Articles published on Thursday, February 20, 2020
(Trinidad Express) Out of 150 people pulled aside for driving under the influence following Machel Monday, at Hasely Crawford Stadium, only five were found to be above the prescribed limit of 35 microgrammes per 100 millilitre of breath.
(Jamaica Observer) Cycling sensation Shellysha McCarthy, who was all over social media last October for her unconventional mode of transportation to and from work, and even reportedly attracted marriage proposals for her cycling prowess, is now laid up at home as a result of a mishap with a male motorcyclist.
(Jamaica Gleaner) The police are probing the shooting of a cop, allegedly by a soldier, in a reported love triangle in Greater Portmore, St Catherine last night.
A thirty-four-year-old Cuban immigrant was killed minutes to seven this morning in what was believed to be an attempted robbery on Middle Street while on his way to work.
The Carter Center today said that electoral preparations are on track but it called on GECOM to ensure that vote tabulation procedures for the March 2 General Elections are made clear to all stakeholders.
Former Barbados Prime Minister Owen Arthur is on the Commonwealth’s observer mission for the March 2 general elections.
MASERU, (Reuters) – Lesotho’s Prime Minister Thomas Thabane is to be charged with the murder of his former wife, the deputy police commissioner said today.
LISBON, (Reuters) – Angolan billionaire former first daughter Isabel dos Santos said today her companies in Portugal, where prosecutors seized her bank accounts last week, still owed local banks 180 million euros ($195 million) after repaying the bulk of the loans.
(Jamaica Star) Popcaan’s lawyer, Bert Samuels, says he wants to unequivocally deny that his client, Andre Sutherland more popularly known as Popcaan, was held in possession of an illegal firearm.
(Trinidad Express) A WOMAN who was arrested and detained for several hours in 2016 after officers wrongly believed that she had failed to pay an outstanding $100 on a traffic ticket has been awarded $40,000 by the court.
(Trinidad Guardian) A police sergeant is now in police custody for allegedly shooting his common law wife, who also is a police officer.
As the sod was turned yesterday for a US$100M investment on 20 acres of land at Ogle, NICIL announced that it was only part of a grand “City of Ogle” project spanning some 800 acres going all the way to Lusignan.
Guyana’s economy grew by 4.7% last year surpassing the 4.4% projection, Minister of Finance Winston Jordan yesterday announced.
Two men were yesterday remanded to prison after being charged with the murder of the Sophia man who was reportedly beaten during a robbery attempt.
The Ministry of Public Health in collaboration with the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) yesterday commissioned the recently rehabilitated facility which will provide accommodation to doctors, nurses and other staff members of the GPHC.
The police yesterday obtained additional statements as they continue to investigate the February 8th accident which claimed the life of former national cyclist Jude Bentley, Commander of Region 4(A) Assistant Commissioner Edgar Thomas confirmed.
The Amerindian Peoples Associations (APA) in collaboration with the National Toshaos Council (NTC) yesterday presented a list of their concerns to political parties contesting the March 2nd General and Regional elections and land titling and revision of the Amerindian Act are key areas.
Guyana’s third bauxite plant will be commissioned today at Bonasika in the Upper Demerara River of Region 3 and the company has told government that if natural gas is brought onshore for domestic purposes it will build an aluminium smelter at its location.
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Axed Trinidad and Tobago Red Force wicketkeeper/batsman Denesh Ramdin has blasted the team’s selectors and has gone as far as accusing coach Mervyn Dillon of not wanting him around.
Twenty-five-year-old Shaquiel Mentore has been identified as the bandit who was injured on Tuesday afternoon after he and another allegedly robbed a woman of her handbag at Campbellville, triggering a frenetic chase by public-spirited citizens.
Workers attached to the Blairmont Estate yesterday interrupted their work to express their dissatisfaction with Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo)’s pay rise offer.
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, CMC – Manager of the West Indies team Rawl Lewis says the Caribbean men will not be underestimating Sri Lanka in their three-match One-Day International (ODI) series starting here Saturday, but will be focused on winning the series and regaining the support of fans across the region.
“As I bring the curtains down on my refereeing career, and reflect on the journey, I must say I enjoyed it every step of the way.
A prison officer found himself before the court after he was accused of breaching a protection order and using threatening language against Donella Andrews.
Rose Hall Town Metro defeated West Berbice by 65 runs to lift the Berbice Cricket Board/Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club/Natasha Gangoo tribute trophy on Sunday at the Bush Lot ground.
The Flying Ace Cycling Club-organised Courts-sponsored Mashramani 50-mile road race is set for local wheelsmen countrywide on Sunday.
President David Granger on Tuesday evening pledged to banish piracy from Region Six while pleading again with supporters to ensure that APNU+AFC wins the entire East Berbice-Corentyne.
Delbert Hicks produced a brisk half century to book Rose Hall Town Tigers a spot in the semi-final of the Berbice Cricket Board Premium Asphalt/T/R construction T20 Lower Corentyne tournament following a 51-run win over Albion Open.
The U.S. Embassy’s Consular Section provides many emergency services for U.S.
CARICOM Heads of Government have expressed deep concern about the continuing high rates of crime and violence in the Community and will convene a summit on the matter.
