Daily Archive: Thursday, January 12, 2023

In the wake of today’s fire which ravaged the Christ Church Secondary School, teachers and  staff have been invited to  a meeting tomorrow by the Ministry of Education.

Days after a small fire was put out in its lab, the Christ Church Secondary School on Camp and Middle streets was today destroyed by a major fire which erupted this afternoon.

 (Reuters) – A strike involving over 7,000 nurses at two New York City hospitals has ended after three days, as they reached tentative deals with hospitals over staffing levels, the New York State Nurses Association (NYSNA) said today.

NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – India’s oil minister and Guyana’s president have discussed government to government co-operation in Guyana’s hydrocarbons sector, the Indian government said in a statement on Thursday.

Squatters at various points along the East Bank Demerara sea defence reserve are to be relocated within six months, according to the CHPA.

A teenaged motorcyclist died while his pillion rider is in hospital after an accident on the island of  Wakenaam on Tuesday night.

A police raid that unearthed cannabis and ammunition left three houses ransacked and occupants’ wondering if the destruction was warranted.

A teacher of the Graham’s Hall Primary School in Cummings Lodge was yesterday physically assaulted by a parent of a pupil.  

President Irfaan Ali has called on the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) to consider Guyana as its next investment destination in cricket, a release from the Office of the President said yesterday.

With both written and oral arguments now submitted, Justice Damone Younge has fixed March 7th for her ruling in the case over the non-appointment of a substantive Chancellor of the Judiciary and Chief Justice.

The prime suspect in the murder of Disc Jockey (DJ), Brian Pitam was on Tuesday night arrested and he has since confessed to the crime.

A Corentyne man died on Tuesday evening after he was struck  by a garbage truck along the Rose Hall Town, Corentyne Public Road.

DURBAN, South Africa, CMC – Joburg Super Kings owed their opening win in the SA20 in large part to Romario Shepherd’s 19-ball cameo as they beat Jason Holder’s Durban Super Giants by 16 runs here yesterday.

An East Canje Berbice hire car driver was yesterday found guilty at the High Court in Berbice on three counts of sexual activity with a child committed in 2020.

Anthony Charles, the Leopold Street, Georgetown resident who was killed  on D’Urban Street on Monday died as a result of multiple gunshot injuries, an autopsy yesterday confirmed and no one has yet been arrested.

Farmers in Kwakwani may soon be benefitting from government’s assistance to further their agricultural pursuits as promised by Agriculture Minister Zulfikar Mustapha.

It has been two weeks since 78-year-old Ramdai Balkarran was murdered while she was sleeping in her Paramakatoi Village, Region Eight home and the police are yet to apprehend her killer/s.

Some twenty-two retired and long serving Licensed Brokers and Clerks were awarded for their dedication to the brokers’ profession when the Guyana Customs House Brokers and Clerks Association held their inaugural dinner and awards ceremony on Saturday January 7, 2023.

Dear Editor, The Macedonia Joppa Volunteer Committee (MJVC) on the Corentyne welcomes the New Year after two harsh years of the COVID 19 pandemic that took the lives of almost 1,300 Guyanese, 72,000 hospitalizations and more than 70,000 recoveries.

A man has been remanded to prison over the theft of three gold chains valued at $430,000.

As government gears up for the presentation of Budget 2023, Senior Minister within the Office of the President with responsibility for Finance, Dr Ashni Singh is holding talks with various sectors of society to get a sense of their concerns.

Dear Editor, The New Year has greeted us with murders, accidents and several maternal deaths.

Approximately eight months after the baggage scanner stopped functioning at the Eugene F.

Dear Editor, I refer to a letter written by Joel Bhagwandin entitled: `Financing of the gas pipeline falls under the PSA, section 2.2 (d)’ in SN on January 10th.

WASHINGTON/CHICAGO, (Reuters) – The U.S. aviation sector was struggling to return to normal yesterday after a nationwide ground stop imposed by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) over a computer issue that forced a 90-minute halt to all U.S.

A domestic worker and a taxi driver were arrested on Wednesday by police over cocaine and cannabis.

Dear Editor, On Monday, January 9, 2023, the Ali regime announced Monday, January 16, 2023 as “Budget Day.”

