Daily Archive: Monday, December 31, 2018

(Jamaica Observer) Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sports, Olivia Grange says she is happy to receive word that the Jamaican sculptor, Basil Watson, has been selected to create a monument in honour of the American civil rights icon, Martin Luther King Jr.

(Trinidad Express) A Fyzabad man was killed by a single gunshot fired from a police officer’s gun in Vessigny Village, La Brea early Monday.

(Trinidad Express) A fireman passing by minutes after a three car collision assisted two children found in the wreckage of one of the vehicles in Princes Town on Monday night.

(Jamaica Observer) Ten-year-old Sean throws a fit whenever he misses his imprisoned father.

A Corentyne soldier was last evening fatally stabbed in Philippi Village, Corentyne.

(Trinidad Guardian) A near-fa­tal ac­ci­dent three weeks be­fore their wed­ding al­most de­railed the plans of a San­gre Grande cou­ple.

(Trinidad Guardian) Dis­charge of gas caused the evac­u­a­tion of staff in the Area Con­trol Cen­tre of Pi­ar­co In­ter­na­tion­al Air­port, dis­rupt­ing air traf­fic ser­vices and re­sult­ing in de­lays in flights yes­ter­day.

A Canada-based man who returned to Guyana recently after he was reportedly fingered in a murder was gunned down in front of a Forshaw Street, Queens-town hotel early yesterday morning.

Should they be chosen as the PPP’s presidential candidate and win office, contenders for the post Anil Nandlall and Irfaan Ali say that former president Bharrat Jagdeo will play a major role in their administration.

The Guyana Government yesterday announced that it will be submitting a  brief to the Speaker of the National Assembly ad-dressing the consequences of the December 21 no confidence vote against it and added that it remains committed to the rule of law.

Former AFC parliamentarian Charrandas Persaud says he will dedicate the rest of his life to ensuring that the party does not regain any seats in Parliament.

Roraima Galacticos dismissed Team Guyana 5-3 while Caledonia AIA downed Georgetown All-Stars 6-3 when the ExxonMobil International Futsal Festival continued Friday at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall, Homestretch Avenue.

With general elections likely within the next three months, former Auditor General Anand Goolsarran has urged government to exercise caution in spending the budgetary allocations for 2019.

Shimron Hetmyer’s transformation from being the West Indies U-19 World Cup winning captain to one of the most dependable and sought after batsman in the world is complete.

A man yesterday morning succumbed to injuries he suffered on the Supply, East Bank Demerara (EBD) Public Road after a car drove over him.

Dear Editor, Guyana is passing through a moment that calls for wisdom and statesmanship on critical policy issues.

Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA) Chairman of Competitions Committee, Shaun Massiah, said that 2018 has been a challenging year for the GCA but that he was pleased at the association’s accomplishments while listing a few areas to improve heading into 2019.

At least four plots of land formerly belonging to the Wales Sugar Estate have been sold to private individuals by the National Industrial and Commercial Investments Limited (NICIL).

Like the surface of rugby field at the National Park, the year 2018 was a rocky one for the Guyana Rugby Football Union and its players.

Just weeks after its 10th major find, ExxonMobil is gearing up to begin drilling for oil at two separate locations offshore Guyana.

Dear Editor, Today, I am ready to review 2018  and review 2019. 

More than a year after the tenure of the last Judicial Service Commission expired, government remains silent on when a new one will be reconstituted.

MANCHESTER, England,  (Reuters) – MANCHESTER UNITED 4 BOURNEMOUTH 1 The re-born Paul Pogba scored twice, for the second time since Jose Mourinho’s departure from the club, as Manchester United beat Bournemouth 4-1 to make it three wins in a row for caretaker boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer.

Dear Editor, I am penning this letter to you out of utter frustration about the brutal advantage being taken of the commuters of Guyana who use the mini buses and speed boats.

The post-mortem examination for the two women who were knocked down and killed on Saturday afternoon on the Marudi Public Road, Soesdyle/Linden Highway will be conducted sometime today.

