Daily Archive: Saturday, November 5, 2022

(Reuters) – Flightline lived up to the hype with another jaw-dropping performance to win the showpiece $6-million Breeders’ Cup Classic in Lexington, Kentucky, today, cementing his status as one of horse racing’s all-time greats.

The Guyana Bar Association this afternoon took Attorney General Anil Nandlall SC to task over his suggestion that there was a “hidden agenda” in a protest yesterday by lawyers over the arrest of one of their colleagues because she had advised her client to remain silent.

BRASILIA, (Reuters) – Brazilian President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s transition team has invited two economists, Persio Arida and Andre Lara Resende, who helped design the Real Plan that stabilized the economy in the 1990s, two sources with knowledge of the matter said today.

Police in Berbice carried out a successful drug eradication exercise between 04:00 hrs and 15:00 hrs yesterday  in Fort Nassau Savannah, Upper Berbice River and two men have been held.

(Trinidad Guardian) Prime Minister Keith Rowley wasn’t in Parliament yesterday afternoon, after he tested positive for COVID-19 earlier in the morning.

SYDNEY,  (Reuters) – England qualified for the Twenty20 World Cup semi-finals with a nervy victory by four wickets over Sri Lanka in their final Super 12 match today, sending hosts and defending champions Australia out of the tournament in the process.

(Trinidad Guardian) Approximately six months after Trinidad and Tobago and Guyana signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on a national level, the capital cities of both countries have done the same.

In the midst of his attempts to protect the Region Four Statements of Poll (SOPs) and other elections material, Assistant Commissioner of Police Edgar Thomas said he was relieved of his Command of the division because he refused to comply with instructions which were coming from the then Deputy Chief Election Officer (DCEO) Roxanne Myers, who appeared to have the support of his superiors.

Although surveillance cameras were installed at the Ashmins building in preparation for the March 2020 general and regional elections, Chief Election Officer (CEO) Vishnu Persaud has said the video footage cannot be found.

Attorney Tamieka Clarke, through her legal team, has officially initiated legal proceedings against the State following her arrest by the Guyana Police Force’s Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU) on October 28.

The curtain came down on the Inter Services Annual Athletics Championship (ISAAC) yesterday at the National Track and Field Centre and once again the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) marched away with the coveted champions’ trophy. 

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Allrounder Ashmini Munisar will lead the West Indies Women’s U19 squad for the upcoming tour of India that will give selectors an idea of who they should be looking at for the World Cup, the Cricket West Indies Selection Panel said on Friday.

Attorneys-at-law, donning their robes, took to the streets demanding action from the Guyana Police Force following the brief arrest of one of their colleagues for reportedly advising her client to remain silent.

Dear Editor, I am a resident of Lindley Ave. Nandy Park, E.B.D.

The five men who are accused of murdering Number 70 Village, Corentyne carpenter Faiyaz Narinedatt back in 2016 were yesterday found guilty of the crime at the conclusion of their trial at the High Court in Berbice, where the main witness had testified to hearing the order to beat the man to death after he refused sexual advances allegedly made by Marcus Bisram.

A teen motorcyclist was taken into police custody on Thursday after he rode over a labourer at Charity, on the Essequibo Coast and the man later succumbed.

Dear Editor On October 21, 2022 the Regent Guesthouse was brutally gutted by fire around 2 am.

President Irfaan Ali on Thursday assured residents that the government will work on rehabilitating a number of cross streets and the drainage network in Annandale, on the East Coast of Demerara.

Singer Alexander Williams popularly known as AW Lyrical, who is currently at the peak of his career and being booked for shows every weekend, said there is a lot more that his fans can expect from him as he is working to create an international platform and name for himself.

BEIJING,  (Reuters) – Chinese President Xi Jinping and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz yesterdayy condemned threats to use atomic weapons in Ukraine, with Scholz warning that Russia risked “crossing a line” in the international community by resorting to nuclear force.

Dear Editor, I returned to Guyana after living several years overseas, my family and I bought a house in Good Hope Phase Three on the East Coast of Demerara.

After two nights of elimination matches, four teams will, this evening, contest for the coveted Guinness ‘Greatest of the Streets’ East Coast Demerara Championship tonight at the Haslington Market Tarmac.

New Amsterdam is a historic and proud community long regarded as the ‘capital’ of the ancient county of Berbice.

OTTAWA, (Reuters) – A union representing 55,000 education workers went on strike yesterday in Canada’s most populous province of Ontario after failing to reach an agreement with the provincial government for better pay and more frontline staff in schools.

Dear Editor, The National Insurance Scheme received my claim for medical benefit on August 2, 2022, some three months ago.

