Daily Archive: Friday, November 9, 2018

(Trinidad Guardian) Fe­male Spe­cial Re­serve Po­lice (SRP) of­fi­cer, Sharon Roop, 39, yes­ter­day won the right to wear her hi­jab while in uni­form.

COLOMBO,  (Reuters) – Sri Lanka President Maithripala Sirisena dissolved the nation’s parliament today with effect from midnight, two sources told Reuters, in a move that will likely worsen an already deep political crisis.

A Trinidadian was among the 118 aboard a Fly Jamaica aircraft that crash landed in Guyana on Friday morning.

This is what police have found in central Trinidad. Officers raided at house at Monroe Road, Cunupia before daybreak on Friday.

Fly Jamaica, which had been en route to Toronto, Canada,  made a crash landing at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport in Guyana this morning.

(Trinidad Newsday) A TWO-MONTH-OLD baby boy who was sold to a Trincity couple for US$20,000 one month ago was rescued from a house in Trincity on Wednesday morning and is now in the care of the Children’s Authority.

(Trinidad Newsday) SHELDON and Lystra Jackson, the parents of sick baby Sheenece Jackson, are racing against time to shed over 100 pounds to save their only daughter.

(Jamaica Observer) Three brothers and one of their spouses were killed after they were pinned inside three houses and peppered with bullets by a group of marauding gunmen during a pre-dawn attack yesterday.

Despite “significant interest” in Guyana’s remaining deep water oil blocks, the Department of Energy (DoE) has no immediate plans to grant any concessions until it completes an oil and gas model contract for future Production Sharing Agreements (PSAs), which could take just over a year.

The charred remains of a woman were pulled from the debris of her Freeman Street, East La Penitence home yesterday after a fire of unknown origin.

-game went down to the wire Guyana’s winless run in the CONCACAF Men’s Under-20 Championship continued yesterday, going down to Curacao by a 4-3 scoreline at the IMG Academy in Florida, USA.

With the Women’s ICC T20 bowling off today with three matches at the National Stadium, Providence, Captain of the West Indies,  Stafanie Taylor admits that the pressure to do well and the expectations for the side are high.

An Upper Corentyne motorcyclist lost his life on Wednesday night after he rode into a cow, which was sitting along the Number 56 Village, Corentyne Public Road.

GALLE, Sri Lanka,  (Reuters) – Opener Keaton Jennings ended his two-year wait for a second test century with a career-best 146 not out as England inched towards a comprehensive victory in the opening test against Sri Lanka yesterday.

Months after the Court of Appeal overturned his death sentence and ordered a retrial, a Laing Avenue man was yesterday sentenced to 22 years and ten months in prison for killing a man over the claimed theft of a motorcycle.

NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – Indian cricket captain Virat Kohli was in the eye of a storm on social media yesterday after he suggested a local cricket fan relocate to another country for preferring to watch English or Australian batsmen.

A Guyanese pastor and a visiting American missionary are now dead after they were involved in a vehicular accident in Suriname yesterday afternoon.

Two men were yesterday found guilty of murdering a Williamsburg mandir watchman in January, 2013, after a lengthy trial in the High Court in Berbice.

Daredevils from Barbados have invaded the shores of the 592 on a quest to preserve their ranking at the Ignite race meet this weekend at the South Dakota Circuit, Timehri.

An Enmore man was yesterday morning sentenced to 23 years behind bars by Justice Sandil Kissoon after he admitted to killing a drinking companion, whose body was subsequently burnt and buried in a shallow grave to hide the crime.

MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – Off-field ructions caused by the Longstaff review may have caused “doubts” in the minds of the Australian team as they struggle through a prolonged form slump in the one-day game, according to captain Aaron Finch.

SAO PAULO,  (Reuters) – Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel says missing out on the 2009 Formula One championship still ranks as a more painful moment than losing to his Mercedes rival Lewis Hamilton this season.

Four months after its commissioning, just over 200 feet of the recently refurbished and upgraded Vreed-en-Hoop, West Coast Demerara road has had to undergo repairs after developing large cracks and depressions.

The residents of Bushlot Farm and neighbouring villages on the Corentyne are calling on the police in ‘B’ Division to beef up patrols and their policing tactics in the area, after at least three robberies in the past several days.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Lewis Hamilton is celebrating his fifth Formula One world championship already and Sunday should see Mercedes catch up with their driver by securing a fifth successive constructors’ title in Brazil.

(Reuters) – FIFA chief Gianni Infantino broke the world soccer body’s rules by interfering in the rewriting of its ethics code, German magazine Der Spiegel and European Investigative Collaborations, a network of international media, reported on Friday.