Dear Editor, As was to be expected, following passage of the No Confidence Motion, certain court jesters have sprung up.

WELLINGTON, (Reuters) – Trent Boult and Neil Wagner quickly wrapped up Sri Lanka’s second innings yesterday as New Zealand clinched the series 1-0 with a dominant 423-run victory in the second test at Hagley Oval in Christchurch.

DHAKA,  (Reuters) – Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s alliance won Bangladesh’s election with a thumping majority, the country’s Election Commission said early today, giving her a third straight term following a vote that the opposition rejected as rigged.

Dear Editor, I resisted the urge to immediately respond to the interpretation put forward by well-known attorney Nigel Hughes that 34 votes were needed for the no-confidence motion to be carried instead of 33 votes in the hope that he would review his position.

Hafeeza Smith, 35, is the proud manufacturer of a variety of locally produced organic products such as extra virgin coconut oil, macerated carrot oil, coconut flour and coconut snacks, among others under her company, King Chezomi Manufacturing Enterprise.

James Harden scored 41 points as the red-hot Houston Rockets held off the host New Orleans Pelicans 108-104 on Saturday night.

MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – India captured Australia’s last two wickets after a rain-delayed start to day five of the third test yesterday to complete an emphatic 137-run win and take a 2-1 series lead into the Sydney finale.

(Jamaica Observer) Just 18 months since the dramatic resumption of bauxite and alumina production at the JISCO Alpart facility at Nain in St Elizabeth, concern is being raised about its future.

On January 3rd of the New Year, acting Chief Justice Roxane George-Wiltshire SC, will rule on whether she has jurisdiction to hear the challenge mounted by former Attorney General Anil Nandlall, over the validity of charges levelled against him for the alleged theft of a quantity of Law Reports while he was in office.

CARACAS,  (Reuters) – Venezuela’s government is willing to help investigate a plot to assassinate Colombian President Ivan Duque, in which three Venezuelan nationals arrested in Colombia may be suspects, foreign minister Jorge Arreaza said.

Dear Editor, I write on behalf of a “father figure of a fit and proper friend”, who I hold in high esteem.

After continuous back and forth between the Administration of the University of Guyana and its two Unions – University of Guyana Workers Union (UGWU) and University of Guyana Senior Staff Association (UGSSA) – an agenda has been agreed for discussions on wages for 2018 and for a meeting that will be held on January 8.

Dear Editor, It seems that I am a simpleton. Last week, I suggested in the SN that the next step for Guyana was as easy as ABC a.

KINSHASA,  (Reuters) – The main opposition camps in Congo’s presidential election yesterday complained of widespread irregularities after a chaotic vote disrupted by long queues, broken voting machines and torrential rain.

(Reuters) – Australian batsman Cameron Bancroft’s return from a ball-tampering ban proved to be short lived after he was dismissed for two runs for the Perth Scorchers in the domestic ‘Big Bash’ Twenty20 competition at Launceston yesterday.

Leader of the Opposition Bharrat Jagdeo is expected to meet with Secretary General of CARICOM,  Irwin LaRocque during this week to brief him on the PPP’s position on the no-confidence motion against the government and for preparations for general and regional elections.

The anti-corruption court in Pakistan has convicted and sentenced former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to seven years’ imprisonment for failing to justify the source of income relating to his ownership of a steel mill in Saudi Arabia.

As the year comes to a tumultuous end, it is now up to President Granger to show leadership and to demonstrate that the country and constitutional governance will be put above all else – particularly the insular interests of APNU+AFC.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – The head of U.S. Customs and Border Protection yesterday defended his agents’ handling of two sick children who died in their custody, saying they did everything they could to get medical help for them in difficult circumstances.

Dear Editor, Much has been said about the no-confidence motion that led to the “collapse” of the APNU+AFC coalition government and I wish not to reiterate that information here other than to share two views.

The highly-anticipated clash between energetic Young Warriors Cricket Club and Rose Hall Town Gizmos and Gadgets in the final of the Berbice Cricket Board/Ivan Madray 100-ball tournament will now be played in 2019 after overnight rains forced the match to be called off.