Daily Archive: Monday, July 8, 2019

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua – Cricket West Indies has increased the number of all-format contracts awarded to West Indies men’s players and expanded the list of centrally-contracted West Indies women’s players for the 2019-20 season.

President David Granger has intervened to prevent the jailing of Finance Minister Winston Jordan over the government’s failure to pay the more than US$2 million awarded by a court to Trinidad construction company Dipcon for road construction works.

(Trinidad Express) A Venezuelan baby boy fell 20 feet from an apartment window on Sunday.

President David Granger has nominated eight persons for position of Chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) including the former controversial holder of the post, Justice James Patterson.

GENEVA, (Reuters) – U.N. human rights chief Michelle Bachelet is “appalled” at the conditions in which the United States is keeping detained migrants and refugees, including children, her office said in a statement today.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Another year and another major award for author, community activist and human resource professional Kimberlee Shelley-Ajibolade.

(Jamaica Observer) Former chief of state protocol in the Office of the Prime Minister, Elinor Felix died yesterday after a struggle with cancer.

RIO DE JANEIRO, (Reuters) – Brazil’s Gabriel Jesus made one goal, scored another and was sent off in the second half as they beat Peru 3-1 yesterday to win the Copa America for the ninth time in a pulsating contest at the Maracana stadium.

LYON, France,  (Reuters) – The United States won a record-extending fourth women’s World Cup with a 2-0 victory over the Netherlands yesterday as second-half goals from Megan Rapinoe and Rose Lavelle confirmed their status as the leading power in the women’s game.

Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo has submitted to President David Granger the names of 11 persons he had originally nominated to fill the post of Chairperson of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) and who have agreed to have their names resubmitted.

Nine-year-old Jasmine Billingy continued her eye-catching rise after she won another local table tennis title.

Breaches in the Mahaicony, East Coast Demerara (ECD) sea defence have left rice and livestock farmers threatened by rising saltwater and some have already recorded millions in losses while others are fearful that they will lose millions more should the situation take a turn for the worse.

A quarrel over five hundred dollars has resulted in the death of a 21- year-old man at Kaneville, Grove, East Bank Demerara (EBD).

By Royston Alkins  Junior sensation Jonathan Van Lange of the Titans Table Tennis Club, mopped up his third junior national title for 2019 after he won the boys under – 13 title in the 2019 Guyana Table Tennis Association (GTTA) National Mini and Pre-Cadet Championships at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall (CASH).

By Romario Samaroo Ahead of the 2019 Hero Caribbean Premier League (CPL), assistant coach of the Jamaica Tallawahs, Ramnaresh Sarwan reckons his side is a championship team.

Attorney General (AG) Basil Williams has submitted to the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) that it should order government to return to the National Assembly to pass a resolution to extend the time to hold elections and if this is unsuccessful, that the President dissolve the House and fix a date for the polls.

An accident on the Cullen Public Road, Essequibo Coast has claimed the life of a 32-year-old Herstelling man and left another hospitalized.

Guyana’s national men’s rugby outfit missed out on clinching a berth at the 2020 Olympic Games, ending with just a single win during their Rugby Americas North (RAN) 7s Championship campaign staged this weekend in the Cayman Islands.

Marlon Bristol, the head of the Project Management Office of the Ministry of the Presidency, said that when he applied to the Guyana Lands and Surveys Commission (GLSC) for lands two years ago, he had no insider information and they were all for his specific projects.

COUVA, Trinidad, MC – Led by Jaden Carmichael’s spectacular six-wicket haul and Anderson Armudan’s half-century, the Leeward Islands produced a dominant display to post a comfortable eight-wicket win over Jamaica in the opening round of the West Indies Rising Stars Under-17 Championship here Saturday.

Residents of Houston Gardens/Plantation Houston Estates and surrounding communities have expressed grave concern about a proposal by an oil services company to store large quantities of chemicals at Industrial Site, Ruimveldt.

(Reuters) – The ‘Big Three’ of Roger Federer, Rafa Nadal and Novak Djokovic head into the second week of Wimbledon carrying the flag for the men’s game after a number of young upstarts failed to live up to their potential on the grandest stage.

Dear Editor, Guyana’s Minister of Finance, Winston Jordan, is currently before the Judiciary for Contempt of Court.

The government can easily control the impact of the absence of ring-fencing provisions in the agreement with ExxonMobil’s subsidiary by attaching conditions in each Petroleum Production Licence issued, according to commentator Christopher Ram.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, CMC – Following a solid ICC World Cup performance, West Indies middle-order batsman Nicholas Pooran has jumped over 300 places and is now among the top 100 One Day International (ODI) batsmen in the world, according to the latest MRF Tyres ICC Men’s ODI Player Rankings.

NIAMEY,  (Reuters) – African leaders launched a continental free-trade zone yesterday that if successful would unite 1.3 billion people, create a $3.4 trillion economic bloc and usher in a new era of development.

