Daily Archive: Thursday, May 12, 2022

(Trinidad Guardian) Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley has labelled the country’s crime situation as ‘unusually horrendous’, saying that the country has serious, serious social difficulties.

Police in Regional Division #5 are investigating an accident that occurred on the Bushy Park Public Road at Mahaicony, East Coast Demerara, which resulted in the death of 25-year-old Eshwar Arjune.

HELSINKI/KHARKIV, Ukraine,  (Reuters) – Finland said today it would apply to join NATO “without delay”, with Sweden expected to follow, as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine looked set to bring about the very expansion of the Western military alliance that Vladimir Putin aimed to prevent.

The Government of Guyana may end up executing and operating the Natural Gas Liquids (NGL) plant with Esso Exploration and Production Guyana Limited (EEPGL) being only responsible for the pipeline, according to the gas to shore project manager Friedrich Krispin.

The Guyana Telephone and Telegraph (GTT) and its shareholder ATN yesterday announced the launch of a customer service business which will see the transfer of 214 employees of the phone company.

Director of Public Prosecutions Shalimar Ali-Hack found herself in the hot seat on Tuesday before judges of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) whom she tried to dissuade from their apparent view that the evidence used to convict Jarvis Small for the murder of former Queen’s College student—Neesa Gopaul—was “prejudicial” at best.

Following the end of an eight-year court battle with Toolsie Persaud Ltd over riverfront lands at Providence, East Bank Demerara, Nazar ‘Shell’ Mohammed is forging ahead with plans to develop the 25-acre property into a complex to serve his quarry business and the oil & gas sector, he says.

The European Union’s (EU) relationship with Guyana has gotten “even better” and EU Ambassador to Guyana, Dr Fernando Ponz Cantó has pledged continued support to upholding the principles of cooperation, democracy and rule of law here as well as the Government’s ‘One Guyana’ initiative.

Minister of Public Works Juan Edghill has raised the need for continued support to this country in relation to offshore helicopter operations among other areas.

Seven months after Stabroek News asked questions about it, the rehabilitation of a sunken part of the Thomas Lands road got underway yesterday.

Police Commander of Region 4A, Assistant Commissioner, Simon McBean says that motorcycles and bicycles are the main mode of transportation used to carry out robberies.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – The United States has now recorded more than 1 million COVID-19 deaths, according to a Reuters tally, crossing a once-unthinkable milestone about two years after the first cases upended everyday life and quickly transformed it.

Dear Editor, The gas to shore project, as presently configured (245 kilometers gas to shore pipeline, an NGL Plant, a 300 MW power plant and many other ancillary facilities), has the potential of destroying the economy of Guyana if the project is not considered in its totality and the proper feasibilities done.

With the overall objective of retaining their title in the Magnum Independence Cup, head-coach of defending champions Bent Street Troy Lambert, has affirmed that the team is determined to defeat storied rival Sparta Boss in the semi-final round Saturday.

Kellorn Crighton, a 22-year-old of Byderabo Road, Bartica was yesterday arraigned at the Bartica Magistrate’s Court on the charge of murder.

CARACAS, (Reuters) – Some Venezuelan public companies will offer a small portion of their shares on the local stock market, President Nicolas Maduro said yesterday, as a way of boosting resources and maintaining operations.

Dear Editor, I write on behalf of several poor families who have not yet received public assistance in my Region # 2 district for this year.

A pulsating spell of fast bowling by Ronsford Beaton left Tagnarine  Chanderpaul’s XI two wickets away from an outright win over Leon Johnson’s XI after rain ended play on day three of the Guyana Harpy Eagles four-day practice match at the Providence National Stadium yesterday.

The trial of Donnel Trapp who is accused of the 2016 murder of Soesdyke Hill Foot farmer Anthony Breedy, is currently underway before Justice Jo-Ann Barlow at the High Court in Demerara.

JENIN, West Bank, (Reuters) – A prominent Palestinian American Al Jazeera reporter was shot dead during an Israeli raid in the occupied West Bank yesterday, and Israel said it was launching an investigation to try to determine who killed her.

Commissioner of the Guyana Police Force Clifton Hicken (Ag), has endorsed and partnered with the fourth Magnum Independence Cup, and participating teams will now contest for the coveted ‘Commissioner of Police’ Trophy.

Dear Editor, I am always pleased when there is a positive development to share in the media.

ROAD TOWN, (Reuters) – Dozens of activists in the British Virgin Islands held a rally yesterday calling for the overseas territory to retain its autonomy, following a report by a commission of inquiry that said it should be governed directly from London.

A doctor attached to the George-town Public Hospital Corporation has been tapped by the Organization of American States (OAS) to receive an award in recognition of women in leadership in the Americas.

The top brass of the Guyana Amateur Powerlifting Federation (GAPLF) recently sat down with Director of Sport, Steve Ninvalle, to discuss several concerns which included finding a home for the equipment of the strength sport.

Dear Editor, The revolution is digitized. Are we a nation that has become dumb on smart gadgets? 

