Daily Archive: Tuesday, December 20, 2022

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy is expected to visit the White House and the U.S.

BRUSSELS,  (Reuters) – As a corruption scandal rocks the European Parliament, lawmakers and campaign groups say a lack of asset declarations, little reporting on contacts with third countries and barely any sanctions created an environment where rule-breaking could go unpunished or undetected.

The bodies of two children who drowned last night in the Pomeroon River were recovered this morning.

(Trinidad Express) Fine Arts dealer Mark Pereira has been murdered. He was shot and killed in Blanchisseuse on Monday night, during what police say was a robbery attempt.

(Trinidad Express) A mother and her infant daughter have been killed in a shooting.

(Reuters) – Teenage sensation Rehan Ahmed said taking five wickets on his test debut was a “dream come true” after his heroics left England on the brink of victory in the third test against Pakistan and a record clean sweep.

President Irfaan Ali yesterday said that the retrofitted Mabaruma Smart Hospital in Region One will transform Guyana’s health sector while providing the “best possible working conditions”.

(Field Level Media) Donovan Mitchell scored 23 points to lead the host Cleveland Cavaliers to a 122-99 win over the Utah Jazz last  night in his first game against his former team.

Micah Williams who is serving two life sentences for rape yesterday had his appeal dismissed when the Guyana Court of Appeal found that the sentences which are currently running concurrently were appropriate.

(Reuters) – Lionel Messi’s World Cup fairytale lit up the year in soccer as heroics and heartbreak at the finals captivated fans and highlighted the growth of the world’s most popular sport despite the criticism of host country Qatar’s human rights record.

The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) will embark on a field exercise to confirm the demarcation of constituency  boundaries wherever necessary as it prepares for Local Government Elections.

(Reuters) – Former players came together in acclaiming the World Cup final in Qatar as one of the best ever after Argentina beat France on penalties following a pulsating 3-3 draw.

(Field Level Media) After his team became the New York Knicks’ latest victim Sunday night, Indiana Pacers head coach Rick Carlisle said the Knicks were “as good as any team in the NBA.”

A Corentyne man is nursing severe chop injuries while his son suffered a severed hand after they were brutally attacked by two men armed with cutlasses at Letter Kenny Village, Corentyne on Sunday evening.

The Guyana Police Force yesterday said that it is  investigating the murder of Ricky Oswald Ambrose, a 40-year-old mining surveyor and ranger of South Ruimveldt, Georgetown, which occurred on Sunday, on ‘Guana’ Sand Trail, Cuyuni River.

(Field Level Media) This is not a good time for the Chicago Bulls.

Dethiel Chimezie, the perpetrator of last Thursday’s attack outside of State House remained hospitalised in a critical condition up to press time yesterday.

(Reuters) – France striker Karim Benzema announced his retirement from international football on his 35th birthday yesterday, a day after Les Bleus lost to Argentina on penalties in the World Cup final.

Dear Editor, Your Monday’s editorial “Keep voting as simple as possible” suffers in two regards: (i) it apparently did not research the experiences of countries where electronic fingerprint voting is practised.

(Reuters) – England leg spinner Rehan Ahmed picked five wickets on his test debut to put the team on course for a comfortable victory in the third and final test against Pakistan in Karachi yesterday.

The Ministry of Housing and Water is investing $3.8 million to rebuild three dilapidated bridges between Section ‘B’ and ‘C’ Turkeyen (Sophia), Georgetown that lead to the Bright Future’s Day Care, Pre-school and Nursery School.

Dear Editor, The oil & gas sector of Guyana has provided countless jobs to our locals, whether it be onshore or offshore.

University of Guyana graduate and accounting and finance professional, Mohamed Ibrahim, is the new Chief Executive Officer of the Small Business Bureau [SBB].

BUENOS AIRES, (Reuters) – Argentine Santiago Cutaia, 34, had never felt the elation of his country winning the soccer World Cup before, born two years after late icon Diego Maradona last hoisted the trophy aloft for the Albiceleste in 1986.

Dear Editor, After the extensive clean up undertaken by His Excellency immense flooding continues.

Autopsies performed on Asasha Ramzan and Peter Charles, the couple who were discovered dead in a parked vehicle at Belle West, West Bank Demerara two Tuesdays ago confirmed that they both died as a result of gunshot injuries.

Dear Editor, December 2022 will soon end and we will enter into the new year of 2023.

MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – Australia and South Africa players will don floppy hats during the national anthems for the ‘Boxing Day’ test at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in tribute to late spin bowling great Shane Warne.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – The U.S. House of Representatives panel probing the Jan.

Months after a section of newly done Thomas Lands road had to be repaired after it began sinking, another segment is experiencing the same problem.

(Field Level Media) Golden State is struggling to reach .500, the Los Angeles Lakers lost Anthony Davis to another injury and the Phoenix Suns have lost six of their last nine games.

