Daily Archive: Saturday, December 3, 2022

(Trinidad Guardian) Police have charged thirty-eight-year-old Renelle Johnson, a former member of the US Army, with the murder of her mother, Patsy Ramcharan.

The Minister, Officers and staff of the Ministry of Education say they are deeply saddened at the passing of Lorraine Barker-King who was serving as Administrator of the Unit of Allied Arts up to the time of her death.

SAN SALVADOR, (Reuters) – El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele announced today the deployment of 10,000 security forces to a suburb of San Salvador known to be a stronghold for gangs.

The Amerindian Peoples Association today called on the government to end its inaction on issues affecting the Region One Community of Chinese Landing.

(Reuters) – President Ebrahim Raisi today hailed Iran’s Islamic Republic as a guarantor of rights and freedoms, defending the the ruling system amid a crackdown on anti-government protests that the United Nations says has cost more than 300 lives.

 (Trinidad Guardian) Clico Policyholders Group (CPG) chairman Peter Permell says Clico can easily afford to pay outstanding monies to policyholders, as it is now “extremely profitable.”

Hess Corporation, one of the partners in Guyana’s lucrative offshore oil block, yesterday announced the purchase of US$750m of this country’s carbon credits over 10 years and 15% of the monies will go to Indigenous communities.

Audrey Harris, a 75-year-old woman of Lot 11 Princes Street, Georgetown, was murdered yesterday morning  and her “mentally ill” nephew who resided on the ground floor of her two-storey house is being sought in relation to the killing.

Carlos Petterson-Grifith took his otherworldly strength talent to Auckland, New Zealand and smashed the Commonwealth Powerlifting Championships deadlift record yesterday en route to topping the 93kg (equipped) class. 

Ruling that no stay would be granted, or additional time for appeals to first be heard on interlocutory issues, Justice Gino Persaud yesterday cleared the way for the substantive action challenging the suspension of the previous Police Service Commission (PSC) to move forward.

Upper Demerara/Kwakwani (District 10) better known simply as ‘Linden’ once again came, saw and conquered. 

The International Decade for People of African Descent Assembly-Guyana (IDPADA-G) has moved to the courts over the Government’s refusal to pay its $8 million monthly subvention.

Berths to the prestigious final in the MVP Sports Futsal Championship will be decided this evening when Bent Street engages Gold is Money and Stabroek Ballers oppose Future Stars in the semi-final section at the National Gymnasium, Mandela Avenue.

Swift action by lawmen yesterday led to the apprehension of a man after he brutally murdered his common-law wife at Hill Foot, Linden/Soesdyke Highway.

Trinidad and Tobago Police Service (TTPS) and Saints recorded contrasting wins in the men’s division when the Diamond Mineral Water Indoor Hockey Festival commenced on Thursday evening at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall, Homestretch Avenue.

Accepting the 2022 European Union Delegation Human Rights Award on Thursday, Stabroek News’ Editor-in-Chief (EiC), Anand Persaud, posited that democracy is no guarantee of adherence to human rights or press freedom as he called on all to work together to ensure these standards are upheld.

Questions were yesterday raised by the Commission of Inquiry (CoI) into the 2020 elections as it relates to the time that Information Technology (IT) Officer Enrique Livan would have had to change the number of figures from some of the Statements of Poll (SOPs) as alleged by many of the observers on hand, since some video evidence has suggested that he had no particular time to do so.

Grove/Samatta Point/Diamond and Beterverwagting (BV)/Buxton recorded hard-fought wins when the Region #4 zone in the One Guyana President’s Cup continued Thursday evening at the Ministry of Education ground, Carifesta Avenue.

PERTH, Australia, CMC – Captain Kraigg Brathwaite struck a gritty half-century while his debutant partner Tagenarine Chanderpaul completed his maiden one but West Indies suffered a swift lower order collapse to give Australia total control of the opening Test here yesterday.

The much anticipated Parika/Bartica online ferry booking service commenced operation at midday yesterday.

Some 33 of the 991 players registering for the TATA Indian Premier League (IPL) player auction are from the West Indies.

Although there was a rule by the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) stating that no political party or any presidential candidates were allowed to have any meetings at the Ashmins building, which was the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) Command Centre for the 2020 elections, then Minister of Foreign Affairs Dr Karen Cummings was seen inside the building in a room with the Deputy Chief Election Officer (DCEO) Roxanne Myers and a number of international observers on the day of a bomb scare.

Two weeks after one of her suitcases went missing and another was broken into, a Caribbean Airlines passenger is pleading for help from airline authorities.

BEIJING, (Reuters) – Further easing of COVID-19 testing requirements and quarantine rules in some Chinese cities was met with a mix of relief and worry on Friday, as hundreds of millions await an expected shift in national virus policies after widespread social unrest.

NEW DELHI,  (Reuters) – West Indies stalwart Kieron Pollard will lead MI Emirates and Afghan all-rounder Rashid Khan will captain MI Cape Town in the two new T20 leagues beginning next month, the owners of the franchises said yesterday.

A Bushlot, West Coast Berbice woman was yesterday remanded to prison over the murder of her 85-year-old great aunt.

(Reuters) – Millions of New York rats have been put on notice: the most populous city in the United States is hiring a director of rodent mitigation, a new position that calls for a “swashbuckling attitude” and a “general aura of badassery.”

