Daily Archive: Wednesday, December 7, 2022

LIMA,  (Reuters) – Peru’s Congress swore in a new president today in a day of sweeping political drama that saw the former leader, Pedro Castillo, ousted in an impeachment trial hours after he attempted a last-ditch bid to stay in power by trying to dissolve Congress.

Police in Regional Division #7 are investigating the murder of 32-year-old Raphael Cadogan, a mechanic from Tucville, Georgetown, and the attempted murder of his 25-year-old brother, Clive Anthony Cadogan, a welder from Lot 171 Middle Street, Silvertown, Linden.

A man accused of murdering his wife last Friday at Hillfoot,  Soesdyke-Linden Highway was yesteday remanded to prison.

DUBAI, (Reuters) – A sister of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has condemned his crackdown on nationwide protests and called on the widely-feared Revolutionary Guards to lay down their weapons, according to a letter published by her France-based son.

MAPUTO, (Reuters) – A Mozambican court today found a former president’s son and 10 other people guilty on charges related to a $2 billion “hidden debt” scandal that crashed the southern African nation’s economy, sentencing them each to more than 10 years in prison.

(Trinidad Guardian) The Dominica Labour Party, led by Roosevelt Skerrit, returned to power following Tuesday, December 6 elections on the Caribbean island.

GECOM will tomorrow discuss opposition con-cerns that lists for the March 13, 2023 local government polls were not extracted according to the law and the governing PPP/C yesterday said it was not opposed to another round of claims and objections making it likely that the long-delayed elections will be further put back.

(Reuters) – Portugal’s Goncalo Ramos scored a hat-trick on his first World Cup start to help his side demolish Switzerland 6-1 yesterday and send them through to the quarter-finals for the first time in 16 years, setting up a clash with Morocco.

Public Works Minister Juan Edghill on Monday dodged questions from APNU+AFC MP David Patterson on the method the ministry will use to spend the large remainder of its 2022 budgetary allocation.

(Reuters) – Achraf Hakimi calmly converted a penalty to send Morocco through to the World Cup quarter-finals for the first time with a 3-0 shootout win over former champions Spain after a cagey last-16 clash ended goalless yesterday.

The Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination (CAPE) programme has been extended to the Rosignol Secondary School in Region Five.

An Air Services Limited (ASL) Bell 206 helicopter with registration HR-GTR has been grounded by the Guyana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) following two breaches – 1) that a mishap occurred and it was not logged and 2), that an inspection found the wrong rotor blades were being used.

Beterverwagting (BV)/Buxton won the Region Four title in the One Guyana President Cup, defeating South          Ruimveldt/Tucville 2-1 yesterday at the Ministry of Education ground, Carifesta Avenue, Georgetown.

(ESPN Cricinfo) – A devastating opening spell from young seamer Lauren Bell propelled England to victory and an unassailable 2-0 lead in their ODI series against West Indies after Amy Jones and Sophia Dunkley set the tourists up with half-centuries in Antigua.

Mohammed Ramzan Shaheed, who was arrested in connection with the murder of an 85-year-old Bushlot, West Coast Ber-bice woman, on Monday evening confessed to dealing the first set of blows with a piece of wood, a police source said yesterday.

Tiger Rentals Guyana has once again partnered with the Petra Organization in their bid to stage the 3rd KFC Goodwill Football Championship by sponsoring the impending participation of the St Benedict College of Trinidad and Tobago.

A 54-year-old labourer of Parika, East Bank Esse-quibo died after he fell while picking cashews from the slippery tree in his yard on Saturday morning. 

The official draw for the inaugural One Guyana President Cup Football Championship was conducted yesterday at the National Cultural Centre on Mandela and Homestretch avenues, Georgetown.

Dear Editor, Stabroek News (SN) is arguably the leading newspaper in Guyana.

Twenty-five-year-old Brian Hermanstyne and Elden Hermanstyne, 24, both of Red Crescent Road, Mackenzie, who allegedly pushed a boat captain, Elick Alexander overboard, were last week charged with stealing the boat and remanded to prison.

