Daily Archive: Sunday, September 29, 2019

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – Congress is determined to get access to Donald Trump’s calls with Russian President Vladimir Putin and other world leaders, the U.S.

In light of the unusually high tides and the overtopping of the sea defenses along coastal areas especially on the West Coast of Demerara and the possibility of flooding, the Ministry of Public Health is advising that special attention be placed on your health, personal hygiene, vector control, food and water safety to avoid adverse effects of flooding.

DOHA,  (Reuters) – Jamaica’s Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce powered her way to 100 metres gold today to become the first person to win four gold medals over the distance at the athletics world championships.

(Trinidad Express) IF you’re not legally married to the man or woman you live with, you won’t be invited to bring along a guest to functions hosted by the Office of the President.

(Jamaica Observer) Fresh concern is being raised about the increasing number of younger women who are being diagnosed with breast cancer in Jamaica even though a large percentage have had no family history of the disease.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Banned from using the Montego Bay Cultural Centre for some of their Montego Bay Pride events, the LGBT group has filed a judicial review against Montego Bay Mayor Homer Davis and the St James Municipal Corporation.

HONG KONG,  (Reuters) – Hong Kong police fired water cannon, rubber bullets and round after round of tear gas at petrol-bomb and brick-throwing protesters today in some of the most widespread violence in more than three months of anti-government unrest.

(Trinidad Guardian) Ques­tions are now be­ing raised about the Min­istry of Com­mu­ni­ty De­vel­op­ment, Cul­ture and the Arts’ (MCD­CA) de­ci­sion to fork out $4,000 on a cake while min­istry work­ers claim they had been fac­ing prob­lems in the re­cent past to get ba­sic of­fice sup­plies.

Jamaul John continues to show sublime late season form. Six days after sprinting away with the Victor Macedo Memorial Road Race title outside the National Park, the Team Coco’s wheelsman took his talents inside the Park yesterday and took the spoils of the feature 35-lap event of the Laparkan Holdings multi race programme.

In the Upper Mazaruni District, Region Seven, only three-and-half hours away from the Amerindian settlement of Imbaimadai, early indigenous paintings, which partially adorn the imposing mountain near Karowrieng and Maipuri Falls, are disappearing.

Guyana’s medal hopes at the IAAF World Championships currently underway in Doha, Qatar were dashed again after 800m runner, Quamel Prince, finished sixth of eight in heat five yesterday at the Khalifa International Stadium, Doha, Qatar.

Bingo GCC Spartans yesterday retained their under-20 crown when  the 2019 Solo Drinks outdoor hockey leagues ended at the Saint Stanislaus College Ground.

By Daryll Goodchild “Always diggin’, diggin’ in people trench. Why yuh nuh move from hey, eh boi?

Guyana-born Canadian cricketer, Jeremy Gordon, has credited his latest season in the Toronto and District Super 9 as a “coming of age” run for him.

Republic Bank Limited’s (RBL) pursuit of Scotiabank was to increase its economies of scale and become more competitive but notwithstanding the unsuccessful takeover bid, the Trinidad-headquartered bank is gearing to ramp up services to the oil and gas sector.

“Crekateh” is one of the stories from Daryll Goodchild’s self-published short story collection, Crassin de Rivvah, which was launched last month in Trinidad during Carifesta.

A powerhouse quartet of experience has returned to the West Berbice Franchise ahead of next month’s Guyana Cricket Board (GCB), Cricket Guy Inc.

Residents of several West Coast Demerara (WCD) villages were forced to flee their homes as high tides early yesterday morning overtopped the seawall, flooding houses, and leaving many counting their losses.

The Wakenaam Cricket Committee has once again been on the receiving end of corporate sponsorship with Mike’s Pharmacy donating a quantity of equipment yesterday.

The knife fight in Albert-town, Georgetown that left two men dead on Friday night stemmed from an argument over the purchase of cigarettes, the police said yesterday.

On 26 September, 2019, Justice Claudette Singh, Chair of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), signed Order No.

