Articles published on Friday, September 21, 2018
Officers of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) will benefit from knowledge in the drilling of wells when a South Rupununi project begins later this year, according to the Department of Public Information (DPI).
FarmaCuba, a pharmaceutical company based in Cuba has expressed interest in selling their line of pharmaceutical products here, according to the Department of Public Information (DPI).
(TRINIDAD GUARDIAN) The 22-year-old Trinidad and Tobago national who has been charged with attempting to steal an American Airlines aircraft at the Melbourne Airport in Florida, wanted to use the aircraft to “harm himself”.
(TRINIDAD NEWSDAY) According to a cana report, former principal of the St.
Guyana and China are to sign a concessional loan agreement tomorrow.
The Police say they are investigating a fatal accident which occurred today at about 12: 30 hrs on the Betsy Ground Public Road, East Canje Berbice, involving motor canter GWW 1831, driven by a 36 year-old resident of Betsy Ground, East Canje, Berbice and Motor Cycle CF 1615 ridden by Rajendranauth Harold Singh, 52, of Lot 28 Reliance Abandon.
The Private Sector Commission (PSC) today said it expressed grave concern during a meeting with Minister of Public Security, Khemraj Ramjattan at what it said was the “underfunding” by government of the police, prison and fire services.
Government Senator Kamina Johnson Smith says the brazen killing of Pastor James Johnson inside his St Catherine church yesterday afternoon is a clear sign that criminals no longer subscribe to the unwritten code that violence against some vulnerable groups and in some places are off limits.
(BARBADOS GIS) Government has appointed international pop icon, Robyn “Rihanna” Fenty, as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, with specific responsibility for promoting education, tourism and investment for the island.
(TRINIDAD NEWSDAY) Trinidad-born aviation student Nishal Sankat, 22, has been arrested and charged by US law enforcement agents for attempting to steal an American Airlines (AA) A321 airbus, which was down for maintenance at the Melbourne International Airport in Florida yesterday.
(JAMAICA GLEANER) Police investigators are seeking to establish the motive behind the killing of a 29-year-old pastor, James Johnson.
Minister of Public Health, Volda Lawrence (centre) yesterday welcomed two young Guyanese doctors who have returned home after specialising in different fields abroad.
Guyana is moving to finalise a framework agreement for economic cooperation with Barbados as part of government’s attempts to pursue economic cooperation in the region to nurture prosperity and global competitiveness, President David Granger said yesterday.
After days of intense protests by residents, repair works have commenced on the access road to Kuru Kuru, on the Soesdyke-Linden Highway.
Top hinterland teams will clash as the 2018 Indigenous Heritage Games get underway this weekend at the Everest Cricket Club Ground.
Seven political parties, 21 voluntary groups and 33 individuals are expected to submit candidates’ lists to contest the November 12th Local Government Elections (LGEs) at the offices of returning officers countrywide today.
A 20-year-old Lindener was crushed to death by a log that fell from a truck at a Blueberry Hill, Wismar, Linden, lumberyard yesterday.
Guyana Football Federation (GFF) Technical Director Ian Greenwood and Golden Jaguars Head coach Michael Johnson, will attend a special conference in London, England to analyse the recently concluded 2018 FIFA World in Russia.
An investigation launched after a Berbice woman was murdered in August minutes after the police left her Kilcoy, Chesney house, has cleared those officers involved.
DUBAI, (Reuters) – Kedar Jadhav’s part-time spin might be his ticket to next year’s World Cup in England but the 33-year-old Indian batsman admits he is reluctant to work too hard on improving as a bowler.
Trinidad and Tobago (T&T) has made a commitment to examine the law prohibiting the transshipment of honey from Guyana into the twin-island republic, its Agriculture Minister Clarence Rambharat says.
LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – Los Angeles Lakers president Magic Johnson yesterday said newly-acquired forward LeBron James is in excellent shape ahead of next week’s training camp and will lead an up-tempo offense as the franchise attempts to return to NBA relevancy.
Before the scheduled start of his trial for attempted murder, handyman Quincy Henry yesterday morning told Justice Brassington Reynolds that he wanted to plead guilty to the charge.
When Kristaps Porzingis will return to the court at Madison Square Garden is anyone’s guess.
After all the build-up, the India-Pakistan game ended up being a one-sided affair, with India dominating proceedings in Dubai on Wednesday, 19 September.
For the 56 exhibitors at the Guyana Trade and Investment Exhibition (GuyTIE) the first day ended with cautious optimism they had not secured any markets but they had secured the interest of at least one of the more than 100 foreign buyers who had travelled to see what they had to offer.
A construction worker was remanded to prison yesterday after being charged with the trafficking of cocaine.
St Cuthbert’s Mission will represent Region 4 at the 2018 Indigenous Heritage Games after its team defeated Swan 2-1 yesterday in the Region 4 football playoffs at the St Cuthbert’s ground.
