Daily Archive: Tuesday, December 13, 2022

LUSAIL, Qatar, (Reuters) – Lionel Messi earned a last shot at World Cup glory after his penalty and a double from Julian Alvarez helped Argentina sweep past Croatia 3-0 today and into the final where they will face either holders France or Morocco.

Police in Region Three are currently probing a suspected murder/suicide at Belle West, Canal No.2 West Bank Demerara.

The Guyana Government through its holding company, NICIL is seeking expressions of interest (EoIs) for the sale of its shares in the Guyana Marriott Hotel.

STRASBOURG,  (Reuters) – The European Parliament stripped Greek lawmaker Eva Kaili of her senior assembly post on Tuesday over allegations that World Cup host Qatar had bribed her to influence decision-making, charges she has denied.

President Irfaan Ali last night announced that effective from January 1, 2023,   salaries will be increased significantly for professionals in the health sector with midwives and pharmacists attracting the biggest hikes in a package that will cost $1.5b annually.

Heavy rainfall within the past 48 hours has resulted in flooding in  six of the 10 administrative regions, with Region Seven being the worst hit, the Civil Defence Commission (CDC) reported yesterday.

The Ministry of Public Works yesterday signed a contract valued some $1.38 billion with a Dutch company for the removal of 17 wrecks, some of them from since the mid-1900s.

Both the conviction and 28-year sentence imposed upon child rapist Colvin Norton were yesterday affirmed by the Guyana Court of Appeal.

With the government’s recent launch of the licensing round for 14 offshore oil blocks, the Guyana Manufacturing & Services Association (GMSA) says local content will be further developed and they are preparing to be a “greater” contributor to the economy and country, in general.

Hemraj Bramdeo, also known as `Scrawly’, who last month pleaded to the 2016 unlawful killing of Wales Estate labourer, Dellon Bradford, has been sentenced to 14 years behind bars.

The Guyana Beverage Incorporated (GBI) and Trophy Stall became the latest entities to tangibly support the third Petra Organization-coordinated KFC Goodwill Football Series which commences tomorrow.

This weekend’s Guyana Boxing Association (GBA) Terrence Ali National Open championships is set to have an international flavor.

High Court Judge Navindra Singh has dismissed an application which had been filed by the Georgetown Mayor and City Council (M&CC), challenging the legality of the Local Government Commission.

Caribbean Airlines Guyana Country Manager, Renata Marshall says the airline is working to resolve the issue of a missing suitcase  belonging to pensioner Jane Persaud.

Dear Editor, Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly, Mr Lenox Shuman, listed some of the functions of the National Toshaos Council that are set out in the Amerindian Act 2006.

(Reuters) – FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried was arrested in the Bahamas at the behest of U.S.

Dear Editor, Those of us who are better informed about the sugar industry of Guyana, indeed through high-level experience in managing it over decades, would be most amused by the vacuous debate, as reported, on Monday, 05 December in the National Assembly, in relation to the further $1B donated to GuySuCo.

A man was yesterday placed on $350,000 bail after being charged with larceny by clerk or servant where it was alleged that he stole over $5 million from Unicomer Guyana Inc while being employed there.

Dear Editor,  Another official vehicle belonging to Region Six is in the news again, for all the wrong reasons.

Two Brazilians were yesterday remanded to prison after being charged with possession of narcotics and for allowing passengers to leave their vessel without the consent of an immigration officer.

KYIV,  (Reuters) – Russian missiles, artillery and drones hammered targets in eastern and southern Ukraine, the Ukrainian General Staff said, as global economic powers pledged to beef up Kyiv’s military capabilities with a focus on air defence.

Principal Magistrate, Sherdel Isaacs-Marcus, yesterday granted Jobe Caesar bail in the sum of $300,000 after he was charg-ed last month with illegal possession of a firearm and ammunition.

Dear Editor, In a recent letter, I made the observation that GECOM, which had been media shy, had come alive.

LONDON, (Reuters) – The billionaire co-chairman and CEO of Chinese developer Guangzhou R&F Properties Co Ltd is wanted in the United States, accused of paying kickbacks to obtain permits for a construction project in San Francisco, a court in London heard yesterday.

(Trinidad Guardian) A 52-year-old businessman was fatally shot by bandits as he was delivering goods at Queen’s Avenue, Three B’s Drive, Piarco North Bank Road, Piarco, yesterday afternoon.

LONDON/WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – A Libyan man accused of making the bomb that killed 270 people after it blew up Pan Am flight 103 over Lockerbie in Scotland in 1988 is in custody in the United States, Scottish and U.S.

Dear Editor, In 1994 the UNDP produced what must be the most consequential report by a UN agency in the post-1945 multilateral universe.

The latest production figures for the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) show that the sugar producer will be unable to achieve its target for the second crop of this year.

BEIJING,  (Reuters) – People in China celebrated the withdrawal on Tuesday of a state-mandated app used to track whether they had travelled to COVID-stricken areas, in the latest loosening of some of the world’s toughest anti-virus rules.

(Trinidad Guardian) The owner of Benefit the People Food Supermarket in San Juan was gunned down on Sunday afternoon in Wallerfield.

Dear Editor, I saw on Facebook an article in commemoration of International Civil Aviation Day (December 7, 2022 and took some time to appreciate the female geniuses in Guyana’s Aviation Sector.

The Guyana Police Force yesterday confirmed that on Sunday a vehicle attached to the Health Department in New Amsterdam was stopped and 411 grams of suspected cannabis was discovered in it.

