Daily Archive: Thursday, October 6, 2022

President Irfaan Ali this afternoon announced that all old age pensioners will benefit from a $28,000 one-off grant before the year ends.

Aslom Masood, the truck driver who was involved in the accident which claimed the life of businessman Nigel Cush three weeks ago was today sentenced to five years imprisonment after he pleaded guilty to a charge of causing death by dangerous driving.

The final flight of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) Shorts Skyvan 8R-GGK (Eight Romeo-Gulf Gulf Kilo), landed at Air Station London to a traditional water cannon salute, followed by a final salute from the Officers and Ranks of Air Corps during a ceremony to officially retire the aircraft, a release from the GDF said.

BANGKOK,  (Reuters) – A former policeman killed 38 people, including 22 children, in a knife and gun rampage at a daycare centre in Thailand today, later shooting dead his wife and child at their home before turning his weapon on himself, police said.

(Trinidad Guardian) Members of the T&T Fire Service Search and Rescue team, the Hunters Search and Rescue team, T&T Police Service and villagers were on Wednesday night trying to locate a farmer who was feared dead after she was washed away by floodwaters while attempting to cross a ravine in Surrey Village, Lopinot.

STOCKHOLM, (Reuters) – French author Annie Ernaux won the 2022 Nobel Prize in Literature on Thursday for “the courage and clinical acuity” in her largely autobiographical books examining personal memory and social inequality.

LONDON, (Reuters) – U.S. intelligence agencies believe parts of the Ukrainian government authorised a car bomb attack near Moscow in August that killed Darya Dugina, the daughter of a prominent Russian nationalist, the New York Times reported.

The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) yesterday filed 10  charges against Ramps Logistics Guyana (RLG) for false declarations but the company says the charges are null and void and it pointed out that the court action had come just days after it had sought judicial review over the conduct of  the Local Content Secretariat.

While the motive remains unknown, police have arrested and are questioning two city students in relation to the murder of Government Technical Institute (GTI) student, Samuel Grannum, who was brutally beaten and robbed last Friday.

Farmer Ganesh Dhanraj, who in 2017 strangled his wife during an argument at their Parika home, was yesterday handed a 24-year sentence, but following deductions for his guilty plea and time spent on remand, will serve just under 11 years.

Fuel smuggling and corruption are issues which are presently affecting the country’s hinterland regions and Commander of Region One (Barima-Waini), Himnauth Sawh said efforts are being made to not only tackle them but also sensitize citizens in accordance with the law.

A Corentyne woman is now nursing an injury to her face that required twenty-eight stitches after the father of her children slashed her with a knife on Sunday evening.

Much more remains to be done even as the National Insurance Scheme (NIS) has made tremendous strides in the delivery of its service and processing of claims, Senior Minister in the Office of the President with responsibility for Finance, Ashni Singh said on Tuesday.

A motor van containing narcotics has been intercepted by Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU) officers on the Goed Fortuin Public Road and two men have been held.

Workers of the Linden Utility Services Co-op Society Limited (LUSCSL) have been on strike for over two weeks now protesting the installation of an Interim Management Committee (IMC), which they claim violates the rules of the Co-op Society.

GOLD COAST, Australia, CMC – A determined West Indies kept World champions Australia on their toes before losing the plot in the final over, as they crashed to a three-wicket defeat in the opening Twenty20 International of their two-match series here yesterday.

While maintaining the long-held contention that the voters’ list is bloated and a new one is needed before any election is held, Leader of the Opposition Aubrey Norton also said that the APNU+AFC did not see the need to participate in the recently concluded claims and objections period.

Dear Editor,  Policy makers and social activists felt relieved in early 2022 when the reported suicide rate declined (by 21.7%) between 2016 (23.4 per 100,000) and 2021 (18.3 per 100,000), partly in response to initiatives linked to the Government’s National Suicide Prevention Strategy 2015-2020 (NSPS), and National Mental Health Action Plan, 2015-2020, as well as to the work of NGOs, but the suicide problem persists and remains significant.

The Guyana Amateur Powerlifting Federation (GAPLF) is making a public appeal to potential sponsors to assist their elite athletes who are set to represent the nation at the Commonwealth Classic Powerlifting and Benchpress Championships in New Zealand next month.

A Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU) operation has unearthed a quantity of cocaine at Bagotstown and two men have been held.

