Articles published on Thursday, April 11, 2019
ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – New Cricket West Indies president Ricky Skerritt said the decision to appoint Floyd Reifer and Robert Haynes to interim positions of head coach and chairman of its selection panel respectively, was designed to try and bring back a “sense of pride and aspiration” to the West Indies team.
The Ministry of the Presidency today rejected claims by the opposition PPP that the country has not been kept abreast of the whereabouts of President David Granger.
(Trinidad Express) A MAYARO mother was killed after she threw herself in front of a moving vehicle on Wednesday night.
(Trinidad Express) There are 77 police stations spread throughout Trinidad and Tobago, manned by 2,300 police officers.
A section of the Georgetown Public Hospital this morning suffered a power cut following an electrical problem.
KHARTOUM, (Reuters) – President Omar al-Bashir, who ruled Sudan in autocratic style for 30 years, was today overthrown and arrested in a coup by the armed forces.
LONDON, (Reuters) – WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was arrested by British police and carried out of the Ecuadorean embassy today after his South American hosts abruptly revoked his seven-year asylum in a move his supporters said was illegal.
(Barbados Nation) A screaming prankster and his friend, who barged into a church disrupting its service last week and scaring members, have been condemned by the minister for the social media antic.
(Jamaica Observer) “DADDY, don’t kill Mommy” was the earnest cry of a 12-year-old girl when her father chased her mother and shot her before killing himself on Waltham Park Road yesterday.
(Trinidad Guardian) Officers of the TTPS Child Protection Unit in Tobago are investigating a series of inappropriate, vile, text messages sent to a 15-year-old schoolboy from a social media account of a Tobago House of Assembly (THA) employee.
(Jamaica Gleaner) Three prominent local ministers of religion who are marriage officers have made it clear that they have no intention of performing any such ceremony, should Jamaica head down the path the Cayman Islands seems headed.
(Trinidad Newsday) A Marabella father died after he was crushed by a machine at his job in Chaguanas on Tuesday afternoon.
(Trinidad Guardian) A self-confessed panty thief was sent to prison for four years on Wednesday after eluding officers for almost a year.
Russell Lancaster, the manager of the communications and production company owned by Minister of Public Telecommunications Cathy Hughes, says he was personally approached by the Department of Energy (DoE) concerning some work for the agency and in turn, asked that it be transferred to the company.
The new US Ambassador to Guyana has lauded this country’s humanitarian efforts on behalf of fleeing Venezuelans and says Washington is prepared to have discussions on providing assistance, noting that the health sector is under stress.
Former acting Region Three Hospital Administrator Sanjah Persaud, has lost his bid at being reinstated to that position, owing among other things, to the fact that he was not qualified for the post in the first place.
Dual citizen parliamentarian Dr Rupert Roopnaraine has submitted his letter of resignation to the Speaker of the National Assembly but the six other dual citizen Members of Parliament (MPs) on the government and opposition sides are yet to do so.
Searches at all ports throughout the country will continue in keeping with the Cus-toms Anti-Narcotic Unit’s (CANU) mandate in an effort to curb the occurrence of trafficking in narcotics, the agency’s Legal Officer Konyo Sandiford says.
Father and son—Sukhdeo and Ishwar Dharamdat are likely to the know their fate later today after a jury deliberates on the case leveled against them for the 2015 murder of their neighbour, Suresh Nandkishore.
Desmond Hamer, the licensed firearm holder who allegedly shot and injured his reputed wife during an attack on Sunday morning at Third Avenue, Beach Front, Bartica, was yesterday charged with attempted murder and remanded to prison.
Passengers travelling by boat would now able to confirm that those operating the vessels have been certified to do so, thanks to a new initiative, which requires vessels to display Maritime Administration Department (MARAD) stickers identifying the route they are plying.
The Region Four (Demerara-Mahaica) Democratic Council, yesterday awarded $67 million in contracts to eight contractors, to facilitate a number of road works, as well as to carry out construction works at the St.
An expanded range of free medical tests are now available at the Mahaicony Diagnostic Centre and Fort Wellington Hospital, eliminating the need for residents of Region Five to travel to Georgetown.
