Articles published on Saturday, July 27, 2019
The Ministry of Public Health today sounded an alert over the Ebola Virus outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo which the World Health Organisation has deemed a public health emergency of international concern.
(Trinidad Guardian) A daring robbery at a San Fernando bar Saturday was short-lived for a bandit who was killed during a shootout with police.
WELLINGTON, (Reuters) – Thousands of people protested in New Zealand today against a proposed housing development on land seen as sacred to the indigenous Māori people, despite efforts by Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern to calm the dispute.
(Trinidad Express) Akini “Dole Chadee” Adams masterminded the murders of the seven fishermen in the Gulf of Paria on Monday night.
(Trinidad Express) On her 65th birthday, Merle Singh-Subero was killed by a bullet to the head.
(Trinidad Guardian) A high court judge who has been a fierce critic of Chief Justice Ivor Archie is challenging his decision to transfer her to head the Judiciary’s new Family Court in Tobago.
(Trinidad Guardian) The military precision involved in the killing of Vaughn “Sandman” Mieres, his wife and two henchmen and the made for movie getaway prompted questions from citizens whether this was the answer to the out-of-control gang violence which left a trail of bodies in the first seven months of the year.
Twenty-seven Level One cricket coaches have begun their Level Two programme at the National Stadium, Providence in the first ever collaboration between CWI and the University of the West Indies.
The movements of citizens in and around the city can now be monitored following the activation of a Huawei-built Safe City Command Centre for the CCTV Surveillance system, a component of the US$36 million National Broadband Expansion Project (NBEP).
Guyana’s senior men’s 7s team were blanked 62-nil by the USA in their first preliminary Pool A match when the Pan American Games got underway yesterday in Lima, Peru.
President David Granger and Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday ended weeks of deadlock, leading to the selection of retired Justice of Appeal Claudette Singh SC as the new Chairperson of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), thereby clearing a key hurdle on the path towards the holding of general elections.
NORTH SOUND, Antigua, CMC – A sudden, familiar batting collapse saw West Indies A squander a strong position and leave India A with a straightforward path to victory on today’s final day of the opening four-day “Test”.
(Reuters) – Cameron Bancroft, Matthew Wade and Mitchell Marsh have earned recalls to Australia’s 17-man touring party for the Ashes series against England, while uncapped Queenslander Michael Neser is a surprise selection in the pace attack.
Lenox Shuman, Leader of the Liberty and Justice Party, has filed an action against the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) and the Attorney General to challenge the validity of the order signed by former Chairman James Patterson for the conduct of the national house-to-house registration exercise.
(Reuters) – Fast bowler Lasith Malinga said goodbye to one-day cricket in style as his devastating opening spell helped Sri Lanka beat Bangladesh by 91 runs yesterday.
A one-party government is not an ideal model for Guyana and People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) Vice-Chairman Dr George Norton yesterday said that there is no reason why the party would want to contest another election singly again.
PPP supporters yesterday once again took to the streets in front of Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) offices in various parts of the country, calling for elections and for the cancellation of the ongoing house-to-house registration exercise.
Defending champion Gold is Money, Tiger Bay, Back Circle and Albouystown-B sealed their respective berths to the quarterfinal round, when the Guinness ‘Greatest of the Streets’ Georgetown Championship continued on Thursday.
ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Left-hander Darren Bravo has been sent packing for the one-day series against India starting next month, with injury-plagued all-rounder Andre Russell also overlooked in a 14-man squad announced yesterday by West Indies selectors.
Local manufacturers’ rejection of a 40 per cent tax on refined sugar imported into the region reflects a limited understanding of market requirements, according to the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) which says that its planned white sugar product will meet the standards required by the manufacturers.
LEEDS, England, CMC – Flamboyant West Indies left-hander, Nicholas Pooran, did his growing reputation little harm with a stroke-filled knock but his efforts were not enough to prevent Yorkshire from suffering nine-run loss to Lancashire in the T20 Blast here Thursday.
Three men, who the Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU) says it intercepted during a drug deal at Parika after trading almost five pounds of cocaine, were yesterday all remanded to prison on a joint charge of possession of cocaine for trafficking.
Dear Editor, After the tumultuous and troubling, a much-needed first step has been achieved and is now official: There is a chairperson.
LONDON, (Reuters) – Ireland’s dream of pulling off one of the biggest shocks in the history of test cricket was shattered as they collapsed to 38 all out to lose by 143 runs to England at Lord’s yesterday.
A man was yesterday sentenced to two months in jail after he admitted to assaulting two minibus operators after an argument erupted when he refused to pay his fare.
Dear Editor, Whatever transpired during the meeting between former President Jagdeo and President Granger behind closed doors and deciding on a new head for GECOM, I am happy like they both are that we have finally gotten over that hurdle towards elections 2019.
(Reuters) – Pakistan fast bowler Mohammad Amir yesterday announced his retirement from test matches with immediate effect, but reaffirmed his commitment to playing white-ball cricket.
After six years, the United States Agency for International Development’s (USAID) Advancing Partners and Communities (APC) programme is coming to an end.
It has been 2 years since Guyanese Keisha Alleyne founded her business La KakeUzine in Trinidad and Tobago and she is well on her way to making a household name for herself in that country with her eye-catching and mouth-watering cakes, and possibly someday in Guyana as well.
