Articles published on Saturday, January 4, 2020
(Trinidad Newsday) Third Exodus Assembly pastor Vinworth Dayal, who is under investigation for the source of $28 million he tried to exchange for new $100 bills on Old Year’s Day, has declared the devil is trying to “make him famous”, and with the support of heaven his church will not “scatter and fall apart.”
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – President Donald Trump said today the United States has targeted 52 Iranian sites that it would strike if Iran attacks any Americans or any U.S.
(Trinidad Express) The Portugese Man O’ War, a marine animal that resembles a jelly fish, continue to wash ashore in unprecedented numbers along the beaches on Trinidad east and north coasts.
The police today provided details of a hair-raising robbery last night at Tuschen that left one of the bandits dead and they said that a serving member of the joint services also took part in the attack and was held at a roadblock at Den Amstel.
(Jamaica Gleaner) Miley Cyrus’ decision to settle a US$300-million (J$40-billion) copyright infringement lawsuit filed by Jamaican songwriter Flourgon has been hailed as a “win-win” for entertainers from the land of reggae.
BAGHDAD, (Reuters) – Tens of thousands of people marched in Baghdad today to mourn Iran’s military chief Qassem Soleimani and Iraqi militia leader Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, killed in a U.S.
(Trinidad Express) The teachings of a 20th-century American Pentecostal and so-called “doomsday prophet”, who had ties to the dreaded Ku Klux Klan (KKK), are part of the sermons of Pastor Vinworth Dayal, controversial head of the Third Exodus Assembly Church in Longdenville.
The West Indies trained yesterday at the Desmond Haynes Oval as they prepare for the Colonial Medical Insurance ODI Series against Ireland.
Guyana Jaguars yesterday named their squad for the Cricket West Indies Professional Cricket League (PCL) opening round with all-rounder Kevin Sinclair and pacer, Nial Smith earning maiden call ups.
Centuries from Leon Johnson and Chandrapaul Hemraj capped off the final Guyana Jaguars warm-up match on a positive note at the National Stadium, Providence yesterday.
Topp XX secured the Upper Demerara Football Association (UDFA) Year-end Championship, defeating Coomacka on penalty kicks on Wednesday at the Mackenzie Sports Club (MSC) ground. Following a 1-1 score at the end of regulation and extra time, Topp XX clinched the title 3-1 on penalty kicks, after eventual Most Valuable Player (MVP) and best Goalkeeper awardee Gregory Hinds, fashioned three saves. Prior to the penalty shoot-out, Wheatland Thom handed Coomacka the lead in the 41st minute, only for Shawn Daniels to equalize in the 60th minute.
CAPE TOWN, (Reuters) – In an age of sport science, expert physical conditioning and meticulous planning, watching test cricketers clumsily kick a soccer ball around as they warm up defies belief.
To a roaring crowd of thousands of supporters, the governing APNU+AFC coalition yesterday launched its bid for a second term in office, with leaders saying that much has been accomplished over the past four years and they have a plan that will ensure that Guyana will never be poor again.
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Shai Hope says he is under no pressure to replicate his heavy run-scoring of the last calendar year, and will continue to focus on his role in the team in order to transform West Indies into a formidable unit.
Former Guyana Defence Force (GDF) Chief-of-Staff Brigadier (ret’d) Mark Phillips has been selected as the prime ministerial candidate of the opposition People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) for the March 2nd general and regional elections.
SYLHET, Bangladesh, CMC – For the second straight day, Sherfane Rutherford found his best not good enough as his maiden Bangladesh Premier League fifty failed to save Sylhet Thunder from their second defeat in as many days here yesterday. Asked to chase a massive 200 at Sylhet International Cricket Stadium after Rangpur Rangers posted 199 for five from their 20 overs, Thunder declined to 161 all out in the final over, with the 21-year-old Rutherford blasting 60 from 37 balls.
A suspected bandit was shot dead and another was left hospitalised on Friday night after a reported robbery was foiled at Tuschen, East Bank Essequibo.
ST GEORGE’S, Grenada, CMC – Batsman Kavem Hodge has been handed the captaincy for Windward Islands Volcanoes’ first round match of the Regional four-day Championship against Barbados Pride next week.
CAPE TOWN (Reuters) – South Africa’s Anrich Nortje took the vital wickets of captain Joe Root and talisman Ben Stokes as England struggled to 262 for nine at stumps on the first day of the second test yesterday.
Officers of the Guyana Prison Service (GPS) yesterday managed to foil a planned escape from the Georgetown Prison, where the bars of cells were discovered to have been cut by inmates, who had access to hacksaw blades.
SYDNEY, (Reuters) – Denis Shapovalov won the battle of the next generation against Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas to help Canada to an emphatic 3-0 victory in the inaugural ATP Cup men’s team event in Brisbane yesterday.
Outrage erupted yesterday following a post on the Ministry of Public Health’s Facebook page that blatantly referenced Christianity to make almost a dozen “declarations.”
Citing the need to preserve press freedom, the Inter-American Press Associat-ion (IAPA) has called on the Guyana Government to review its current distribution practice for official advertising to ensure that neither Stabroek News nor any other media house “is adversely affected.”
