Daily Archive: Saturday, November 10, 2018

Southwestern Division police arrested three Venezuelan nationals for possession of a sub-machine firearm and ammunition on Saturday.

(Trinidad Guardian) An el­der­ly cou­ple of Ma­son Hall, To­ba­go, say they have been left trau­ma­tised fol­low­ing an ear­ly morn­ing or­deal with po­lice of­fi­cers of the To­ba­go Task Force.

(Reuters) – Florida will hold a machine recount of votes in its neck-and-neck races for the U.S.

(Trinidad Newsday) A pregnant Venezuelan teenager has been missing after last travelling to Trinidad & Tobago eight months ago.

(Trinidad Guardian) A fe­male British na­tion­al and a top lo­cal chef have been killed and two oth­ers se­ri­ous­ly in­jured af­ter a car ploughed in­to a group of cy­clists along the Churchill Roo­sevelt High­way ear­ly Sat­ur­day.

(Trinidad Guardian) (US) $425,000 a year—plus hous­ing, trans­porta­tion and health. That re­mu­ner­a­tion pack­age is what Mike Wi­ley, the chief ex­ec­u­tive of­fi­cer of the Her­itage Pe­tro­le­um Com­pa­ny Ltd in the re­struc­tured Petrotrin, is get­ting.

(Trinidad Express) A Facebook post led to the arrest of a man who has been charged with one of the most serious crimes in the country.

(Trinidad Express) A Florida man is accused of killing of his ex-girlfriend, Trinidad-born Jenny Koonoolai-Jagdeo, and another man.

A Fly Jamaica plane destined for Toronto, Canada crash-landed at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) at Timehri early yesterday morning, leaving the crew and passengers shaken but without any confirmed serious injuries. 

Trinidad and Tobago’s Opposition Leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar on Thursday said that while Guyana should work towards ensuring its “energy security and energy independence,” its citizens should not abandon the country’s agricultural and other industrial prospects as the emerging oil and gas sector here is developed.

“Everyone was screaming, cursing, you name it. They were calling God and I don’t know who else they were calling on, it was just crazy,” passenger Invor Bedessee, who was set to return home to Canada, recalled yesterday after the crash landing of his Fly Jamaica flight at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) Timehri hours earlier.

High Court judge Gino Persaud yesterday dismissed the challenge mounted by Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) Commissioner Bibi Shadick over what she said was the creation of new Local Government Areas by Communities Minister Ronald Bulkan and the demarcation of electoral boundaries by Chief Election Officer (CEO) Keith Lowenfield.

Defending a low total, the West Indies women’s team yesterday routed Bangladesh for 44  in the ICC T20 World Cup at Providence with Deandra Dottin grabbing 5 for 6.

-Kaur smashes maiden ton Photos by Orlando Charles India notched up the highest total in an International Cricket Council (ICC) Women’s World T20 to hand New Zealand a 34-run defeat at Providence in the tournament’s opener yesterday.

Fourteen firefighters were questioned by police yesterday amid claims that they stole personal items belonging to the crew and passengers of the Fly Jamaica aircraft that crash-landed yesterday at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport, Timehri.

Pork knocker Anthony King, who police say bludgeoned and chopped his brother-in-law to death at the start of the week, was yesterday remanded to prison on a murder charge.

Three-time tournament winners, Australia powered to a 52-run win over Pakistan in the second match of the Women’s World T20 at the Providence Stadium yesterday.

A motorcyclist died early yesterday morning after he collided with a truck along the Mon Repos Public Road, on the East Coast of Demerara.

Following a disappointing campaign highlighted by three consecutive losses, Guyana will battle group leader and undefeated El Salvador tonight at 8 pm in the CONCACAF U20 Championship at the IMG Academy, Florida, USA.

Two days of supersonic racing starts today at the South Dakota Circuit with the much talked about Ignite Race meet.

Jamal Hazel, the former Guyana Defence Force (GDF) soldier who was charged with the illegal possession of a pistol and ammunition at the start of the year, was yesterday freed of the charges after the prosecution failed to prove its case against him.

Abel Seetaram, APNU+AFC Region Five councillor was on Thursday evening arrested in Woodley Park, West Coast Berbice, after he allegedly assaulted and verbally abused a police constable attached to the Fort Wellington Police Station and was released on $10,000 station bail last evening.

An investigation into the recent fire at the Shaheed Girls Orphanage at Oleander Gardens, on the East Coast of Demerara, has determined that the building was deliberately set alight.

GALLE, Sri Lanka,  (Reuters) – Spinners Moeen Ali and Jack Leach combined to destroy Sri Lanka and bowl England to a comprehensive 211-run victory inside four days in the first test on Friday.

The Alliance for Change is hoping that its faith in the electorate and the track record of its “fit and proppa” candidates will carry the party to significant wins in all of the 38 areas it is fielding candidates for Monday’s Local Government Election.

(Reuters) – All-rounder Marcus Stoinis took three wickets to fire Australia to a seven-run win over South Africa at the Adelaide Oval yesterday, ending the hosts’ record seven-match losing streak and levelling the three-match one-day international series.

The three PPP/C-nominated members of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) have criticised Chairman, Justice James Patterson for failing to hold a meeting in the final week before Local Government Elections which are scheduled for Monday, November 12.

LUCKNOW, India,  CMC – Afghanistan’s cricket coach Phil Simmons has criticised the West Indies’ selectors for some of their decisions following the side’s 71-run loss to India in the second Twenty20 International on Tuesday.

