Daily Archive: Sunday, October 28, 2018

(Trinidad Guardian) A young stu­dent who won a foot­ball schol­ar­ship on­ly this year died yes­ter­day in a ve­hic­u­lar ac­ci­dent in the Unit­ed States.

(Trinidad Guardian) A High Court judge is call­ing for the en­act­ment of laws to hold par­ents and guardians re­spon­si­ble for their chil­dren’s crim­i­nal ac­tions.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados,  CMC – Combined Campuses and Colleges Marooners defeated Guyana Jaguars by six wickets, in the Regional Super50 final at Kensington Oval here today.

BRASILIA, (Reuters) – Far-right lawmaker Jair Bolsonaro won Brazil’s presidential election on today, riding a wave of frustration over corruption and crime that brought a dramatic swing to the right in the world’s fourth-largest democracy.

JOHANNESBURG,  (Reuters) – South African Home Affairs Minister Malusi Gigaba said on Sunday he had faced blackmail threats over a private sex video that was leaked after his phone was hacked when he was finance minister.

Thirty-one persons were this morning arrested by police following raids in ‘A’ and ‘D’ Divisions under “Operation Restore Order.”

(JAMAICA OBSERVER) Last week’s social media frenzy over Dancehall star Spice’s new “bleached look” spilled over into the opening of the Senate’s annual “State of the Nation Debate” on Friday, as government member, Senator Kerensia Morrison, made no bones about her support for the controversial DJ.

(JAMAICA GLEANER) A new liquid candy being marketed to the children at primary schools across the island, with a symbol that appears to be rainbow-coloured male genitalia, has sparked outrage from some parents and children advocates.

COLOMBO,  (Reuters) – The security guard of a minister in the sacked Sri Lankan government opened fire at an office today wounding three people, worsening a constitutional crisis in the island nation days after the president ousted the prime minister and appointed a new one.

(Newsday) Trinidad & Tobago is one of the most political countries he has ever encountered, Sandals chairman Gordon “Butch” Stewart declared yesterday, as he reiterated that the only document which exists with Government is a “little MoU” and not a signed contract for the Tobago Sandals project.

(Trinidad Guardian) An In­ter­na­tion­al team of ex­perts is be­ing sought to form the T&T Po­lice Ser­vice’s (TTPS) newest unit, the Cold Cas­es and Miss­ing Per­sons Unit.

One hundred duty-free vehicle concessions for certain senior teachers and 20 new scholarships to study Science and Technical Education at the University of Guyana are among the few concrete non-salary benefits that the Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU) was able to secure in the agreement signed with the Ministry of Education (MoE) last Wednesday.

Hotelier Shervington Lovell’s ability to source funding for ventures valued hundreds of millions of dollars over a short period of time raised red flags here and eventually prompted the Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU) to launch a money laundering probe, sources say.

Police shot and killed an accused bandit yesterday morning following a confrontation in front of his Zeelugt, East Bank Essequibo home.

Instead of an agreed two weeks, New York-based firm HDM Labs Inc took six months to fully deliver on a contract valued hundreds of million for “emergency” pharmaceutical supplies sought last year by the Public Health Ministry, according to the latest Auditor General’s report, which also found that many of the prices quoted by the company were “significantly higher” than some of its competitors.

Bagotstown is a thriving village, though a few of its residents consider it to be one of the smallest on the East Bank Demerara. 

The United Nations Resident Representative here, Mikiko Tanaka, says she is working with Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) Chairman James Patterson to provide electoral aid, which had been requested for local government elections.

The People’s Progressive Party (PPP) and the Alliance For Change (AFC) on Friday both accused each other of orchestrating the toll hikes announced for the Berbice Bridge as they continued their campaigns to mobilise support in the county ahead of the upcoming local government polls.

