Daily Archive: Monday, December 23, 2019

Leroy Richards could hardly find the words to speak as tears flowed down his face yesterday.

(Trinidad Express) Two men waiting on transportation at the Princes Town promenade were caught in the middle of a gunfight with police and a suspected car thief on Friday night.

(Jamaica Gleaner) A 54-year-old cook who has been charged for several breaches of the Dangerous Drugs Act is to appear in court on Christmas Eve.

ExxonMobil today said it had made an oil discovery offshore Guyana at the Mako-1 well southeast of the Liza field, marking the 15th discovery on the Stabroek Block.

NEW DELHI,  (Reuters) – Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi contradicted his closest lieutenant over plans for a nationwide register as he tried to defuse protests against a citizenship law in which at least 21 people have been killed.

Up to Saturday, the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) was able to verify approximately 55 – 60 per cent of the new registrants from the House to House (HtH) exercise.

Elite League and West Ruimveldt heavyweight Western Tigers battled past Rivers View 4-2 to seal their quarterfinal berth Saturday in the Guyana Football Federation [GFF] Super 16 championships at the Bartica Community Centre ground.

Guyana has begun to publish a range of macroeconomic data on the National Summary Data Page (NSDP) on the Bureau of Statistics website.

Hilbert Foster was yesterday unanimously voted back as president of the Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) when the body held its Annual General Meeting at the BCB’s Office, Charlotte Street, New Amsterdam.

PPP/C Member of Parliament Harry Gill is calling on Agriculture Minister Noel Holder to investigate an alleged “massive land-grab” by persons connected to the Mahaica/Mahaicony/Abary – Agricultural Development Authority (MMA/ADA).

The police say they are investigating the murder of a labourer who died yesterday after being stabbed with a barbecue fork.

Guyana Floodlight U15 cricket team (GFL) defeated AK Academy by eight wickets in their second match of the third US Youth Open tournament but suffered loses against Presentation College and Central Zonal yesterday.

A father of two whose leg was crushed when the mining pit he was working in caved in, is distressed that he is still unable to walk and that his family would spend a “dull Christmas” this year.  

With 44 tournaments held in 2019, president of the Lusignan Golf Club, Aleem Hussain has tagged the season as a “challenging but satisfying year” for the sport.

President David Granger yesterday hailed the late President Desmond Hoyte as a true patriot, whose policies laid a firm foundation for sustained economic growth and environmental stewardship in Guyana.

Bakewell Guyana has joined the growing list of sponsors supporting the Guyana Football Federation [GFF] Super 16 championships, presenting a cheque for an undisclosed sum towards the successful staging of the competition at the entity’s Triumph location.

CUTTACK, India,  CMC – Tail-ender Shardul Thakur lashed a late-innings cameo in a tense finish as West Indies lost the plot when it mattered most, to crash to a four-wicket defeat to India in the decisive third One-Day International here yesterday and suffer their 10th straight series defeat to the subcontinental powerhouses.

The shopping district in Georgetown was unusually busy yesterday as persons shopped around for last minute items for the Christmas season.

Dear Editor,  I see with great sadness that sugar production will fall below 100,000 tonnes in 2019.

An Albouystown man was recently remanded to prison after he was accused of stealing $43,000 from a man in an attack at La Penitence.

WATFORD, (Reuters) – A terrible blunder from Manchester United goalkeeper David de Gea helped Premier League basement side Watford to a 2-0 victory yesterday for their first home win of the season and maiden victory under coach Nigel Pearson.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The White House yesterday signaled comfort with plans by Senate Republicans to avoid new witnesses in President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial, while a top Democrat seized on a newly released email on the withholding of U.S.

Canada’s Ontario Provincial Police Highway Safety Division is probing a serious motor vehicle collision on Highway 401 westbound on Saturday morning that claimed the lives of a Guyanese couple.

JOHANNESBURG, (Reuters) – England bowlers Jofra Archer, Stuart Broad and Jack Leach did not make use of a last opportunity for a bowl in their warm-up match yesterday, suggesting it could be a close call for their participation in the first test against South Africa.

Dear Editor, It is a day that that enchants: January 10 is Nomination Day.

