Articles published on Thursday, September 27, 2018
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Fighting to salvage his U.S. Supreme Court nomination, Brett Kavanaugh angrily and tearfully denied today a university professor’s accusation that he sexually assaulted her 36 years ago and complained about a “political hit” after she told a dramatic Senate hearing she was “100 percent certain” he did it.
FORMER UWI principal Professor Clement Sankat and his wife have hired a high-profile attorney to handle the case of their son, Nishal Sankat, accused in the US of burglary, trespassing and grand theft.
On Monday, 17 September 2018, the Ministry of Public Infrastructure (MoPI) says it was observed by two workers from the Ministry, while visiting the site of Schoonord Road leading to La Parfaite Harmonie on West Bank Demerara, that seven out of ten bump traffic signs and metal posts that were installed by Design Perspectives a few weeks ago were missing with only the foundation remaining.
(Trinidad Guardian) National award winner and secretary of the Association of Psychiatrists of T&T Dr Varma Deyalsingh is urging citizens to look out for signs of depression in their loved ones before it reaches the point of suicide.
(Trinidad Guardian) Frustrated over the absence of printing paper in the Port-of-Spain and San Fernando Supreme Courts for the past two weeks, a judge yesterday said the Judiciary appears to be on the brink of collapse.
The final processing of the nomination lists for candidates and the backers of lists for candidates at the upcoming Local Government Elections is being compromised as people who wish to have their names withdrawn from the lists cannot do so as agreed to by the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) says Commissioner, Robeson Benn.
Sherwin Apple, one of the two suspects in a rape video that went viral and who was discovered dead at the Kitty seawall on Tuesday, was murdered, an autopsy showed yesterday.
While the police in Berbice are awaiting a post-mortem examination to determine the cause of death of Chandrawattie Williams, whose body was found on Tuesday partially decomposed, neighbours and close friends yesterday disclosed that she suffered 20 years of physical and verbal abuse at the hands of her husband.
Armed bandits last night invaded a Phrase Three Good Hope, East Coast Demerara house where they held a couple at gunpoint and carted off over $1M in valuables before escaping with their motor car.
The Ministry of Finance’s Main Street, Georgetown office was over the weekend broken into during which documents, data-saving devices and personal items were stolen and its Junior Minister, Jaipaul Sharma has since cited the need for tightened security at the premises.
One day after this newspaper publicized a suit against Ronald Backer—political advisor to Minister of State Joseph Harmon, over a US$15,000 debt he owes a former friend, PPP/C Member of Parliament (MP) Harry Gill has also come forward with similar complaints against Backer.
The Alliance For Change and the People’s Progressive Party are claiming their candidates and backers of lists of candidates contesting the November 12 Local Government Elections (LGEs) are being bullied and intimidated by each other’s activists and supporters.
Leon Duncan, called “Whistle”, the former murder accused who was charged last month with armed robbery, assaulting policemen and discharging a loaded firearm, was yesterday granted bail on the outstanding charges for which he was incarcerated.
Charged with discharging a loaded firearm at a fellow villager during a scuffle, a Mahdia businessman was yesterday remanded to prison.
The Orthopaedic Department of the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC), with assistance from the visiting Chinese medical brigade, recently conducted one of its first modern surgeries.
Essequibo handed defending champions Georgetown a humiliating 98-run defeat to capture the 2018 Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) one – day franchise league at the Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC), yesterday with a round to spare. The victory was sweet revenge for Essequibo who lost the 2107 final and it was orchestrated by exceptional individual spells of left-arm spin bowling from spin-twins Anthony Adams and Ricardo Adams. The duo shared eight wickets between them as they routed Georgetown for 55 in pursuit of 153 for victory.
Almost a year after the life of the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) came to an end, State Minister Joseph Harmon assured on Monday that efforts are afoot to have it reconstituted.
In the penultimate round of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) 50-overs Franchise League, West Berbice hammered East Coast Demerara by 137 runs while West Demerara fell short by seven runs in their contest against Upper Corentyne despite a `four-for’ by Akshaya Persaud and half century from Tagenarine Chanderpaul yesterday.
Marissa George and John Caesar are likely to know their fate tomorrow after a jury deliberates on the case against them for the attempted murder of former City Mall businesswoman, Dhanwantie Phulchand.
The whisper about 31-year-old Guyana Jaguars skipper Leon Johnson surrounds the difficulty he faces to break back into a West Indies team. While some have argued that he was dealt a difficult hand at the time of his axing, Johnson has shown glimpses of individual brilliance on the regional circuit after that but lacked the level of consistency to force a recall. But, have you seen him lately?
Minister of State, Joseph Harmon yesterday led a team to the South Rupununi, Upper Takutu- Upper Essequibo for a reconnaissance of the roads and other facilities, as the region gets ready to host members of the Brazilian Army, who will begin drilling of eight wells in eight villages from October 4, 2018.
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – West Indies Women’s head coach, Hendy Springer, believes the squad’s development would be further enhanced by playing two and three-day matches.
Orpheus Johnson, the accused in the murder of Gladstone George, who was shot execution-style onboard a minibus at Agricola, East Bank Demerara (EBD) in 2016, was yesterday recommitted to stand trial.
