Daily Archive: Saturday, October 15, 2022

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – U.S. and Canadian military aircraft today delivered tactical and armoured vehicles and other supplies to the Haitian National Police (HNP) to help combat criminal gangs that have worsened a humanitarian crisis in Haiti.

The PPP today paid a final tribute to party stalwart Philomena Sahoye-Shury who passed away on October 2 at the age of 91.

Despite an “extremely challenging” first half of 2022, the Demerara Distillers Limited (DDL) Group has seen a 4.2% rise in pre-tax profit.

 (Reuters) – At least 11 people were killed and 15 more wounded at a Russian military training ground today when two attackers opened fire on a group of volunteers who wished to fight in Ukraine, RIA news agency said.

QUITO,  (Reuters) – Ecuador’s government and indigenous community leaders reached a deal yesterday, ending months-long talks that lead to dozens of agreements for implementing economic and environmental concessions, which President Guillermo Lasso made to end deadly protests in June.

(Trinidad Express) A criminal suspect who staged a robbery using an imitation gun, paid with his life on Friday night.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – Democratic U.S. Senator Raphael Warnock and Republican challenger Herschel Walker sparred over a range of issues from abortion and policing to personal integrity on Friday, as a key Georgia contest that could help determine control of the Senate came to a head in a contentious televised debate.

President Irfaan Ali yesterday commissioned the newly constructed farm-to-market road located in Number 58 Village, Coren-tyne, which will open up thousands of acres of land to farmers and residents of Region Six.

Close to two months after allegedly being burned by her reputed husband, 20-year-old Annalee Gonsalves yesterday succumbed to her third degree burns at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH).

Guyana’s 16-athlete outfit finished with a silver medal and two bronze medals at the X11 edition of the South American Games which concludes tonight in Paraguay. 

The Board of Inquiry (BoI), commissioned to investigate the circumstances that led to the MV Tradewind Passion colliding with the Demerara Harbour Bridge (DHB), has recommended that the River Pilot’s licence be suspended for 24 months.

Cycling standout, Andre Green, won the first stage in his class (Division Two) of the Tour of Tobago yesterday. 

The woman who allegedly murdered 40-year-old Michael Wilson yesterday made her first court appearance at the Cove and John Magistrate’s Court where she was remanded to prison.

(Reuters) – Shimron Hetmyer’s last-minute exclusion typifies what ails West Indies cricket but the game’s shortest format remains their strong suit and the young side are determined to give a good account of themselves in the Twenty20 World Cup in Australia.

Five men were yesterday charged over the October 9th armed robbery at Kaieteur News and two others in relation to possession of a firearm and ammunition.

MELBOURNE,  (Reuters) – On home pitches and with strength across the board, Australia are in the box seat to become the first team to win back-to-back T20 World Cups in a country that has eagerly awaited its chance to stage the global showpiece.

With the Full Court not currently satisfied of its jurisdiction to grant interim reliefs which High Court Judge Damone Younge has also refused as she too determines her jurisdiction, the eight suspended Opposition MPs will have a longer wait to find out whether they get to attend parliamentary sittings; but the Court did order that their matter be swiftly heard given its public importance.

(Reuters) – Kenya’s 2021 Boston Marathon winner Diana Kipyokei and compatriot Betty Wilson Lempus have been provisionally suspended for using the banned substance triamcinolone acetonide, the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) said yesterday.

Jamaica’s Deputy Prime Minister Horace Chang has cited firearms trafficking as “maybe the greatest threat to the Caribbean countries”.

SYDNEY,  (Reuters) – Cricket Australia (CA)’s board requested an amendment to their integrity code be drawn up yesterday in another step towards David Warner’s lifetime ban from leadership positions being lifted.

More than 4,000 hinterland residents will benefit from free spectacles from the Government of Guyana through a programme to be launched shortly.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Some of the biggest names in women’s sport bowed out of competition in 2022 but tennis icon Billie Jean King expects the likes of Serena Williams and Allyson Felix to continue making headlines as part of a flourishing “old girls network”.

A Corentyne man was freed of a 2019 murder this week after a no-case submission was upheld by Justice Navindra Singh at the High Court in Berbice. 

(Reuters) – Pakistan batsman Fakhar Zaman has been promoted to the team’s 15-player squad for the Twenty20 World Cup while leg spinner Usman Qadir has been moved to the travelling reserves due to an injury, the country’s cricket board (PCB) said yesterday.

Shawn Persaud, called Shawn Yhap, a 46-year-old unemployed man of Lot 67 Pike Street, Kitty, Georgetown was yesterday sentenced to two years in jail over a break and enter, the police say.

Dear Editor, As a member of the Guyana Public Service Cooperative Credit Union (GPSCCU), I observed with horror the disingenuous swaying of the wider membership of the GPSCCU by its otherwise politicized leadership, which began under the Chair-manship of Trevor Llewellyn Benn, installed together with the Interim Management Committee (IMC) on 25th May 2018 by the APNU+AFC Minister, Keith Scott.

PERTH, (Reuters) – Brimming with belief after humbling Australia’s formidable one-day international side last month, Zimbabwe are back Down Under and determined to make the Super 12 stage at the Twenty20 World Cup for the first time.

The police yesterday issued a wanted bulletin for Andrew Clayton Hunte, 39, in relation to obtaining by false pretence.

