Articles published on Tuesday, May 8, 2018
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – President Donald Trump said today he was reimposing economic sanctions on Iran and pulling the United States out of an international agreement aimed at stopping Tehran from obtaining a nuclear bomb.
The opposition PPP today mounted a protest outside the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court over the charges brought by the state against former Minister of Finance, Ashni Singh and former Head of NICIL, Winston Brassington.
Former Minister of Finance Ashni Singh and former Head of the National Industrial and Commercial Investments Limited, Winston Brassington were this afternoon granted bail of $6m each on three counts of misconduct in public office when they appeared in the Georgetown Magistrate’s court.
The Surinamese press yesterday reported that 30 persons have so far been arrested for the April 27 piracy attack off the Surinamese coast, which left three dead and 12 missing.
A city Magistrate yesterday granted $250,000 bail to a contractor, who was charged with unlawfully killing Shelton Jordan, who was fatally stabbed after an alleged attempt by him to steal a bird from the accused.
Thirteen persons are now homeless after an afternoon fire razed two houses in the vicinity of Hadfield Street and Louisa Row yesterday.
Charged almost three weeks ago with causing the death of a woman, after the bus he was driving crashed along the Land of Canaan Public Road, Ronald Balgobin was read a second causing death charge from the accident and pleaded guilty to both and was sentenced to four years in jail.
Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo said yesterday that President David Granger’s recent pronouncement that the way forward on top judicial appointments is in his (Jagdeo’s) court, caught him off guard and at the moment he cannot find words to express his shock.
Minister of Public Health, Volda Lawrence yesterday promised nurses a 30- acre state-of-the-art college, easier access to scholarships and specialized training as well as medical checkups each year.
The governments of Guyana and Suriname are working jointly to provide moral, financial and psychological support to the families affected by the recent pirate attack, Minister of Public Security Khemraj Ramjattan announced.
A Kitty businessman was yesterday remanded to prison after he denied trafficking almost three pounds of cocaine.
-photos of dead men leads to dispute over camouflage clothing The internal investigation into claims against the Joint Services, which alleged that they were responsible for the Lindo Creek murders, were found to be unsubstantiated, a GDF officer yesterday testified, stating that it was the use of camouflage and presence of military grade ammunition that may have suggested otherwise.
A 70-year-old Guyanese national who was allegedly found with a quantity of cocaine hidden in his motorized wheelchair at the Maurice Bishop International Airport, Grenada on Saturday was yesterday charged and remanded to prison.
Two motorcycle bandits snatched over $5M in cash from the proprietor of Deokie Service Station (Rubis) yesterday morning as she stopped along the Land of Canaan Public Road on her way to a commercial bank and while one of the suspects was apprehended, the other managed to escape.
Technical Director of the Guyana Boxing Association (GBA) , Terrence Poole described the Andrew ‘Sixhead’ Lewis Novices Championship this past weekend as a ‘huge success’ despite a few glitches.
President of the Guyana Women Miners Organisation (GWMO), Urica Primus and President of the Guyana Gold and Diamond Miners Association (GGDMA), Terrence Adams yesterday signed a two-year fiscal concessions renewal agreement with the Government of Guyana.
Eighteen-year-old Guyana Jaguars footballer Jeremy Garrett is buoyant about his chances of getting into the under – 23 programme of American Soccer Club, DC United after completing an audition with the club on Friday last.
(IPL) Sunrisers Hyderabad maintained their 100% record in defending totals this season after they defeated Royal Challengers Bangalore by five runs last night.
A 20-year-old man was yesterday sentenced to four years in prison on a ganja trafficking charge.
The Attorney General’s Chambers is requesting more time to ascertain the location of the $54M worth of diamonds belonging to miner, Ronald Khan, which was left in the custody of police following a 1994 Potaro robbery.
Essequibo fell to their second defeat, this time a 160-run loss at the hands of Berbice who bundled them out for 13 runs in the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) senior female Inter-County competition at the Lusignan Community Center, East Coast Demerara yesterday.
The Georgia Institute of Technology is currently conducting marine research in Guyana’s Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ).
HOUSTON, (Reuters) – ConocoPhillips is trying to seize PDVSA’s oil assets at the 335,000-barrel-per-day (bpd) Isla refinery in Curacao, which would expand its control over the Venezuelan state-run company’s barrels for export, according to sources close to the matter.
Preparations for a successful defence of their Short and Long Range titles at the West Indies Fullbore Shooting Championships (WIFBSC) is almost complete ahead of this year’s championships billed for the Paragon Ranges, Christ Church, Barbados from May 20.
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, CMC – National coach Clay Smith has said he wants to keep his job despite Bermuda’s demoralising relegation to ICC World Cricket League’s Division Five here after winning only one of their five matches.
Dear Editor, The opportunity is being taken to respond to the letter titled `Unionists must work for workers not themselves’ (SN 7th May, 2018).
