Daily Archive: Friday, November 2, 2018

(Jamaica Observer) The Clarendon woman who was left nursing severe burns after her jealous ex-lover set her home ablaze in the wee hours of Wednesday morning, killing her 16-year-old brother, has died.

(Trinidad Guardian) Less than a week af­ter say­ing a fi­nal farewell to Win­ston “Mighty Shad­ow” Bai­ley, the ca­lyp­so fra­ter­ni­ty is mourn­ing the death of an­oth­er vet­er­an ca­lyp­son­ian in Win­ston ‘The Orig­i­nal De Fos­to Him­self’ Scar­bor­ough.

(Trinidad Express) The People’s Republic of China has opened in Maraval its largest embassy in the English-speaking Caribbean ­region.

Demerara Distillers Limited (DDL) today announced that after much deliberation it had decided not to submit a bid for the Enmore Sugar Estate at this time.

(Trinidad Express) A Sangre Grande woman appeared before a Port of Spain magistrate on allegations of sexual penetration against a 14-year-old boy.

(Jamaica Observer) THERE was mourning yesterday at Central High School in Clarendon for 16-year-old Leroy Hamilton, who fell victim to the rage of his sister’s jealous ex-lover, when he torched their dwelling, killing the boy and leaving his 24-year-old sister nursing severe burns.

(Trinidad Express) A NUTS VENDOR who kidnapped and robbed a taxi driver and broke into his home will spend the next seven years in jail.

(Trinidad Guardian) Po­lice have ar­rest­ed a 31-year-old Diego Mar­tin man who al­leg­ed­ly beat a Venezue­lan woman with a wheel span­ner af­ter she threat­ened to end their re­la­tion­ship and then video­taped her in­juries on Tues­day.

After some 70 expressions of interest, the Special Purpose Unit (SPU) received 10 submissions by yesterday’s deadline for bids for the Skeldon, Rose Hall and East Demerara estates.

A bandit was shot dead by the police while his accomplice managed to escape yesterday afternoon after they hijacked a car in Haslington and were cornered in Mahaicony.

Leader of the Opposition and former president Bharrat Jagdeo is hoping that everything goes well with President David Granger’s medical examinations in Cuba and that he returns safely to Guyana and in good health.

The Ministry of Indigenous Peoples’ Affairs has disclosed that SARU and SOCU launched an investigation over a year ago into the spending from the Amerindian Purposes Fund.

Abdul Imran Khan, the man who allegedly assaulted Romario Baljeet outside of the popular Palm Court nightclub, was yesterday remanded to prison after he was charged with attempted murder.

The police in Berbice have launched an investigation into an attempt to burn the house of one of the Alliance For Change (AFC) candidates for the Whim/ Bloomfield Neighbourhood Democratic Council (NDC) at the upcoming local government elections and a rival PPP/C candidate has been arrested after reports that he threatened her.

Daniel Watson, the Herstelling man who police say strangled and drowned his estranged common-law wife in a drain, has been committed to face a trial at the High Court for the crime.

A night after they went down to Old Fort Mustangs 5-7 in one of the most exciting matches of the championship, GGC Vintage served out a measure of revenge by defeating Antonio’s Hikers on the fourth evening of the GTT National Indoor Hockey Championships at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall (CASH).   Vintage responded to Mustangs’ Ascofu Simon’s five goals by downing Hikers 7-4.   Kevin Spencer was once again the man in top form for Vintage after converting his second hat trick of the championship while Alan Fernandes, Andrew Xavier and Devin Hooper all scored. 

A total of 80 polling stations located at strategic army, police, fire and prison services locations will be opened from 6 am to 6 pm to today to facilitate early voting by some 7,918 members of the disciplined services for this year’s Local Government Elections.

A two-day sport meet for students with disabilities from various schools began yesterday at the National Gymnasium, the Department of Public Information (DPI) said.

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, India,  CMC – The West Indies produced their worst batting performance against India in a One Day International to hand the home side an emphatic nine-wicket win and help them wrap up the five-match series 3-1 at Greenfield Stadium here yesterday.

A man is now dead after being struck along the Felicity Railway Embankment Road, on the East Coast of Demerara, where police say he ran into the path of an oncoming vehicle.

The second leg of the South American 10k Run has picked up steam to become one of the premier road race attractions on the continent and a flagship activity on the Athletic Association of Guyana (AAG) calendar.

