Daily Archive: Sunday, July 3, 2022

The Police Complaints Authority (PCA) today said that it has recommended to the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) that three cops be charged in relation to the fatal shooting of Quindon Bacchus on June 10.

The new Police Service Commission (PSC) yesterday announced a range of promotions including eight senior superintendents to Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) among whom are Calvin Brutus and Wendell Blanhum.

KYIV/KONSTYANTYNIVKA, Ukraine, (Reuters) – Russia said today its forces and their allies had taken control of Ukraine’s eastern Luhansk region, after capturing the final Ukrainian holdout of Lysychansk, although Ukraine has yet to comment after reporting heavy fighting there.

(Trinidad Guardian) A total of 13 killings within 36 hours – between 5.50 am on Friday to 6 pm on Saturday – four of which were said to be police-involved shootings, saw law enforcement officials having to work late into the night on Saturday as multiple investigations got underway.

(Trinidad Guardian) Having failed to acquire Scotiabank’s assets in Guyana, state-owned First Citizens now says it is open to applying for banking licences in both Guyana and Jamaica and opening brick and mortar banks there, as it tries to grow beyond T&T.

The Inter-American Com-mission on Human Rights (IACHR) has denied the government’s request for a hearing before the full Commission on state violations of the rights of the Isseneru community and instead granted it a three-month extension to respond to the report of its findings.

Collin Hazell, the solider accused of strangling East Canje hairdresser Donalesa Parks and dumping her body in a garbage bag in a drain opposite his house, has not admitted to killing the woman but says he is willing to face the consequences of his actions. 

This is tenth entry in a series on the current state of civil society in Guyana Transparency Institute Guyana Inc (TIGI) has observed that many people and some civil society organisations do not want to speak out about corruption taking place in the country because senior government officials are attempting to intimidate them into silence, its president, Frederick Collins, says.

As of June 30th, China Harbour and Engineering Corporation (CHEC) has completed all major works at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA), where an expansion project has been underway for almost a decade.

The Intermediate Bodybuilding Championships last night wrapped up in Berbice in familiar fashion with Michael Sampson, Aliyah Wong and Yusuf Khan posing their way to the marquee trophies. 

Dear Editor, I refer to a letter published in your letter columns on July 1, 2022 regarding Guyana’s share of revenues from oil currently produced in the Stabroek Block.

Dear Editor, Guyana experienced another protest march for “justice” that ended up in a riot where Indian Guyanese were beaten, robbed, brutalized and their property destroyed.

By Charwayne Walker The football fraternity in Guyana was  overjoyed recently with the timely visit of FC Barcelona and Denmark International Martin Braithwaite’s presence in the 83,000 square miles, a tremendous morale booster to the young budding stars of the future.

Extensive dialogue to accelerate the region’s response to pressing issues, such as food and energy security, climate financing, and integration of regional markets are on the agenda for discussion at the 43rd Regular Meeting of the Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), which will begin today.

Dear Editor, On the 29th of June 2022, in the Stabroek News, a letter to the Editor, captioned “Gov’t rejected sensible amendments to the Local Content bill”, written by Mr.

Last Sunday, Ithaca Village, West Coast Berbice, became the latest beneficiary of the  Volunteer Apprenticeship Community Support (VACS) programme, with the installation of basketball backboards.

The prestigious National School Basketball Festival (NSBF) was officially launched yesterday amid much pageantry at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall, Homestretch Avenue, with Aoirima, Kwakwani, Bartica, and the Bishops’ High advancing to the next round.

Continual rainfall in Waramuri, in Region One, has resulted in the flooding of some 1700 feet of road, cutting off vehicular access to the community.

Dear Editor, Some brief comments on SN Editorial on ‘Mindfulness’ on 30 June 2022 and news article that the Ministry of Education will be seeking the assistance of religious leaders to address students’ behaviour.

(Reuters) – Police killed Jayland Walker, a Black man in Ohio, by shooting him dozens of times as he ran from officers following a traffic stop, a lawyer for his family said, citing a review of police body-worn camera footage due to be made public on Sunday.

SAO PAULO, (Reuters) – Former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who is leading in the polls for Brazil’s October presidential election, said yesterday he will not tolerate threats against institutions, and that the armed forces need to commit to democracy.

Slingerz FC maintained their perfect record in the West Demerara Football Association Senior Men’s League, defeating Den Amstel 3-1 to secure their third consecutive victory on Friday evening at the National Track and Field Centre, Leonora.

BUENOS AIRES, (Reuters) – Argentina’s economy minister Martin Guzman resigned yesterday, a blow to a government beset by mounting economic crises.

Dear Editor, I note that within a day of the beating, robbing and burning of properties of innocent Indo-Guyanese resulting from the protest by Afro-Guyanese for the shooting of Quinton Bacchus by a policeman, sixteen individuals were charged for riotous behaviour and appeared in court.