BOGOTA, (Reuters) – Over 200,000 Venezuelans have registered with Colombian authorities in the first few weeks of a count meant to assess how many undocumented migrants have fled to the Andean country, the Colombian government said yesterday.
Residents of Lethem, Region Nine will soon benefit from a newly constructed Fire Station, the Ministry of Public Security said yesterday.
CHARLESTON, South Carolina, CMC – Trinidadian Ataulla Guerra notched his fourth goal of the United Soccer League season to help lift Charleston Battery to a 2-0 win over Charlotte Independence last weekend.
The Attorney General’s Chambers yesterday said that the settlement of a court matter resulted in businessman Hareshnarine Sugrim forgoing over $63m which the High Court had awarded him in relation to a breach of contract for the purchase of equipment.
Dear Editor, The oil giant Exxon Mobil has imported its own brand of cronyism to the shores of Guyana.
A course in ‘Wildlife Survey Techniques’ was recently offered for students and faculty in the Departments of Biology, Forestry, and Environmental Science at the University of Guyana (UG) and included a field portion.
(Reuters) – New York State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman resign ed yesterday after allegations of physical abuse by four women were reported in an article in the New Yorker magazine.
WASHINGTON/CARACAS, (Reuters) – The United States yesterday announced sanctions on three Venezuelans and 20 companies with ties to socialist President Nicolas Maduro for narcotics trafficking, with U.S.
Dear Editor, The Kaieteur News, on Sunday, May 6, 2018, carried an article under the caption ‘Three years, billions of dollars later, Attorney General tries to get a handle on outsourced state cases’.
A miner was yesterday sentenced to 18 months in prison for beating his reputed wife with a rolling pin.
HYDERABAD, India, CMC – Sunrisers Hyderabad yesterday won their eighth match in 10 outings to top the Indian Premier League standings but not for the first time this season, West Indies Twenty20 captain Carlos Brathwaite played no part.
Guyana’s premier wheelsman, Hamzah Eastman (+01m: 49s) placed 77th from 80 finishers in the Elite Men 176km XXIII Pan-American Road Championship, which was staged on Sunday in San Juan, Argentina.
(Trinidad Express) Four days after a shootout with his colleague at Ruby Tuesday, Grand Bazaar, Sgt Darryl Honore has died.
BEIRUT, (Reuters) – Hezbollah and its political allies made significant gains in Lebanon’s parliamentary election, official results showed, boosting an Iranian-backed movement fiercely opposed to Israel and underlining Tehran’s growing regional clout.
Dear Editor, Please oblige me space in your newspaper to bring to the attention of the Guyana Police Force an incident that took place on the 3rd day of May, 2018 at the Ministry of Public Health’s (MoPH) Head Office (Lot 1 Brickdam).
(Trinidad Express) Five persons are expected to appear before an Arima Magistrate, jointly charged with the possession of 38.8 kilogrammes of cocaine for the purpose of trafficking.
WASHINGTON/ANKARA, (Reuters) – President Donald Trump will announce yesterday whether he will withdraw from the Iran nuclear deal and a senior U.S.
Akeem Redman and Adrian Hinds added 60 to steer Transport Sports Club (TSC) to a one wicket win in the last over against Meet-en-Meer Zorg (MMZ) in their home ground on Sunday.
Cutting speed: D’Urban Street is being outfitted with speed bumps.
Dear Editor, Malaysia is having a general election on Wednesday, her 14th since gaining independence from Britain in 1957.
(Trinidad Express) Josiah Kyle Nicholas, 21, has appeared in court charged with crimes including the kidnapping and buggering of two boys in Port of Spain and Arima three week apart in April.
A Sara Johanna resident was yesterday remanded to prison after he was charged with the 2016 murder of Seon Clarke, who was the suspected victim of a vigilante killing at Pearl, East Bank Demerara (EBD).
(Reuters) – The Kennedy Center trustees have voted to rescind Bill Cosby’s Kennedy Center Honors and Mark Twain Prize for American Humor, two of the nation’s top artistic prizes, following his sex assault conviction, the organization said yesterday.
Few things can be more inspiring for our struggling education system than teachers, mostly females, (these days it appears that males run a proverbial mile to avoid teaching) fending off their less than appealing conditions of service, and presenting themselves, day after day, fully prepared to draw a line under the frustrations of the previous day and to simply soldier on.
Dear Editor, Even with magnifying glasses I can’t read the legend for the Kitty roundabout, so I find the use of the word ‘lane’ somewhat ambiguous.
After Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega’s brutal repression of youth protests that left at least 46 dead, even his fellow former leftist guerrilla leaders — including his own brother — say that his authoritarian regime is unsustainable.
Patrick ‘Pat’ Holder, one of Guyana’s most renowned sport figures was laid to rest yesterday.
On April 24, 2018, Ambassador John Deep Ford (left) presented his Letters of Credence to President Sauli Niinistö of the Republic of Finland and was accredited as Ambassador of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana to the Republic of Finland.