BRASILIA,  (Reuters) – Brazilian federal prosecutors yesterday requested the investigation of three congressional allies of former President Jair Bolsonaro for allegedly inciting the worst attack on the country’s democratic institutions in decades.

KYIV/NEAR BAKHMUT, Ukraine,  (Reuters) – Russia ordered its top general yesterday to take charge of its faltering invasion of Ukraine in the biggest shake-up yet of its malfunctioning military command structure after months of battlefield setbacks.

OTTAWA, (Reuters) – Canada delivered armoured vehicles to Haiti yesterday to help combat criminal gangs as the Caribbean nation faces a humanitarian crisis, the Canadian foreign ministry said.

Dear Editor, On 14th December 2022 I had a spiritual encounter that came to me like a vision.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – The United States and Japan yesterday announced stepped-up security cooperation in the face of shared worries about China, and Washington strongly endorsed a major military buildup Tokyo announced last month.

The global data shows that confirmed Covid-19 cases as of Monday this week are a mere 12 percent of what they were at the same time last year, yet the situation facing the healthcare sector is just as dire as it was in 2020, if not worse.

(Reuters) – Thibaut Courtois saved Jose Gaya’s poorly-struck spot kick to give Real Madrid a 4-3 penalty shootout win over Valencia after the teams had finished level at 1-1 after extra time in their Spanish Super Cup semi-final in Saudi Arabia yesterday.

SOUTHAMPTON, England, (Reuters) – Champions Manchester City crashed out of the League Cup after suffering a shock 2-0 defeat at struggling Southampton in the quarter-finals yesterday.

(Reuters) – India captain Rohit Sharma said he withdrew a ‘Mankad’ run-out appeal against Dasun Shanaka in Tuesday’s one-day international as that was not how they envisioned dismissing the Sri Lankan skipper, who scored a century in a game his team could not win.

(Reuters) – Four times Grand Slam champion Naomi Osaka said yesterday that she is expecting her first child, days after withdrawing from the Australian Open.

Jimmy Butler scored a game-high 35 points, and the Miami Heat set an NBA record by making all 40 of their free throws in a 112-111 win over the visiting Oklahoma City Thunder on Tuesday night.

Pretoria, South Africa- West Indies Women’s Rising Stars knocked off the 71-run target, set for them by Zimbabwe, in 12.5 overs. 

(Reuters) – Devon Conway and Kane Williamson led New Zealand to a comfortable 79-run win over Pakistan in the second one-day international in Karachi yesterday to level the series at 1-1.

The Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) has postponed the start of the first of two practice matches aimed at arriving at the Guyana national team for the upcoming Cricket West Indies’ Regional first class season.

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, CMC – Organisers have placed 30 000 tickets on sale for next month’s Women’s Twenty20 World Cup here, as the 30-day countdown to the International Cricket Council showpiece began yesterday.

PARIS, (Reuters) – Lionel Messi celebrated his return to competition after the World Cup by scoring a second-half goal as Paris St Germain extended their Ligue 1 lead to six points with a 2-0 home win over Angers yesterday.

(ICC) The International Cricket Council (ICC) announced the winners of the ICC Player of the Month awards for December 2022 with Harry Brook claiming his maiden ICC Men’s Player of the Month crown thanks to a blistering run of scores which helped England claim an historic ICC World Test Championship (WTC) series victory in Pakistan.

An East Canje, Berbice man has been charged with driving under the influence at Montrose Public Road, East Coast Demerara.

By Thiago de Aragão and Otaviano Canuto SÃO PAULO – The January 8 insurrection in Brazil’s capital was driven by a mix of factors.

Dear Editor, They invoke their right to remain silent when summoned by the CoI, those charged with electoral fraud, as they have matters before the Court. 

TEGUCIGALPA,  (Reuters) – A U.N. special rapporteur on human rights defenders yesterday called for an independent investigation into the killing of two environmental activists in Honduras, who had opposed an illegal mine polluting water supplies in a national reserve.

MEXICO CITY,  (Reuters) – One of Mexico’s top judges copied “a substantial part of content” for her 1987 thesis from another student’s work presented a year earlier, her university said yesterday, following a plagiarism scandal made public last month.