Articles published on Monday, January 7, 2019
TAROUBA, Trinidad, CMC – First innings century-maker Montcin Hodge fashioned an unbeaten half-century to follow up off-spinner Rahkeem Cornwall’s four-wicket haul, as Leeward Islands Hurricanes left Trinidad and Tobago Red Force with a tall order on today’s final day, to win their third round fixture in the Regional Four-Day Championship.
(Trinidad Express) Police are investigating the death of a 35 year old nail technician found hanging in her hair and nail salon in Couva on Thursday.
(Jamaica Observer) JULIET Johnson-Clarke, already faced with the challenge of her son being continuously bullied, has now been asked by the Glenmuir Preparatory School to withdraw him in the “interest/preservation of [the] school’s name”.
(Trinidad Guardian) One of the men who appeared in an ISIS video speaking about life in Trinidad and Tobago has been captured fighting with ISIS in Syria.
(Trinidad Express) A homemaker who made a false report to the police that she was raped was has been ordered to perform community service.
Businessman Terrence Campbell has withdrawn from the new political party, ANUG and civic group RISE, citing polarization over the December 21 No-Confidence Vote and attacks by “by my own people”.
(Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court today cleared the way for the attorney general of Massachusetts to obtain records from Exxon Mobil Corp to probe whether the oil company for decades concealed its knowledge of the role fossil fuels play in climate change.
LIBREVILLE, (Reuters) – Gabon foiled an attempted military coup today, arresting several plotters just hours after they took over state radio in a bid to end 50 years of rule by President Ali Bongo’s family.
(Jamaica Gleaner) A 26-year-old female bartender and her common-law husband were taken into custody by the police in Montego Bay, St James, yesterday after a three-week-old baby girl who was kidnapped from her mother on Friday was discovered at their home in the Norwood community.
Although he says he is still afraid for his life following a decision to vote with the opposition on the December 21st 2018 No-Confidence Motion, former APNU+AFC Parliamentarian Charrandass Persaud says he plans to return home soon and continue his law practice.
Underscoring the importance of “fact checking” before publishing, President David Granger yesterday urged the local press corps to be vigilant and verify information they receive before making it public since misinformation carries the propensity for severe repercussions, even if it is later corrected.
(Trinidad Guardian) Several motorists with raised suspensions as well as lowriders have been given inspection notifications even though they have stickers.
Thousands of Guyanese over the weekend received strange calls from Russian phone numbers and the Ministry of Public Communications has begun looking into the matter.
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Test wicketkeeper Shane Dowrich and veteran Jonathan Carter defied Guyana Jaguars with gutsy half-centuries but Barbados Pride still conceded a significant first innings lead, setting up an intriguing final day of their third round match in the Regional Four-Day Championship.
A protracted period of uncertainty in its political arrangements is something that Guyana can ill afford at this time, according to former Prime Minister of Jamaica, Bruce Golding, who said that if the country falters, the entire Caribbean community is worse off.
The Police last night said that they had arrested a man who was wanted for questioning in relation to several offences including murder.
The Guyana Hockey Board’s (GHB) National U19 Development Team continued its impressive showing in its 16th Ventures Invitational Indoor Hockey Tournament Saturday evening notching up two additional wins to end the group stage unbeaten en-route to the semi-finals.
(Jamaica Gleaner) The Rent Restriction Act of 1983 makes it illegal for landlords to discriminate against potential tenants on the basis that they have children, but scores of landlords are banning the babies and getting away with it.
Guyana’s male and female U21 volleyball teams are set to compete in Cayenne next month, president of the Guyana Volleyball Federation (GVF) Levi Nedd told Stabroek Sport.
Constitutional reform lobby group RISE Guyana yesterday called on the Cabinet inclusive of the President to resign saying that refusal to do so in light of the passage of a no-confidence motion against the APNU+AFC government, amounts to a violation of the Constitution.
Police from ‘E’ Division (Linden/Kwakwani) on Saturday destroyed a total of eight acres of marijuana plants that were under cultivation at two locations at 20 Miles, Millie’s Hideout, Upper Demerara River.
Sealed with a six over long off, Shimron and Seon Hetmyer steered Young Warriors Cricket Club (YWCC) to a seven-wicket win over Rose Hall Town Gizmos and Gadgets (RHTGG) in the final of the Berbice Cricket Board/ Ivan Madray 100-ball final at Albion Sports Complex on Saturday under lights.
Almost six weeks after being rushed to the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH) with a broken leg, a man is yet to have corrective surgery to the limb.
Dear Editor, The mess we find ourselves in following the no-confidence vote of 21 December, underlines that the bedevilling racial insecurity of which Eusi Kwayana (Sydney King), supported by Martin Carter, cautioned in early 1953 is just as virulent.
Decorated Guyana Jaguars Head Coach, Esuan Crandon has been appointed the Assistant Head Coach of the West Indies senior men’s side to serve under the new Head Coach, Richard Pybus.
Dear Editor, I can agree with only one of the two points made in a letter by my UG Law Department colleague and friend Professor Justice Duke Pollard, appearing in the Stabroek News of January 3, 2019.
Dear Editor, I learnt with much grief about the death of retired diplomat Dr.
(Trinidad Guardian) Three weeks after he was abducted by armed men, businessman Sheldon Sukhdeo is yet to be found by police.
