Daily Archive: Thursday, March 7, 2019

Today, a team of policemen led by Superintendent Singh painted Pedestrian Crossings which were in close proximity to the recently commissioned Port Mourant Secondary School.

(Trinidad Express) A 16-year-old boy is one of the thieves killed by police in the washroom of a jewellery store in Couva yesterday.

(Jamaica Observer) A Clarendon farmer who faked his death to collect on a $17-million insurance policy is expected to be sentenced in the Kingston and St Andrew Parish Court today.

(Trinidad Express) A Caribbean Airlines aircraft crashed into the terminal building at the Piarco International Airport on Wednesday night causing extensive damage.

President David Granger will, tomorrow, meet the Chairman and Commissioners of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) at a consultation to be held at 11:00 hours at the Ministry of the Presidency, a release from the Ministry of the Presidency (MoTP) said today.

NEW DELHI,  (Reuters) – Seven years into his retirement and former test stalwart Rahul Dravid is still making silent and important contribution for India, shaping the next generation of cricketers who will form the core of the team.

(Barbados Nation) Minister of Education Santia Bradshaw says she will not tolerate teachers who flog children when the law does not permit them to do so.

(Jamaica Gleaner) The police are reporting that Alicia England, a woman accused of posing as a medical doctor and fleecing individuals of hundreds of thousands of dollars, is now in custody.

(Trinidad Guardian) Prais­ing the po­lice for killing two rob­bers and re­cov­er­ing over $200,000 in stolen loot, Cou­va jew­ellers An­na and Lakhram Par­riag yes­ter­day ex­pressed sat­is­fac­tion that some of the “pests” who had been ter­ror­is­ing them were dead.

GENEVA,  (Reuters) – Three dozen countries, including all 28 EU members, called on Saudi Arabia on Thursday to release 10 activists and cooperate with a U.N.-led

(Trinidad Guardian) Medi­um band K2K Al­liance & Part­ners are the first ever win­ners of the Na­tion­al Car­ni­val Com­mis­sion’s Over­all Band of the Year com­pe­ti­tion.

President David Granger and Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday emerged from a high stakes meeting without reaching an agreement on a date for the holding of general elections and there are conflicting accounts of how the talks went.

Former Guyana Rice Development Board (GRDB) accountant, Peter Ramcharran, was remanded to prison yesterday, after he was hit with 39 fraud charges, which were read to him at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court immediately following his deportation from Canada.

Four Guyanese men have been jailed in St Croix, the US Virgin Islands for between 27 and 48 months after pleading guilty in a case pertaining to 3,769 kilos of cocaine which had also raised questions about the performance of anti-drug authorities in Georgetown.

The Government of Guyana (GoG) and the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GTT) yesterday announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) regarding the GoG’s planned liberalization of the telecommunications market.

Leader of the Liberty and Justice Party (LJP), Lenox Shuman, is calling on Government and the Opposition to exercise political maturity in agreeing on an election date.

The Guyana Trades Union Congress (GTUC), submitting a list of conditionalities to be satisfied before elections can be held, has called for article 106 of the constitution to be amended, to require 60% of the National Assembly to vote in agreement before a no confidence vote is deemed successful.

The labourer who allegedly struck a West Coast Berbice man with an iron bar on Friday last, leading to his death, was yesterday remanded to prison.

Chief Constable, Andrew Foo, disclosed yesterday at a meeting with members of the media, that city constabulary officers discovered about 190 grammes of cannabis, after raiding sections of the Stabroek Market.

Four-time consecutive champions, Guyana Jaguars will enter their final match of the Cricket West Indies Regional Four-Day Championships with their mind focused on securing the title with a win over Trinidad and Tobago Red Force today.

Head Coach of the Trinidad and Tobago Red Force, Mervyn Dillon said his side is on a mission to beat Guyana Jaguars when the two teams clash in the final round of the Cricket West Indies Regional Four-Day Championships from today at Providence.

A Roman Catholic priest was on Tuesday afternoon held at gunpoint and relieved of an undisclosed amount of cash and important documents in front of his Queenstown home, shortly after returning from a city bank.

There has been an increase in applications by foreign companies for the operation of helicopters offshore Guyana, according to Director-General of the Guyana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) Lt.

A 41-year-old man and his teenage son were left counting their losses on Tuesday evening, after a fire, suspected to be electrical in origin, destroyed their ‘B’ Field, Sophia home.

Local cyclists face a packed weekend with two races, the second stage of the 22nd annual Cheddi Jagan Memorial road race and the 14th annual Diamond Mineral Water, 11-stage race set for Saturday and Sunday.

The West Indies team has just won an exciting Test series against England.

Businessman Roshan Khan yesterday called on the two main political parties – the People’s Progressive Party and the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR)  – to work together for the good of Guyana.

The New Amsterdam Mayor and Town Council (M&TC) is very close to delivering on its promise to install street lights in all seven constituencies of its township.

Defending male outdoor champions Pepsi Hikers Hockey Club were on the better side of another goal-scoring frenzy in the latest round of this year’s first Division Outdoor League. 

The Ministry of Social Cohesion, Culture, Youth and Sport will be collaborating with non-profit, HEAL Guyana, to execute the organisation’s National Call for Peace initiative.

McGill Super Stars and New Windsor secured their spots in the playoffs of the West Demerara Cricket Association/Agape Lumber Yard T20 knockout tournament on Sunday at Wales Community Center Ground.

