Daily Archive: Friday, November 22, 2019

The Trinidad and Tobago Manufacturers’ Association (TTMA) led a Trade Mission to Guyana, from Wednesday to today, to engage in mutual trade with Guyanese companies. 

(Jamaica Observer) United States Ambassador to Jamaica, Donald Tapia and Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett, along with a raft of officials welcomed the commencement of daily nonstop American Airlines service between New York’s John F Kennedy International Airport and Montego Bay’s Sangster International Airport today. 

JERUSALEM,  (Reuters) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was indicted on corruption charges on Thursday, throwing him into a legal limbo and driving the country deeper into political crisis.

(Jamaica Observer) Jamaican-American Dale VC Holness was on Tuesday elected mayor of Broward County in Florida.

(Trinidad Guardian) The An­gli­can Church is still in­ves­ti­gat­ing the fi­as­co sur­round­ing the Style­Week Port-of-Spain fash­ion show at the Trin­i­ty Cathe­dral.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Jamaican males have been urged to reject subcultural norms that define manhood by promiscuity, mass paternity, and crudeness.

(Trinidad Express) Point Fortin police rescued the kidnapped wife of an offshore service contractor within minutes of her abduction on Thursday night.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Jamaican priest Rose Hudson-Wilkin, who was consecrated on Tuesday as the first black woman bishop in the Church of England, says she will cherish this “special” moment and be true to her island heritage while defending her religious mandate.

(Trinidad Guardian) Leg­is­la­tion to have mar­i­jua­na de­crim­i­nalised is to be laid in Par­lia­ment to­day.

United States oil and gas service provider Hallibur-ton yesterday signed a US$2 million agreement with the University of Guyana (UG) to support the Faculty of Engineering and Technology as education and skills building took centre stage when the Guyana International Petroleum Exhibition Summit (GIPEX) continued yesterday.

A meeting yesterday between the two members of the governing APNU+AFC coalition ended with bright smiles and declarations of “excellent” as sources say the terms of a revised Cummingsburg Accord have been agreed for the 2020 general elections.

Marcus Brian Bisram, who was finally returned to Guyana on Wednesday evening after fighting his extradition from the United States for over two years, was yesterday remanded to prison after he was charged with procuring and com-manding the 2016 murder of Faiyaz Narinedatt.

Samuel Ince-Carvalhal and Michael Alphonso clinched Category-A wins while Kirsten Gomes and Mohryan Baksh earned victories in Category-B when the Farfan and Mendes Junior Skill Level Tournament commenced on Wednesday at the Georgetown Club courts.

-as Upper Demerara maintains big lead Photos by Emmerson Campbell Records continued to tumble yesterday at the National Track and Field Centre where the ongoing 59th edition of the Nationals Schools Cycling, Swimming and Track and Field Championships is being staged.

SYDNEY, (Reuters) – David Warner scored his second half century in 11 innings since returning from a 12-month ban as Australia reached lunch on 100 without loss on the second day of the opening test against Pakistan in Brisbane last night.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Exxon Mobil plans to sell up to US$25 billion of oil and gas fields in Europe, Asia and Africa in its biggest asset sales for decades, seeking to free up cash to focus on a handful of mega-projects, according to three banking sources.

  (CWI) BASSETERRE, St. Kitts – Aggressive bowling, led by Quinton Boatswain and Colin Archibald, helped Leeward Islands Hurricanes formalise an important win over Canada in the Colonial Medical Insurance Super50 Cup yesterday. 

The approximately 150 Venezuelan migrants currently squatting along the river dam between Grove and Herstelling are to be relocated.

Even as Russian bauxite company, RUSAL appears to have struck a posture consistent with its recent signal that it may be pulling out of the contractual arrangement with the Government of Guyana through what has been reported as their recent strategic shifting of equipment, General Secretary of the Guyana Trades Union Congress (GTUC) Lincoln Lewis has told Stabroek Business that he is “still not as convinced as RUSAL wants us to believe” that their departure is imminent.

WELLINGTON,  (Reuters) – Jeet Raval and Kane Williamson were rebuilding New Zealand’s innings after the loss of opener Tom Latham for eight as the hosts reached 50-1 at tea on the second day of the first test against England at Bay Oval yesterday.

With Guyana’s Natural Resources Fund (NRF) soon to be set up, former Trinidad and Tobago Ambassador to the United States and senior consultant with the multinational law firm Dentons Dr.

Across the range of skills that are necessary to drive the country’s development it has become apparent that the scarcity that we continue to experience in critical areas could have a serious negative impact in the period ahead.

Dear Editor, I share an incident involving two traffic ranks from last Monday for the education of the Guyana Police Force brass (especially the Traffic Chief and its watchful PRO); other drivers (particularly those not yet similarly touched); and all other Guyanese (mainly those concerned with standards and justice). 

A Region Three lumberyard owner whose operations have reportedly been creating serious “dust and noise nuisances” in the residential community in which it operates for some time, has finally been required to bring an end to his neighbours’ ordeal through a list of terse orders from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

Quantity surveyor Donald Rodney yesterday commenced a vigil in front of the Guyana Court of Appeal in protest at what he says is an inordinate delay by the court in hearing an appeal against a 1982 conviction for possession of explosives.

Dear Editor, Time and again we attend public gatherings ─ celebrations, commemorations, observances etc.

LUCKNOW, India,  CMC – West Indies spin duo Jomel Warrican and Rahkeem Cornwall exploited friendly conditions to combine for nine wickets as the Caribbean side took control of their tour match against an Afghanistan Cricket Board XI here yesterday.

If you engage Josie offstage and outside her comfort zone as an entertainer, you would probably be forgiven for thinking that she is a shy, even introverted young woman, who is simply seeking, as we say in Guyana, to get on with her own life.

Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo has declared that his party is prepared to “verify the names” of those persons who were newly registered during the House to House (HtH) process to allow all eligible Guyanese to exercise their right to vote.

Queen’s College student Rajiv Lee emerged unbeaten to win the First-Place trophy in the DDL TOPCO juices Junior Chess Championship Qualifiers played last weekend at the National Aquatic Centre.

On Monday November 18 a group of farmers from Parika in Region Three,  reciprocated an earlier visit paid to their community by farmers from the community of Mocha on the East Bank Demerara under the Guyana Marketing Corporation’s Farmers’ Exchange Programme, the objective of which is to allow for the sharing of experiences and deriving mutual benefit from each other’s pursuits on their respective farms.

Hemant Gocool and Khemraj Persaud were yesterday committed to stand trial at the High Court for the murder of Rohan Persaud, the Grove, East Bank Demerara man who was found stabbed to death earlier this year.

Dear Editor, In trying to support a poor Guyanese single-parent family through a temporary period of rough waters and facing homelessness, I approached the Ministry of Social Protection for assistance to the family.

Reported concerns in Jamaica that easy access to marijuana-laced snack foods could be putting the health of children at risk would appear to be doing nothing to stem that tide of commercialisation of the products, according to reports from the Caribbean Community member country.

With the proverbial walls closing in on Venezuela on account of the United States-driven political squeeze of the Maduro administration through the choking off of that country’s oil exports, reports continue to surface about the South American republic pressing so-called ‘dark ships’ into service to continue its oil exports.

Even as concerns are raised about Trinidad & Tobago companies accessing oil & gas service jobs that locals are capable of doing or not getting the opportunity to tap into, yet another company says it will be providing transportation services here.

Dear Editor,  Troy Resources Ltd,  a gold mining company recently announced the severing of over 300 employees.

 (CWI) PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – Cricket West Indies has confirmed that the Opinion Report by an Independent Assessor at Loughborough University has found the bowling action of Guyana Jaguars pacer Ronsford Beaton to be illegal and, as such, he has been suspended from bowling in domestic West Indies matches with immediate effect.

 Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday took a swipe at the protracted negotiations between the governing coalition partners, saying that as negotiations drag on the Alliance for Change (AFC) is “imploding form within” while A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) is taking its junior partner “for a ride.” 

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts,  CMC – Jamaica Scorpions off-spinner Jamie Merchant has become the second bowler to be reported for a suspect bowling action during the ongoing Super50 Cup.

Dear Editor, So the mining company’s decision is deemed ‘unconscionable’. Was it not unconscionable when seven thousand sugar workers, their families and communities were cast aside with no alternative plan to this day for their future well being?

Gold Prices for the three day period ending Thursday November 21,, 2019

Kevin Allicock, the boxer who was charged earlier in the year with wounding a drinking companion, was yesterday sentenced to two years in jail after a city magistrate found him guilty of the crime.

Dear Editor,  I  am  a customer of Republic Bank  and for some  reason I cannot  understand why  all of my online transactions  were  frozen. 

When it comes to Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Trans histories, in the Caribbean we are usually at a loss for positive representations.

The new Guyana Marketing Corporation has agreed to provide us with the above information which we will publish on a weekly basis subject to receipt.

(Reuters) – A U.S. appeals court yesterday said boxing fans who felt cheated after learning that Manny Pacquiao had been injured before fighting Floyd Mayweather Jr.

Shamal Plass, who admitted to the illegal possession of a firearm and ammunition two weeks ago, was yesterday told he would be spending the next two years in jail.

Introduction Mr. John Hess CEO of Hess Corporation disclosed that his company paid US$30 million for a 30% stake in ExxonMobil’s Stabroek Block.

(Reuters) – Briton Anthony Joshua has said his first career defeat at the hands of Andy Ruiz Jr.

Dear Editor, Guyana cannot move forward unless there is racial unity and political reconciliation.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – President Donald Trump’s former Russia adviser urged lawmakers in the House of Representatives impeachment inquiry yesterday not to promote “politically driven falsehoods” that cast doubt on Russia’s interference in the 2016 U.S.

GASCI (www.gasci.com/telephone Nº 223-6175/6) reports that session 852’s trading results showed consideration of $2,536,394 from 7,729 shares traded in 9 transactions as compared to session 851’s trading results which showed consideration of $78,383,073 from 302,967 shares traded in 22 transactions.

(Reuters) – Seamer Bhuvneshwar Kumar and left-arm wrist-spinner Kuldeep Yadav returned to India’s squads for next month’s limited-overs home series against West Indies, the country’s cricket board (BCCI) said yesterday.

Two things have long been clear about the challenges facing the Government Analyst-Food & Drugs Department (GAFDD) in the matter of its responsibility to protect the country from the proliferation of likely unwholesome imports into the country and the attendant consequences.

Dear Editor, Permit me space in your column to share my views on some matters of interest to Lindeners and Guyanese as a whole. 

Police are still awaiting legal advice on the fatal accident which claimed the life of Bonita Sugrim, a mother of four.

Accept with thanks, smiles, then vote! It was long obvious to me that His Excellency wasn’t/isn’t too fond of the Caribbean Court’s (CCJ’s) judicial instruction that his administration is of care-taker status.

Last week, Traffic Chief Linden Isles surprised nobody – except arguably President David Granger who may be less familiar with the data on fatal traffic accidents than the rest of us.

Representatives of CARICOM had a fully attended Roundtable meeting on Tuesday with members of the U.S.

GUATEMALA CITY,  (Reuters) – A Honduran man flew from El Paso, Texas, to Guatemala City on a nearly empty Boeing 737 yesterday, the first foreign asylum seeker sent back under a U.S.