Daily Archive: Thursday, April 13, 2023

The Guyanese athletes, who recently participated in the CARIFTA games, were given a grand welcome home by the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport – Guyana.

ExxonMobil handed its chief executive a 52% pay increase to $35.9m (£28.7m) for 2022 after the oil company reported its highest ever profits, the UK Guardian reported today.

GECOM Chairperson Claudette Singh continues to chair the Commission and cast her votes in a manner that (to quote Commissioner Vincent Alexander) “brings into question GECOM`s fitness for purpose as an impartial electoral body”, the Office of the Leader of the Opposition said today.

SYDNEY,  (Reuters) – Fiji’s president suspended the Pacific island nation’s public prosecutor today and said a tribunal would be appointed to investigate him for alleged misbehaviour.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Ghana has become the first country in the world to approve a new malaria vaccine from Oxford University, with children under the age of three-years-old in line to benefit.

(Trinidad Guardian) A Central businessman was one of two people murdered in separate incidents in Chaguanas and Sangre Grande Tuesday night into yesterday, taking Trinidad and Tobago’s homicide toll to 164.

Two regional airlines – the Dominican Republic-based Sky Cana and Suriname’s Fly Always – will be offering flights from Guyana to Canada with the former set to begin service from June 1st.

Deonarine Bhikhari who murdered an Enmore father of four, Daniel Singh, in 2000 was yesterday sentenced to life imprisonment and will have to serve 30 years before becoming eligible for parole.

After nearly three years of delays with excuses about poor weather and stone shortage, to equipment malfunctions, Minister in the Ministry of Public Works, Deodat Indar yesterday  called for a $87m concrete road project at Mahdia (Potaro-Siparuni) to be terminated.

Four members of the victorious Guyana Harpy Eagles squad have been named in Team Weekes for the Cricket West Indies (CWI) upcoming Tri-Series encounters, the Caribbean Media Corporation reported yesterday.

By Joseph Allen Local photographer, Keron Bruce’s Eccles, East Bank Demerara home was shot at by a lone gunman at around 10:30 pm on Tuesday.

Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Hugh Todd yesterday met with Permanent Representatives of the Group of Latin America and Caribbean States (GRULAC) at the United Nations headquarters in New York and pitched Guyana’s candidature for a non-permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council for the 2024-2025 term.

Debutants Guyana, led by a double strike from Abosaide Cadogan, crushed hosts Barbados 3-0 in their second encounter of the Junior Pan American women’s hockey championships yesterday at the National Hockey Centre in St.

BRIDGETOWN, CMC – Sacked West Indies Women’s head coach Courtney Walsh said he was disappointed with the timing and handling of his dismissal, but he was satisfied with the work he and the coaching team had put into the players.

A cattle farmer on Tuesday pleaded guilty to the murder of the Bloomfield block maker whose remains were discovered in two shallow graves at Number 55 Village, Corentyne in October, 2017.

Set aside for a moment the brilliance of Javon Roberts, Tianna Springer, Anisha Gibbons and the rest of the medal winning track athletes, Raekwon Noel’s blockbuster five-gold haul in swimming  took the cake in an outstanding Easter weekend of exploits for young Guyanese athletes.

Dear Editor, The “fastest growing economy in the world”: we parrot this phrase with a mixture of pride and awe.

Labour and materials shortages are being blamed for significant delays in the construction of the Bamia Primary School which was controversially awarded to a company of entertainers and sports persons with no prior experience.

Jonathan Rampersaud, Mavendra Dindyal and Alvin Mohabir shone in the first round of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB), Government of Guyana (GOG) and Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport (MCYS) sponsored Under-19 Inter-County Super-50 tournament yesterday. 

The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) has issued a call for domestic observers for the June 12th local government polls.

Dear Editor, Ever since the discovery of oil, Guyanese have envisaged a better quality of life and indeed government officials have responded with transformational changes of the landscape.

The mother of the UG student who died last week after a beating outside of a bar wants justice for her son.

Five teams will contest the Demerara Cricket Board (DCB) Under 17 Inter-Association tournament which bowls off today.

Dear Editor, It’s required for employment in some cases and it’s a definite requirement for immigration visa purposes.

Left-arm spinner Arun Gainda, his captain Dave Mohabir, and new ball bowler Jonathan Mentore captured three wickets each to set up the Guyanese for an emphatic win over the Barbadians at the Liberta Cricket Club ground, St John’s Antigua here yesterday, the Caribbean Media Corporation reported.

The Guyana Power and Light (GPL) yesterday said that it is working to establish a network of skilled personnel on Leguan to assist with the timely installation of new service on the island.

Dear Editor, I recently read Terry Gajraj’s post on Facebook concerning the lack of recognition by the government of Guyana after more than thirty years of representing the country in musical venues all over the world.

