Daily Archive: Monday, November 19, 2018

(Trinidad Guardian) A 24-year-old man, who ad­mit­ted to steal­ing al­most $60,000 from his em­ploy­er to pay for his wed­ding, is ex­pect­ed to be sen­tenced to­day.

  President David Granger has had a first round of chemotherapy in Cuba for Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma and has been given permission by his doctors to travel.

(Trinidad Express) A woman was critically injured when a thief commandeered a PTSC passenger bus in Chaguanas in the pre-dawn hours of Monday, and crashed into her house.

(Jamaica Observer) Jamaica’s Ambassador to the United States Audrey Marks is urging eligible Jamaicans residing in the US to take the necessary steps to become US citizens as a means of stemming the high number of deportations to the island, particularly among young males with little or no connection to Jamaica.

(Jamaica Observer) DALTON Harris is one step closer to clinching the X Factor UK title for 2018 after the Jamaican cruised into next weekend’s semi-final of the popular televised talent show.

Following complaints from  pensioners and parents of minor savers of unnecessary hassle in conducting transactions, the Bank of Guyana (BoG)  is working with banks to ease red tape without breaking any of the Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT) laws.

A 16-year-old Auchlyne Village, Corentyne boy was arrested on Saturday after he allegedly dealt his drinking partner a fatal stab to his stomach during an argument.

A policeman died yesterday after he lost control of the car he was driving and was tossed out along the Aroaima Trail, Region 10.

One person has been arrested and three others are on the run after they were allegedly involved in the murder of a 45-year-old man after he stopped buying drugs from them.

GROS ISLET, St Lucia,  CMC – West Indies held their nerve to beat England by three wickets in a last-over thriller here last evening, topping Group A, securing precious momentum and setting up a blockbuster semi-final against Australia next Thursday.

The third of three prisoners who escaped from the Lusignan Prison in Octo-ber has been recaptured by the police in Tuschen, East Bank Essequibo.

Shomari Wiltshire and Nicholas Verwey played unbeaten in this year’s Farfan & Mendes Junior Skill level squash tournament to walk away with the category A and B titles, respectively, yesterday at the Georgetown Club Squash Court.  It was the final squash tournament of the year, which fittingly concluded with Wiltshire stroking his way past Samuel Ince-Carvalhal in the final game of the tournament.   It was an exhibition of well-placed drop shots by Wiltshire, some of which found peculiar angles on the wall, particularly inches above the tin as he took the first two sets without much fuss 11-2, 11-5. 

With a target to spud its first exploration well next year, the Madrid, Spain headquartered oil company Repsol will tomorrow begin offshore works in the Kanuku Block.

Government has a double standard on the sanctity of contracts  and this is evident when the agreements with the Berbice Bridge Company Inc (BBCI) and Esso Exploration and Production Guyana Limited (EEPGL) and partners are compared, columnist Christopher Ram says.

An excellent bowling performance from Totaram Bishun, backed up by a fine century from skipper Christopher Barnwell, propelled Demerara Cricket Club (DCC) to championship honours over the Police Sports Club (PSC) yesterday.

Some passengers who were aboard the Fly Jamaica plane that crash landed at the CJIA, Timehri two Fridays ago arrived back in Toronto on Friday with gruelling tales and harsh criticism for the airline, according to the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC). 

Veteran cyclist, Junior Niles outlasted the young guns to take the title of the 19th annual Diamond Mineral Water 46-mile road race yesterday.

Georgetown Eco Champs defeated Everest Cricket Club by 100 runs with Byron Bowen scoring a half century in the latest round of the Georgetown Cricket Association Friends of Cricket Under-17 tournament at the Guyana National Industrial Corporation Ground yesterday.

Despite receiving an advance payment for the construction of a health centre and living quarters at Wiruni, Berbice River, the contractor is still to complete the works and has since abandoned the site, according to the 2017 Auditor General’s (AG) report.

An Annandale, East Coast Demerara man died after he was knocked down by a bus on the Good Hope Public Road on Saturday night.

The curtain came down on the Terrence Alli National Open Championships last night after three nights of fistic fury in the National Gymnasium, with gyms and boxers from around the country vying for trophies and bragging rights.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Twenty four hours after being booed for having the audacity to take down a tennis great, Alexander Zverev returned to topple another one as he stunned Novak Djokovic to win the ATP Finals title yesterday.

