Articles published on Saturday, October 6, 2018
Introduction Today’s column starts my evaluation of the Green Paper on Guyana’s Sovereign Wealth Fund (SWF), laid by the Government of Guyana (GoG) in the National Assembly on August 8th, 2018.
(JAMAICA OBSERVER) A Jamaican man has been sentenced to eight years in prison in Connecticut for beating his wife unconscious with a lamp.
(TRINIDAD NEWSDAY) A 32-year-old woman is dead and her male passenger fighting for his life after an early morning accident along the Uriah Butler Highway.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A deeply divided U.S. Senate on Saturday confirmed Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court, as Republicans dismissed sexual assault accusations against the conservative judge and delivered a major victory to President Donald Trump.
The Ministry of Finance says it is hosting a Joint World Bank team comprising the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD), the International Development Association (IDA) and the International Financial Corporation (IFC) – the private sector arm of the Bank from October 1st to 9th, 2018.
The Central Housing and Planning Authority (CHPA) yesterday served Notice on Shamnarine Narine of Guyana Tractor and Equipment Company for unauthorized construction at Plot ‘HN’ Industrial Reserve, Plantation Ruimveldt.
(TRINIDAD NEWSDAY) A HIT-and-run accident is what claimed the life of Ken “Professor” Philmore contrary to earlier reports.
(JAMAICA GLEANER) The Manchester police expect that very soon, Demar Scott, the man held by the St James police in connection with the alleged rape of two guests at a resort there, will face identification parades in relation to six rape cases in Mandeville last year.
(TRINIDAD GUARDIAN) Police are investigating an incident in which a prison officer’s Tacarigua home was firebombed early yesterday.
Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) Chairman Justice (ret’d) James Patterson yesterday disclosed that attempts are being made by both internal and external sources to derail the upcoming Local Government Elections (LGE), while accusing politicians of stoking racial division.
As the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) continues the preparations for the upcoming Local Government Elections, Chief Election Officer (CEO) Keith Lowenfield yesterday maintained that it was sticking to the letter of the law at every step.
The Commission of Inquiry (CoI) into the operations of City Hall yesterday heard that over the years respective Town Clerks have had to prioritise either paying workers, or implementing community development projects.
The Guyana Court of Appeal has announced that it will rule sometime next week on the appeal brought by PPP executive Zulfikar Mustapha challenging the Chief Justice’s ruling upholding President David Granger’s unilateral appointment of retired judge James Patterson as Chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM).
With the aim of eliminating lymphatic filariasis by 2027 and following the achievement of 86% coverage for last year, the Ministry of Public Health yesterday launched the Mass Drug Administration (MDA) campaign.
RAJKOT, India, CMC – West Indies suffered a now familiar batting collapse after India captain Virat Kohli struck his 24th Test hundred and Ravindra Jadeja his first, as the Caribbean side left themselves with an enormous task of saving the opening Test after only the second day here yesterday.
Junior national players Abosaide Cadogan and Kirstin Gomes continued their winning ways to work their way into the semi-finals of the Lucozade handicap squash tournament last evening at the Georgetown Club while senior national player Taylor Fernandes went down in her first bonafide match of the tournament. Cadogan, after dropping the first set 9-15 against Sarah Lewis in their category A encounter, returned to play patient squash in the following two sets to capture the match 15-12, 15-7.
Criticising the former government for its failure to hold local government elections for over 20 years, President David Granger yesterday assured that the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) is committed to ensuring that there is continuous democratic renewal of local democracy and community development.
Enterprise Cricket Club will battle Strathavon in the final of the Bargain Supermarket T20 powered by Carib Beer as the curtains come down tomorrow at the Enmore Community Centre Ground.
After using his private jet to transport cocaine from Guyana to the United States, Guyanese pilot Khamraj Lall now faces a long jail term following a unanimous jury conviction on Thursday for eight counts of conspiracy to distribute cocaine and money laundering.
Armed bandits invaded a Craig, East Bank Demerara (EBD) house, where they terrorised an elderly couple before escaping with a TV during the wee hours of yesterday morning.