With the scorching sun descending on the Essequibo Island of Wakenaam, the inaugural Birbal Contracting T20 final will see San Souci Jaguars taking on Good Success at the Community Center ground from 13.00 hours.

The Department of Public Information (DPI) has significantly cut the placement of state advertisement with Stabroek News and Editor-in-Chief Anand Persaud believes it is a clear “attempt to muzzle” the newspaper.

My intention was to write about the recent discontents surrounding to the alleged unwillingness of commercial banks to extend credit to small business.

Nothing is more dangerous than the over-mighty State. A State that gathers all powers to itself drains initiative away from where it does most good – at the local level, at the level of the small group, the family, the individual.

DOHA, (Reuters) – American Christian Coleman scorched to the 100 metres world championship gold medal yesterday but the crowning of the world’s fastest man could generate no more buzz than the air conditioning in a half-empty Khalifa Stadium.

A Corentyne fisherman is believed to have drowned on Friday afternoon at the outfall at Number 66 Village, Corentyne, where he had been swimming. 

Over the last 50-plus years since Tradewinds started, I’ve done a boatload of interviews – radio, TV, newspapers, magazines – in a number of countries, in the Caribbean and North America – but just this week, in a wide-ranging email from a fan, a lady from Grand Cayman came at me with a new one: “A lot of things have been written and said about Dave Martins, and while you may have to think about it I wonder if you could say how do you see yourself?”

Foreign Affairs Minister Dr. Karen Cummings has urged Guyanese in the diaspora to exercise greater vigilance as she says Guyana’s “progress and prospects” has given rise to envy and skepticism by both local and international actors.

DOHA,  (Reuters) – Sifan Hassan displayed her remarkable versatility by producing a stunning final lap to win the women’s 10,000 metres at the world athletics championships yesterday, an event she ran for the first time only in May.

With a number of foreign oil and gas companies seeking environmental control and waste service providers for their operations here, local firm Cevons Waste Management Inc is moving to position itself to meet their needs while also advocating for national policy to include provisions to aid those that lack industry experience.

Introduction Today’s column addresses the tenth and final item in my non-exhaustive list of the “top-ten economic challenges”, which Guyana will have to confront as it operationalises its coming petroleum sector.

Centuries from Kemol Savory, Andrew Lyght Jr., Amir Khan and Dwayne Adams highlighted first-round proceedings in this year’s New Building Society (NBS), Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA) second-division, forty-overs tournament yesterday. 

Former Attorney General Anil Nandlall has criticised the gazetted approval of the appointments of state councils and boards by Cabinet, which he says is continuing to illegally meet. 

Being Guyanese                                                                   Being Guyanese they judge me on the colour of my skin,  For who’s to say, they might have liked me if I were paler, you know – with just a little less melanin. 

A four-wicket haul followed by an unbeaten half century from Kevin Sinclair ensured Rose Hall Town Thunderbolts defeated Police by eight wickets in the Berbice Cricket Board/ Stag Beer 50-overs first-division tournament yesterday.

Dear Editor, Interest in the issue of the no-confidence motion and elections as a consequence, goes beyond APNU+AFC, PPP, David Granger and Bharrat Jagdeo; it is of interest to the people of Guyana and all those who are likely to be impacted, regionally and further afield.

I get told a lot that my writing is hugely based on weight loss.

Defending champions St. Pius, Soesdyke, North Georgetown and Timehri recorded emphatic wins when the 2019 edition of the Courts Pee Wee U11 football competition continued yesterday at the Ministry of Education ground, Carifesta Avenue.

At the age of 22, Abigail Brower was diagnosed with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS), a hormonal disorder which is common among women of child bearing age.

New Scheme, Hope Estate is a multi-ethnic community totalling approximately 200 residents from many different parts of Guyana.

President of the Central Corentyne Chamber of Commerce Mohammed Raffik stressed on Friday that every single Guyanese must benefit from the revenue from Guyana’s impending oil production. 

Dear Editor, Under the headline, ‘Broomes raps Bartica police over call for help’, (SN: 10/09/19), the Stabroek News reported and, I quote, “I heard this woman screaming for help in a different tone and language.

