Daily Archive: Wednesday, June 22, 2022

Ramps Logistics Guyana Inc – which has Trinidadian ownership – says it has been denied a local content certificate.

KABUL, (Reuters) – The death toll from an earthquake in Afghanistan today hit 1,000, disaster management officials said, with more than 600 injured and the toll expected to grow as information trickles in from remote mountain villages.

HELSINKI, (Reuters) – Finland has prepared for decades for a Russian attack and would put up stiff resistance should one occur, its armed forces chief said.

(CPL) There is a new format coming to the Caribbean in 2022 with Cricket West Indies and the Caribbean Premier League bringing you THE 6IXTY – Cricket’s Power Game. 

 (Reuters) – Brazilian miner Vale SA VALE3.SA expects to spend $400 million in 2022 to decommission its tailings dams, aiming to have 12 of its 30 structures eliminated by the end of the year, the company told Reuters on Tuesday.

(Trinidad Express) A 49-year-old man was killed on Sunday evening in Tyrico in what police have described as “a freak motor vehicular accident”.

(Trinidad Guardian) Consumers should be prepared to pay almost $20 or, in some cases, even more for a two-kilo bag of flour effective today, as they will have to fork out as much as 28 per cent more on the retail price of flour, the National Flour Mills Limited has announced.

President Irfaan Ali yesterday announced the long-awaited Commission of Inquiry (CoI) into the attempted rigging of the March 2nd 2020 general elections and the probe will be headed by retired Trinidad Justice of Appeal Stanley John.

With controversy swirling around him following VICE News’ broadcast on Sunday on activities of Chinese businessman Su Zhirong, Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday said that the programme ‘Guyana for Sale’ affirms that he is not corrupt.

Raywatram Mooloo, of Number 58 Village, Corentyne, who fatally beat his common-law wife, Gomattie Ramsingh back in 2017 with an iron rod and a piece of wood, yesterday opted to plead guilty to manslaughter at the High Court in Berbice.

Sheldon Harry, one of the persons who was doused with gasoline and set alight at a mining camp in Puruni, in Region Seven, just over two weeks ago, succumbed to his injuries on Monday morning.

A collaborative effort between the Ministry of Education, Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport, Cricket West Indies, the Guyana Cricket Board and Republic Bank Guyana Limited, has resulted in the official launch of the Five for Fun kids cricket yesterday at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall, Homestretch Avenue.

Adrian Veira, called “Chuckie,” 31, was on Friday last sentenced to nine years behind bars for the 2018 rape of a mentally disabled young man who he accosted in a washroom facility.

Golden Jaguar international and Western Tigers talisman Hubert Pedro has lambasted the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) for banning several players including himself, for their participation in the unsanctioned Magnum Tonic Wine ‘Unfinished Business’ Futsal Tournament.

Guyana Women booked a place in the semi-finals of the Cricket West Indies CG Insurance Women’s Super50 Cup after beating Leeward Islands Women by eight wickets yesterday.

The Childcare and Protection Agency has launched an investigation into the death of 12-year-old Raiwattie Pooran, who was struck by a vehicle while in the care of the Bless The Children home.

(Reuters) – New Zealand Cricket have named former Dutch all-rounder Michael Rippon in their 15-man Twenty20 international squad for the tour of Europe in July and August.

Agriculture Minister Zulfikar Mustapha yesterday accused the Georgetown Mayor and City Council of neglecting its responsibilities in ensuring that operators at drainage infrastructure across the city are always on duty.

NORTH SOUND, Antigua, CMC –West Indies Head Coach Phil Simmons has said Test captain Kraigg Brathwaite is growing as a leader.

The police yesterday arrested three person on the West Demerara over ganja and an attempt to pervert the course of justice.

(Reuters) – Christian Coleman and Sha’Carri Richardson will battle to stake their claims as the king and queen of American track in Eugene, Oregon this week, as the 100 metres specialists headline the U.S.

Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of a 47-year-old man whose body was discovered by security guards on Monday evening.

