Daily Archive: Monday, March 28, 2022

  Deputy Commissioner of Police, Clifton Hicken has been appointed to act as the country’s Commissioner of Police as office holder Nigel Hoppie heads into pre-retirement leave.

LVIV/KHARKIV, Ukraine,  (Reuters) – Ukraine and Russia were preparing today for the first face-to-face peace talks in more than two weeks, but a senior U.S.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – The Kremlin said today that U.S. President Joe Biden’s remark that Vladimir Putin “cannot remain in power” was a cause for alarm, in a measured response to a public call from the United States for an end to Putin’s 22-year rule.

LOS ANGELES,  (Reuters) – The Academy Awards telecast was packed with much of what got left out of last year’s pandemic-hindered show, offering a trio of women hosts, a return to lavish musical productions and a big dose of comedy, much of it edgier than usual for the Oscars.

 (Reuters) – Gunmen killed 19 people yesterday in a night-time attack on a clandestine cockfighting venue in western Mexico, authorities said, and several other people were reported hospitalized.

Dear Editor,   The front cover of April’s edition of “National Geographic” magazine is a beautiful view from the edge of a mountain overlooking flocculent clouds floating above a verdant valley with a thin waterfall in the distance.

(Trinidad Express) A 44-year-old man was shot and killed in Moruga on Saturday afternoon surrounded by his friends and family.

ST GEORGE’S, Grenada, CMC – Buoyant West Indies needed all of 90 minutes yesterday as they crushed England by 10 wickets inside four days to capture the first-ever Richards-Botham Trophy series.

President Irfaan Ali yesterday launched a major Black Belly Sheep Project in Region Five, West Coast Berbice which has 78 farmers on board already with an additional 1,000 black belly sheep expected to arrive from Barbados in the coming weeks.

Rugby became the latest core sport to launch its academy yesterday and Director of Sport, Steve Ninvalle is confident of the programme’s success once a concerted and combined effort is undertaken by all stakeholders.

Declaring that the people of the country were not getting enough from the country’s oil revenues, PNCR Leader Aubrey Norton on Saturday said that the party must embrace the policy of wealth creation and he pledged the development of a meritocracy in the public service.

Men’s Physique standout, Yannick Grimes along with Master’s bodybuilder, Lindon Burnett will both return with hardware from the Giovanni Classic held in Aruba this past weekend.

Trinidadian Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley said that during Guyana’s election impasse in March 2020, he had cautioned President David Granger that if he had lost the polls he should lose it with dignity otherwise there would be consequences for him and his party.

Dear Editor, On Tuesday last (22nd), Stabroek News and Kaieteur News published a commentary drawing readers’ attention to  the importance of honouring international treaty obligations in the current context of unstable international relations.

The Golden Jaguars got their Courts Caribbean Classic international campaign off to the perfect start, humbling a dismal Barbados 5-0 last evening at the Hasely Crawford Stadium, Trinidad and Tobago.

Mental Health Unit Director, Dr Util Thomas was fired in January but was last week informed that she would be rehired and will be posted to the East Coast of Demerara Enterprise Health Centre instead.

A nineteen-year-old labourer was on Saturday night crushed to death in an accident on the Craig, East Bank Demerara (EBD) Public Road.

Everest Cricket Club and Demerara Cricket Club (DCC) advanced to the final of the Georgetown Cricket Association Noble House Seafood two-day, second-division tournament.

Dear Editor, When the former President of the United States of America Donald Trump spoke about “Shit Hole Countries” Guyana obviously belonged in that category.

The Georgetown Cricket Association/Ramchand Auto Sales/Survival Group of Companies/Trophy Stall under-19 50-over tournament continued yesterday with Demerara Cricket Club (DCC) and Transport Sports Club registering commanding victories at Queen’s College.

Dear Editor, I agree that priority should and must be given to our fellow Guyanese, but we must not turn our backs on those who have a shared history with us.

Windsor Forest pensioner, 66-year-old Fiuz Hussaine was fatally struck by a vehicle on the public road yesterday.

Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo on Tuesday requested a meeting with the management of Morning Glory Inc, popularly known as the Anna Regina Cereal Plant.

(Trinidad Guardian) Farmers are given a raw deal in T&T and treated with contempt, leader of the Progressive Empowerment Party (PEP) Phillip Alexander has said.

LVIV, Ukraine,  (Reuters) – With peace talks between Russia and Ukraine set to take place in Turkey this week, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy insisted on the territorial integrity of his country after earlier suggesting he was ready for a compromise.

Dear Editor, The shock removal of the President of BCB as a CWI director to be replaced by a relative unknown, reeks of a higher hand at play.

The Berbice Cricket Board/Telenec 50-overs first-division tournament bowled off Saturday with Kevlon Anderson and Kevin Sinclair smashing centuries.

KABUL,  (Reuters) – The Taliban have told airlines in Afghanistan that women cannot board domestic or international flights without a male chaperone, two sources told Reuters yesterday.

Two new cases of COVID-19 were yesterday reported by the Ministry of Health.

SAN SALVADOR,  (Reuters) – El Salvador’s Congress approved yesterday emergency powers that temporarily suspended some constitutional protections after the Central American country recorded a sharp rise in killings attributed to criminal gangs.

Dear Editor, I join my voice with Dr. Vindhya Persaud’s, President of Guyana Hindu Dharmic Sabha in strongly condemning Mr.

LOS ANGELES,  (Reuters) – Heartwarming movie “CODA,” about a deaf family with a hearing daughter, won the prestigious best picture prize at the Oscars yesterday, the first time a streaming service took home the film industry’s biggest prize.

The touring MMZ USA side romped to victories over Enmore Community Centre Cricket Club and La Bonne Intention Young Guns on Saturday.

Introduction As countries around the world begin to re-open their borders following a two-year hiatus due to COVID-19 lockdowns, the Barbados Tourism Authority (BTA) is sending signals that Barbados is open for business as one of the major tourist destinations in the Caribbean.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Russian aluminium tycoon Oleg Deripaska said yesterday that U.S.

(ICC) India were knocked out of the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup 2022 with the final ball of the league stage as South Africa won by three wickets Saturday night.

In a letter of March 25, the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Health, Malcolm Watkins peremptorily removed Dr Marlan Cole from his position as Director of Food and Drugs.

Dear Editor,  As usual, in everything we do, there will be agreement or disagreement, and my recent letter calling for the removal of certain persons holding on to office and not functioning properly caused quite a few people to voice their opinion towards me personally.

LOS ANGELES,  (Reuters) – Best actor nominee Will Smith smacked presenter Chris Rock in the face with an open hand and shouted a vulgarity at the comedian for making a joke about his wife’s appearance at the Oscars ceremony yesterday.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Prince William has said he is committed to service and “not telling people what to do” after a tour of the Caribbean that was marked by protests over the British empire and criticism that the trip reflected a throwback to colonial times.

ST GEORGE’S, Grenada, CMC – An elated Kyle Mayers said Saturday his maiden five-wicket haul could not have come at a better moment, after it helped put West Indies in sight of a major series win against England.

Last week, we reported that a heat wave is hitting the North and South Poles with temperature reaching 70 degrees and 50 degrees above normal, respectively.

By Charlene Wilkinson Charlene Wilkinson is a lecturer in the Department of Language and Cultural Studies at the University of Guyana, a founder member of the Guyanese Languages Unit Working Group, and a member of the Guyana-Haiti Support Group “The very idea of ‘border’ only applies to the extremely vulnerable and those in need.