Articles published on Wednesday, February 8, 2023
The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) took a decision at its Statutory Meeting of Tuesday, February 7, 2023 to request the Guyana Police Force (GPF) to probe three cases of duplicate registrations which were committed during the ongoing Cycle of Continuous Registration.
A Corentyne motorcyclist died after he rode into a parked lorry along the Auchlyne Public Road today around 6.10 am.
Facing myriad problems, rice farmers from across the country yesterday told Agriculture Minister Zulfikar Mustapha that spare parts dealers are ripping them off and they called for a standard paddy price.
Despite its efforts to assure that the operation of a radioactive (RA) source storage and calibration would cause no harm, a group of residents of Houston and nearby communities yesterday adamantly told oil and gas company, Schlumberger Guyana Inc that they do not want the operation in their community.
Former Massy Chairman Sidney Knox passed away yesterday. Knox had been well known to the Guyanese business community during his years at the helm of what was then Neal and Massy.
(ICC) It has already been an immense summer for women’s cricket on the continent, and especially South Africa, with the inaugural ICC Under-19 Women’s T20 World Cup being successfully staged in Benoni and Potchefstroom, last month.
The police yesterday issued a wanted bulletin for Yuri Dominquez, 37, the man allegedly at the centre of a huge Ponzi scheme that bilked dozens.
As ExxonMobil forges ahead with the construction of its headquarters at Ogle on the East Coast of Demerara and with no publicly known price tag on the project or if any monies would be recovered from cost oil for it, Opposition Parliamentarian Ganesh Mahipaul has moved to the National Assembly for answers he says are owed to this country.
With golfers taking to the green for the first time in the 2023 season the rust was evident among the 29 competitors in the Top Brandz inaugural golf tournament, but Ayube Subhan stood tall to cart off the spoils Saturday at the Lusignan Golf Club (LGC).
Sportsman of the Year Desmond Amsterdam will this evening receive his Boxer-of-the-Year award when the Guyana Boxing Association (GBA) hosts its 2022 awards ceremony at the Mirage Lounge, Albert and Third Streets, Alberttown.
Six fishermen were on Monday rescued by the Guyana Defence Force Coast Guard with the assistance of a civilian vessel after their fishing vessel sank in the Pomeroon River last Thursday.
The Guyana Fire and Rescue Service (GFS) says that the blaze which occurred yesterday on the West Bank Demerara (WBD) that left two occupants homeless, and one on Sunday on the West Coast Berbice (WCB) that caused severe damage to a property, were the result of arson.
ENet has thrown its financial support behind the third edition of the Rawle Toney 3×3 Basketball Classic by making a donation of an undisclosed sum to the coordinating team at the company’s Camp Street headquarters.
The decomposing body of Kevin Singh, a 45-year-old auto body technician of Industry Crown Dam, was found in a trench at Ogle Embankment, East Coast Demerara, yesterday morning.
Top local badminton player, Narayana Ramdhani extended his dominance at the Alberta Colleges’ Athletics Conference (ACAC) Badminton Tournament #3 after carting off with the spoils in the men’s singles and mixed doubles categories Sunday at King’s University, Edmonton, Alberta.
The official fixtures for the Guinness ‘Greatest of the Streets, East Bank/West Demerara edition, which kicks-off on Friday at the Pouderoyen Tarmac, was officially released yesterday.
Dear Editor, I am writing on behalf of the residents who live close to the Kitty Seawall and are affected by the constant noise nuisance on the Kitty Seawall.
Constrained by limited finances due to government withholding their subvention, the International Decade for People of African Descent Assembly-Guyana (IDPADA-G) has stated that it will be taking a new direction in the offering of its services.
Dear Editor, In a recent article in Development Today and a “fact sheet” published by the government, officials in our government and at the ART-TREES Secretariat made some claims about my comments in my last letter to the editor.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – President Joe Biden called U.S. democracy “unbowed” and pledged to work with the opposition party yesterday in a State of the Union speech that served as an olive branch to skeptical Republicans and a blueprint for his 2024 re-election bid.
The Guyana Defence Force (GDF) outflanked newcomers Alpha 3 – 1 when the Demerara Volleyball Association (DVA) senior men’s league continued Monday evening at the National Gymnasium, Mandela Avenue.
The Ministry of Health yesterday said that an 84-year-old man from Region Six is the most recent COVID fatality.