KADUNA, Nigeria (Reuters) – Nigerian authorities yesterday scrambled to find the families of hundreds of men and boys freed from a purported school where some had been kept in chains, tortured and allegedly sexually abused.

Linden unit Silver Bullets, Gold is Money, Back Circle, Showstoppers and Tiger Bay were among the winners when the ‘Beat Dem Bad’ Knockout Streetball competition commenced Friday.

LONDON (Reuters) – The government of London said it had referred Prime Minister Boris Johnson to Britain’s police watchdog for potential investigation over allegations of misconduct involving a U.S.

(Trinidad Guardian) The San­ta Rosa First Peo­ples com­mu­ni­ty said it is not in favour of renam­ing the Piarco In­ter­na­tion­al Air­port due to its con­nec­tion to the First Peo­ples’ his­to­ry.

Dear Editor, After months of political uncertainty regarding the date for general and regional elections, there are now some encouraging signs that the Guyanese electorate will head to the polls on March 2nd, 2020.

Timehri Panthers defeated Black Pearl 2-0 on Friday to conclude the group round in the 4th annual Limacol Football Championship continued at the Ministry of Education ground, Carifesta Avenue.

Lie Yang, the Chinese national who was wounded during a robbery at her America Street, George-town business on Friday, is said to be recovering well in hospital.

Nine young women are set to compete in the inaugural Miss Skeldon Heritage Resort Pageant on Saturday at the Skeldon Heritage Resort.

In disappointing news for chocolate lovers, researchers have found that contrary to an earlier report, eating dark chocolate will not improve your vision.

Dear Editor, Guyanese have neither time nor interest for any news, other than elections news.

Politics Granger says elections will be on March 2nd: President David Granger last week announced that general and regional elections will be held on March 2nd, 2020, whether or not the opposition People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) returns to Parliament and grants an extension.

The Organisation of American States (OAS) yesterday said it was looking forward to a proclamation of March 2nd as the date for the now overdue general elections here and it urged an end to the political uncertainty that has gripped Guyana.

DOHA, (Reuters) – World 100 metres champion Christian Coleman said yesterday he had not missed doping tests out of carelessness but that he could approach them more diligently in the future.

MILAN (Reuters) – Italian prosecutors are investigating the wife of Eni’s chief executive as part of a wider probe into allegations of corruption involving the oil and gas major in Congo Republic, a prosecution document seen by Reuters showed.

For five pre-teens, the next worry after excelling at the National Grade Six Assessment (NGSA) was being able to afford secondary school.

(UNWomen.org) At a high-level event during the 74th UN General Assembly, UN Women and the Council of Women World Leaders came together to lend their voices and power to the Generation Equality campaign.

(Trinidad Express) The murder of 30-year-old Curtly “Conehead” Calder in St James on Friday night has taken the homicide figure for 2019 to 400.

The inaugural Gaico seven-round chess tournament is gradually becoming more competitive as the rounds are being completed.

Last week, President Nicolás Maduro was in Moscow for talks with President Vladimir Putin. 

Today’s edition of Sunday Style features a few more pieces from local designer Pamela Fox’s latest collection, which is called ‘Guyana’s Jungle’.

People in certain occupations have a three-times-higher risk of type 2 diabetes compared to those in other jobs, probably because of lifestyle factors, a nationwide study in Sweden suggests.

RIYADH (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia said on Saturday it would issue fines for 19 offences related to public decency, such as immodest dress and public displays of affection, as the Muslim kingdom opens up to foreign tourists.

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(Reuters) – Spider-Man, the popular web-slinging superhero currently played by actor Tom Holland, will headline a new movie in 2021 and appear in a future Marvel Studios film under a deal announced Friday by Sony Corp and Walt Disney Co.

(Reuters) – Among people with diabetes who develop high blood pressure, those who delay getting it under control may be more likely to have heart attacks and strokes than their counterparts who manage it promptly, a recent study suggests.