Daily Archive: Friday, September 28, 2018

(TRINIDAD GUARDIAN) No­vem­ber 30 is the date set for the clo­sure of state oil com­pa­ny Petrotrin.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – A Republican-led committee approved President Donald Trump’s nomination of Brett Kavanaugh to the U.S.

JAKARTA, (Reuters) – A tsunami caused deaths when it hit a small city on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi today after a major quake, collapsing buildings and cutting off power, officials said, although the exact number of casualties was not clear.

(TRINIDAD EXPRESS) Caribbean Airlines has disclosed that flight BW 3502 bound for ANR Robinson International Airport, Tobago was brought to a stop at the end of the runway at the ANR Robinson International Airport in keeping with standard operating procedures, after the cockpit crew were alerted by a strong smell of alcohol in the aircraft.

(TRINIDAD EXPRESS) The Ministry of Education has launched an investigation into a fight at the Princes Town West Secondary School on Thursday, which resulted in one pupil being taken to hospital.

Guyanese carpenter Nandlall Mangal has won US$245.6 million in the Powerball game in New York.

Law firm Hughes, Fields and Stoby will be opening a law office in Houston, Texas to tap opportunities in the oil and gas sector.

The Ministry of Public Infrastructure today said that the Railway Embankment Road between Annandale Market Road to Lusignan Access Public Road will be closed from 6 pm today to midday on Sunday, 30 September 2018.

Just moments ago an earthquake occurred off Martinique and was felt in Dominica and St Lucia This was confirmed The University of the West Indies’ Seismic Research Unit.

One person is dead and two others including the driver are said to be critical after the car they were in reportedly collided with a utility pole at Liliendaal on the Rupert Craig Highway this morning.

MUMBAI, (Reuters) – Bollywood stars are speaking up against sexual harassment after allegations against a veteran actor surfaced this week, with several calling for action against perpetrators in an industry that is notorious for its exploitation of women.

(Trinidad Express) Death came for reputed gang leader Gary Mc Clarence in the parking lot outside SuperPharm at Gulf View, La Romaine last night.

The People’s Progressive Party (PPP) succeeded in getting the names of a total of 169 backers of Local Government Elections (LGE) candidates for the Alliance For Change (AFC) in Region Six removed just before Wednesday’s deadline, according to party General Secretary Bharrat Jagdeo, who has alleged that they were victims of fraud and deception.  

The GTU has asked Dr. Leyland Lucas to recuse himself from a process which is “not in accordance with industrial relations practices, laws and time-honoured principles”

The AFC yesterday accused GECOM of breaching the confidentiality of the elections process.

-West Berbice hands Essequibo first loss in last round After winning the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) 50-overs Franchise League title in the penultimate round, Essequibo suffered  their first loss at the hands of West Berbice who won by 115 runs at Port Mourant, West Berbice yesterday, their fourth consecutive win of the tournament.

Attorney General (AG) Basil Williams and his predecessor Anil Nandlall yesterday squared-off in the High Court.

Skipper Leon Johnson, recorded a superb unbeaten century to guide a wounded Georgetown, who were hammered by Essequibo the day prior, to a 26-run win over Lower Corentyne in the final round of the 2018 edition of the Guyana Cricket Board One– day franchise league at the Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC), yesterday.   The day also belonged to National Under–19 batman, Kevlon Anderson who crafted an eye-catching century in Lower Corentyne’s unsuccessful run chase.    As the script went, Georgetown batted first and posted 290 for four from their allotted 50 overs with Johnson, the cornerstone, stroking 111 in a knock which contained 11 fours and a maximum.

Following months of silence, the Guyana Football Federation [GFF] has finally confirmed that investigations have been ongoing into the allegation of improper conduct against Keith O’Jeer and the switched FIFA 2014 World Cup Qualifier against Mexico.

A West Coast Berbice man yesterday died after his motorbike  slammed into a concrete fence along the Number 6 Village, West Coast Berbice Public Road while attempting to navigate a turn.

Twenty-three students of the Tutorial High School and the Richard Ishmael Secondary School were rushed to the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH) yesterday midday after suffering from smoke inhalation following a grass fire at the nearby Guyana Public Service Union (GPSU) sport complex.

Eight-time Guyana Open men’s golf champion Avinash Persaud, secured sponsorship from Banks DIH Limited to compete in the Suriname Invitational golf tournament, slated for October 6th-7th at the Paramaribo Golf Club.

The police yesterday detained the husband of the Bath Squatting Area woman whose partially decomposed body was found in her house around 6 pm on Tuesday.

SYDNEY,  (Reuters) – Paceman Josh Hazlewood and all-rounder Mitch Marsh were named joint vice-captains of the Australia test team on Thursday under a new leadership structure installed in the wake of this year’s ball-tampering scandal.

