Daily Archive: Thursday, October 11, 2018

(TRINIDAD EXPRESS) Dureem Arjoon appeared before a San Fernando magistrate charged with the Jouvert murder of Osei Joseph.

Frederick Hamley Case (centre), Non- Resident Ambassador of Guyana to the Russian Federation presented his Credentials to Vladimir Putin (right), President of the Russian Federation.

(TRINIDAD GUARDIAN) Po­lice have ar­rest­ed one man af­ter dis­cov­er­ing what ap­pears to be a gun fac­to­ry in east Trinidad.

PORT ST. JOE, Fla., (Reuters) – Hurricane Michael’s violence was visible today in shattered Florida coastal towns, where rows of homes were ripped from foundations and roofs were torn off schools by the near-record-force storm blamed for seven deaths.

The Ministry of Public Infrastructure is advising the general public that traffic on Sheriff Street between the Rupert Craig Highway to First Avenue Subryanville, will be closed on Sunday October 14, 2018 between 08:00 hrs.

This year, the Toronto International Film Festival made a concerted effort to shine a spotlight on women both in front of, and especially behind, the camera.

(JAMAICA OBSERVER) PRIME Minister Andrew Holness says governments over the years have ended up holding onto assets that drain the public purse because of the sentiments attached to the State retaining ownership.

(JAMAICA OBSERVER) A man was Monday night shot dead and his teenage son shot and injured when a gunman attacked them in Patrick City, a middle-income community in Kingston.

(JAMAICA OBSERVER) WHEN 26-year-old Jermaine Clarke learnt that he was a match for his son Zaiden, who desperately needed a liver transplant, he was beside himself with joy, but more importantly, he was relieved.

(TRINIDAD NEWSDAY) What was believed to be the body of a man floating in the Ste Madeleine pond Wednesday afternoon, instead turned out to be a murti (consecrated statue of a Hindu deity).

(JAMAICA GLEANER) A “high priority” probe is now under way into the disappearance of a Portland man whose female companion has reportedly told investigators that he was last seen two weeks ago in the company of a police constable.

(TRINIDAD GUARDIAN) Curepe res­i­dents in the path of the pro­posed in­ter­change want the Com­mis­sion­er of Val­u­a­tions to ap­point an in­de­pen­dent ne­go­tia­tor or take up the man­tle him­self to set­tle their out­stand­ing com­pen­sa­tion mat­ters.

(JAMAICA GLEANER) Jamaica’s Prime Minister Andrew Holness said that the country is living on past glory and that it was important to invest in the country’s infrastructure – including a new Parliament building – to show that as a people, we are serious about development.

Miners in Mahdia, in Region Eight, yesterday protested in front of the Mahdia office of the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) over what they claim is victimisation of small miners.

The Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU) and the Ministry of Education (MoE) have “committed to review” new information provided by the union that were not discussed or considered prior to government’s offer of a 10 percent increase in salaries for 2016 and eight percent for 2018.

Digicel has initiated legal action against Suriname’s telecommunications regulator for blocking its cross-border data link between that country and Guyana.

A long serving accountant and the acting Treasurer yesterday both voiced their dissatisfaction with some processes at the Mayor and City Council (M&CC) and one of them said there is some of amount of mismanagement.

High Court judge Gino Persaud has announced that he will deliver his ruling next Monday on whether he has jurisdiction to hear an action before him which questions the activation and restructuring of local government areas (LGAs).

Former Guyana Rice Development Board (GRDB) General Manager Jagnarine Singh and agricultural consultant Madanlall Ramraj were on Tuesday freed of 16 charges of fraud, which were dismissed by a city magistrate, who found that no case was made out against them.

Gaitrie Armogan, a wife and a mother of two, is now dead after she was fatally struck by a motorcyclist yesterday morning.

The police in Berbice have arrested three persons after an attack at Cromarty, where bandits shot a man to his face after they invaded his home on Tuesday evening.

HYDERABAD, India, CMC – West Indies captain Jason Holder on Wednesday launched a passionate defence of his side in the wake of heavy criticism following the Rajkot defeat last week, as the embattled Caribbean side prepared to face India in the second Test here starting tomorrow.

The signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between George-town’s municipality and the vendors from the Stabroek Market wharf to concretise the terms of their temporary relocation has been further delayed and Mayor Patricia Chase-Green has lashed out at the administration’s slothfulness.

In observance of International Day of the Girl Child, which will be celebrated today, an 18-year-old girl was on Tuesday given the opportunity to act as Guyana’s President.

The Guyana Hockey Board (GHB) Junior National Indoor Hockey Championships commenced last evening with Bingo Spartans leading the way with commanding opening wins in two different age group categories at the National Gymnasium.   The night, however, belonged to Spartans’ Sarah Klautky, who converted two hat tricks in both the girls under – 16 and 21 divisions.   Spartans, however, fresh off their GHB girls under – 19 outdoor championships a few weeks ago, remained ominous even as they switched to the indoor format with a 3-0 win over GCC Her-ricanes in the girls under – 16 category on the back of Klautky’s first hat trick. 

Cousins and national U19 cricketers Junior and Kevin Sinclair combined with both bat and ball to comfortably secure the inaugural Berbice Cricket Board/ Raffik Construction 100-ball second division title for Rose Hall Town Bakewell  with a six-wicket win over Albion at Tamarind Root Ground, Hampshire Berbice yesterday.

“Master Trainers” on Tuesday signed contracts to begin working with Mathematics teachers at public secondary schools across the country to improve the delivery of the subject and the performance of students.

Spanish has been added to the police training curriculum in order to prepare members of the force to better offer service and protection to the growing number of Spanish-speaking migrants in Guyana.

At a simple ceremony at the historic Enmore Community Centre Cricket Club (CCCC), a collaboration was formed to see the club, sponsored by beverage giants, Banks DIH Limited, under the flagship Banks Beer brand, host a 100-balls tournament with action beginning this weekend.

Dear Editor, The Federation of Independent Trade Unions of Guyana (FITUG) could not fail to offer a response to some of the “achievements” Minister of Finance Winston Jordan boasted about in his letter which appeared in the October 9 edition of Stabroek News.

With Guyana scheduled to host the IBF Under-18 Antilles 3×3 Basketball Championships from October 19th-21st, Guyana Amateur Basketball Federation [GABF] President Nigel Hinds, sat down with Stabroek Sports to discuss the impact of staging the prestigious championships.  Below are the answers to questions posed during a brief interview.  1.

A young man accused of raping an 11-year-old girl yesterday walked out of a court a free man after a jury was unable to arrive at verdicts for the two charges laid against him.

Dear Editor, The Honourable Minister of Finance Winston Jordan, in a letter appearing in the October 09, Stabroek News, took time from his duties to respond to Stabroek News’ editorial of October 07 regarding his stewardship of the economy.

The Guyana Fitness Games’ Health and Fitness Expo returns to the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall (CASH) this weekend for its fourth staging.

Three teenage boys were yesterday committed to stand trial for the rape of an 11-year-old girl.

A goldsmith was yesterday fined after pleading guilty to taking money from a customer to make jewellery and failing to deliver.

Dear Editor, For those familiar with the workings of democracies, Guyana is fast becoming a poster child for Comedy Central as President David Granger continues to undermine his credibility and that of his Office, by upping the ante to take over the authority of our democratic institutions. 

The Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC) got off to a commendable start in the Georgetown Cricket Association/ Friends of Cricket 100 overs tournament clobbering Bel Air Rubis by 270 runs in round one before beating Muslim Youth Organisation (MYO) by five wickets.

Dear Editor, As a concerned resident who traverses on the Lady Northcote from the North-west to Georgetown, I would like to say that I was surprised at the unmannerly behavior of the staff on Monday, September 24, 2018, especially some of the security personnel.

The Preliminary Inquiry (PI) into the murder charge against Erwin Bacchus, who is accused of murdering Jason De Florimonte, began yesterday with testimony from the girlfriend and a cousin of the deceased.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Stroke-maker Britney Cooper has been recalled for West Indies’ defence of their ICC Twenty20 Women’s World Cup title, in a 15-member squad announced yesterday.