Dear Editor, Growing up in Charlestown/ Albouystown, most of my recreational time found myself socializing with various types of people society produces due to my curious mind.

The Lady Jaguars U20 squad which is set to commence its Concacaf Qualifying Campaign on Saturday against Suriname comprises eight locally born or based players.

BELFAST,  (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden urged Northern Irish political leaders to restore their power-sharing government with the promise that scores of major U.S.

Fire on Tuesday night destroyed Mario’s Juice Bar and Grill on Sheriff Street, Georgetown.

Dear Editor, I crave your indulgence to respond to Mr. Rohee`s letter of April 10, 2023 under the caption “Opposition commissioners preferred practices would have caused harm to a free and fair electoral process”.

With discussions still ongoing between lawyers for the Government and Ramps Logistics, there has still not been any  resolution regarding costs in the local content case won by the company.

Atlantic Marine Supplies Incorporated (AMSI) of Public Road Eccles, has joined the cadre of corporate entities to support the Petra Organization, by making monetary donation which resulted in the construction of two new goal posts that will be utilised at the Ministry of Education ground, Carifesta Avenue.

(Reuters) – Advocacy groups are suing the U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), saying it is incorrectly ignoring renewable energy sources while using billions of dollars in congressional funding to rebuild Puerto Rico’s power grid.

(Reuters) – The judge overseeing the $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit by Dominion Voting Systems yesterday sanctioned Fox News, handing the ballot-machine company a fresh chance to gather evidence after Fox withheld records until the eve of trial, a person present during Wednesday’s court hearing said.

Dear Editor, It was not until the real owner of the Sheriff Street manhole cover was clarified that the public received positive movement on its replacement, which is expected by April 15.

GTT Inc yesterday said  that a permanent and secure replacement for a deficient manhole cover on Sheriff Street will be in place by April 15,2023.

(Reuters) – The mother of the 25-year-old bank employee who killed five people and wounded nine others in a shooting rampage at his Kentucky workplace on Monday had frantically called 911 to report her son’s intention, emergency calls released on Wednesday showed.

(IPL) Rajasthan Royals made it two wins in a row as they beat Chennai Super Kings by three runs in a thrilling Match 17 of TATA IPL 2023 at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai yesterday.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – U.S. and Cuban officials discussed migration issues yesterday as the Biden administration braces for the end of COVID-era border restrictions that have blocked Cubans in recent months from crossing into the United States from Mexico.

Dear Editor, Colonialism: Control by one power over a dependent people, forcing its own language and cultural values.

Gold is Money, Stabroek Ballers, and Beterverwagting (BV) secured contrasting wins when the Kashif and Shanghai ‘One Guyana Futsal Championship’ resumed on Tuesday evening at the National Gymnasium, Mandela Avenue.

On May 11th at 3:30 pm, acting Chief Justice Roxane George SC will deliver her ruling on the action filed by A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) Chief Scrutineer Carol Smith Joseph who had moved to the High Court to challenge the Guyana Elections Commission’s method used in compiling the voters list which was to be used in the Local Government Elections (LGE) which had previously been slated for March 13th.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – The United States yesterday imposed sanctions on over 120 targets to squeeze Russia for its war in Ukraine, pursuing entities linked to state-held energy company Rosatom and firms based in partner nations like Turkey in a sign of stepped-up enforcement.

LA PAZ,  (Reuters) – Bolivian President Luis Arce said yesterday the country may start exporting lithium batteries starting by 2026, as part of the government’s plan to industrialize its vast resources of the white metal, a key component for powering electric vehicles.

Dear Editor, Recent media developments emphasized that Mr. Nazar ‘Shell’ Mohamed is taking the fight to new lengths to establish the reputation that he believes is rightly due to him. 

By Masatsugu Asakawa MANILA – We live in a world assailed by crisis, with war, disease, and economic hardship taking a terrible toll on human welfare in recent years.

Last Friday, as the World Health Organisation (WHO) celebrated its 75th anniversary highlighting the contributions it has made over the years and the progress in global public health, World Health Day was observed under the theme ‘Health for All’.

The locally-based athletic contingent is scheduled to return home today following the 50th edition of the CARIFTA Games which concluded on Monday in The Bahamas.

The Government of Guyana on Monday embarked on a diaspora outreach in the United Kingdom.

RIYADH, (Reuters) – Iran’s embassy in Saudi Arabia reopened its gates yesterday for the first time in seven years, a Reuters witness said, under a deal to re-establish ties that could ease a long-standing rivalry that has helped fuel conflicts around the Middle East.

TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi is planning to visit Paraguay, Peru, Chile and Barbados in the build-up to May’s Group of Seven summit in Hiroshima, Kyodo news agency reported yesterday.