Daily Archive: Tuesday, December 6, 2022

NEW YORK,  (Reuters) – Donald Trump’s real estate company was convicted today of carrying out a 15-year-long criminal scheme to defraud tax authorities, adding to the legal woes facing the former U.S.

BUENOS AIRES, (Reuters) – An Argentine court sentenced Vice President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner to six years in jail and disqualified her from holding public office in a high-profile corruption case today, though she has immunity due to her public office.

Police detectives are probing an armed robbery yesterday on two money changers during which one of them was shot and an undisclosed sum of local and foreign currency was taken.

The United States Embassy in Georgetown today donated three oxygen generators to the Ministry of Health.

(Trinidad Express) Relatives of slain couple Anita Jagdeo and Randy Ramdass accused social media users of tarnishing their names while knowing nothing about them and why they were killed.

Facing scrutiny from the main opposition over the need for supplementary financing for a second time in five months, the Government yesterday used its majority to approve $47.3 billion in additional expenditure and highlighted a range of projects including 1,000 community roads.

Since its first known case 35 years ago, Guyana has made significant strides in combating and preventing HIV here and is on track to achieve the   target of 95% of all HIV-positive individuals being diagnosed  by 2030, Minister of Health Dr.

Guy Nurse,  who was formerly the Assistant Super-intendent of Police and Officer-in-Charge of the Tactical Services Unit (TSU) yesterday denied claims made by subordinates before the Commis-sion of Inquiry into the March 2, 2020 general elections that he had handed down instructions to get the GECOM Chair out of the Ashmins building on March 5th.

After 18 years of abuse, a Liverpool Village, Corentyne woman gained the strength through support from relatives and friends to separate from her reputed husband.

Two Corentyne men were freed yesterday over  the 2020 murder of Parmanand Lakeram after a no-case submission was upheld in the #51 Magistrate’s Court in Berbice by Senior Magistrate Alex Moore.

(Reuters) – An irrepressible, irresistible Brazil lit up the night sky yesterday with one of the performances of the World Cup to shred South Korea 4-1 and set up a quarter-final clash with Croatia.

By Subhana Shiwmangal A Success Squatting Area, East Coast Demerara couple was found dead yesterday after being shocked by an exposed, illegally run electricity line.

(Reuters) – Goalkeeper Dominik Livakovic saved three spot-kicks as Croatia beat Japan 3-1 in a penalty shootout to reach the World Cup quarter-finals for the third time after an enthralling 120-minute contest finished deadlocked at 1-1 yesterday.

The sum of $1.7 billion in supplementary funding was yesterday approved by Parliament’s Committee of Supply to offset additional costs that were incurred by the Linden Electricity Company Inc as a result of the increase in fuel prices.

Queens Park (QP) of Trinidad and Tobago won the Men’s Division and Over 45 section respectively, while George United also of twin island republic copped the Women’s title, when the 2022 edition of the Diamond Mineral Water Indoor Hockey Festival concluded on Sunday.

A man has filed a civil suit against the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) who he is accusing of misclassifying two Toyota Tundra pickups imported, as passenger vehicles and not vehicles for transporting goods.

Central Mackenzie and Christianburg will compete in the Region #10 final of the One Guyana President Guyana this evening, following contrasting semi-final wins on Sunday evening at the Wisburg ground.

ExxonMobil’s subsidiary, Esso Exploration and Production Guyana Limited (EEPGL) is seeking a supplier to provide local insurance for the Yellowtail and Gas to Energy projects in Guyana.

(Reuters) – Western Australia seamer Lance Morris and Queensland quick Michael Neser have been added to Australia’s squad ahead of the second test against West Indies, Cricket Australia (CA) said yesterday.

Tomorrow, the Guyana Court of Appeal will deliver its ruling on whether it will reduce a 70-year sentence imposed on Rajesh Guyadeen, who had been convicted of the 2003 murder of Nandram Manohar, or whether it will altogether set aside the conviction/and or order a new trial.

Additional funds requested for the hosting of the 2022 National Toshaos Conference (NTC) and the Amerindian Heritage Month were yesterday approved by Parliament’s Committee of Supply.

(Reuters) – China’s capital Beijing dropped the need for people to show negative COVID tests to enter supermarkets and offices yesterday, the latest in an easing of curbs across the country following last month’s historic protests.

Progress is defined as the forward and onward movement towards a destination or goal.

Chavez Watson, a 30-year-old fisherman of Anna Cathe-rina, West Coast Demerara was arrested on Monday at approximately 4.30 pm over  a gun and ammunition.

KYIV, (Reuters) – Ukraine said Russia destroyed homes in the southeast and knocked out power in many areas with a new volley of missiles yesterday, while Moscow said Ukrainian drones had attacked two air bases deep inside Russia hundreds of miles from front lines.

