Daily Archive: Thursday, July 26, 2018

Stanley Paul is wanted by the police for questioning in relation to Unlawful Distribution of Fuel Marker committed on the Guyana Energy Agency, in April, 2018, a release from the police said today.

ISLAMABAD,  (Reuters) – Pakistani authorities said yesterday full results of a general election would be delayed as cricket hero-turned-politician Imran Khan led in a partial count that opponents said was rigged.

BEIRUT,  (Reuters) – Islamic State militants killed more than 200 people in a coordinated assault on a government-held area of southwestern Syria yesterday, local officials and a war monitor said, in the group’s deadliest attack in the country for years.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – A group of Republican lawmakers on Wednesday introduced articles of impeachment to remove Deputy U.S.

(Reuters) – Manchester United midfielder Juan Mata is optimistic of reviving his international career with Spain following the appointment of Luis Enrique as the national team’s new manager earlier this month.

(Reuters) – Former Middlesex and England wicketkeeper John Murray has died at the age of 83, the county club said yesterday.

CARACAS,  (Reuters) – Venezuela will remove five zeroes from the bolivar currency rather than the three zeroes originally planned, President Nicolas Maduro said yesterday, in an effort to keep up with inflation projected to reach 1 million percent this year.

(Jamaica Gleaner) The impact of United States (US) sanctions on the West Indies Alumina Company (Windalco), owned by United Company (UC) Rusal of Russia, has been alleviated, at least for now, following sustained lobbying by the Jamaican Government.

(Barbados Nation) A fourth person is being questioned by the police as the investigation continues into a drug find aboard a yacht in the Bridgetown Port on Monday.

(Trinidad Guardian) Trinidadian author Kevin Jared Hosein has won the Commonwealth Short Story title—one of the world’s most global literary prizes.

The Ministry of Public Health  breached the country’s procurement regulations when it went to restricted tendering for the $366.9M in pharmaceuticals to HDM Labs last year and the act was condoned by the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board (NPTAB), former Auditor General Anand Goolsarran says.

“May the family get some kind of justice the right way,” were the words of Richard Stanton, the man who was accused of murdering Patricia Sanasie, moments after a not guilty verdict was handed down to him.

The Guyana Court of Appeal yesterday commenced the hearing of an application for the early disposal of the legal challenge to the decision upholding the unilateral appointment of GECOM Chairman Justice (retd) James Patterson.

The past executive of the National Toshaos Council (NTC) had to do a lot of work to counter a Ministry of Indigenous Peoples’ Affairs (MOIPA) lobby to install a chairman that it could potentially control at the just-concluded NTC annual conference, according to former Vice-Chairman Lenox Shuman.

A 24-year-old man died on Tuesday night after he crashed into a parked truck along the Yarrowkabra Public Road, Soesdyke/ Linden Highway.

Symbols for contestants in the November 12th 2018 Local Government Elections (LGE) have to be submitted to the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) by August 29, 2018.

Murder convict Dwayne Jordan yesterday had his death sentence substituted with 30 years imprisonment by the Court of Appeal though it admitted that there was compelling evidence against him.

An Eccles, East Bank Demerara businesswoman was robbed of over $300,000 in gold jewellery yesterday morning after she was confronted by armed bandits while sitting at a wash bay at Bagotstown, Public Road, EBD.

The capping of the exploded Diamond well has been completed, Acting Director General of the Civil Defence Commission (CDC), Lt.

A memorable century from Shimron Hetmyer and a pair of tight overs at the end of the innings helped West Indies keep the series alive despite half centuries from the three most senior batsmen in the Bangladesh side emerging  with a four-run win in the second One Day International (ODI)at National Stadium Providence yesterday.

City councillors on Monday afternoon accepted the recommendation for the establishment of a special committee to supervise the restoration of City Hall.

A 25-year-old vendor was yesterday released on $350,000 bail for allegedly engaging in sexual activity with a 12-year-old.

In what could easily be considered a final, defending champion West Front Road-Gold is Money will oppose Tiger Bay tonight in the GT-Beer ‘Keep Ya Five Alive’ Football Championship round of 16 stage at the National Gymnasium, Mandela Avenue.

Three men were jointly charged yesterday for stealing over four million dollars in valuables from a Regent Street store.

Battling against the rain, a knee injury and a resurgent Johnathan Fagundes, Anthony Downes cemented his place as the top senior male tennis player by claiming his eighth consecutive men’s singles title on the final night of the Guyana Tennis Association (GTA)/ Guyana Bank for Trade and Industry (GBTI) championships yesterday.

The driver of the car which was involved in the accident on Sunday morning at Vreed-en-Hoop that claimed the life of one man, is still in a critical condition at the Dr.

The body of a man who, on Tuesday morning, fell into a sluice at Trafalgar Village, West Coast Berbice was discovered early yesterday.

