Daily Archive: Sunday, April 1, 2018

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – U.S. Environmental Protection Agency chief Scott Pruitt may not survive long in his job after reports that he paid below market rate to live in a condo owned by a lobbyist who deals with issues overseen by his agency, lawmakers and a former Trump official said in television interviews on Sunday.

WASHINGTON/IXTEPEC, Mexico,  (Reuters) – President Donald Trump said today that there will be no deal to legalize the status of young adult immigrants called Dreamers and he said the U.S.-Mexico

KARACHI, Pakistan, CMC – Pakistan defeated West Indies by 143 runs in the opening Twenty20 International of the three-match series at the National Stadium here Sunday.

(Trinidad Guardian) As the debate rages on about who is responsible for the diplomatic blunder in which T&T voted against Dominica’s bid to waive its OAS contributions for the next two years, there have been renewed calls for the dismissal of Minister of Foreign and Caricom Affairs Dennis Moses.

Following an argument, Captain Orwain Sandy, the army Chief-of-Staff’s personal assistant, riddled his common-law wife with bullets at Alexander Village, Georgetown yesterday morning and then turned himself over to the police.

Although government favours the presence of oil majors here for strategic purposes, it is also welcoming the interest being shown by Guyanese companies in the country’s remaining oil blocks, according to Natural Resources Minister Raphael Trotman, who says it is also important that local firms have a stake in the developing oil and gas sector.

Chantoba Bright added another CARIFTA Games long jump gold medal to her collection yesterday when the 2018 Flow CARIFTA Games got off to a flying start here in The Bahamas.

While reiterating its rejection of the referral of its border controversy with Guyana to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) for adjudication, which it has dubbed “unenforceable,” Venezuela has proposed that the two countries restart diplomatic contacts to reach a resolution.

A Westminster, West Bank Demerara man is now in custody for the murder of his ex-girlfriend, who was found dead at his home after an argument on Friday.

‘Let these men go on,’ were the murmurs on Thursday evening as former West Indies all-rounder Roger Harper was elected president of the Demerara Cricket Club (DCC) at the club’s pavilion.

Malteenoes sports club (MSC) defeated their counterparts from Everest by four wickets in the Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA) New York Tri-State under – 19 cup at GYO, yesterday.

A labourer was fatally stabbed during an attempted robbery on Good Friday evening, after he and a friend were attacked while walking along Alexander Street, Kitty.

Guyana’s table tennis delegation on Friday departed the JFK International airport to participate in the 2018  Commonwealth Games scheduled  for April 4th – 15th  Gold Coast, Australia.

A Lima Sands, Essequibo Coast pensioner is now dead after he was struck down by a driver, who police say was drunk and speeding along the Coffee Grove Public Road, Essequibo Coast.

The Guyana Volleyball Federation (GVF) after hosting an inter-association volleyball trials between Berbice and Demerara has shortlisted their male and female training squads for the South America Olympic Qualifiers May 26 to June 4 in Bolivia.

As little as three months ago, 37-year-old Melroy Pyle, who was awarded a government scholarship to study at the University of Guyana, had what may have seemed like a clear path to his future as a Civil Engineer.

An immediate moratorium on the fining and jailing of Venezuelan immigrants for illegal entry into Guyana is among the proposals from seven civil society organizations, which are calling on the government to urgently adopt “sensible humanitarian policies” to address the continued influx of persons fleeing Venezuela.

If President of the Guyana Boxing Association (GBA) Steve Ninvalle is granted a birthday wish, it would be for Keevin Allicock and Colin Lewis to return from Australia with hardware from the XX1 Commonwealth Games which starts on April 4.

Turfites get ready, the first leg of the inaugural Triple Crown Series will run off today at the Port Mourant Turf Club.

Growing up Laurence Bakhsh and his brother Lloyd struggled to understand their condition and it was even more difficult for them to explain it to their peers many of whom taunted them and believed that someone had worked obeah on them.

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Moscow has told Britain it must cut just over 50 more of its diplomatic and technical staff in Russia as a standoff deepened over the poisoning of a Russian former spy and his daughter in England, the Russian Foreign Ministry said on Saturday.

KARACHI, Pakistan, CMC – Presidential-style security, including bullet-proofed buses, will be afforded West Indies on their historic three-match Twenty20 series against Pakistan starting here today.

The Company Path canal at Buxton, East Coast Demerara has been blocked and the basin drained as government begins the construction of a second pump station at Buxton.

AMMAN (Reuters) – The Syrian army command said on Saturday it had regained most of the towns and villages in eastern Ghouta and was pressing its military operations in the last rebel bastion of Douma.

Public Accounts Committee (PAC) member Juan Edghill last Monday requested that Region One provide verification of the existence of 68 employees on its payroll, following the region’s failure after two years to ensure the acquisition of the Tax Identification Number (TIN) certificates.

