Daily Archive: Monday, August 6, 2018

(Barbados Nation) Former Minister of Industry and Commerce Donville Inniss is in hot water in the United States.

A Corentyne woman who attempted to leave an abusive marriage was chopped to death by her husband today and he then killed himself.

Minister of Natural Resources Raphael Trotman has called on the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) to launch an investigation into an assault on a Guyanese miner apparently by an armed Russian security guard working with a local company.

LAUDERHILL, Florida,  CMC – West Indies were left to rue an underwhelming batting performance as they went down by 19 runs under DLS in the third Twenty20 International against Bangladesh, to plunge to their third straight series defeat and seventh loss in nine outings here yesterday.

(Trinidad Guardian) Shocked passengers on board American Airlines (AA) flight 2703 destined for Trinidad watched on in horror on Friday as medical and cabin crew members tried to save the life of an 85-year-old woman.

It was an historic night for Georgetown champion Gold is Money as they dismantled fierce rival Sparta Boss 4-0 to clinch the Guinness ‘Greatest of the Streets’ National Champ-ionships Sunday Night.

Left-arm spinner Ashmed Nedd ripped apart  the Leeward Islands’ second innings on the final day to hand Guyana a comfortable 10-wicket win in their opening round of the Cricket West Indies Regional Under-19 tournament at Arnos Vale, St.

Ahead of their 2018 HERO Caribbean Premier League (CPL) title hunt, the Guyana Amazon Warriors will play two warm up matches at Providence Stadium.

Team Cocos’ Jamaul John retained his road race title by edging home in a three-man dash to the finish line in the 14th annual Reagan Rodrigues Memorial 46-mile road race sponsored by Ricks and Sari yesterday on the West Bank of Demerara.

Guyana Open Champion Avinash Persaud was well on his way to adding the Lusignan Open Golf tournament to his cabinet after taking the lead in the A flight category on the first day of the tournament’s return at the Lusignan Golf Club (LGC) on Saturday.

Guyana opened their Caribbean Football Union (CFU) Boys Under-14 Challenge Series in the worst possible manner, suffering an embarrassing 8-0 loss to Trinidad and Tobago on Saturday at the Ergilio Hato Stadium, Curacao.

Figgy Green Jags, Silver Bullets, West Side Ballers and Good Fellas were among the winning teams on Friday in the fifth annual Mohamed’s Enterprise/ExxonMobil Futsal tournament at the Mackenzie Hard Court, Linden.

Samatta Point/Kaneville secured their maiden victory while Hararuni Eagles secured their second win when the East Bank Football Association (EBFA)/Juicy Juice Under-13 League continued on Saturday.

The Alliance For Change (AFC) yesterday announced that it will be contesting the November 12th local government elections on its own following inconclusive talks with its governing coalition partner, APNU.

Dear Editor, With both major parties wedded to the belief that they must be good ambassadors for Exxon’s Esso, the race to genuflect lower before Exxon, has already cost Guyana billions of dollars.

Regardless of what multilateral agencies may advise, Guyanese must pressure the government to tap monetary rewards from oil revenues if this country wants to have true equity and see a real lowering of poverty, economist, Professor Clive Thomas yesterday said.

LAUDERHILL, Florida, CMC – Half-centuries from veterans Tamim Iqbal and Shakib-al-Hasan condemned West Indies to a 12-run defeat in the second Twenty20 International here Saturday, helping Bangladesh level the three-match series and set up a decisive game three here Sunday night.

Dear Editor, The debate on the recent fatal shooting of five bandits by the police at Pattensen, East Coast, Demerara rages.

The recent application asking Guyana’s final court, the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) to reconsider its decision in a decades-long Essequibo land dispute is the first of its kind since the court was inaugurated 13 years ago.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – The English season got off to a familiar start as Manchester City’s Sergio Aguero struck twice, including his 200th goal for the club, as they beat Chelsea 2-0 to claim the Community Shield for the fifth time at a sun-baked Wembley  yesterday.

CAIRO, (Reuters) – The president of South Sudan and head of the country’s main rebel group signed a final cease fire and power-sharing agreement yesterday and hailed a new longed-for era of peace in the country.

Dear Editor, The Working People’s Alliance joins with Guyanese and the rest of our Anglophone Caribbean family in their observance of the 180th anniversary of the end of chattel slavery.

Guests and patrons of the Pegasus Hotel last night rushed to help each other evacuate  after a kitchen fire saw smoke filling rooms as high as the sixth floor and they lamented that there were no emergency fire alarms or systems in place for safe exits.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Chelsea manager Maurizio Sarri said he only wanted players “with a very high level of motivation” amid continuing uncertainty about the future of several members of his new team.

Dear Editor, My attention was brought to the letter published on July 9th 2018 in Stabroek News, written by Rev Gideon Cecil, titled: `Guyana Prize for Literature has not helped emerging writers living and writing here’.

The Correia Group of Companies yesterday announced that Christopher Correia, an executive of the Group lost his battle with cancer.

DENPASAR, Indonesia, (Reuters) – At least 82 people were killed when Indonesia’s resort island of Lombok was hit by a powerful magnitude 7.0 earthquake yesterday, triggering widespread panic as thousands fled their homes for emergency shelters as buildings collapsed.

(Reuters) – Former England midfielder Steven Gerrard was denied a win in his first Scottish Premiership game in charge of Rangers yesterday when Aberdeen snatched a late equaliser in a 1-1 draw after the visitors were reduced to 10 men at Pittodrie.

