Daily Archive: Saturday, December 24, 2022

(Reuters) – An arctic blast gripped much of the United States today leaving nearly 2 million without power, at least 14 dead from weather-related car crashes and thousands stranded due to flight cancellations.

Martinez Rajas, age 24, an inmate at the Timehri Prison was found hanging in his cell this morning.

PARIS,  (Reuters) – Charles Sobhraj, a convicted killer who police believe killed more than 20 western backpackers on the “hippie trail” through Asia in the 1970s and 1980s, returned to France today after nearly two decades behind bars in Nepal.

(Trinidad Express) A Caroni man was found dead in a hotel in San Fernando on Wednesday.

Recommendations from the inter-agency taskforce that investigated the theft from a private jet parked at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport, Timehri  earlier this year, include a list of strict security measures such as rigid screening of prospective employees and changes to access to secure areas by even joint services personnel, sources reveal.

Beverage company Banks DIH registered after-tax profit of $7.58b for 2022, a 12%  increase over 2021.

A Region One pastor died after his boat collided with another in the Moruca River yesterday afternoon while he was in his way to pick up his son.

A fire officer is now in police custody after she struck a motorcycle yesterday along the Cumberland Public Road leaving a two-year-old dead and several others injured. 

Air Services Limited’s (ASL) dismissal of one of its pilots, Akeem Stoll, who stood his ground and parked his helicopter over safety concerns, highlights the “toxic culture which (exists) within the Guyanese aviation sector,” the board of the Guyana Pilots Association stated as it threw its support behind Stoll.

More than two years after he was recaptured in neighbouring Suriname, prison escapee Paul Goriah was on Thursday handed over to local law enforcement authorities.

Farmers in several villages in Region One were yesterday urged to get involved in the large-scale production of spices and ginger, a release from the Ministry of Agriculture said.

Minister of Public Works, Juan Edghill was yesterday presented with the survey charts of the expanded Demerara River channel.

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, CMC – Dominic Drakes was the only West Indian player to take part in the final of the Lanka Premier League, but he failed to make an impact for the Colombo Stars, and Jaffna Kings won the title by two wickets yesterday.

Sam Curran broke Chris Morris’ record (INR 16.25 crore) to become the most expensive buy at an IPL auction, when Punjab Kings outbid five other teams to sign him for INR 18.50 crore (USD 2.25 million approximately).

More than 52,000 public servants, teachers, members of the disciplined services, and government pensioners received their 2022 salary increase in the last week representing payment of the eight percent retroactive salary increase announced by President Irfaan Ali on November 17 last along with the substantive December salaries and pensions.

Investigators are seeking the assistance of the public in identifying the owner or driver of the getaway car that was used by the man who murdered 23-year-old SabuTaro Singh on Regent Street, Georgetown on Wednesday evening.

Pascal Siakam scored a career-high 52 points Wednesday night and sank the go-ahead free throw with 2:01 left for the visiting Toronto Raptors, who snapped a six-game losing streak and ended the New York Knicks’ winning streak with a 113-106 victory.

As the crowds grew larger in the shopping areas especially along Regent Street in the run-up to Christmas, Stabroek News visited several supermarkets and interviewed customers about what they are preparing for Christmas Day.

Dear Editor, Guyana is no doubt going through massive economic transformation.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – West Indies Women ended the year on a low note when their batting spectacularly collapsed, and England Women won by a convincing eight wickets on Thursday to sweep their Twenty20 International series.

MANCHESTER, England, (Reuters) – Greater Manchester Police are investigating several incidents of crowd trouble during Manchester City’s League Cup clash with Liverpool on Thursday night, including one that led to a 15-year-old girl being treated for head injuries.

Dear Editor, Reference is made to E.B John’s two recent letters to the editor dated December 8 bearing the caption “Nonagenarian awaiting acknowledgement from NIS and December 23, Captioned “A most indifferent NIS”.

BUENOS AIRES,  (Reuters) – Argentina’s leftist President Alberto Fernandez has sparked a battle with the country’s top court and something of a legal crisis after he said he would reject a ruling it made to give a larger proportion of state funds to the city of Buenos Aires.

The Small Business Bureau (SBB) has begun its final distribution of cash grants to 300 small business owners across Region Four, the Department of Public Information (DPI) reported.

TUMACO, Colombia,  (Reuters) – In a clearing of Colombia’s Pacific jungle, the dense canopy encircles an area of desolation left by a clandestine refinery, where oil waste blackens everything underfoot, seeping into the soil and coating the vegetation.

Traffic lights on Vlissengen Road near North Road in Georgetown that have been inoperable for some time are expected to become operational in January of 2023 says a Ministry of Public Works engineer.

(Reuters) – Arctic cold extended its grip over much of the United States on Friday, combining with snow, ice and howling winds from a deadly winter storm roaring out of the Midwest to disrupt energy supplies and thwart travel for millions of Americans ahead of the holiday weekend.

Dear Editor, The AG is on record as advising GT residents and business owners to mount legal action as a recourse to compel M&CC to remove illegal vendors and encumbrances from their premises (GSN December 22).