Sentencing was yesterday deferred for a young mother of one who admitted to stealing over $2.2 million in both foreign and Guyana dollars after she appeared before Senior Magistrate Leron Daly in a Georgetown court.

The Ministry of Amerindian Affairs on Thursday wrapped up a two-day leadership workshop for Toshaos and Treasurers of indigenous villages along the coast.

Guyana was eliminated from the women’s division of the FIBA 3×3 AmeriCup Championship after losing convincingly to defending champions USA and Colombia at the AT&T East Plaza in Miami, Florida.

Holidays and all that is associated with them – food, drinks, gifts, decorating – eventually get to you sooner than you think, regardless of how much you try to resist them.

Dear Editor Imagine you have a boiling pot of water to cook rice.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Donald Trump adviser Kash Patel yesterday confirmed that he testified to the grand jury hearing evidence in the federal probe of whether the former president illegally took classified records with him when he left the White House in 2021.

Dear Editor, Older heads will remember legendary Queen’s College Headmaster Doodnauth Hetram.

Guyana’s local content regulator, the Local Content Secretariat, has issued 354 Local Content Certificates to Guyanese suppliers to the nation’s oil and gas sector, according to the Ministry of Natural Resources.

With several berths to the knockout round still up for grabs the final round of group-stage matches in the MVP Sports Futsal Championship will commence this evening at the National Gymnasium, Mandela Avenue.

FRONTLINE WEST OF KHERSON, Ukraine/KYIV, (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin publicly endorsed the evacuation of civilians from parts of Ukraine’s southern Kherson region yesterday, the latest sign of Russia’s retreat in one of the most bitterly contested areas in Ukraine.

Sixteen-year-old Francis Arena prevailed last Saturday to win the Miss Region Eight Police Youth Ambassador title during a pageant which was held on the lawns of the Regional Administration Oval Ground in Mahdia.

The grand final in the ExxonMobil Futsal Championship will be staged this evening at the Retrieve Hard-court when Unknown lock horns with Achievers for the coveted title at 20:00hrs.

(Reuters) – Twitter has laid off 50% of its employees, the company’s head of safety and integrity said on Friday in a tweet, while saying that the social media platform’s content moderation capabilities remained in place.

After reporting no new cases for two consecutive days, the Ministry of Health yesterday said that four new COVID cases have since been recorded.

Girls Assemble, a gender and political development programme, which yearns for the participation of Guyanese girls in their country’s politics, has been launched by the Imperial House.

Dear Editor, On August 20th during a storm the roof of a building belonging to Raymond and Glerry Kaiser of Saxacalli was blown off.

SYDNEY, (Reuters) – A peaking England find themselves in a three-way tussle for a place in the semi-finals of the T20 World Cup but skipper Jos Buttler will have the advantage of knowing exactly what they need to do in their final group match against Sri Lanka.

Brooklyn Nets star Kevin Durant took to Twitter in an attempt to clarify his remarks earlier yesterday when asked about the fallout surrounding Kyrie Irving’s social media posts that centered on an antisemitic book and movie.

Late afternoon by Bourda, the market was closed but the pavement was busy.

(Reuters) – Mohammad Nabi stepped down as Afghanistan captain yesterday after the Asian country were eliminated from the Twenty20 World Cup without winning a single match.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Outgoing president of the Caribbean Association of National Olympic Committees (CANOC) Brian Lewis is anticipating a keen and fair election when members of the organisation vote for his successor today.

MELBOURNE, Australia, CMC – West Indies discard Andre Russell is set to feature in the Big Big Bash League when he turns out in four games for Melbourne Renegades next month as a replacement for England’s Liam Livingstone.

MEXICO CITY, (Reuters) – Five women were found dead in a central Mexican state suffering from a wave of violent crime against women, local authorities said yesterday.

(Trinidad Express) A 17-year-old boy is being questioned in connection with the murder of a 61-year-old female relative.

On August 11 2021, in the final days of the chaotic retreat from Afghanistan by history’s mightiest military power, a C-17 plane landed at Kabul airport to deliver supplies.

One of my biggest fears about getting pregnant is how much my body will change and how long it might take me to feel like my old self again, if that is even possible.

NORTH SOUND, Antigua, CMC – Captain Shai Hope’s composed half-century kept Barbados Pride dreaming before fast bowlers Nicholson Gordon and Odean Smith wiped out the lower order to hand Jamaica Scorpions an emphatic 64-run victory in the Super50 Cup here late Thursday night.

Dear Editor, The City was gifted a garbage truck recently from one of our friendly investors. 

MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – New Zealand became the first team to reach the Twenty20 World Cup semi-finals with a victory over Ireland yesterday but Australia face a wait to see if they will be staying in the tournament despite a nervy win over Afghanistan.