WASHINGTON/GUATEMALA CITY, (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump yesterday said he agreed to drop the threat of economic sanctions against Guatemala after the country said it would implement new measures aimed at reducing U.S.
Dear Editor, Public Security Minister Khemraj Ramjattan made all the right noises at the recent Noise Management Training Programme for police officers.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court yesterday handed President Donald Trump a victory by letting his administration redirect $2.5 billion in money approved by Congress for the Pentagon to help build his promised wall along the U.S.-Mexico
(Reuters) – Abu Bakarr Kabba, a former Sierra Leone Football Association official, has been banned for five years for accepting bribes, the sport’s governing body FIFA said yesterday.
It is still the best thirst quencher apart from water. Lime + water + sugar = swank.
Dear Editor, Recently I have been re-reading once again Edward De Bono’s ‘Lateral Thinking for Management’, published first in 1971, then in 1982 and 1990.
(Reuters) – Following is a list of the 10 lowest scores in a single innings in test match cricket after Ireland were bowled out for 38 in a 143-run defeat by England on Friday.
SAN JUAN, (Reuters) – The resignation of Puerto Rico’s governor after mass protests has sparked a succession battle, and a Washington corporate lawyer not directly linked to the current, scandal-plagued administration could emerge as the winner.
In a renewed bid to secure the over US$2 million owed to it by government for road construction works, Trinidad engineering and construction company Dipcon, is challenging the presidential respite granted to Finance Minister Winston Jordan, who was liable to be held in criminal contempt for non-payment.
Local authorities believe the parcels of cocaine found aboard the Guyanese vessel ‘Krautsand’ in Tortola last week were likely picked up in Trinidad and Tobago.
During the winter, almost every day, I silently wish for summer to arrive.
Dear Editor, The Editorial of Kaieteur News of Thursday, July 25, 2019 is a serious analysis and it is hoped that it gets the attention of leaders of our two main political parties.
TIGNES, France, (Reuters) – Colombian Egan Bernal was catapulted into the overall lead of the Tour de France in dramatic circumstances yesterday as the 19th stage was stopped early because of a hailstorm after French hopes had faded away.
The Imperial House recently launched the Miss Guyana Teen Scholarship Pageant that seeks to empower teen girls and to contribute toward their education through scholarships.
SEOUL, (Reuters) – North Korea said yesterday its latest missile launch was a warning to South Korean “warmongers” to stop importing weapons and conducting joint military drills, a message analysts said was also aimed at the United States.
The Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GTT) has announced that its mobile coverage will be downgraded at Diamond, on the East Bank of the Demerara, where one of its cell site towers collapsed across the East Bank Demerara highway.
The Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GTT) has announced that the payment of bills through its Mobile Money Guyana (MMG) service will be free from August 1st.
GWANGJU, South Korea, (Reuters) – American swimmers smashed records and grabbed gold at the world championships on Friday, with sprint king Caeleb Dressel taking down Michael Phelps’ 100 metres butterfly world record and teenager Regan Smith lowering the women’s 200 backstroke mark.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The Trump administration yesterday renewed Chevron Corp’s licence for three months to drill for oil in Venezuela despite sanctions, a compromise between officials seeking maximum pressure to oust socialist President Nicolas Maduro and those favoring a longer renewal for the company.
JAKARTA, (Reuters) – Indonesia plans to close its eastern island of Komodo to the public next year in a bid to conserve rare Komodo dragons, the largest living species of lizard, a provincial official said on Tuesday.
The United States, the United Kingdom and Canada have welcomed the selection of retired Justice of Appeal Claudette Singh as the new Chairperson of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM).
Michael Ross, the American who was accused of forging a will earlier this year, yesterday saw the charge against him dismissed.
Guyanese international artiste Eddy Grant is expected to appear on “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” on US television channel NBC to perform his world top charted song “Electric Avenue”.
Dear Editor, Is our legal system too soft on crime? The first role of any government is to provide for the safety of its citizens.
Six hours of testimony from special prosecutor Robert Mueller highlighted the dilemma facing the Democrats in the run-up to the 2020 US election.
‘DES MOINES, Iowa, (Reuters) – Noah Lyles has left the spotlight to the 100 metres competitors at the United States national/world trials so far this week, but that will change today.
CARACAS, (Reuters) – Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on Thursday called on Colombia’s military to “disobey orders to disrupt Venezuela’s peace,” in the latest sign of deteriorating relations between the neighboring South American countries.
NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Roman Catholic Cardinal Jaime Ortega, who came to leverage a rare level of political influence in Cuba for someone outside the Communist Party and played a key role in the island’s now defunct detente with the United States, died yesterday at the age of 82.
An Albouystown fisherman is now a remanded prisoner after he was charged on Friday with wounding.
At this point, it feels almost futile to belabour the creative laziness of Disney’s penchant of turning their animated hits into “live-action” remakes.
Ssignal Productions is commemorating the 181st anniversary of emancipation with its seventh annual jazz and soul concert at the Umana Yana on Sunday, August 4.
The voices that speak the truth about sexual violence in our society should never be silenced.
Dear Editor, Choosing a name from the list was really not difficult in the end.
