Daily Archive: Tuesday, June 14, 2022

The police today said that 64-year-old miner Donald Gouveia died yesterday in a pit collapse at Micobie in Region Eight.

Opposition Leader Aubrey Norton yesterday questioned the rationale behind officers from the Guyana Police Force following him.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Top advisers to then-President Donald Trump told him that his claims of widespread election fraud were unfounded and would not reverse his 2020 election loss, but he refused to listen, according to testimony yesterday at a hearing of the committee investigating the Jan.

(Trinidad Express) A schoolboy who was charged with the murder of another schoolboy was yesterday found not guilty of the crime after spending nine years in prison.

Three Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) staffers and a police special constable yesterday appeared in court on charges of computer-related forgery and were placed on $100,000 bail each after pleading not guilty.

Quindon Bacchus, who was controversially shot by a policeman on Friday at Haslington ,died of multiple gunshot wounds, an autopsy showed yesterday.

Computer software that was designed to improve the management of drugs and other items within the Ministry of Health failed to function as it should due to the indiscipline of employees, but the Ministry has since taken measures to prevent recurrences, the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) heard yesterday.

Sixty-three-year-old Teekram Singh of Jacklow, Pomeroon River died aboard the Sabanto ferry yesterday as it was preparing to cross from Supenaam to Parika.

A 49-year-old Lodge, Georgetown resident was taken into custody yesterday following the discovery of 400 ecstasy pills in his motor vehicle.

A US-based Guyanese man was yesterday charged with the murder of his 29-year-old nephew, who he allegedly stabbed to death with a machete during a dispute on Sunday in Queens, New York.

With the Government of Guyana saying that it has done all it can to lower fuel price increases, the public is about to face the fallout from another significant hike in gas prices.

Police are investigating the death of a 28-year-old labourer whose lifeless body was discovered yesterday morning in a hammock at his Bushlot, West Coast Berbice (WCB) residence.

Three local cyclists from three different clubs, took their talents across the border to Suriname on Sunday and swept the podium in the senior category of the Ronde Van Para 52-mile road race which was staged in Paramaribo.

The Ministry of Health yesterday reported that one more person has succumbed to the novel coronavirus.

Public Accounts Committee (PAC) Chairman, Jermaine Figueira yesterday called on President Irfaan Ali to swear in the members of  the Public Procurement Commission (PPC) who were identified months ago.

One hundred and fifty-three children were inoculated with the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine during the Ministry of Health’s exercise for children, ages 5 to 11 on Saturday.

The Guyana Chess Federation yesterday stated that promising junior player Ethan Lee will replace national men’s champion Wendell Meusa on the team to compete at next month’s Chess Olympiad in India.

The Guyana Government will meet the deadlines set by two international bodies as it relates to findings about the violations of the rights of indigenous communities in several parts of the country, a top official said.

History and recent form will certainly be against the Golden Jaguars this evening when they oppose Haiti in their League B reverse fixture of the Concacaf Nations League at the Felix Sanchez Olympic Stadium, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic from 18:00hrs.

More than a  week after it was revealed that state land earmarked for the Guyana Revenue Authority Headquarters was transferred to a hotel developer, the  PPP/C government remains mum on the reason for the decision and the terms of the transfer.

Barbados women moved one step closer to retaining their Cricket West Indies T20 Blaze title after beating their closest competition, Jamaica, by 25 runs yesterday at the National Stadium, Providence.

KYIV, (Reuters) – Russian forces cut off the last routes for evacuating citizens from the eastern Ukrainian city of Sievierodonetsk, a Ukrainian official said, as the Kremlin pushed for victory in the Donbas region.

Elite League outfit Ann’s Grove edged Melanie 1-0 when the East Demerara Football Association (EDFA) Senior Men’s League continued Sunday evening at the Buxton Community Centre ground.

Dear Editor, Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves of St. Vincent and the Grenadines is no stranger to Guyana nor Guyanese politics.

