Daily Archive: Thursday, September 1, 2022

Taxi driver Ranachal Singh is now awaiting sentencing after pleading guilty yesterday morning to the 2016 killing of Sophia woman Simone Hackett, whose body was found in a trench between Third and Fourth streets, Cummings Lodge.

(Jamaica Gleaner) The Government has intensified its plan to put 15,000 hectares of land under Irish potato cultivation and to increase onion production in the next planting season.

KUALA LUMPUR,  (Reuters) – A Malaysian court today sentenced Rosmah Mansor, the wife of former Prime Minister Najib Razak, to a decade in prison for seeking and receiving bribes in exchange for government contracts, just days after her husband was jailed for corruption.

MOSCOW,  (Reuters) – Ravil Maganov, the chairman of Russia’s second-largest oil producer Lukoil LKOH.MM,

After experiencing “some issues”, the timeline for the completion of the CARICOM Regional Security System (RSS) review into the allegations made by Detective Sergeant, Dion Bascom has been extended, Minister of Home Affairs, Robeson Benn said.

Minister of Culture, Youth and Sport Charles Ramson  has written to Chief Executive Officer of the International Decade for People of African Descent Assembly-Guyana (IDPADA-G) Olive Sampson requesting the organisation’s financial records no later than September 5, 2022.

(CPL) – A new look Jamaica Tallawahs got their 2022 Hero Caribbean Premier League (CPL) campaign off to a winning start with a 47 run victory over the defending champions, St Kitts & Nevis Patriots. 

Next year a  Magistrate’s Court will be constructed in the Westminster/Parfaite Harmonie housing scheme, West Bank of Demerara.

Committed, dedicated and “an inspiring person” was how Sister of Mercy, historian and former University of Guyana lecturer Mary Noel Menezes, who died early yesterday morning, is being remembered.

Saints Splinters, GCC Tigers, YMCA Old Fort, and Saints S7N recorded victories when the Lucozade Indoor Hockey Championship continued yesterday at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall, Homestretch Avenue.

Following the successful staging of the maiden tertiary basketball league and the return of their traditional summer camp, Youth Basketball Guyana (YBG) Co-Director Chris Bowman, stated that the organisation’s focus continues to be on delivering quality programmes despite the financial challenges faced.

Replying to criticism from the Guyana Human Rights Associa-tion (GHRA), the Ministry of Natural Resources says that it is working to ensure that there is an amicable solution for all stakeholders involved in the ongoing mining dispute in Chinese Landing.

The suspect in the murder of a man and the wounding of another at Kimbia, Upper Berbice River during the wee hours of Monday has been arrested.

The Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) has once again joined forces with corporate entity, the National Milling Company (NAMILCO), to launch the secondary schools coaching programme yesterday, which will target entities in the county of Berbice.The

(Reuters) – Playing more like a world number one than a player ranked outside the top 600, Serena Williams turned back the clock last night to stun world number two Anett Kontaveit 7-6(4) 2-6 6-2 and move into the third round of the U.S.

The Guyana Sugar Cor-poration on Monday said that it will implement the  recommendations made by Auditor General, Deodat Sharma following a special investigation earlier this year which discovered that the Rose Hall Estate overpaid two contractors close to $5m for mechanical tillage works in 2021 The Audit Office discovered that the overpayment stemmed from the fact that the two contractors were paid an hourly rate of $8500 instead of the stipulated $7500 after a decision was taken by the estate to pay based on hours worked.

By Charwayne Walker in association with Mr. Brian Hackett, Former President of the Lusignan Golf Club W.H.B.

While the price for English tomatoes has dropped from record highs, there is still a shortage but supply issues have been alleviated by imports of the Roma variety from Brazil.

Leader of the Opposition Aubrey Norton says the police have nothing to probe in relation to his statements on the  Chair of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), retired Justice Claudette Singh.

(Reuters) – Former world number one Andy Murray survived an early scare to beat American wildcard Emilio Nava 5-7 6-3 6-1 6-0 at the U.S.

(Reuters) – China’s “arbitrary and discriminatory detention” of Uyghurs and other Muslims in the country’s Xinjiang region may constitute crimes against humanity, the outgoing U.N.

Three women yesterday appeared in the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court to answer to charges of assault, wounding and threatening behaviour.

(Reuters) – Mitchell Starc and Adam Zampa collected three wickets apiece in Australia’s eight-wicket demolition of Zimbabwe in the second one-day international yesterday, giving the home side an unassailable 2-0 series lead in Townsville.

Dear Editor, Please permit my letter to be published in your daily column, so I can be given the opportunity to have my take on the planning of our Amerindian Heritage Month program of activities.