Guyana’s male hockey team yesterday showed little mercy against Guatemala by hammering the Spanish speaking nation 8-0 to reach the semi-finals of the ongoing Central American and Caribbean Games (CAC) in Colombia. 

After completing a win and a loss on Tuesday, Guyana’s squash teams suffered significant blows to their title bids yesterday at the Central American and Caribbean Games (CAC) in Colombia.

SAINT-LARY-SOULAN, France, (Reuters) – Britain’s Geraint Thomas extended his Tourde France lead as Chris Froome’s hopes of a record-equalling fifth title were hanging by a thread after the defending champion was dropped in the finale of yesterday’s 17th stage.

Talks between President David Granger and Leader of the Opposition Bharrat Jagdeo, following the intervention of former US President Jimmy Carter,  may not be held anytime soon as both Government and Opposition are expected to be engaged in campaigning for local government elections in November.

Representatives from several government agencies that will have a role in the export of crude oil participated in a half-day ExxonMobil workshop last week, according to a release from the Ministry of Natural Resources.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – New Zealander Martin Guptill is champing at the bit over the thought of reuniting with opening partner Dwayne Smith, in the upcoming Caribbean Premier League which bowls off next month.

Geoffrey Ward, who was in 2013 convicted of the stabbing death of his wife, yesterday had his 71-year sentence reduced to 30 years by the Guyana Court of Appeal.

A New Amsterdam man, who was found guilty of being in possession of an unlicensed firearm and ammunition, was on Tuesday sentenced to a total of six years imprisonment.

Led by Sir Shridath Ramphal and a team of experienced overseas-based and local legal minds, Guyana is well on track to meeting the November 19th deadline for delivery of a memorial addressing the question of the jurisdiction of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to hear the longstanding border controversy with Venezuela, Foreign Affairs Minister Carl Greenidge assured on Monday.

The North Rupununi is now experiencing flooding as rainfall has caused water from the nearby rivers to move inland, affecting farmlands in the process.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Deposed Australia captain Steve Smith will turn out for Barbados Tridents in the upcoming Caribbean Premier League, organisers announced yesterday.

A  stevedore was yesterday released on $150,000 bail after he denied a fraud charge.

(Reuters) – Serena Williams has accused anti-doping authorities of “discrimination” because of the frequency with which she has been selected for random drug tests.

OAKVILLE, Ont.,  (Reuters) – After the sting of missing his only cut of the year at the British Open, world number one Dustin Johnson will try to soothe the wound with a return to the top of the leaderboard at the Canadian Open.

Regional officials continue to monitor the presence of Venezuelans, who have been seeking refuge in several villages within the Mabaruma sub-district, from economic hardship back home  Regional Chairman Brentnol Ashley in a telephone interview on Tuesday, told Stabroek News that the numbers remain the same, as the region continues to carry out the necessary checks.

SINGAPORE,  (Reuters) – Arsenal’s Mesut Ozil avoided any talk of the controversy surrounding his retirement from international football as the German midfielder opted to focus on the club’s pre-season friendly tournament in Singapore yesterday.

(Reuters) – Second seed Diego Schwartzman outplayed Germany qualifier Daniel Masur 6-2 6-2 to move into the quarter-finals of the German Tennis Championships in Hamburg yesterday.

Dear Editor, Considering my public position, I often find myself constrained from making public commentary on a variety of issues, particularly those concerning arts and culture. 

Dear Editor,   Oil is coming and are we prepared on the socio/community level when reading headlines like ‘’Trinidad and Tobago may have the highest murder rate in history this year, if the current crime rate continues’’?.

A Laing Avenue man yesterday pleaded not guilty to an armed robbery charge and was placed on $25,000 bail.

Dear Editor, Reference is being made to Stabroek News’ article `Gov’t says no to Ministry of Labour – Amna Ally says function being adequately performed’ (24th July, 2018).

A maintenance worker was yesterday granted $50,000 bail for allegedly robbing a woman of her $90,000 cellular phone.

Dear Editor, Reference is made to the letter `Use of gas from Liza wells raises serious questions’  (SN Jul 24) by one Mr.

Dear Editor, Why is the Ministry of Education advertising for a consultant to help draft school safety policies?

The influential 2000-year-old Sanskrit epic of the Ramayana narrates the perennially popular allegory of the divine prince Rama who is reluctantly exiled for 14 years by his distraught father, Dasharatha.

Video footage taken last week and shared online more than a million times since, to expressions of disgust and outrage from many, shows sluggish waves of waste, mostly plastics, hitting the shoreline at Montesinos Beach in the Dominican Republic capital following a storm.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados,  (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – With her foot down to show off the acceleration of the zippy electric car, Joanna Edghill spins around the car park before plugging the vehicle into a charging point beneath rows of solar panels converting Caribbean rays into power for the grid.