Nineteen-year-old Anasia McAllister was yesterday granted bail in the sum of $250,000 after 17.1 kilograms (kg) of marijuana was found under her bed last month.

SEOUL,  (Reuters) – North Korea confirmed its first COVID-19 outbreak yesterday, calling it the “gravest national emergency” and ordering a national lockdown, with state media reporting an Omicron variant had been detected in Pyongyang.

RIO DE JANEIRO,  (Reuters) – Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro replaced his energy minister with a high ranking Economy Ministry official yesterday in the latest sign of political turmoil over fuel-price hikes by state run oil company Petrobras.

Guyana’s Dr Karen Pilgrim was recently reelected to the Executive Committee of the 18 member Caribbean Regional Anti-Doping Organisation (RADO) Sunday at the Annual general Meeting in Curacao.

After managing to elude the police for more than a year, Samuel Gouveia, the convicted prisoner who escaped from the Mazaruni Prison, was recaptured by the police on Tuesday.

Dear Editor, Please permit me to set the record in order in relation to an online article by inewsguyana.com

The Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) yesterday announced the return of senior female Inter-county cricket which bowls off tomorrow with a T20 format.

The Ministry of Health yesterday reported 56 new cases of COVID-19 and four persons are in the ICU.

Dear Editor, Just possibly, there may be two noteworthy connections to Brazil’s President Bolsonaro’s visit to Guyana.

MUMBAI, India, CMC – Rovman Powell’s services were not required as Delhi Capitals romped to an eight-wicket win over Rajasthan Royals, to remain on course for the playoffs of the Indian Premier League.

A man was yesterday charged with using threatening language towards his neighbour.

PORT-AU-PRINCE, (Reuters) – Haitian gang members raped women and girls and burned people alive during two weeks of turf wars near the capital of Port-au-Prince, a Haitian rights group said in a report detailing the bloody conflict.

Dear Editor, I refer to a letter wherein Mr. Rampersaud is fiercely demanding that the name ‘Indian Arrival Day’ be dropped because that anniversary celebrates the time when Indian indentures were brought to Guyana in a state of neo-slavery.

Dear Editor, My party must no longer be a press statement party.

A 48-year-old Waramadong man was arraigned for sexual activity with a child when he appeared at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court yesterday.

(Trinidad Guardian) After hacking Ellen Trishana Mohammed to death, almost severing her neck off in the process, a Guayaguayare man walked out onto the road with a bloodied cutlass, flagged down a passing police patrol vehicle and surrendered.

The Christianburg Hard-court will stage the semi-final, and subsequent final in the Guinness ‘Greatest of the Streets’ Linden edition tomorrow.

NEW DELHI,  (Reuters) – India’s Supreme Court yesterday barred the government from using a colonial-era sedition law, that critics say is often used to stifle dissent, pending a review.

The Police says that an intelligence-led operation resulted in the discovery of 24 kilograms of marijuana in a home at Vigilance South, East Coast Demerara.

 (Trinidad Guardian) A man who has been described as a gang leader, was shot and killed in St James yesterday.

(Reuters) Bolivian President Luis Arce has announced that he will not participate in next month’s Summit of the Americas in the United States if Cuba, Nicaragua and Venezuela are excluded from the gathering.

By Charwayne Walker Former national under 19 all rounder, Berbician Boodnarine Sumair, passed away last week in the Ancient County where he resided.

Dear Editor, The Opposition leader is on a recognition campaign. It started when he realized that nitpicking efforts to discredit the government on governance failed, so he is making the bold step forward to challenge the Vice President to a debate.

Dear Editor, We are into Alice through the looking glass territory with the APNU narrative on the ‘stolen’ (from them) 2020 election.

WOLVERHAMPTON, England, (Reuters) – Manchester City’s midfield genius Kevin De Bruyne scored four goals yesterday in a 5-1 win at Wolverhampton Wanderers to put his team in a commanding position to retain the Premier League with two games remaining.

Once again, the world watches agog as the United States of America seems determined to prove that its very name is a misnomer.

The Linden Fund US and the Lions Club with support from a wide cross-section of Guyanese in the US recently made a donation of various medical supplies to the tune of US$10,837 to the Linden Hospital Complex, Wismar Hospital and the Vivienne Parris Health Centre.

(Trinidad Guardian) The soldier wanted for questioning in connection with the murders of twelve-year-old Levi Lewis and his mother Abiola Cudjoe has surrendered to police.

NEW YORK,  (Reuters) – U.S. prosecutors on Wednesday unveiled drugs and weapons charges against a former police chief for Honduras, saying he conspired with now-detained former President Juan Orlando Hernandez to ship cocaine to the United States.

(A Transparency Institute Guyana Inc column) (Editor’s note: This is the third instalment in a five-part series.

KYIV/BRUSSELS, (Reuters) – Finland is expected to announce today its intention to join NATO with Sweden likely to follow soon after, diplomats and officials said, as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine reshapes European security and the Atlantic military alliance.