Daily Archive: Monday, August 19, 2019

US airline Jet Blue is likely to start services in Guyana.

(Trinidad Express) Three men who held employees of a popular ice cream establishment at gunpoint and robbed them of cash and cellphones were held on Sunday night.

KHARTOUM,  (Reuters) – Sudan’s ousted president Omar Hassan al-Bashir acknowledged receiving millions of dollars from Saudi Arabia, a police detective told a court on Monday at the start of a corruption trial that many Sudanese thought they would never see.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Vigilant nurses at the busy Spanish Town Hospital in St Catherine recently accosted a man who posed as a doctor for over a week in the accident and emergency (A&E) department.

(Trinidad Express) Radio announcer Justin Dookhi drowned in a pond at the La Vega Estate in Gran Couva on Sunday.

(Jamaica Observer) Renowned musical arranger, composer and choirmaster Noel Dexter is being remembered as a gentle giant whose legacy will be the impact of his work on thousands of Jamaicans.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Constable Merrick Nelson said his life was saved because of a swift decision by a woman and her spouse to transport him to the hospital after he sustained serious injuries resulting in a motor vehicle collision along the Spanish Town Road in Kingston on October 19 last year.

(Trinidad Guardian) A High Court Judge has blocked the de­por­ta­tion of a Ja­maican man ac­cused of drug traf­fick­ing.

Following its recent discovery of oil in commercial quantities offshore Guyana, the United Kingdom-headquartered Tullow Oil will shift operations from its Trinidad base to local shores and plans for its first shore base here are in the pipeline.

A deficit of $920 million is being projected by the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) at the end of this year.

ExxonMobil has relocated its local offices to the seven-storey Duke Street, Kingston building it has rented from businessman Rizwan Khan.

The National Insurance Scheme (NIS) is projecting a deficit of $546.7 million, a major departure from a budgeted surplus of $469.3 million.

The Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) is looking for companies to provide a number of services including operate a food/restaurant/bar concession, a cambio, and sell indigenous products at a kiosk.

Paddy bug numbers have significantly decreased since the Guyana Rice Development Board (GRDB) intensified their spraying programme.

The Guyana Power and Light (GPL) is projecting a deficit at the end of this year of $9.5b compared to the figure of $9.8b which was projected at the start of the year.

The Guyana Police Force (GPF), through its Fallen Heroes Foundation, on Friday handed over cheques to the relatives and children of nine officers who lost their lives in the line of duty over the years.

A Parfaite Harmonie, West Bank Demerara youth, who was stabbed on Thursday night as he rushed to the aid of two neighbours who were being attacked by a bandit, is recovering but remains in the Intensive Care Unit of the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH).

Seventeen members of the Maritime Administration Department (MARAD) last week participated in port security training by Chile’s DIRECTEMAR.

Guyana’s premier thoroughbred, Vera’s Finally was the odds on favourite to win yesterday’s feature C and Lower one-mile event at the overflowing Rising Sun Turf Club. 

Guyana’s Richard Chin is the lone local male player remaining in the draw while Nicolette Fernandes, Larissa Wiltshire, Mary Fung – A – Fat and Taylor Fernandes have all booked quarter-final places in the female singles category of the ongoing Senior Caribbean Singles and Doubles Championships (CASA) after day one action ended last evening at the Georgetown Club. 

Rehabilitation works at Le Repentir cemetery have been stalled due to the heavy rains and an assessment will be done to determine the way forward, Assistant City Engineer Kabila Hollingsworth says.

Tournament favorite Hard-Knocks clinched the New Era Entertainment/Mohamed’s Enterprise Futsal Championship, downing NK Ballers in the grand final on Saturday at the Mackenzie Sports Club (MSC) Tarmac, Linden. 

Minister of State,  Dawn Hastings-Williams, yesterday thanked the United States (US) Air Force New Horizons team for building three community centres, one women’s shelter and providing health services to 13, 346 persons during their exercise here from May to August 2019.

Team Cocos’ Jamaul John outsprinted a four-man pack to take the third annual Urban Benjamin Memorial Road Race yesterday in Essequibo.

A 35-year-old man, who allegedly stole $300,000 worth of articles from a mechanic shop in Charlestown, was on Friday remanded to prison after he failed to give the court a fixed address where he resides.

Exciting basketball talent Jether Dean Harris is back home with a wealth of knowledge and experience to share following his participation in the annual Quinn Cook Basketball Camp in Maryland, United States of America.

