Daily Archive: Wednesday, October 24, 2018

The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) said today it has noted with concern the appearance of a fake Facebook page mirroring that of the agency’s official page that is being bandied around social media.

MUMBAI,  (Reuters) – Shai Hope scored an inspired unbeaten century and struck the final ball for a four to earn West Indies a nail-biting tie with India in the second one-day international on Wednesday, souring the day for milestone man Virat Kohli.

HOUSTON,  (Reuters) – New York’s attorney general sued Exxon Mobil Corp today, alleging that the world’s largest oil company for years misled investors about the risks of climate change regulations on its business.

Minister of Finance, Winston Jordan today said that the delay in the payment of members of the joint services is not a result of unavailable finances, but rather the submission of inaccurate information.

(JAMAICA OBSERVER) THERE was chaos yesterday in Jamaica’s capital city, Kingston, after approximately two hours of heavy rain turned several roads in into waterways and leaving hundreds of motorists stranded for hours.

(Trinidad Guardian) Pim, pom, pi, di, pom, pom…The ‘Bass Man’ is gone!

After spending a combined 64 years on death row for two separate murders, Noel Thomas and Muntaz Ali yesterday walked out the Lusignan Prison freed men after being granted parole.

VISAKHAPATNAM, India,, CMC – After watching India’s batting juggernaut make a mockery of a 300-plus target in Guwahati last Sunday, West Indies captain Jason Holder has urged his side to improve on that effort, in order to challenge India in the second One-Day International here today.

Justice Navindra Singh yesterday dismissed the court action filed by a candidate for the PPP, who had sought to void the listing of 50 names, including his, as official nominators of rival AFC candidates in the Whim/Bloomfield, Corentyne area.

Kuru-Kururu Warriors and Grove Hi-Tech secured contrasting wins when the East Bank Football Association [EBFA] Senior Knockout Championships commenced last  weekend at the Diamond Community Center ground.

The contractor for the East Coast Demerara Road Widening and Improvement Project is expected to meet with the police soon to discuss possible remedies that can aid in easing the daily traffic congestion during peak hours, Traffic Chief Linden Isles says.

A collaboration between the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) and Operation Walk Maryland, saw 47 persons benefiting from much needed joint replacement surgery over the weekend.

National under-19 all-rounder, Kevlon Anderson played a pivotal innings with the bat while West Indies women star, Erva Giddings, was crucial with the ball to spur Rose Hall Town Bakewell (RHTB) to yet another title, this time the Berbice Cricket Board Rhonda Lewis Memorial T20 title with a 130-run win against Whim over the weekend.

Georgetown Mayor Patricia Chase-Green on Monday, at the city council’s final statutory meeting before local government elections, expressed concern about city constabulary officers extorting money from vendors.

In what has become a tradition, Steve’s Jewellery has once again put up pieces of Guyana’s gold for the Most Valuable Players of the various categories at Guyana Softball Cup 8, set for this weekend.

A Diamond, East Bank Demerara, home owner who lives abroad, says she has had to stay in the country longer than planned as a result of the creeping deterioration of her house due to the nearby natural gas well that was recently capped.

RIDGETOWN, Barbados,  CMC – Surprise semi-finalists Combined Campuses Colleges Marooners will have the unfortunate task of facing tournament favourites Trinidad and Tobago Red Force today in order to reach the Regional Super50 final.

MANCHESTER, England,  (Reuters) – An impressive Juventus beat Manchester United 1-0 at Old Trafford yesterday to take command of Champions League Group H with a maximum nine points from three games and demonstrate just how far Jose Mourinho’s side are from Europe’s elite.

The absence of Attorney General Basil Williams or any other lawyer from his chambers yesterday stalled the hearing of the challenge mounted by his predecessor Anil Nandlall to the misconduct charges levelled against former Finance Minister Dr Ashni Singh and former head of the National Industrial and Commercial Investments Limited (NICIL) Winston Brassington.

