Daily Archive: Sunday, December 23, 2018

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump’s budget director and chief of staff today said the partial U.S.

(Trinidad Guardian) A dead­ly gun at­tack by the jilt­ed for­mer boyfriend of a 19-year-old woman in Pe­nal, be­fore he took his own life, has left the com­mu­ni­ty in shock.

(Jamaica Gleaner) A total of 19 persons have died in motor vehicle crashes this month.

(Trinidad Guardian) If De­vant Ma­haraj’s claim that he is get­ting priv­i­leged in­for­ma­tion from some­one in­side Prime Min­is­ter Dr Kei­th Row­ley’s Cab­i­net is cor­rect, then Row­ley needs to en­sure that any dis­con­tent is ad­dressed to avoid be­ing put in a sim­i­lar predica­ment to what tran­spired in the Guyana Par­lia­ment on Fri­day night.

(Jamaica Gleaner) A 32-year old mother has been arrested and charged with child endangerment after leaving her four-month-old baby boy alone in a car while at the Daybreak party at Sabina Park in Kingston earlier today.

The Government of Guyana will be formally writing to the Venezuelan Government and the United Nations about the “illegal, aggressive and hostile act” perpetrated yesterday by the Venezuelan Navy which intercepted a research vessel subcontracted by ExxonMobil to work in Guyana’s territory.

Coming off of running a successful local government election just six weeks ago, the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) has the capability to pull off general and regional elections within the next 90 days, according to Opposition-nominated commissioner Bibi Shadick.

Two brothers are currently in police custody after they allegedly attacked and killed a 21-year-old mason on Friday evening during a confrontation over spilled alcohol in Wismar, Linden.

Some residents of East Canje Berbice yesterday stated that they were proud of APNU+AFC Member of Parliament, Charrandas Persaud, who voted in favour of the no-confidence motion brought by Opposition Leader, Bharrat Jagdeo.

A miner is now dead after he was allegedly stabbed to death by a Brazilian national, who he was arguing with over bar-b-que sausage on Friday.

The launch date of the new political party called the The Liberal and Justice Party (LJP), founded by Lenox Shuman, former vice chairman of the National Toshaos Council (NTC), has been brought forward by a month and will now be launched in mid-January.

The State Assets Recovery Agency (SARA) is working with the National Industrial and Commercial Investments Limited (NICIL) to recover a large amount of money owed for the leasing of three state-owned properties in Berbice.

Dear Editor, Parliament has spoken. The Government has been defeated in a no-confidence vote.

Friday’s debate of the opposition PPP/C’s no-confidence motion got off to an unimpressive start but by the half-way mark, had gained momentum when the government began blasting the former PPP/C administration for its failures while in office.

Two Brothers Village sits between Mon Bijou and Vrede-en-Vriendschap along the dam running parallel to the Canal Number One Public Road.

Dear Editor, “The voice of the people is the voice of God.”

On the heels of the Opposition’s win of the no-confidence motion in Parliament on Friday, the Ethnic Relations Commission (ERC) has issued a call for Guyanese to demonstrate added tolerance and respect for each other, as the country braces for the processes that will soon unfold.

In front, Christmas music on the radio and in the stores – I’m not big on that.

Long standing supporter of numerous disciplines, Ramesh Sunich of the Trophy Stall has once again answered the call of the Kennard Memorial Boxing Day horse race fixture.

Dear Editor, In years to come, many who now condemn MP Charrandas Persaud as a traitor may look back at his fateful action of December 21st and recognise him as the man who took the brave first step of forcing politicians to take responsibility for their actions.

Rotation of some heads of missions and ambassadors will take place next year in keeping with a commitment to have them moved on a regular basis, Minister of Foreign Affairs Carl Greenidge says.

So many Christmas poems from which to choose. E.U. Fanthrope’s lines:   “And this was the moment When a few farm workers and three Members of an obscure Persian sect   Walked haphazard by starlight straight Into the kingdom of heaven.”

Dear Editor, Members, volunteers and citizens, by now you may be aware that the PPP’s no-confidence motion has been carried.

“I felt hurt, disappointed but it confirmed an inner fear I had for many years,” she said simply, describing how she felt when she found out that her husband of many years and father of her children, had sexually molested their only daughter.

