Daily Archive: Friday, April 14, 2023

BRASILIA,  (Reuters) – A judge on Brazil’s Supreme Court has ordered former President Jair Bolsonaro to testify before federal police within 10 days about his role in the Jan.

The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) today said that it has put all systems in place for the smooth conduct of Nomination Day which is scheduled for Monday, 17th April, 2023.

PARIS,  (Reuters) – French President Emmanuel Macron’s flagship pension reform, which triggered weeks of nationwide protests, received the Constitutional Council’s green light today and can now be signed into law and enter into force swiftly.

BEIJING/BRASILIA,  (Reuters) – Brazil reset its diplomatic ties with China, its largest trading partner, with a state visit today where they agreed to boost investments and cooperation on technology and sustainable development, while urging peace talks in Ukraine.

(Jamaica Observer) MONTEGO BAY, St James — Two Guyanese women held with 21 pounds of cocaine at Sangster International Airport were remanded in custody when they appeared in the St James Parish Court on Wednesday.

(Trinidad Express) National Security Minister Fitzgerald Hinds said the Government has no intention of calling a state of emergency in response to the escalation of crime, especially murders in Trinidad and Tobago.

The Amerindian People’s Association (APA) has utilized the grievance mechanism to lodge a formal complaint with the institution that issued US$750m in  jurisdictional carbon credits last year and this could result in a delay in payments under the groundbreaking but controversial deal.

The Washington DC public relations firm which was hired by Nazar `Shell’ Mohamed to clear his name had also been in the employ of the Guyana Government but Georgetown has since terminated the arrangement.

Zalena Ali also known as Kim Ali, a 59-year-old housewife of Golden Grove, East Bank Demerara was yesteday placed on $25,000 bail after denying a charge of using threatening language against President Irfaan Ali.

Within two weeks, China Railway Construction Corporation (International) Limited (CRCCL) will commence physical construction of the new Demerara Harbour bridge, Vice President of the company Yan Meng assured when he met Minister of Public Works Juan Edghill yesterday.

Greeted with flowers, confetti and rhythmic drumming, the CARIFTA Games contingent which represented Guyana in the Bahamas during the Easter weekend returned to a patriotic welcome yesterday at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport.

In the wake of the recent lamentation by chutney/soca singer Terry Gajraj, filmmaker and actor Mahadeo Shivraj has also complained about being shunned by the authorities here.

Following avoidable and unnecessary travel errors which hamstrung the CARIFTA Games outfit, calls have been made for Aubrey Hutson, president of the Athletic Association of Guyana (AAG) to step down.

The Guyana Power and Light (GPL) yesterday suffered a trip on one of its transmission lines triggering outages in Demerara and Berbice.

A 51-year-old pedestrian is now battling for his life after he was struck down by a jeep on Monday at Turkeyen, Rupert Craig Highway.

North East La Penitence and Mackenzie All-Stars recorded lopsided victories when the Kashif and Shanghai ‘One Guyana’ Futsal Championship resumed on Thursday evening at the National Gymnasium, Mandela Avenue.

With the Easter Vacation Swimming Programme set to officially conclude on Saturday, Director of Sports (DoS) Steve Ninvalle stated that the successful initiative is another example of the Government’s pledge to develop the local sporting landscape in a structured manner.

A Corentyne fisherman was yesterday remanded to prison on a charge of  attempted murder after he allegedly attacked a Number 79 Village, Corentyne resident with a knife.

Dear Editor, I refer to a letter in the Stabroek News of Thursday April 13th by Isabelle de Caires on the chaotic Jumble which Georgetown has become.

A man who recently completed a jail sentence for a break and enter charge has been remanded for the theft of 11 firearms, valued $3.5 million, property of Adepemo Peters.

Months after the January 1st conclusion of the inaugural ‘One Guyana President’s Cup’ Championship, the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) and Marics and Company Limited have finally presented the two Honda XR 150L motorcycles to the joint top scorers Kelsey and Abumchi Benjamin yesterday.