Dear Editor, Guyana is projected to undergo economic growth at an astonishing rate fueled by our black gold and although we read of new investments and projects on a regular basis, one wonders who exactly is benefitting at the moment and how can more ordinary Guyanese get a slice of the pie.

ZAPORIZHZHIA, Ukraine,  (Reuters) – United Nations inspectors in Ukraine were due today to visit a Russian-occupied nuclear power plant, Europe’s largest, where nearby shelling has prompted bitter recriminations and global fears of disaster.

The Ministry of Health yesterday recorded 30 new COVID cases after 504 tests were conducted.

(CMC) – Veteran all-rounder Deandra Dottin held her nerve to deliver a dramatic last over as Trinbago Knight Riders edged Barbados Royals by a single run in the opening game of the Women’s Caribbean Premier League yesterday.

HAVANA,  (Reuters) – Cuba, mired in an energy crisis that has brought frequent blackouts, is negotiating with a Turkish company to have it double the megawatts it currently produces for the country from shipboard generators just offshore, according to two people with knowledge of the discussions.

Dear Editor, Please permit me to share some views and experiences relating to the recent press release issued by the Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU) relating to payments due to dismissed workers of the Forestry Commission.

GWI’s Water Quality Laboratory was yesterday recertified by the Guyana National Bureau of Standards (GNBS).

(Reuters) – Australian Nick Kyrgios powered past Benjamin Bonzi to reach the third round of the U.S.

SAO PAULO,  (Reuters) – Fires in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest surged in August to the highest for the month since 2010, government data showed on Wednesday, surpassing the blazes in August 2019 that drew global attention soon after President Jair Bolsonaro took office.

(Reuters) – South Africa’s new Twenty20 competition is to be called SA20 with the six teams having already begun the process of recruiting and a player auction to finalise the squads to be held later this month, the league announced yesterday.

Dear Editor, In SN of August 29, it was reported as follows: “Following a special investigation, Auditor General Deodat Sharma earlier this year discovered that the Rose Hall Estate overpaid close to $5m to two contractors for mechanical tillage works in 2021 after the estate deviated from the stipulated rate of $7500 per hour to $8500 per hour – during the period January 1 to November 23, 2021.

The skeletal remains discovered along the Eversham, Corentyne foreshore on Saturday morning have since been identified to be those of a missing Surinamese fisherman.

BRASILIA,  (Reuters) – Former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva’s aides are reaching out to Indonesia and the Democratic Republic of Congo to form a united front of countries with the most tropical rainforest at this year’s U.N.

Dear Editor, August 31st is International Day for People of African Descent.

(Reuters) – After missing the entire North American hardcourt season, American Danielle Collins showed no signs of rust battling past twice U.S.

Two East Bank Demerara (EBD) men who pled guilty to break and enter charges were sentenced to 59 months imprisonment following their appearance before Magistrate Sunil Scarce at the Diamond/Grove Magistrate’s Court yesterday.

Dear Editor, It is a national disgrace that the University of Guyana has to resort to the proceeds of the misery caused by alcohol to raise funds. 

Dear Editor, I would like to follow up with a letter that was published on Tuesday 29th August, regarding squatting in Good Hope, Phase Three ECD.

By  Nina L. Khrushcheva MOSCOW – “We all need to have perestroika,” Mikhail Gorbachev would often say.

(Reuters) – Australian Kaden Groves of Team BikeExchange-Jayco won stage 11 of the Vuelta a Espana, a 191.2km flat ride from Alhama de Murcia to Cabo de Gata yesterday, while world champion Julian Alaphilippe crashed out.

(Trinidad Guardian) The Baxter siblings had already decorated their homes with patriotic paraphernalia ahead of T&T celebrating 60 years of independence yesterday.

 Dear Editor, Democracy is more than just having or guaranteeing free and fair election (FFE).

A cosmetologist was yesterday placed on $150,000 bail after pleading not guilty to a cybercrime charge.

Dear Editor, Please permit me to illuminate a disturbing trend in Guyana.

Dear Editor, The sugar entity is in the news again.  One report gives a detail account of how an estate overpaid two contractors (SN August 29). 

Sixteen informal settlers residing along the reserve at Blairmont, Region Five have been granted a six-month extension to complete their relocation process, a press release from the Central Housing and Planning Authority (CHPA) said.

A second batch of SBM Offshore’s Trainee Technicians has arrived in Canada where they will take part in a one-year programme.

Less than a month after 24-year-old Corentyne resident Cindy Ramchandar was stabbed to death on August 8, 28-year-old Tacina Dazzell of La Bonne Intention suffered the same fate on August 26.

President Irfaan Ali yesterday met with an executive team from Teleperformance— one of the largest Business Process Outsourcing companies in the country, at State House.