“I can’t express my feelings about it right now. It was terrible and I can’t see how somebody could do something like that to a mother.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Guyana Jaguars’ captain Leon Johnson is hoping that his side can claim their first Regional Super50 title in 13 years, while Combined Campuses and Colleges Marooners’ skipper Carlos Brathwaite will be looking to capture their first ever regional title when they clash in today’s final at Kensington Oval.

Over 12,000 Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GTT) customers experienced a disruption in service on Friday night after a cable providing service along the Soesdyke-Linden Highway was severed.

Organisers of the Guyana Softball Cup 8 received corporate backing from Regent Street store, WJ Enterprise, to ensure the three-day tournament, which concludes today is a success.

Guyana’s main political parties will only be interested in constitutional reform to transform our ethno-political system if a sufficiently large portion of the electorate demands it.

Part Two of the Champion of Champions Dominoes competition featuring the country’s top teams will get cracking today from 1pm at the Green City Restaurant and Bar, Lot `H’ Durban and Vlissingen Roads.

A teacher attached to Insti-tute of Business Education (IBE), located at Lusignan on the East Coast of Demerara, says he is leaving the profession after he was attacked by an angry parent yesterday morning.

By Hubert Williams It has never happened that someone else wrote this column for me, but on October 20th, after a performance in Barbados for the Guyana/ Barbados Association over there, organised by Dr.

As the newly installed Police Service Commission (PSC) works to ensure that the correct procedures are followed in disciplinary matters, Chairman Paul Slowe says that cutting a rank’s wages as a form of punishment should be abolished if the force is to successfully stamp out corruption.

Guyana’s top performing students at the primary, secondary and tertiary levels were honoured on Friday, when the Ministry of Education held its 22nd National Awards Ceremony.

The final of the Open category of eight edition in the annual Guyana Floodlights Softball Cricket Association (GFSCA) International Softball Cup will cumulate this evening under lights between SVC Cricket club and either defending champions Ariel Speedboat or Regal All-star who were locked in battle at DCC as of press time. 

I remember “Read to Succeed” was once the theme of the activities and exhibitions organised to celebrate the work of library services for the children of Guyana.

Dulce et Decorum Est      Bent double, like old beggars under sacks,  Knock-kneed, coughing like hags, we cursed through sludge,  Till on the haunting flares we turned our backs  And towards our distant rest began to trudge. 

A security guard is now hospitalised in a critical condition after being shot by two armed men who attempted to rob the Regency Suites Hotel on Friday night, according to the police.

Guyana Jaguars skipper Leon Johnson is hoping that his side can veer from a more than decade-long pattern of not being able to capture the Regional one-day title when they come up against the Combined Campuses and Colleges Marooners in the Regional Super 50 final today.  

Dear Editor, Our pensioners who have given yeoman service to this country are now being paid a pension of $19,500 per month.

Two armed bandits on Friday evening pounced on a Number 65 Village, Corentyne cattle farmer and robbed him of a large quantity of cash, jewellery, a shotgun and live cartridges.

Briton John made hay in the brilliant sunshine yesterday dominating the juvenile 10-lap and the feature 35-lap event of the seventh annual Payless Variety Store multi-race programme.

A 17-year-old Queen’s College student was stabbed on Thursday evening at the Stabroek Bus Park and he has since been released from hospital.

The Hamilton Green 9-a-side Inter-Ward Football Championship resumes today at the Den Amstel Community ground with 10 matches.

Dear Editor, A few weeks ago the NIS published some statistical facts about pensions and the number of  pensioners.

Get ready to rodeo. Many of the nation’s top cowboys will compete for top honors in the annual Rising Sun Rodeo today at the Rising Sun Turf Club.

PITTSBURGH,  (Reuters) – A gunman yelling, “All Jews must die,” stormed a Pittsburgh synagogue during Saturday services, killing 11 worshippers and wounding six other people including four police officers, before he was arrested.

As a Certified Personal Trainer and Sports Nutritionist, I naturally get a lot of questions based on nutrition and exercise.  