Patty Mills drilled a jumper with seven seconds remaining in overtime to cap a 7-0 run in the final 55 seconds and lift the San Antonio Spurs to a wild 143-142 win over the host Los Angeles Lakers on Monday.

A Craig youth who allegedly tried to beat a man to death with a bicycle bar was yesterday committed to stand trial.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Combined Campuses and Colleges Marooners trounced Leeward Islands Hurricanes by eight wickets under Duckworth-Lewis-Stern, to end their preliminary campaign on a high and top Group B of the Regional Super50.

Teron Halley, the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) rank who drowned  on Monday evening in the Rupununi reportedly suffered cramps in the water which caused him to drown.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Former West Indies player and coach Gus Logie has described the recently-launched Mothers & Daughters cricket programme, as a huge fillip for the game in the region.

A man accused of robbing three persons at the Kingston seawall was jailed for 18 months after he admitted to one charge while denying two other charges.

In the second round of the Enmore Community Centre Cricket Club Banks Beer 100-ball bash, West Indies Under-19 batsman, Bhaskar Yadram clobbered the second century of the tournament to see Enterprise record a 130-run win over La Bonne Intention on Sunday.

Bids were yesterday opened under the Ministry of Finance for the procurement of a Public Financial Management  system.

Despite a century from Ushadiva Balgobin, Ricardo Ramdehol’s 98 was enough to ensure Muslim Youth Organization (MYO) defeat Everest Cricket Club Under 17s by three wickets in the Georgetown Cricket Association/Friends of Cricket 100 overs tournament on Sunday.

Dear Editor, Let me begin by thanking Stabroek News for publishing my letter in your Sunday 21st Oct edition on the Berbice Bridge. 

“This feels good. Do you know how long I’ve waited for this?”

WASHINGTON/ANKARA,  (Reuters) – President Donald Trump said yesterday Saudi authorities staged the “worst cover-up ever” in the killing of prominent journalist Jamal Khashoggi this month, as the United States vowed to revoke the visas of some of those believed to be responsible.

Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs Basil Williams SC on Monday withdrew two summonses which he had pending before the Guyana Court of Appeal in relation to the Judicial Review Act (JRA).

Dear Editor, In 2008, while I still worked in cricket, there was a trial match at Bourda, Sewnarine Chattergoon walked out to bat in short pants, the journalist seated next to me in the Cricket Board’s viewing gallery, shouted down “Disgraceful!

(Reuters) – Facebook Inc’s new searchable database of U.S. political ads reveals that companies such as Exxon Mobil Corp, Ben & Jerry’s and Penzeys Spices are cumulatively spending millions of dollars to encourage voting and influence how Americans vote.

KHARKIV, Ukraine,  (Reuters) – Manchester City began to show their credentials like proper Champions League heavyweights when they became the first English team to win at Shakhtar Donetsk in European competition with a handsome 3-0 success in their Group F match yesterday.

BRASILIA,  (Reuters) – The man who will likely be Brazil’s next Defence Minister greeted two reporters waiting outside the door, then politely sent them packing.

Hardly a week passes without someone bemoaning, in one form or another, the plight of the elderly (persons 60 years and over). 

The Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) and the University of the West Indies (UWI), signed a historic Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on  October 19.

The dispatches from the Asian sub-continent of the current West Indies tour have not been good, in fact they have very depressing to say the least.

Annadale humbled St. Rose’s while Queenstown and Dolphin battled to a draw, when the Guyoil/Tradewind Tankers Under-18 Secondary School Football Championship continued yesterday at the Ministry of Education ground, Carifesta Avenue.

Dear Editor, Please allow me to respond to the Stabroek News editorial of 21st October, titled `Filariasis questions’.

SAN SALVADOR, (Reuters) – A Salvadoran judge yesterday ordered the arrest of a former military officer suspected of ordering the 1980 killing of Archbishop Oscar Romero, a Latin American human rights icon recently named a Roman Catholic saint.