Daily Archive: Friday, July 8, 2022

A Bush Lot, Corentyne, man is now dead after being stabbed by his neighbour, who has since been arrested. 

The Guyana Government today announced a national healthcare initiative in association with the Mount Sinai Health System and oil company, Hess Corporation.

The Conference of Heads of Government and the entire Caribbean Community (CARICOM) are shocked and saddened by the assassination of the former Prime Minister of Japan, Shinzo Abe. 

SAO PAULO,  (Reuters) – Brazil’s federal police yesterday carried out an operation against an alleged criminal gang that it said used crypto tokens to launder money made from illegal gold mining.

LUANDA/BARCELONA,  (Reuters) – Angola’s former president Jose Eduardo dos Santos, who ruled Africa’s second biggest oil producer for nearly four decades, has died aged 79, the Angolan presidency said on Facebook today.

NARA, Japan, (Reuters) – Former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Japan’s longest-serving leader, died today hours after he was shot while campaigning for a parliamentary election, shocking a country in which political violence is rare and guns are tightly controlled.

(CMC) – Captain Nicholas Pooran lashed his fourth Twenty20 International fifty in his last five innings as West Indies romped to a five-wicket victory over Bangladesh to complete a 2-0 series yesterday.

President’s College, Kid-Rock Academy, The Bishops’ High, and Chase Academy, earned quarterfinal wins in the Boys U-16 division, when the ExxonMobil National School Basketball Festival (NSBF) continued yesterday at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall, Homestretch Avenue, D’Urban Park, Georgetown.

While undercover, VICE News’ Isobel Yeung recorded a number of Chinese businessmen operating in Guyana admitting to laundering money and paying bribes to the government in order to gain priority access to lucrative contracts as well as to be able to further their investments here.

The Guyana Squash Association (GSA) officially launched the 2022 edition of the Junior Caribbean Area Squash Association (CASA) Championship yesterday at the Georgetown Club facility, Camp Street, Georgetown The tournament will commence with the individual championships on Sunday July 10, and concludes on Tuesday the 14th.

In the absence of an Environment Impact Assessment (EIA) for the Vreed-en-Hoop shore base project, questions are now being raised about possible impacts of the ongoing dredging activities on fish stocks and nurseries in the area.

Stating that the selection of an intimate partner is a private and a personal choice between same-sex consenting adults, the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court (ECSC) has stuck down Antigua and Barbuda’s buggery laws which were challenged by gay rights activist  Orden David and the Women Against Rape Inc.,

Neman Persaud, the man who the police say confessed to killing 86-year-old Agnes Dillon in her Mon Repos, East Coast Demerara (ECD) abode during last week was yesterday charged with murder and remanded to prison.

(CMC) – Trinidad and Tobago and Guyana both rattled off their second straight wins with comfortable outings in Wednesday’s second round of the Women’s Under-19 Rising Stars T20 Championship.

Guyana Amazon Warriors have drafted in their final players with Jermaine Blackwood and Shai Hope signed along with newbies, Matthew Nandu and Junior Sinclair.

Police Constable Sherwin Peters, who is accused of unlawfully killing Dartmouth businessman Orin Boston at his home during an operation in 2021, was yesterday committed to stand trial at the High Court in Suddie.

The South Turkeyen Sports Committee (STSC) will stage a small-goal football tournament at the Vryheid’s Lust tarmac, East Coast Demerara, on Sunday, according to a release from the committee.

Guyana and Belize yesterday signed a MoU to deepen cooperation between the two countries.

Despite playing four matches in the 2022 CONCACAF Nations League during the month of June, the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) is yet to remunerate the Golden Jaguars roster their match-day fees, and has only partially paid them for their attendance at the Trinidad and Tobago training camp.

Dear Editor, I have not noticed any comments in the local Press on MARAD Notice to Mariners number 113 (2022) dated June 28, 2022. This

Two persons were left homeless on Wednesday in West Ruimveldt after an act of arson.

(Reuters) – Twice defending champion Tadej Pogacar stormed to victory in stage six of the Tour de France yesterday with a late lung-busting effort and snatched the overall leader’s yellow jersey from Wout van Aert.

Dear Editor, Kindly permit me to respond to a letter in your July 5th, 2022 edition, under the title “Regardless of the number of wells explored Guyana’s profit share remains tied to 14.5%”.

The American Chamber of Commerce & Industry Guyana (AmCham Guyana) is organising a “Shark Tank”-style pitch event for young entrepreneurs, who could win up to $1,000,000 in funding and capital investment.

Dear Editor, I have been approached by several newly promoted Officers and Ranks of the Guyana Police Force, some of their family members, relatives and friends, media personnel, and concerned citizens regarding the apparent impending legal challenges to the promotions released on July 3, 2022, by the current Police Service Com-mission and Administration of the Force.