Months after being cleared of a ganja trafficking charge, Colin Denny is expected to return to court today on a new drug charge. 

KINGSTON, Jamaica,  CMC – If the Jamaica Scorpions are to be successful in this year’s Regional Super50 competition, head coach Robert Samuels believes that creating a strong team chemistry will be key.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Despite announcing his retirement from Test cricket back in 2016, Jamaican pacer Jerome Taylor is still open to representing the West Indies in all formats of the game.

Labourer Toney Marcus was yesterday morning sentenced to eight years in jail for chopping a man, whom he said owed him $5,000.

(TRINIDAD EXPRESS) A WOMAN hit last week by a stray bullet while watching television in her Barataria home has died at hospital.

After initially professing his innocence in the chopping of a man whom he accused of having an affair with his reputed wife, security guard Eon Archibald now faces sentencing for the offence after admitting guilt in the middle of his trial.

It’s difficult not to see Linden as a community still struggling to recuperate from the protracted effects of the decline of an industry upon which the community had, for decades, depended far too thoroughly on and aside from which there has not, at least as yet, been found a feasible option.

SOCHI, Russia, (Reuters) – Lewis Hamilton dismissed talk of having one hand on his fifth Formula One championship yesterday but warned rival Sebastian Vettel that he felt stronger than ever and in a better position than last year.

A man was yesterday sentenced in absentia to four months in jail and fined a total of $60,000 after being found guilty of using a forged disablement voucher with the intention of defrauding the National Insurance Scheme (NIS).

Try as it may, Guyana’s construction sector continues to be dogged by controversy.

Pouderoyen earned their semi-final berth in the Limacol Football Championship, defeating Mahaica Determinators 2-1 yesterday at the Ministry of Education ground, Carifesta Avenue.

Challenges related to airlift capacity will continue to hinder Guyana’s ability to take advantage of lucrative regional markets for fruits and vegetables in the wake of the loss of the Amerijet service which has set aside the Barbados leg of its route.

DUBAI,  CMC – Former West Indies skipper Darren Sammy is looking forward to working with head coach Robin Singh, as the two look to propel the Northern Warriors to victory in the T10 league.

The rice miller who was responsible for shipping 20 containers of rice that were rejected by Panamanian authorities has since been ordered to stop supplying pending an investigation, head of the Guyana Rice Development Board (GRDB) Nizam Hassan says.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – Fighting to salvage his U.S. Supreme Court nomination, Brett Kavanaugh angrily denied yesterday a university professor’s accusation that he sexually assaulted her 36 years ago in a day of dramatic testimony that gripped the country.

NEW DELHI, India,  CMC – India’s Test squad which will face the visiting West Indies in a two-match Test series has yet to be named.

What is a designer, or who is a designer? From a place of millennial mainstream, designers seem to be synonymous with influencers and brands.

By Dave Graham MEXICO CITY, (Reuters) – A day after winning the Mexican presidential election, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador took a congratulatory call from U.S.

Residents and other stakeholders within the Diamond/Grove community were on Wednesday invited to a public consultation for the retrofitting of the Diamond Diagnostic Centre to that of a SMART hospital.

Dear Editor, There is an urgent need for the Management of the Demerara Harbour Bridge Corporation and the Guyana Police Force to intervene and develop solutions to address the chaotic situations that occur daily at the western approach of the Demerara Harbour Bridge.

(Trinidad Guardian) One week after his arrest, Nishal Sankat’s attorney is urging authorities to move his client from prison to another facility under a private physician’s care amid fears over his mental state.

The curtains came down on the first ever Guyana Trade and Investment Exhibition (GuyTIE) at the Marriott Hotel in Kingston on Saturday but the outcome of the event intended to provide some indication of the competitiveness of the goods and services being offered here will have to await an assessment that goes beyond the speculative outcomes being proffered at this stage.

The Guyana National Broadcasting Authority (GNBA) has moved to verify whether broadcasters are allocating time for Public Service Announcements (PSAs), in accordance with a contentious amendment to the broadcast legislation that was enacted last year.

Kobras defeated Sonics in the 1st Division, while Plaisance Guardians bested Eagles in the U23 section, when the Georgetown Amateur Basketball Association [GABA] ‘League Championship’ continued on Wednesday.

SANTIAGO/LA PAZ,  (Reuters) – A World Court ruling next week on Bolivia’s claim that Chile has ducked a legal obligation to discuss access to the sea could force the Andean neighbors to the negotiating table over a land spat lingering since the 19th century.

Dear Editor, I am a single mother of two who has no other recourse for the situation I’m currently faced with other than to appeal by means of this forum. 

