Daily Archive: Sunday, March 10, 2019

A Bath Settlement, West Coast Berbice man died last night a short distance away from his house after he lost control of the vehicle he was driving and it toppled several times.

CARACAS,  (Reuters) – Venezuelans woke up to a fourth day of an unprecedented nationwide blackout on Sunday, leaving residents concerned about the impacts of the lack of electricity on the South American country’s health, communications and transport systems.

(Trinidad Guardian) For­mer Health Min­is­ter Dr Fuad Khan is stand­ing be­hind the mes­sage he com­mu­ni­cat­ed to plus-sized mas­quer­ad­er Can­dice San­tana on Fri­day when he called her out for be­ing obese and over­weight, as he again urged her to get fit and healthy.

NAIROBI,  (Reuters) – An Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 passenger jet to Nairobi crashed early today with 149 passengers and eight crew members aboard, the airline said, and there were no survivors, according to the state broadcaster.

(Trinidad Guardian) Unit­ed Na­tions De­vel­op­ment Pro­gramme (UNDP) as­sis­tant res­i­dent rep­re­sen­ta­tive Shar­i­fa Ali-Ab­dul­lah says cul­tur­al be­liefs con­tribute to the sex­u­al abuse and bat­ter­ing of women and chil­dren in T&T.

The issuance of a permit to ExxonMobil for its Liza Phase 2 project has hit another snag as the US$2 billion+ coverage they have secured from a United Kingdom insurance firm does not meet local insurance requirements, according to sources close to the process.

The Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU) has only managed to file criminal charges based on five of the approximately 25 forensic audits referred to it since 2015, which is being blamed on insufficient manpower.

The Integrity Commission has identified over 160 more public officials whom it says have failed to submit declarations of their assets and liabilities in keeping with the law.

The police in Linden are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of porter, who was crushed to death by after he fell from truck he was working on yesterday afternoon in Linden.

Former Attorney General (AG) of Guyana Bernard De Santos, SC, who passed away on Friday night at a city hospital following a prolonged illness, is being remembered as a heavyweight in the legal profession, who was instrumental in grooming some of today’s most prominent lawyers.

Guyana Jaguars yesterday duly recorded a six-wicket win over Trinidad and Tobago Red Force on the third day of their 10th round match in the Cricket West Indies Regional Four-Day Championships at Providence to inch closer to a fifth consecutive title triumph.

Minister of Public Security Khemraj Ramjattan on Friday said that the audit of the Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU) is moving apace and for the time being he has no issue with the police spearheading the exercise or SOCU’s head, Assistant Commissioner Sydney James, remaining on the job while the audit is being done.

A Rasville youth is currently hospitalised after he was allegedly beaten by the police on Friday evening.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Outspoken St. Vincent and the Grenadines Prime Minister, Dr Ralph Gonsalves, has labelled Ricky Skerritt and Dr.

When Nardeo Bassoodeo was a nine-year-old boy living in Woodley Park-Bath Village, Mahaica, Berbice, his dog Rio fell ill and needed veterinary assistance.

Pepsi Hikers yesterday registered two additional wins in this year’s Guyana Hockey Board (GHB) first-division outdoor league at the St.

Trophy Stall continues to exhibit its corporate and social responsibility in a tangible way and has agreed to be on board the inaugural Bartica Cycling Challenge, the first road race to be held there on Saturday.

Former Attorney General Anil Nandlall has bemoaned the sloth in the establishment of the Law Reform Commission (LRC), while saying “millions and millions of taxpayers’ monies” have been wasted on renting a building and hiring staff for an entity that has done nothing to date.

Michael Anthony produced a gem in the early cycling season yesterday, racing to victory in the feature 35-lap event of the 14th Diamond Mineral Water multi race programme.

Region Six Chairman David Armogan has confirmed that there is a paddy bug infestation in the Black Bush, Crabwood Creek and Corentyne front land areas.

Dear Editor, I recently heard reports of staff of the Ministry of Public Health, in collaboration with the Ministry of Education, vaccinating underage children with the anti-HPV vaccine without first obtaining parental permission.

Defending champions, the Demerara Cricket Club (DCC) is scenting a season-opening win in the 2019 GISE, Star Party Rental and Trophy Stall first division two-day competition against the Guyana Defence Force (GDF). 

Members of the Joint Services yesterday morning destroyed a total of just over 1,000 pounds of narcotics that had been seized in busts dating back to 2013.

Dear Editor, On March 8, 2019, I visited the Mayor and City Council to pay my rates.

On a day highlighted by two drawn encounters, Lodge Secondary downed President’s College 2-0 in the Milo Secondary School Football Championship yesterday at the Ministry of Education ground, Carifesta Avenue.

A summons was issued on Friday for Diamond nightclub owner Freeman Fordyce, who is set to face charges for the trafficking of Venezuelan women.

CARACAS, (Reuters) – Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido yesterday called on citizens nationwide to travel to the capital Caracas for a protest against socialist President Nicolas Maduro, as the country’s worst blackout in decades dragged on for a third day.

Dear Editor, “What is strange is the suggestion by Kirton that it is some unnamed ‘our leaders’ and not specifically Granger, who are bringing the country into global disrepute.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Off-spinner Roston Chase’s five-wicket haul floored Jamaica Scorpions and left Barbados Pride with a modest victory target, in their 10th round match in the Regional Four-Day Championship here yesterday.

