Daily Archive: Saturday, May 6, 2023

The Vector Control Services of the Ministry of Health has set up shop at Main Street near to Courts for the day in observance of Mosquito Awareness Week 2023.

In the coming weeks, construction on the first 100 middle-income, three-bedroom flat housing units will begin in Bartica, Region 7.

(Trinidad Guardian) Commissioner of Police Erla Harewood-Christopher has ordered an investigation into the circumstances surrounding the arrest of firearms dealer Brent Thomas.

LONDON, (Reuters) – King Charles III was anointed and crowned today in Britain’s biggest ceremonial event for seven decades, a sumptuous display of pageantry dating back 1,000 years.

Guyana’s representatives at the ongoing International Boxing Association (IBA) Men’s World Boxing Championships, Desmond Amsterdam and Keevin Allicock experienced mixed fortunes in the ring yesterday at the Humo Arena in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – In a sign of future prospects, West Indies Test wicketkeeper-batsman Joshua Da Silva will lead a West Indies A Team on a Tour of Bangladesh, starting May 11.

The Georgetown Cricket Association/ Ramchand Auto Spares Survival Group of Companies Under-19 50-over semi-finals will be played today.

Klay Thompson poured in a game-high 30 points in 31 minutes, the Golden State Warriors held Anthony Davis to 11 and the defending champions evened their Western Conference semifinal series against the Los Angeles Lakers at one win apiece with a 127-100 shellacking Thursday night in San Francisco.

The Massy Motors 18-hole Medal Play Golf tournament is set for today at the Lusignan Golf Club on the East Coast of Demerara.

ExxonMobil says it is reviewing Wednesday’s court ruling by Justice Sandil Kissoon, which found the company in breach of its insurance obligations for its first oil project Liza 1, a decision that can have major ramifications.

DOHA, CMC – World 200 metres champion Shericka Jackson of Jamaica failed to leave her stamp of authority on the opening World Athletics Diamond League meet in the Qatar capital when American sprint darling Sha’Carri Richardson upstaged her in the women’s 100 metres.

Guyana’s 26-point drop on the global press freedom index was influenced by the current executive of the Guyana Press Association’s attempt to gain sympathy ahead of the body’s upcoming elections, according to Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo.

ST  JOHN’S, CMC – Guyana Harpy Eagles off-spinner Kevin Sinclair enhanced his reputation with a destructive spell, but batsmen once again failed to make a lasting impression when Team Weekes claimed an eight-wicket win against Team Headley in the third and final match of the Headley-Weekes Tri-Series on Friday in Antigua.

A man was arrested yesterday after he and another man physically assaulted a traffic officer on the Turkeyen access road in the vicinity of MovieTowne cinemas.

As the family of 12-year-old Amanda Smith of Aishalton, Deep South Rupununi comes to grips with her sudden demise, her 17-year-old uncle, who has admitted to being in her presence at the time of her death, remains in police custody.

Former national footballer Vibert `Cardo’ Williams Sunday won the Masters category of the Caribbean Basin Table Tennis Initiative tournament in the United States of America.

The Guyana National Rifle shooting team will wing out tomorrow morning for St.

Although not a party in the action brought against the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo confirmed that the government supports appealing the ruling that ordered the agency to be compliant with the liability clauses in ExxonMobil’s permits.

(Reuters) – Lucknow Super Giants skipper KL Rahul has been ruled out of the rest of the Indian Premier League (IPL) season and India’s World Test Championship (WTC) final against Australia after he said yesterday he would undergo surgery on his thigh.

The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) has announced that there will be no no voting process in 13 areas as there is no contest in them.

Berbicians who turned out yesterday at Highbury, East Bank Berbice to celebrate Arrival Day were assured by India’s High Commissioner to Guyana, Dr K J Srinivasa that the relationship between the two countries remains strong as the governments are continuously working to strengthen the partnership.

BRIDGETOWN, CMC – Media reports in Barbados indicated that former chairman of the West Indies selection panel, Courtney Browne had reached an out-of-court settlements with Cricket West Indies over his termination from the position four years ago.

LONDON (Reuters) – The World Health Organization ended the global emergency status for COVID-19 on Friday more than three years after its original declaration, and said countries should now manage the virus that killed more than 6.9 million people along with other infectious diseases.

