Daily Archive: Monday, September 30, 2019

Under growing international pressure, President David Granger yesterday issued a proclamation which names March 2, 2020 as the date for the next General and Regional Elections.

The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) has revoked the order requiring all prospective voters for the 2020 general and regional elections to verify their registration during the upcoming claims and objections (C&O) process.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Jamaica’s top prosecutor has defended the decision by one of her deputies to withdraw rape charges against a man who was allegedly linked through DNA evidence to a string of sexual attacks in Red Hill, St Andrew, in 2015.

(Barbados Nation) Shakera Yearwood left Barbados when she was just 24 years old and headed to a land far away from home, Dubai.

(Trinidad Express) Trinidad and Tobago will see the return of Jack Warner to the political landscape.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Sherine Kidd was a picture of anguish, staring into space yesterday as she processed news that the body of her son, nine-year-old Kyle Richards, had been found.

The Ministry of Public Infrastructure today said that numerous areas along the coast have been overtopped by towering springtides and the breach of an undermined shore at Mahaicony has resulted in salt water intrusion at Bellamy and adjoining agricultural lands.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump today escalated his attacks against the lawmaker leading the impeachment inquiry against him, suggesting that Representative Adam Schiff be arrested for “treason.”

Spring tides continued to batter sea defences across the coast yesterday with flooding reported in almost every coastal region as the authorities scrambled to respond with hundreds of persons at risk. 

Following what he believes is an error in the Guyana Elections Commission’s (GECOM) announcement that all potential voters for the 2020 elections must verify their registration, opposition-nominated commissioner Sase Gunraj said that he will press for sanctions against those responsible.

A shooting on Saturday night in Amelia’s Ward, Linden, has left one man dead and his partner hospitalised.

Guyana will undergo massive development when the oil starts flowing and New York-based Guyanese would like to see free university education as a priority so that more young people would be qualified and remain there.  

In a one-sided contest at the Wakenaam Community Centre Ground yesterday, Sans Souci Jaguars romped to a 55-run victory over Good Success to win  the inaugural Birbal Contracting T20 title.

The Department of Public Information (DPI) yesterday issued a statement in response to a news item in yesterday’s Sunday Stabroek about a miniaturizing of state advertisements to this newspaper but provided no explanations.

An intense final between defending champions GCC Pitbulls and Old Fort Ballerz saw the latter dethroning their GCC counterparts to take championship honours in the under – 20 category of the 2019 Solo Drinks outdoor hockey league which ended at the Saint Stanislaus College Ground, yesterday. 

Match-winning all-round performances from Damion Waldrond and Trevon France captured the spotlight in yesterday’s round of matches in this year’s New Building Society (NBS), Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA) second-division 40-overs tournament. 

After a court battle over the ownership of the building housing the popular Shanta’s Puri Shop on Camp Street concluded last year, owner Deodat Persaud has decided to sell.

Melanie downed Golden Stars 3-1 when the East Coast Demerara leg of the NAMILCO U17 Football Championship continued yesterday.

Stabroek Market will be closed today to members of the public because of overtopping caused by spring tides yesterday.

Gold is Money will face-off with Melanie-B while North East La Penitence will battle Back Circle in the semi-final round of the ‘Beat Dem Bad’ Knockout Streetball, following quarterfinal wins on Saturday.

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) head Dr Vincent Adams has praised moves by oil major ExxonMobil and its prime contractors to hire specialists for in-house oversight of the environment as he highlighted that the regulatory body faces challenges in filling those positions because of the lack of local personnel and money to pay overseas specialists.

BEIJING,  (Reuters) – China hopes Beijing and Washington will resolve their trade dispute “with a calm and rational attitude”, Vice Commerce Minister Wang Shouwen said yesterday, ahead of talks in two weeks between the two sides.

Winston Jordan and Raphael Trotman, the ministers of Finance and Natural Resources respectively, say that they have filed their declarations to the Integrity Commission as required under the Integrity Commission Act, but Minister of Business Haimraj Rajkumar is yet to do so.

Dear Editor, In light of the unusually high tides and the overtopping of the sea defences 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 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 yesterday to become the first person to win four gold medals over the distance at the athletics world championships.