A Skeldon, Upper Corentyne yesterday walked out of the High Court in Berbice a free man after a jury found him not guilty on seven counts of rape.

Dear Editor, SN’s September 30th editorial “A filthy business” said much. 

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – A federal appeals court ruled yesterday that a programme that has protected hundreds of thousands of young immigrants from deportation was unlawful, but said current enrollees could renew their status and sent the case back to a lower court to consider a new Biden administration regulation.

A driver of Atlantic Ville on the East Coast of Demerara (ECD) has been arrested for possession of narcotics.

Dear Editor, At a recent meeting at the Guyana High Commission in London, the Hon.

Approximately 150 artisanal fishers from several regions will be able to ply their trade more safely as they are set to receive a quantity of safety equipment donated by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).

KYIV, (Reuters) – President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said Ukrainian forces have retaken more settlements in Kherson, one of the partially Russian-occupied southern regions that Moscow claims to have annexed.

Raj Jewellery has donated $100,000 to the Guyana Chess Federation (GCF) to aid with the staging of the ChessKid Programme.

Dear Editor, The attack on the GTI student was brutal, swift and it seems deadly was the intended outcome. 

It was a tough day at the office for Guyana’s badminton players at the ongoing South American Games in Paraguay yesterday.

By Aviso Paul Three men and a woman were yesterday arraigned in the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court where they were slapped with three counts of robbery under arms, which stated that they stole over $8 million in cash, gold jewellery, and designer branded items.

(Reuters) – The deaths of dozens of young children in Gambia from acute kidney injuries may be linked to contaminated cough and cold syrups made by an Indian drug manufacturer, the World Health Organization said on Wednesday.

Dear Editor, I wish to follow up on the remarks made about the recent Cricket Carnival by letter writers Dr.

With the East Bank Demerara Football Association (EBDFA) confirming prize money and the resumption of the senior’s men’s league following a lengthy suspension, traditional giant Agricola Red Triangle, has stated that they will continue to participate, after initially threatening to withdraw from the event.

Residents of Bartica in Region Seven are set to benefit from a housing initiative compliments of the government that would enable persons to own their own home or receive assistance toward constructing their own.

Dear Editor, October 6th, 2022 marks the 42nd Anniversary of the fraudulent 1980 Constitution.

PORT-AU-PRINCE,  (Reuters) – Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry yesterday called on the international community to help the Caribbean nation, as a gang blockade of a key fuel terminal has created widespread shortages of goods including drinking water.

Dear Editor, It is just possible that SN may have misunderstood the exposition of the Vice-President and company regarding ‘one off cash grants to private cane farmers’ in Region 3.

VIENNA/LONDON,  (Reuters) – OPEC+ agreed steep oil production cuts today, curbing supply in an already tight market, causing one of its biggest clashes with the West as the U.S.

The Georgetown Cricket Association announced its weekend fixture with all eyes locked on the New Building Society’s 40-over second-division final Sunday.

In observance of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, the Office of the First Lady in partnership with Impressions Branding and the Guyana Cancer Foundation hosted a tree wrapping exercise in the avenue of Main Street yesterday.

Dear Editor, The PPP/C Government of Guyana is being accused of discrimination in favouring its supporters (mainly Indo Guyanese) again.

Of the approximately 7.9 billion people in the world, an estimated one in every 150 (some 50 million in total) was in a situation of modern slavery on any given day last year.

Selectors have named the Demerara and President XI squads for the upcoming Guyana Cricket Board senior inter-county 50-over tournament.

(Trinidad Guardian) Less developed Caricom countries are being asked to consider appealing to oil-rich Guyana to take on part of the role which T&T assumed in 2007 when it was felt T&T was flush with money, and it could share the money with T&T’s Caricom brothers.

LONDON, (Reuters) – A much-hyped fight between Britons Conor Benn and Chris Eubank Jr.

LONDON, (Reuters) – The Russian-led International Boxing Association (IBA) yesterday cancelled a ban on amateur boxers from Russia and Belarus and said it would allow them to compete with national flags and anthems in events with immediate effect.

NORTH SOUND, Antigua, CMC – Another agonising defeat – this time courtesy of the dreaded ‘super-over’ – left West Indies Women with a third straight defeat here yesterday and a fourth consecutive series loss to New Zealand Women.

Two gold miners and a boat captain appeared at the Bartica Magistrate’s Court on Monday where they were charged with raping a 32-year-old Venezuelan woman.