(Trinidad Guardian) For­mer CL Fi­nan­cial (CLF) ex­ec­u­tive chair­man Lawrence Duprey has been or­dered to pay over US$122 mil­lion in dam­ages to the com­pa­ny’s for­mer sub­sidiary in the Ba­hamas over a failed land de­vel­op­ment in Flori­da.

Gold Prices for the three day period ending Thursday september 27, 2018 Kitco is a Canadian company that buys and sells precious metals such as gold, copper and silver.

The Brickdam Secondary School has won the first ever National Food Nutrition and Health Quiz Competition that was organised by the Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) Unit of the Ministry of Education.

NEW YORK/SAN FRANCISCO,  (Reuters) – The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission yesterday accused Tesla Inc Chief Executive Elon Musk of fraud and sought to remove him from his role in charge of the electric car company, saying he made a series of “false and misleading” tweets about potentially taking Tesla private last month.

(Reuters) – U.S. broadcaster HBO said on Thursday it will be dropping live boxing from its programming schedule from 2019 due to dwindling ratings, ending a 45-year association with the sport.

The Office of the Prime Minister (OPM) yesterday handed over $5M to the University of Guyana (UG) as funding for constitutional reform education.

Dear Editor, From the inception, we said that the Local Government Elections 2018,  would be a rehearsal for the 2020 Regional and National Elections.

(Jamaica Gleaner) The University of the West Indies (The UWI) has broken into the Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings for the first time.

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UNITED NATIONS,  (Reuters) – Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said yesterday that U.N.

(Reuters) – Cristiano Ronaldo will be suspended for only one game after his dismissal in the Champions League, paving the way for his return for Juventus against his former club Manchester United, European soccer’s governing body UEFA said yesterday.

Following a complaint in the Kaieteur News on Monday, the Ministry of Education says a shortage of textbooks at the Kopinang Primary School in Region Eight was discerned and is now being rectified.

SAO PAULO, (Reuters) – Petróleo Brasileiro SA will pay an $853.2 million fine to settle charges that former executives and directors of the state-run Brazilian oil company broke U.S.

A Cuban national was yesterday fined and ordered deported for illegally entering Guyana.

(Jamaica Observer) KINGSTON, Jamaica — The People’s National Party (PNP) yesterday hailed the breakthrough development of the first legal shipment of cannabis derived product (cannabis oil) to Canada from Jamaica.

SYDNEY,  (Reuters) – Paceman Josh Hazlewood and all-rounder Mitch Marsh were named joint vice-captains of the Australia test team on Thursday under a new leadership structure installed in the wake of this year’s ball-tampering scandal.

Dear Editor, Please oblige me to vent on an issue that seems to have become a norm on the West Side.

A few days ago the Guyana Marketing Corporation (GMC) issued a media release that made a few instructive points about aspects of the country’s agricultural sector including its potential to increase its market share for fruits and vegetables on the regional and international markets and the constraints that inhibit the realization of that objective.

Dear Editors, I visited the Ministry of Indigenous Peoples’ Affairs at Quamina and Thomas streets on the afternoon of Monday 24th September, 2018 to help a high school student conduct research for a school project.

GASCI (www.gasci.com/telephone Nº 223-6175/6) reports that session 792’s trading results showed consideration of $3,235,435 from 35,096 shares traded in 10 transactions as compared to session 791’s trading results which showed consideration of $1,777,273 from 21,805 shares traded in 14 transactions.

Linden and Lethem will join Georgetown in observing Pinktober, a breast cancer awareness campaign by Guyana Telephone and Telegraph (GTT).

Introduction It was good to see Dr. Mark Bynoe, Director/Head of the Department of Energy in the Ministry of the Presidency speaking publicly on the petroleum sector.

The issue of responsible drinking (or combating excessive alcohol consumption) has been a much discussed, but unresolved matter being grappled with by the authorities.

-do you care to vote in November? I suppose that every year I indulge – in muted exasperation – and acceptance?

VADODARA, India, CMC – The West Indies team has arrived safely in India for their two-Test series which is scheduled to start on October 4.

NEW DELHI,  (Reuters) – India’s top court on Thursday decriminalised adultery in a landmark judgment aimed at upholding the right to equality and freedom, scrapping a law first brought in under British colonial rule in 1860.

(JAMAICA GLEANER) Prime Minister Andrew Holness yesterday reiterated the call by Jamaica and the rest of CARICOM for the United States to lift the embargoes imposed against Cuba almost six decades ago, arguing that societies function best within an inclusive global environment, where no one feels left behind.

(JAMAICA GLEANER) The Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) has vowed to hunt down and flush out the gangsters who ambushed a police-military patrol and shot and injured two soldiers in the Richmond Hill section of Cambridge in St James yesterday.