United States of America based Brusches Basketball Foundation in partnership with Escalade Sports entity has donated two uprights and a pair of backboards towards the Amelia’s Ward Hard-court which is now under rehabilitation.
Senior Magistrate Leron Daly on Tuesday announced that she will rule in April on the charge against Sharmila Inderjali and Maryanna Lionel, who have been on trial after allegedly offering a policeman $4 million in cash to release the accused in the murder of Number 70 Village carpenter Faiyaz Narinedatt.
Dear Editor, A man on the street grumbles to his woman: “Yuh tell me go leff an’ den yuh turn right.
The Preliminary Inquiry (PI) into the charge laid against Devon Johnson, who is accused of the murder of a Regent Street vagrant late last year, commenced on Tuesday.
Castrol Strikers’ male volleyball team Sunday evening matched the success of their female counterparts by capturing the 2020 male title in the annual Lennie Shuffler volleyball tournament at the National Gymnasium.
Dear Editor, With the news that Bombardier is exiting the commercial aviation business due to high levels of debt and the announcement of high speed rail in Texas, one is inspired to dream of the future transportation network of Guyana.
BEIJING, (Reuters) – Mainland China reported yesterday the lowest number of confirmed cases of a new coronavirus since late January, partly due to a change in diagnostic criteria for patients in Hubei province, the epicentre of the outbreak.
Guyanese pair Trevon Griffith and Joshua Persaud who are keen to use their participation in the 2020 season of the Trinidad and Tobago (TT) Cricket Board National League Premiership three–day competition to find favour with the local national selectors, struck half-centuries in the recent weekend round matches.
Dear Editor, The following is actually the gist of correspondence I want to send to ExxonMobil and its subsidiary affiliates now responsible for pumping oil up from the Atlantic deemed, internationally, to be Guyana.
The Mayor and City Councillors of Georgetown yesterday launched the restoration fund for the complete rehabilitation of the historic City Hall building situated on the corner of Regent Street and Avenue of the Republic, in Georgetown.
Newly elected President of the Guyana Rugby Football Union (GRFU), Ryan Dey has aspirations to once again make the discipline the envy of many across the 592 and the Region.
Dear Editor, I note Mr. Sherwood Lowe’s letter, `Coalition gov’t has activated several of the 1999/2000 constitutional reforms.’
Dear Editor, Last Sunday, I posted on my Facebook page that the APNU+AFC in their 2015 Manifesto, promised wide-ranging constitutional reforms within 100 days of winning the Government but that five years hence, not a single piece of reform was even drafted, let alone implemented.
Attorney Anil Nandlall has filed an application on behalf of Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo, to strike out the lawsuit calling on him to disclose the academic certificates which PPP/C presidential candidate Irfaan Ali claims he has.
(BBC) Deontay Wilder vowed to surpass his “idol” Muhammad Ali by knocking out Tyson Fury to land another defence of the world heavyweight title.
LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – Rapper Pop Smoke was shot and killed yesterday in a rented multi-million-dollar home in Los Angeles’ Hollywood Hills, and police said they were searching for several suspects, at least one whom was armed and wearing a mask during the incident.
LAS VEGAS, (Reuters) – Michael Bloomberg came under heavy fire during his first Democratic presidential debate yesterday, with his rivals leaping to attack him as a billionaire copy of President Donald Trump and criticizing his record on race and history of sexist comments.
Dear Editor, I look and listen, and as I learn, I arrive at a sad place, a bad place.
Sparta Boss, Gold is Money, Future Stars, Rio All-Stars and Berbice All-Stars secured their berths to the quarter-final section of the inaugural President’s Cup Streetball knockout championships which started Tuesday.
BUENOS AIRES, (Reuters) – The International Monetary Fund warned Argentina’s bondholders yesterday that they would likely need to take a hit to help resolve the country’s “unsustainable” debt burden.
Earlier this month, February 8 to 13 to be precise, some 20,000 delegates from over 150 countries met in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates for the 10th session of the World Urban Forum, convened by the United Nations Human Settlements Programme.
Dear Editor, It is easy to choose a party or candidate to vote for at general elections if one has a value system.
The police yesterday obtained additional statements as they continue to investigate the February 8th accident which claimed the life of former national cyclist Jude Bentley, Commander of Region 4(A) Assistant Commissioner Edgar Thomas confirmed.
GUARENAS, Venezuela, (Reuters) – Since President Nicolas Maduro founded the Special Action Force of Venezuela’s National Police two-and-a-half years ago, the squad has earned a fearsome reputation in poor neighbourhoods across Venezuela.
A week ago, the National Geographic (Nat Geo) website ran an alarming report about a record plague of locusts descending on East Africa, threatening the food supply of tens of millions.
SYDNEY, (Reuters) – The Women’s Twenty20 World Cup gets underway when hosts and defending champions Australia meet India in Sydney tomorrow and hopes are high that the seventh edition of the tournament will prove transformational for the game.
CARACAS, (Reuters) – Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said yesterday he would create a presidential commission to restructure the country’s beleaguered oil industry, which will be led by Vice President for the Economy Tareck El Aissami.