Students who in 2019 sit the Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) examinations will be able to access their certificates electronically in addition to the traditional paper-based certificate.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Twenty20 superstar Andre Russell believes he will return to fitness in time for the start of the Indian Premier League later this month, and is also eyeing a spot in the West Indies World Cup side despite his latest injury setback.

GROS ISLET, St Lucia, CMC – Rookie West Indies left-hander Nicholas Pooran hopes advice from veteran Chris Gayle can help take his fledgling career to a new level.

Dear Editor, I’ve been reading recently people’s experiences and a few features relevant to the state of customer – service and standards in this society.

The Bureau of Statistics yesterday received survey supplies worth an estimated $30M from UNICEF for the country’s latest round of the Multi-Indicator Cluster Survey, this April.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – West Indies batting star Hayley Matthews will lead Barbados in the Regional Women’s Championship which bowls off in Guyana next week.

 Presidential candidate for the Liberty and Justice Party (LJP), Lenox Shuman, says his commitment to relinquishing his Canadian citizenship is firm, even though the process may be a lengthy one.

Defending champion F-Division-A, Sports, A-Division-A, Presidential Guard and Special Branch/Immigration-[2] recorded wins when the Guyana Police Force [GPF] Inter-Division/Branch 5-Aside Football Championship continued on Tuesday.

Dear Editor, I am very concerned with the new advancements in security in Guyana.

Dear Editor, Yesterday was  truly a sad day for anyone who believes in the supremacy of the Constitution and the rule of law.

The Guyana Rugby Football Union (GRFU) 10s tournament which was scheduled to scrum off last Saturday has been postponed until further notice.

The trio held by the police on Saturday after they were found outside the Middle and Thomas streets, Cummingsburg building where miner Henry Johanison was shot and killed during an alleged robbery attempt has since been released from custody.

BASSETERRE, St Kitts, CMC – Left-arm seamer Obed McCoy has been called up for the remaining two matches in the Twenty20 series against England.

The need for collaboration between the public and the Guyana Police Force has been highlighted in a film titled “Eyes on Crime”, which follows the capture of convict Shawn Archibald, who was sentenced last year for armed robbery.

Dear Editor, We wish to respond to a letter dated March 5, 2019 published by Stabroek News, titled `PNC had their chance to fix Guyana constitutionally and they deliberately chose ethnic supremacy as their tool of rule.’

Dear Editor, We, the undersigned social justice and women’s organisations and individual advocates, note the parliamentary consultations on the law on abortion in Jamaica.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – The United States has identified efforts by Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro to work with foreign banks to move and hide money and is ready to punish the banks with sanctions in the near future, a senior U.S.

The Ministry of Public Infrastructure (MoPI) will soon be completing the construction of the $74 million Timehri roundabout.

MUMBAI,  (Reuters) – Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s finishing skills remain unmatched and the former captain will be an asset in India’s lower middle order at this year’s World Cup, former team mate Suresh Raina told Reuters.

Dear Editor, The article appearing in SN of Tuesday 5 February, speaks to some fundamental deficits in what are normal organisational relationships, but albeit not inconsistent with governance structures known to us citizens.

The Guyana Police Association (GPA), yesterday held its Annual General Meeting, during which a new 23-person executive body was elected.

RIO DE JANEIRO,  (Reuters) – Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has sparked shock and outrage by tweeting a video showing one man urinating on another during his country’s massive annual street carnival.

PRETORIA,  (Reuters) – South Africa’s Quinton de Kock top-scored with a fluent 94 as they cruised to a 113-run victory over Sri Lanka and a 2-0 lead in their five-match One-Day International series yesterday.

Dear Editor, The Stabroek News’ Wednesday, February 27, 2019 edition, on page 13, carried a story under the caption, `Internal probe clears GRDB staff in erroneous Panama rice shipment’.

CARACAS, (Reuters) – Venezuela’s government released an American journalist and his local colleague on Wednesday, after they spent more than 12 hours in custody in a move that drew further international condemnation of socialist President Nicolas Maduro’s government.

An 18-year-old was yesterday remanded after he pleaded not guilty to five counts of robbery, including an armed robbery offence.         

By Lilian Chatterjee High Commissioner of Canada to Guyana The Government of Canada sees March 8th, or International Women’s Day, as an opportunity to celebrate what women have achieved and the progress we have made globally on gender equality.

MUMBAI, (Reuters) – Former Zimbabwe Cricket director Enock Ikope has been banned for 10 years by the International Cricket Council for breaching three counts of ICC’s anti-corruption code, the governing body said yesterday.

OTTAWA,  (Reuters) – A former top aide to Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau denied yesterday inappropriately pressuring a Cabinet member to help a major company as Trudeau planned to address a scandal that is threatening his prospects in an October election.

I first heard Trinidad’s great calypsonian, the Mighty Chalkdust belt out his satirical classic “Three Blind Mice” from our ancient, hoarse radiogram.

Tomorrow, Guyana joins the rest of the world in observing International Women’s Day under the theme promulgated by UN Women – the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women – “Think equal, build smart, innovate for change”.

(Trinidad Guardian) A Carnival Tuesday lime at Claxton Bay Junction turned deadly when a masked gunman opened fire on a soldier, killing him instantly in front of family and friends.

Dear Editor, In your article on the UN Biennial High Level Panel on the death penalty `Guyana abstains from vote on death penalty moratorium’ in SN March 5th, you described me as “Guyana’s representative” which I am not.

Gordon Hayward scored 19 of his 30 points in the first half Tuesday night as the Boston Celtics stunned the Golden State Warriors with 73 points in the first 24 minutes en route to a 128-95 shellacking in Oakland, Calif.