Daily Archive: Tuesday, April 9, 2019

The Police say they are investigating a serious accident which occurred yesterday at about 6.45 pm on the Canal #2 Public Road, West Bank Demerara, involving motorcar PVV 1097 and motorcycle CJ 8132.

NEW YORK,  (Reuters) – A measles outbreak in Brooklyn, primarily among Orthodox Jewish children, prompted New York City today to declare a public health emergency, requiring unvaccinated people in the affected areas to get the vaccine or face fines The city’s largest outbreak since 1991 of the once virtually eradicated virus has mainly been confined to the Orthodox Jewish community in the borough’s Williamsburg neighbourhood, with 285 cases confirmed since October, Mayor Bill de Blasio said at a news conference.

(Trinidad Express) A Trinidad and Tobago-born man living in Maryland in the United States is accused of plotting to mow down pedestrians at a popular Washington-area dining and shopping destination using a stolen U-Haul truck in an ISIS-inspired attack.

(Jamaica Observer) SOME members of an Apostolic Church in St Catherine are up in arms after they were ordered by their pastor to sit in the back benches of the church.

(Trinidad Express) A woman and her two children were injured when their car was hit by a prison van and a police vehicle at the O’meara traffic lights on the Churchill Roosevelt Highway on Monday.

CARACAS,  (Reuters) – Venezuela removed eight tonnes of gold from the central bank’s vaults last week, and the cash-strapped socialist state is expected to sell the bullion abroad as it seeks to raise hard currency in the face of U.S.

BANGKOK,  (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – At least 11 million people in India risk being uprooted from their homes and land as authorities build highways and airports and cordon off forests, activists said on Tuesday, undermining a government push to provide housing for all citizens by 2022.

MUMBAI,  (Reuters) – West Indies are replete with match-winners but consistency will be key to their success in English conditions at this year’s World Cup, batting great Brian Lara has said.

With both the government and opposition committing to peacefully accepting the decision of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) on the validity of last December’s no-confidence vote, US Ambassador to Guyana Sarah-Ann Lynch is hopeful that they will honour their commitments.

Recently-accredited United States Ambassador Sarah-Ann Lynch says there have been no complaints to the United States Embassy about the current political environment negatively impacting American business interests here.

A New York-based Guyanese woman is preparing to bring a lawsuit against the Government of Guyana and the Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU) after she was subjected to a cavity search at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA), Timehri.

A Lethem hotelier was yesterday remanded to prison after he was charged with the illegal possession of 118 pounds of cannabis and 3.5 pounds of cocaine as well as attempting to bribe police to discontinue the investigation.

A visiting delegation of European Union (EU) ambassadors yesterday began a series of planned engagements that will target ministers, the opposition and other key stakeholders and governance was among the issues on the agenda.

CHANDIGARH, India, CMC – Talismanic West Indies left-handed opener Chris Gayle failed to ignite, but K.L.

A mechanic was yesterday charged in Georgetown over the rape of a 15-year-old girl.

Chanderpaul Ramraj and Andre Seepersaud yesterday spun Demerara to a nine-wicket win over Berbice in the opening round of the Bel-Air Rubis/ Guyana Cricket Board Inter-County U-17 tournament at  the Georgetown Cricket Club ground, Bourda.

Fruta Conquerors secured their first point of the CONCACAF Caribbean Club Shield battling to a scoreless draw with Jong Holland on Sunday at the Ergilio Hato Stadium, Curacao.

Despite the commitments made by the government and the opposition, their Members of Parliament (MPs) with dual citizenship have yet to submit their resignations to the Speaker of the National Assembly in order to comply with recent rulings of the High Court and the Guyana Court of Appeal.

The Guyana Hockey Board (GHB) Under-20 and second-division Developmental Leagues got underway Saturday with the staging of a number of matches at the weekend at the Saint Stanislaus College (SSC) ground.

Jarrell Duke, 21, was yesterday afternoon cleared of a charge that he raped a six-year-old boy while he was a teenager.

The Muslim Youth Organisation (MYO) on Sunday defeated Ace Warriors by 10-wickets in the latest round of the Noble House Seafoods second-division two-day cricket competition at the MYO ground, Woolford Avenue.

A mosquito infestation at the Freeburg Secondary School, Werk-en-Rust, Georgetown, has forced the Ministry of Education to cancel classes at the school.

A Bartica family lost their home yesterday, after an early morning fire quickly ravaged their two-bedroom flat.

Capital FC upset Botofago while Eagles United downed Topp XX in the quarterfinal round on Sunday in the inaugural Linden Mayors Cup Knockout Football championships.

While reiterating that there would be zero tolerance for corruption within the Guyana Police Force, Commissioner of Police Leslie James yesterday said ranks who are unhappy with their salaries should resign rather than seeking to benefit from corrupt practices.

TAMPA, Florida,  CMC – Bermudian Zeiko Lewis and fellow midfielder Neco Brett of Jamaica led three Caribbean players that scored in United Soccer League Championship matches over the weekend.

The Golden State Warriors celebrated their final regular-season game in Oracle Arena with a third-quarter explosion Sunday night, producing a 131-104 win over the Los Angeles Clippers in Oakland, Calif.,

Commissioner of Police Leslie James yesterday said the ranks implicated in the alleged brutalisation of four teenage boys at the Charity Police Station last week are still on duty while an internal investigation is underway.

(Reuters) – A U.S. judge yesterday halted the Trump administration’s policy of sending some asylum seekers back across the southern border to wait out their cases in Mexico, stopping a program the government planned to expand to stem a recent flood of migrants.

The widow of Gowkarran Narine, the Essequibo labourer who succumbed last Friday, hours after he allegedly injured himself while chopping wood, has been taken into custody for questioning in relation to his death.

