Articles published on Tuesday, August 16, 2022
Chair of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), retired Justice Claudette Singh today said that the Commission is aiming for the hosting of the constitutionally overdue Local Government Election(LGE) by the end of November.
KYIV, (Reuters) – Explosions rocked an ammunition depot and disrupted trains in Russian-annexed Crimea today, the latest such incident in a region Moscow uses as a supply line for its war in Ukraine.
KYIV/ISTANBUL, (Reuters) – The ship Brave Commander has left the Ukrainian port of Pivdennyi, carrying the first cargo of humanitarian food aid bound for Africa from Ukraine since Russia’s invasion, Refinitiv Eikon data showed on Tuesday.
The police today said that 18-year-old Donald Gibson of Lot 7 Hyde Park, Parika was killed last evening during a liquor restaurant brawl.
Prahalad Sawh, 53, of Lot 167, Lusignan, East Coast Demerara died last evening in an accident.
President Irfaan Ali was yesterday written to by Dion Bascom’s lawyer requesting protection for him under the Protected Disclosures Act and calling for an independent investigation of the murder of Ricardo Fagundes on March 21st last year.
Days after he allegedly fatally shot a Venezuelan national, the police yesterday issued a wanted bulletin for Linden resident, Linden Fordyce.
The impact assessment of the cumulative effects for Exxon’s planned 35 Multiwell Exploration and Appraisal (E&A) Drilling Programme should fill major gaps of the four existing EIAs including a much more detailed study of the marine environment than was previously done, says environmentalist Janette Bulkan.
The 14th running of the Guyana Cup staged at the overflowing Rising Sun Turf Club on Sunday was labelled “a tremendous success” by organizers and patrons.
With its current contract to support oil and gas activities set to expire in November, Ramps Logistics is still to receive word on the status of its local content certification.
FIFA has confirmed that the recently concluded Statutes Revision Process of the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) constitution is an ongoing exercise amongst its 211 member associations in a bid to improve governance and transparency.
The repair of a deteriorated 200 metres section of Thomas Lands which Minister of Public Works, Juan Edghill said would have commenced last week, has not materialized as neither the contractor, Pooran Manman and Sons Contracting Services, nor signs of works’ preparation was evident as of yesterday.
KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Opening batsman Brandon King, who helped West Indies avoid a whitewash in their T20I series against New Zealand believes his side can learn from their opponents’ focus and concentration on the field.
A Perseverance man died after he was stabbed in the neck by another during a heated argument.
With COVID-19 restrictions lifted, the Eureka Medical Laboratory on Thomas Street is just doing a handful of PCR tests each day as compared to the hundreds that it did daily at the height of the pandemic.
MANCHESTER, England, (Reuters) – The Premier League celebrated its 30th anniversary yesterday, marking three decades that has seen English club football transformed into the world’s leading sports entertainment product.
LONDON, (Reuters) – England are expected to reprise their new attacking approach instilled by captain Ben Stokes, but will come up against a powerful South Africa seam attack in the three-test series starting tomorrow.
Sentenced back in May to 13 and a half years for raping a 16-year-old girl, Corwyn Arthur has lodged a challenge before the Guyana Court of Appeal, advancing that his sentence is “too severe.”
Dear Editor, In a letter to Stabroek News published on August 6, 2022, Ms.
Dear Editor, Yesterday, 14th August 2022, my family – all elderly citizens with medical complications -experienced the worst traffic jam as a consequence of the horse racing event in Berbice.
SYDNEY, (Reuters) – Cricket Australia have targeted the inclusion of the sport at the 2032 Brisbane Olympics as part of a strategic plan to expand participation and maintain the game’s position at the heart of the country’s sporting culture.
The High Commission of India in Georgetown yesterday celebrated the Independence Day of India as Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav on the premises of the Swami Vivekananda Cultural Centre (SVCC), Queenstown, Georgetown.
NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – Organisers of a new Twenty20 league in the United Arab Emirates are working with their counterparts in Australia and South Africa to minimise the impact of scheduling clashes with their competitions, a top official has told Reuters.
Dear Editor, Please allow me the opportunity to respond to the letter dated August 14, 2022 written by Joel Bhagwandin, Financial Analyst, captioned, “The points raised by Dr.
Aden Persaud, the six-year-old boy who was diagnosed with a rare brain tumour months ago, has completed his treatment and has been discharged from the hospital.
(Reuters) – Chelsea manager Thomas Tuchel and his Tottenham Hotspur counterpart Antonio Conte have been charged by the Football Association (FA) following their confrontation after Sunday’s heated Premier League draw at Stamford Bridge.