The life of the last Council of the University of Guyana expired on December 31, 2020, and to date, there has been no information from the government as to whether it was extended or when a new Council will be appointed.

Former national youth cricketer, Raj Nanan, was adjudged man of the series Monday as his team, Florida Sharks enjoyed championship glory in the United States Premier League Phase 1.

Dear Editor, It has been observed now more than ever and it cannot be ignored any longer. 

Dear Editor, Mr. Norton is the new Opposition Leader and we are grappling to figure out if he will do a good job.

A handful of citizens yesterday staged a protest in front of the Ministry of Natural Resources to press for the government to renegotiate the 2016  Production Sharing Agreement with ExxonMobil Guyana.

SURREY, England, CMC – Former West Indies white-ball captain Kieron Pollard is out for the rest of the Vitality Blast after having surgery for a knee injury.

(Reuters) – Ukrainian and Russian forces were entrenched in eastern Ukrainian battlegrounds today, a day of commemoration in both countries to mark the anniversary of Hitler’s invasion of the Soviet Union in 1941.

Dear Editor, Over the past few days, I have had conversations with young Guyanese between 20 and 40 years old.

EASTBOURNE, England, (Reuters) – Serena Williams made a winning return to action at the Eastbourne International yesterday as she and partner Ons Jabeur came from a set down to beat Sara Sorribes Tormo and Marie Bouzkova 2-6 6-3 (13-11) in the women’s doubles.

SANTA MONICA, Calif., (Reuters) – A California jury in a civil case ruled on Tuesday that Bill Cosby sexually assaulted a woman at the Playboy Mansion in 1975 when she was a teenager and ordered the comedian to pay her $500,000 in damages for emotional distress from the incident.

The Chinese Embassy in Guyana has launched an online photo exhibition to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries.

Dear Editor, Permit me to lend my voice to the so called revelation that VICE News recently broadcast.

(Reuters) – Japanese tennis player Naomi Osaka is launching a new media company in partnership with four-times NBA champion LeBron James aimed at telling stories that cross cultural barriers, the former world number one announced yesterday.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – A British subsidiary of mining and trading giant Glencore GLEN.L

The Ministry of Health has confirmed 82 new COVID-19 cases following 935 more tests.

(Reuters) – Former Australia captain Lisa Sthalekar has become the first woman to be appointed president of the Federation of International Cricketers Association (FICA), the organisation said yesterday.

Dear Editor, The more observant cannot help but applaud the Vice President’s decades–long commitment to developing Region 6 as the most critical economic hub of Guyana, were it not for the more recent intervention of the Oil & Gas industry in the more relevant parts of the country.

(Reuters) – Sri Lanka beat Australia by four runs in a tense one-day international that went down to the final ball in Colombo yesterday to take an unassailable 3-1 lead in the five-match series.

Flooding in regions 8 and 10 as result of overtopping of creeks and rivers has left some residents seeking higher ground.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The U.S. Senate took an initial step towards passing the country’s first major gun-control legislation in decades yesterday, galvanized by two mass shootings in a nation that has long struggled to curb chronic gun violence.

Work is underway to fill a hole that developed along Middleton Street, between Drury Lane and Campbell Avenue. 

Following Guyana’s fairly low overall score in implementing the requirements of the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI), the Norway-based Executive Director Mark Robinson is expected to arrive in Guyana later today for a two-day visit.

The trial of Neville Forde who is accused of the 2017 murder of Sophia bread vendor Andre Melroy Alexander, is set to commence next Monday before Justice Jo-Ann Barlow at the High Court in Demerara.

Dear Editor, The length of time spent on remand and still the prosecution could not provide evidence to prove its case is indeed a sad ‘travesty and an indictment upon the criminal justice system’, (SN June 21).

Last Thursday, the affiliate associations/federations of the Guyana Olympic Association (GOA) convened for a Special General Meeting at Olympic House, Liliendaal to ratify or reject proposed changes to the GOA constitution.