Daily Archive: Wednesday, June 8, 2022

Mastermind Mark Dhuman and Abdullah Azimullah were this afternoon sentenced to death for the 2017 murder of Berbice phone card distributor, Danian Jagdeo who they shot and robbed as the father of five plied his trade.

The police say that they are making swift headway in their investigation of an armed robbery this morning in which several businessmen were robbed at gunpoint at LBI of millions of dollars in cash, jewellery, laptops and cell phones.

BUENOS AIRES/LIMA/LOS ANGELES,  (Reuters) – China has widened the gap on the United States in trade terms in large swathes of Latin America since U.S.

LOS ANGELES,  (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken yesterday criticized efforts to suppress press freedom in several Latin American countries and said the United States seeks to increase media protection in the region with the most murders of journalists.

(Barbados Nation) Barbados’ health care sector has been bolstered with the arrival of 70 Cuban medical practitioners, including four specialised doctors.

Sixteen days after the body of Reonol Williams went missing from an accident scene, the driver of the motor car that struck him yesterday took investigators to the area where he dumped the man’s body.

With President Irfaan Ali yet to initiate the consultative process for the appointment of a Chancellor and Chief Justice, Leader of the Opposition Aubrey Norton has formally written to the President informing him of his agreement with the confirmation of Justices Yonette Cummings-Edwards and Roxane George Wiltshire to the top judicial posts.

A Corentyne man who was found not guilty of murder but guilty of manslaughter following a trial before Justice Simone Morris–Ramlall at the High Court in Berbice last month was sentenced to 17 years in prison yesterday. 

The Ministry of Home Affairs (MoHA) yesterday signed off on nine capital contracts worth over $760 million including a fire station at Wales, West Bank Demerara.

The controversial 2020 national elections must have been the reason for Guyana scoring a poor rating of 43 out of 100 in the perceptions of electoral integrity conducted by the Electoral Integrity Project, according to its most recent report.

Head coach Jamaal Shabazz said it best. It was a dog-fight.

With a split decision from the Full Court and facing a $20M judgment against him, Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo is now hoping that the Guyana Court of Appeal would grant him special leave to appeal the effect of the Full Court’s decision.

Guyana Women fell seven runs short of their target as Barbados Women got off to a winning start in the Cricket West Indies regional CG Insurance T20 Blaze tournament at the Providence Stadium yesterday.

Leader of the Opposition Aubrey Norton said that President Irfaan Ali appeared “out of the blue” and bullied him into a handshake at the British High Commission’s birthday reception for Queen Elizabeth last Thursday.

Outstanding chess players over the last five major tournaments were duly rewarded by the Guyana Chess Federation at its awards ceremony Sunday at Park View.

A Kitty man yesterday ended his life with a single gunshot just as police turned up at his residence to detain him in relation to a domestic violence report.

MULTAN, Pakistan, CMC – West Indies captain Nicholas Pooran is confident his men can overcome the challenge of the extreme heat in Pakistan which the regional side will face as they take on a formidable home side in an important One-Day International (ODI) series.

Saying that businesses are continuing to breach the labour laws due to their scant regard for the penalties, Chief Labour Officer (CLO) Dhaneshwar Deonarine has announced that a review is underway.

MULTAN, Pakistan, CMC – After an outstanding performance in the recent Regional Four-Day Championship, all rounder Keemo Paul has been added to the West Indies squad for the three-match One-Day International Series (ODI) in Pakistan beginning today.

The trial of Lennox Wayne, called ‘Two Colours,’ for the 2014 murder of Lusignan beautician, Ashmini Harriram is set to commence this morning before the High Court in Demerara.

Dear Editor, Incredibly outrageous is a mild description of the treatment meted out to our Indigenous children of Region Seven. 

Dear Editor, Professor George Lamming, Caribbean and global literary luminary, Philosopher King of Post-colonialism, and social justice activist, transitioned in his native Barbados—the castle of his skin—on Saturday June 4, 2022 at age 94.

Following a warning issued to the Mayor of Georgetown, Ubraj Narine, from the Prime Minister (PM) Mark Phillips, the Mayor and Councillors of the City of Georgetown (M&CC) have since responded, expressing their dissatisfaction at being blamed for the incompetence of the City Engineer and the uncooperativeness of the government.

Cricket West Indies’ Regional First-Class tournament has ended with Barbados Pride retaining their title while, individually, some players have staked claims for Test call ups.

