Articles published on Sunday, April 28, 2019
LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – Fans around the globe packed movie theaters for the debut of “Avengers: Endgame” over the weekend, pushing total ticket sales for the Walt Disney Co superhero spectacle to a stunning $1.2 billion and crushing records in dozens of countries.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Former top Justice Department official Sally Yates said today that if Donald Trump were not president, he would have been indicted on obstruction charges in Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation.
MUMBAI, (Reuters) – Andre Russell has represented West Indies in only a single one-day international since 2015 but his World Cup call-up was not surprising and the hard-hitting all-rounder is hungry to represent the Caribbean side again.
COLOMBO/KALMUNAI, (Reuters) – The father and two brothers of the suspected mastermind of Sri Lanka’s Easter Sunday bombings were killed when security forces stormed their safe house two days ago, police sources and a relative of the suicide bombers told Reuters today.
(Trinidad Guardian) “Deaf people can do anything hearing people can except hear.”
(Trinidad Guardian) A Cunupia woman was chopped to death on Friday night in one of five murders that occurred on Friday night across the country.
While the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will not have all the resources needed for complete oversight of the petroleum sector by first oil next year, Executive Director Dr.
Former State Minister Joseph Harmon yesterday warned a General Council meeting of the Peoples’ National Congress Reform (PNCR) that the upcoming general and regional elections would not be a “cakewalk” for the current APNU+AFC coalition government and urged mobilisation at all levels to ensure victory.
The opposition People’s Progressive Party (PPP) has condemned the motion passed in the National Assembly by the coalition government to offer sympathy to the widow, children and relatives of former parliamentarian Abdul Kadir, who died in a United States prison after being convicted of terrorism-related offences.
A 5.4 megawatt (MW) power plant, pegged at a cost of $1.81 billion, was commissioned yesterday at Anna Regina and Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo said it had the potential to revolutionise the lives of Essequibo residents.
A 21-year-old man was yesterday morning taken into custody after he was allegedly found at the Alpha Hotel, at Ogle, East Coast Demerara, with 80 cocaine-filled pellets, which are believed to have been intended for a drug mule.
Guadeloupe triumphed 19-5 over Guyana in the exhilarating Rugby Americas North (RAN) 15s South Zone Cup final yesterday at the National Park.
While the city has been unable to reach agreement with major firms Cevons Waste Management and Puran Brothers Waste Disposal on resumption of garbage collection in the city, they say they have attempted to renegotiate with the city and are once again considering legal action to have their contracts honoured.
Jamal John, Romello Crawford and Briton John are in Mexico to represent the Golden Arrowhead at the Pan American U23 Elite Road Cycling Championships which pedals off later this week.
Eight years after signing an agreement with the Government of Guyana for a gold mining project at Toroparu, in Region Seven, Canadian mining company Sandspring Resources says it is finalising a preliminary economic assessment for the project.
Growing up, the home of young Maxine Parris in Buxton was always filled as her parents’ benevolence stretched far and wide.
A number of Guyana’s promising junior basketball players were recently involved in a youth hoops basketball clinic which ended yesterday at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall (CASH).
Photos by Terrence Thompson The Inner Wheel Club yesterday hosted its annual Hat Show and Garden Party, in an effort to raise funds for scholarships which will benefit young adults around the country interested in pursuing training in the educational and medicinal fields.
In a replay of last year’s decider, Georgetown turned the tide, storming to the Demerara Cricket Board Under-19 Inter-Association title after beating former champions, East Bank by 164 runs in the final round yesterday.
Guyana’s leading table tennis club, Titans Table Tennis Club, yesterday hosted a successful player development seminar at the Red Cross headquarters.
The vehicle driven by office assistant Videsh Lakeram Singh, who lost his life during an accident on Friday night along the Rupert Craig Highway, is believed to have developed a mechanical problem while navigating a turn, leading to him losing control, according to survivor Rakesh Ramsaroop.
Three bandits, armed with guns, yesterday robbed a Canefield Village, East Canje, Berbice businesswoman of over $200,000 in cash and phone cards in an attack during which they also assaulted her.
The Demerara Cricket Club (DCC), Bel Air Rubis and the Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC) recorded opening round wins in the 2019 GCA/Toucan Under-15 100 overs tournament yesterday.
The annual Hamilton Green 9-Aside Inter-Ward Football Championship will resume on May 5 at the Den Amstel Community Centre ground.
A Guyanese woman has been arrested by federal authorities in the United States on charges of illegally bringing a boatload of undocumented foreigners from the Bahamas to Miami.
The two suspects who were arrested in connection with the murder of Bartica resident Perion Nicholas Bobb remain in custody as the police continue their hunt for the alleged mastermind of the crime.
JAIPUR, India, CMC – West Indies fast bowler Oshane Thomas grabbed two wickets to help his Rajasthan Royals to a comfortable seven-wicket victory over Sunrisers Hyderabad and keep their playoff hopes alive in the Indian Premier League.
Dear Editor, I am a 78-year old pensioner living alone at 55 E Robb Street, Georgetown.
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – New West Indies head coach Floyd Reifer believes if the West Indies are to win the upcoming International Cricket Council’s (ICC) World Cup competition next month in England, a lot will depend on the performances of those ‘X factors’ and the bowling department.
