Daily Archive: Tuesday, October 4, 2022

 (Reuters) – Exxon Mobil Corp XOM.N today signaled third quarter operating profits will cool from the second quarter’s all time high as oil prices, refining and chemical margins pulled back from the previous period, according to a securities filing.

The police today issued a bulletin for Keron Lord also known as `Laro’ in relation to the murder of Government Technical Institute (GTI) student Samuel Grannum.

KINSHASA, (Reuters) – U.S. climate envoy John Kerry has asked Democratic Republic of Congo to withdraw some of the oil blocks it has put up for auction in order to protect forests, he said on Tuesday on the sidelines of a climate conference in Kinshasa.

PORT-AU-PRINCE, (Reuters) – Police in Haiti fired tear gas yesterday at thousands of protesters marching in the streets of the capital, Port-au-Prince, against Prime Minister Ariel Henry’s government and its handling of crippling fuel shortages and soaring prices.

(Trinidad Guardian) It was a traumatic morning for a Mayaro family on Monday, after armed bandits stormed their home.

(Trinidad Express) An autopsy on the body of the University of the West Indies employee Marissa Edwards found that she died after she suffered blunt force trauma and was strangled with a length of copper wire.

Ramps Logistics has moved to the High Court seeking judicial review against the Local Content Secretariat over its application for certification, sources told Stabroek News.

A 19-year-old student of the Government Technical Institute (GTI) succumbed at a city hospital yesterday, days after he was  beaten and robbed by a group of men in the vicinity of the Route 45 bus park.

Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday oversaw the distribution of the $150,000 one-off cash grant to private cane farmers at the Windsor Forest Community Centre, Region Three.

Another two suspects were yesterday charged in connection with the $400 million dollar gold theft from a Mahaica, East Coast Demerara dealer.

Following legal arguments yesterday on the fate of the second petition challenging the results of the March 2nd 2020 general elections, the Court of Appeal has fixed November 1st for a report on the status of the Chief Justice’s written ruling in the matter Following a hearing on what was described as a delay of  17 months in hearing the appeal of Chief Justice Roxane George’s oral ruling throwing out the petition, the Chancellor of the Judiciary, Yonette Cummings-Edwards said that the appellants would not be shut out by the court.

Gavin Assanah is now awaiting sentencing after a jury convicted him of raping a 12-year-old girl on two occasions back in 2014 and 2015.

Yesterday, Dr. Peter Ramsaroop, Chief Investment Officer to Guyana and Agency Head of the Guyana Office for Investment (G-Invest) presented several areas of Investment Opportunities in Guyana’s main productive sectors to a group of 20 Jamaican private sector companies.

Jermaine Bristol is now awaiting sentencing for the 2018 killing of his girlfriend Shanece Lawrence whom he stabbed repeatedly to the neck.

Preservation of traditional Indigenous knowledge was given a boost yesterday when the High Commission of Canada announced a new project partnership with the North Rupununi District Development Board (NRDDB).

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Shimron Hetmyer has been replaced in the West Indies squad for this month’s Twenty20 World Cup after missing an already rescheduled flight to Australia yesterday.

Police have arrested a suspect in relation to the murder of Nirmala Sukhai, the woman who was discovered dead in her La Grange, West Bank Deme-rara (WBD) home on Friday and he has since confessed to the crime.

Former International Basketball Federation (FIBA) and Confederation of Caribbean Basketball (CBC) executive Patrick Haynes is seeking to contest the post of Secretary General of the Guyana Olympic Association (GOA) whenever that body decides to hold its long overdue election of office bearers.

A four-year-old child is now in critical condition at the New Amsterdam Public Hospital after she mistakenly consumed gramoxone which was in her parents’ yard on Sunday afternoon.

Digicel Business says it is on board as the Principal Sponsor of the 2nd annual Guyana Basins Summit.

Guyana’s badminton players will kick off their medal hunt today at the ongoing  X11 South American Games which is being hosted in Paraguay.

Dear Editor, I read that Detective Sergeant Dion Bascom was interdicted from duty in the Guyana Police Force by the acting Commissioner of Police, and placed on half pay pending the determination of a criminal charge, which alleges that he used a computer system to humiliate a person “contrary to Section 19 (5) (a) of the Cyber Crime Act No.16 of 2018.

Two brothers who were imbibing along the Corriverton Public Road during the wee hours of Sunday are now nursing chop injuries after they were attacked by a man known to them following an argument.

Dear Editor, Guyana’s General Elections of March 2, 2020, were marred by irregularities during the vote counting process, which led to a recount supervised by CARICOM.

Twenty-four-year-old Christopher Welch of Lot 2442 Soufriere Street, North Ruimveldt was yesterday remanded to prison by Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan after he was charged with breaking into a home and stealing a quantity of items which amounting to $332,000.

Dear Editor, In the EEPGL contract, it is specified that Guyana will receive in the Production Sharing Agreement (PSA), 50 percent of the profits, after EEPGL extracts upfront, and without Guyana’s prior review of the cost, 75 percent of the total revenue as cost.

