Daily Archive: Monday, January 6, 2020

A Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) employee was today charged with the murder of Kyle Chase, the South Ruimveldt youth who police say was stabbed to death by his girlfriend’s jealous ex.

(Trinidad Express) The three people found murdered in a house in Arima have been identified.

(Trinidad Express) The principal of a pre-school in Port-of-Spain was stabbed in the classroom on Monday.

A 54-year-old shopkeeper was early this morning fatally stabbed at Graham Street, Plaisance and the suspect; her neighbour has since been arrested.

(Trinidad Guardian) “It’s dis­taste­ful, im­moral, I am in shock about that.”

DUBAI,  (Reuters) – Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei wept while leading mourners in prayer for the funeral today of slain military commander Qassem Soleimani, whose death in a U.S.

(Jamaica Gleaner) The mother of a teenage truck driver is on the hunt for justice after her son’s death several weeks ago, reportedly from eating a poisoned ackee breakfast.

Expressing optimism of victory at the upcoming elections, the opposition People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) yesterday launched their campaign to regain office, with General Secretary Bharrat Jagdeo launching blistering attacks on the government for their failings and presidential candidate Irfaan Ali saying that under his leadership, the country will be transformed.

A man and a woman were yesterday afternoon found dead in a  room at the Aracari Hotel and Resort on the West Coast of Demerara and the police are probing.

Political parties should be allowed to campaign freely in any part of Guyana and the APNU+AFC coalition would not condone any form of violence or damage to political parties’ paraphernalia, says Joseph Harmon, Co-Chair of the APNU+AFC campaign.

The Athletic Association of Guyana (AAG) kicked off its 2020 season yesterday at the National Park with its Cross Country event.

The Audit Office is still to conclude its special investigation into the controversial billion-dollar D’Urban Park Development Project.

The project for a new ferry to the northwest financed by India stalled last year after New Delhi’s Exim Bank did not provide a no-objection to the contractor recommended by the government here.

The decision by the Cricket West Indies (CWI) to appoint Kieron Pollard as captain of the limited overs side following an indifferent World Cup campaign was met with apprehension in some quarters. 

Miners have been warned about mining in prohibited areas in the Rupununi.

Local table tennis action for the new year will commence later in the month with the Guyana Table Tennis Association (GTTA) announcing that the body is gearing up to serve off the 2020 editions of the senior national and junior table tennis championships respectively in January. 

Chairman of Selectors, Rayon Griffith, is hoping that the Guyana Jaguars will win the Professional Cricket League for the sixth successive year and said the side selected was one with “potential, experience and balance.”

With the Guyana Press Association (GPA) celebrating its 75th anniversary this year, President David Granger has said a book on the history of the local press will be published this year and recommitted to providing funds for the training of media operatives.

Dear Editor, There are four days before Nomination Day to be followed by fifty-two days before elections for the sixty-five seats in the National Assembly – twenty-five for geographical constituencies (GC) and forty for the national top-up list.

The Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) and the Albion Community Center Cricket Club have expressed disappointment with the non-selection of Gudakesh Motie in the Guyana Jaguars squad for the 2020 Professional Cricket League first round.

The scope of works for a $187 million Lethem road project was changed after the contract was awarded, a practice that was frowned upon by the Auditor General.

Dear Editor, Please revert me back to the realm of reality or normalcy following the asking of the above-question. 

By Dr Rudi Webster The long awaited news of Clive Lloyd’s Knighthood from the British government in the 2020 New Year’s Honours was received with great delight and satisfaction by the people of the Caribbean and by cricket lovers around the world.

The Lima Group of countries which includes Guyana yesterday expressed concern at the use of force by the Venezuelan government to prevent deputies of the National Assembly from freely accessing a session for the election of the Head  of the Assembly.

Caribbean Information and Credit Rating Services Limited (CariCRIS) has reaffirmed the ratings of CariBBB- (Foreign Currency Rating) on the regional rating scale and gyAA+ (Foreign Currency Rating) on the Guyana National scale, to the USD 30 million Long-Term Loan of The Pegasus Hotels of Guyana Limited (Pegasus).

William Walker and Shanella London each welcomed the new year with flight wins in the inaugural Tropical Woods tournament at the Lusignan Golf Club Saturday.

Dear Editor, The Management of the Berbice Cricket Board would like in the strongest possible way to condemn the behaviour and attitude of the Regional Sports Officer, Region 6, attached to the National Sports Commission.