For the past 60 years student athletes excelling at the National Schools Swimming, Cycling and track and Field Championships are rewarded with medals and a pat on the back.

Dear Editor, There is no question about the management of what is continuously mis-represented as the ‘Capital’ City of Georgetown, for the last three decades at least.

Minister of Labour, Joseph Hamilton is pushing to have the local aeronautical engineering school registered with the Board of Industrial Training as an Apprentice Master training institution. 

JOHANNESBURG, (Reuters) – South Africa’s ruling party said it would tell its lawmakers to reject a report that President Cyril Ramaphosa may have committed misconduct over a stash of cash in his farm, giving him a lifeline as he faced the biggest scandal of his career.

(CMC) – West Indies Women suffered a heavy 142-run crushing in the first One-Day International on Sunday night, to slump to their seventh defeat in their last nine ODIs against England Women.

BOGOTA, (Reuters) – At least 34 people died when a landslide buried a bus in northwestern Colombia on Sunday, the government disaster agency said on Monday.

BRASILIA,  (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden yesterday invited Brazil’s president-elect, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, to visit the White House, which may happen after he takes office on Jan.

Dear Editor, It is with great sadness that I received the news of the passing of Fr.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Canada’s government said it would freeze any local assets of three high-profile Haitian businessmen accused of supporting the country’s armed gangs, the latest measure targeting those linked to the Caribbean nation’s criminal groups.

Parliament’s Committee of Supply yesterday approved the sum of $750 million in supplementary funds for the Ministry of Agriculture to conduct urgent drainage works in six regions.

Back Circle, Red Force, and Ballers Empire clinched hard-fought wins, when the maiden edition of the Mocha Village ‘East Bank versus the Rest’ Streetball championship commenced on Saturday at the Basketball Tarmac.

Dear Editor, This push for visa free travel for Guyanese to different countries stirs thinking.

VIENNA, (Reuters) – Drivers in Austria guilty of extreme speeding will have their cars seized and auctioned off, the government said yesterday, seeking to deter “boy racers” by threatening to take away their prize possession.

The long-awaited modernization works on the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall (CASH) has commenced.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – The Biden administration will expand deportation relief and access to work permits for Haitians who are already in the United States, the U.S.

A twenty-seven-year-old gas station pump attendant is calling on the police to continue to search for the man who hit him in his head and dealt him several chops on October 30th.

(Reuters) – Michael Avenatti, the already imprisoned lawyer who represented porn actress Stormy Daniels in litigation against Donald Trump, was sentenced yesterday to another 14 years in prison after he admitted to cheating four other clients, including a paraplegic, out of millions of dollars.

Mohammed Ramzan Shaheed for whom a wanted bulletin was last week issued  in relation to the murder of an 85-year-old Bushlot, West Coast Berbice woman has since been arrested.

(Reuters) – England pulled off one of their most memorable test victories yesterday when Ben Stokes and his men beat Pakistan by 74 runs in the fading light on day five of a high-scoring series opener in Rawalpindi.

MEXICO CITY,  (Reuters) – A leading rights group yesterday called for Mexican lawmakers to vote against a proposal to overhaul the electoral system, warning it could seriously undermine electoral authorities’ independence, putting free and fair elections at risk.

Dear Editor,  APNU+AFC placed a target on Afro-Guyanese professionals in public service The truth has slapped the detractors in the APNU+AFC in the face.

CARACAS, (Reuters) – Venezuela’s government expects oil exports to finance 63% of its national budget in 2023, a document seen by Reuters showed, a slightly higher proportion than this year, as U.S

By Joseph E. Stiglitz NEW YORK – The world heaved a sigh of relief this month when the feared “red wave” of Republican victories in the US midterms failed to materialize.

By Dr Bertrand Ramcharan Barrister-at-Law Author of ‘Modernizing the Role of the International Court of Justice’ (2022) Over four days between 17 and 22 November, Guyana’s lawyers put up a valiant battle to secure the country’s territorial integrity in the face of arguments by an imaginative group of lawyers for Venezuela.

Last week’s public disclosure of the emoluments of policemen and women evoked some level of public ‘hum.’

Romano Fiedtkou, 27, an unemployed man of Lot 91 Blueberry Hill, Wismar, Linden, was  remanded on Monday on a ‘Break and Enter and Larceny’ charge committed on the shop of Abiola Lewis.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – Former U.S. lawmaker David Rivera was arrested yesterday on charges of conspiring to launder money and to illegally act as an agent of the Venezuelan government, according to a U.S.

Dear Editor, On Saturday, the Mayor and Town Council of Linden announced the dates and activities for the 2023 Town Week Celebrations in a simple ceremony at Town Hall that ended with a ceremonial cake cutting.

(Reuters) – Boxing powerhouse Cuba has given the green light to women who wish to partake in tournaments for the first time since Fidel Castro’s 1959 revolution, sports officials said yesterday.