Articles published on Saturday, December 8, 2018
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump today renewed his call to end a federal probe into Russian election meddling, describing the investigation as a “witch hunt” a day after U.S.
(Trinidad Guardian) Two men will appear before a Port-of-Spain Magistrate on Monday, charged with kidnapping UWI employee Maria Dass-Supersad.
Preparations were in high gear for the return of Buju Banton at Gargamel Recording Studio, which is located off Red Hills Road in St Andrew, yesterday.
(Barbados Nation) The International Monetary Fund (IMF) likes the way the Barbados economy is being fixed, calling it an “excellent start”.
(Trinidad Newsday) The payphones that were being loaded onto a flat bed truck on Thursday were not stolen.
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Kadijah Robinson , Jamaica’s representative to the Miss World pageant has finished 4th in the grand final which took place earlier today in Sanya, China.
(JAMAICA GLEANER) The Norman Manley International Airport in Kingston, Jamaica was the centre of all activity — as far as reggae music lovers are concerned — moments ago, as dancehall-turned reggae superstar Mark ‘Buju Banton’ Myrie touched down after spending eight years imprisoned in the United States.
The planned departure of India’s Bank of Baroda and Canada’s Bank of Nova Scotia only months before first oil here opens opportunities for local banks to expand their operations and pull in new foreign investors, according to Minister of Finance Winston Jordan.
Minister of Finance Winston Jordan yesterday accused the opposition PPP/C of falsifying statistics to create confusion about the proposed 2019 national budget.
Leader of the Opposition Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday warned of excessive borrowing by the government and said that negative traits in major fiscal accounts paints an ominous future for the country.
Scores of former Wales Estate sugar workers gathered yesterday in front of the old factory bearing broad smiles in anticipation of collecting severance payments that had been withheld from them for two years.
-as Allicock, McKenzie, Niles, Farley win on night two Guyana’s dominance of the Caribbean Boxing Championships (CBC) continued last night at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall and the locals are poised to regain the coveted country trophy.
The Ministry of Communities has intervened and agreed to pay off a substantial amount owed to Georgetown’s two major garbage contractors and has directed the Mayor and City Council (M&CC) to meet with the contractors to iron out details for their resumption of their services to the capital.
(Jamaica Observer) KINGSTON, Jamaica – Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport Olivia Grange has likened West Indies cricket to an element of cultural heritage that is in danger and in need of protection.
A percentage of the $524.6 million that has been proposed for the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) in the 2019 national budget is set to be used for the introduction of electronic medical records at the institution.
ST PETERSBURG, Russia, (Reuters) – Lewis Hamilton looked forward to more success with Mercedes after collecting his fifth Formula One world champion’s trophy at the governing FIA’s gala awards yesterday.
A driver for the Ministry of Public Health was yesterday accused of fraudulently obtaining a little over $1 million in diesel from GuyOil.
LONDON, (Reuters) – Cricketers Ben Stokes and Alex Hales were fined yesterday for their involvement in a nightclub altercation but were cleared to play for England after match bans were either suspended or declared served.
The four Guyanese men who were intercepted in a trawler in international waters last year with over four tonnes of cocaine, with an estimated street value of US$71.7 million, have pleaded guilty in a United States federal court and now face up to life in prison, United States Attorney Gretchen Shappert announced on Thursday.
A city hotel owner is now a remanded prisoner after being charged with trafficking two Venezuelan nationals for labour.
DUBLIN, Ireland, CMC – West Indies have been confirmed to play in Ireland next summer, as part of a major international men’s schedule in which 16 international fixtures will be played around Ireland in 2019.
A four- wicket haul from Clinton Pestano and a half century from Leon Johnson saw the Guyana Jaguars in control of their first-round clash yesterday against Windward Island Volcanoes after establishing a 152-run lead at the end of day two of the Cricket West Indies Regional four-day first round at the Darren Sammy Stadium, St.
Attorney General Basil Williams yesterday clashed again with his predecessor Anil Nandlall over his performance in the courts as well as the planned establishment of a local law school.
ADELAIDE, (Reuters) – Australia were bowled out for 235 before lunch on day three of the series-opening test last night, leaving India with a 15-run first innings lead.
WASHINGTON/NEW YORK, (Reuters) – U.S. prosecutors said yesterday President Donald Trump directed his personal lawyer to make illegal hush payments to two women ahead of the 2016 election, and also detailed a previously unknown attempt by a Russian to help the Trump campaign.
(Reuters) – New Zealand dismissed Pakistan for 156 in their second innings to seal a 123-run victory and a 2-1 series triumph on day five of the third and final test in Abu Dhabi yesterday.
The Ministry of Agriculture says it has been able to secure another contract to supply rice to the Panamanian market for December, 2018 through 2019.
The Demerara Cricket Club (DCC) on Wednesday evening hosted a year-end award, the first under President Roger Harper’s current tenure to reward its players for stellar performance this year. DCC in 2018 copped titles in nearly every youth and senior division as the Club continues to assert its dominance in the City. Winning the ‘Clive Lloyd player of the year awards’ were Skipper Christopher Barnwell, Ashmead Nedd, Nkosi Beaton, Sachin Singh and Jonathan Van Lange (under 13 and 15).
VANCOUVER/LONDON, (Reuters) – Huawei Technologies Co Ltd’s chief financial officer faces U.S.
