Articles published on Tuesday, November 6, 2018
(Trinidad Express) A video of social media showing people jumping off a fishing boat and wading to shore at a beach in Erin, triggered a police raid that led to the capture of eleven illegal aliens on Tuesday.
(Trinidad Guardian) The State has again amended its case against High Court judge Kevin Ramcharan.
(Jamaica Observer) A Jamaican man is challenging the Cayman Government’s decision to deny his bid for permanent residency, arguing that the Immigration Appeals Tribunal discriminated against his nationality when it considered his application.
Citing a “threat to public safety” in light of the planned increase in tolls, the government yesterday assumed temporary control over the operation of the Berbice River Bridge and promised to retain the present toll structure as its seek to find an amicable resolution to its ongoing dispute with the concessionaire, the Berbice Bridge Company Inc.
Irrespective of the callous plan of the Berbice Bridge Company Inc (BBCI) to impose draconian increases for the crossing of the Berbice Bridge, there can be no justification for the government’s seizure of the structure yesterday.
A man was bludgeoned and chopped to death by his brother-in-law yesterday morning at Golden Grove, East Bank Demerara.
A man who raped a 15-year-old girl now awaits sentencing for the offence after being unanimously convicted yesterday afternoon by a 12-member mixed jury at the High Court in Georgetown.
Based on the advice of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), police yesterday withdrew the murder charge laid against Tony George, the Rural Constable who was implicated in the killing of 15-year-old Ricardo Singh, who was stabbed in July during an altercation at a wedding house along the Soesdyke-Linden Highway.
After considering an appeal of his conviction and 56-year sentence for the 2010 murder of his childhood friend, the Guyana Court of Appeal yesterday morning overturned both and ordered that Redrick Alexander be retried.
ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Title-holders West Indies suffered a hiccup in preparation for their Twenty20 World Cup title defence when they went down by five wickets to India, in their opening official ICC warm-up for the upcoming tournament here Sunday night.
Club Hikers on Sunday evening reigned supreme as they clinched both the male and female first division titles to bring the curtains down on the 2018 edition of the GTT National Indoor Hockey championships at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall (CASH).
Businessman Pradeep Samtani known as an Indian cultural activist and humanitarian, passed away on Sunday evening at Dr.
Former winners of the International Cricket Council’s (ICC) Women’s World T20, Australia and England are both settled on their sides but are looking to further capitalise on warm-up matches and give their younger players a chance to shine ahead of their first match of the tournament.
Minister of Citizenship, Winston Felix yesterday commended the efforts of the National Multi-Sectoral Coordinating Committee in managing the influx of Venezuelan migrants and a release from the Ministry of the Presidency said the number stood at 2,943.
Just under 40% of disciplined service members eligible to vote did so during early voting for the local government elections last Friday.
KOLKATA, India, CMC – West Indies captain Carlos Brathwaite believes rookie fast bowler Oshane Thomas has a bright future once he continues to improve on the encouraging start to his international career.
Berbicians have welcomed the government’s announcement yesterday that it had assumed temporary control of the Berbice River bridge.
President of the Guyana Agricultural and General Workers’ Union (GAWU) Komal Chand says that he has no fear that the government or Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) will not pay the interest on the remaining severance payments to laid off sugar workers, as was ordered by the High Court, despite it not being catered for in the supplementary funding that was approved by Parliament last week.
(ICC) Left-arm spinner Taijul Islam returned figures of 5/62 wickets on Day 3 of the first Test to bring Bangladesh back into the game against Zimbabwe yesterday.
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Outspoken Twenty20 star, Dwayne Bravo, has branded Cricket West Indies’ treatment of Darren Sammy as “disrespect”, especially considering the two-time World Cup-winning captain’s contribution to the game in the region.
Minister of Education, Dr. Nicolette Henry yesterday commissioned Guyana’s first ever Mobile Psychosocial Unit.
