Daily Archive: Saturday, October 12, 2019

(ESPN) When the New England Patriots defeated the New York Giants 38-35 to end the 2007 regular season, they became the first NFL team to go undefeated since the league expanded to a 16-game format.

Under fire for frequent blackouts, GPL has begun  long-awaited repairs to its vital submarine cable across the Demerara River which suffered damage in June and August this year.

VIENNA, (Reuters) – Kenyan Eliud Kipchoge made athletics history today  when he became the first person to run a marathon in under two hours, stretching the limits of human endeavour and passing a milestone few thought could be reached for decades if at all.

(Trinidad Newsday) A statement issued by the Office of the President (OTP) does not appear to have answered questions about why guests invited to functions that it hosts may only bring legally married partners.

(Trinidad Guardian) Po­lice of­fi­cers are not done with their in­ves­ti­ga­tion in­to the Trans­formed Life Min­istry and Re­ha­bil­i­ta­tion Cen­tre.

President David Granger yesterday emphasised that Guyana must not only prepare for an oil economy but also prepare for the post-oil economy, which, he said, is expected to be fueled by agro-processing.

A pensioner, believed to have been strangled with her mosquito net, was found dead on Thursday evening at her Bourda Street, Georgetown house.

Autopsies performed on the bodies of Ian and Rakesh Matthias, the two brothers whose bullet-riddled bodies were found on Shell Beach, in Region One on Thursday, have confirmed that they both died from multiple gunshot wounds and investigators believe they were tortured prior to being killed.

The Guyana National Bureau of Standards (GNBS) yesterday announced new regulations for the importation of electrical installation products with those that fall below the standards set liable to be seized when enforcement begins on February 1 next year.

The Caucus of Indigenous Peoples (CIP) was officially launched on the final day of the 13th National Toshaos Council (NTC) conference yesterday.

Commissiong and Company Limited of Trinidad plans to take legal action against the Guyana Oil Company (GUYOIL) for alleged wrongful termination of three contracts.

Fed up with complaints from the public about the time-consuming service at the National Insurance Scheme (NIS), Minister of Finance Winston Jordan has charged the staff to change their attitudes.

Five more Indigenous communities, Kangaruma and Tasserene, in Region Seven, Yupukari, in Region Nine, and St.

Guyana Amazon Warriors will have their fifth shot to win their first Caribbean Premier League Title when they battle Barbados Tridents in the final today at the Brian Lara Stadium from 17.00 hours.

Almost two years after being charged with the unlawful possession of a semi-automatic rifle, a man was yesterday found guilty of the crime and sentenced to two years in jail.

Dear Editor, Someone remarked to me that although this is the longest semester for public schools, it is the one with the most disruption because so many activities are held during the month. 

The SBF Petroleum-sponsored Cricket Guy Incorporated (GCI) Jaguars 50 overs Franchise League was officially launched yesterday with the defending champions Essequibo coming up against former champions, Georgetown in the opening round tomorrow.

A policeman was one of two men charged in a city court yesterday with possession of over 50 pounds of cannabis for trafficking.

Dear Editor, My name is Shazaam Ally, or ‘Shaz’ for short.

A serving member of the Guyana Police Force was yesterday brought before a city court on a charge of attempting to obtain money from a woman by pretending he was in a position to get her a house lot.

The Guyana Marriott yesterday announced their partnership with the Lusignan Golf Club (LGC), branding the first set of golf carts available for use at the club.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – The United States and China agreed yesterday to the first phase of a deal to end a trade war, prompting President Donald Trump to suspend a threatened tariff hike, but officials said the agreement had to be put on paper and more work was required to get it finalized.

A man was remanded to prison yesterday after a city court heard that he not only broke and entered a woman’s home and stole articles worth over $1 million but that he was also suspected of several similar crimes and was being investigated for murder.

Dear Editor, First of all this is to congratulate Mr. Carl Greenidge for making the bold decision to renounce his British Citizenship.

A four-man army of local bodybuilders departed on Thursday for the Dominican Republic on a mission to secure gold medals at the Central American and Caribbean (CAC) Bodybuilding and Fitness Championships. 

OSLO,  (Reuters) – Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed won the 2019 Nobel Peace Prize yesterday for his peacemaking efforts which ended two decades of hostility with longtime enemy Eritrea.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua,  CMC – Trinidad and St Kitts will host this year’s Regional Super50 starting next month, with Cricket West Indies hoping the tournament provides an early launch pad for preparation for the 2023 World Cup in India.

Dear Editor, I found from experience that in writing to the press, you make your point, you allow for others to respond and then you allow the reading public to conclude.

After almost four hours of deliberation, a 12-member jury was last night unable to come to a verdict in the trial of Abishai Caesar, the barber who was charged with killing a woman and her two children at Anna Catherina in 2012.

Region One’s (Barima-Waini) Esther Marslowe strutted off with the Miss Indigenous Heritage title and crown two Saturdays ago after stiff competition from contestants representing the other nine regions.

PORT-AU-PRINCE,  (Reuters) – The killing of a journalist who had closely covered Haiti’s political and economic crisis fueled the anger of protesters yesterday, as they clashed with police and pressed calls for the president of the impoverished nation to resign.

Dear Editor, Now that Mr. Ralph Ramkarran SC has been formally announced as the presidential candidate for A New and United Guyana (ANUG), it is incumbent on Stabroek News to act with swiftness if it wishes to preserve any vestige of being an independent newspaper.