(Reuters) – Jamal Khashoggi believed he was safe in Turkey. Khashoggi, a veteran Saudi journalist and newspaper editor, had lived in exile in Washington for more than a year, writing a column for the Washington Post in which he regularly criticized his country’s crackdown on dissent, its war in Yemen and sanctions imposed on Qatar.

A contract has been awarded to The Partnership for Supply Chain Management for the supply and delivery of anti-retroviral drugs for the National AIDS Programme Secretariat, according to the Ministry of the Presidency.

(Reuters) – Three women of unknown origin were found dead, presumably murdered, on Wednesday on the Greek side of the river border between Turkey and Greece, police sources said, an area known for illegal migrant crossings.

(Reuters) – Pakistan seamer Mohammad Abbas claimed three quick wickets as Australia hobbled their way to 136-3 yesterday, chasing a mammoth target of 462 in the first test in Dubai.

Dear Editor, Since the 2015 General Elections, my sub-region has gone through many different changes.

(Jamaica Gleaner) The trial of O’Brian and O’Neil Walters, the brothers charged with the murder of 22-year-old Kahni Erskine who was fatally shot at a gas station on September 22, 2016, started its second day in the St James Circuit Court on Wednesday.  The trial began on Tuesday before presiding judge Justice Sharon George with a civilian witness testifying that he saw a man identified as O’Brian Walters exiting a motor vehicle at the gas station on the day in question, following which shots were fired.  In response to cross-examination from defence attorney Christopher Townsend, the witness said that when he attended the identification parade he was only able to identify O’Brian Walters by his body type and not by his facial features.  When lead prosecutor Maxine Jackson redirected questions to the witness and asked if he could see the accused man’s face, he said that he was able to see the front view of the person who appeared at the gas station during the shooting and that nothing obstructed his view at that time.  On the day in question, Erskine was surprised at the gas station when three men exited a motor vehicle and opened fire, hitting him.

A 62-year-old Letter Kenny Village, Corentyne woman was beaten and robbed when a lone intruder pounced on her in a pre-dawn attack on Tuesday.

Dear Editor, Government Ministers are in the habit of saying one thing and doing exactly the opposite.

(Reuters) – Pope Francis yesterday compared having an abortion to “hiring a “hit man” to eliminate a problematic person, in comments sure to be welcomed by conservative Catholics who have accused the pontiff of not speaking out enough on “cultural war” issues.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Evergreen all-rounder Chris Barnwell agonisingly missed out on a maiden List A hundred as Guyana Jaguars picked up their second win of the Regional Super50 by easily brushing aside minnows Canada by seven wickets here Tuesday night.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Rain robbed Windward Islands Volcanoes of valuable points as their Group B match against Windies B finished in a disappointing no-result at Queen’s Park Oval here Tuesday night.

An autopsy yesterday confirmed that Osafo Glasgow, the man who was discovered dead at Loo Creek, Soesdyke-Linden Highway on Sunday morning, died as a result of multiple injuries consistent with a vehicular accident.

(Reuters) – The death toll from floods across much of central and southern Nigeria has reached 199, the national disaster agency said on Wednesday, almost doubling the number of people killed from three weeks earlier.

Dear Editor, I am asking the Finance Minister, through this letter, to revise the ridiculous, unreasonable and unconscionable taxes on motorcars, with specific emphasis on sedans, which are family cars.

(Reuters) – Parkland Fuel Corp (PKI.TO), a Canada-based marketer of petroleum products, said yesterday it would buy a 75 percent stake in privately held SOL Investments Ltd for C$1.57 billion (US$1.21 billion), to expand further in the U.S.

A man was yesterday charged and remanded to prison over the alleged possession of marijuana, which was found in a yard where he works.

Dear Editor, Dr Ian McDonald’s column headlined, “The responsibility to use words accurately” (SN, 7/10/2018), is an interesting read.

2026 has been designated Year Zero. It is the year, environmentalists say, that wild animals could disappear from their natural habitats around the world, if humans continue on the same path of causing damage to the earth and at the same rate.

Back in the 1980s, an unlikely colony of bright blue, cute, elf-like creatures soared to international success through a hit television animated series that aired on Saturday mornings.

DAMBULLA, (Reuters) – England’s first one-day international against Sri Lanka was abandoned following heavy rains in Dambulla yesterday.