Dear Editor, I believe the National Insurance Scheme (NIS) is staring down the proverbial ‘barrel of a loaded gun’ unless there is urgent, combined action by multiple agencies to stop the sustained theft of contributions to the scheme.

Over 3,200 residents around the country have been able to gain access to potable water for the first time within the last six months, Managing Director of the Guyana Water Inc.

LOS ANGELES,  (Reuters) – A massive, out-of-control Northern California wildfire that destroyed 68 homes and forced thousands to flee has become the fifth largest in state history, officials said yesterday, as crews battled high temperatures and strong winds.

GLASGOW, (Reuters) – Adam Peaty’s world 100 metres breaststroke record, set at the European Championships on Saturday, has been amended after problems with the race-timing equipment came to light, officials said yesterday.

(Reuters) – Germany’s Alexander Zverev beat Australian teenager Alex de Minaur 6-2 6-4 to retain his Citi Open title in Washington yesterday.

Following searing criticism by former Advisor on Petroleum, Dr Jan Mangal that the government is unwilling to invest enough now on training and hiring of experts, Minister of State Joseph Harmon says such assertions are wrong and the administration is continuing to build capacity.

ISLAMABAD,  (Reuters) – A phone app and a database of more than 50 million voters were key weapons in the successful campaign of cricket legend Imran Khan in last month’s general election, though rivals allege Khan also received clandestine aid from Pakistan’s powerful military.

Dear Editor, Your Editorial, captioned ‘Threats to Press Freedom” in the Friday, August 3, 2018 edition of the Stabroek News provided a balanced perspective on the state of the media, not only in Guyana, but the world as a whole.

(Reuters) – A week before defending his PGA Championship title, Justin Thomas showed his game is in fine fettle as he blew away the field for a four-stroke victory at the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational in Akron, Ohio, yesterday.

Guyana’s spending on HIV/AIDS in 2016 was 150% higher than in the preceding year.

BRASILIA,  (Reuters) – Brazilian far-right presidential candidate Jair Bolsonaro yesterday tipped as his running mate a controversial retired military general who said last year that a military coup was possible in the country.

Dear Editor, I will like to submit that if the West Indies Cricket Board does not dissolve the Courtney Browne-led selection panel and appoint a new panel with our own Travis Dowlin as the chairman and people like Jeff Dujon, Ian Bishop and Darren Ganga as selectors, the West Indies team will be humiliated at the 2019 World Cup in England.

CARACAS, (Reuters) – Deeply unpopular Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro looked keen to project himself as fully in charge of the crisis-ridden military, long a powerbroker, when he addressed its National Guard on Saturday.

Residents from the Vive la Force, West Bank Dem-erara community are crying out about the decline in business since the closure of the Wales Sugar Estate and the state of the roads in the community.

Dear Editor, Now that former Pakistani superstar cricketer, Imran Khan, has returned as a bigger star on his country’s stage, I thought that the field is open for a delightful straight drive all the way over the top of the Guyanese political scoreboard. 

KANDY, Sri Lanka,  (Reuters) – Reeza Hendricks’ sizzling century in his debut match helped set up South Africa’s series-clinching 78-run victory against Sri Lanka in the third one day international yesterday.

CAIRO/OTTAWA,  (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia will suspend new trade and investment with Canada after that country’s foreign ministry urged Riyadh to release arrested civil rights activists, it said in a statement released to the official Saudi Press Agency yesterday.

LOS ANGELES,  (Variety.com) – Tom Cruise easily conquered Winnie the Pooh at the domestic box office.

ATHENS, (Reuters) – Greece replaced the chiefs of its police force and fire brigade yesterday after a public outcry over a devastating wildfire which killed at least 88 people on July 23.

By Jade Nixon Jade Nixon is a graduate student at the University of Toronto.

Out of the blue, on February 27th this year, the government announced that a Department of Energy (DoE) within the Ministry of the Presidency would be established to take over responsibility for the oil and gas sector from the Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR).

Last week, we began a discussion on the article published in the New York Times on 20 July 2018 under the caption “The $20 Billion Question for Guyana”.

Dear Editor, President David Granger’s speech at Beterverwagting on the eve of celebrations of the 180th anniversary of Emancipation has raised many important questions which I would like to share with the public through your forum.

(Reuters) – England have called up uncapped batsman Ollie Pope to replace out of form David Malan while paceman Chris Woakes comes in for all-rounder Ben Stokes for the second test against India, which begins on Thursday at Lord’s.

Farmers from the Canal No 2 area on the West Bank of Demerara remain in fear for their crops as they say nothing has been  done to prevent repeated flooding in the area.

Interviews and photos by David Papannah and Shamar Meusa   This week, we asked the man and woman in the street if they have been following the developments in the oil industry and how they think they will benefit in 2020 when oil begins to flow.

LAUDERHILL, Florida,  CMC – Bangladesh defeated West Indies by 19 runs under Duckworth-Lewis-Stern in the decisive third and final Twenty20 International at Central Broward Regional Park Stadium here Sunday.

President David Granger, yesterday, lauded the Upper Mazaruni 21st Annual District Games, which are being hosted at the Waramadong Sports Complex, Cuyuni-Mazaruni (Region Seven) from August 5-13 as he noted that the diversity and the high level of competition, which are usually on display are incomparable to anywhere else in the country.