BAGHDAD/WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – Iraq’s parliament called yesterday for U.S. and other foreign troops to leave as a backlash grows against the U.S.

Albion Community Centre Cricket Club reached the final of the Berbice Cricket Board/Ramnaresh Sarwan Under-17 competition after defeating  Port Mourant by eight wickets at Albion on Saturday.

Dear Editor, The racialist routine that restricts the Prime Minister from becoming President and preside for the remainder of the government’s term in office on the occurrence of death or resignation of the President; started by the PPP/C and now joined by the PNC-led APNU+AFC Coalition is a retrograde and most repulsive development in the era of unrigged elections in Guyana. 

Following the disclosure of statements in relation to the murder of gold miner Deon Stoll, who was shot and killed last October after armed bandits attempted to rob him outside of El Dorado Trading in Newtown, Kitty, Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan transferred the matters to another city court, where the Preliminary Inquiry (PI) into the matter is expected to commence shortly.

TOKYO,  (Reuters) – Kane Tanaka has extended her record as the world’s oldest person by celebrating her 117th birthday at a nursing home in Fukuoka in southern Japan.

Dear Editor, With respect to the December 11, 2019 letter in SN `Failure to address the ethnic impetus in domestic abuse will see the scourge continue’, The Caribbean Voice (TCV) categorically and emphatically states that there is no ‘ethnic impetus’ for domestic violence.

Defending champions, Albion Permaul’s Trading and Distribution, Friday defeated Rose Hall Town Farfan and Mendes by 73 runs to top Zone C of the Berbice Cricket Board Mike’s Pharmacy Under-15 tournament.

Hello there Guyanese citizens, including all of you under-18 years of age, but especially those over – 18.

Dear Editor, Both major political parties launched their campaigns this weekend.

CARACAS,  (Reuters) – Venezuela’s socialist government installed a new head of Congress yesterday after armed troops blocked opposition legislators from entering parliament, in a move condemned by dozens of nations as an assault on democracy.

CAPE TOWN,  (Reuters) – Opener Dominic Sibley struck a career-best unbeaten 85 as England seized control of the second test against South Africa at the close of the third day at Newlands yesterday, grinding down their hosts ahead of a fourth innings victory charge.

Recently at the Leguan District Hospital, this newspaper witnessed a dog standing at the doorway crying softly and lifting its right hind leg that had a fishing hook stuck in it, only to find out later that it was done deliberately. 

(Trinidad Express) He tried saving two drowning girls, but paid with his life.

Dear Editor,  Of all the many photographs in the dailies about the coalition campaign launch there was none about the headline act of the soca artiste – Farmer Nappy. 

(Barbados Nation) The man who was shot and killed in Eden Lodge on Saturday night has been identified as David Bedford.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Coach Floyd Reifer has praised the “all-round skills and thought processes” of the CWI President’s XI following their clinical performance against Ireland in the warm up match Saturday.

The grieving widow of Lallbachan Bachan, 39, of Lot 21 Maria’s Lodge, Essequibo Coast, who was discovered dead while in police custody on July 1, 2019, is distressed about spending the new year without him.

LISBON,  (Reuters) – The presidents of Angola and Congo said yesterday Isabel dos Santos, the billionaire daughter of Angola’s previous leader, and her Congolese husband Sindika Dokolo should cooperate with the justice system after their assets were frozen.

(Barbados Nation) At least one of the 14 villa owners who invested millions of dollars in the failed Four Seasons Barbados project will be able to claim capital gains tax losses in England on their investment.

SYDNEY, (Reuters) – Nathan Lyon took 5-68 as a dominant Australia dismissed New Zealand for 251 before the home batsmen took over to extend their lead to 243 by the close of play on the third day of the third and final test yesterday.

NAIROBI/WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – Three Americans – one U.S. military service member and two contractors – were killed by Somalia’s al Shabaab militant group during an attack yesterday on a military base in Kenya used by both U.S.

Last week, we took a break from the local setting to give coverage to recent developments in trade between the United States, Mexico and Canada.

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

Dear Editor, Yesterday I wrote to table thoughts about financing sources for all political groups.

An 11-point declaration by the Ministry of Public Health garnered viral status on social media on Friday after its mainly innocuous asseverations were headlined by a Christian invocation.