Daily Archive: Tuesday, June 4, 2019

(Trinidad Express) A drive-through robbery was carried out at a Burger King outlet located at the Gulf City Mall, La Romaine, on Monday night.

Naomi Adams, one of five teens accused of killing retired professor Pariedeau Mars at his Prashad Nagar home, is now awaiting sentencing after pleading guilty to a manslaughter charge.

The National Emergency Monitoring System (NEMS) is currently monitoring an eruption of natural gas in Mabaruma, Region One that occurred sometime this morning.

MUMBAI,  (Reuters) – West Indies are the most watchable side in this year’s Cricket World Cup and every team will be wary of facing them, former Australia captain Steve Waugh has said.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump waded into Britain’s political crisis yesterday by telephoning Boris Johnson, the Brexit-supporting favourite to succeed outgoing Prime Minister Theresa May.

(Jamaica Observer) A teacher who was chopped and injured in the parish last Thursday, allegedly by her child’s father, is still undergoing treatment in hospital.

(Jamaica Observer) MONTEGO BAY, St James — Police were, up to late yesterday evening, combing the home of popular Montego Bay businessman Raymond Kerr after his decomposing body was found with multiple stab wounds and his throat slashed.

(Trinidad Guardian) The Ja­maican man want­ed by lo­cal au­thor­i­ties for es­cap­ing from a hold­ing room at Pi­ar­co In­ter­na­tion­al Air­port on Fri­day says he is now fear­ful for his life.

The Special Purpose Unit (SPU) established to facilitate the privatisation of the three sugar estates closed by the APNU+AFC government is hoping to complete its first sale in July even as it says it is battling to access information from the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo).

Police investigators are still trying to determine how the accident that claimed the life of seven-year-old Ciarra Benjamin occurred along the Agricola Public Road on Saturday afternoon, Traffic Chief Linden Isles said yesterday.

Relatives are seeking answers in relation to a Berbice woman and her baby, who died within a day of each other, following the infant’s delivery at the New Amsterdam Public Hospital.

A city magistrate yesterday found two men guilty of trafficking 20.6 pounds of cocaine, which had been found in frozen fish by the Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU) at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA), and sentenced them to four years in prison and fined them $25 million each.

Even as it complains that the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) is not accounting for monies provided through the $30b bond acquired for the industry, the Special Purpose Unit (SPU) has said it will continue to fund the company.

Police in ‘C’ division are investigating the death of a Goed Intent, West Bank Demerara (WBD) labourer, whose partially decomposed body was found outside of his home.

Over 600 farmers stand to be affected by flooding in Region Five if breaches in the sea defence are not fixed soon, Regional Chairman Vickchand Ramphal said.

A businessman was yesterday faced with six charges, including resisting arrest and assaulting two police officers, after he reportedly got into an argument with his ex-wife’s current husband.

Commissioner of Police Leslie James yesterday maintained that despite a few “sensational” crimes of recent, there has not been an upsurge.

NOTTINGHAM, England, CMC – Reigning world champion Australian will hold no terrors for a confident West Indies, when the two teams clash at Trent Bridge in their second outings in the ICC World Cup here Thursday.

Brian Cumberbatch What I see in this World Cup is it got a lot of upset, no one team ain’t getting a run to the final ok, you got to play.

Eight charges, including failure to give notice of termination and to pay severance, were yesterday laid against Guyana Stores Limited by the Department of Labour on behalf of two former porters who were dismissed by the company.

Guyana Jaguars skipper Leon Johnson will lead an exciting bunch during this weekend’s four-team UDeCOTT T10 International Cricket Tournament in Trinidad and Tobago.

Senior Magistrate Leron Daly is expected to make a ruling in the next two weeks on whether a case has been made out against Maryann Daby, who is charged with the attempted murder of a police officer.

Coach Esuan Crandon says he is steadfast about ensuring that Guyana secures the Regional first-class double.

A Black Bush Polder man who was nabbed by police last Thursday, was yesterday remanded to prison after being charged with the possession of narcotics.

The village of Aishalton is now virtually cut off from Lethem in Region Nine after torrential rains and a flash flood over the weekend destroyed a culvert and washed away sections of a bridge.

NOTTINGHAM, England, (Reuters) – Pakistan beat England by 14 runs at Trent Bridge yesterday as the World Cup’s first centuries from Joe Root and Jos Buttler were not enough to help the hosts and pre-tournament favourites overhaul the huge target of 349 set for them.

Dear Editor,  The following response is to a letter `Unless there is a change in GTUC’s stance on university matters, UG unions will withdraw from it’ emanating from the UGSSA and UGWU that was published in the Stabroek News of 30th May, 2019.

The sergeant who is the main suspect in the incident which allegedly caused the death of Special Lance Corporal Carlos Alleyne, remains on duty.

(Reuters) – Sri Lanka’s batsmen must show more patience under pressure in today’s “must-win” encounter against World Cup dark horses Afghanistan to put their crushing opening-round defeat behind them, pacer Lasith Malinga said yesterday.

Dear Editor, One of the features of our country’s history is the role that the media played in political developments.