Mohindra ‘Moh’ Scarce’s dream of walking the runway began in 2016 when he signed up to be a part of the Guyana Fashion Week (GFW) event and though he was not selected, the experience deterred him not one bit and only made him dream bigger.
The Government Technical Institute (GTI) on Thursday hosted its 67th Convocation and Prize Giving Ceremony for its latest batch of graduates, who number 584, and they were urged to recognise their achievements so far.
(Trinidad Guardian) Business magnate Derek Chin has called for the regularisation of Venezuelans living in T&T so that they can become part of the workforce.
Dear Editor, The Ministry of Public Infrastructure wishes to respond to a column by Christopher Ram published in Stabroek News under the headline, “Gas and Patterson”, on Friday, December 7, 2018, in which there are a number of statements, albeit inaccurate, that have been advanced by the author.
Several players from Den Amstel FC have threatened to boycott the Stag Beer Super 16 Year-end Football Championship if they are not paid monies and matchday stipends owed by the Guyana Football Federation [GFF} for the concluded Elite League.
SAN FRANCISCO, (Reuters) – A U.S. appeals court handed President Donald Trump a defeat yesterday when it refused to allow his order barring asylum for immigrants who enter the country illegally to take effect, while a court challenge proceeds.
Hi Everyone, While we hustle and bustle about setting Garlic Pork and Ginger Beer, making Pepperpot and baking cake days in advance, securing the ham and other traditional holiday goodies, please do not forget the bread.
Surprise searches at the Georgetown and Lusignan prisons yesterday uncovered more contraband items among inmates.
Dear Editor, Now that another international bank has bet against Guyana as it rapidly approaches First Oil in 2020, we might instructively say of the motivation behind and implications of that bet, “It isn’t about market share stupid; it’s about the Dutch Disease.”
Christmas is my favourite holiday but it is also one of the more emotionally awkward holidays.
A city court yesterday granted bail to a mechanic and a mortician, who were charged jointly with the illegal possession of half a pound of cannabis.
BRASILIA, (Reuters) – Fourteen people including six hostages were killed early yesterday in a shootout between police and bank robbers attempting to blow up ATMs at two banks in a small town in northeastern Brazil, authorities said.
Guyana’s male and female hockey teams are tentatively scheduled to visit Canada in 2019, a move which will ensure the continuity of the sport’s development in Guyana. This disclosure was made by President of the Guyana Hockey Board (GHB), Philip Fernandes at the conclusion of this year’s Diamond Mineral Water Indoor Hockey Festival Sunday last. “This is our last event (Diamond Mineral Water Indoor Hockey Festival) for 2018 and going into next year, we’ve been invited by Canada to bring a men’s and women’s senior indoor hockey national teams to compete against Canada and Belarus on the women’s side and on the men’s side, it’s against Canada and Russia in tri-nation tournament so the focus now is on that to see if we can get it done,” Fernandes explained.
(Trinidad Express) Two men were shot and killed overnight in separate incidents in south Trinidad.
Dear Editor, After a recent investment of Seven million Guyanese taxpayers’ dollars to purchase Law Enforcement Sound Level Meters, the Police must now aggressively monitor both police-owned and civilian owned “boom buses”, and other perpetrators of noise nuisance offences, so that every Guyanese can enjoy our constitutional right to personal liberty, public safety and good health.
SAO PAULO/BRASÍLIA, (Reuters) – Brazil’s President Michel Temer said yesterday he had reached an agreement with Roraima state Governor Suely Campos for a federal “intervention” in the state that borders Venezuela.
Local folk singer and punk rocker Gavin Mendonca has had quite the year, as he continues to make great strides as a musician and cultural ambassador for Guyana.
(Jamaica Gleaner) Grace Foods (USA), Inc. a company owned by GraceKennedy Limited, said it will be acquiring a 49 per cent equity stake in a new joint venture company, Majesty Foods, a Florida-based manufacturer of patty and empanada products.
The police are investigating the death of a youth, whose lifeless body was discovered along the Kairuni Public Road, Linden- Soesdyke Highway on Wednesday morning following a suspected hit and run accident.
Dear Editor, Following my letter of 25th November in which I asked for an independent investigation of the narrative of the ‘execution of 400 Black men’, I was sent the original document, in which the claim was made by the People’s National Congress Reform party.
KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – After missing the T20I series India due to injury, West Indies all-rounder Andre Russell says he is working on recovering in time to compete in the 2019 Men’s Cricket World Cup in England.
Doctors are attempting to save three of Melicia Andrews’ fingers, which were almost severed from her right hand after she was brutally chopped last week at Swan Village, Soesdyke-Linden Highway.
On September 14, 1987 the Sunday edition of the New York Times ran to a record 1,612 pages and weighed 12 pounds.
Karaoke is a regular feature at many local nightspots. On any day of the week, friends, lovers or even acquaintances can enjoy a night of impressive and not so impressive singing.
US-based Guyanese businessman Jerome Bulkan has been making a name for himself as the CEO of LicensePlates.TV,
Dear Editor, Three and a half years into the coalition government and the questions, conflicts, and struggles continue.
Tyler Perry has released 19 films in the last 12 years.
LIMA, (Reuters) – Peru wants about a dozen countries in the region to break diplomatic relations with Venezuela in the hope of pressuring President Nicolas Maduro and bringing down his government, Peru’s foreign minister said yesterday.
(Reuters) – The World Boxing Council has given its approval for a “direct rematch” between its heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder of the United States and Britain’s Tyson Fury, who fought to a draw in Los Angeles last weekend.