Following reports by the Guyana Water Inc. (GWI) that tests on the Port Kaituma River had registered mercury contamination levels above WHO guidelines, a recent report from the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) has found that the presence of the metal in the river is not significant.
ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Fast bowling legend Sir Andy Roberts believes West Indies will continue to lose their head coaches because of the lack of player talent in the Caribbean.
A Railway Line, Kitty couple is presently warded at the city public hospital after they sustained severe burns about their bodies during a gas bottle explosion at their home early yesterday morning.
With the final round of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) fifty overs franchise league set to conclude today, chairman of the national selection panel, Rayon Griffith has hinted that the combinations have already been decided on. “The team did well last year, and the Guyana team is not that hard to select, most of the guys will return to the setup,” he recently told Stabroek News. He further hinted at a few possible combinations with the clear focus on selecting quality spinners and fast bowling all-rounders to exploit the low surfaces in Trinidad and Tobago.
Dear Editor, For a country with our history and ideology, it is deeply disturbing to see Exxon writing its name all over Guyanese sports teams as if it were owner, benefactor and saviour of the country and its peoples.
A Guyhoc Park resident was yesterday remanded to prison after he was charged with the illegal possession of a firearm and ammunition.
PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Despite boasting a star-studded line-up for the upcoming Regional Super50 tournament, head coach Kelvin Williams has warned Trinidad and Tobago Red Force against complacency as they chase their first title in three years.
(Reuters) – Sri Lanka all-rounder Angelo Mathews was yesterday dropped from their limited-overs squad to face England next month, two days after the country’s cricket board asked him to relinquish his captaincy in the shorter formats of the game.
A 42-year-old Campbellville woman, accused of fraud, appeared before the George-town Magistrate’s Court yesterday and was granted $65,000 bail.
WASHINGTON/NEW YORK, (Reuters) – President Donald Trump yesterday said he could withdraw his support for Brett Kavanaugh depending on the testimony in a high-profile Thursday hearing into multiple accusations of sexual misconduct against the Supreme Court nominee.
Dear Editor, Reference is made to a letter published in the Tuesday, 18th September, 2018 edition of the Stabroek News, under the headline, `There is a great need for better planning, execution of construction projects’.
LIVERPOOL, England, (Reuters) – British opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn said yesterday Labour would vote against a Brexit deal based on Theresa May’s proposals, the strongest warning yet to a prime minister whose plan to leave the European Union is hanging by a thread.
Dear Editor, I write to you after years of thought, discussion and research on the issue of the transportation in Guyana.
Guyana’s Chelsea Edghill and Shemar Britton captured individual gold in the male and female under – 21 category of the 60th edition of the Caribbean Table Tennis Federation (CTTF) Senior Championships last evening in Jamaica. Edghill captured her title by defeating Brittany Joseph out of Trinidad and Tobago in straight sets, 3 – 0 while Britton was made to work as he defeated Barbados’ Tyrese Knights 3-2 in their under – 21 clash.
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, CMC – Two-time World Cup-winning captain, Darren Sammy, says the plethora of West Indies picked up in the T10 League draft is an indication of the Caribbean’s strength in the game’s shorter forms.
(Trinidad Express) Two men have been charged with multiple offences of obtaining money for trafficking a child.
Dear Editor, The recent news of the plans of a businessman with a military background to enter the transportation sector via the importation of large buses to compete with the minibus operators is one which I received with mixed emotions.
A construction worker who denied having been found with a firearm and five rounds of ammunition hidden in the crotch of his pants, was yesterday remanded to prison after appearing before a city court.
NEW YORK/LONDON, (Reuters) – Nexen Petroleum, a unit of China’s CNOOC Ltd, plans to exit the United States, divesting its stake in giant oil and gas developments in the Gulf of Mexico as trade tensions between two countries mount, three people familiar with the plan told Reuters yesterday.
Traditionally, when the calendar is nearing to flip to October, the Guyana Boxing Association (GBA) readies itself to stage the Lennox Blackmore National Intermediate Championships.
NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – India’s Supreme Court yesterday upheld the validity of a controversial biometric identity system, but flagged privacy concerns and reined in a government push to make it mandatory for everything from banking to telecom services.
(Trinidad Guardian) Businessman and sex therapist Giriraj “Raj” Ramnanan has been given the green light to pursue a lawsuit against the Comptroller of the Customs and Excise Division over the seizure of three shipments of sex toys and other paraphernalia.
Dear Editor, While in Guyana the jobless and beleaguered sugar workers are forced to protest for their lawful entitlements and are told by the Prime Minister, through his representative, that their concerns would be raised at Cabinet, our Union’s attention is drawn to the situation regarding the workers of Petroleum Company of Trinidad and Tobago (Petrotrin).
Just about a month after the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the World Health Organisation (WHO) published their joint ‘Drinking Water, Sanitation and Hygiene in Schools: 2018 Global Baseline Report,’ came the news that a non-secular, non-government organisation made up of young people affiliated with the First Assembly of God Church at D’Urban Street, Wortmanville had constructed handwashing facilities for the Charlestown Secondary School.
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