Just over two weeks after he and two others escaped from the Lusignan Prison, Dextroy Pollard was yesterday recaptured and turned over to police by a public-spirited citizen on the West Bank of Demerara.

Unbeaten Eagles mauled Silver Shattas 4-1, while undefeated Net-rockers edged Winners Connection 1-0 when the Upper Demerara Football Association [UDFA] Senior League resumed on Wednesday, at the Mackenzie Sports Club [MSC] ground, Linden.

A security guard was yesterday remanded to prison on a charge that he attempted to murder three men.

The calendar has flipped to November so that means the highly anticipated Race of Champions is just about four weeks away. 

Approximately sixty percent of a sample population of 700 Georgetown customers have illegally reattached their water service after being disconnected for overdue balances.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua,  CMC – Days before the start of the ICC Women’s World T20 the South African women have been forced to make two changes to their squad.

A minibus driver, who was charged with causing the death of a passenger in an accident at the junction of Sheriff Street and the Rupert Craig Highway, was yesterday freed after a city magistrate found that the police failed to prove their case against him.

PARIS,  (Reuters) – Novak Djokovic celebrated his return to the summit of world tennis with a stroll into the quarter-finals at the Paris Masters as outclassed Damir Dzumhur had to retire with injury in the second set of their third round clash yesterday.

A city magistrate yesterday committed Kelvin Persaud and Selwyn Dawson, who are accused of murdering clothing vendor Purcell Moore Jr, to stand trial at the High Court for the crime.

MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – Usain Bolt has finished his football trial at Central Coast Mariners and will leave the club after failing to agree commercial terms, the A-League side said yesterday.

Shelton John Bowen, the man charged with fatally stabbing a labourer at Bagotstown after a row over water, was yesterday committed to stand trial.

(Field Level Media) Juan Hernangomez came off the bench to score 23 points and Paul Millsap had 16 points and six rebounds as the Denver Nuggets overcame a slugging first quarter to beat the host Cleveland Cavaliers 110-91 last night.

An autopsy performed on Baramita’s Ruthina Thomas, whose lifeless body was discovered along a roadway a week ago,  has given the cause of death as asphyxiation due to manual strangulation, compounded by blunt trauma to head.

Dear Editor, Guyanese must benefit when their tax dollars are being expended.

( Field Level Media) Joel Embiid had a season-high 41 points to go along with 13 rebounds and four blocked shots to lift the Philadelphia 76ers past the visiting Los Angeles Clippers 122-113 Thursday night.

Two hundred and fifty-one students graduated from the Georgetown School of Nursing yesterday, according to the Department of Public Information (DPI).

Dear Editor, The Guyana National Broadcasting Authority (GNBA) has observed instances of ethnic labelling, during the screening of broadcast content.

Over the last two and a half years the Mon Repos/La Reconnaissance Neighbourhood Democratic Council (NDC) has worked to improve its capacity to provide essential services by purchasing several pieces of necessary equipment and this effort seems to have paid off with several residents saying they are satisfied with the work they have seen done.

PARIS,  (Reuters) – Roger Federer made a comfortable start to his quest for a 100th title, despatching Fabio Fognini in straight sets to ease into the quarter-finals at the Paris Masters yesterday.

Dear Editor, The Kaieteur News Editorial (26.10.18) headlined Berbice Bridge Controversy reflects the newspaper’s persistent assault on the truth.

(Reuters) – Former Pakistan skipper Azhar Ali announced his retirement from one-day international cricket on Thursday, saying he wanted to focus on his test career.

Revenues from oil and gas can catalyse the growth of a number of industries, including tourism, according to Minister of Business, Dominic Gaskin. 

MELBOURNE,  (Reuters) – David Peever resigned as Cricket Australia chairman yesterday, after three days of mounting pressure triggered by the release of a scathing review of the board’s governance and culture.

Dear Editor, This relates to your editorial `Constitutional reform’ (Oct 28) with reference to Mr.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump increased economic pressure on Venezuela’s leftist President Nicolas Maduro yesterday with new sanctions aimed at disrupting the South American country’s gold exports.

In yesterday’s Stabroek News, it was reported that because of a procedural error Justice Sandil Kissoon declared a mistrial in the case of Tyrone Rowe, called ‘Cobra,’ who was on trial for the 2010 murder of Troy Collymore.

Dear Editor,  I would like to bring to the attention of those in authority,  an untenable, exasperating and in fact very hazardous situation that exists on the East Bank Demerara highway. 

