Articles published on Thursday, May 9, 2019
(Jamaica Gleaner) Simeon Anthony Sutherland, the 20-year-old man charged with the murder of Member of Parliament Dr Lynvale Bloomfield, was today granted $800,000 bail when he appeared before the Portland Parish Court.
(Trinidad Express) Four girls were passengers on the ill-fated fishing pirogue when it capsized in rough seas on the way from Venezuela to Trinidad two weeks ago.
BELIZE CITY, (Reuters) – Belizeans have voted to ask the United Nations world court to decide Guatemala’s claim that it is the rightful owner of half of Belize’s territory, setting the scene for a resolution to a dispute that has rumbled on for centuries.
LONDON, (Reuters) – The BBC has fired a British radio presenter who tweeted an image of a chimpanzee dressed in clothes below the caption “Royal Baby leaves hospital”.
(Jamaica Observer) The police are seeking a construction worker who yesterday shot and injured two of his colleagues at the work site of the Cornwall Regional Hospital (CRH) where rehabilitation is under way.
(Barbados Nation) A goverment backbencher has frowned on the “romanticising” of the recently held Buju Banton concert.
(Trinidad Guardian) Police Commissioner Gary Griffith yesterday presented a graphic which suggested 14-year-old Naomi Nelson may have been killed by a bullet to the head from an illegal gun fired by Carenage residents and not the police.
(Jamaica Gleaner) Eleven Edwin High School students have been admitted to hospital after the taxi in which they were travelling plunged over the Grantham Bridge en route to their schoool in Frankfield, Clarendon on Wednesday morning.
(Trinidad Newsday) Education Minister Anthony Garcia has promised to get to the bottom of a report that a teacher has threatened to kill a family, which includes two students who attend the southern school where he is based.
(Barbados Nation) The “fire” within the Barbados Fire Service continues to burn.
The circumstances and justification for President David Granger’s rejection of three lists of candidates for Chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) was one of the areas that CCJ judges yesterday grilled the government’s lawyers about.
Three policemen, one of whom was also charged with raping a Venezuelan woman, were granted bail yesterday, after being jointly charged with three counts of robbery in which it is alleged they relieved Trafficking in Persons victims of over 15 pennyweights of gold.
Trinidad construction company Dipcon has moved to the courts for Finance Minister Winston Jordan be held in jail for failing to pay it the US$2,228,400.67 it was awarded since 2015.
VISAKHAPATNAM, India, CMC – West Indies all-rounder Keemo Paul grabbed three wickets and then returned to lash the winning runs as Delhi Capitals beat Sunrisers Hyderabad by two wickets with a ball to spare, to keep alive their hopes of reaching the final of the Indian Premier League yesterday.
One of the men suspected to have been involved in the murder of taxi driver Marlon Rodney, was yesterday remanded to prison after he was charged with the offence.
Space Gym products, Julio Sinclair, Carlos Petterson-Griffith and Junica Pluck took their talents to Barbados over the weekend and excelled at the StrongFit 2019.
A Special Lance Corporal succumbed at a city hospital on Saturday afternoon, hours after he was beaten by another rank while he was stationed at the Special Constabulary Headquarters on Princes Street, Wortmanville.
Days after the Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) temporarily halted pumping water from the Port Kaituma River due to quality concerns, a new well was put into service and fishing practices have been seen as the cause of the problems experienced.
Tiger Bay, Future Stars and West Front Road were amongst the teams to seal their berths to the group round, when the 4th Annual Corona Beer Futsal Championship continued on Tuesday at the National Gymnasium, Mandela Avenue.
AMSTERDAM, (Reuters) – Lucas Moura scored a stoppage-time winner to complete a hat-trick and seal a sensational 3-2 comeback win for Tottenham Hotspur to take them past Ajax Amsterdam on the away goals rule into the Champions League final yesterday.