Residents of Coomacka Village in Region Ten will soon benefit from a series of drainage works which are expected to relieve their flooding issues.
A 28-year-old labourer, who is accused of fatally stabbing his co-worker during a drinking spree near the mouth of the Pomeroon River on Saturday morning, was yesterday remanded to prison, after being arraigned on a murder charge.
A taxi-driver who was charged with trafficking over eight pounds of cannabis reportedly found in the trunk of the car he had been driving, was yesterday sentenced to three years for the crime, and fined $1.7 million.
Demerara retained the Guyana Cricket Board Inter-County under-17 tournament after marching to their third consecutive victory by defeating the Select Under-15 by two runs at the Everest Cricket Club ground, yesterday.
The police in ‘G’ Division have released the widow of Gowkarran Narine, the Essequibo labourer who succumbed last Friday after an autopsy confirmed that his neck wound was self-inflicted.
A rank from the city police outpost was yesterday granted bail, after he was accused of discharging a loaded firearm at a minibus driver during an argument.
MANCHESTER, England, (Reuters) – Barcelona overcame a punchless Manchester United to take the upper hand in their Champions League quarter-final after Luke Shaw’s own goal gave them a 1-0 first-leg victory at Old Trafford yesterday.
Former New Building Society (NBS) manager Kent Vincent was sacked in 2007, not because of any inefficiency in his performance, but rather partly because of his refusal to attend a meeting called by Board of Directors of the financial institution.
For fans and followers of national youth squash player Shomari Wiltshire, the genius tag to describe his sprawling efforts on the squash court will amount to little or no debate.
Essequibo, yesterday were routed for 41 runs in the final round of the Rubis Bel Air Under-17 Inter County tournament at the Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC) in a 136-run loss to Berbice to bring the curtains down on the tournament.
Eighteen Caribbean countries will congregate at the US Southern Command headquarters in Miami, Florida, to meet with the US Deputy Secretary of State, John J.
After admitting to hitting the mother of his children about her head with a soft drinks case and threatening to not stop beating her until she died, a mechanic was on Tuesday sentenced to 18 months in jail.
Keevin Allicock will be representing Guyana at the 2019 Pan Am Games in Lima, Peru.
The Guyana Water Inc (GWI) has completed the geo-physical logging of 100 wells along Guyana’s coast, the first phase for formulating a groundwater management plan.
The Golden Jaguars were drawn in Group-D of the 2019 CONCACAf Gold Cup following the official draw yesterday in Los Angeles.
Despite a police presence at the Stabroek Market Square, robberies and attempted robberies are still being committed on persons who frequent the area to conduct business or visit.
JERUSALEM, (Reuters) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu secured a clear path to re-election yesterday, with religious-rightist parties set to hand him a parliamentary majority and his main challenger conceding defeat.
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Fast bowling legend Michael Holding has warned the new Cricket West Indies leadership against axing interim head coach Richard Pybus ahead of next month’s ICC World Cup without first consulting the players.
LIMA, (Reuters) – A Peruvian judge ordered the arrest of former President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski yesterday while also authorizing a search of several properties as part of a probe into a bribery scheme linked to scandal-plagued Brazilian builder Odebrecht.
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Legendary former captain, Clive Lloyd, wants to see West Indies players making a stronger commitment to the Caribbean side and has also urged the new Cricket West Indies leadership focus on improved treatment of players.
A date was on Tuesday set for the commencement of the Preliminary Inquiry (PI) into the murder charge against two men arraigned for the fatal shooting of taxi driver Kelvin Walters.
LONDON, (Reuters) – Venezuela’s oil output sank to a new long-term low last month due to U.S.
Governance and the country’s business and investment climate were high on the agenda during a meeting between a delegation of European Union (EU) Ambassadors and a three-member opposition team on Tuesday.
Magic Johnson announced his resignation as Los Angeles Lakers president of basketball operations Tuesday night at an impromptu news conference before the team’s regular-season finale.
The Ministry of Education (MoE) and the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat held a special seminar on Tuesday in an effort to address the issues of learning difficulties and Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD).
Ever since capturing the WBA Gold belt in February, Lennox ‘Too Sharp’ Allen (22-0-1, 14 KOs) has not been resting on his laurels.