Banks DIH Limited on Friday honoured 19 employees in recognition of their 20 years of service to the Company at the Annual 20-Year-Club Luncheon at Thirst Park.

PALLEKELE, Sri Lanka,  (Reuters) – Spin duo Moeen Ali and Jack Leach combined to end England’s 17-year wait for a test series victory in Sri Lanka after bowling the tourists to a 57-run victory in the second test yesterday.

ExxonMobil affiliate Esso Exploration and Production Guyana Ltd (EEPGL)  is currently searching for a Safety, Health and Environmental Analyst for its operations here. 

PORT MORESBY,  (Reuters) – Asia-Pacific leaders failed to agree on a communique at a summit in Papua New Guinea yesterday for the first time in their history as deep divisions between the United States and China over trade and investment stymied cooperation.

A man was yesterday arrested by the police for discharging a firearm in Vryheid’s Lust, East Coast Demerara.

GROS ISLET, St Lucia,  CMC – Hayley Matthews says her new partnership with veteran all-rounder Deandra Dottin will be crucial to West Indies’ batting success in the ongoing ICC Women’s Twenty20 World Cup.

AMSTERDAM,  (Reuters) – A war crimes suspect wanted for alleged murder, deportation and torture of Muslims in the Central African Republic has been handed over to the International Criminal Court in the Hague, the tribunal said.

CHITTAGONG, Bangladesh, CMC – Shai Hope and Kieran Powell struck half-centuries on the opening day of the two-day tour match here yesterday as West Indies geared up for next week’s first Test against Bangladesh.

(Jamaica Observer) The Government of the People’s Republic of China is looking to import some US$10 trillion in goods and services from Latin America and the Caribbean over the next five years, China’s Ambassador to Jamaica Tian Qi has disclosed.

The Guyana Public Service Union (GPSU) has expressed profound disappointment over the absence of formal negotiations for wage increases for public servants.

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.,  (Reuters) – Rick Scott, Florida’s outgoing governor, was declared the winner yesterday of his hard-fought U.S.

Dear Editor, I refer to the column by Lincoln Lewis, which appeared in Kaieteur News  yesterday under the caption “Local Government Elections, though disappointing to some, were not unexpected”.

COLOMBO, (Reuters) – Sri Lanka’s President Maithripala Sirisena yesterday  asked an all-party meeting to hold a third vote on a no-confidence motion against Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa, deepening the country’s political crisis.

The Board of Industrial Training (BIT) has awarded several training providers, known as Masters, for their contributions to the institution.

Dear Editor, There has been a notable increase in reports of child sexual abuse over the past five years.

SYDNEY, (Reuters) – India’s head coach Ravi Shastri says his side will take no prisoners in their upcoming test series against Australia, who are still formidable opponents despite results going against them in the wake of the ball-tampering scandal.

Dear Editor, The Americans have spoken.  I would hope that the established pantheon of Guyanese oil patriots is listening, and that they appreciate the full import of the finely calibrated language of our formidable northern Uncle on the thorny, long unsettled, heavily menacing border controversy. 

(Reuters) – Hasan Ali and Yasir Shah claimed five wickets each against New Zealand to put Pakistan on the brink of victory on day three of the first test in Abu Dhabi yesterday.

In our last two columns, we discussed three aspects of the 2017 Auditor General’s report, namely:  overall opinion given on the country’s accounts which we felt was not supported by adequate audit evidence; the Executive Summary which did not appear to capture the essence of the report; and the Consolidated Financial Statements of the Government.

By The Caribbean Voice and Voices Against Violence Janet (name changed to protect identity) is a very strong, college-educated woman who, at the request of her husband, gave up her job to stay at home after marriage.

As disruptive as it can be, the motion of no-confidence in the government lodged at Parliament by Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo is well within the bailiwick of the adversarial form of Westminster governance that has been the country’s lot for more than half of a century of independence.

(Trinidad Express) – SUSPENDED Senior Superintendent of Police Edward Castillo was gunned down at his business place in Waterloo on Saturday afternoon.

Minister of Public Telecommunications Catherine Hughes yesterday told local drone operators that their participation in the tourism industry is pivotal to both the sector and the development of the country. 

VALLETTA,  (Reuters) – Investigators have identified a group of at least three Maltese nationals who they believe masterminded the killing of anti-corruption journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia 13 months ago, The Sunday Times of Malta reported yesterday.