COLOMBO,  (Reuters) – Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena dissolved parliament last night and called a general election for Jan.

When residents of Georgetown’s Con-stituency 10 (Albouystown-Charlestown) vote on Monday, they will have three choices for their direct council representative in the persons of Heston Bostwick, of APNU, Brittany Eversley of the AFC and Ron Amos of the PPP/C.

“You should always take a chance because you never know how absolutely perfect something can turn out to be,” said an elated and satisfied Shoshanna Ramdeen.

Dear Editor, The PPP wishes to express its disappointment on the ruling handed down by Justice Gino Persaud, in the legal challenge filed by Bibi Shadick, a Commissioner of GECOM.

Having been absent from competing in Guyana for the last four years, Calvin Ming will be participating in the final round of the Radical SR3 Caribbean Championship Series, at the South Dakota circuit this weekend.

On the recommendation of the University of Guyana Academic Board, the University Council at its 2018 Annual Business meeting yesterday unanimously adopted the proposal to confer the university’s first honorary doctorate degrees upon four outstanding Guyanese at the 52nd Convocation of the Turkeyen campus to be held today at the National Cultural Centre.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – U.S. Senate Democrats are considering legal action over President Donald Trump’s appointment of a new acting attorney general, congressional sources said yesterday, as some outside experts called the move unconstitutional.

Hi Everyone, What’s Cooking is a series in which I answer questions and share advice about food and cooking that you have but may be too shy to ask.

SAO PAULO,  (Reuters) – Australian Daniel Ricciardo will have a five place grid penalty for tomorrow’s Brazilian Grand Prix, the penultimate race of the Formula One season, after Red Bull replaced the turbocharger on his car’s power unit.

Dear Editor, I was at a few meetings of both the People’s Progressive Party (PPP) and  A Partnership for National Unity (APNU.)

Global news overwhelms me, but not acknowledging the world’s state of affairs makes me feel even more miserable.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – World Chess Championship officials might rethink the role of ceremonial starter after Hollywood actor Woody Harrelson knocked over a king and moved the wrong pawn in a comical start to the 2018 event in London yesterday.

Dear Editor, To me, at any rate, two of the most baffling things about the Caribbean region are  (1) the reluctance of so many countries to make the decision to complete the architecture of independence by voting for the CCJ as their top court to replace the English Privy Council, and (2) the reluctance of their cricket administrators and fans to accept the critical importance of mental preparation for  international cricket encounters.  In Thursday`s edition of your paper Oscar Ramjeet offered an explanation for the CCJ issue which I confess to have never considered and while I hope he is wrong it is the only explanation I have heard that seems tethered to rationality.

WINNIPEG, Manitoba/NEW YORK,  (Reuters) – A U.S. judge in Montana has blocked construction of the Keystone XL pipeline designed to carry heavy crude oil from Canada to the United States, drawing praise yesterday from environmental groups and a rebuke from President Donald Trump.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Jo Johnson, the younger brother of Boris, resigned from British Prime Minister Theresa May’s government yesterday, calling in a withering critique for another referendum to avoid her Brexit plans unleashing Britain’s greatest crisis since World War Two.

Dear Editor, Dr. Henry Jeffrey’s column: “Future Notes” has over the years established a reputation as being informative, creative and at times, politically challenging.

Having completed hearing all arguments, acting Chief Justice Roxane George SC has tentatively set Decem-ber 3rd for ruling in the challenge mounted by Dr Ashni Singh and Winston Brassington to the validity of the charges levelled against them over the sale of government lands.

Miss World Guyana 2018 Ambika Ramraj departed for China on Thursday, November 8, a month before the Miss World pageant scheduled for December 8, in Sanya where she will compete with contestants from 120 countries.

(Trinidad Guardian) Po­lice seized a cache of high-pow­ered as­sault ri­fles and an undis­closed quan­ti­ty of mar­i­jua­na dur­ing a pre-dawn raid at Munroa Road, Cunu­pia, yesterday.

(Field Level Media) Bojan Bogdanovic hit a go-ahead 3-pointer with 56.5 seconds remaining Friday night, sending the Indiana Pacers to a 110-102 victory over the host Miami Heat.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Residents of Masemure Meadows in Little London, Westmoreland, woke up to, possibly, their worst fears on Thursday  morning when they were greeted with the horrifying news that four members of the community – three men and a woman – had been slaughtered gangland-style by invading gunmen who entered the community shortly after midnight.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – President Donald Trump yesterday effectively suspended the granting of asylum to migrants who cross the U.S.-Mexico

The contestants of the Miss Berbice ‘I’m a Big Deal’ Pageant have decreased from 10 to 8, it was announced on Thursday.

Dear Editor, “Courage [patriotism] doesn’t always roar. Sometimes courage [patriotism] is that quiet voice at the end of the day saying, I’ll  try again tomorrow,” wrote Mary Anne Radmacher.

There are many cultures where the dead are celebrated. Many Guyanese celebrate Halloween, but some may not know the origins.

“Bohemian Rhapsody,” more than most 2018 films, has had to justify its existence.

Tuesday’s midterm elections in the United States may not have delivered the long-awaited “blue wave” against President Trump, but they did reveal America’s demographic and cultural fault lines with unusual clarity.

(Field Level Media) Joel Embiid had a season-high 42 points to go along with 18 rebounds and four blocked shots to lift the Philadelphia 76ers past the visiting Charlotte Hornets 133-132 in overtime last night.