Lincoln American University and Diamond Secondary won the universities/medical Institutions division and secondary schools section titles respectively when the Georgetown Office Assistants staged a cricket competition on Sunday.
ANTAKYA, Turkey, (Reuters) – The death toll of a devastating earthquake in southern Turkey and Syria jumped to more than 7,800 people yesterday as rescuers worked against time in harsh winter conditions to dig survivors out of the rubble of collapsed buildings.
Dear Editor, A recent news release stated, “Stop blocking roads in Buxton- Home Affairs Ministry” (Feb.
BRASILIA, (Reuters) – Brazil’s central bank chief Roberto Campos Neto yesterday stepped up his defense of the institution’s independence amid mounting criticism from leftist President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and his allies about overly high interest rates.
Former Deputy Chief Election Officer (DCEO), Roxanne Myers yesterday appeared at the Presidential Commission of Inquiry (CoI) into the March 2020 General and Regional Elections but declined to testify.
KYIV, (Reuters) – Moscow pressed its intensifying winter assault in eastern Ukraine, bringing tens of thousands of freshly mobilised troops to the battlefield, while Kyiv predicted areas in the northeast or south could be part of an expected Russian offensive.
SAN JOSE, (Reuters) – The United States donated nearly $14 million worth of security equipment to Costa Rica in a bid to stamp out crime in the Central American country, which is facing an “extremely high” murder rate, Costa Rican President Rodrigo Chaves said yesterday.
Dear Editor, At yesterday’s meeting the Chair indicated that after listening to the various submissions on the creation of the Operations Coordinator position and the appointment of Mr Giddings, she decided that the appointment should be rescinded as of Feb.
As part of its objective to promote the new British Airways service and inaugural flight between St.
Local talents, Kevlon Anderson and Antony Adams gave the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) selectors another reason why they should get a spot in the national side after churning out exceptional performances in Trinidad and Tobago.
A 55-year-old man was yesterday ordered to serve 40 hours of community service after he pleaded guilty to illegally having cocaine in his possession.
A man who claimed that he was intoxicated when he stole a woman’s phone and sold it, was yesterday sentenced to six months imprisonment after admitting to the charge of larceny.
LONDON, (Reuters) – Former Australia batsman Justin Langer, former South Africa skipper Graeme Smith and former England women’s captain Clare Connor have all joined the MCC World Cricket committee, the organisation said yesterday.
REDMOND, Wash., (Reuters) – Microsoft Corp MSFT.O is revamping its Bing search engine and Edge Web browser with artificial intelligence, the company said on Tuesday, signaling its ambition to retake the lead in consumer technology markets where it has fallen behind.
In the initial hours of entering Guyana, first time visitors and those travellers, including returning Guyanese, who have not been here in a while, are greeted with a high-level of energy permeating the society.
BENGALURU, (Reuters) – Australia’s blockbuster four-test series against India will be the greatest challenge Pat Cummins has faced in his young captaincy as he looks to conquer the “final frontier” in his country’s proud cricketing battles.
(Reuters) – Yorkshire County Cricket Club has admitted liability to four amended charges including a failure to address and take adequate action against racist and discriminatory language, the England & Wales Cricket Board (ECB) said yesterday.
RIO DE JANEIRO, (Reuters) – The area used for informal mining in Brazil has for years surpassed that used for industrial mining, according to data shared yesterday by the Brazilian Mining Association (IBRAM).
Two of the five accused charged with robbing Kaieteur News in October of last year changed their pleas to guilty last week and were sentenced to 50 months and 40 months imprisonment.
BULAWAYO, Zimbabwe, CMC – A combination of their lethargy in the field, a defiant, undefeated fifth Test hundred from former England batsman Gary Ballance, and his demoralising hundred-run stand with Brandon Mavuta derailed West Indies and enabled Zimbabwe to make a bold declaration in the first Test yesterday, setting up an intriguing final day.
DHAKA, Bangladesh, CMC – An explosive 30 not out from Andre Russell catapulted Comilla Victorians to a crucial five-wicket win against Fortune Barishal in the Bangladesh Premier League yesterday.
(Reuters) – England spinner Jack Leach said he hoped to put behind him the bad memories of the last time he toured New Zealand when food poisoning left him fearing for his life.
Dear Editor, We share the pain of the passing of Snr.
Two of the brightest young batting prospects in the region Matthew Nandu and Kimani Melius will take centre stage when table toppers, the Guyana Harpy Eagles, take on the Windward Islands Volcanoes from today in St.