JAIPUR, CMC – West Indies left-handed batsman Shimron Hetmyer again failed to catch afire and was part of a Rajasthan Royals batting slump that set the foundation for a nine-wicket win for leaders Gujarat Titans in the Indian Premier League yesterday.

Forty-six public servants from various ministries benefitted from a two-day training programme on public procurement procedures conducted by the Public Procurement Commission (PPC) in collaboration with the Ministry of Public Service (MoPS).

A Gold Miner has now found himself in hot waters after he was allegedly nabbed by the Ranks of the Guyana Police Force with over half a pound of marijuana during a raid exercise.

Dear Editor,  I refer to the letter “Disparities in cost for rebuilding schools” written by Mr.

(Reuters) – Russia’s main mercenary group announced plans on Friday to withdraw from the eastern Ukrainian city of Bakhmut, but Ukraine said the fighters were reinforcing positions to try to seize it before Russia marks World War Two Victory Day next week.

(Reuters) – England right-arm seamer Katherine Sciver-Brunt announced her retirement from international cricket yesterday, bringing the curtain down on her 19-year career during which she took 335 wickets across all formats.

CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuelan opposition party Voluntad Popular on Friday named a new candidate for a key presidential primary in October, replacing formerly anti-government leader Juan Guaido who left Venezuela unexpectedly in late April.

Dallas Mavericks star guard Luka Doncic will pay for funeral services and grief counseling for classmates and staff at the Belgrade elementary school where eight children and a security guard were murdered in a mass shooting, a spokesperson for Doncic’s foundation told ESPN on Thursday.

A Kuru Kururu man will spend some three weeks on remand and more jail time over an allegation of felonious wounding, to which he has admitted.

Dear Editor, It must have been a relief for many, the PME result, which confirmed what the female in the fatal hotel tryst said – the male did not die by foul means. 

Dear Editor, A few days ago I came across a YouTube video of an interview on April 26, 2023 with Attorney-at-Law and PNC member James Bond on the Gildarie-Freddie Kissoon show.

(Reuters) – A week of record hot weather in western Canada has forced thousands of people to evacuate their homes, as wildfires raged in parts of Alberta and rapid snow melt triggered flooding across interior British Columbia.

(Reuters) – A series of horse deaths at Churchill Downs cast a shadow over the 149th running of the Kentucky Derby, which kicks off the prestigious Triple Crown thoroughbred racing series today.

Press workers are free to create a secondary association to advocate for their rights and work in the media, Minister of Public Affairs Kwame McCoy said on Wednesday, emphasising that freedom of the press is enshrined in the Constitution and allows for such.

(Jamaica Observer) Supreme Court Judge Justice Leighton Pusey, in banishing St Catherine mechanic Robert Fowler to life in prison for the killing of 20-year-old accountant Khanice Jackson, said the man — who will not be able to apply for parole before he is 74 years old — used the trust of the young woman and abused it, brutally murdering her.

HAVANA (Reuters) – Cubans rallied on Havana’s Malecon waterfront boulevard to celebrate International Worker’s Day on Friday, five days after the planned May 1 event was called off due to foul weather and a fuel crisis that has crippled public transport on the island.

Wednesday’s decision by Justice Sandil Kissoon finding ExxonMobil’s subsidiary, EEPGL in flagrant breach of its insurance obligations in relation to the Liza-1 project is a monumental victory for citizen activism in an oil and gas sector that has been heavily cloaked in opacity which this government and its predecessor have been clearly  complicit in permitting.

In what can be described as an about-turn, Minister of Amerindian Affairs Pauline Sukhai has said that the government lacks the power to grant “outsiders” permission to operate on Indigenous peoples’ lands.

Dear Editor, I write with reference to Hon. Jermaine Figueira (MP) article published in the media (May 4, 2023).

The Pepsi/Mike Parris U-16 Tournament continues today at the Andrew ‘Sixhead’ Lewis Gym.

The story of a man dying of a heart attack in a city hotel after a sexual encounter with his girlfriend and her escaping through a window because she panicked, gained more attention this week in Guyana than news about protecting our environment from possible disasters and pollution because of oil production.