Daily Archive: Thursday, June 30, 2022

The police say that Agnes Dilon, 86, was found dead today with stab wounds at her Lot 32 Mon Repos North, ECD residence.

The body of a Canje woman was this morning discovered along the Corentyne Highway in Number 1 Village.

(Trinidad Guardian) The Water and Sewerage Authority (WASA) is seeking to assure the almost 200,000 people who have been without pipe-borne water due to the inclement weather, that their supply should return soon.

KYIV, (Reuters) – Russian forces abandoned the strategic Black Sea outpost of Snake Island today, in a major victory for Ukraine that could loosen a Russian grain export blockade threatening to worsen global hunger.

Sixteen men yesterday appeared at the Cove and John Magistrate’s Court charged with riotous behaviour following looting and assaults at Mon Repos and other parts of the East Coast during a protest on Tuesday which disintegrated into chaos and saw the police firing tear gas and rubber bullets.

President Irfaan Ali has said that the government has commenced compensating the Mon Repos Market vendors who were looted, assaulted and had their property destroyed during Tuesday’s protest calling for justice for 23-year-old Quindon Bacchus.

A 42-year-old mother of five died, while her friend was critically injured yesterday afternoon after a heavily tinted Mercedes Benz jeep crashed into the motorcycle they were on.

Dear Editor, I say, with sadness, that we heard of the unfortunate incident in Guyana involving the shooting of Mr.

GROS ISLET, St Lucia, CMC – West Indies head coach Phil Simmons believes the Test series victory against Bangladesh, which extended the Caribbean men’s recent winning streak, will boost their confidence as they prepare to face a tough Australia side later in the year.

The Bureau of Statistics and the Digital Technologies Group of Companies yesterday sealed  a $219.7m contract for the supply and delivery of 2400 Computer Tablets and accessories to be used for field data collection during Guyana’s 2022 Population and Housing Census.

One day after a protest over the police killing of Quindon Bacchus became violent, the police continued to face criticism over their handling of the fallout, which saw civilians being injured as law enforcers tried to clear the East Coast public road.

Dear Editor, I dislike having to write any public letter of complaint to shame a business, in this case, a governmental agency for not doing their job!

The Ministry of Health yesterday reported that two more persons have died from COVID-19.

As customary, Fitness Express has once again answered the call of the Guyana Bodybuilding and Fitness Federation Inc.

Two of the four accused in the murder of Professor Pairaudeau ‘Perry’ Mars, were yesterday each sentenced to 10 years imprisonment by Justice Sandil Kissoon.

Tournament organisers of Saturday’s  National Schools Basketball Festival (NSBF),  Youth Basketball Guyana (YBG),  Tuesday conducted a technical meeting with the participating schools at the National Racquet Centre, Woolford Avenue.

Dear Editor, During the Forbes Burnham era, Guyanese were in awe and supported him as a political leader.

Dear Editor, The recent attack on the market vendors is nothing but a cowardly attack.

Minister of Public Works, Juan Edghill, Minister in the Ministry of Public Works,  Deodat Indar and Indian High Commissioner to Guyana,  Dr.

Caribbean and Commonwealth elder statesman, Sir Shridath Ramphal, has given permission for papers covering 72 years of public life in the Caribbean, the Commonwealth and internationally, to be released on the Internet. 

Dear Editor, When I read that the recent protest on the East Coast of Demerara which resulted in the beating and robbing of Indo-Guyanese and burning of their properties was started by a misleading news report from a media house, I immediately recalled an article some years ago in the UK Guardian newspaper under the caption “Journalists jailed for inciting Rwandan Genocide”.

Dear Editor, As a Morucan from Santa Rosa Village it was wonderful visiting my place of birth.

MADRID/KYIV, (Reuters) – Russia pressed on with its offensive in eastern Ukraine yesterday after NATO branded Moscow the biggest “direct threat” to Western security and agreed plans to modernise Kyiv’s beleaguered armed forces.

Demerara whipped Berbice by 113 runs on Tuesday to secure their second victory in as many matches in the Guyana Cricket Board Under-17 Inter-County tournament at the La Bonne Intention Cricket Facility.