With the second round of lymphatic filariasis Mass Drug Administration (MDA) campaign now underway, education remains key to getting patients to accept pills, says Dr Fabu Moses, the National Coordinator for the Elimination of Lymphatic Filariasis campaign.
The longstanding rivalry between Demerara Cricket Club (DCC) and Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC) will be renewed when the two clash in the final of the sixth Georgetown Cricket Association/New Building Society second-division 40-overs tournament today at DCC, Queenstown.
Attorney-at-law Yolander Persaud has been elected by the 89th FIDE Congress to sit on the FIDE Ethics Commission effectively resulting in her becoming the first person from Guyana to hold a position on any FIDE committee.
A 12-member jury yesterday convicted Marissa George and John Caesar, the two persons charged with the 2009 robbery and attempted murder of businesswoman Dhanwantie Phulchand in an attack in the City Mall.
Three men, who were allegedly busted during a drug deal on Wednesday by the Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU), were yesterday remanded to prison on a joint charge of possession of cocaine for trafficking.
Dear Editor, The October 4th edition of the Stabroek News reported that President David Granger told attendees at a meeting held at the Corriverton Primary School on October 3rd, “…that his government had no choice but to close sugar estates…”.
A number of broadcasters remain indebted to the Guyana National Broadcasting Authority (GNBA), with one owing approximately $20 million, according to Board Chairman Leslie Sobers, who is confident that all the outstanding monies will be recouped.
Pacesetters basketball teams secured convincing wins in the first and Under-23 divisions when the Georgetown Amateur Basketball Association [GABA] ‘League Championship’ continued on Thursday at the Burnham Court, Middle and Carmichael Streets.
All pharmaceutical drugs imported into Guyana must be registered with the Government Analyst-Food and Drug Department (GA-FDD) and all labelling must be in English and outfitted with the relevant information.
Dear Editor, My attention was drawn to an article published in the Stabroek News, October 3, 2018 edition, headlined “Too much time being wasted on prepping criminal case files – SOCU adviser tells investigators, prosecutors.”
If the standards for assessing conflict of interest lead reasonable persons to conclude that such a risk exists despite safeguards then Minister of Public Telecommunications, Cathy Hughes should take the honourable course of action and demit office, according to former Auditor General, Anand Goolsarran.
KABUL (Reuters) – Afghan officials have reacted angrily to speculation that foreign military contractors could take over training and advising the Afghan armed forces, following a renewed push by the founder of private military contractor Blackwater.
The Alliance For Change (AFC) will today be hosting a conference for its Local Government Elections (LGE) candidates.
The Guyana Amateur Basketball Federation [GABF] will be hosting the Under-18 Antilles 3×3 Basketball Championships from October 19th-21st at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall, Homestretch Avenue.
Eighteen-year-old Jermaine Kendall has been playing the guitar professionally for almost four years, after first starting with the instrument at age 12.
GAZA (Reuters) – Israeli forces killed three Palestinians including a child at a border protest in Gaza on Friday, Palestinian officials said.
A Triumph man, who was battered and bruised, appeared before Principal Magistrate Judy Latchman yesterday on a charge of possession of a gun, ammunition and armed robbery.
Dear Editor, If a lawyer or anyone from the PUC is reading this letter, please advise me how I can sue GTT for harassment.
RAJKOT, India, CMC – Former West Indies all-rounder Carl Hooper believes that the attraction of playing in the lucrative Indian Premier League (IPL) is deterring young cricketers in the region from wanting to play Test cricket.
(Trinidad Express) A man was shot and killed in Penal yesterday afternoon by two men who broke into the home of his parents.
(Trinidad Express) Five months after he was abducted, victim Darrell Cuffy was released yesterday.
(Reuters) – Denis Mukwege, a doctor who helps victims of sexual violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo, and Nadia Murad, a Yazidi rights activist and survivor of sexual slavery by Islamic State, won the 2018 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday.
The second round of matches in the Courts Pee Wee Primary Schools Football Championship will commence today at the Ministry of Education ground, Carifesta Avenue.
A Colombian national was yesterday sentenced to three months in prison and ordered deported back to his home country.