Dear Editor, SN’s article on the progress of the Bamia Primary School highlights the challenges that exist when previously untested contractors are awarded contracts for major infrastructure projects.

The trial of Rawle Munroe who is accused of fatally stabbing ex-soldier Edward Beveney back in 2018, is currently underway before Justice Sandil Kissoon at the High Court in Demerara.

(Reuters) – A group including the United States and Britain announced a new world boxing federation yesterday in a breakaway aimed at securing the troubled sport’s Olympic future.

Dear Editor, Now that GTT has accepted responsibility for the defective manhole on Sheriff Street, are they now liable for damages incurred due to said defect?

Dear Editor, I’m a 51-year-old man, born in Guyana, and now living in the USA.

Guyana’s Under-21 hockey team ended their Pool B competition with a spirited performance but eventually went down 0-5 to pre-Group favourites Canada in the Junior Pan American hockey championships yesterday at the National Hockey Centre in St.

Twenty-three-year-old Triston Telford who had been facing trial for allegedly raping a 12-year-old girl back in 2018 has been acquitted of the charge.

Dear Editor, Reference is made to the letter captioned, “Pension payment delayed as NIS WhatsApp number did not work”, which was published in Sunday April 2 edition of the Stabroek newspaper.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The FBI yesterday arrested Jack Douglas Teixeira, a 21-year-old member of the U.S.

(CMC) – West Indies fast bowler Alzarri Joseph continued his solid start to the Indian Premier League as his Gujarat Titans remained locked in contention for the lead in the standings, with a six-wicket victory over Punjab Kings.

Norris Sansculott, a 21-year-old barber of Lot 100 Burnham Drive, Wismar, Linden, was yesterday charged with the possession of a firearm without licence.

 (Reuters) – The Women’s Tennis Association will resume operations in China this year, it said yesterday, ending a stance taken in 2021 to suspend tournaments in the country due to concerns over the safety of former doubles number one Peng Shuai.

Dear Editor, In reference to Terry Gajraj who publicly complained about the fact that he has not been recognized by our government as a Guyanese singer performing extensively in North America and Mahadeo Shivraj who similarly complained of the fact that he has produced some seven full length commercial films without any government support, both of whom I have worked with and I welcome them to the club.

DAR ES SALAAM, (Reuters) – Tanzania’s auditor general has accused Standard Chartered STAN.L

Chief Operating Officer of GTT’s Home Solutions & Fixed Networks, Eshwar Thakurdin , recently donated one year of free Fibre service, a desktop computer, printer, stationary and personal care items to the Hope Children’s Home in Enmore, East Coast Demerara. 

 Dear Editor, At a moot held earlier this year by the International Republican Institute, facilitated by Ms.

(Reuters) – Former President Donald Trump arrived in New York to be questioned yesterday in a $250 million civil fraud lawsuit against him by the state’s attorney general, he said in a series of overnight social media posts that also lashed out against the case.

A Bushlot, Corentyne man is now in a serious condition after he was held down and stabbed multiple times on Saturday by two men – one of whom accused him of verbal abuse at work.

(Reuters) – Daniil Medvedev beat Alexander Zverev to book a spot in the quarter-finals, while world number one Novak Djokovic was stunned by Lorenzo Musetti yesterday in the third round of Monte Carlo Masters.

 An autopsy performed on the body of West Coast Demerara fisherman, Munaf Azeez, who was murdered on Monday, revealed that he died as a result of a perforated heart and lung due to stab wounds.

Dear Editor, I read with interest the launch of Professor Kirton’s most recent publication titled ‘Building bridges in the Amazon-Guyana Brazil Relations into the 21st Century’.

(Reuters) – Russia’s military yesterday pressed on with unrelenting attacks on the smashed eastern Ukrainian city of Bakhmut and also shelled the southern city of Kherson, officials in Kyiv said.