(Reuters) – Singer R. Kelly was released from a Chicago jail yesterday after a child support payment of more than $161,000 was made to an ex-wife, police said, ending his second incarceration in two weeks after a prior arrest on sex assault charges.

A man was on Friday sentenced to three years in jail after he admitted to having possession of a bag with cannabis, which he said he thought was achar.

(Trinidad Guardian) A pre­lim­i­nary re­port has shown that the brak­ing sys­tem on the Caribbean Airlines Limited’s (CAL) ATR air­craft was not func­tion­al at the time the air­craft col­lid­ed with a wall at Pi­ar­co Airport on Wednes­day, Fi­nance Min­is­ter Colm Im­bert said on Friday.

Dear Editor, My visit to the Blairmont Post Office on Friday, 8th March, revealed a continuing state of administrative malaise and utter disrespect for our so-called ‘senior citizens’.

TUNIS, (Reuters) – Tunisia’s health minister Abdel-Raouf El-Sherif resigned yesterday after 11 babies mysteriously died within 24 hours in a hospital in the capital, state news agency TAP said.

NORTH SOUND, Antigua,  CMC – In-form veteran Devon Thomas stroked a sparkling less than run-a-ball unbeaten hundred to fire Leeward Islands Hurricanes to an emphatic six-wicket win over Windward Islands Volcanoes here yesterday, and keep the hosts in with an outside chance of winning the Regional Four-Day Championship.

A 27-year-old Bartica resident has been ordered to perform two months of community service after admitting to stealing a quantity of underwear.

Dear Editor, President David Granger is quoted in the press as saying that “the current voters’ list is bloated”. 

BOGOTA, (Reuters) – Fourteen people were killed in a plane crash in the Colombian plains province of Meta yesterday, the country’s civil aviation agency said.

An employee of a city bank was left traumatised early on Friday morning after she was robbed of her handbag and cell phone by two bandits as she was making her way to work.

Plaisance Secondary, Chase Academy, St. Stanislaus and Annandale Secondary secured victories in the Youth Basketball Guyana [YBG] U18 Developmental League Friday at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall, Homestretch Avenue.

(Trinidad Guardian) A vendor who allegedly stole two bulldogs and thousands of dollars’ worth of equipment was on Friday placed on $1 million bail.

(Trinidad Express) Attorney General Faris al-Rawi has revealed that taxpayers have spent over half a billion dollars in pursuit of criminal investigations and litigation resulting from the collapse of CLICO.

Dear Editor, The issue of a constitutional crisis is being hurled around by political leaders without a comprehensive, detailed fleshed-out position and meaning. 

Last week saw the height of carnival in Trinidad and Tobago: J’ouvert, Ol’ Mas, Carnival Mon-day and the end of the festival on Carnival Tuesday.

In chess as in life, when people cannot figure out what you are doing, they are kept in a state of terror – waiting, uncertain, confused.

The meetings last week between the President and the Leader of the Opposition and the President and the Guyana Elections Commission did not yield a solution to the impending constitutional crisis that has been dominating the news in recent weeks.

After an absence of a couple of years, the Link Show has been revived at the National Cultural Centre.

“That environment is not for me and I just had to pack up and leave.

MANAGUA, (Reuters) – Nicaragua’s government said yesterday it would release prisoners rounded up in months of protests and implement electoral reforms, as talks continue with the opposition to end the country’s worst political crisis in three decades.

The President has virtuoso skills when it comes to issuing soothing, anodyne statements which, on their face, appear to be well advised and equitable, but which in reality mask undeclared intentions.

The Mouse-coloured Antshrike occurs across the Guiana Shield, eastern Ecuador and Peru, and south to northernmost Bolivia.

(Reuters Health) – Adults who practice yoga with breathing and relaxation exercises at least three times a week may have lower blood pressure than people who don’t, a research review suggests.

Introduction Today’s column wraps up my consideration of a ballpark or indicative crude oil price that I project to prevail around the late 2020s.

From Iraq through Libya to Syria, the approach to regime change by the US and its allies has been to support the removal of a disliked government with little serious thought as to the broader consequences.

Last Update: 574.96                                                Movement: 8.16% Currebt Update: 528.05                                           YTD Movement: -2.56%The Lucas Stock Index (LSI) declined 8.16% during the first period of trading in March, 2019.

Adventure Village on the Corentyne highway consists of just close to 30 houses with a population of mostly farmers.

The University of Guyana’s (UG) Andre Jaganadan won the Guyana Chess Federation (GCF) junior qualification tournament held recently.

The Georgetown Mayor and City Council (M&CC) is on board with the Ministry of Public Health’s Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination campaign, according to the nurse in charge of the municipality Marlyn Gordon.

On my recent travels I came across one of the most awesome sights: Tiger Lily being grown as potted plants. Lilies

Nature’s sports drink or simply coconut water is a nutritious potassium-rich drink that can fit into a balanced diet as a low-sugar alternative to sports drinks for hydration.

From time to time I hear from readers of this space saying that they enjoy the columns but suggest I should use some of them to focus on “feel good” stories, like the one last week about Fay James, the nature tourism lady running a successful nature-tourism business in a lodge on an island in the upper reaches of the Essequibo River. 

“If you leave me, I will kill you…” “You can’t leave me, no one will take you…” “If I can’t have you, no one else will…” These are the words that victims of abusive relationships will likely have heard at some point during a violent encounter with their partners.