Articles published on Monday, March 21, 2022
A police probe of larceny at the Health Ministry’s Diamond Bond ended up with a bribe being offered by an employee following the discovery of two guns, ammunition and a large amount of cash in his vehicle.
GIBRALTAR, (Reuters) – A luxurious super-yacht linked to the owner of Russia’s largest steel pipe maker, who is currently under British and European Union sanctions, docked in Gibraltar today and was then detained by the authorities.
MARIUPOL/LVIV/KYIV, Ukraine, (Reuters) – Ukraine said it would not accept ultimatums from Russia after Moscow demanded it stop defending besieged Mariupol, where hundreds of thousands of civilians are suffering through Russian bombardments laying waste to their city.
Two siblings of a Westminster carpenter are in custody following an accusation that they wounded him.
KYIV, (Reuters) – Shelling hit a Kyiv shopping centre late yesterday, killing at least eight people, wrecking nearby buildings and leaving smoking piles of rubble and the twisted wreckage of burned-out cars spread over several hundred metres.
board crashed in mountains in southern China on a domestic flight today following a sudden descent from cruising altitude.
With assistance from the Pan American Health Organisation (PAHO), Guyana’s Ministry of Health will soon develop an action plan with a goal to eliminate five of the 17 World Health Organisation (WHO)-listed neglected diseases by at least 2030, Minister of Health Dr.
After being missing for around five days, police yesterday found US-based Guyanese Rohan Mangra alive and well, a statement from police Deputy Director of Communications Stan Gouveia said.
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Hopes of a dramatic finish to the second Test faded in the final session as captain Kraigg Brathwaite’s ceaseless fortitude snuffed out England’s desperate attempts at victory, earning West Indies a stalemate on the final day here yesterday.
Declaring its intent to build good race relations in critical racially-sensitive spheres of society, the opposition PNCR yesterday pledged good governance and fairness in the allocation of state resources and opportunities among other measures.
With exactly one week to go before the highly anticipated Quarter Mile Return, fans and racers alike are licking their chops at the enticing battles that will take place.
The Guyana Football Federation (GFF) staged a competition management workshop Saturday for its regional member associations at the National Training Centre, Providence.
The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) will from today open two sites for taxpayers who need assistance with signing up for its online service to file their individual income tax and other returns online.
Farmers from Hague Backdam on the West Coast of Demerara are relieved that their drainage issue has been resolved and they no longer suffer flooding and major losses to their crops during heavy rainfall.
The countdown is on and in just a few days, the Birmingham 2022 Queen’s Baton Relay will arrive in Guyana, the 46th destination out of the 72 Common-wealth nations and territories it will be visiting.
Despite some scintillating performances, the number of qualifiers remained at nine after the curtain came down on the fourth and final CARIFTA Games trials yesterday at the National Track and Field Centre.
Although it is no longer compulsory to wear masks in public, entry into Guyana would still require persons to be vaccinated and tested while individual businesses and government agencies here can keep whichever of the withdrawn measures they decide, Minister of Health Dr.
A solid half-century from Dominique Rikhi and a four-wicket haul from Damion Jacobs helped American Cricket Society (ACS) to a 45-run win over Enmore Community Centre Cricket Club Saturday.
With still no trace of the three fishermen attached to Noble House Seafoods, family members of the missing men are calling for answers from the lone survivor and the fishing crew that rescued him.
Rose Hall Canje Arborsmart defeated Tucber Park by 282 runs while Port Mourant secured a seven-wicket win over Cotton Tree to book their places in the final of the Berbice Cricket Board/Tenelec Under-15 tournament.
President Irfaan Ali left Guyana yesterday for the United Arab Emirates (UAE), where he will participate in the Caribbean Investment Forum (CIF2022) and the Global Business Forum LATAM.
Dear Editor, We learn from the Department of Public Information that in the 2022 national budget $1.4 billion of public funds were allocated to deal with the stench and other management issues at the Haags Bosch landfill located at Eccles.
Dear Editor, Slightly more than a year ago on February 11, 2021 Guyana’s vaccination programme was launched.
Curtis ‘Chappy’ Dey recorded his first win of the season yesterday soloing to victory in the 22nd Cheddi Jagan Memorial 45-mile road race at West Demerara.
The Ministry of Health yesterday reported eleven new cases of COVID-19.
Dear Editor, Some things that occur in this country are simply too mindboggling to contemplate.
Shomari Wiltshire came from behind to defeat Jason Ray-Khalil 3-2 in a five-set thriller to clinch the Guyana Squash Association (GSA) senior men’s championship yesterday at the Georgetown Club facility, Camp Street.
HOPKINS, Belize, (Reuters) – Britain’s Prince William and his wife Kate danced with Belizean villagers and helped make traditional chocolate yesterday as the second day of their Caribbean tour passed off smoothly following an awkward start to the weeklong trip.
LVIV, Ukraine, (Reuters) – Ukraine yesterday rejected Russian calls to surrender the port city of Mariupol, where residents are besieged with little food, water and power in a humanitarian crisis that is increasing pressure on European leaders to toughen sanctions on Moscow.
Patients who are suffering from advanced chronic kidney diseases will soon be able to benefit from dialysis within Region Two.
Dear Editor, This nation is suffering from leaders, formal and informal, regurgitating the opinions of those who are historically opposed to anything created by or under the Forbes Burnham government.
A 24-year-old man of Lot “A” Melville, Wakenaam Island, Region Three is currently in the Suddie Public Hospital after he crashed into a stationary motorcar on the Noitgedacht Public Road Wakenaam.
(Trinidad Guardian) Grief and horror have gripped two families and a Princes Town community has been left in shock after a couple hanged themselves in the presence of their nine-year-old daughter on Saturday.
JOHANNESBURG, (Reuters) – Fast bowler Kagiso Rabada took 5-39 as South Africa cruised to a seven-wicket victory over Bangladesh in the second one-day International at The Wanderers yesterday to square the three-match series.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The Biden administration has formally determined that violence committed against the Rohingya minority by Myanmar’s military amounts to genocide and crimes against humanity, U.S.
CAPE TOWN, (Reuters) – A South African court has halted construction of Amazon’s AMZN.O
By Red Thread Red Thread’s members are primarily grassroots women, who live daily with various forms of economic and social insecurity.
Nearly seven years after it was inaugurated in a blaze of publicity, serious questions persist on the financial viability of the Guyana Marriott Hotel in Kingston and it is a matter that the administration and government holding company, NICIL should speak forthrightly on.
Kristaps Porzingis scored 16 of his 27 points in the fourth quarter to lead seven players in double figures as the Washington Wizards rallied to snap a six-game losing streak, beating the visiting Los Angeles Lakers 127-119 Saturday.
(Trinidad Guardian) Three days after a Princes Town man was reported missing by relatives his body was found in the trunk of his vehicle along Poole Valley Road, Rio Claro by police yesterday.
Dear Editor, Politicians needs to be held accountable for their promises.
Corruption is a human rights issue, which ought to be recognized as such by States, the business community and civil society.
Thirty-five School Welfare Officers are now certified to provide psychosocial support to children in schools.