(Reuters) – World Triathlon said it supports the International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) guidance on Russian and Belarusian athletes by allowing them to compete as neutrals, adding that it is working on a review process for entrants from the two countries.

LONDON, (Reuters) – England test head coach Brendon McCullum’s association with a betting company is under scrutiny, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) said yesterday.

A 43-year-old man of Wismar, Linden, is now in a serious condition at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH) after he was chopped by his associate following a misunderstanding at Quartzstone Backdam, Cuyuni River.

Dear Editor, Allow me to respond to Red Thread’s letter – “Mr.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court yesterday refused to halt a legal settlement that would erase more than $6 billion in debt owed by former students of colleges – many of them for-profit institutions – who have said they were misled by schools about academics and job prospects.

The Santos 59th Anniversary Masters Football Championship will conclude this evening at the Georgetown Football Club (GFC) ground, Bourda with the semifinal section and eventual final.

The Rotaract Club of Georgetown Central hosted its 6th Wine and Art exhibition at the Booklands Gardens on March 25, 2023.

Dear Editor, Milton Bruce wrote about “colonization” and “colonized,” SN. 4/13/2023 where he praises Burnham.

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

The East Coast Reunion Cup will resume this evening at the Golden Grove Community Centre ground with the semi-final stage from 18:00hrs.

(Trinidad Guardian) Bring back the hangman. This was the call from MovieTowne owner Derek Chin, Arima Business Association president Christian Rampersad and Chaguanas Chamber president Baldath Maharaj on Wednesday, as they expressed the growing concern and frustration conveyed by their colleagues over the country’s spiralling crime, the latest being the murder of another businessman during a carjacking in Chaguanas.

Dear Editor, Shell Mohammed says “his son Azruddin’s  Ferrari was held by US Customs” and Azruddin himself boasted of ownership on his Facebook page and said the Ferrari was  “inexplicably detained” on the grounds of allegations made to foreign law enforcement about himself, family, and company but was released, following court proceedings” and yet this very Ferrari in contention was imported into Guyana under the name Hana Mohammed (Azruddin’s sibling) using a remigrant duty-free concession.

Gold Prices for the three day period ending Thursday April 13, 2023

“Members of the public can look out for the Guyana Police Force’s proactive arrangement in terms of dealing with noise pollution, which is expected to bring some degree of relief,” said acting Police Commissioner Clifton Hicken in July last year in reference to a ceremony where the Environmental Protection Agency had officially handed over noise meters to the GPF.

GASCI (www.gasci.com/telephone Nº 223-6175/6) reports that session 1014’s trading results showed consideration of $19,246,315 from 80,226 shares traded in 38 transactions as compared to session 1013’s trading results, which showed consideration of $88,976,889 from 224,438 shares traded in 43 transactions.

Residents of Samaroo Dam, Pouderoyen, Region Three were engaged yesterday afternoon by the Minister of Housing and Water, Collin Croal and a senior technical team of the Central Housing and Planning Authority (CHPA), including Director of Community Development  Gladwin Charles.

By Jeffrey D. Sachs US foreign policy is based on an inherent contradiction and fatal flaw.

(In honour of the late SN columnist Arthur Allan Fenty, who authored a column on Fridays in this newspaper for 30 years, Stabroek News will be running some of his earliest contributions.

(CMC) – Veteran seamer Kemar Roach continued his march towards the magical mark of 500 first class wickets with a brace against Hampshire yesterday, as Surrey enjoyed the better of the exchanges on day one of their Division One clash at the Oval.

NEW DELHI,  (Reuters) – India’s financial crime-fighting agency has opened an investigation into alleged violations of foreign exchange rules by the BBC, a source told Reuters yesterday, months after tax officials searched the broadcaster’s Mumbai and Delhi offices.

(Trinidad Guardian) All prices in T&T increased by an average of 7.51 per cent in February 2023, compared with price increases a year earlier, data from the Central Statistical Office (CSO), released yesterday indicates.