(Reuters) – When Ons Jabeur sealed the match point that made her the first Arab to reach a Grand Slam final at Wimbledon yesterday all she could think of was rushing over to her vanquished barbecue buddy at the net to give Tatjana Maria the tightest of hugs.

(Reuters) – Rory McIlroy said the PGA Tour and DP World Tour should hold talks with the Saudi-funded LIV Golf series as the escalating tension between the circuits is “splitting the game”.

The Ministry of Health yesterday reported 86 new cases of COVID-19.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Scandal-ridden Boris Johnson announced yesterday he would quit as British prime minister after he dramatically lost the support of his ministers and most Conservative lawmakers, but said he would stay on until his successor was chosen.

Days after he was arrested, a Linden resident was on Tuesday fined $603,600 and sentenced to one year imprisonment after he admitted to trafficking 402 grammes of cannabis.

Dear Editor, July 10th, 2022 marks 44 years since the rigged Constitutional Referendum of July 10th, 1978.

(Reuters) – Elena Rybakina powered into the Wimbledon final by dismantling former champion Simona Halep 6-3 6-3 yesterday with a clinical display to reach her maiden Grand Slam showpiece.

KYIV/KRAMATORSK, Ukraine, (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin yesterday accused the West of decades of aggression towards Moscow and warned that if it wanted to attempt to beat Russia on the battlefield it was welcome to try, but this would bring tragedy for Ukraine.

Dear Editor, It’s remarkable sometimes what a little distance from the Guyana homeland can do to either distress, or refresh one’s mind.

Police are on the hunt for two bandits who robbed a 22-year-old medical student of over $200,000 in cash and his cellular phone on Wednesday night.

(Reuters) – Warwickshire will deploy undercover spotters for the second Twenty20 between England and India at Edgbaston after allegations of racist behaviour among members of the crowd during the fifth test this week, the county said yesterday.

The markings of rocks in the Essequibo and Mazaruni Rivers have commenced, the Maritime Administration Department (MARAD) says.

Dear Editor, Questionable conduct seems to be the order of the day under this administration and it continues unabated.

(Reuters) – An inspired all-round show from Hardik Pandya fired India to an emphatic 50-run win over England in the first Twenty20 of their three-match series at the Ageas Bowl yesterday.

Yesterday,  34 students from across the ten administrative regions of Guyana graduated from the Ministry of Health’s pharmacy assistant and medical laboratory technician programmes which are being offered through the Division of Health Sciences Education.

MEXICO CITY,  (Reuters) – The head of Mexico’s Financial Intelli-gence Unit (UIF) yesterday said it has been investigating millions of dollars’ worth of money transfers involving former President Enrique Pena Nieto, in which he may have received “economic benefits.”

Dear Editor, One hopes that the group of cajolers who ‘visited’ Buxton recently were not bemused by its ‘Friendship’ participants’ apparent patience with promises, for they would have substantively beguiled themselves to believe that the exercise in tokenism had impressed the descendants of independent and productive former slaves, unlike some of the visitors who very likely believed in their own insincerity.

By Josep Borrell European Union High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Are the sanctions against Russia useful?

If one were going to pick a nation which would find itself in the position of having no functioning government it is not the UK which would immediately spring to mind.

(Reuters) SINGAPORE: Exxon Mobil said yesterday it has delivered the first sustainable aviation fuel cargo to Changi Airport, as part of a one-year pilot programme to test the new fuel for planes.

Dear Editor, American Basketball  Star Athlete, Brittney Griner, who is currently detained by the Russian Government for a drugs related matter (illegal possession of cannabis)  indeed give me a shock after reading a Reuters Press Report dated July 7, 2022 at 12:48 pm and captioned ‘U.S.

Introduction By a strange coincidence, this 100th  column features the 2021 financial statements of Esso Exploration and Production Limited, the designated Operator and holder of a 45% interest in the Stabroek Block under the 2016 Petroleum Agreement.

Gold Prices for the three day period ending Thursday July 7, 2022 Kitco is a Canadian company that buys and sells precious metals such as gold, copper and silver.

Miscellaneous: The Ceres of Oil here Well, well; they have easily succeeded in upsetting me once again.

LOS ANGELES,  (Reuters) – American actor James Caan, who starred as gangster Sonny Corleone in epic mafia film “The Godfather,” has died at age 82, his family said in a statement yesterday.

(Reuters) – Rafa Nadal’s hopes of completing a rare calendar year Grand Slam ended yesterday when the Spaniard pulled out of his highly-anticipated Wimbledon semi-final showdown against Australian Nick Kyrgios with an abdominal strain.

In Guyana, there is a certain pattern to mass violence that we have become accustomed to.