Daily Archive: Saturday, August 17, 2019

Articles published on Saturday, August 17, 2019

Jeffrey Epstein

Official autopsy concludes Epstein’

NEW YORK,  (Reuters) – New York City’s chief medical examiner determined on Friday that suicide by hanging was the cause of death for financier Jeffrey Epstein, whose body was found six days ago in a Manhattan jail cell while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges.

Minister within the Ministry of Indigenous Peoples’ Affairs Valerie Garrido-Lowe addressing Corriverton residents at a public meeting

‘Elections will be held this year’

Minister within the Minis-try of Indigenous Peoples’ Affairs Valerie Garrido-Lowe last evening told a handful of Corriverton residents that based on information from President David Granger, general elections will be held this year.

Region One residents faced with power woes

Santa Rosa Mission, in the Moruca sub-region of the North West District, in Region One, is now without electricity due to a burst power line, while residents and businesses in the region’s Mabaruma township have had to contend with a reduction in their power supply due to mechanical problems affecting one of the generators servicing the area Regional Chairman Brentnol Ashley yesterday told Stabroek News that a power line burst while some residents were cutting a tree at Santa Rosa.

NAMILCO U17 tournament recommences with knockout format

Due to the persistent rainfall in the mining town of Linden, the Upper Demerara Football Association (UDFA) has cancelled the intended league format for the NAMILCO U17 championships and replaced it with a knockout tournament.  This was revealed by an official release from the UDFA, which stated that the decision was taken to ensure that event produces the representative for the National Playoffs.

The NK Ballers unit- from row from left to right-Rawle Gittens, Jermaine Grandison, Keon Sears, Kacy John and Kenard Simon. Back row from left to right-Travis Bess, Jamal Haynes, Donovan Francis, Joel Isaacs and Darius Frank.

Hard Knocks, NK ballers clash today in Futsal final

Tournament favorite Hard-Knocks will oppose NK Ballers today in the final of the New Era Entertainment/Mohamed’s Enterprise Futsal Tournament, following semifinal wins on Thursday at the Mackenzie Sports Club (MSC) Tarmac, Linden.  Perfect conditions were at hand for the matches which were initially rescheduled due to persistent rainfall on Wednesday.  The pristine settings led to an historic achievement, as the large fandom which swarmed the venue witnessed a combined 37 goal encounter, as Hard-Knocks downed Dave and Celina All-Stars 23-14.

Concerned about implications of Huawei involvement in national broadband project

Dear Editor, Citizens have begun to experience the impact of the Smart City System component of the Chinese funded National Broadband project; drive down any of the side-streets in villages on the East Coast Demerara (Liliendaal to Success) and chances are you will encounter vigilant policemen and women seeking to engage you away from the eyes of cameras monitored in the National Database Centre.

New Chronicle board appointed

Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo earlier this week presented instruments of appointment to the chairperson and directors of the reconstituted Board of Directors of the Guyana National Newspapers Limited (GNNL), which is the publisher of the state-owned Guyana Chronicle newspaper.

“The Kitchen” is currently playing at MovieTowne Guyana and Caribbean Cinemas.

The Kitchen’s messy women

It’s a bit telling the way that the recently released “The Kitchen” immediately draws comparisons to last year’s Steve McQueen crime film “Widows” and the upcoming Lorene Scafaria film “Hustlers”.

Peter Fonda

‘Easy Rider’ actor Peter Fonda dead at age 79

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Oscar nominated actor Peter Fonda, who played a cool and introspective motorcyclist in the 1969 film “Easy Rider” that captured the spirit of the era’s counterculture movement, died on Friday at age 79, his family said in a statement.