East Coast U17 cricket team were routed for 72 in the Demerara Cricket Board Inter-Association tournament at La Bonne Intention Cricket Ground Saturday as Georgetown U-17s romped to an eight-wicket win.

A carpenter is now dead after he was electrocuted while trying to erect a set of wooden stairs.

Dear Editor, Given the long impasse in confirming the Chancellor of the Judiciary and the Chief Justice, I suggest that the current holders of these offices and the past acting officers in these offices be given their full rights and retirement benefits as if they were confirmed.

BELLINZONA, Switzerland, (Reuters) – Former FIFA President Sepp Blatter and ex-UEFA President Michel Platini are due to appear in a Swiss court today facing corruption charges which triggered their downfall from the summit of global football.

Approximately 2,000 persons are employed as part-time workers in Pomeroon-Supenaam, Region Two, at various Government offices and the workers say they are enjoying the experience.

The Guyanese cricket fraternity at home and in the diaspora is saddened by the passing of former national player, Lloyd Cornelius.

Dear Editor, The initiative by the Government to provide jobs for the unemployed in different communities is indeed commendable.

Jayden Cheeffoon, the boy who was struck down by a hire car back in February, has succumbed to his injuries.

KYIV,  (Reuters) – Ukrainian forces struggled to hold their ground in bloody street-to-street fighting in the eastern frontline city of Sievierodonetsk as President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said the situation was difficult, also pledging to retake Russia’s gains.

Keemo Paul, the young West Indies fast bowling all-rounder who has been selected to join the West Indies cricket team ahead of today’s first One Day International in Pakistan has not been chosen as a replacement player but as an actual member of the squad, West Indies One Day skipper Nicholas Pooran said yesterday.

Dear Editor, Please allow me the opportunity to highlight an observation I made pertaining to the proposed increase of the National Minimum Wage.

Assistant Superintendent of Police Jermaine Harper, who passed away last month was on Saturday laid to rest.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – Actor and Uvalde, Texas, native Matthew McConaughey met with President Joe Biden yesterday, and urged more congressional action on gun violence in an emotional speech, sharing stories of those who were killed in last month’s elementary school shooting.

BERLIN,  (Reuters) – Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel said yesterday that she tried hard when she was in office to prevent the situation in Ukraine from developing to the current state, adding that she does not blame herself for not trying hard enough.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – General Secretary of the Jamaica Football Federation (JFF) Dalton Wint is set to step down, the organization said, on the heels of a series of foul-ups that prompted players to threaten not to play until he resigned.

After conducting 1,921 tests, the Ministry of Health yesterday said that 128 persons have been diagnosed with the COVID-19 virus.

Dear Editor, At age 73, I from to time reflect on my contributions to Guyanese Literature from 1971 to 2018.

LOS ANGELES/WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris has pooled $3.2 billion in corporate pledges aimed at addressing some of the economic factors driving migration from Central America, her office said yesterday, lending impetus to measures to be discussed at the Summit of the Americas this week.

(Reuters) – The Celtics will look to impose their will on the Golden State Warriors when the teams face off today in Boston for Game Three of what has been a bruising NBA Finals.

RIO DE JANEIRO,  (Reuters) – Brazilian police have opened a criminal probe and interviewed at least four witnesses believed to be among the last to have seen a British journalist and an indigenous expert who went missing in a remote and lawless part of the Amazon jungle on Sunday.

During the 1980s, Compton Davis, a Guyanese, moved to the UK to complete his architectural studies.

BOGOTA,  (Reuters) – A sixth person is suspected in the murder last month of a Paraguayan prosecutor vacationing in Colombia, the head of Colombia’s national police said on Tuesday, adding a Brazilian gang initially planned to carry out the murder in Paraguay.

Dear Editor, Another boat tragedy. The boat captain whose body was found in a fuel tank, allegedly overcome by fumes in the tank (SN June 7), begs the question was he outfitted with the requisite protective gear,  particularly breathing apparatus?

By Richard Drayton (Richard Drayton, born in Guyana and also a citizen of Barbados, is a Professor of Imperial and  Global History at King’s College London) With the death of George Lamming on June 4 (he would have been 95 today, June 8), we lost our last living connection to the generation who laid the spiritual foundations for Caribbean independence. 

A man was arraigned at the Diamond/ Grove Magistrate’s Court where he was charged with trafficking in narcotics.