Articles published on Monday, February 24, 2020
NEW YORK, (Reuters) – The Trump administration rolled out a new immigration policy today that bars people deemed likely to require government benefits such as housing and food assistance from obtaining permanent residency in the United States.
The Private Sector Commission (PSC) today expressed grave concern that a unilateral change in the location of polling places could disenfranchise voters and it called on GECOM to promptly reverse the last-minute alterations.
NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Former movie producer Harvey Weinstein was convicted of sexual assault and rape by a New York jury today and handcuffed in court, a milestone verdict for the #MeToo movement that inspired women to go public with misconduct allegations against powerful men.
MASERU, (Reuters) – Lesotho’s high court will decide if Prime Minister Thomas Thabane can claim immunity from a charge that he murdered his wife prior to marrying his present spouse in a case that has gripped this tiny southern African country.
AHMEDABAD, India, (Reuters) – Donald Trump was cheered by more than 100,000 Indians at the opening of the world’s largest cricket stadium today, promising “an incredible trade deal” and “the most feared military equipment on the planet” at his biggest rally abroad.
(Trinidad Guardian) A 31-year-old accountant and mother of one was shot and killed by two masked men armed with gun when they invaded her St Albans Quarry Road, Valencia yesterday morning.
Marcus Keiler took his talents to Berbice yesterday and rode off with the spoils of the Courts Mashramani 50-mile road race.
Saturday evening witnessed the coronation of a new champion in the Magnum Mash Cup Futsal Championship as traditional giant Bent Street brushed aside emerging force Rio All-Stars 5-1 at the National Gymnasium, Mandela Avenue.
Local umpire, Ryan Banwarie, is set to make his on-field, first-class debut in the sixth round of the West Indies Championship where table leaders, Barbados Pride and Windward Islands Volcanoes clash from February 27 to March 1.
Guyana’s female national table tennis team has served its way into the history books after they were selected by the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) to participate in the 2020 World Teams Table Tennis Championships scheduled for March 22-29 2020 in Buscan, South Korea.
Opposition-appointed members of GECOM yesterday charged that late changes were made to the list of polling places by the Chief Election Officer (CEO) without their knowledge, adding to concerns raised by the PPP that its supporters could be disadvantaged on polling day.
Cricketers from the West Berbice based Cricket Club Achievers will now benefit from a donation of cricket gear from Guyana’s most recent First Class player, Kevin Sinclair.
CANU on Saturday evening intercepted 61 lbs of suspected cocaine on a go-fast boat at the Parika Backdam and two men are in custody and a third who allegedly issued threats is being sought.
(Reuters) – Britain’s Tyson Fury delivered a dominant performance in his heavyweight championship bout with Deontay Wilder on Saturday, overwhelming his opponent to earn a seventh round TKO victory in Las Vegas.
The army corporal who sustained burns on 90% of his body following a fireworks explosion on Saturday died yesterday morning at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH).
Dear Editor, I’ve seen a Guyana television report in which some Mahaicony residents are asking for Halfway Tree, the prominent silk cotton tree in the middle of the East Coast Highway in Perseverance Village, with the traffic passing on either side of it to be removed.
The opposition PPP has written the Guyana Elections Commission over allegations of inducement by Minister of Communities Annette Ferguson, who it said on the eve of voting by the disciplined services held a secret meeting with some members where she promised house lots if they voted her government back into office.
A century stand between Richie Looknauth and Arshad Azim propelled Cornelia Ida Cricket Club (CI) to a nine-wicket win over Zeeburg Sports Club yesterday at the Meten-Meer-Zorg ground in the latest round of the West Demerara Cricket Association President’s T20 tournament.
Dear Editor, As a follow up to my letter on the spending philosophy of the Granger cabal, I did indicate that I wanted to dissect the data some more.
Director General, Ministry of the Presidency, Joseph Harmon on Thursday commissioned a $38M Immigration Office at Independence Avenue, MacKenzie, Linden.
Dear Editor, While living abroad in the mid seventies, I faced and witnessed the many ugly faces of prejudice.