Dear Editor, This is my take on present-day politics at the macro level in Guyana.
Life insurance company Demerara Mutual is expected to save approximately $4.7 million this year after launching an initiative late last year to reduce the use of paper via new technological features, the company’s Mar-keting Manager Clarence Perry has said.
COLOMBO, (Reuters) – Sri Lanka’s president yesterday outlawed two Islamist groups suspected to be behind the suicide bombings on churches and hotels while the wife and child of the suspected ringleader were wounded during a military raid in safe house, his family and police said.
(Trinidad Guardian) Hours after armed police officers were called in to prevent gang violence from erupting at the Nelson Street, Port-of-Spain housing development, residents said they were fearful they may now become targets of the warring gangs.
The lucrative Banks Beer Softball League (BBSL) in Essequibo gets underway today from 9am at the Affiance No.1, Reliance, Walton Hall and Queenstown grounds with preliminary play.
The Guyana Energy Agency (GEA) on Friday evening officially commissioned nine solar-powered LED street lights which were installed in the National Park.
Dear Editor, Since January, NIS pensioners were granted an increase in their pension and, to date, nothing has been done.
(Barbados Nation) Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley has sent a strong verbal message to Cricket West Indies (CWI) led by Ricky Skerritt that it should be cautious before moving swiftly to introduce a clean sweep of the top decision-makers of a sport which comes close to religion status in the English-speaking Caribbean.
Defending champions Fruta Conquerors maintained their perfect record in the GFF Elite League with an 8-1 defeat of Victoria Kings Friday at the Georgetown Football Club [GFC] ground, Bourda.
Dear Editor, One can understand the stupefaction of Guyanese at the recent motion tabled in Parliament to honour former MP Abdul Kadir (born Michael Seaforth), a convicted terrorist, who died last year while still serving a life sentence.
When Nrityageet 40 is staged this weekend at the National Cultural Centre, it will mark the end of the longest running annual stage show in Guyana According to the Nadira and Indranie Shah Dance Troupe, Nrityageet 40, which will be held at the National Cultural Centre on May 3rd and May 4th, will be its final annual dance theatre production.
RIO DE JANEIRO, (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – A comment from President Jair Bolsonaro that Brazil must not become a “gay tourism paradise” sparked concerns that LGBT+ people will avoid traveling to the country, fearing violence, campaigners and industry representatives said on Friday.
We are 118 days into 2019. Are you on track for reaching your muscle-building and/or fat loss goals that you set out for yourself back in January?
Sol Guyana Inc yesterday hosted its annual manatee pond ‘CleanUp’ exercise.
It is generally accepted that Guyana endured a period of rigged elections between 1968 and 1985.
“University of Guyana (had a guy on a motorcycle follow me at night from all the way… [from] by Bursary to the parking lot shining a light on my ass and commenting on the things he’d do if he had access to my ass), had cases of walking on the road and had guys following me for almost my entire journey.
Vryman’s Erven Secondary School captured the first prize in the team category of the 2019 Berbice Inter-Schools Chess Championship recently.
POWAY, Calif., (Reuters) – A gunman walked into a San Diego-area synagogue crowded with Sabbath worshippers yesterday and opened fire with an assault-style rifle, killing one woman inside and wounding three others in a hate crime carried out on the last day of Passover, authorities said.
When I say that England has played a major role in Caribbean life, I’m telling you something you already know, but when I tell you I wrote a song about missing England, that has to be news to you because I never lived in England.
No doubt the coalition has now learnt the wisdom of the old adage, ‘Be careful what you wish for.’
Geneve is a small community in Canal Number One between Bordeaux and Mes Delices and obliquely opposite De Kinderen and Uitkomst, because of its small population – less than 100 residents – it is considered a hamlet, rather than a village.
(BBC) – A lot has changed in the past 18 years, according to film director Louisa Wei.
Dear Editor, I note that the Transparency Institute Guyana Inc has picked up the cudgels on the conflict(s) of interest situations that plague, and will continue to plague.
Just before Easter the Trump Administration announced multiple new sanctions on Cuba.
(Trinidad Express) A Moruga man turned into a human fireball when he was set on fire at a lime at a village bar on Easter Monday.
Introduction For the fourth week in succession, I shall continue my evaluation of the cost-price-profit profile for Guyana’s expected petroleum sector.
Snowy Egrets (Egretta thula)are most common along the coast, though they do breed patchily in inland wetlands.
Last Update: 547.82 Movement: 6.02% Current Update: 580.82 YTD Movement: 12.81%LUCAS STOCK INDEX The Lucas Stock Index (LSI) declined 0.58% during the fourth period of trading in April 2019.
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – None of this year’s Caribbean Premier League (CPL) games will be held in the US due to a poor turnout of spectators at those venues.
Tabebuia pentaphylla commonly called Pink Poui is native to South America.
For many Guyanese, knocking back a few cold beers or Guinness or, if the weekend is long enough, bottles of vodka or brown rum is a regular pastime.
When one thinks about it, the concept of “Government” is a strange one for it assumes as its fundamental premise that certain men and women – human beings like you and me – can and should be allowed to take upon themselves the right to direct the rest of us what to do, presumably for our own good.