TRIPOLI, (Reuters) – Eastern-based forces battled troops loyal to the Tripoli government in the outskirts of Libya’s capital yesterday as thousands of residents fled the fighting.
Dear Editor, The recent exposure by the Parliamentary Opposition Leader, Mr.
SYDNEY, (Reuters) – David Warner will be driven to prove his worth to Australia when he returns to the side but will need to check his ego at the door as he is no longer an indispensable part of the team, former South African captain Graeme Smith has said.
MANAGUA, (Reuters) – A Roman Catholic bishop in Nicaragua who has been a sharp critic of the government of President Daniel Ortega said he had been the target of an assassination plot last year and that Pope Francis had invited him to relocate to Rome.
Dear Editor, On April 2nd 2019, John Hetsberger pleaded not guilty to murder but guilty to manslaughter.
Attorney General (AG) Basil Williams SC has declined again to publicly state how much Grenadian Queen’s Counsel Dr Francis Alexis was paid for his services in the no-confidence case when it was before the Guyana Court of Appeal.
COLOMBO, (Reuters) – Sri Lanka’s former defence secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who oversaw the crushing of Tamil Tiger rebels under his brother Mahinda Rajapaksa’s rule a decade ago, is being sued in two cases in the United States for his alleged role in torture and murder, according to a lawyer and court documents.
A 37-year-old vendor who was charged over the possession of narcotics, was granted bail on Tuesday.
Back Circle, Young Ballers, Hustlers and Stabroek Ballers secured victories on Tuesday in the Stag Beer Futsal Championship at the National Gymnasium, Mandela Avenue.
Dear Editor, I am writing to refute statements made by the Mr.
Dear Editor, As you are aware, the first phase of the four-lane expansion programme of the East Coast Public Road, which is from Better Hope to Annandale, is underway.
MUMBAI/BENGALURU, (Reuters) – Early this year, a dozen of Bollywood’s biggest names took a private jet from India’s film capital of Mumbai to New Delhi for a private audience with Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
(Reuters) – India captain Virat Kohli was named the ‘Leading Cricketer in the World’ for the third time in a row in this year’s edition of the Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack, the publication said yesterday.
Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) on Monday announced the winners of its poster and essay competitions in observance of World Water Day 2019.
A fire of unknown origin yesterday afternoon gutted a partially-destroyed, abandoned building at Waterloo Street, Georgetown but quick action by the Guyana Fire Service prevented it from spreading to nearby buildings.
Dear Editor, Please allow me to comment on Sir Hilary Beckles’ characterization of the disbanding of the Cricket High Performance as an act of vandalism (SN Monday April 8).
The fourth annual Royal Tapeball Cricket Academy Inter-Secondary School Championships will commence on Saturday at the Durban Park Tarmac from 8:45hrs.
(Trinidad Express) Two brothers yesterday appear-ed before a Sangre Grande magistrate charged with the shooting death of 17-year-old Isaiah Deshawn Hitlal earlier this year.
The United States Embassy is happy to answer some common questions that non-immigrant visa holders and applicants may have.
An overweight character tells his doctor, “I try to eat healthy.
Dear Editor, This writer, who holds single citizenship, but is old enough to have held a British passport before Guyana became independent, nevertheless continues to disagree very fundamentally with those who argue that the constitution is so constipated that it cannot be moved from the twentieth to the twenty-first century.
The Department of Social Cohesion, Culture, Youth and Sport, is partnering with government and other private agencies to host a youth employment drive tomorrow in an attempt to tackle unemployment.
Fruta Conquerors ended their CONCACAF Caribbean Club Shield on a disappointing note, losing 4-0 to Santiago de Cuba on Tuesday at the Dr.
(Trinidad Guardian) A self-confessed panty thief was sent to prison for four years yesterday after eluding officers for almost a year.
News earlier this week that a subterranean park is to be built in New York in the city’s old trolley tunnels created quite a buzz, but there seemed to be very little surprise that it has actually been conceptualised and is going to come to fruition.
UNITED NATIONS, (Reuters) – U.S. Vice President Mike Pence called on the United Nations yesterday to revoke the U.N.