Kenkassie Lynch, who is one of the men accused of murdering Mocha mechanic Terrence Lanferman, was yesterday found guilty of the crime and is awaiting sentencing.
Former Foreign Affairs Minister, Carl Greenidge, who was forced to step down because of his dual citizenship will remain at that ministry, President David Granger said yesterday before noting that while all the details have not yet been finalised, a key role in the ongoing border controversy with Venezuela and Guyana’s economic relations with other countries are on the cards.
AMSTERDAM, (Reuters) – Ajax Amsterdam’s teenaged captain Matthijs de Ligt described their semi-final exit from the Champions League as a “nightmare” after the Dutch side were undone by Lucas Moura’s 96th minute strike for Tottenham Hotspur yesterday.
A shortage of Banks Beer and other Banks DIH alcoholic beverages continues to sweep the country, and retailers are unsure of when they will be able to restock.
In honour of the late proprietor of the Arokium Funeral Parlour, Phillip Arokium, a 50-mile road race will pedal off this Sunday in Berbice.
President David Granger yesterday swore in two persons to the Public Utilities Commission (PUC), a body which he described as the “guardian of the public interest.”
The Guinness ‘Greatest of the Streets’ Linden Championship will resume tomorrow with several key group matches at the Silver City Hardcourt Tarmac.
The first day of the final round clash between Berbice and Demerara in the Hand-In-Hand Inter-County Under-19 three-day tournament at the Lusignan Community Centre ground was abandoned yesterday.
Trevor Williams, who was charged with shooting a man dead in 2013, was yesterday freed of the charge, after Justice Navindra Singh upheld a no-case submission.
MUMBAI, (Reuters) – All-rounders will play a key role at the upcoming 50-overs World Cup in England and Wales and India could have one of the best in Hardik Pandya, 2011 player-of-the-tournament Yuvraj Singh has told Reuters.
Guyanese looking to apply for entry positions into the oil and gas industry, will now be presented the opportunity, as Schlumberger Guyana will be hosting a career fair on Saturday.
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – International T20 star Kieron Pollard will play for his native Trinbago Knight Riders for the first time in the upcoming Caribbean Premier League.
A policeman who was accused of stealing a cellphone, along with a SIM card, from another cop during a football training session, was yesterday granted his release after he denied the allegation.
DUBLIN, Ireland, CMC – In-form strokemaker Shai Hope believes West Indies were let down by their batting, leading to their eight-wicket defeat to Bangladesh in the their second match of the Tri-Nations Series here Tuesday.
Regional Chairman of Region 10, Renis Morian, has jumped to the defence of the recently dismissed supervisor of the Kwakwani Hostel, calling her removal a great injustice, and offering to take up her case.
With the publication of Guyana’s first extractive industries transparency report, Minister of Natural Resources Raphael Trotman has said that Guyana looks forward to building on the foundation.
(Reuters) – An older Dukes ball with a more prominent seam will be used in England’s tests against Ireland and Australia this year instead of the new version being used in the County Championship, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) said yesterday.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – A Democratic-led House panel yesterday approved a measure to hold U.S.
Dante Griffith, the third man to be charged in relation to a break and entry at a Regent Street business last month, which resulted in a loss of more than $1 million to the business, was yesterday granted bail by a city court.
(Reuters) – England’s opening one-day international against Pakistan was abandoned due to persistent rain after 19 overs at The Oval yesterday.
CAYO DISTRICT, Belize, (Reuters) – Belizeans yesterday voted in a referendum on whether a top U.N.
Dear Editor, With reference to Kaieteur News (KN) articles dated May 1, May 3, May 5 and May 8, 2019, we – the Board of Directors, Management and Staff of Guyana National Printers Limited (GNPL) – find these articles dishonest, malicious, reckless and to some extent libellous reporting on the part of the KN.
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Cricket West Indies president, Ricky Skerritt, believes Barbados Cricket Association president, Conde Riley, will “feel embarrassed” when he reflects on his media tirade against recent board decisions.