Dear Editor, Now that the largesse from our oil riches is about to make its appearance in the country’s coffers and perhaps pockets of some, the clamour for a share of national endowment as a matter of ancestral right is becoming more frequent and getting louder and more insistent.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – The U.S. government is gearing up to investigate whether Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google misuse their massive market power, sources told Reuters yesterday, setting up what could be an unprecedented, wide-ranging probe of some of the world’s largest companies.

Botofago was crowned the Upper Demerara Football Association [UDFA] Zone Champion of the KFC Independence U20 Club Knockout Football Championship, edging Amelia’s Ward Panthers on penalty kicks on Sunday at the Mackenzie Sports Club [MSC] ground, Linden.

Although the National Drainage and Irrigation Authority (NDIA) has been assisting the Neighbourhoood and Regional Democratic Councils to relieve the community of Black Bush Polder, Corentyne  from flooding, the NDIA says it cannot be blamed for the problem which began after heavy rains on May 24th.

A comprehensive all-round performance from Achievers’ captain Kevin Sinclair spurred his side to a 188-run victory over D’Edward Cricket Club on the first day of their West Berbice Cricket Association/Anil Lalsa Construction two-day intermediate tournament at the Bush Lot ground on Saturday.

Dear Editor, In a letter on me published in this newspaper on June 2, Lincoln Lewis wrote: “It is becoming more evident that Kissoon is behind the confusion in the University of Guyana (UG) industrial environment.

(BBC) The BBC yesterday morning exposed how oil giant BP promised as much as $10 billion to one of the world’s most notorious businessmen, in exchange for a stake in much coveted natural gas fields off the coast of Senegal.

Chief Labour Officer Charles Ogle has invited 27 oil and  gas contractors to a meeting on Friday to discuss the “basic element of employment relationship”, a statement from the Ministry of Social Protection said yesterday.

Minister of Public Infrastructure, David Patterson, will meet with his counterpart in Suriname this week to put systems in place for the continuation of the Suriname-Guyana ferry service.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Donald Trump and Queen Elizabeth hailed the bonds between the United States and the United Kingdom on Monday after the U.S.

LONDON, CMC – Former Australia captain Steve Waugh has described West Indies as “the most watchable team” in the ICC World Cup and has warned the reigning World champions to be wary of underdogs when they meet on Thursday at Trent Bridge.

Dear Editor,  An outstanding African-Guyanese freedom fighter and revolutionary has made the transition.

CAIRO,  (Reuters) – Sudan’s Transitional Military Council (TMC) said yesterday it canceled all previous agreements with the main opposition coalition and called for snap elections following deadly violence in the capital Khartoum after security forces moved to disperse the main protest camp outside the Defense Ministry.

Part one of a three-component workshop on Care for the Elderly, which is being spearheaded by the Office of the First Lady, began yesterday at the Guyana Red Cross Society (GRCS), where 27 women were participants.

(Trinidad Guardian) A de­ci­sion by Di­rec­tor of Pub­lic Pros­e­cu­tions (DPP) Roger Gas­pard, SC, to con­tin­ue to pros­e­cute a triple mur­der case af­ter the State’s main wit­ness ad­mit­ted to fab­ri­cat­ing ev­i­dence has led to three men be­ing freed.

Dear Editor, Yesterday I read with great interest in the Stabroek News that the `City Chamber Head says SARA probe of oil blocks `waste of time.’’

TORONTO — It was as if the Golden State Warriors decided enough was enough.

By  Zhang Jun SHANGHAI – Just when a trade agreement between the United States and China appeared to be in sight, negotiators found themselves back at square one.

Dear Editor, The failure of ‘the police’ to immediately respond to reports of various transgressions continues to be blamed on the non-availability of police vehicles.

In yesterday’s Accountability column by Anand Goolsarran headed `The proposed special investigation/value-for-money review of the CJIA expansion project’, it was stated that the contract for the expansion of the Cheddi Jagan International Airport was signed by the then Minister of Public Works, Robeson Benn in Jamaica.

TEGUCIGALPA, (Reuters) – Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez’s decision to repeal decrees that have sparked violent demonstrations against his government in recent days failed to stop protesters from returning to the streets on Monday.

PARIS,  (Reuters) – Defending champion Simona Halep continued to tighten her grip on the French Open as she demolished Polish teenager Iga Swiatek to reach the quarter-finals yesterday.

We begin from the perspective that traffic management, when added to overall law enforcement, saddles the Guyana Police Force with a level of responsibility which the human and material resources at its disposal does not allow it to deliver to the general satisfaction of the citizenry as a whole.

(Trinidad Guardian) When news came in late on Sun­day night that PH dri­ver Ru Seecha­ran’s body was found, the fam­i­ly was in a state of shock, but in par­tic­u­lar, his 87-year-old moth­er Cha­naradai Seecha­ran was dev­as­tat­ed.

Following a visit to the Stabroek area on Thursday May 30, 2019, Commissioner of Police Leslie James and a team of Senior Officers yesterday met with Chief Constable Andrew Foo at Eve Leary, where the Top Cop discussed strategies to address the situation in and around the Stabroek Market area.

Six months after Mexico’s President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s Dec. 1 inauguration, there are reasons to be worried about Mexico’s future, for reasons that go far beyond President Trump’s insane plan to impose tariffs on Mexican imports.