The decomposing remains suspected to be of a Sandville, Linden-Soesdyke Highway man were yesterday morning discovered by police at Kuru Kururu Backlands.
SYDNEY, (Reuters) – Australia were forced to follow-on on home soil for the first time in 30 years after being dismissed for 300 as India went for the jugular in search of a maiden series triumph Down Under on the fourth day of the final test yesterday.
Another section of the Corentyne highway was recently lit up as the Ministry of Public Infrastructure (MPI) continues the installation of street lights along the thoroughfare.
Dear Editor, Over the past two weeks, there has been much discussion around whether coalition governments are a solution to fostering and ensuring good governance, as well as whether this approach to governance can be successful in the Guyana context.
CAPE TOWN, (Reuters) – South Africa reeled off their modest victory target of 41 runs early on the fourth day of the second test against Pakistan to clinch the series with a comprehensive nine-wicket triumph at Newlands yesterday.
CARACAS, (Reuters) – Former Venezuelan Supreme Court Justice Christian Zerpa has fled to the United States to protest President Nicolas Maduro’s second term that will begin with his inauguration this week, the onetime Maduro backer told a Miami broadcaster yesterday.
The father of Reaz Shaw, the teen who is now paralysed after he was critically injured in last month’s hit-and-run accident along the Annandale, East Coast Demerara (ECD) Public Road, said he is positive his son will recover but has no confidence he will receive justice.
Dear Editor, I was saddened on receiving the news of the passing of Dr Odeen Ishmael last Saturday.
The High Court does not have 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, attorney Leslyn Noble argued on Thursday.
GUADALAJARA, Mexico, (Reuters) – An offensive by Mexico’s new government against fuel theft at one of the country’s main refineries has led to days of shortages at gas stations in several central states, as authorities move more fuel by tankers and less by vulnerable pipelines.
Dear Editor, There are more questions and now raging concerns about dual citizenship again.
HAVANA, (Reuters) – Jose Ramon Fernandez Alvarez, who commanded Cuban forces under the leadership of Fidel Castro at the Bay of Pigs, repelling an exile invasion supported by the United States, died yesterday at 95.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump pledged yesterday not to bend in his demand for a wall along the southern border with Mexico but said the barrier could be made of steel instead of concrete as a potential compromise with Democrats who refuse to fund it.
Dear Editor, The Guyana Government wants two bites of the cherry because in its motion filed last Friday it only asks the Court to deal with one issue – whether or not Charrandass Persaud, Canadian citizen was ineligible to vote yes in the No Confidence Motion being the holder of a Canadian passport.
KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Fifteen wickets tumbled on day two of the Regional Four-Day Championship contest here Saturday but Jamaica Scorpions held the upper hand over Windward Islands Volcanoes heading into yesterday’s third day of the topsy-turvy day/night affair at Sabina Park.
CAPE TOWN, (Reuters) – South Africa captain Faf du Plessis has been suspended for one test and fined 20 percent of his match fee after his side were charged with a slow over rate in the nine-wicket second test victory over Pakistan at Newlands.
(Barbados Nation) The 2019 sugar cane harvest will start on a dire note, with layoffs starting today and the country’s lone sugar factory not yet fit for operation.
An 18-year-old Venezuelan and a Guyanese were yesterday morning arrested by ranks on duty at the Waiamu Landing, Cuyuni River for the possession of narcotics and an illegal firearm.
LONDON, (Reuters) – Prime Minister Theresa May said yesterday that Britain would be in uncharted territory if her Brexit deal is rejected by parliament later this month, despite little sign that she has won over sceptical lawmakers.
Dear Editor, While Guyanese are focused on our domestic political situation, events on our western border should be cause for much concern.
After dispensing with the savings clauses and symbols of statehood, the Constitution of the Co-Operative Republic of Guyana gets down to the nub of its primacy.
CAIRO, (Reuters) – President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi inaugurated Egypt’s largest church and mosque in the New Administrative Capital yesterday, the eve of Coptic Christmas, in a message of tolerance in the predominantly Muslim country.
The law is reason, free from passion … Man, when perfected, is the best of animals, but when separated from law and justice, he is the worst of all… He who trusts any man with supreme power gives it to a wild beast, for such his appetite sometimes makes him: passion influences those in power, even the best of men, but law is reason without desire … Aristotle Last Thursday, the National Assembly met to discuss, among others, the consequences of the successful passage of the vote of no confidence in the Government.
By D. Alissa Trotz D. Alissa Trotz is Editor of the In the Diaspora Column A few weeks after the 2011 elections that delivered a minority PPP government, the Amerindian People’s Association, Church Women United, Commonground, Guyana Human Rights Association, Guyana Society for the Blind, Rights of Children and Red Thread issued a statement in which they noted that the “margins of victory are sufficiently small as to impose a degree of bi-partisanship and negotiated politics, replacing the rubber-stamp winner-take-all approach which has characterised Guyanese politics for too long.
Dear Editor, The Cheddi Jagan Research Centre (CJRC) is deeply saddened by the passing of Dr.
Stephen Curry connected on 10 3-pointers as part of a 42-point performance Saturday night, helping the Golden State Warriors outlast the host Sacramento Kings 127-123 in a game that featured the most combined 3-pointers in NBA history.
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) held an interactive workshop on Friday, in the Pomeroon-Supenaam region to enlighten small forest operators about the need to have an Environmental Authorisation.