KARACHI, Pakistan,  CMC – Depleted West Indies will attempt to turn the tables on a confident Pakistan side in a historic three-match Twenty20 series which bowls off at the National Stadium under presidential-style security here today, and signals a return of international cricket to the often volatile nation.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Reuters) – About 200 people demonstrated in Sacramento on Saturday to protest the fatal police shooting of Stephon Clark, in the latest of nearly two weeks of mostly peaceful rallies since the unarmed black man was gunned down in his grandmother’s yard.

Dear Editor, I refer to the article titled, `Caricom worried at possible UK anti-laundering sanctions on associate members’ (SN April 29). 

JOHANNESBURG,  (Reuters) – South Africa’s Temba Bavuma was left stranded on 95 not out as they tightened their grip over scandal-hit Australia after reducing the hapless visitors to 110 for six at the close on the second day of the fourth and final test yesterday.

A Guyanese national was found dead with multiple gunshot wounds in Brown Hill, St.

Dear Editor, It is healthy and spiritually refreshing to step away from the cacophonous Sturm und Drang that is Guyana. 

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Pope Francis on Saturday led an Easter vigil service, baptising eight adults, including a formerly undocumented Nigerian migrant beggar who became a hero when he disarmed an Italian thief wielding a cleaver.

CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand,  (Reuters) – England extended their lead over New Zealand to 36 runs in the second test at lunch on the third day at Hagley Oval after bowling out the hosts for 278 during the first session on Sunday.

A fire of unknown origin on Friday damaged a section of the No.

ATLANTA (Reuters) – Atlanta’s top officials holed up in their offices on Saturday as they worked to restore critical systems knocked out by a nine-day-old cyber attack that plunged the Southeastern US metropolis into technological chaos and forced some city workers to revert to paper.

Dear Editor, Some elected officials either don’t care or are forgetting we are living in an era where information is easily retrievable and transmitted.

(Reuters) Marcus Morris had 25 points and nine rebounds and Jayson Tatum scored 24 as the Boston Celtics beat the Toronto Raptors 110-99 in a battle of Eastern Conference powerhouses last  night in Boston.

Police have arrested a 35-year-old chef for the murder of Linden shop owner Romel Edison Gomes and he is likely to be charged this week.

Nestled in the forest along the Linden/Soesdyke Highway, some 50 miles from the capital is the village of Kairuni.

It was an advertisement in this newspaper on Thursday which drew public attention to the situation facing Guyanese miners in the Cuyuni River.

The Promenade Gardens will come alive on Saturday April 7, when the Inner Wheel Club of Georgetown hosts its annual Easter Hat Show and Garden Party.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Guyana and Jamaica remained unbeaten while title-holders Barbados notched their maiden win, in the second round of the Regional Under-15 Championship here Thursday.

“I am disappointed, and for me from my point of view I wouldn’t encourage nobody right now to go and try to get justice because if she did not get justice I don’t who could.

Last Wednesday afternoon, a large procession of Christian worshipers made its way down the main street of New Amsterdam, Berbice.

Dear Editor, The WPA OA salutes the stand taken by four board members of the Guyana National Newspapers Limited (GNNL), Bert Wilkinson, Tabitha Sarabo-Haley, Karen Davis and Ruel Johnson in resigning in protest against the firing of the two columnists Lincoln Lewis and Dr David Hinds.

Two days ago, Moray House staged another of their arts-oriented evenings with our revered painter Bernadette Persaud. 

This article below was first published in June, 2014, in a different political era.

By now many Guyanese would have heard about the 14.25% effective royalty, which combines the 2% actual royalty enshrined in the contract, the 50-50% profit share and the 75% cost-recovery cap.

For the past few weeks we have discussed the benefits of water (nature’s beverage) and coconut water (nature’s Gatorade) but what about coffee, one of the most researched substances in sports nutrition?

CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuela arrested five state police officials for their alleged role in a riot and fire that killed 68 people in an overcrowded police station cell, the country’s public prosecutor said on Saturday.

The Lucas Stock Index (LSI) rose 0.02 percent during the fourth period of trading in March 2018. 

It is far from easy to separate fact from fiction when it comes to recent allegations about the effect that big data may have had on Caribbean democracy.

At this time of the year, seeds and bulbs are popping up everywhere. 

When your past calls, don’t answer. It has nothing new to say.

Rational incentive Based on the economics Nobel Prize winning theory of “incomplete markets”, my previous column posited that, the Parties to Guyana’s 2016 PSA have a rational incentive to re-negotiate the contract, if underlying conditions of the country’s petroleum sector drastically change.

In this week’s edition of In Search of West Indies Cricket, Roger Seymour, in the first of two parts, looks at the early star-crossed life of cricket’s first Superstar.

Coraya Wren (Pheugopedius coraya) is widespread in the northern South American lowlands.