Dear Editor, The only honest message of the opposition leader’s assault on the inevitable copyright bill lies in expressing his party’s long opposition and contempt towards addressing the livelihood of Guyanese creative talents.

When Sohan Suknandan and Radika Narine met over 20 years ago they were wide-eyed lovers who had their entire lives ahead of them, with dreams and ambition that they would work and together create the perfect life.

The police in Baramita are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of an unidentified woman, whose lifeless body was found on a roadway.

By encouraging our appearance at the 2018 Chess Olympiad, President of the Guyana Chess Federation (GCF) James Bond has cast the nation’s involvement in international chess in concrete.

Dear Editor, Human nature is invariably flawed with envy, greed, jealousy, and sometimes cruel instinct; yet even in the worst of us, there is the attribute of compassion.

A low-scoring match which saw two half centuries and two five wicket hauls, also saw Albion Cricket Club eke out a one-wicket win over Rose Hall Town Gizmos and Gadgets yesterday in the Berbice Cricket Board (BCB)  Pepsi 50 overs tournament.

MANAMA,  (Reuters) – Oman described Israel as an accepted Middle East state yesterday, a day after hosting a surprise visit by its prime minister that Washington said could help regional peace efforts.

PUNE, India, CMC – The West Indies finally got their first win on the tour of India, as they produced a disciplined batting and bowling performance on their way to a 43-run victory over the home side despite another Virat Kohli century in the third One Day International at the Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium here yesterday.

Dear Editor, The writer could not help being self-conscious of the exceptionally senior age at which he functioned as an Executive Director in the sugar industry – the country’s largest employer, and of feeling lucky as not to be so buffeted as the newly appointed Chairman of GECOM.

SAO PAULO,  (Reuters) – After a presidential campaign that has seen political violence overshadow policy debate, many Brazilians fear attacks will continue after the likely election today of tough-talking far-right candidate Jair Bolsonaro.

The police in Linden are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of Paulette Wade, a midwife whose lifeless body was discovered in her Kwakwani home on Friday morning.

BEIJING/CHICAGO/CARAMBEI, Brazil, (Reuters) – Ken Maschhoff, chairman of the largest U.S.

COLOMBO,  (Reuters) – A constitutional crisis in Sri Lanka deepened yesterday as President Maithripala Sirisena temporarily suspended parliament a day after sacking the prime minister and replacing him with a former leader seen as being close to China.

Dear Editor, I read in shock, in all three dailies, of the Chairman of the Commission of Inquiry (CoI) into the operations of the city administration, retired Judge Mr.

Last week, Sunday columnist Ralph Ramkarran under the caption ‘Still time for constitutional reform’ put forward the view that the AFC was in a position to ensure that the coalition’s manifesto promise on constitutional reform was realized.

Last month, Moody’s, the credit rating agency published a report that indicated the potentially negative economic and political implications of demographic change in the Caribbean and Central America.

PUNE, India, CMC – West Indies captain Jason Holder has lauded his charges for an outstanding all-around performance in the team’s 43-run win over India yesterday which helped the visitors level the five-match One Day International Series at 1-1.

ARRIAGA, Mexico,  (Reuters) – A U.S.-bound caravan of Central American migrants pressed on through southern Mexico yesterday, in spite of government offers of jobs, as authorities stepped up efforts to disperse the convoy that has angered U.S.

GENEVA,  (Reuters) – The World Trade Organization is scrambling to develop a plan for the biggest reform in its 23-year history after U.S.

Trees are universally recognized as a symbol of life, prosperity and strength.

Introduction Today’s column continues to advance my overall assessment/evaluation of Guyana’s Green Paper, which proposes to establish a Natural Resources Fund (NRF) next year.

(Barbados Nation) Calling the decision to send home more than 1,000 public servants the toughest one she has had to make in public life, Prime Minister Mia Mottley on Friday apologised again for the haphazard manner in which the latest retrenchment programme had displaced some Barbadians.

The Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus) can be found from the southeastern United States to South America.