DHAKA, (Reuters) – Rishabh Pant and Shreyas Iyer combined in a rollicking 159-run partnership to help India wrest back control of the second test against Bangladesh yesterday.

WASHINGTON/KYIV,  (Reuters) – The U.S. House of Representatives gave final approval yesterday to a $45 billion aid package for Ukraine, as President Volodymyr Zelenskiy warned his citizens that Russia could launch attacks over Christmas and urged them to heed air raid alarms.

Police yesterday issued a wanted bulletin for Devindra Moteeram, the 25-year-old man who allegedly collected $700,000 from a Plaisance couple as a down payment for a minibus, which he never delivered.

(Reuters) – A U.S. judge dealt a blow yesterday to Alex Saab Moran, a Colombia-born businessman accused in a corruption scheme involving Venezuela’s ruling Socialists, by rejecting his assertion of diplomatic immunity.

(Reuters) – Veteran bowler Stuart Broad is back in the England squad for the two-test series in New Zealand in February, the England and Wales Cricket Board announced yesterday, but rising star Rehan Ahmed has not been included in the touring party.

Dear Editor, CRG would like to thank you and your readers for the support shown.

Outstanding policemen and women stationed in Region Two were on Wednesday recognized by the Guyana Police Force (GPF)  at a Christmas luncheon and award ceremony held at Jaigobin Hotel 2 at Henrietta, Region Two.

AMSTERDAM, (Reuters) – Shell SHEL.L will pay 15 million euros ($15.9 million) to communities in Nigeria that were affected by multiple oil pipeline leaks in the Niger Delta, the oil company yesterday said in a joint statement with the Dutch division of Friends of the Earth.

MEXICO CITY,  (Reuters) – Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador yesterday said authorities should resolve a case of alleged plagiarism by a Supreme Court justice he nominated who is in the running to take the helm of the country’s top tribunal.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Barbados-born former England batsman Roland Butcher has been appointed the newest member of West Indies men’s senior and youth selection panels.

Dear Editor, In his letter, “I incorrectly claimed that I personally witnessed electronic voter identification in Jamaica” (Stabroek News, December 22, 2022) Mr.

Some $15 million has been given to villages in Potaro-Siparuni to ensure they have proper sport areas, according to the Department of Public Information (DPI) The Region Eight villages of Paramakatoi, Kurukabaru and Waipa, received $5 million each for the enhancement project.

WELLINGTON, (Reuters) – Sitiveni Rabuka became Fiji’s prime minister last night after a coalition of parties voted to instal him, signalling an end to Frank Bainimarama’s 16 years in power.

(Trinidad Guardian) A nine-year-old boy is currently receiving counselling from the Children’s Authority of T&T after witnessing his elderly father being choked by a man at their home, shortly before his father died.

MANCHESTER, England, (Reuters) – England midfielder Kalvin Phillips returned from the World Cup overweight and not in the right condition to play, Manchester City coach Pep Guardiola has said.

Dear Editor, Apart from the fact that there were the Tyrells (Winston and Lance) other Engineers/Chemists in Bookers Sugar Estates including: Joe Alfred, George James, Narvon Persaud, Leonard Khan, Keith Williams; while Agriculturists included Vibert Yong Kong, Donald Drayton; Personnel Managers included Nowrang Persaud, Emamudeen Khan, Abdul Baksh and Anthony Downes; Errol Hanoman and Allan Luck accountants.

ROME, (Reuters) – The corruption scandal rocking the European Parliament, in which suspects were found with suitcases full of cash, is like something out of crime drama television series “Narcos”, EU Economy Commissioner Paolo Gentiloni said yesterday.

By Antoine B. Craigwell In November, I attended the second annual Guyana Well-being Conference held at the Arthur Chung Conference Centre and there I presented two workshops, on understanding culture and mental health from a “whole-person” perspective, and looking at mental health signs and symptoms for stress, anxiety, depression and the progression toward suicidal ideation and attempts – intervening to prevent a person descending into a mental health crisis and if in crisis, what to do to get the person help.

By  Michael Spence MILAN – Net-zero commitments are all the rage.

In a speech before the Atlantic Council in April, United States Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen used the term friend-shoring to describe America’s interest “in working with countries that “have strong adherence to a set of norms and values about how to operate in the global economy and about how to run the global economic system….”

Dear Editor, We observed the third anniversary of the successful no confidence motion last Wednesday December 21, triggering new elections that catapulted the then opposition PPP into office.

(Reuters) – Rafa Nadal is aiming to successfully defend his Australian Open title at the first Grand Slam of the year in January after an injury-plagued 2022 despite arriving a bit short of his peak level, the Spaniard said yesterday.

(Trinidad Guardian) After more than 13 years, the Central Bank of T&T yesterday relinquished control of the British American Insurance Company (Trinidad) Ltd (BAT).

The Mocha Arcadia Neighbourhood Democratic Council (NDC) yesterday received over 100 cleaning hampers from the Civil Defence Commission (CDC).

No arrest has yet been made by the police in connection with the murder of land surveyor and ranger, Ricky Ambrose, 40.