The ninth edition of the Courts Pee Wee Boys U11 Football Championship resumes today at the Ministry of Education ground, Carifesta Avenue in Georgetown.

Dear Editor, Reference is made to Christopher Ram’s letter to the Editor of Stabroek News dated October 12, 2022, where he referred to me as a ‘self-described adjunct professor’.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Liz Truss fired her finance minister Kwasi Kwarteng yesterday and scrapped parts of their economic package in a desperate bid to stay in power and survive the market and political turmoil gripping the country.

Writer, composer, producer, record label owner, and all-around nice guy Simeon Joseph Browne is still a voice to be reckoned with, even as he is working to further his studies in the field of journalism.

Nineteen Officers/Technical Staff from the Ministry of Public Works left for India yesterday for training  on the new ferry vessel, MV Ma Lisha which will be deployed to the north west. 

(Reuters) – Factbox on the eighth Twenty20 World Cup, which takes place from tomorrow to Nov.

Residents of Belladrum, West Coast Berbice will soon benefit from a skills development programme.

Dear Editor, The research being done at Cornell University on feeding the world sustainably is game changing, and it will allow resources to be freed up for other uses while also reducing the carbon footprint associated with humans.

Essequibo teenager Simeon Raywaram is a prime example of how well music and science gel.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Reinsurer AXIS Capital AXS.N said it would refuse to underwrite energy, mining and other projects that did not have the backing of local indigenous communities, in a move welcomed by campaigners as setting a new industry standard.

MUMBAI,  (Reuters) – India fast bowler Mohammed Shami will replace injured Jasprit Bumrah in the team’s squad for the T20 World Cup in Australia, the country’s cricket board (BCCI) said yesterday.

JAKARTA, (Reuters) – A fact-finding team tasked with investigating a deadly soccer stampede in Indonesia has concluded that tear gas was the main cause of death in one of the world’s worst stadium disasters, the country’s security minister said yesterday.

Alferny Cantzlar has been charged with the offence of escaping from lawful custody contrary to Section 340 of the Criminal Law Offences Act Chapter 8:01.

Let’s be honest, steamed vegetables can be boring and unappetizing. Whenever they are served, we always feel obligated to take some because it is healthy and good for us – even if we are not monitoring our blood pressure, blood sugar levels or cholesterol.

Dear Editor, The seemingly positive advance into the stronghold mining town, has some on the other side up in arms, almost scared, even to a hand shake, with almost daily badgering of such development.

(Reuters) – Some of oilfield service firm Schlumberger’s SLB.N more than 9,000 Russian employees have begun receiving military draft notices through work, and the company is not authorizing remote employment to escape mobilization, according to people familiar with the matter and internal documents.

According to a release, the trial will commence from 10:00hrs and will be staged at the National Track and Field Centre ahead of the three-day Games set to return from November 25.

New Beginnings, a Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer+ (LGBTQ+) short film festival, premiered last Saturday at the Theatre Guild, Kingston under the patronage of the Embassy of Argentina, the High Commission of Canada to Guyana and Suriname, and the Embassy of Chile in partnership with Guyanese filmmaker, writer and producer Rae Wiltshire.

Mwange Smith, called Brandon Roberson, a 19-year-old unemployed of no fixed place of abode, was arrested on 2022/10/12 by a Police rank of the Beterverwagting Police Station and charged with armed robbery committed on Himwattie Ramraj.

Dear Editor, Prescott Mann’s letter, “Respect listeners of radio overall-not just cricket coverage,” is nothing but a time-wasting exercise.

VALLETTA,  (Reuters) – Two brothers were each sentenced to 40 years in prison yesterday after admitting to the murder of Maltese anti-corruption journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia, in a stunning turnaround on the first day of their trial.

DUBAI, (Reuters) – Iran Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei yesterday said that no one should dare think they can uproot the Islamic Republic, in his toughest warning to protesters since Mahsa Amini’s death in police custody ignited nationwide unrest now in its fourth week.

MIAMI, (Reuters) – Haitians are experiencing catastrophic hunger because of gangsters blockading a major fuel terminal, U.N.

CARACAS, (Reuters) – Venezuela’s opposition has agreed to hold primary elections in which it will choose a single candidate for the presidency at the end of June 2023, two sources familiar with the matter said.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Brentford striker Ivan Toney scored with a deft backheel finish in the first half and added a penalty in the second to give his side a 2-0 win over Brighton & Hove Albion in their Friday night Premier League clash at the Gtech Community Stadium.

Dear Editor, It was instructive to note Mr. Deodat Singh’s observations about failures to attend to identified infrastructural deficits across communities – from the capital city to Mon Repos.

October 12 is African Holocaust Day or Maafa Day. Maafa is a Kiswahili word meaning great disaster or tragedy.

Watching the CPL cricket on television the past few weeks, viewers might have been struck by the advertisements for various gated communities.

A single mother of Pattensen, Turkeyen, East Coast Demerara, is now counting her losses after a fire of unknown origin ravaged her home on Tuesday afternoon.

Perhaps one of the most aggravating realities of social justice movements like Black Lives Matter is when Black people themselves proclaim it to be a non-issue.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Robbie Coltrane, the larger-than-life Scottish actor who played the beloved half-giant Hagrid in the Harry Potter films, died yesterday at the age of 72, his agent said.