NEW YORK,  (Reuters) – R. Kelly was sentenced yesterday to 30 years in prison, following the multiplatinum R&B singer’s conviction for exploiting his stardom and wealth over decades to lure women and underage girls into his orbit for sex.

A police constable and a taxi driver were on Monday charged with having in their possession a quantity of narcotics for the purpose of trafficking.

Chase Academy, Charlestown, and East Ruimveldt secured easy wins when the Georgetown leg of the Guyana Football Federation/Blue Water Shipping U15 girls’ league continued at the National Training Centre, Providence.

Dear Editor, Recently, I passed along the Merriman Mall. I was shocked and angry at what I saw.

National women’s team player, Ashmini Munisar, has been appointed captain of the Guyana team to participate in next month’s Cricket West Indies regional U19 girls tournament.

PARIS,  (Reuters) – A French court yesterday handed a life sentence to the lone survivor of the Islamist squad that killed 130 people in a night of carnage across Paris, bringing some closure to survivors and a country whose psyche was left scarred.

Tenders were opened last Thursday at the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board (NPTAB) for the Re-construction of the North Ruimveldt Secondary School for the Ministry of Education.

Dear Editor, The New York Guyana Democracy Project (NYGDP) joins the President of Guyana, other individuals and organizations in condemning the looting and robberies and violence and the destruction of (including arson on) properties (buildings, market stalls, vehicles, and goods).

Dear Editor It is happening again. Protests escalating into violence and destruction of property, same as it did two years ago, following another killing, this time though, eliciting a threat against the life of the President.

BRASILIA, (Reuters) – Pedro Guimaraes, the head of Brazilian state lender Caixa Economica Federal and a close ally of President Jair Bolsonaro, resigned yesterday amid an alleged sexual harassment scandal that could hurt the president’s re-election hopes.

Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo has said that while the government is currently reviewing proposals to market Guyana’s carbon credits, those  would only go on sale after the completion of the Low Carbon Development Strategy (LCDS) 2030.

GROS ISLET, St Lucia, CMC – Chief selector the Most Honourable Desmond Haynes has recommended to Cricket West Indies (CWI) that top former players be recruited to help the regional side prepare for the upcoming Twenty20 World Cup.

A man who pleaded guilty to armed robbery on a woman in the vicinity of Bourda Market and pleaded not guilty to another charge was sentenced on Monday to serve four years  imprisonment. 

LONDON, (Reuters) – Britain’s Anthony Joshua said he was hungry and desperate to take back his world heavyweight titles from Ukrainian Oleksandr Usyk when they fight their rematch in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia on Aug.

While he was Borough President of Brooklyn in 2019, New York Mayor Eric Adams helped to successfully launch a mindfulness project in East Brooklyn schools with the aim of providing students with avenues to calmness, kindness and higher cognitivity.

Prime Minister Mark Phillips (standing at centre) led a team of Government officials to Enmore and Mon Repos on the East Coast of Demerara yesterday afternoon to meet with residents to discuss their safety and security concerns.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Home favourites Emma Raducanu and Andy Murray were among the Grand Slam champions who made swift exits from Wimbledon yesterday, a day after a total of 10 Britons moved into the second round of their home slam.

(Reuters) – Brazil’s triple Formula One champion Nelson Piquet apologised to Lewis Hamilton yesterday after a video emerged of him using an apparent racial slur in Portuguese when referring to the Mercedes driver.

NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – The Indian Premier League (IPL) will have an extended 10-week window in the next international calendar to allow all the world’s top cricketers to participate in the popular Twenty20 competition, a top Indian board official told Reuters.

(Reuters) – Venezuela has taken some steps to strengthen the rule of law but the lack of independence of its legal system remains concerning, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet said in a new report yesterday.

(Reuters) – India’s captain Rohit Sharma may miss their test match against England starting tomorrow after he tested positive for COVID-19, but the team will take a late call on his inclusion after his next COVID test, head coach Rahul Dravid said yesterday.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – West Indies batting star Chris Gayle will skip this year’s Caribbean Premier League (CPL) as he will instead focus on the region’s new 60-ball competition named, the 6IXTY.

Dear Editor, Worker Participation in the Guyana Sugar Corporation – 1976.