Daily Archive: Wednesday, January 11, 2023

Police are probing the murder of 26-year-old Leroy Dey, a labourer of Breda Street, Werk-en-Rust, Georgetown.

Scotiabank Guyana says it has implemented an expanded parental leave policy, resulting in increases in maternity and paternity leave for employees.

HAVANA,  (Reuters) – Cubans frantic to escape economic crisis at home weighed up options this week on how to move to the United States after the Biden administration rolled out a new set of rules at the U.S.-Mexico

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif., (Reuters) – “The Fabelmans,” Steven Spielberg’s movie inspired by his teen years, and dark comedy “The Banshees of Inisherin” landed the top movie awards at the Golden Globes yesterday as Hollywood returned to a show that had been knocked off television by scandal.

(Reuters) – U.S. flights were delayed and airports told passengers to check with their airlines for updates today as the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) scrambled to fix a system outage.

Chancellor of the Judiciary (ag), Yonette Cummings-Edwards yesterday made an urgent appeal for the constituting of the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) and the appointment of more judges as she lamented the burdens now facing those sitting on the bench.

The Government of Guyana has announced that it is in receipt of its first payment for carbon credits valued at US$75 million under the agreement made with Hess Corporation.

Three men yesterday appeared before Chief Magistrate, Ann McLennan where they were charged with the theft of several firearms and a quantity of ammunition from Radar Security Services.

Parts of the Burma Access Road, which began to crack and sink just months after it was completed are to be repaired by the contractor.

Persons can now conduct registration transactions, or amendments at the Guyana Elections Commission’s (GECOM) offices on a continuous basis instead of having to wait for specific periods.

Alliance For Change elections scrutineer, Nicola Trotman yesterday declined to answer questions when she took the stand before the Presidential Commission of Inquiry into the March 2020 General and Regional Elections.

The Guyana Boxing Association (GBA) which ended last year on a high with the staging of its flagship national championships, has already started planning to host its first tournament for 2023.

A New Amsterdam prison officer was yesterday released on $100,000 bail after she was charged with possession of narcotics for the purpose of trafficking.

Dear Editor, I noted with interest the use of taxpayers’ money by the Department of Environment and Climate Change for a full-page advertisement in the Stabroek News, ‘Erroneous forest carbon analysis by Dr Janette Bulkan’, (06 January 2023). 

Minister of Home Affairs Robeson Benn has issued a prohibition order against two immigrants, one of whom is being sought by Interpol.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Countries should consider recommending that passengers wear masks on long-haul flights, given the rapid spread of the latest Omicron subvariant of COVID-19 in the United States, World Health Organization (WHO) officials said yesterday.

An unvaccinated Region Four man, 65, has died from COVID-19. The Ministry of Health yesterday said that the COVID death toll is now at 1,291.

Dear Editor, It bears repeating that a country is judged on how it treats its most vulnerable members of society.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Allen Weisselberg, a longtime executive for Donald Trump and the star prosecution witness in the criminal trial of the former president’s real estate company, was sentenced yesterday to five months behind bars for helping engineer a wide-ranging tax fraud at the Trump Organization.

Dear Editor, I have to agree with President Ali and the Government side when they say that the Opposition PNC is instigating and politicizing the issue of moving the remaining 5-7 holdout squatters who have refused Government offers for alternative land and housing.

President Irfaan Ali was yesterday presented with an award recognizing the contributions of Indian-origin persons around the world.

HOUSTON,  (Reuters) – Chevron Corp’s CVX.N first cargo of Venezuelan crude under a U.S.

Police are continuing their investigation into the execution-style killing of Leopold Street, Georgetown, resident Anthony Charles, who was gunned down on D’Urban Street while on his way to a shop to purchase alcohol.

Dear Editor, We were happy to hear of Public Works Minister Bishop Edghill’s remarks about rehabilitating 1200 community roads across Guyana in an article carried by DPI on 7th January 2023.

KYIV/NEAR BAKHMUT, Ukraine,  (Reuters) – Ukraine’s eastern salt mining town of Soledar hung in the balance as Russia’s mercenary firm Wagner claimed control, but continued fighting and Kyiv’s assertion earlier that its forces were holding out raised uncertainty.

LIMA,  (Reuters) – Peru’s top prosecutor’s office yesterday said it launched an inquiry into new President Dina Boluarte and members of her cabinet over violent clashes that have seen at least 40 killed and hundreds injured since early December.

Public hearings for the Presidential Commission of Inquiry (CoI) into the March 2020 Regional and General elections have been suspended until February 6.

