Daily Archive: Tuesday, September 10, 2019

About midway through “Portrait of a Lady on Fire,” three women sit in the living room of a house.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Former British Prime Minister Theresa May has chosen Geoffrey Boycott, one of her cricket heroes, for a knighthood, attracting criticism from domestic abuse charities.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump abruptly fired his national security adviser John Bolton, saying on Tuesday he had serious policy disagreements with his hardline aide.

JetBlue today announced a new nonstop service between New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) and Georgetown, Guyana’s Cheddi Jagan International Airport.

(Trinidad Express) The killings that started with the slaying of multi-millionaire auto and real estate dealer Sheron Sukhdeo, continue.

HONG KONG, (Reuters) – Interference by foreign parliaments in Hong Kong’s affairs is deeply regrettable, the leader of the Chinese-ruled city said today, adding that an escalation of violence cannot solve social issues in the Asian financial hub.

(Jamaica Gleaner) The police assisted by members of the Jamaica Defence Force have brought to a peaceful end a hostage situation in a reported robbery attempt at a Cash Pot outlet at the intersection of Seaward Drive and Molynes Road in St Andrew.

(Trinidad Guardian) An es­ti­mat­ed $2.4 mil­lion worth of co­caine has been de­mand­ed for the re­lease of a Venezue­lan cou­ple who was al­leged­ly kid­napped on Sat­ur­day af­ter­noon.

(Jamaica Gleaner) While the topic is difficult for most, experts believe the methods and risk factors of suicide have to be discussed if the country is to see a fall in the numbers of persons who kill themselves annually.

The Georgetown City Coun-cil yesterday passed a no-confidence motion against the Chief Constable, Andrew Foo.

A Mon Repos taxi driver ended his life yesterday by allegedly ingesting a poisonous substance, which he also forced his estranged wife and their three-year-old daughter to consume.

The Guyanese consulate in The Bahamas is working to locate several of the approximately 80 Guyanese families who have registered as residents of Grand Bahama as well as the significant number of  teachers who are operating in the public school system of the hurricane-ravaged island chain.

The Golden Jaguars suffered their second largest ever defeat against Caribbean giant Jamaica losing 4-0 yesterday at the National Track and Field Center, Leonora in their League-B matchup of the Concacaf Nations League.  The fifth ever meeting of the nations was rendered irrelevant at the end of the first half as the Jamaicans romped to a commanding 3-0 lead.  Analysis of the numbers indicate that Guyana completed 192 passes after attempting 241 at a rate of 80%.

As convicted drug trafficker Roger Khan awaits deportation to Guyana, his local lawyer, Glenn Hanoman, is suspicious about the continued delay, which he thinks may be politically-influenced.

Public Health Minister Volda Lawrence on Sunday called on recently qualified pharmacists to join the government in the battle to remove fake drugs from the local market.

Guyanese singer Johnny Braff was yesterday remembered as a “celebrity” performer, who lived life as a free spirit and brought joy to fans both at home and abroad for decades.

Gafsons Industries Limited and Farfan and Mendes have secured major government contracts for solar energy projects in the hinterland.

Dates have been set in the case where former Attorney General Anil Nandlall is seeking to compel Cabinet’s resignation.

The Ministry of Public Infrastructure has suffered over $2.5 million in losses after 28 Traffic Light Battery Units were stolen and the cabinets housing them vandalised.

As it continues to prepare contingency plans for the start of oil production offshore Guyana, the Civil Defence Commission (CDC) is expanding its main disaster relief command centre while seeking to ensure it has the needed additional staff.

The caretaker APNU+AFC administration on Friday released to the media a list of approved road contracts worth $714.51m for regions 4, 6 and 10.

The ‘Not In My House’ card set for September 28 at D’Urban Park is now official.

Minister of Youth Affairs, Simona Broomes yesterday expressed disappointment on her Facebook page at the manner in which ranks of the Bartica Police Station are executing their duties.

Guyana and the Caribbean’s bantamweight champion ‘Lightning’ Keevin Allicock is currently in Yekaterinburg, Russia to compete in his first World Boxing Championship. 

A caregiver was granted her release on $250,000 bail yesterday after being accused of stealing almost $2 million in cash and valuables from her employer.

Although the city council made a decision two weeks ago to close a section of Sussex Street due to its deplorable state, no action has been taken as yet.

It is evident when we take a look at our junior sporting talent in Guyana that many of our promising young stars shine brightly in more than one discipline, and the exceptionally special 15-year-old Kirsten Gomes is certainly another example of this.

The Guyana Hockey Board (GHB) is currently putting things in place to resume action in the Bounty Paper Towel men and women’s outdoor and second division, development hockey leagues and the Solo Soft Drinks under-20 men and women’s outdoor leagues.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Prime Minister Boris Johnson said yesterday he would not request an extension to Brexit, hours after a law came into force demanding that he delay Britain’s departure from the European Union until 2020 unless he can strike a divorce deal.