(BBC) Errol `The Truth’ Spence Jr., beat Shawn `Showtime’ Porter on a split decision to unify the International Boxing Federation (IBF) and World Boxing Council (WBC)  welterweight titles in what proved a blockbuster battle Saturday night.

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.

Dear Editor, SN spoke. Too sharply. The government came right back at it, even sharper and louder.

 Twenty-nine youths and adults graduated from the Guyana Mining School and Training Centre Inc’s mineral prospecting and map reading level one course on Friday.

DOHA,  (Reuters) – American Christian Coleman’s dream of adding the 200 metres to the 100 metre world title he won on Saturday has ended after he pulled out of yesterday’s opening round because he was still “feeling the strain”.

SINGAPORE,  (Reuters) – An American who leaked the names of more than 14,000 HIV-positive people in Singapore has been sentenced to 24 months in a U.S.

Dear Editor,    The recent oil spill on the northern coast of Brazil, which impacted several beaches is a very stark reminder of the fragility of our developing oil industry.

Twenty thousand Guyanese no longer use landline telephone services and the numbers are continuing to decline, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph (GTT) company, Justin Nedd said last week.

SOCHI, Russia, (Reuters) – Lewis Hamilton sped closer to a seemingly inexorable sixth Formula One title with a ‘special’ victory in Russia yesterday, but the Mercedes driver still insisted he was taking it one race at a time.

HONG KONG,  (Reuters) – Hong Kong’s metro stations and roads re-opened today, after a chaotic weekend that saw police fire water cannon, tear gas and rubber bullets at protesters who set fires and threw petrol bombs outside government offices and across central districts.

(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.

Dear Editor,  This letter reaches you from the voice of a concerned 14 year old youth who cares and loves Guyana and is worried about what is happening to this beautiful and fruitful land.

The Ministry of Public Telecommunications is preparing to roll out a pilot project that will see the digitisation of all employee records.

DOHA,  (Reuters) – Russian pole vaulter Anzhelika Sidorova said her victory at the world championships yesterday had not been overshadowed by the absence of her country’s flag and the scandal surrounding its athletics federation.

CARACAS,  (Reuters) – Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro’s government accused Peruvian authorities yesterday of fomenting “xenophobia” against the large Venezuelan exile population after a series of incidents of apparent mistreatment of migrants.

Dear Editor, A few weeks ago, because of my native appreciation of our Creolese and because I detected solid intent and strategic determination by His Excellency, I quoted his reported declaration: “Cause I en leffing fuh juss now”.

The Minister of Social Protection, Amna Ally handed over a laptop computer to Orin Grimmond and family, during her visit to the Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo region over the weekend, the Department of Public Information (DPI) said.

(Trinidad Express) Gasparillo grandmother Chanday Lalloo was no match for the criminal/s who attacked her on Saturday night, when she was knifed to death.

As reported in yesterday’s Sunday Stabroek, the Department of Public Information (DPI) has drastically cut state advertising in Stabroek News without offering an explanation.

DOHA, (Reuters) – Alysson Felix won her 12th world title as the United States claimed the inaugural world championship 4×400 metres mixed relay yesterday.

By Angelique V. Nixon Angelique V. Nixon is a Bahamas-born, Trinidad-based writer, artist, and scholar-activist.

(Reuters) – Fashion retailer Forever 21 Inc said yesterday it has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection to restructure its business, joining a growing list of brick-and-mortar players who have taken a hit from fierce e-commerce competition .

Dear Editor, I read with great interest your article dated Sept 22nd, 2019 entitled `Internal spat escalates between officials of Table Tennis Association – VP writes local international bodies seeking intervention’. 

CHIQUITANO FOREST, Bolivia,  (Reuters) – In Bolivia’s fire-ravaged lowlands, a caravan of indigenous protesters is marching hundreds of miles to demand President Evo Morales declare a surge in wildfires a national disaster, a move they hope will unleash international aid.

Minister of Citizenship, Winston Felix, last night welcomed home Cecil Simon and his wife, Olive, who survived Hurricane Dorian, which cut a path of destruction through The Bahamas several weeks ago.