Dear Editor, On Sunday evening I disembarked a Route 32 bus at Stabroek Square from an Athletics Track Meet at the Leonora Stadium.

A century from West Indies under – 16 batsman Mavendra Dindyal underlined  a 44-run win for the national Select Uunder – 15 side over Essequibo in the opening round of the Rubis Bel Air Under-17 Inter County tournament at Enmore yesterday.

BOGOTA,  (Reuters) – Armed groups had planned an attack on Colombian President Ivan Duque when he meets today with leaders of indigenous communities, the country’s attorney general said.

(Jamaica Observer) The police have arrested a man accused of fraudulently collecting money to assist several people with acquiring United States visas.

(Reuters) – Eden Hazard’s stunning individual performance earned Chelsea a 2-0 win over West Ham United which hoisted them into third spot in the Premier League yesterday.

Over $17M in Presidential Grants were presented to Santa Rosa and its satellites communities in the Moruca sub-district, Barima-Waini on Sunday, according to the Department of Public Information (DPI).

Dear Editor, In my long thirty years association with the game of cricket, I have witnessed many dedicated and hard-working cricketers but none of them came close to the commitment and sacrifice that I have seen from Erva Giddings.

Santos secured their second win in the GFF Elite League on Sunday, defeating Buxton United 1-0 at the Eve Leary ground.

TRIPOLI/BENGHAZI, Libya,  (Reuters) – A warplane attacked Tripoli’s only functioning airport yesterday as eastern forces advancing on the Libyan capital disregarded international appeals for a truce in the latest of a cycle of warfare since Muammar Gaddafi’s fall in 2011.

The fatal shooting of Bare Root, East Coast Demerara resident, Teon Maxwell by the police on Saturday, has raised questions about breaches of the Guyana Police Force’s Standard Operating Procedures (SOP’s).

Dear Editor, I love Linden, too. However, I do not love it for the opportunity to satisfy my own aggrandizement; I love it because the forceps did not crack my skull and the hands of a caring nurse placed me, wrapped in a blanket, into the bosom of my mother, in a ward and under the roof of the Mackenzie Hospital.

(Trinidad Guardian) A 29-year-old man from Ari­ma has been de­nied bail af­ter ap­pear­ing in court charged with mon­ey laun­der­ing close to $300,000 that was stolen from the San Juan/Laven­tille Re­gion­al Cor­po­ra­tion (SJL­RC) in a mul­ti-mil­lion fraud scam.

LONDON, CMC – Discarded West Indies fast bowler Fidel Edwards grabbed two of the last six Essex wickets to help Hampshire complete an innings and 87-run victory in their Division 1 contest of the English County Championship yesterday.

LONDON,  (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – DNA tests have shown that American Revolutionary War hero Casimir Pulaski was almost certainly intersex, a documentary to be broadcast yesterday would reveal.

ANSA McAL Trading Limited (AMTL) has added over 50 products to its distribution line, including Colombian coffee, Jamaican biscuits and paper products from the United Arab Emirates.

(Trinidad Express) The Hispania Spirit, the LNG tanker on which $120 million in cocaine was found at a port at Atlantic in Point Fortin last week, has left Trinidad.

Dear Editor, When does this political nonsense stop? How could anyone believe that certain shabby, at least suspect, practices will not see the light of day? 

Dear Editor, At this time, we join in celebrating the 94th birth anniversary of a great Guyanese gentleman, an icon in his own right, Eusi Kwayana.

WASHINGTON/DUBAI,  (Reuters) – President Donald Trump said yesterday he would name Iran’s elite Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps a terrorist organization, in an unprecedented step that drew Iranian condemnation and raised concerns about retaliatory attacks on U.S.

By Luis Alberto Moreno President of the Inter-American Development Bank For many people in the Caribbean, mentioning the Arabian Gulf is likely to conjure up images of a distant desert.

The Stag Beer Easter Futsal championship continues today with another round of matches at the National Gymnasium, Mandela Avenue.

(Barbados Nation) Trinidad Cement Limited  (TCL) isn’t planning on waiting for the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) to determine what’s next in the cement war against Barbados-based Rock Hard Cement after all.

The Georgetown City Council finally has its full complement of councilors following the swearing in of Councillor Dwayne Adams.

The Linden Town Week Secondary Schools basketball competition will commence tomorrow with a doubleheader at the Mackenzie High School [MHS] Court.

(Trinidad Guardian) The con­tracts for “Keep and Car­ry” firearms for pris­ons of­fi­cers were ex­pect­ed to be signed yester­day.

Dear Editor, I respectfully request that you grant me some space in your letter column to call on the Government of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana (Ministry of Communities) to further modify the Condominium Regulations and Miscellaneous Act Chapter 36.22 Act .4 1989, amended by 20 of 1991, under the Laws of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana, in order that the conflicts and animosity which presently exist between neighbours in the existing previously owned Government condominium housing schemes, which are now privately owned, would cease to exist.

CARACAS,  (Reuters) – Venezuela will “fulfill its commitments” to Cuba despite United States sanctions targeting oil shipments from the South American country to its ideological ally, Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza said yesterday.

NEW YORK – In medical school, we learned about the ghastly effects of severe protein-calorie malnutrition.

A clerk was yesterday granted bail after he denied stealing over $150,000 in goods from Survival Supermarket.

Each time that City Hall appears to have plumbed the depths of ineptitude in the course of the discharge (or lack thereof) of its responsibilities to the capital many of us are probably inclined to think that the municipality finally has reached the base of its ineptness or perhaps that it may even be in the process of a long-awaited ascent towards enhanced competence, where, at least, the surprise and shock afforded by its underperformance are both less persistent and less severe and that things can only get better.

The City Constabulary is investigating a robbery which occurred at the East Ruimveldt daycare last Thursday.