Dear Editor, ChildLinK Guyana, under its One Life Too initiative, has been contributing toward raising awareness about children living with mild autism.

The High Commission of India and the Swami Vivekananda Cultural Centre (SVCC) in Georgetown yesterday marked the 153rd birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi and the 118th birth anniversary of former Indian Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri.

The Ministry of Health yesterday reported two new COVID cases after 123 tests were carried out.

BIRMINGHAM, England,  (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Liz Truss was forced yesterday into a humiliating U-turn after less than a month in power, reversing a cut to the highest rate of income tax that helped spark turmoil in financial markets and a rebellion in her party.

Dear Editor, Article 13 is relentlessly intensifying the spotlight and increasing the pressure on the PPP Government to come clean, to do good, to take the right steps. 

Dear Editor, Irfaan  Ali visited Linden yesterday. He took globally known soca king, Machel Montano, with him.

The Ministry of Education yesterday said that it is aware of the issue involving a student at St Joseph High School who has taken their life and that a full investigation has been launched into the matter.

SEOUL/TOKYO, (Reuters) – Nuclear-armed North Korea fired a ballistic missile over Japan for the first time in five years yesterday, prompting a warning for residents to take cover and a temporary suspension of train operations in northern Japan.

BOGOTA,  (Reuters) – Colombian President Gustavo Petro and U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said yesterday they discussed stepping up the interception of narcotics at sea and enhanced intelligence sharing on drug trafficking.

Dear Editor, If there is a Guyanese woman who dedicated her life to the struggle to uplift the living and working conditions of sugar workers in particular and workers in general in Guyana, that woman is Philomena Sahoye-Shury.

KYIV, (Reuters) – Ukrainian forces achieved their biggest breakthrough in the south of the country since the war began, bursting through the front and advancing rapidly along the Dnipro River yesterday, threatening to encircle thousands of Russian troops.

President Irfaan Ali has paid to tribute to trade unionist and political activist Philomena Sahoye-Shury who passed away on Sunday at the age of 91.

SINGAPORE, (Reuters) – Max Verstappen may be only days away from celebrating his second Formula One title but he still showed his frustration after enduring one of his worst races of the year in Sunday’s Singapore Grand Prix.

(Reuters) – England batsman Jonny Bairstow will be out of action until next year after successful surgery on a broken leg and dislocated ankle, he said yesterday.

(Reuters) – A 36-year-old runner who took part in the London Marathon on Sunday has died after he collapsed during the race, organisers said yesterday.

(Reuters) – India’s pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah has been ruled out of the Twenty20 World Cup due to a back injury, the country’s cricket board (BCCI) announced yesterday.

(Reuters) – Iga Swiatek will not play for Poland in next month’s Billie Jean King Cup finals in Glasgow, the world number one said yesterday as she took issue with the sport’s governing bodies and their handling of the tournament calendar.

MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – Australia’s cricket board has apologised to survivors of child sexual abuse who were involved in the sport and called on its members to join a national redress scheme.

There is no sign that the war in Ukraine will end soon.

Sixty-three-year-old Lena Narine aka ‘Aunty Lena’, who was earlier in this year busted by the Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU), appeared yesterday in a city court for the start of her trial on  the charge of trafficking in ecstasy pills.

MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – Forced to carve out a career outside the professional ranks, T20 specialist Tim David gave little thought to playing for Australia until just before his surprise selection in the World Cup squad.

GOLD COAST, Australia, CMC – Surprise T20 World Cup pick Yannic Cariah says he is focussed on adapting to the new conditions on his first international tour with the West Indies.

(Reuters) – Manchester United midfielder Christian Eriksen said Sunday’s 6-3 thrashing by Manchester City was “far from acceptable” and that they had allowed Pep Guardiola’s side to play to their strengths instead of imposing their own game.

PONCE, Puerto Rico, (Reuters) – President Joe Biden yesterday pledged more than $60 million in aid to help U.S.

Dear Editor, Our Amerindian brothers and sisters in the diaspora of Canada get together for a heritage month celebration in Toronto recently.

(Reuters) – Liverpool are conceding too many similar goals in their matches this season and the players may need to get “back to basics” to tighten the defence to return to winning ways, manager Juergen Klopp said yesterday.

(Reuters) – Former U.S. president Donald Trump sued CNN for defamation yesterday, seeking $475 million in punitive damages and claiming that the network had carried out a “campaign of libel and slander” against him.

Part of the reason why troublesome issues tend, sometimes, to grow ‘from bad to worse,’ to fester, has to do with the fact that insofar as many of us are concerned there is considerable virtue in what we are wont to describe as minding our own business. 

(Reuters) – Real Madrid President Florentino Perez said European football is “sick” and that changes are needed to stop younger fans drifting away from the sport, again touting the prospect of a Super League made up of the continent’s elite clubs.

(Reuters) – Ukraine is set to join Spain and Portugal in their bid to host the 2030 soccer World Cup, The Times reported yesterday.