ABI DHABI, United Arab Emirates, CMC – Shimron Hetmyer produced a match-winning knock as Samp Army chased down a tricky total to beat Rovman Powell’s Northern Warriors by five wickets and secure their spot in the playoffs of the Abu Dhabi T10.

The Mayor and City Council, along with its engineering team in collaboration with the National Drainage and Irrigation Authority (NDIA) are still working to have the Cowan Street, Kingston, wooden sluice door replaced with a steel plate door.

PARIS, (Reuters) – French fashion house Balenciaga’s creative director and chief executive officer both apologized Friday for an advertising campaign that sparked criticism on social media over accusations that it featured inappropriate imagery involving children.

Dear Editor, I do not wish to find fault with Guyana’s efforts to monetise all of its natural assets, but I should certainly wish for Guyana to build a good reputation in the voluntary (and compliance) carbon markets. 

LUSAIL, Qatar, (Reuters) – A late goal by skipper Vincent Aboubakar ended Cameroon’s 20-year wait for a win at the World Cup as the Indomitable Lions bowed out in style by beating a much-changed Brazil 1-0 at the Lusail Stadium yesterday.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – A U.S. judge yesterday dismissed an indictment against Meng Wanzhou, the chief financial officer of Huawei Technologies Co [RIC:RIC:HWT.UL],

Dear Editor, The shunting off of the former Chief Education Officer to the National Accreditation Council and the appointment of a new CEO all seem rather sudden.

DOHA, (Reuters) – Switzerland reached the World Cup knockout phase for the third straight time after prevailing 3-2 over Serbia yesterday to finish runners-up in Group G and set up a last 16 showdown with Portugal.

The Guyana National Bureau of Standards (GNBS) has moved a step closer to its goal of providing its core services to residents of remote regions with the opening of a new sub-office in the town of Mabaruma, Region One, (Barima-Waini).

KYIV,  (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden does not intend to speak to his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, about ending the Ukraine war as conditions for such discussions currently do not exist, the White House said on Friday.

AL WAKRAH, Qatar, (Reuters) – Giorgian de Arrascaeta netted twice in six minutes as a resurgent Uruguay beat Ghana 2-0 yesterday in a battle for their World Cup survival, only to crash out agonisingly on goals scored after South Korea’s shock win over Portugal.

As had been expected, Jones Raymond, the man who was freed back in July after spending almost a decade on remand awaiting trial for murder without even being indicted, has brought an action against the State in which he seeking $3M in compensation for what he says is breach of several of his fundamental rights.

Dear Editor, I am appalled at the spending and lack of accountability of taxpayers’ monies by the PPP/C regime.

AL RAYYAN, Qatar,  (Reuters) – South Korea talisman Son Heung-min is still without a goal at this World Cup but he will not care about that after running himself into the ground yesterday to ensure his team reached the last 16 in the most dramatic fashion.

Following their selection to perform in Qatar at the ongoing FIFA World Cup games, the Ministry of Culture Youth and Sports has sponsored the airfare of a local Indigenous dance group.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – Swiss engineering and technology group ABB Ltd ABBN.S

Dear Editor, Former Chief Education Officer, Dr. Marcel Raymond Hutson, in my opinion, on the basis of official interactions I have had with him, is a rare gift in service with humility to Guyana.

A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) Chief Scrutineer Carol Smith Joseph has moved to the High Court for an urgent hearing challenging the Guyana Elections Commission’s method used in compiling the voters list to be used in the March 13 Local Government Elections (LGE).

(Trinidad Guardian) Minister of Finance Colm Imbert announced yesterday that the country has, for the first time in 14 years, achieved a fiscal surplus, the first since 2007/2008.

MELBOURNE,  (Reuters) – Australia’s Federal Court rejected  yesterday an appeal by Santos Ltd STO.AX

Dear Editor, Kindly have this letter published in your most informative newspaper, for a most worthy cause of curbing noise nuisance from Sita’s Bar, located in Station Street, Kitty, Georgetown.

(Reuters) – Pakistan mounted a spirited reply to England’s mammoth first innings total of 657 yesterday as the opening test between the sides turned into a veritable run-fest on a lifeless track in Rawalpindi.

MEXICO CITY, (Reuters) – Mexican Economy Minister Raquel Buenrostro and U.S.

Dear Editor, The Guyana Public Service Union (GPSU) has taken umbrage to the fact that its press releases and letters, that most often are critical of the Government, are never carried by the Chronicle, the State owned and obviously controlled media.

In the dry season Georgetown is as dusty as a Spaghetti Western set.

A total of 13 new COVID-19 cases have been recorded after 70 tests were conducted by the Ministry of Health.

(Reuters) – Mpox is expected to no longer be considered a public health emergency in the United States from Feb.

By Bill Emmott LONDON – Companies have long had to manage “key person risk,” even taking out insurance against the possibility of losing top executives through death, illness, or injury.

Recently I saw a Consumers Affairs Commission ad. It was released in December 2020, but I had never seen it before a few days ago.

(Reuters) – Pakistan Cricket Board Chairman Ramiz Raja said yesterday that he saw no reason for India and Pakistan not to host each other in Test and white-ball games.