A witness tampering charge which was instituted against attorney at law, Chandra Sohan in June was yesterday dismissed in the New Amsterdam Magistrate’s Court by Magistrate Alex Moore, after a no-case submission was made by Sohan’s defence team.

High Court judge Gino Persaud is to deliver his decision today on the challenge mounted by Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) Commissioner and PPP member Bibi Shadick to the activation of what she contends are new Local Government Areas (LGAs) sometime after those elections are held.

MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – Australia have left pace spearhead Mitchell Starc, spinner Nathan Lyon and all-rounder Mitchell Marsh out of the 13-man squad for Twenty20 matches against South Africa and India.

Saying that communities would not benefit from importing the political conflict between APNU and the PPP/C, attorney Mayo Robertson is contesting as an independent candidate in Georgetown’s Constituency Nine, which comprises Lodge North to Meadowbrook Gardens, at  Monday’s local government polls.

Mohamed’s Enterprise has once again answered the call of the Guyana Motor Racing and Sports Club (GMR&SC).

After being apprehended by police for allegedly committing an armed robbery, suspect Charles Stoby was yesterday remanded on three charges. 

(Trinidad Guardian) Po­lice Com­mis­sion­er Gary Grif­fith says in the com­ing months he will be form­ing a di­vi­sion to tack­le white col­lar crime.

Dear Editor, Reading the Stabroek News article of November 7, 2018, captioned `Berbice Bridge Company to comply with ‘unlawful’ takeover’ was an unfortunate occurrence. 

Guyanese swimmers Andrew Jordan and Fitzroy Thom on Monday clocked Personal Best (PB) times on the first day of the ongoing South American First Force Swim Championship in Trujillo, Peru. 

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – Congressional Democrats yesterday demanded emergency hearings in the U.S.

Once again the question of zoning and accountability dominated a community engagement between residents of Georgetown’s Constituency Two and those who hope to represent them at City Hall.

Dear Editor, The vulgar dissonance that has characterized the Berbice Bridge from its conception, birth, and now sickly if not obese presence continues. 

Stock Market Updates  GASCI (www.gasci.com/telephone Nº 223-6175/6) reports that session 798’s trading results showed consideration of $22,450,430 from 305,719 shares traded in 8 transactions as compared to session 797’s trading results which showed consideration of $14,492,957 from 212,184 shares traded in 19 transactions.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua,  CMC – Batting star Hayley Matthews has been named West Indies vice-captain for the ICC Women’s Twenty20 World Cup which bowls off in Guyana today.

Chile is looking to forge greater ties with Guyana in the area of agriculture.

(Jamaica Observer) Regional  Heads of Government who have not yet given the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) the green light will be in deep contemplation, former Prime Minister Bruce Golding is suggesting, after both Grenada and Antigua and Barbuda, by way of a referendum, voted to retain the London-based Privy Council as their final court.

WASHINGTON/SAN FRANCISCO,  (Reuters) – The Trump administration unveiled new rules yesterday to sharply limit migrant asylum claims by barring individuals who cross the U.S.

The Mayor and Councillors of the City of Georgetown is informing the General Public that all Municipal Daycare Centres will be closed on Monday, 12 November 2018 as they are being used as polling stations for local government elections.

SAN SALVADOR,  (Reuters) – China will give El Salvador $150 million to spur development of social and technological projects, the Salvadoran president said yesterday, the latest sign of deepening ties between the countries that has alarmed the United States.

Guyana Police Force [GPF] and Santos secured lopsided wins, when the 2nd Annual Turbo Energy Drink Knockout Championship, continued on Wednesday at the Ministry of Education ground, Carifesta Avenue.

(Reuters) – A U.S. appeals court in California ruled yesterday that President Donald Trump’s administration must continue a programme begun under former President Barack Obama that protects hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrants who were brought into the country as children.

Dear Editor, Guyana’s petroleum sector will be one of the new, key drivers of Guyana’s changing economy.

Paddy Prices

There is a single word that comes to mind when one considers the administration of our prison system – a system which benefits from the services of a Minister of Public Security, a Board of Management, and a Director of Prisons.

Dear Editor, Occasionally, I listen to the Guyana Police Force’s Road Safety morning radio programmes on the Voice of Guyana.

(Trinidad Guardian) After 36 years in existence, the T&T Mirror and Sunday Punch newspapers are no more.

I agree with Miss Mosa about (traditional) voter apathy relevant to Local Community Elections.

Plaisance Guardians and Kobras secured wins in the 2nd and U23 divisions respectively, when the Georgetown Amateur Basketball Association [GABA] ‘League Championship’ continued on Wednesday.

PHNOM PENH, (Reuters) – Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen defended yesterday the promotion of his three sons to senior positions in government and the military, citing their education and qualifications.