BRUSSELS,  (Reuters) – The European Union’s credibility is at stake, EU foreign ministers warned today, following allegations Qatar lavished cash and gifts on European Parliament officials to influence decision-making.

(Trinidad Guardian) A relative of acting Police Commissioner McDonald Jacob is one of two suspects arrested minutes after a former police officer was shot dead as he was leaving his Penal home yesterday morning.

Region #3, and Region #9 recorded contrasting wins when the inaugural One Guyana President’s Cup kicked off at the National Track and Field Facility, West Coast Demerara on Sunday evening.

The drilling of a new well along with the installation of a distribution network valued at a total of $35 million will soon provide potable water for the first time to some 150 Quarrie residents in Region Nine.

Rehabilitation work at the historic City Hall building in Georgetown is proceeding according to schedule and is expected to be completed in May/June 2023 says Mayor Ubraj Narine.

BOGOTA,  (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Indigenous leaders from rainforests from Brazil to Indonesia say a new European Union law preventing the import into the bloc of key commodities linked to deforestation is insufficient to protect forests and will do little to bolster indigenous rights.

BRASILIA, (Reuters) – Supporters of far-right Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro yesterday attempted to invade the federal police headquarters in the capital Brasilia, in a flash of post-election violence on the day the president’s electoral defeat was certified.

The Minister of Public Works wants citizens to understand that they may have to be temporarily inconvenienced in order to benefit from the ministry’s ongoing clean-up programme.

Dear Editor, I wish to express my gratitude to the Caribbean Examinations Council for an award in 2003 given to me and others.

The Ministry of Public Works (MoPW) yesterday issued its final notice to vendors occupying spaces opposite the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH) on New Market Street.

A 25-year-old miner of Charity, Region Two died yesterday after being pinned by a tree in the Buckhall area in the north west.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua  CMC – Cricket West Indies (CWI) yesterday congratulated Sir Clive Lloyd on being awarded an Honorary Doctorate from The University of Guyana, a “well-deserved” honour according to CWI president Ricky Skerritt.

Middle ranking powers are emerging as important policy arbiters. They are seeking global outcomes that better respond to their own interests as China and the US become the dominant global economic actors, each offering competing approaches to development.

To mark the 25th anniversary of the passing of Martin Carter, Gemma Robinson spoke to Nicholas Laughlin from Alice Yard, an art collective in Port of Spain, about art, activations, and a project linking writing and drawing with Carter’s work at the heart of it.

After conducting 65 COVID tests, 5 new cases of the virus have been recorded by the Ministry of Health.

LIMA,  (Reuters) – Peru’s new president offered lawmakers a plan to bring elections forward by two years yesterday, after the ouster of her predecessor last week sparked protests that have left at least seven dead.

Dear Editor, They were two peas in a pod. Though they were generations apart; one a dedicated public servant, the other a catholic priest who held strong beliefs in liberation theology.

AJ Griffin scored on a twisting lob at the overtime buzzer to give the Atlanta Hawks a stunning 123-122 win over the visiting Chicago Bulls on Sunday, ending their three-game losing streak in wild fashion.

(Reuters) – The passport details and vaccination certificates of hundreds of professional table tennis players have been leaked online after a security issue on the server of the sport’s governing body ITTF, Dutch news service RTL Nieuws reported yesterday.

MULTAN, Pakistan, (Reuters) – England pulled off a series-clinching 26-run victory against Pakistan in the dramatic second test in Multan yesterday in a fresh vindication of their highly entertaining brand of cricket.

(Reuters) – U.S. federal officials hit the brakes yesterday regarding the Jan.

(Reuters) – Australia women’s unbeaten run across all formats this year came to an end in a super over defeat by India on Sunday but captain Alyssa Healy was thrilled by the “fearless cricket” played in front of a sell-out 45,238 crowd at DY Patil Stadium.

We Guyanese have been selling our natural assets to foreigners for five hundred years or more, from red annatto for dyeing cloth, now to oil for powering vehicles. 

AL RAYYAN, Qatar, (Reuters) – Argentina will trust their system when they face Croatia in the World Cup semi-finals and believe they have worked out how to hurt the 2018 runners-up, coach Lionel Scaloni said yesterday.

AL RAYYAN, Qatar, (Reuters) – Croatia are hoping Argentina’s bad-tempered World Cup quarter-final qualification over the Netherlands with 16 yellow cards and one red will not spill over into today’s semi-final, coach Zlatko Dalic said yesterday.

NORTH SOUND, Antigua, CMC – West Indies Women’s woes seeped into the Twenty20 International series, the hosts going down by eight wickets in the opening game of the five-match series here Sunday night.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – The United States yesterday imposed sanctions on the son of Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa, several other Zimbabwean nationals and two entities, as part of Washington’s efforts to address corruption in the country.

Back in February of this year the Ministry of Agriculture issued a media release asserting that farmers and agro processors would “benefit from lucrative markets this year.”

MULTAN, Pakistan, (Reuters) – Saud Shakeel’s too-close-to-call dismissal cost Pakistan the match, skipper Babar Azam said after their narrow 26-run defeat in the second test against Pakistan in Multan yesterday.

ADELAIDE, Australia, CMC – Expressing embarrassment at West Indies’ historic loss in the just concluded Test series against Australia and warning that the side’s decline in the longest format of the game could further worsen, former West Indies captain Carl Hooper has called for changes at the top.

(Reuters) – Britain’s WBC heavyweight world champion Tyson Fury has chosen an unusual sparring partner for a potential fight with Ukraine’s Oleksandr Usyk after ex-Manchester United and England striker Wayne Rooney agreed to help him prepare for his next bout.