New facilities were inaugurated yesterday at the Palms Home for the Indigent. According to a statement from the Ministry of the Presidency, Minister of Social Protection, Amna Ally commissioned three new elevators and a rehabilitated ward. “The Ministry of Social Protection and the Government of Guyana recognises the importance of our elderly and we try as far as practicable, to make life comfortable for them.
The transformation in the fortunes of the cooperative movement in Guyana over the past four plus decades could hardly have been more dramatic.
Wayne Forde, President of the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) has refused to disclose the contractual details of recently appointed Coaching Education Director Wilson Toledo.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – A lawyer for the woman accusing Brett Kavanaugh, President Donald Trump’s U.S.
Residents of Kwakwani, in Region 10, started receiving a normal power supply once again yesterday but they say they are still waiting to meet with the management of the Kwakwani Utilities Incorporated (KUI) to avoid a recurrence of frequent interruptions they have endured over the past three months.
Originally conceptualized as a forum intended primarily to expose local “export ready” business houses to foreign potential buyers, this week’s Guyana Trade and Investment Exhibition (GUYTIE) which commenced on Wednesday at the Marriott Hotel and concludes tomorrow ‘went back on its word,’ including eight small, women-run enterprises that do not, at this stage, meet most of the ‘export ready’ criteria for participation, set by the organizers, in what is seen locally as the country’s first ever big-stage business-to-business event that puts local and foreign enterprises together primarily in yet another effort to boost international market access for local products.
Lindon Blyden and his four children, three sons and a daughter, are probably keepers of one of the best-kept secrets in poultry farming in Guyana.
Eagles and Pacesetters secured wins in the 2nd and under-23 Divisions respectively, when the Georgetown Amateur Basketball Association (GABA) League Championship continued on Wednesday at the Burnham Court on Carmichael and Middle Streets.
(Reuters) – A woman armed with a handgun opened fire yesterday on co-workers at a Maryland distribution center for the Rite Aid drugstore chain, killing three people and wounding three others before taking her own life, the Harford County sheriff said.
As cycling action continues, the country’s wheelsmen will be in action tomorrow and Sunday.
Expectant mothers brought to the city from hinterland locations for medical treatment will now be accommodated at an improved maternity waiting home which was commissioned on Wednesday at the Indigenous Residence in Georgetown.
The Preliminary Inquiry (PI) into the murder charge against two youths accused of the near one-year-old killing of Fazal Shaheed, who was fatally shot during a robbery at Freeman Street, East La Penitence continued yesterday.
LONDON, (Reuters) – Sometime in the next few weeks, global oil consumption will reach 100 million barrels per day (bpd) – more than twice what it was 50 years ago – and it shows no immediate sign of falling.
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Having watched a heavy downpour end their chances of winning their One Day International series against South Africa, the West Indies women are looking forward to the opportunity to level it tomorrow.
(Jamaica Observer) Edmund Bartlett departed the island Tuesday to attend the Tourism Expo Japan 2018 and VISIT JAPAN Travel & MICE Mart 2018, taking place in Tokyo from today to Sunday.
Dear Editor, The Guyana Sugar Corporation Inc. (GuySuCo) in response to the article in yesterday’s Stabroek News titled ‘John Dow tipped to be GuySuCo Chairman’, would like to clarify the following point in the article, ‘the LBI Estate is one of the four estates that has been put under the SPU for divestment and it is unclear why GuySuCo still claims the property’.
An autopsy conducted on Wednesday on the body of Stonie Henry, the rape accused who reportedly ingested rat poison on Tuesday while in police custody, could not determine his cause of death.
In celebration of its 50th anniversary, Scotiabank has once again partnered with the Lusignan Golf Club (LGC) to host a tournament at the club tomorrow.
LONDON, (Reuters) – Exxon Mobil, Chevron and Occidental Petroleum are joining a group of major international oil and gas companies in an initiative aimed at curbing carbon emissions in the sector, they said in a statement yesterday.
Guyana’s coconut industry is to benefit from a contract signed between the Caribbean Agricultural Research and Development Institute (CARDI) and the Jamaican food technology consulting firm, Technological Solutions Limited (TSL), to revise the CARICOM Code of Practice and Standards for the packaging of natural coconut water.
(Trinidad Express) Aspiring international model Gabriella Bernard feels she deserves an apology from former Miss Universe and executive producer of the Caribbean Next Top Model competition, Wendy Fitzwilliam, after she was given an ultimatum on the television show- relax her natural hair or go home.
Dear Editor, On Sunday September 16, I heard the Minister of Public Security Khemraj Ramjattan saying that the Leader of the Opposition Mr Bharrat Jagdeo had publicly stated his non-support for David Ramnarine’s candidacy as Commissioner of Police.
(Trinidad Express) It is now official. Anal intercourse between two consenting adults is no longer a criminal offence – at least for now.