A solid all-round performance from Guyana Jaguars’ Clinton Pestano spurred Rose Hall Town Gizmos and Gadgets to a 51-run victory over a resilient Young Warriors Cricket Club to lift the Berbice Cricket Board/Busta 40-overs title at Cumberland yesterday.

A crime prevention workshop, which was expected to be attended by the Minister of Public Security, Khemraj Ramjattan, was cancelled unexpectedly yesterday morning, following the unavailability of police officers.  On Friday evening, a media invitation was sent by the Ministry of Public Security for media to attend a crime prevention workshop at the Parfaite Harmonie Primary School on the West Bank of Demerara.

Dear Editor, I applaud the stance taken by Charrandas Persaud. Every Guyanese who cares about democracy and the future of Guyana should embrace Charrandas Persaud as a Guyanese hero.

What transpired in the National Assembly on Friday evening was always a distinct possibility, with the Government’s one seat majority.

A total of six persons are now in police custody, after they were allegedly found in possession of unlicensed handguns and live rounds, during three separate stop and search operations.

LeBron James, sick enough earlier in the day that his ability to take the court Friday night was in doubt, nonetheless finished with 22 points, 12 rebounds and 14 assists as the host Los Angeles Lakers turned back the New Orleans Pelicans 112-104 on Friday night.

Government is relieved that the United States Treasury has announced that it will lift sanctions on Russian aluminium giant Rusal as some 500 employees in the local bauxite industry would have been affected in recent months, Minister of Foreign Affairs Carl Greenidge says.

Dear Editor, Did the Chair really think there would have been no repercussions to intemperate statements made?

Merry Christmas to all readers! I admit that this is the time to eat drink and be merry, however it is not the time to binge and potentially destroy the fitness gains you made during 2018.

Emerging giant Timehri Panthers were crowned the East Bank Football Association [EBFA]/Ralph Green U11 League champions after dismantling Friendship All-Stars 2-0 yesterday at the Diamond Community Centre ground.

GOLD COAST, Australia, CMC – Barbadian fast bowler Jofra Archer made an immediate impact in his second season in the Australian Big Bash, grabbing two wickets to help Hobart Hurricanes beat Brisbane Heat by 15 runs here yesterday.

Dear Editor, Now that the Opposition PPP/C has won the no-confidence motion against the Government and the APNU+AFC Government of President David Granger has fallen, let us not take this time to gloat but to reflect on the outcome as we gear up towards general elections in 2019.

The dispute over land between the Batavia Village Council and a Bartica miner is yet to be formally resolved, even though surveying of the land has been long completed.

HAVANA (Reuters) – Cuban lawmakers yesterday unanimously approved a revised draft of a new constitution that retains the island’s one-party socialist system but reflects its socio-economic opening since the fall of the Soviet Union.

A man who was in the custody of police pending a robbery charge, was sentenced on Friday to one year imprisonment after he pleaded guilty to escaping from custody.

Dear Editor, May I take this opportunity to point out to President David Granger that problems also present opportunities?

Net-Rockers and Winners Connection recorded contrasting wins when the Upper Demerara Football Association [UDFA] ‘GT-Beer’ Championships continued  Friday at the Mackenzie Sports Club [MSC] ground, Linden.

Monedderlust walloped Rosignol United while Paradise Invaders edged No.#5, in the 2nd Annual GT-Beer 8-a-side Football tournament on Friday at the All Saints ground, New Amsterdam.  Championship credentials were on display in front of a sizable crowd as West Coast Berbicians, Monedderlust, coasted to a 7-0 victory.  Artley Bailey commenced the demolition in the ninth minute with a thunderous strike from 24 yards out in the centre of the field which settled into the back of the net.  

Recent statements made by PNCR Chair Minister Volda Lawrence, encouraging practices of nepotism, and for which she has been publicly condemned, have resulted in the further fragmentation of the coalition government, WPA member Desmond Trotman says on behalf of the party.

Dear Editor, Would there be any sanctions or discipline meted out to the MP who used an expletive in the hallowed Chamber while urging the dissenting MP to change his vote in the just concluded no-confidence motion?