Dear Editor, There are certain areas of activities that any sane and sensible Government would know requires personnel to be competent and experienced.

THE HAGUE,  (Reuters) – Prime Minister Mark Rutte yesterday apologised on behalf of the Dutch State for its historical role in slavery, and for consequences that he acknowledged continue into the present day.

Guyana Defence Force (GDF) Lieutenant Colonel Eon Murray recently completed a five-day Senior Leadership Programme conducted by the United Kingdom.

Dear Editor, The cries for help by the mother of six (a seventh is on the way), among other things, to get the structure she calls home completed and habitable is a project begging for MOM’s attention and assistance.

MELBOURNE,  (Reuters) – Australia’s selectors may be faced with a tough call between retaining Scott Boland or replacing him with regular paceman Josh Hazlewood as the hosts look to seal a series win over South Africa at the ‘Boxing Day’ test in Melbourne.

MONTREAL,  (Reuters) – A United Nations summit approved yesterday a landmark global deal to protect nature and direct billions of dollars toward conservation but objections from key African nations, home to large tracts of tropical rainforest, held up its final passage.

(Reuters) – Argentina’s national team will celebrate their World Cup triumph today in Buenos Aires at the Obelisk, the monument that is the traditional epicentre of sporting celebrations, the federation said yesterday.

A man who was sentenced to 25 years in prison for sodomy will now serve 20 years after the Court of Appeal yesterday reduced his sentence by five years.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – Teenaged boys in the United States are increasingly becoming ensnared in online financial “sextortion schemes,” impacting at least 3,000 victims and leading to more than a dozen suicides so far, U.S.

Dear Editor, President Irfaan Ali listens and acts on criticism in a historic break from the behaviour of all of his predecessors; this paradigm shift in the ‘presidential’ approach became apparent with the announcement of the imminent repeal of the Cybercrime Act of 2018.

Dear Editor, Regarding the ruckus on New Market Street that saw charges laid against the Mayor of Georgetown, Pandit Ubraj Narine, in his letter “The Mayor and Mr Norton should be ashamed of their conduct” (Stabroek News, December 16, 2022), Dr.

MELBOURNE,  (Reuters) – Seven-times Grand Slam champion Venus Williams will play her 22nd Australian Open after being awarded a wildcard to the 2023 event next month.

(Reuters) – U.S.-based manufacturer Honeywell International Inc HON.O yesterday said it has agreed to pay about $200 million to settle criminal and civil corruption investigations in the United States and Brazil.

A Caribbean Airlines (CAL) passenger is expressing growing frustration at having to wait over a month for the airline to settle her missing baggage claim.

KYIV,  (Reuters) – President Vladimir Putin said the situation in four areas of Ukraine that Moscow has declared are part of Russia was “extremely difficult” as Kyiv renewed calls for more weapons after Russian drones hit energy targets.

A 31-year-old motorcyclist is in a serious condition at the New Amsterdam Public Hospital after he was allegedly struck by a red motor vehicle along the East Canje Berbice Public Road on Saturday evening.

NASSAU, Bahamas/NEW YORK,  (Reuters) – Sam Bankman-Fried has now decided to agree to be extradited to the United States to face fraud charges, two of his lawyers said yesterday, just hours after one of them told a Bahamas judge the FTX founder wanted to see the U.S.

(Reuters) – Three Kenyan athletes have been banned for two to three years for using prohibited substances, the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) said yesterday.

TOWNSVILLE, Australia,  (Reuters) – Scientists working on Australia’s Great Barrier Reef have successfully trialled a new method for freezing and storing coral larvae they say could eventually help rewild reefs threatened by climate change.

Dear Editor, December the 21st 2022 marks the 4th Anniversary of the No Confidence Motion (NCM) of December 21st, 2018.

Electricians  will soon receive much-needed vocational and technical training from the Board of Industrial Training (BIT) to become licensed electrical contractors.

By Shashi Tharoor NEW DELHI – India looks set to end a tumultuous year on a celebratory note, marking both 75 years of independence and the start of its G20 presidency.

(Reuters) – France forward Kingsley Coman and midfielder Aurelien Tchouameni have been subjected to online racist abuse after missing their penalties in Sunday’s World Cup final against Argentina, the BBC reported on Monday.

Dear Editor, The football ‘fever’ is now over. Millions of people across the globe watched the games.

In times when it has become altogether commonplace for even some of the most seemingly inconsequential occurrences to become deluged by an avalanche of public speculation, we cannot honestly feign surprise over the surfeit of public chatter that has attended the events that occurred at State House early last Thursday morning.

OTTAWA,  (Reuters) – Six people, including the suspect, died and one person was wounded in a shooting at a high-rise condominium building near Toronto on Sunday when a 73-year-old gunman is alleged to have killed his neighbors before being shot dead by police.

(Trinidad Guardian) Reena Ragoonath-Charles was a blessing who was snatched away too soon and the public was cheated of the opportunity to know her gentle spirit and kind soul.