Daily Archive: Sunday, January 26, 2020

CALABASAS, Calif., (Reuters) – Kobe Bryant, one of the NBA’s all-time greats whose international stardom transcended basketball, was killed today in a helicopter crash near Los Angeles along with his 13-year-old daughter and seven others on board, officials said.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said today that the Democratic lawmaker leading the impeachment case against him, Representative Adam Schiff, has “not paid the price, yet” for his actions, a statement Schiff said he viewed as a threat.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – Just before his lawyers stepped into the U.S.

Local beverage and food company Banks DIH Limited is diversifying its business to include alternative energy services and automotive sales.

Jan Mangal, former Petroleum Adviser to the President,  says ExxonMobil’s Payara oil well development should not be approved until it yields big changes to the much-criticised 2016 deal including a higher royalty rate than the current 2%.

A New and United Guyana (ANUG), The New Movement (TNM) and the Liberty and Justice Party (LJP) held their first public meeting together yesterday to explain why they decided to combine the votes they will receive on Election Day.

A Bushlot Village, Corentyne woman is now hospitalised after her husband chopped her about her body on Friday evening and then hanged himself.

President David Granger yesterday expressed sadness at the death of Senior Counsel  and National Awardee Brynmor Thornton Inniss Pollard who died on Friday at 92.

Chairperson of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) Justice Claudette Singh yesterday said that the March 2nd  general elections will be free, fair and transparent.

The Guyana Government in collaboration with the Pan-American Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) is currently preparing counter-measures to prevent any outbreak of the coronavirus that has killed dozens in China and created international concerns about its spread.

Chief Election Officer (CEO) Keith Lowenfield yesterday announced that there will be approximately 2500 polling stations on Elections Day and he cautioned about the converging of persons around these.

A couple of wickets from left-arm spinner, Veerasammy Permaul, brought him to a magical 500 wickets  and moved Guyana Jaguars within four wickets of victory heading into the final day against Trinidad and Tobago Red Force today.

To An Expatriate Friend Colour meant nothing. Anyone who wanted help, had humour or was kind was brother to you; categories of skin were foreign; you were colour blind.

Tokyo Olympic hopeful, Leslain Baird continued to get his feet wet yesterday when the Athletic Association of Guyana (AAG) staged its third ‘Development Meet’ at the Enmore Community Centre Ground.

Presidential candidate of The New Movement (TNM) Dr Asha Kissoon believes that her party is the cure to the political disease that has been plaguing Guyana.

Almost three months after her 8-year-old son Richard Boodram was brutally beaten by five of his former classmates at the Mon Repos Primary School his mother, Devika Persaud, said that the injury he sustained to his left eye is affecting his schoolwork.

Defending champion High Rollers, former two-time winner Silver Bullets, Swag Entertainment and Presidential earned quarterfinal berths on the opening night of the Guinness ‘Greatest of the Streets’ Linden  Zone at the Silvercity Tarmac.

A $6.3 Million  regional dialysis centre was officially commissioned yesterday at the New Amsterdam Regional Hospital.

The qualifier for entry into the 2020 National Chess Championship which was scheduled to begin yesterday has been postponed to next Saturday, February 1, at the National Stadium, Providence.

Dear Editor, It is not much, but it is worth digesting and cherishing for what it represents; of where it has brought us from; and to where we can be taken. 

The University of Guyana (UG) ended day one of their Noble House Seafoods second-division, two-day contest against Bel Air Rubis on 14-1, trailing by 56 runs batting a second time at the Queen’s College ground.

The Guyana Bauxite & General Workers Union (GB&GWU) has strongly denied a Department of Public Information (DPI) release stating that the union had a meeting with Minister Keith Scott on the recent layoffs by BCGI.

As part of your 2020 New Year’s resolution, you’re trying to lose body fat, gain muscle, or work towards some type of body composition goal.