(Trinidad Newsday) A 62-year-old Gasparillo woman is threatening to take Scotiabank to court after she alleges she was assaulted by a security guard at the Marabella branch when she went to exchange her $100 cotton-bills to the new polymer ones.

NEW DELHI,  (Reuters) – Following days of violent, sometimes deadly protests across India against a new citizenship law critics say discriminates against Muslims, Prime Minister Narendra Modi led a rally yesterday for his Hindu nationalist party in the capital.

Dear Editor, During the year, the GAWU had expressed its concern regarding the situation unfolding at the Guyana Forestry Commission (GFC) where our union enjoys bargaining rights.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Former West Indies wicketkeeper, Courtney Browne, escaped with a broken leg following a fatal vehicular collision which claimed the life of another man here yesterday. 

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Boeing Co’s Starliner astronaut spacecraft made a “bull’s-eye” landing in the New Mexico desert yesterday, a successful ending to a crewless test mission that two days earlier failed to reach the orbit needed to dock with the International Space Station.

Two miners were on Monday each granted $200,000 bail after pleading not guilty to stealing a $3.5 million All-Terrain Vehicle (ATV).

The Medical Council of Guyana will in January be conducting hearings on the deaths of the three children who died earlier this year at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH) after medication was incorrectly administered to them, according to Chairman Dr Navindranauth Rambaran.

Dear Editor, In recording our history, whether social, political or economic, we have a way of centring things around big names already known to the public.

Giannis Antetokounmpo totaled 22 points, 11 rebounds and 10 assists for his third triple-double of the season, and the Milwaukee Bucks never trailed to match the best 30-game start in team history with a 123-102 victory over the host New York Knicks at Madison Square Garden on Saturday night.

(Trinidad Guardian) At­tor­ney Gen­er­al Faris Al-Rawi ex­pects that the de­crim­i­nal­i­sa­tion of mar­i­jua­na which comes in­to ef­fect today will re­sult in a re­duc­tion in turf wars by gan­ja deal­ers.

CARACAS,  (Reuters) – Assailants raided a military facility in southern Venezuela early yesterday morning, stealing weapons and killing one soldier, authorities said.

LAHORE, (Reuters) – Pakistan erected a run mountain and then hollowed out Sri Lanka’s top and middle order to inch closer to an emotional series victory on the penultimate day of the second and final test yesterday.

Dear Editor,  Whenever human lives and limbs are in constant peril on our roads, as is the present situation in Guyana, the Guyana Police Force working in tandem with other stakeholders including Magistrates and Judges shall take holistic and  extraordinary measures to bring the  sad state of affairs under control.

La Paz, (Reuters) – Bolivia yesterday announced its entry into the Lima Group regional bloc that was set up to find a way out of the Venezuelan crisis.

VATICAN CITY,  (Reuters) – Sexual abuse of minors was rife among superiors of the Legionaires of Christ Catholic religious order, with at least 60 boys abused by its founder Father Marcial Maciel, a report by the group showed.

The National Accreditation Council (NAC) recently awarded the two winners of its inaugural essay competition.

MELBOURNE,  (Reuters) – Reserve batsman Tom Blundell has been confirmed to replace the out-of-form Jeet Raval at the top of New Zealand’s batting order for the Boxing Day test against Australia at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.

While the advent of first oil holds great promise for the development of the country and its people, it is at the same a stark reminder of how  much has gone wrong and is going wrong with the administration of the sector.

Dear Editor, It is with gratitude that I thank your newspaper for allowing me to participate in the national conversation over these past 5 years.

Angola, Africa’s second largest oil exporting country with a GDP per capita of US$3,230 in 2018, has recovered over US$5 billion of state funds, including $3 billion siphoned off the Sovereign Wealth Fund (SWF) through corruption and money-laundering.

By Ulric Trotz Ulric Trotz is the Deputy Director & Science Adviser, Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre, Belmopan, Belize  After the euphoria pervading the international community at the end of COP 21 when there was unanimous global agreement on the Paris Agreement which defined a way forward for global action on climate change, there is now universal despair (barring a few) in the wake of the recently concluded COP 25 in Madrid which is now generally regarded as an abject failure.

MEXICO CITY, (Reuters) – Mexico’s ambassador to Argentina resigned yesterday citing health problems following new allegations of shoplifting after video from late October showed the diplomat attempting to steal a $10 book.