of Spain Magistrate charged with the murder of Jason Thomas, and wounding with intent to cause grievous bodily harm, against a friend of the victim.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The FBI said yesterday it had “grave concerns” about the accuracy of a top-secret House Intelligence Committee memo alleging anti-Trump bias within the Justice Department, challenging President Donald Trump’s pledge to release it.
A West Ruimveldt man was yesterday remanded to prison for the alleged possession of 704 grammes of cannabis.
(Reuters) James Harden scored a franchise-record 60 points while posting a triple-double, almost singlehandedly carrying the short-handed Houston Rockets to a 114-107 victory over the visiting Orlando Magic on Tuesday.
Dear Editor, Cricket, like many other sports, challenges both the body and the mind, but it is not an academic discipline.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw federal protections from millions of acres of Utah wilderness will reopen much of the iconic terrain to gold, silver, copper, and uranium land claims under a Wild West-era mining law, according to federal officials.
A Charlestown woman was yesterday placed on $25,000 bail for allegedly trying to smuggle ganja into the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.
DUBAI, (Reuters) – The International Cricket Council (ICC) is investigating a private Twenty20 league in the United Arab Emirates, the sport’s global governing body has said, after footage of some farcical dismissals went viral on social media.
(Trinidad Guardian) Grappling to deal with financial constraints, the University of T&T has now closed down its campus at the Southern Academy for the Performing Arts (SAPA) in San Fernando.
Stock market updates
ExxonMobil Guyana has kicked off a series of briefings geared at increasing knowledge of its operations for key stakeholders here.
(Trinidad Guardian) A cocktail of alcohol and bad temper led to a tragic end for two siblings who spent childhood into manhood together as one ended up in the mortuary while the other sat restlessly in jail.
Dear Editor, My visit to Skeldon on the 26 of January 2018, with Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo, Minister of Agriculture Noel Holder and Junior Minister of Finance, Jaipaul Sharma made me realize the impact of dirty propaganda on our people, as it creates a mindset in some, that GuySuCo could still function with the present staff to December 31, 2018.
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(Reuters) Former NBA player Rasual Butler and his wife died in an automobile accident yesterday in California, according to multiple reports.
KAMPALA, (Reuters) – Traffic will soar above the muddy swamp between Uganda’s capital and its international airport when a new Chinese-built highway opens in a few months time, but the road itself is mired in controversy.
Locals of a certain age—the ‘baby boomers’ and even those referred to as ‘Generation X’—have vivid recall of sitting at their grandparents’ feet or close by during their childhood, especially on moonlit nights, and listening to stories, some true, some made-up, about granny and grandad’s lives.
Statements were yesterday served in the murder charge against Jermaine Abel, the North Ruimveldt man accused of a stabbing a peacemaker when he tried to stop a fight in their neighbourhood.
An elderly Indian father, desperately searching for his two missing sons embarked on a fateful sea journey of no return when he crossed the “kala pani” or black waters.