LONDON, (Reuters) – Rafael Nadal has pulled out of next week’s ATP Tour Finals in London due to injury, so Novak Djokovic will end the year as world number one having returned to the top of the rankings on Monday.
Inspection and Enforcement Officers of the Pesticides and Toxic Chemicals (Control) Board (PTCCB), in collaboration with the Guyana Police Force, on Sunday last thwarted what was described as a major smuggling operation and confiscated approximately 300 kilograms of illegal or unregistered pesticides.
A one-year sentence was yesterday handed down to a resident of Linden, who admitted to escaping from police custody.
A blistering half century from Guyana Jaguars’ Romario Shepherd followed by Guyana Under- 17 seamer, Leon Swamy’s maiden six-wicket haul steered Tucber Park to a 123-run over West Berbice at Bush Lot in the Berbice Cricket Board Pepsi 50 overs first division tournament over the weekend.
The two men who were brought to Georgetown for questioning about the murder of Kwakwani midwife Paulette Wade were released on station bail by police yesterday.
Essequibo continued their dominance in the Guyana Cricket Board Female Secondary Schools Under-17 T20 Franchise League with a 121-run win over Georgetown on Monday at the Demerara Cricket Club, Queenstown.
Two alleged bandits were yesterday apprehended and turned over to the police by personnel of a private security service after they robbed and stabbed a man on the Berbice Car Park. According to police reports, the incident occurred around 10.45 pm on Sunday, moments after which the two men were apprehended by personnel of a private security service who arrived on the scene.
A labourer was yesterday remanded to prison on a charge that he robbed a man in a knife-point stick up.
The Athletics Association of Guyana (AAG), will be doing “everything within its power” to send the star trio of Cleveland Forde, Winston Missigher and Cleveland Thomas to Panama to compete in the third and final leg of the South American 10k Classic on Sunday.
Annandale and Dolphin Secondary secured lopsided wins, when the GuyOil/Tradewind Tankers Under-18 Secondary School Football Championship continued yesterday at the Ministry of Education ground, Carifesta Avenue.
Dear Editor, The breaking news that the government has taken possession of the Berbice River Bridge under the guise that they are acting “in the interest of public safety” must have shocked the conscience of every law-abiding citizen of this land.
Health care, waste water treatment and renewable energy are among the areas identified for initial consideration for funding next year by the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB).
TOKYO, (Reuters) – Floyd Mayweather’s route to boxing greatness has been carefully crafted without taking unnecessary risks, yet his announcement of a fight for a Japanese mixed martial arts organisation later this month could be his biggest gamble yet.
Dear Editor, I write as a sincere, solid supporter of President Granger and the Coalition.
Romario Baljeet, the man who was recently assaulted outside of the popular Palm Court nightclub, underwent emergency surgery on Monday for internal bleeding.
A senior government official from Brazil’s Ministry of External Relations has revealed that the commitment to build an all-weather road from Lethem to Linden remains a priority for the country even with a change of government.
Dear Editor, In recent times Ms Bibi Safora Shadick, one of GECOM’s Commissioners, has taken it upon herself to report weekly in the newspapers’ Letter Columns and other media, on the statutory meetings of GECOM.
MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – Former Australia captain Mark Taylor resigned from Cricket Australia’s (CA) board of directors yesterday, as the fallout from a scathing review into the governing body’s culture claimed another victim.
A greens vendor was yesterday remanded to prison after he was charged with the illegal possession of a firearm and ammunition.
Dear Editor, Acting on behalf of the People’s Progressive Party/ Civic (PPP/C), I requested that the Audit Office of Guyana do a special Audit of the following projects: The East Bank Berbice road; Works on the Mabaruma road; and the Port Kaituma road works.
MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – Australia captain Aaron Finch said relieving pace spearhead Mitchell Starc of new ball duties in the opening one-day international against South Africa was an attempt to snap his team’s horror run of losses, albeit one that had backfired.
Dear Editor, I read the letter by Kumar Kowlessar, October 30, in Stabroek News `There are wider impacts to the proposal to implement copyright legislation’ and the Kaieteur News.