Investigators are working to develop the video footage of the attempted robbery committed at the Wang Wang Supermarket at Belle West, Canal Number 2, West Bank Demerara (WBD) on Tuesday night.
LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – Rap mogul Marion “Suge” Knight pleaded no contest in a Los Angeles court yesterday to a charge of manslaughter for a 2015 hit-and-run killing, accepting a 28-year prison sentence under a deal with prosecutors days before his murder trial was to begin.
Attorney-at-law Charrandass Persaud yesterday asked Magistrate Renita Singh to apologise to his client or resign after he claimed that based on orders from the magistrate, his client who is not part of an ongoing case, was ordered to sit on the bench for a long period of time.
KINGSTON, Jamaica, , CMC –Neither exciting all-rounder Andre Russell nor veteran batsman Marlon Samuels has been named in the Jamaica Scorpions’ 14-man squad to compete in next month’s Regional Super50 tournament.
(Jamaica Gleaner) Government Senator Matthew Samuda, who tabled a motion in the Senate for the ban on a range of plastic and Styrofoam products, has welcomed the recent announcement of the interdiction, which comes almost two years since he started the campaign.
(Trinidad Express) Police officer Ian Dwarika and building contractor Shain Steven have been charged in connection with the kidnapping of businesswoman Natalie Pollonais.
Dear Editor, Following my previous letter regarding what seems to be a conflict between the Bank of Guyana (BOG) Supervision Guidelines and policies of some Commercial Banks on Anti-Money Laundering (AML) verification requirements for banking customers, I will further highlight the related implications on expended revenues by the State.
LONDON, (Reuters) – The ban on Russia’s anti-doping agency RUSADA was lifted by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) yesterday, subject to various conditions, in a decision greeted with dismay by campaigners.
MILAN, (Reuters) – An Italian judge sentenced two defendants in a Nigerian corruption case to jail yesterday in the first ruling on one of the oil industry’s biggest graft scandals.
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Expectant mothers brought to the city from hinterland locations for medical treatment will now be accommodated at an improved maternity waiting home which was commissioned on Wednesday at the Indigenous Residence in Georgetown.
Dear Editor, Words of Wisdom from Trinidad & Tobago Prime Minister: Dr.
(Reuters) – Australia captain Tim Paine said he will need to use his fast bowlers in short spells in the test series against Pakistan if they are to defy hard, slow pitches and high temperatures in the United Arab Emirates.
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WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres yesterday called on the Myanmar government to pardon and release two imprisoned Reuters journalists as soon as possible.
(Trinidad Express) A student pilot from Trinidad and Tobago has been arrested in Florida after jumping a security fence at Florida’s Orlando Melbourne International Airport on Thursday and boarding a passenger jet.
LUSAKA, (Reuters) – Britain, Finland, Ireland and Sweden are withholding nearly $34 million in budget support to Zambia’s social welfare and education sectors due to concerns over financial mismanagement, Finance Minister Margaret Mwanakatwe said yesterday.
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – Former captain of the Guyana Amazon Warriors, Rayad Emrit, is insisting he did not ‘sell out’ in the Caribbean Premier League (CPL) final, which his side lost by eight wickets to the Trinbago Knight Riders last Sunday.
Dear Editor, The signing of that oil agreement with neighbouring Trinidad has not received the best of receptions in some circles on this side.
(Jamaica Gleaner) Caribbean Airlines is cutting its services from Montego Bay’s Sangster International Airport to Fort Lauderdale.
Sexual misconduct: America and the Third World This humble column hereby lays claim to directing national attention – some two years ago – to the fact that the 2020 General Elections will attract some robust characteristics.
YENAGOA, Nigeria, (Reuters) – Police in Nigeria recovered $470.5 million in bank accounts related to the state oil company as part of an exercise to recover stolen funds, and the money will be sent to government coffers, the country’s police force said yesterday.
Ask any citizen if they would like to see increased police action against all levels and types of criminals and we can expect an answer in the affirmative.
(Barbados Nation) The quiet neighbourhood of 5th Avenue, Rowans Park North, St George, was thrown into a state of shock Tuesday night after the stabbing death of one of its own.
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LONDON, (Reuters) – World heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua expects his title defence against Russian Alexander Povetkin tomorrow to be his toughest fight since Wladimir Klitschko — and to end with a similar outcome.
Introduction Amid all the noise about audits and Memorandum of Understanding, it is understandable and not at all surprising that a letter to the editor might have received less attention than it would have otherwise deserved.
Dear Editor, Last Sunday, Trinidad & Tobago won the final and with it the most trophies so far in CPL history.
It is highly unlikely that there will be anything even remotely resembling a shortage of persons and, it seems, institutions, queuing up to provide evidence in the forthcoming Commission of Inquiry into the running of the Georgetown municipal administration.