Denish Nunes, who was charged in June with possession of 60 grammes of cannabis, was on Friday told that he would have to lead his defence in the matter.

Former West Indies opening batsman Rajendra Chandrika hit an impressive century for Vikings Cricket Club recently in the 2019 Toronto and District Cricket Association Super9 50-over competition at King City venue.

National Under  – 14 Lawn Tennis player Vadeanand Resaul recorded a win and a loss on Saturday’s opening day of the COTECC Trinidad Summer Bowl Under – 14 championships in the Twin Island Republic. 

A 23-year-old man charged with possession of narcotics was granted bail when he appeared at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court on Friday.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Left-hander Darren Bravo’s form remained a worry after he failed against India here yesterday, as West Indies A suffered a batting collapse on the penultimate day of their three-day match at Coolidge Cricket Ground.

A Sophia woman accused of stealing money from another woman was granted bail when she appeared at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court on Friday.

Dear Editor, On Wednesday last, Chief Justice Roxane George-Wiltshire ruled, that names cannot be removed from the National Register of Registrants, other than upon grounds stated in the Constitution and the National Registration Act and in accordance with the procedure laid down in that Act.

HONG KONG,  (Reuters) – Hundreds of thousands of anti-government protesters rallied peacefully in Hong Kong yesterday, filling major thoroughfares under torrential downpours in the eleventh week of what have been often violent demonstrations in the Asian financial hub.

LONDON, (Reuters) – The second Ashes test was drawn as Australia, chasing 267 to beat England, ended on 154 for six after an absorbing final day at Lord’s yesterday.

Dear Editor, A power sharing announcement came. No! It was not about Guyana.

Drainage and security issues in the Profit/Foulis area on the West Coast of Berbice will be addressed.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump and top White House officials dismissed concerns that economic growth may be faltering, saying yesterday they saw little risk of recession despite a volatile week on global bond markets, and insisting their trade war with China was doing no damage to the United States.

Dear Editor, The current debate over the unexpected and unexplained arrival of thousands of Haitians all of a sudden in our country was bound to attract national attention.

Residents of Mahaicony in Region 5 have called for the re-opening of the sub-office of the Regional Democratic Council (RDC) in the area.

MORRISTOWN, New Jersey,  (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump yesterday said he did not want the United States to do business with China’s Huawei even as the administration weighs whether to extend a grace period for the company.

(Reuters) – Justin Thomas faltered in the final round at the BMW Championship yesterday but held on for an ultimately comfortable three-stroke victory at Medinah in suburban Chicago.

Dear Editor, Immediately after the change of government, signs could be seen all over signalling that things might be looking better.

(Reuters) – Russian Daniil Medvedev survived cramps and tantrum where he cracked a racquet to clinch his first Masters 1000 title yesterday with a 7-6(3) 6-4 win over David Goffin in the final of the Cincinnati Masters.

The rule of law is a cornerstone of democracy. This is also enshrined in the Commonwealth Charter and the Commonwealth Latimer House Principles. 

By Clare Anderson Clare Anderson is Professor of History at the University of Leicester.

Dear Editor, “Supporting the truth, even when it is unpopular, shows the capacity for honesty and integrity” – Steve Brunkhorst Every Guyanese that embraces truth and that would proudly divorce themselves from the politics of racism would agree that Elections in Guyana is being unnecessarily delayed by the APNU+AFC Government that is desperately holding onto power.

Tullow Oil, on the heels of its recent discovery of crude oil in Guyana’s waters has partnered with local NGO EPIC Guyana to support their 16th annual back-to-school drive.

In the aftermath of the June 18, 2019  ruling by the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) throwing out the government’s challenge to the December 21, 2018 motion of no confidence and dismissing the appointment of GECOM Chairman Justice Patterson as unconstitutional, it is important to keep reminding those in power what has been ordained in relation to the holding of general elections so that they can either comply or continue to register their defiance for all to see.

KABUL,  (Reuters) – The Islamic State militant group claimed responsibility yesterday for a suicide blast at a wedding reception in Afghanistan that killed 63 people, underlining the dangers the country faces even if the Taliban agrees to a pact with the United States.

(Trinidad Guardian) Di­ag­nosed with cere­bral pal­sy at birth years ago, doc­tors ini­tial­ly said Josi­ah At­i­ba Man­dela Thomas might nev­er walk or talk.