Grove construction worker Travis Garrett, who was accused of chopping his neighbour with a cutlass, yesterday had the attempted murder charge against him dismissed after his victim accepted compensation.

(Reuters) – England have named an unchanged 13-man squad for the fifth and final Ashes test against Australia at the Oval which begins on Thursday, the country’s cricket board said on Monday.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – The Trump administration yesterday credited Mexico and Central American countries with helping to cut U.S.

The Paruima Primary School in the Upper Mazaruni was commissioned over the weekend, according to the Department of Public Information (DPI).

Dear Editor, The abundance of conspiracy theories notwithstanding, one particular view attracted my attention recently.

The pregnant woman who was accused of dousing a People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) supporter with dirty water during a protest, yesterday had the charge against her dismissed.

(Reuters) – Ten Sri Lankan players, including captain Dimuth Karunaratne and veterans Lasith Malinga and Angelo Mathews, have opted out of the upcoming tour of Pakistan over security concerns, the country’s cricket board (SLC) said yesterday.

(Reuters) – The American Medical Association yesterday urged Americans to stop using electronic cigarettes of any sort until scientists have a better handle on the cause of 450 lung illnesses and at least five deaths related to the use of the products.

Dear Editor, The nature of the PNC/APNU+AFC is unfolding before our very eyes.

(Trinidad Guardian)  “A storm in a teacup and noth­ing to lose sleep­over.”

MOSCOW,  (Reuters) – Russia’s ruling United Russia party, which supports President Vladimir Putin, has lost one third of its seats in the Moscow city assembly, final polling data cited by Russian news agencies showed yesterday, in an awkward setback for the Kremlin.

Dear Editor, It is becoming increasingly apparent that the Constitution of Guyana is worth little more than the paper on which it is written.  At least that is how it is coming across in so far as the current APNU+AFC administration is  treating with the provisions of the Constitution as it relates to the no-confidence vote and the rulings of the Caribbean Court of Justice in its interpretation of the Constitution.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Cricket West Indies have sacked both Jason Holder and Carlos Brathwaite as one-day and Twenty20 captain respectively, and have appointed experienced batting all-rounder Kieron Pollard to lead the Caribbean side in the white-ball formats.

A man hired as a security guard for a Regent Street store found himself before a city court yesterday charged with stealing 12 dresses from the business.

After admitting to breaking his neighbour’s nose and damaging his glasses, a man has been given a chance to avoid prison if he can pay over a total of $60,000 in compensation by today.

GENEVA,  (Reuters) – The United Nations human rights chief said yesterday that extrajudicial killings appeared to be continuing in Venezuela and the Special Action Forces (FAES) presumed to be responsible had received support from the highest levels of government.

Dear Editor, On the 6th September, Caretaker President David Granger hosted an interactive business luncheon for stakeholders of the mining community, members of the Guyana Gold and Diamond Miners Association (GGDMA), Guyana Women Miners Organisation (GWMO)  and National Mining Syndicate (NMS)  were present and related a litany of woes to Granger; President of the GGDMA, Mr.

The Demerara Cricket Club (DCC) began their season with a crushing innings and 159-run win over Diplomats Sports Club at the weekend in the GCA Noble House Seafoods second-division two-day cricket competition.

SAO PAULO,  (Reuters) – Small gold miners that have been working on illegal pits in the Amazon rainforest blocked an important road for grains transportation in Brazil’s Para state yesterday, protesting a crackdown by the government, police said.

Dear Editor,  The headline on page 27 SN September 9 should in fact read ‘Simmons,  Ramdin star as Trinbago Knight Riders romp to third win’.

Akeem Sinclair, who is accused of stealing a woman’s gold chain, was denied his pre-trial liberty on Friday after a city magistrate was told that there is a robbery charge still pending against him.

There are those who might even argue that the right to unionization is of little more than decorative value since it is unlikely that any more than 10% of our work force is unionized anyway.

By  Martin Rees CAMBRIDGE – Biomedical advances in recent decades have been hugely beneficial – most of all for the world’s poor, whose life expectancy has increased dramatically.

Such is the revolutionary fervour of those now in charge of Britain’s government, they are testing to its democratic limits the cohesion of a country with no formal constitution.

(Barbados Nation) A school day finds Sybil Leacock in the classroom doing what she has been doing for the last 72 years – teaching.

Mocha based Riddim Squad and Timehri Panthers secured wins on Sunday in the 4th annual Limacol Football Championship. 

MARSH HARBOUR, Bahamas,  (Reuters) – Rescue workers wearing white hazard suits carried out a grim search for bodies and survivors in the hurricane-ravaged Bahamas yesterday, as relief agencies worked to deliver food and supplies over flooded roads and piles of debris.