WASHINGTON/DUBAI, Nov 5 (Reuters) – The United States on Monday restored sanctions targeting Iran’s oil, banking and transportation sectors and threatened more action to stop its “outlaw” policies, steps the Islamic Republic called economic warfare and vowed to defy.
(Reuters) – Sri Lanka captain Dinesh Chandimal believes his team’s spin attack will give the hosts the edge over England in the first test at Galle starting today.
Police have apprehended the suspect in an armed robbery committed late last month. The man, whose name was not disclosed by police but is said to be a 30-year-old resident of Hadfield Street, Lodge, was being sought after he allegedly robbed a Sophia resident on October 22, 2018.
Dear Editor, Earlier this month, Berbicians and the rest of Guyana woke up to the announcement that tolls for the Berbice Bridge would be hiked by almost 400 per cent and the effective date of the increase would be Election Day, November 12, 2018.
CARACAS, (Reuters) – Venezuela has reinforced its border with Colombia with more troops after three Venezuelan soldiers died in an attack by an armed group over the weekend, Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino said on Monday.
The Guyana Football Federation [GFF] in collaboration with the Guyana Football Coaches Association, this weekend staged a two-day preparatory training session for the impending CONCACAF D-Licence course.
Sixty students of grades 5 and 6 attended the Guyana Energy Agency’s (GEA) ‘Express Your Energy’ activity which was held on November 2nd, 2018 in the auditorium of the Cotton Field Secondary School, Region 2.
DUBLIN, (Reuters) – Ireland is willing to examine ways in which a “backstop” to keep the Irish border open after Brexit could be reviewed so long as it does not permit Britain to unilaterally walk away from it, Prime Minister Leo Varadkar said on Monday.
Following their embarrassing 4-0 opening loss to Guatemala, Guyana will aim to secure their first win of the CONCACAF Men’s U20 Championship, when they battle the low-ranked Cayman Islands today at the IMG Academy, Florida, USA.
Dear Editor, While I do not support the proposed toll increases by the Berbice Bridge Company Inc (BBCI) with regards to the Berbice River Bridge I contend that the move by the PNCR-led APNU+AFC Government of President David Granger to take control of the Berbice Bridge is draconian.
(Trinidad Guardian) Fear among the law-abiding citizenry continues to rise as criminals continue to commit murders with impunity on a daily basis in T&T.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – NBC, Fox News and Facebook pulled an ad by President Donald Trump’s campaign that critics had labeled racist as a bitter election fight for control of the U.S.
Paradise and Rosignol United secured opening night wins, when the 2nd Annual GT Beer 8-a-side Football Invitational Championship commenced on Sunday at All Saints School ground, New Amsterdam [NA].
Dear Editor, I am concerned after hearing of an incident at the Christ Church Secondary school last week, where a young student was beaten with a cane after the principal was told that he climbed over the school’s fence.
Obviously, millions of Americans are not going to vote Democratic today.
CARACAS, (Reuters) – Venezuela is seeking to repatriate about $550 million in gold bars from the Bank of England because of fears it could be caught up in international sanctions on the country, two sources with direct knowledge of the effort told Reuters.
By Akinwumi A. Adesina ABIDJAN – For any investor interested in Africa, there is only one place to be this week: Johannesburg.
Dear Editor, Richmond Hill, New York, came alive with a glittering Diwali motorcade Saturday evening that was organized by Guyanese and Trinidadian Hindus spearheaded by Latchmee Singh of East Bank Demerara.
ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Pakistan skipper Javeria Khan says she is thrilled with the focus of her squad after they trounced South Africa by 90 runs on Saturday, in their official ICC warm-up match in preparation for next week’s Women’s Twenty20 World Cup.
More than a week after the distressing occurrences that attended the St.
(Jamaica Observer) A Jamaican man was reportedly killed in Grenada last Thursday following a dispute over the cost of his jerk chicken.
