Daily Archive: Wednesday, December 28, 2022

KINGSTON,  (Reuters) – Jamaican Prime Minister Andrew Holness renewed states of emergency in eight parishes on Wednesday to control an ongoing threat of crime linked to gang activity in the Caribbean nation.

A Bladen Hall businessman has been arrested by the police after he was found yesterday with two guns – one in his crotch and another in his pants pocket.

A miner of Nabaclis, East Coast Demerara (ECD) has been held by the police over a firearm.

Two women are in police custody assisting with the investigation of the murder of Kaneville, Grove businessman, Shimron Adams, 41, who was shot during a robbery at his D’Urban and Chapel Streets, Lodge establishment on Monday night.

Fifty-seven year old Christopher Williams who had been drifting at sea for 19 hours after the vessel, LADY SHANEEZA, which he was on sunk was among seven crew members rescued on Boxing Day by the Guyana Defence Force Coast Guard.

(Trinidad Express) What was  supposed to be a night of celebration and joy ended in tragedy as 39-year-old Nichusasi Wells was stabbed to death in Sangre Grande.

(Trinidad Guardian) A 16-year-old Caroni teenager, who was among seven people shot in three separate incidents between Monday night and yesterday, succumbed to his injuries at hospital yesterday.

Andrew Simons netted a hat trick to spur region Number Seven to a 3-1 victory over Region Number Eight in a fixture of the `One Guyana President’s Cup’ football tournament Sunday night.

Region #5 brushed aside Region #2 while Region #3 and Region #2 played to a stalemate in the ‘One Guyana President’s Cup’ Football Championships Monday.

MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – An emotional and exhausted David Warner retired hurt after a majestic 200 as Australia dominated on day two of the second test on Tuesday against South Africa, who wilted under a scorching Melbourne sun.

The Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) will start the new year with an assessment of the fitness levels of the Guyana Harpy Eagles and other players ahead of the upcoming Regional four-day championships.

Kyrie Irving scored 15 of his 32 points in the fourth quarter as the Brooklyn Nets survived a shaky finish and extended their winning streak to a season-high nine games with a 125-117 victory over the host Cleveland Cavaliers on Monday night.

TAIPEI,  (Reuters) – Taiwan will extend compulsory military service to one year from four months from 2024 due to the rising threat the democratically governed island faces from its giant neighbour China, President Tsai Ing-wen said yesterday.

With the 2022 season coming to a close and West Indies not enjoying the best of run at the crease, there were inspiring individual performances that salvaged some amount of encouragement heading into 2023.

A Boxing Day freak storm roared through the Goed Intent, West Bank Demerara community leaving behind a trail of devastation and villagers counting their losses.

KYIV/BAKHMUT, Ukraine, (Reuters) – Russia announced yesterday it would ban oil sales to countries that abide by a price cap imposed this month by the West, giving its long-awaited response to the most dramatic step taken so far to limit Moscow’s ability to raise funds for its war in Ukraine.

The Guyana Chess Federation (GCF) will look to end the 2022 season on a high with two rapid tournaments.

Construction of the Bamia/Amelia’s Ward Primary School in Region Ten by St8ment Investment Inc has progressed and is now on schedule, contractor, Rawle Ferguson, said on Friday.

UNITED NATIONS,  (Reuters) – The U.N. Security Council yesterday called for the full, equal and meaningful participation of women and girls in Afghanistan, denouncing a ban by the Taliban-led administration on women attending universities or working for humanitarian aid groups.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – West Indies Women’s captain, Hayley Matthews, says the emergence of young players was one bright spark amid the gloom of another series whitewash at the hands of powerhouses England Women.

Dear Editor, The process required by private citizens for the acquisition of firearm licenses is tedious, nerve-wracking, and frustrating yet, even then, after a detailed, demanding procedure, sometimes leads to denial.

The remaining Mocha squatters in the path of a major East Bank Demerara road experienced a sombre Christmas as they are uncertain about what will happen next.

Dear Editor, In Guyana we sing “Christmas comes once a year, and everybody must have a share, everybody must have their rum and ginger beer.”

ANELO, Argentina,  (Reuters) – Argentina’s booming shale production in Vaca Muerta, a formation that rivals the United States’ Permian Basin, is at risk of running out of road as infrastructure to handle the oil and gas nears capacity, threatening to put the brakes on rapid growth.

LISBON,  (Reuters) – Angola’s Supreme Court has ordered the “preventive” seizure of assets worth around $1 billion held by Isabel dos Santos, the daughter of the southern African country’s former president, Portugal’s Lusa news agency said yesterday.

KARACHI, Pakistan, (Reuters) – Devon Conway and Tom Latham forged an unbroken opening partnership of 165 to lead New Zealand’s robust reply to Pakistan’s first-innings 438 in the opening test in Karachi Tuesday.

The EPA on Saturday said that it respects the outcome of the recent case of Radzik and others -v- the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Schlumberger Guyana Inc (SGI)  over a facility to store radioactive substances.

Dear Editor, It just happened that my visitor was a journalist whose eye happened to have caught the recent nonageneric exchange between the NIS and me.

LIMA, (Reuters) – The anti-corruption unit of Peru’s attorney general’s office on Monday detained six generals amid an investigation into allegations the government of ousted former President Pedro Castillo illegally promoted police and military officers.

(Reuters) – The leader of a foiled plot by members of right-wing militia groups to kidnap Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer was sentenced to 16 years in prison yesterday in a U.S.

Two 16-year-old boys are in custody after a licensed firearm holder reported to the police that his weapon had been stolen.

LONDON, CMC – Reggae Boy Bobby Reid set Fulham on the path to a 3-0 English Premier League victory over Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park on Monday as the hosts finished the Boxing Day match with nine men.

Last week, we began to outline the various initiatives that Guyana has taken over the years to not only address the issue of corruption in the public sector but also enhance public financial management and accountability in general.

Dear Editor, Please permit us a space to air our concerns.

BUENOS AIRES, (Reuters) – Argentina’s president Alberto Fernandez said on Monday his government would abide by a recent Supreme Court ruling and give a larger proportion of state funds to the opposition-controlled city of Buenos Aires.

PIDIE, Indonesia,  (Reuters) – The United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR) urged countries yesterday to help Rohingya Muslims stranded at sea as at least 20 reportedly died and hundreds more landed in Indonesia after weeks adrift in the Indian Ocean.

(Reuters) – Hardik Pandya will captain India for their Twenty20 series against Sri Lanka next month in the absence of Rohit Sharma, who will return for the following one-day internationals, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) said on Tuesday.

A miner who pelted a gun after he was about to be searched by the police has been arrested.

Is there any such thing as luck? Or is it just a myth?

By Yacine Djibo DAKAR – The planet is losing its ability to support life as we know it, and nowhere is this clearer than in Africa – the continent that is most vulnerable to climate change despite having contributed the least to atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse-gas emissions.