PANAMA CITY, Fla./WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said yesterday that China “broke the deal” it had reached in trade talks with the United States, and vowed not to back down on imposing new tariffs on Chinese imports unless Beijing “stops cheating our workers.”
Several passengers were injured yesterday morning, after the Route 42 minibus in which they were travelling toppled along the Diamond, East Bank Demerara Public Road.
Dear Editor, Today the world is celebrating the seventy-fourth anniversary of the end of World War II.
Kawhi Leonard scored 21 points and grabbed 13 rebounds as the Toronto Raptors defeated the visiting Philadelphia 76ers 125-89 Tuesday night to take a 3-2 lead in their Eastern Conference semifinal series.
GAMAMADU, Guinea-Bissau, (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Before the ban, Chinese loggers drove straight through Gamamadu village to harvest its most important resource: the rosewood forest.
A 30-year-old Nigerian who was accused of illegally entering the country by sea, was yesterday remanded to prison after he denied the charge.
The Hinterland Employment Youth Service (HEYS) programme will soon be available to Moblissa youths, Minister within the Ministry of the Indigenous Peoples Affairs, Valerie Garrido-Lowe has announced.
MADRID, (Reuters) – World number one Naomi Osaka withstood a firm test from unseeded Spaniard Sara Sorribes Tormo to reach the last 16 of the Madrid Open on Tuesday while Simona Halep also advanced but Angelique Kerber’s tournament was ended by an ankle injury.
Dear Editor, A video clip on Facebook showing a visit by police ranks to the Office of the Leader of Opposition was probably an occurrence that generations of the late 1980’s and 1990’s nor local millennials never saw in their living memory.
WASHINGTON/LONDON, (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump yesterday imposed new sanctions on Iran, targeting revenue from its exports of industrial metals, the latest salvo in tensions between Washington and Tehran over a 2015 international accord curbing the Islamic Republic’s nuclear program.
CARACAS, (Reuters) – Venezuelan intelligence agents detained opposition leader Juan Guaido’s congressional deputy yesterday, using a tow truck to drag his vehicle away with him inside, prompting the U.S.
The Los Angeles Lakers have decided to move on from Tyronn Lue in their search for their next head coach, according to multiple reports yesterday.
Dear Editor, I could never understand why the payment system at GTT is so painfully long.
SAO PAULO, (Reuters) – Bra-zilian cane mills appear to have scrapped plans to boost sugar production this year, reverting to a heavy focus on ethanol in a shift from the start of the year, according to millers and analysts.
A 31-year-old East Coast Demerara miner was shot on Monday afternoon after he failed to return a quantity of raw gold, which he allegedly owed a Venezuelan national.
In the wake of the cyclones that ravaged parts of Africa between March and April this year, the World Bank, after extending some US$700 million in grants to Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Malawi – the countries that bore the brunt of the damage – announced that it would also boost lending to help fight poverty.
BRASILIA, (Reuters) – Eight former Brazilian environment ministers blasted new right-wing President Jair Bolsonaro and his administration in a letter yesterday, saying it is dismantling the country’s environmental protections.
We met in a mall bookstore. She was waiting to purchase the latest publication by Trinidadian historian and author, Angelo Bissessarsingh to add to her extensive collection.
Investigations into the murder of Albouystown shop owner Nalinie Persaud last Thursday, have led to the arrest of two additional suspects.
Dear Editor, The application to the court aimed at removing the State Assets Recovery Agency Director and Deputy Director reveals the lengths members of the previous administration are willing to go to avoid justice.
NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – The idea of permanent batting slots is probably irrelevant in the age of Twenty20 cricket and India should not lose sleep over a designated number four at the World Cup in England, former captain Kapil Dev said yesterday.
A 20-year-old woman was on Tuesday afternoon taken into custody after she allegedly attempted to smuggle a quantity of marijuana concealed in blue soap bars to her fiancé, who is serving time at the Lusignan Prison.