Three GECOM employees who have been charged with electoral offences yesterday declined to testify before the Commission of Inquiry into the March 2nd 2020 general elections on the grounds of their right to a fair hearing and against self-incrimination.

(Reuters) – Amateur boxing’s Russian-led world body will stay shut out of the Olympics because it has yet to implement a “drastic” change of culture, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) said yesterday.

Dear Editor, News of the passing of Father Rodrigues is sad for Guyana, as he is remembered as someone who fought to restore free and fair elections, at a time when Burnham’s goons were out to squelch all opposition to the PNC dictatorship.

ATLANTA,  (Reuters) – Democrat Raphael Warnock won re-election to the U.S.

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

Lawmen in Region Six yesterday arrested the Liverpool man who is accused of assaulting his ex-wife twice after she separated from him in September following years of alleged abuse.

The Guyana National Hockey Men’s Senior and Under-21 teams will depart local shores today to compete against Barbados in a four-match international series from December 8 to 11 at the Wildey Hockey Turf at the Sir Garfield Sobers Sports Complex in Bridgetown.

Dear Editor, For most of our history,  pregnancy and childbirth were dangerous for both baby and mother. 

(Reuters) – A third Russian airfield was set ablaze by a drone strike, a day after Ukraine demonstrated an apparent new ability to penetrate hundreds of kilometres into Russia with attacks on two air bases.

Cuba yesterday accepted an offer from the Carib-bean Community (CARICOM) to join the Community’s Ministerial Task Force on Agriculture.

(Reuters) – Eddie Jones’s roller-coaster ride as England coach came to an end yesterday when he was sacked by the Rugby Football Union following a review into their November series that ended with the team being booed off the pitch at Twickenham.

Dear Editor, It is with a great deal of sadness that I received the news of the passing of Father Malcolm Rodrigues.

The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) yesterday said that it has noted several instances whereby motor vessels are being imported, registered and operating in Guyana without the payment of the applicable taxes.

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

HOUSTON/CARACAS,  (Reuters) – Venezuelan energy officials and Chevron CVX.N executives plan to address workers in their joint ventures this week as they prepare for the first major foreign participation in Venezuela’s oil industry in years, four sources close to the matter said.

(Reuters) – Genoa midfielder Manolo Portanova has been sentenced to six years in jail for involvement in the gang rape of a young woman last year, Italian media reported yesterday.

Two money changers were robbed of an undisclosed sum of local and foreign currency on Monday afternoon by two masked males and one of the victims had to be taken to the Georgetown Public Hospital nursing gunshot wounds to his right lower forearm and the right side of his abdomen.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – U.S. senators scaled back a proposal that placed new curbs on the use of Chinese-made chips by the U.S.

Dear Editor, In my book the Brazilians are going to run away, make that waltz away, with the World Cup in Qatar.

TEGUCIGALPA,  (Reuters) – The Honduran government mobilized thousands of police officers yesterday to areas controlled by criminal groups, marking the beginning of a partial state of emergency across parts of two of the country’s largest cities.

Amidst all the hype and hysteria surrounding the 2022 FIFA World Cup it is quite easy for West Indies sports fans – apart from the forever dwindling tribe of die-hards – to be oblivious to the reality that the West Indies are currently engaged in a Test series in Australia.

(Reuters) – The International Olympic Committee (IOC) warned Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers yesterday that allowing women and young girls safe access to sport was a condition for the country’s representation at the 2024 Paris Games.

Marlon Arthur, a 30-year-old miner of Lot 605 Half Mile Wismar, Linden, was arrested on Monday and charged yesterday with the possession of 3761.7 grams of cannabis for trafficking.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – Chinese hackers have stolen tens of millions of dollars worth of U.S.

Dear Editor, We live in strange times. We read of the people of Den Amstel preventing the government from engaging in rehabilitation of the community centre and ground, while we the people of Cornelia Ida have been longing to have ours looked after, our pleas falling on deaf ears and unresponsive officials, years after promises were given to us.