The Mexican Embassy yesterday honoured writers Sir Wilson Harris, Derek Walcott, Sir V.

RIO DE JANEIRO, (Reuters) – Brazilian far-right President-elect Jair Bolsonaro has convinced crusading anti-graft Judge Sergio Moro to become his justice minister, the two said yesterday, delighting supporters and enraging critics by hiring the jurist who jailed Bolsonaro’s chief political rival.

(Field Level Media) Derrick Rose scored a career-high 50 points, including the go-ahead basket with 30 seconds left, to lift the Minnesota Timberwolves to a 128-125 victory over the Utah Jazz on Wednesday in Minneapolis.

The Ministry of Social Protection’s (MoSP) Counter-Trafficking In Persons (C-TIP) Unit, on  Monday launched its Blu’ Resources campaign as part of its efforts to ensure  the message of combatting Trafficking in Persons reaches all communities.

Dear Editor,    Newly-elected President of neighbouring Brazil – Jair Bolsonaro’s mission to change the destiny of Brazil looks set to abolish environmental protection and exacerbate the bloodshed linked to the unregulated exploitation of the Amazon.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump faced scathing criticism yesterday for an advertisement linking Democrats and immigrants to violent crime, with some fellow Republicans blasting it as “sickening” and the most racially divisive political ad in three decades.

(Trinidad Guardian) The award of million-dollar contracts to three companies owned by a serving police officer is now the subject of an audit initiated by State-owned Angostura Ltd and has been linked to the absence of the company’s chief executive officer from work.

MELBOURNE,  (Reuters) – Australia pace bowler Peter Siddle says former captain Steve Smith, David Warner and Cameron Bancroft should serve out the remainder of their ball-tampering bans despite calls for Cricket Australia to cut their sanctions short.

LONDON, (Reuters) – World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) president Craig Reedie hit back at his critics yesterday and said he would not be resigning after coming under fire over the reinstatement of Russia’s testing body RUSADA.

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., (Reuters) – Thousands of Google employees around the world briefly walked off their jobs on Thursday to protest the company’s response to sexual harassment and demand that the world’s largest search engine address rising concerns about workplace inequality.

(Trinidad Express) Prepare, don’t panic. This was the advice from seismologist Dr Joan Latchman on what to do when earthquakes occur, especially with the expected “big one”.

Dear Editor, Today Friday, November 2nd, 2018, marks the 88th anniversary of the coronation of His Imperial Majesty (HIM) Haile Selassie and Empress Menen.

The St Joseph Mercy Hospital (SJMH) has entered into a partnership with a Caribbean laboratory facility that will enhance the hospital’s capacity to provide timely diagnosis and value-based medical care to its patients.

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, India,  CMC – West Indies captain Jason Holder believes if his batsmen had made better shot selections India would have been chasing a target in excess of 300, as opposed to the paltry 105 which was required for victory.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – The United Kingdom and the European Union have made progress on a deal to give London’s dominant financial centre basic access to EU markets after Brexit, two British officials said, but no agreement has yet been clinched.

(Trinidad Guardian) Caribbean Airlines may have achieved a Parliamentary Committee’s expectation: it moved from losses into operating profit.

Dear Editor, The Guyana diaspora is nothing if not literate and engaged.

The Public Procurement Commission recently began a round of engagements with stakeholders in the construction industry outlining draft regulations that, if implemented, would see contractors in the industry being suspended or debarred if found guilty of doing shoddy work on Government contracts.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – President Donald Trump said on Thursday his administration planned to require immigrants seeking asylum in the United States to come into the country through a legal port of entry, pushing a hard line on immigration ahead of elections next week.

-Permanent Pavement People (PPP) I suspect these are my final comments for some time on this issue – the choice and presence of a chairman for our national elections body.

(Reuters) – England wicketkeeper-batsman Jos Buttler said he “feared the worst” after his shot hit short-leg fielder Pathum Nissanka on the head in their drawn tour match against a Sri Lanka Board President’s XI on Wednesday.

(Barbados Nation) Central Bank Governor Cleviston Haynes accepts Government’s “strong” austerity measures will be “tough” for Barbadians over the next two years.

Dear Editor, Tacuma Ogunseye ventured out once again on a frolic of his own in another of his vain attempts to influence public opinion against the PPP/C’s performance in government in general and in the security sector in particular.

‘Smart stops’ are to be constructed in nine municipalities, according to the Department of Public Information (DPI).