Daily Archive: Wednesday, March 30, 2022

(Caribbean Premier League) The Hero Caribbean Premier League (CPL) finals will be hosted by Guyana for the next three years, starting in 2022.

Two persons including an 18-year-old girl were remanded to prison on Monday after they were charged with the murder of taxi driver, Insaf Zakir, who was  stabbed and robbed by robbers who posed as customers more than a month ago.

 (Reuters) – The World Health Organization today released an updated plan for COVID-19, laying out key strategies that, if implemented in 2022, would allow the world to end the emergency phase of the pandemic.

LVIV, Ukraine/KYIV OUTSKIRTS,  (Reuters) – Russian forces bombarded the outskirts of Kyiv and a besieged city in northern Ukraine today, a day after promising to scale down operations there in what the West dismissed as a ploy to regroup by invaders taking heavy losses.

GENEVA,  (Reuters) – The United Nations named three human rights experts today to investigate possible war crimes in Ukraine where Russia has been accused of indiscriminate bombardment of civilians.

LONDON/HONG KONG, (Reuters) – Two senior British judges, including the president of the UK Supreme Court, resigned from Hong Kong’s highest court today because of a sweeping national security law China imposed on Britain’s former colony cracking down on dissent.

The Environmental Assessment Board (EAB) yesterday heard that there were “fatal gaps” in the EPA’s decision to waive an impact study for the new Demerara Harbour Bridge and it was urged to overturn it.

Speaker Manzoor Nadir has said that it is not the legislature’s responsibility to inform the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) of a vacancy in the National Assembly rather it communicates directly with the Representative of the List of Candidates to fill the vacancy.

George Paton who the prosecution said was the getaway driver in the robbery, during which Bourda Market cheese vendor Troy Ramalho was shot and killed in 2018, has been sentenced to just about eight years.

With hundreds of vehicles not returning to their country of origin after crossing into Guyana, GRA  Commissioner-General, Godfrey Statia on Monday told the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) that they have been working to put systems in place to address the issue.

Davanand Narine was yesterday morning sentenced to 18 years in prison for the 2019 stabbing death of his wife Farida Khayum, but following a number of deductions, will be spending just about the next seven years behind bars.

Close to two weeks after Kwame Bhagwandin reportedly died at the hands of vigilantes, the Guyana Police Force remains mum on the investigation.

Former miner, Lexroy Garraway, called ‘Bam Bam,’ was yesterday morning sentenced to 20 for the 2019 killing of his drinking buddy, Eric Nurse whom he stabbed about the body during a scuffle.

A homeless man was arrested yesterday in connection with the fatal stabbing of former Guyanese tennis coach Esan Benn who died on the sidewalk just blocks from Times Square, in New York, the New York post reported yesterday.

To ensure students are able to perform at their best at the Caribbean Secondary Examination Certificate (CSEC) and Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examinations (CAPE), consultations began yesterday with secondary school teachers across the country.

Four new COVID-19 cases have been recorded out of 1,500 tests that were done.

Trinidadian manufacturers yesterday lamented that non-tariff barriers were  hampering imports of agricultural produce from Guyana and called on the political directorate to clear the hurdles.

Dear Editor, When Commissioner of Police (COP) Seelall Persaud retired, the most senior officer in the Guyana Police Force was David Ramnarine, the second most senior officer was Clifton Hicken.

Dear Editor, Constable Shawnette Bollers has put into the public domain her complaint to her employers about the violence she experienced at Justice Carl Singh’s residence (Stabroek News and Kaieteur News).

LVIV, Ukraine/KYIV OUTSKIRTS  (Reuters) – Ukraine reacted with skepticism to Russia’s promise in negotiations to scale down military operations around Kyiv and another city as some Western countries expected Moscow to intensify its offensive in other parts of the country.

Dear Editor, In the space of one week, Stabroek News gave its readers a better understanding in simple English language  by way of a commentary and later a letter by Mr.