The police are on the hunt for two bandits who  robbed four female passengers of a Route 31 minibus of $269,000 in valuables at Leopold and Lombard streets, Georgetown on Sunday.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Judges in London have thrown out last-ditch bids by human rights groups and campaigners to stop Britain sending its first flight of asylum seekers to Rwanda today, a plan the United Nations’ refugee chief described as “catastrophic”.

Thieves broke into the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) office at Agricola Public road, East Bank Demerara (EBD) and carted off over $100,000 in valuables.

Dear Editor, The story of Nero fiddling while Rome was burning, this ancient story is no different to President Ali and his Minister of Labour fiddling and prevaricating while the average worker in the public sector and private sector is burdened with an unconscionable minimum wage of forty thousand-odd dollars.

The Guyana Olympic Association (GOA) will hold a special general meeting on Thursday at Olympic House.

A man was yesterday remanded at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court over the illegal possession of a firearm and ammunition.

HAVANA,  (Reuters) – Cuba said yesterday it has sanctioned 381 people, including 16 young people between the ages of 16 and 18, who participated in last summer’s protests, the Communist-run island’s largest since Fidel Castro’s 1959 revolution.

Asks Charwayne Walker Omari Glasgow is the hottest striker currently in the Golden Jaguars lineup.

(Reuters) – Governor Kathy Hochul yesterday signed legislation that protects patients getting abortions and medical professionals in New York from legal retaliation by other states that restrict the procedure.

Dear Editor, This missive is for parents.  The government has received the COVID-19 vaccine for our children who are between the ages of 5 and 11 years old and started vaccinations last Saturday. 

HAVANA,  (Reuters) – A Cuban mother of three yesterday met with local officials in Havana to hash out her grievances after posting on social media a video of herself lambasting the Communist-run government for economic crisis and shortages on the island.

What the recent incidents at the Lodge and Campbellville secondary schools appear to be telling us is that parts of our school system may well be in a condition of ‘siege.’

NOTTINGHAM, England, (Reuters) – New Zealand built a lead of 238 with three second innings wickets remaining yesterday heading into a delicately poised final day of the second test against England.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – Secretary of State Antony Blinken said yesterday the United States would impose visa restrictions on 93 more people believed to have undermined democracy in Nicaragua following last year’s re-election of President Daniel Ortega.

Dear Editor, “Registration for children’s disability grant…” rings of a very necessary and positive move across Guyana.

By  Shashi Tharoor NEW DELHI – Two episodes in the first week of June starkly illustrate both the promise of Indian foreign policy and the pitfalls it faces as a result of the country’s increasingly toxic domestic political culture.

Could the threat of global food shortages finally unite CARICOM? Will it cause member states to act together, making real the CSME’s promise of effective regional cooperation and economic security?

NEW DELHI/MUMBAI, (Reuters) – The media rights auction for the world’s richest cricket league spilled over into a third day, with broadcast and digital rights for the Indian subcontinent already fetching the country’s board almost $5.1 billion, two sources told Reuters yesterday.

MULTAN, Pakistan, CMC – West Indies white-ball captain Nicholas Pooran has expressed disappointment with his failure to show up with the bat recently, counting himself among batsmen who need to step up and give more support to opener Shai Hope.

Armed bandits on Sunday morning pounced on three persons while they were purchasing food at the corner of Leopold and High streets, Georgetown and relieved them of a total of $1.2M in cash and other items.

MULTAN, Pakistan, CMC – Despite their whitewash in the ODI series against Pakistan, West Indies skipper Nicholas Pooran says the team has emerged more united and followers of the game can expect a turnaround from the side over time.

DOHA, Qatar – A coveted place in the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar will be at stake today for Concacaf side Costa Rica, who face Oceania champions New Zealand in the inter-confederation playoff at the Ahmad Bin Ali Stadium in Doha, Qatar.