Dear Editor, I am open to being challenged on my observation that President David Granger, given his short reign, is on record for being the President who abused the Constitution more profusely than any other President.

The video shows a hand opening a door and the camera pans on a man and woman engaged in a sexual act.

El Paso is a community located in Region Eight (Potaro-Siparuni), west of the Tumatumari Falls, a scenic haven for its less than 200 residents, most of whom are indigenous people.

BEIJING,  (Reuters) – President Xi Jinping said China was facing a “grave situation” as the death toll from the coronavirus outbreak jumped to 42, overshadowing Lunar New Year celebrations that began yesterday.

By Royston Atkins The Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC) Friday evening held its annual awards ceremony for both its cricketers and hockey players at the club’s pavilion. 

Dear Editor, I wish to express my disappointment regarding the altercation between two young female students from Linden which resulted in the stabbing and subsequent hospitalization of one of the students.

The history of tampering with ballot boxes commenced in 1968 and ended in 1985.

MADRID,  (Reuters) – Venezuela’s opposition leader Juan Guaido joined thousands of supporters at a demonstration in Madrid yesterday after arriving in Spain on the last leg of a European tour.

Meshach Pierre is a conservation biologist by training, but aims to be an interdisciplinary social and ecological scientist.

Dear Editor, As we approach the 2nd March, 2020, National and Regional Elections, an astute electorate will scrutinize the track record of the Coalition Government in order to make an informed decision.

Saints Hockey Club and Queen’s Park Cricket Club (QPCC) yesterday clinched the under – 16 and 13 titles, respectively in the Guyana Hockey Board (GHB), QPCC Outdoor challenge at the Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC) ground. 

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – Lawyers for U.S. President Donald Trump told his Senate impeachment trial yesterday that Democrats’ efforts to remove the president from office would set a “very, very dangerous” precedent in an election year.

I love poetry. It is the quiet passion of my life.

(Trinidad Express) Two men were shot and killed in Laventille early yesterday.

JOHANNESBURG,  (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – From drone-mapping in Mozambique to community radio weather programmes in Zambia, aid agencies are innovating to help millions of people in drought-ravaged southern Africa prepare for climate threats and produce enough food on a warming planet.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – Marie Antoinette’s hair turned white overnight, according to folklore, before she was executed by guillotine in 1793 during the French Revolution.

ZOMBA, Malawi,  (Reuters) – Malawi’s Rastafarians are cheering a court ruling that will allow their children to go to school with dreadlocks.

I know everyone know the story Every day you hear someone preach How things will be in the country When Guyana oil money reach The political people shouting Even ones with foreign passport I’m hearing nuff nuff predictions Daily, I ain’t making sport.

By David Richmond LONDON – Niger’s government is sounding the alarm about bogus meningitis vaccines – and it is not the first time.

By Meshach Andres Pierre When I was in high school, a dear friend of mine, Lisa, committed suicide.

Introduction Last week’s column concluded my presentation on the Buxton Proposal.

Dear Editor, This year  I am remembering 20-plus years of work as an animal activist.

There has been no election prior to this one when there has been so much talk of constitutional reform, and in the case of some of the parties, specifically of shared governance. 

Yuteshwar Persaud emerged as the 2020 novices champion in the Guyana Table Tennis Association (GTTA) junior national table tennis championships after clinching the title yesterday at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall (CASH). 

MUSCATINE, Iowa,  (Reuters) – The Des Moines Register newspaper endorsed Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren in the crowded race for the Democratic Party’s presidential nomination late yesterday, a coveted show of support that could boost her campaign in the state’s first-in-the-nation caucus on Feb.

(Trinidad Express) The body of a man found in a shallow grave in Petit Valley yesterday has been identified as 29-year-old Christian Harewood.

The Golden Jaguars will commence the opening round of the 2021 CONCACAF Gold Cup Qualifiers against Barbados in a home and away two match series on March 26th and 31st respectively.