A 90th+2 minute header from striker Levi Garcia denied Guyana from securing the inaugural Courts Caribbean Classic title, levelling the contest for host nation Trinidad and Tobago (T&T) 1-1 yesterday at the Hasely Crawford Stadium.

Dear Editor, The main road linking the UG entrance to Sophia was completed about two to three weeks ago.

By Tony McWatt What a wonderful weekend this past one has been for West Indies cricket.

(Reuters) – A U.S. appeals court in Washington yesterday rejected a bid by Russian aluminum tycoon Oleg Deripaska to lift sanctions imposed on him by the United States in 2018, finding that American officials had sufficient evidence to back up their action.

KINSHASA, (Reuters) – Eight peacekeepers were killed when a U.N. helicopter crashed in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo yesterday amid rebel fighting, the United Nations said.

MMZ USA suffered a 69-run defeat at the hands of Police Sports Club as their tour of Guyana continued Sunday at the Meten-Meer-Zorg Ground.

Dear Editor, An educated population is the means by which a democracy is organized and sustained.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Energy major Shell SHEL.L has filed its appeal against a Dutch court ruling that ordered the oil, gas and fuel producer to cut its emissions faster in a landmark win for activists turning to courts to force climate action.

Dear Editor, It was promised the constitution would be followed in the appointment of the next Top Cop. 

PORT-AU-PRINCE,  (Reuters) – Haitian demonstrators protesting against crime in the city of Les Cayes yesterday burned a plane belonging to U.S.

Brief Scores: Rajasthan Royals 210/6 (Sanju Samson 55, Devdutt Padikkal 41; Umran Malik 2-39) beat Sunrisers Hyderabad 149/7 (Aiden Markram 57*, Washington Sundar 40; Yuzvendra Chahal 3-22) by 61 runs.

ACCRA,  (Reuters) – Ghana’s parliament approved a new 1.5% tax on electronic payments, known as the “e-levy,” yesterday after the opposition walked out in protest.

 Dear Editor,  There is wanton suffering in paradise. I did not realise that my first few days in Barbados saw me as just another tourist that could afford the luxury and beauty of that island.

LIMA, (Reuters) – Peruvian President Pedro Castillo survived on Monday an impeachment vote in Congress that fell short of the votes needed to oust the leftist leader eight months after he took office.

(Reuters) – Russian grandmaster Sergey Karjakin is considering appealing against his six-month ban from competition for supporting Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, he told Russian news agency TASS yesterday.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – White House records show an unexplained gap of more than seven hours in the record of former President Donald Trump’s telephone calls the day of the deadly Jan.

Dear Editor, At the Oscars celebrations last Sunday evening, in a joke by a comedian about Will Smith’s wife’s illness and the reason for her bald-headed appearance, her husband walked up to the stage and slapped the comedian for his comment, while swearing at him.

LA PAZ, (Reuters) – Bolivia’s economy grew by 6.11% in 2021, government data showed yesterday, as a recovery in the country’s productive apparatus and raw material exports helped it to emerge from the largest contraction since the 1950s.

CAPE TOWN, (Reuters) – Depleted hosts South Africa will face a buoyant Bangladesh when the teams start the first of two tests at Kingsmead in Durban tomorrow with more history in the sights of the visitors after their victory in the One-Day International series.

Dear Editor, My apologies to the QC Alumni for my gaffe in ‘corpore sanum’.

(Reuters) – Petrobras PETR4.SA has a strong governance and there is no room for “adventurers” within the firm, said outgoing Chief Executive Joaquim Silva e Luna yesterday.

Two Sundays ago, on 20th March, an incident occurred at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall (commonly referred to as the Sports Hall) on Home-stretch Avenue in Georgetown.

(Trinidad Express) Blaxx (Dexter Stewart), 60, was a true champion of the people.

(Reuters) – Australia’s Travis Head marked his return to the one-day international side with a blistering century to help the visitors secure a comfortable 88-run victory over Pakistan in the first game of their three-match series in Lahore yesterday.