Dear Editor, On April 24, 2019 Congresswoman Maxine Waters (CA-43) led a delegation to Haiti, which included actor and human rights activist Danny Glover; journalist and Barbados national Margaret Prescod of Pacifica Radio’s “Sojourner Truth” and Women of Color/Global Women’s Strike; civil rights lawyer Walter Riley; Haitian diaspora leader Pierre Labossiere; and human rights lawyer Brian Concannon of the Institute for Justice & Democracy in Haiti.

Several police officers who provided Stabroek News with information over the past month on police corruption in ‘B’ Division are now questioning why junior ranks who aided at least one bandit and were accused of being involved in other corrupt practices, are still on active duty.

Dear Editor, Some of my colleagues at GuySuCo begged me to write to this letter, I was hesitant for months but finally decided to write it because this situation is getting worse.

Herstelling Raiders and Mocha Champs battled to a 2-2 stalemate, when the East Bank Demerara leg of the GFF/Namilco u17 Football League continued yesterday at the National Training Center, Providence.

NEW YORK,  (Reuters) – Financier Jeffrey Epstein was arrested late on Saturday on suspicion of sex trafficking of underage girls and will appear in federal court in Manhattan today, a source familiar with the matter said, meaning he will face charges similar to those he avoided in a 2007 plea deal.

A labourer of Annandale, East Coast Demerara was last night killed in a hit-and-run accident.

(Trinidad Guardian) Spec­u­la­tion by the Unit­ed Na­tion­al Con­gress (UNC) and the Move­ment for So­cial Jus­tice (MSJ) that the Gov­ern­ment will post­pone Lo­cal Gov­ern­ment Elec­tions has been rub­bished by Prime Min­is­ter Dr Kei­th Row­ley.

Though the AFC has endorsed Khemraj Ramjattan for the prime ministerial post in a probable APNU+AFC coalition for the next general elections, there has been no discussion yet on this matter by the various coalition partners. 

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Britain’s ambassador to the United States described President Donald Trump’s administration as “dysfunctional”, “clumsy” and “inept”, the Mail on Sunday newspaper reported, citing a series of confidential memos.

Dear Editor, Every year we hear so much about the one percent of school children who do well on the National Grade Six Assessment (NGSA) and earned themselves a place at Queen’s College and other top schools.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua,  CMC – Manager of Cricket West Indies’ (CWI) High Performance Programme, Graeme West has described the several age group competitions held at the regional level as “crucial” for the development of players.

(Trinidad Express) Commissioner of Police, Gary Griffith says he is taking action against human trafficking and the exploitation of women and minors, paying particular attention to night clubs, bars, and brothels where these women are being used.

MANCHESTER, England,  (Reuters) – India may have been denied first-hand experience of the threat posed by New Zealand when their World Cup group game was washed out but Virat Kohli’s men say there will be no mystery for them when the teams face off in their semi-final tomorrow at Old Trafford.

ATHENS,  (Reuters) – Greece’s opposition conservatives returned to power with a landslide victory in snap elections on Sunday, and Prime Minister elect Kyriakos Mitsotakis said he had a clear mandate for change, pledging more investments and fewer taxes.

Dear Editor, I am writing this letter out of concern for the rapid changes happening in our culture.

(Barbados Nation) DAYS AFTER the Barbados Sea Turtle Project sent out a warning about the dangers of fire pits, 25 pounds of rusty nails were collected from a few square feet of one of the island’s most popular beaches yesterday.

The Ministry of Finance recently issued a circular to the heads of all budget agencies to begin preparations for the 2020 Estimates of Revenues and Expenditures.

By Carolyn Cooper Carolyn Cooper, PhD, is a specialist on culture and development.

CARACAS, (Reuters) – Venezuela’s opposition will meet with representatives of President Nicolas Maduro’s government in Barbados for talks mediated by Norway, the parties involved said on Sunday, as part of efforts to resolve an ongoing political crisis.

(Barbados Nation) The waves of Sargassum seaweed heading toward Barbados and its neighbours could be as devastating to national economies as a strong tropical storm or a Category 1 hurricane.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Prime Minister Andrew Holness yesterday announced that a state of emergency has been declared in the police division of St Andrew South.

Dear Editor,  The news of the results were hardly assimilated when a rush with all speed was made to the region bearing gifts. 

PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – ESPN commentator and former Trinidad and Tobago goalkeeper Shaka Hislop is among several former players who are calling for president of the T&T Football Association (TTFA) David John-Williams to resign.

On June 28, an analysis on the Nasdaq stock exchange  website stated that based on a projected growth rate of 16.3% during the period 2018 to 2021, as sourced from the World Bank’s Global Economic Prospects June 2019 data, Guyana had been identified as having the fastest growing economy in the world.

Weusi Tafawa from Buxton and his wife Vilma Nicholls Tafawa from Bachelor’s Adventure reached the peak of Africa’s highest mountain, Mount Kilimanjaro, which is 19,341 feet above sea level, on July 1, 2019.

Santos was crowned the inaugural KFC National U20 football champions defeating Dynamic 3-1 in the final yesterday at the National Training Centre, Providence.