Dear Editor, I was pleasantly surprised after reading on December 30, 2022, that the Government of Guyana entered into a loan agreement with the Bank of China for $160.8M Euros for the construction of the New Demerara Harbour Bridge.

The annual football tournament in honour of former Mayor of Georgetown Hamilton Green will be played later this month.

Dear Editor,  On December 24 2022 a letter under my pen, “The AG should advise what recourse should be resorted to against GWI”, was published in Stabroek News.

BEIJING,  (Reuters) – China suspended issuing short-term visas in South Korea and Japan yesterday, after announcing it would retaliate against countries that required negative COVID-19 tests from Chinese travellers.

Five ecolodges have been certified with the Good Travel Seal Green Destinations Certificate for sustainable practices, the Department of Public Information (DPI) said yesterday. 

BRASILIA,  (Reuters) – A Brazilian Supreme Court judge ordered the arrest yesterday of the capital’s most recent public security chief after supporters of right-wing former President Jair Bolsonaro led a rampage through government buildings.

JAKARTA,  (Reuters) – Indonesia’s anti-graft agency arrested the outspoken governor of its restive easternmost Papua province yesterday, officials said, after accusing him of accepting bribes in return for infrastructure contracts.

Dear Editor, There is confusion about the term “Ancestral Land” which is now ignorantly brandished about by politicians misleading Afro and Indo-Guyanese folk, especially Afro-Guyanese.

The Guyana Women’s Leadership Institute, under the umbrella of the Ministry of Human Services and Social Security, has opened registration for the 2023 batch of Women’s Investment and Innovation Network (WIIN) training, according to release yesterday from the ministry.

MEXICO CITY,  (Reuters) – The United States, Mexico and Canada yesterday vowed to tighten economic ties, producing more goods regionally and boosting semiconductor output, even as integration is hampered by an ongoing dispute over Mexico’s nationalist energy policies.

The East Canje Berbice fire officer who was placed on $100,000 bail after she was charged with driving under the influence during a fatal accident on the Cumberland Public Road in December, is yet to face any additional charges as police are continuing to wait for advice.

By Robert Muggah SÃO PAULO – The storming of Brazil’s democratic institutions last weekend was no spontaneous “accident.”

PARIS, (Reuters) – The head of the French Football Federation’s (FFF) national ethics committee has called for the governing body’s president Noel Le Graet to step down from his role.

MANCHESTER, England, (Reuters) – Marcus Rashford was on target for the sixth successive match in all competitions as his late double helped Manchester United beat third-tier Charlton Athletic 3-0 to reach the League Cup semi-finals yesterday.

Jrue Holiday snapped out of a game-long slump by scoring 10 points in the final 2:30 on Monday night for the visiting Milwaukee Bucks, who overcame a 17-point, third-quarter deficit to edge the New York Knicks 111-107.

Last Thursday morning about 9.00 am, in San Fernando – ‘down South’ as Trinidadians are wont to say – hundreds of people took to the streets, while hundreds more lined the sidewalks to observe the spectacle playing out in front of their eyes.

(Reuters) – Virat Kohli struck a brilliant century to guide India to a 67-run victory over Sri Lanka in the first of their three-match one-day international series in Guwahati yesterday.

Star batter Dewald Brevis smashed an unbeaten 70 to take MI Cape Town to a comfortable eight-wicket win against the Paarl Royals in the Betway SA20 opening match at Six Gun Grill Newlands last evening.

KAMPALA, (Reuters) – A court in Uganda yesterday quashed a section of a communications law that has been used to prosecute government critics, journalists and writers, including two who fled to exile in Germany, its judgment said.

Dear Editor, I write with reference to a Letter to the Editor by Dr.

ADELAIDE, (Reuters) – Former French Open champion Barbora Krejcikova made a stuttering start to her 2023 season in the opening round of the Adelaide International 2 yesterday, shaking off the rust in a 6-2 7-6(3) victory over Alison Riske-Amritraj.

SYDNEY, (Reuters) – Australia have kept their bowling options wide open for the upcoming tour of India and named four spinners and six pace bowlers in their squad for the four test matches in February and March.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Seam bowler Cherry Ann Fraser has been ruled out of the upcoming T20 International (T20I) tri-nation series against South Africa and India due to injury and has been replaced by Shanika Bruce, Cricket West Indies (CWI) announced yesterday.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Jamaican Stephanie Yee-Sing has been chosen to officiate at a second FIFA Women’s World Cup.

UNITED KINGDOM, CMC – Golden Jaguars midfielder Neil Danns has been appointed head coach of English professional football club Macclesfield FC, his first permanent managerial role in the sport.