The Ministry of Health yesterday reported that it has recorded a total of 119 new COVID-19 cases, which were confirmed from the results of 884 tests.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court’s top security officer has asked Maryland Governor Larry Hogan to enforce laws barring picketing outside the Maryland homes of high court justices, saying protests and “threatening activity” have increased.

To call Calvin Roberts, 27, ambitious might be an understatement. Roberts has his sights set on many achievements, not least of which is becoming a medical doctor.

(Reuters) – The top courts in Texas and Ohio on Friday allowed the Republican-led states to enforce restrictions and bans on abortions after the U.S.

(Trinidad Guardian) – Exactly two years after Ornella Greaves was shot dead while recording protests at the Beetham Gardens, the Police Com-plaints Authority (PCA) has completed its investigation into her death and found police officers may have been culpable in the matter.

The Guyana Human Rights Association (GHRA) has added its voice to the condemnation of the criminal acts that were committed last Tuesday when persons took advantage of a protest over a police killing to rob, assault and terrorise stallholders, bus drivers and other bystanders along the East Coast.

BIRMINGHAM, England, (Reuters) – Jasprit Bumrah blitzed England with the bat and then blew away their top order with the ball to put India in a strong position in the rearranged fifth test at Edgbaston yesterday.

Global Peace Ambassador and Humanitarian Leader Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar arrives in Guyana on July 15th for an IStandforPeace public event at the National Cultural Centre as part of his global peace campaign across major cities in Europe, North America, South America, and Africa.

Dear Editor, My friend Suresh said, “Imagine if all those people were protesting for oil renegotiation, how that could change our country dramatically in a big way and solve poverty.

(Trinidad Express) – Four men were shot and killed in a car near Damien’s Bay, Maracas yesterday afternoon.

Dear Editor, In the aftermath of the mayhem at Mon Repos on Tuesday 16 persons were charged and one pleaded guilty.

ROSEAU, Dominica, CMC – Nagging showers ruined the opening Twenty20 International between West Indies and Bangladesh here yesterday, forcing an abandonment at Windsor Park.

Sisterhoods and motherhoods are complicated affairs, filled with love and joy as well as chaos and betrayals.

KABUL, (Reuters) – A Taliban-run gathering of thousands of male religious and ethnic leaders ended yesterday by asking foreign governments to formally recognise their administration, but made no signals of changes on international demands such as the opening of girls’ high schools.

The events of last Tuesday are an illustration to President Irfaan Ali, if he was unaware of it before, just how precarious the stability of the society really is.

(Trinidad Express) – A Venezuelan man who was shot in the head as he attempted to chase thieves who robbed him on Tuesday has died at hospital.

Can GECOM investigate complaints of irregularities that allegedly occurred in elections after results have been declared?

Police ranks from Regional Division #5 on Saturday discovered over 115 pounds of cannabis at a house on the left bank of the Abary River and a young labourer who claimed to be the caretaker of the property was arrested as a result.

Guyana’s medal tally at the inaugural Caribbean Games climbed to four after track and field stars Joanna Archer and Chantoba Bright, as well as swimming sensations Raekwon Noel and Zara Crane secured podium finishes in Guadeloupe.

Introduction Following several comments and queries sent by readers I  have come to the realization that, perhaps due to the length of the present series and complementing that, the irregularity  of some readers of the columns, not surprisingly some of the readers have lost track of the sequence of the treatment on which I am presently proceeding.

Dear Editor, What is the proper forum for political debate, discussion and disagreement?

The 2022 FIDE Candidates Tournament in Spain is drawing to a close and it seems unlikely that Russian Grandmaster Ian Nepomniachtchi will be toppled from his perch at the top.

Good poems are instantly recognizable. They startle, shock new life into old ideas, impress on the mind patterns of beauty and truth previously unnoticed.

JERUSALEM, (Reuters) – Lebanon’s Hezbollah said yesterday it had sent three unarmed drones towards an Israeli Mediterranean gas rig, which the Israeli military said it had intercepted.

[John Robert Lee and Kendel Hippolyte, Editors, Saint Lucian Literature and Theatre:  An Anthology of Reviews, Castries: Cultural Development Foundation, 2006. 

There is no single image, or sequence, in Joseph Kosinski’s “Spiderhead” that suggests any passionate stakes in its story, its characters or the world they inhabit.

Introduction In this Part 99, we address our attention to the 2021 audited financial statements of Hess Exploration and Production Guyana Limited (the branch) which despite its name, is in fact a branch of a Cayman Islands incorporated subsidiary of the American oil major Hess Corporation headed by John Hess.

It’s July, which means that you have made it past the halfway mark of 2022.