(Reuters) – Former heavyweight boxing champion Leon Spinks, who was hospitalised last month in a serious condition, is suffering from prostate cancer, his wife Brenda said yesterday.
Food vendor Christopher Cummings was yesterday found guilty of trafficking 106 grammes of cannabis, for which he was sentenced to three years in jail.
MILAN, (Reuters) – Lazio will attempt to chalk up their ninth consecutive league win when they visit lowly Brescia tomorrow as they threaten to turn Serie A into a three-horse race.
Dear Editor, I want to take this opportunity to wish all of your staff and your readers a happy, healthy New Year.
(Field Level Media) Damian Lillard scored 35 points, C.J. McCollum added 24, and the Portland Trail Blazers snapped a five-game losing skid Friday with a 122-103 win over the host Washington Wizards at Capital One Arena.
Dear Editor, I would like to thank Dr. Henry Jeffrey for his kind remarks in a column published in your issue of 1st January 2020 entitled `The absence of strategic vision’ where he referred to my letter.
Exhibits for the trial of former Guyana Rice Board Development (GRDB) accountant Peter Ramcharran, who is charged with allegedly falsifying the entity’s account, could not be located when the proceedings continued yesterday.
“I always loved dance and dance was a hobby as a child growing up,” Natalie Adams said.
A porter has been charged with stealing a quantity of items amounting to $1.2 million from the store where he was employed.
(Field Level Media) Reserve guard Terrence Ross scored a game-high 25 points — including 6 of 10 on 3-pointers — to lead the host Orlando Magic to a 105-85 win over the Miami Heat on Friday night.
Dear Editor, GAWU saw that several media entities featured aspects of a statement issued by the Guyana Sugar Corporation Inc (GuySuCo) regarding its 2019 sugar production and its plans for 2020.
BAGHDAD/WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Iran promised vengeance after a U.S. air strike in Baghdad yesterday killed Qassem Soleimani, Tehran’s most prominent military commander and the architect of its growing influence in the Middle East.
Happy New Year, everyone! We are still in the season of the holidays with the Twelfth Night of Christmas being tomorrow.
(Field Level Media) Daniel Theis blocked a potential go-ahead basket by Trae Young with 2.7 seconds remaining as the Boston Celtics held off the visiting Atlanta Hawks, 109-106, yesterday.
A labourer accused of trafficking ecstasy pills was yesterday released on $200,000 bail after a court heard that the police were still awaiting an analyst certificate in order to proceed with the trial.
Dear Editor, The government is going to say it has clean hands in what is now a full-fledged fiasco in the matter of advertisement revenues involving Stabroek News.
LA PAZ, (Reuters) – A rerun of Bolivia’s election is set for May 3, news website El Deber reported yesterday, citing a member of the electoral court.
Courtney Noel is set to drop a Mashramani Soca single, “You Know You’re A Guyanese”, any day now, in the run up to the celebration of Guyana’s 50th republic anniversary next month.
Donetta Rajkumar left the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts a free woman on Thursday after a charge that she stole $195,000 from the home of Minister Simona Broomes, at whose residence she was employed as a housekeeper, was dismissed.
Dear Editor, Professor Kean Gibson launched yet another attack on Hinduism in her SN letter titled ‘Not a ‘misunderstanding of caste’ but how to manage ideology’ (December 22, 2019).
SYDNEY, (Reuters) – Marnus Labuschagne was 181 not out as Australia reached 354 for five at lunch on the second day of the third test against New Zealand at a sunbathed Sydney Cricket Ground yesterday.
(Reuters) – The United Methodist Church plans to split into two later this year, church officials said yesterday, a schism that follows years of contention over whether the church should end its ban on same-sex marriage and gay clergy.
Up and coming singer Delanda Cumberbatch who goes by the stage name Prince Solicitor is currently looking for airplay of his latest recording single “Ready Fi De Mash”, a song he hopes will become a hit for Mashramani and lead to him making a name for himself on the local music scene.
The suspect in the murder of South Ruimveldt youth Kyle Chase has been discharged from the hospital and is currently in police custody.
The annual Hamilton Green Birthday Anniversary Inter-Ward football tournament will conclude tomorrow at the National Track and Field Centre, Leonora.
Less than a week into the new decade, monsoon rains and overflowing rivers have flooded nearly 200 Jakartan neighbourhoods claiming dozens of lives and displacing nearly 400,000 Indonesians.
Dear Editor, GHK Lall’s letter in the January 1st edition of SN that `Ali does not have what it takes’ is nonsense.
When Andrew Lloyd Webber and Trevor Nunn adapted T.S. Eliot’s “Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats” (a series of poems) to the theatrical dance spectacle where a succession of feline characters sing about themselves, they weren’t thinking of filmic dramatic coherence.
In our youth most of us are eager to grow older.
SAO PAULO/BRASILIA, (Reuters) – Brazilian petrochemical producer Braskem SA has agreed to a 2.7 billion reais ($667 million) settlement with federal and state authorities in the northeastern state of Alagoas to cover damage caused by a salt mining project there.
NEW YORK, (Reuters) – The Guyanese man of accused of going on a stabbing rampage at the New York-area home of a Hasidic rabbi during a Hanukkah celebration was indicted on Friday on six counts of attempted murder, up from five counts the suspect was charged with previously.