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – A partial U.S. government shutdown was almost certain to drag through the Christmas holiday after the Senate adjourned yesterday without breaking an impasse over President Donald Trump’s demand for more funds for a border wall.

(Jamaica Observer)  Fly Jamaica has begun taking steps towards compensating passengers who suffered loss when its Boeing 757-200 aircraft overshot the runway at Guyana’s main international airport last month.

More than 50 Joint Services veterans were honoured on Friday, at the 8th annual Veteran’s Luncheon held at Roraima Duke Lodge, Kingston.

Dear Editor, I write concerning the no-confidence motion regarding which many felt payment was made to the MP that crossed to the side of the PPP.

JAKARTA, (Reuters) – At least 20 people died in Indonesia on the islands of Java and Sumatra when a tsunami struck areas around the Sunda Strait late yesterday following a sub-sea landslide caused by a volcano, the government’s Disaster Mitigation Agency said.

New Guyana Pharmaceutical Corporation Incorporated joined the list of sponsors to support the ExxonMobil International Futsal Festival, donating an undisclosed sum in addition to providing for printing the tickets and invitations.

(Trinidad Guardian) A La Ro­maine man was shot dead not far from his home on Fri­day night.

A Patentia, West Bank Demerara couple was on Thursday evening taken into custody after a search of their home unearthed an unlicensed firearm with a quantity of live rounds and marijuana.

Dear Editor, 2019 could be the watershed moment in the history of this country if the main political parties make some drastic changes.

DHAKA, Bangladesh, CMC – Evin Lewis and Keemo Paul provided a glimpse of the future for West Indies as the Caribbean side won only their second series in any format this year with a dominant 50-run victory over Bangladesh, in a controversial decisive third Twenty20 International here yesterday.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – A top U.S. envoy leading a global coalition fighting Islamic State has quit over President Donald Trump’s decision this week to pull U.S.

Some 176 youths from Region Ten on Thursday, received their certificates after completing various vocational courses through the Board of Industrial Training (BIT), National Training Project for Youth Empowerment (NTPYE).

Fill in the Christmas-related answers to the given clues by using all the syllables listed below. 

Friday’s vote in the National Assembly by APNU+AFC MP, Charrandas Persaud  has triggered the fall of the government.

The National Dance Company staged its annual production “Christmas Funtasia” a week ago. 

What should one make of the recent announcement by the US President’s National Security Adviser, John Bolton, outlining a new ‘America First’ policy towards Africa?

Come Christmas Day, 24-year-old Sarafina Edghill will be found in the kitchen whipping up some of her fancy meals for her mom and brothers.

It is chiefly through books that we enjoy intercourse with superior minds.

Every household has its special Christmas roast. This year, in some homes it will be chicken, in others pork, beef, turkey or lamb.

DHAKA, Bangladesh, CMC – Skipper Carlos Brathwaite revealed yesterday that he had complained to the ICC match referee Jeff Crowe about the standard of umpiring following the second Twenty20 International last Thursday.

(Trinidad Guardian) Pre­dic­tions of sab­o­tage of T&T’s oil as­sets are ma­te­ri­al­is­ing af­ter Heritage Pe­tro­le­um re­port­ed that a crude oil line had been hack­sawed on Fri­day by al­leged saboteurs.

The Private Sector Commission (PSC) has registered its satisfaction that “democracy prevailed” in the National Assembly on Friday, with the debate of the no-confidence motion moved against the government.

Introduction Today’s column continues the discussion of the tenth (and final) item on my list of “top-10 development challenges”, which as I have indicated, Guyana will face when spending Government Take from its coming petroleum sector.

Dear Editor, The successful piloting of the no-confidence vote by Opposition Leader Dr Bharrat Jagdeo is indicative of the tense and fractious relationship within the leadership of the AFC on the one hand, and the continuing and deepening schism between the two coalition partners, namely the AFC and the APNU, on the other.

Christmas arrives on Tuesday and between the shopping and the eating and gifting most folks will be turning to entertainment to pass the days away.

The White Hawk (Pseudastur albicollis) is a  a bird of prey breeding in southern Mexico through Central and South Americato Peru, Bolivia and Brazil.

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