Dear Editor, Yesterday, after paying our last respects to Ms. Bibi Shadick, two friends and I decided to travel to the Corentyne to attend a wedding and to enjoy the drive.
Like his co-convict had done in a challenge filed before the Guyana Court of Appeal, Kelvin Persaud is also arguing that his life sentence for the 2017 murder of Cayenne-based clothes vendor Purcell Moore, was too severe.
(Reuters) – Pablo Carreno Busta said claiming the biggest title of his career at the Canadian Masters on Sunday has given him a massive boost in confidence and self-belief for the remainder of the season.
Three men were yesterday remanded to prison on robbery charges. Breton Charles, Mark Griffith and Shemar David (no addresses given) all appeared before Senior Magistrate, Leron Daly, in Court Two where the charges were read to them.
Dear Editor, Guyanese have this old saying: ‘mouth open, story jump out.’
(Reuters) – Adrien Broner yesterday withdrew from his Aug. 20 comeback fight against Omar Figueroa citing mental health issues.
Dear Editor, Sometime around mid-2021, it seemed as though the PPP/C administration was sensing some economic turbulence ahead.
A contract was yesterday signed between the Ministry of Education and Gafsons Industries Limited for solar photovoltaic systems at the Guyana Learning Channel facilities in Aishalton and Karasabai in Region Nine.
NAIROBI/KISUMU, (Reuters) – Kenya’s elections chief declared Deputy President William Ruto the winner of a tight presidential race yesterday but some senior election officials disowned the result, fuelling fears of widespread violence like that seen after previous disputed polls.
(Reuters) – New Zealand’s combination of quality spin bowling and sharp fielding gives them a good chance of winning a maiden T20 World Cup title in Australia this year, in-form batsman Glenn Phillips said.
Dear Editor, I am disappointed in the Leadership of the PNCR and by extension the Coalition.
(Trinidad Guardian) The Government has kept its promise and implemented a six-month ban on scrap iron and copper export.
Eileen Richards, a livestock farmer who resides at Lot 81 Back Street, Den Amstel, West Coast Demerara, turned 90 on Wednesday still as active as ever.
(Reuters) – British Open champion Cameron Smith has withdrawn from this week’s BMW Championship due to a hip injury, the PGA Tour announced on Monday.
KYIV, (Reuters) – Ukraine called for new sanctions on Russia and highlighted the risks and consequences of a catastrophe at Europe’s biggest nuclear plant, where fresh shelling nearby has reignited a blame game between both sides.
Dear Editor, I am disappointed with the absence of an acknowledgment in your publication of India’s independence.
A 50-year-old man died on Sunday after a tree fell on him at Blue Mountain Backdam in Region Seven.
(Trinidad Guardian) A post-mortem will be conducted to determine how Newsday’s former editor-in-chief and journalist Suzanne Mills died.
A 17-year-old bartender was on Saturday arrested after she stabbed a miner who had been involved in a scuffle with her sister.
LONDON, (Reuters) – Britain, the first country to approve a coronavirus vaccine in late 2020, has now also given the first green light to a variant-adapted shot that targets both the original and Omicron version of the virus.
Thirteen new COVID-19 cases were recorded by the Ministry of Health yesterday after 161 tests were carried out.
QUITO, (Reuters) – The government of Ecuador has authorized security forces in Guayaquil to carry out inspections of houses as part of a new state of emergency, the interior minister said, after an explosives attack killed five people over the weekend.
Ongoing media coverage of the devastatingly destructive outbreaks of fires in wooded parts of those regions resulting from what we are told are record temperature rises this summer, have added a further dimension to what has been, for some time, one of the most reported-on issues on the agenda of the international media.
UNITED KINGDOM, CMC – Jamaica’s Sunshine Girls have climbed to number three in the World Netball World Rankings following their silver medal-winning performance at the recent 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham.
Reuters) – FIFA has suspended the All India Football Federation (AIFF) with immediate effect due to “undue influence from third parties”, world soccer’s governing body said yesterday.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Grenada’s former Climate Resilience Minister Simon Stiell will become the new United Nations climate chief, UN Secretary General António Guterres announced yesterday.
Dear Editor, Sergeant Dion Bascom has made clear allegations of corruption in the Guyana Police Force that go as far as attempting to frustrate/hamper/ an investigation of a murder.
(Reuters) – Rudy Giuliani, former President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer who helped lead challenges to the 2020 election results, said on Monday that he is a target in a criminal probe in Georgia examining attempts by Trump and his allies to overturn the election.
President Irfaan Ali on June 3rd announced a $100,000 cash grant for children with disabilities and other key interventions to assist them.
An East Canje Berbice man was yesterday remanded to prison after he was charged with murdering his estranged wife two weeks ago at Number 47 Village, Corentyne.