It was a dress rehearsal for Windies women during their opening match against Thailand in the ongoing Women’s T20 World Cup in Australia.
President of the Lusignan Golf Club, Aleem Hussain, said last evening that he had stepped down from his role and denied that he was asked by the executives to relinquish his position.
Work has finally begun on a new campus building for St Rose’s High School on Church Street and is expected to be completed by August next year.
Dear Editor, I refer to Mr. GHK Lall’s letter in yesterday’s Sunday Stabroek announcing his support for APNU+AFC (`Why I’m voting for David Granger”).
Two weeks have passed since former national cyclist Jude Bentley lost his life in an accident and his frustrated family has said that they are “clueless” about the police investigation into the matter.
PORT-AU-PRINCE, (Reuters) – Violent clashes erupted in the Haitian capital yesterday, with two Reuters witnesses observing shots being fired until late at night, as police stepped up their protest over pay and conditions.
Dear Editor, It is a measure of how low the APNU+AFC Coalition Government has sunk that its Prime Ministerial Candidate and leader of the AFC Mr.
The Lady Jaguars got off to the perfect start in the CONCACAF Women’s U20 Football Championship, defeating Nicaragua 3-1 yesterday at the Felix Sanchez Olympic Stadium, Dominican Republic.
SEOUL/BEIJING, (Reuters) – Fears mounted last night that the coronavirus outbreak in China will grow into a pandemic with disruptive and deadly consequences for countries around the world, after sharp rises in infections in South Korea, Italy and Iran.
A thirteen-year-old female of West Demerara, who had filed a sexual assault complaint against a pandit with the police on Monday last has committed suicide.
SANTO DOMINGO, (Reuters) – Hundreds of Dominicans took to the streets on Saturday night in fresh protests after the abrupt suspension of municipal elections that unleashed a political crisis months before the Caribbean island votes for a new president.
Dear Editor, It must have been serendipity that I read in the Sunday Stabroek yesterday two letters by two contributors to your paper.
PORT ELIZABETH, South Africa, (Reuters) – Opener David Warner scored an unbeaten half-century in vain as Australia blew what appeared to be a comfortable chase and South Africa claimed a 12-run victory in the second Twenty20 International yesterday.
NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C., (Reuters) – As Bernie Sanders looked to cement his front-runner status in the U.S.
Lolita Callendar, called ‘Lola Doll,’ who was found guilty of assaulting fellow make-up artist Onika Pompey, on Friday began paying compensation for the damage caused by the attack.
A contingent from Guyana is currently in Canada participating in the Field Hockey Canada International Masters Indoor Tournament and has played unbeaten to reach the final of the event.
(Trinidad Express) A mother of two returning home after an overnight prayer vigil was killed in a car crash early today.
Dear Editor, The Iwokrama Reduced Impact Logging (RIL) work being done is quite impressive compared to traditional logging.
RIYADH, (Reuters) – Finance officials from the world’s 20 biggest economies (G20) yesterday referenced climate change in their final communique for the first time in U.S.
(Trinidad Guardian) A Guyanese man is now in police custody after he was found covered in blood by police officers when they responded to a domestic argument at a house in El Dorado yesterday.
Alesha Jackman on Saturday boxed her way to a gold medal at the Ronald Wilson Memorial Tournament in Barbados.
DUBLIN, (Reuters) – A “ghost ship” abandoned by its crew has run aground on rocks on the south coast of Ireland after drifting in the Atlantic for 17 months.
Global Witness is an international watchdog group that ‘campaigns to end environmental and human rights abuses driven by the exploitation of natural resources and corruption in the global and economic system’.
Dear Editor, State media in the form of NCN and the Guyana Chronicle should be privatised to prevent abuse by the government of the day.
By Ulric Trotz Ulric Trotz is the Deputy Director & Science Adviser, Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre, Belmopan, Belize Recently one of our daily newspapers carried the headline, “Banks DIH interested in auto sales, energy sector”.
In recent days, the opposition PPP has raised concerns about a decision by the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) to reduce the use of private residences as polling places.