Dear Editor, Whilst purchasing tickets for the circus, I observed the ticket sellers having a hard time making change with Guyana’s currency, thus the line moved very slowly and many people vented their anger.
Hi Everyone, Ever felt like eating a savoury or sweet slice of a baked treat, and then groaned at the long process it will take to be made?
Water gushing from the proposed site for the drilling of a well at Karaudarnau, in the South Rupununi, where the Brazilian Army’s 6th Battalion Engineering Corps is to drill eight wells.
(Reuters) – Pakistan batsman Ahmed Shehzad has been banned for four months for violating anti-doping regulations after he tested positive for a prohibited substance in May, the country’s cricket board (PCB) said yesterday.
I have been overwhelmed with the responsibilities of life, so much so that I have started to neglect my hair.
(Reuters) – White Chicago police officer Jason Van Dyke was found guilty of second-degree murder on Friday for the 2014 shooting of black teen Laquan McDonald, a case that laid bare tensions between the black community and the police department in the third-largest U.S.
Dear Editor, While we are still debating the corporal punishment of children, Nepal (population 26 million) has recently become the 54th state to totally ban all forms of this practice on children.
The impasse between four-time All-Star Jimmy Butler and the Minnesota Timberwolves continues with the season opener less than two weeks away.
A New Amsterdam Prison Officer is now a member of the inmate population after being remanded to prison yesterday on a charge of possession of narcotics for trafficking and introducing a prohibited item into the prison.
A prison officer is now in custody after he was implicated by an inmate in the smuggling of marijuana into the Timehri Prison.
Dear Editor, The small miners of Guyana were deliberately attacked at a public meeting held at Bartica on Saturday, September 29, 2018 by the Opposition party’s speaker, who alleged that the government minister who formulated the Syndicate initiative, owns 87% of all the lands received by the Syndicates throughout Guyana.
Ten young women have been shortlisted for the Miss India Guyana 2018 pageant from a list of 35 applicants from across the three counties of Guyana.
(Reuters) – President Donald Trump’s nominee, Brett Kavanaugh, looked headed for a lifetime job on the U.S.
(Trinidad Express) A business owner yesterday said ordinary citizens of Trinidad and Tobago feel raped.
I walked out of “Venom” with the dopiest smile on my face.
The tales of Guyanese women are not primarily shocking horror stories.
Dear Editor, I do not get to write this often, but here goes: President David Granger got it right on hiring Dr Vincent Adams to head the EPA.
A distraught mother is asking the public for help in locating her 16-year-old daughter who has been missing for more than a week now.
An autopsy performed on the remains of Lennox Douglas, the miner who died earlier this week after the pit he was working in caved-in at Mowasi Backdam, Konawaruk, Potaro showed that he died as a result of multiple injuries.
Last week, a small group of women confronted Republican Senator Jeff Flake as he boarded an elevator.
Dear Editor, Belated completion of ‘The Agenda’ by Bob Woodward prompted some thoughts pertinent to the local scene.
TAROUBA, Trinidad, CMC – Lizelle Lee and Laura Wolvaardt both stroked commanding half-centuries to help South Africa defeat the West Indies in the fourth T20 at the Brian Lara Stadium here Thursday night and keep their hopes of levelling their T20 international series alive.
This evening the Miss World Guyana Pageant Organization will host ‘Runway to Sanya’, the first of three fundraising events in aid of sending Guyana’s Miss World representative Ambika Ramraj to the international leg of the pageant set for December 8, in Sanya, China.
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Oct 5, CMC – Leewards Islands Hurricanes’ fast-bowler Jeremiah Louis ripped through the Barbados Pride’s batting order with a five-wicket haul, but his efforts were in vain as persistent rains resulted in their Group B encounter in the Regional Super50 at Kensington Oval ending in a no-result on Thursday.
Moving House: Seeing a house being towed on a tractor/trailer with police escort is quite a common sight on the Corentyne, where some homeowners sell their wooden homes but not their land.
(Reuters) – French police are investigating the disappearance of Interpol chief, Meng Hongwei, who was reported missing after traveling from France to his native China, and they have placed his wife under protection after threats, the interior ministry said on Friday.
