Daily Archive: Thursday, March 2, 2023

Magistrate Faith McGusty, earlier this week sentenced Feezal Shaw to three years imprisonment on one account of Trafficking in Persons, a release from the Ministry of Human Services said today.

Even as questions of impact on marine life and biodiversity, accumulated mercury content the crude oil contains and mitigation against oil spills were asked, yesterday’s final public meeting of ExxonMobil’s local affiliate Esso Exploration and Production Limited called for increased stakeholder participation.

A motorcyclist and his pillion rider died on Tuesday after the rider lost control of the bike and collided with a car along the Number 79 Public Road around 10.30 pm.

A security guard is feared drowned after he accidently slipped into the Demerara River early yesterday morning while performing guard duties on a vessel.

Even as Guyana mulls alternative options to having the export market for catfish (Siluriformes) to the United States reopened, authorities here are currently awaiting a follow-up technical meeting with the US Food Safety and Inspection Service (US FSIS).

The DNA samples of 50-year-old Reonol Williams, whose decomposed body was found dumped in a trench in the vicinity of the Coldingen Koker on the East Coast of Demerara (ECD) after he was struck down by a taxi driver almost nine months ago, have confirmed that it was the remains of the man.

The police said yesterday that the mother of the baby that was found in a gift bag at Mahaicony, Region Five, on Monday, has turned herself in to the police.

Ramps Logistics Guyana Inc., has withdrawn its claim for damages, but is pursuing costs against the Government which it had taken to court for refusing to grant it Certificate of Registration.

Police yesterday found a bag containing 260 suspected AK47 rounds of ammunition at Kara Kara Creek, South Amelia’s Ward while investigating a report of suspicious persons with large bags in the area.

A man, who claimed he was in a position to fast-track a land application at the Ministry of Central Housing and Planning Authority, was yesterday charged with fraud and released on $150,000 bail.

Dear Editor, We are now in March, and the Bureau of Statistics (BoS) has not published on its website (https://statisticsguyana.gov.gy/)

A Police Constable was yesterday released on $100,000 bail following his arraignment in the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court for stealing a quantity of gasoline from one of the state-owned Guyoil Company’s gas stations. 

CENTURION, South Africa, CMC – Inspired pace bowling – led by Alzarri Joseph – in a lively half-hour before the close enabled West Indies to creep back into the first Test against South Africa on Wednesday.

The police yesterday issued wanted bulletins for two persons for alleged crimes of terrorism on the East Coast of Demerara (ECD) in relation to Acts of Terrorism.

Dear Editor Your Letters Column has evolved into a commendable Forum for ordinary persons who become frustrated in their dealings with officialdom, when they seek redress for difficulties which they often face, and for which no official channels appear to exist.

Long time supporter and partner of sports development across the divide, Trophy Stall, Bourda Market has once again stepped up to assist.

The official fixtures for the ninth Milo Secondary Schools U18 football competition was disclosed yesterday during a simple presentation ceremony at the Brandsville Hotel, Prashad Nagar.

Dear Editor,  Please afford me some space, thank you. When I received (in early February) billing month January’s GPL bill it showed that my previous reading, done in December 13th, was 1183.

 An East Bank Essequibo (EBE) man has been charged with attempting to murder an Essequibo businessman at Onderneeming Sand Pit, Essequibo Coast.

ATHENS (Reuters) – Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis called it an unspeakable tragedy but questions are being asked whether the fatal collision of passenger and freight trains on Tuesday night could have been prevented.

Dear Editor, GTT is supposedly providing a service to Guyana and at the same time, receiving profits.

Along with heightening its presence and establishing a local office in Guyana, the French Government is also prioritizing allowing Guyanese to have easier access to the Schengen Visa when the office here is fully ‘up and running’ instead of them having them travel to neighbouring Suriname.

The calendar has flipped to March and the names of the candidates scheduled to contest the Guyana Olympic Association (GOA) all important electoral AGM in 12 days have been revealed to this publication.

Two years after she copped the runner-up position in the 2020 Regional Recognition Awards Programme organised by the Association of Caribbean Commisisoners of Police (ACCP), Superintendent Nicola Kendall on Tuesday received her trophy.

Longstanding Guyana Badminton Association (GBA) executive, Emily Ramdhani, was elected president when the body held its annual general meeting and elections recently at Olympic House, Liliendaal.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The FBI has assessed that a leak from a laboratory in the central Chinese city of Wuhan likely caused the COVID pandemic, director Christopher Wray said on Tuesday, a claim China said had “no credibility whatsoever”.

Dear Editor, Region 2 is rapidly being transformed into an economic hub; particularly within the township.

Police yesterday busted a 29-year-old man with 335.9 grammes of cannabis at the Vreed-en-Hoop Stelling.

As the rain dominated most of the opening day first-round clash in the Guyana Cricket Board senior Inter-County four-day tournament, Essequibo closed in an uncomfortable position against the Select XI yesterday at the National Stadium, Providence.

LONDON (Reuters) – Prince Harry and his wife Meghan have been asked to vacate Frogmore Cottage, the house within the grounds of King Charles’s Windsor Castle estate they use when in Britain, a spokesperson for the couple said on Wednesday.

Dear Editor, An item on an online news site (INews February 28), narrates an exactly similar incident, which was reported about two weeks ago, about a stolen motor car in Berbice which was torched.

Fire victim, 64-year-old Gavin Joseph of Riverview Ruimveldt, Georgetown, who is unable to walk properly, received a four wheel rollator walker on Tuesday from ranks of the Ruimveldt Police Station through the Men on a Mission (MOM) initiative to assist him in moving around.

RAWALPINDI, Pakistan, CMC – An explosive 64 from new West Indies Twenty20 captain Rovman Powell was the rock upon which Peshawar Zalmi built a 24-run win against Karachi Kings in the Pakistan Super League yesterday.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee voted on Wednesday along party lines to give President Joe Biden the power to ban Chinese-owned TikTok, in what would be the most far-reaching U.S.

Dear Editor, Guyana recently observed 53 years of republican status. It coincided with the 100th birth anniversary of former Presi-dent, Forbes Burnham.

OSLO (Reuters) – Environmental campaigner Greta Thunberg was twice detained during a demonstration in support of Indigenous rights in Oslo on Wednesday, with police removing her and other activists from the finance ministry and later the environment ministry.

An Essequibo man was on Tuesday fined $28,000 after he pleaded guilty to a drug trafficking charge when he appeared at the Anna Regina Magistrate’s Court before Magistrate Esther Sam.

Eagles overcame Castrol Strikers by a 3-2 score line on Monday evening at the National Gymnasium on Mandela Avenue to seal a berth to the Demerara Volleyball Association Senior Men’s League final.

In its 2022 Labour Review, published at the beginning of February this year, the Inter-national Labour Organisation (ILO) revealed that the average unemployment rate for Latin America and the Caribbean (the region in which Guyana falls) was 7.2 percent.

Dear Editor, It is good to read of the encouraging developments coming out of the IDPADA-G standoff between the PPP Government and the entity dedicated to serving the interests of Black Guyanese.

By Philippe Legrain LONDON – Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson won the December 2019 general election on the promise that he had an “oven-ready deal” to “get Brexit done.”