BELMOPAN, Belize,  CMC – England-based striker Rowan Liburd netted a superb hat-trick to fire St Kitts and Nevis to their first win of the CONCACAF Nations League with a 4-0 blanking of Belize here Thursday night.

I like sharing food. However, when it comes to Black Pudding, I am selfish – I want to eat all that I want and only share when I have had enough, and that’s not really sharing.

The body of an unidentified man was discovered yesterday morning on the foreshore of the Abary River and police in Region Five have launched an investigation.

QUITO,  (Reuters) – Hopes for a negotiated end to the worst unrest in Ecuador in at least a decade dimmed yesterday as clashes between police and anti-austerity protesters continued for a ninth day in the highland capital Quito.

Tifaine Rutherford, a former reporter at the Stabroek News, yesterday traded her pen, recorder, and notepads for a robe and sombre-coloured suits with her admission to the Guyana Bar as one of its newest attorneys-at-law. 

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Trinidad and Tobago conceded two second-half goals,   plunging to a 2-0 defeat to Honduras in the CONCACAF Nations League here Thursday night, to extend their winless streak in all competitions to 12.

I was never a deliberately environmentally conscious person. Whatever attitudes I had towards recycling, and whatever patterns I factored into my behaviour as it relates to caring for the environment were more like habits I was taught to have.

(Trinidad Guardian) New multi­na­tion­al cor­po­ra­tions will pre­fer to in­vest in Guyana rather than Trinidad & Tobago be­cause of poor reg­u­la­to­ry con­trols by the Min­istry of En­er­gy and lack of trans­paren­cy, says geo­physi­cist Javed Raza­ck.

Dear Editor, I have noted an article on page 13 of the Friday October 11, edition of Stabroek News under the headline ‘Toshaos urged to study constitution ahead of planned reform consultations’.

Dear Editor, Like the rest of the world Guyana has been changing as indeed it must to avoid being left behind in the globally competitive environment.

Venezuelan migrants and the revision of the Amerindian Act were among the major issues raised when several government ministers engaged toshaos and participants of the 13th National Toshaos Council (NTC) conference on Thursday.

The Mr Berbice Male Empowerment Showcase slated for October 25, is expected to be one of the most anticipated events of the New Amsterdam Town Week hosted by the Caribbean Nations Group (CNG), with seven young men will be vying for this title.

The Golden Jaguars suffered their fifth consecutive loss to Antigua and Barbuda, going down to the host nation 2-1 yesterday in League-B of the CONCACAF Nations League at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium.

NEW YORK,  (Reuters) – A U.S. federal judge in New York yesterday temporarily blocked a Trump administration rule that would deny residency to aspiring immigrants deemed likely to require government assistance, calling it “repugnant to the American Dream.”

The Guyana Divya Jyoti Association (GDJA) will next month host a pageant, which will see five young women compete for the title of Miss Guyana Sari Queen 2019.

The Guyana Jaguars will begin their title hunt in the Regional Super50 competition with a clash against West Indies Emerging Players on November 7 at the Brian Lara Stadium, Trinidad and Tobago.

When Savitri Basdeo was contacted and told she had won the grand prize in the Sunshine Snacks’ Caribbean Premier League (CPL) promotion, an all-expense paid trip for two to Trinidad for today’s finals, she thought she was being pranked.

MELBOURNE,  (Reuters) – An expert in chemical contamination has called test results from the Ramu nickel spill into Papua New Guinea’s Basamuk Bay in August “alarming,” according to a local media report on Thursday.

(Jamaica Observer) The Financial Times has given recognition to Jamaica’s stock market success story in a piece entitled ‘Jamaican stock exchange rallies to become world’s best performing’.

Dear Editor, Despite denials by the government, it is known and very visible daily that large amounts of foreigners are passing through the town of Lethem intransit to Brazil.

The Regional Democratic Council (RDC) Chairperson of Region Four Genevieve Allen yesterday encouraged students from a number of secondary schools from the East Coast of Demerara to build self-confidence and self-esteem in themselves during a programme which was held in observance of International Day of the Girl Child.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – The former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine on Friday told a House of Representatives impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump that Trump ousted her based on “unfounded and false claims” after she had come under attack by his personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani.

“One foot in the grave” is an expression used to describe people who are very sick or near death.

In February 1991, shortly after the US launched Operation Desert Storm to displace Iraqi troops from Kuwait, President George H.W.

A recurring criticism that’s been levelled against the new film “Joker” is the perceived emptiness of its ideals.

Former junior national table tennis player Mike Clarke has organised and will roll out an individual two-day table tennis tournament from today at the National Gymnasium.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Dis-carded Education Minister Ruel Reid is alleged to have sent WhatsApp messages to Caribbean Mari-time University (CMU) President Professor Fritz Pinnock instructing him, among other things, to hire his wife, Sharen Reid.

Youths On The Rise Guyana in collaboration with Jewan Ka Nritya Dance Group will hold their Cancer Awareness Walk and Seminar next Saturday, October 19, under the theme: ‘Supporting the Fighter, Admiring the Survivor, Honouring the Taken’.

Dear Editor, Tamara Khan had the unmitigated gall to stand in front of the National Toshaos Council and attempt to belittle participants.

DAKAR (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Propelled to fashion fame by Beyonce, an African clothing designer plans to expand production in Senegal and train local tailors to translate her brand’s success into jobs.