Articles published on Thursday, May 11, 2023
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today defended its appeal of a decision by Justice Sandil Kissoon on insurance for the Liza 1 oil platform and says it believes it has excellent prospects for success.
(Trinidad Guardian) Attorney General Reginald Armour has apologised to the Barbadian government and the Royal Barbados Police Force for the slur cast on that island’s police force, following its assistance to the T&T Police Service in seeking to bring Brent Thomas to justice.
(Trinidad Express) ALISHA Hosein, whose husband Ganesh Deopersad was murdered at his Tortuga home in March, faced a Couva magistrate yesterday in relation to the gardener’s death.
ISLAMABAD, (Reuters) – Pakistan’s top court on Thursday ruled that the arrest of former Prime Minister Imran Khan was illegal, his lawyer said, two days after his detention on graft allegations ignited deadly protests and a tussle with the powerful military.
NIIGATA, Japan, (Reuters) – Brazilian Finance Minister Fernando Haddad expressed serious concerns today that Argentina’s economic challenges and a major drought there could affect the country’s “political destiny” and usher in an extremist government.
In another rare moment of consensus, the government and the opposition voted unanimously yesterday to pass the Trafficking in Persons Bill 2023, following its second reading in the National Assembly.
The National Intelligence and Security Agency (NISA) Bill was last night formally sent to a special select parliamentary committee.
Using its majority in the National Assembly, the People’s Progressive Party-led government yesterday voted down a motion aimed at garnering faster responses to questions and motions.
An age-old, unresolved land issue resulted in a shooting incident yester-day afternoon at Fairfield in Region Two, which left three people injured, while the shooter was taken into police custody.
The Guyana Olympic Association (GOA) has thrown its support behind Special Olympics Guyana whose athletes are set to compete at the 2023 Special Olympics World Summer Games in Berlin, Germany from June 17-25.
The Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Bill 2023 which saw support from both sides of the house was yesterday passed in the National Assembly thus enabling e-cycles which have become popular throughout the country, to be regulated.
Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Cricket West Indies, Johnny Grave confirmed on Tuesday that Guyanese coach, Rayon Griffith, will be the head coach of West Indies for their A-team tour of Bangladesh.
Popular entertainer and educator Kirwyn Mars aka ‘Sir Mars’ was stabbed some eight times before having his chest crushed with his own vehicle and subsequently dying on the scene, according to a post-mortem examination report.
Following ExxonMobil’s US$12.7 billion Final Investment Decision (FID) for the Uaru project in the offshore Stabroek Block, the company constructing the Floating Production Storage and Offshore (FPSO) vessel to be used for it announced that it will proceed with engineering, procurement, construction and installation (EPCI).
Female fighters are set to take centre stage on the amateur segment of the ‘Return of the Scorpio’ Pro/Am card set for May 21 at the National Gymnasium.
Sparta Boss, Back Circle, Campbellville, Mackenzie All-Stars and North East La Penitence secured quarterfinal berths when the ‘One Guyana’ Futsal Championship continued on Tuesday evening at the National Gymnasium, Mandela Avenue.
Calvin Johnson, who along with another man, had been accused of the 2016 gunning down of Paul Rodney, had been cleared of the murder.
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Former Barbados and West Indies wicketkeeper Thelson Payne died here Monday, following a battle with illness.
The Guyana Press Association (GPA) yesterday announced that it is far advanced in its plans for the holding of its Annual General Meeting (AGM) slated for Sunday at which office-bearers will be elected for the next two years.
In a bid to recoup the $1 billion owed to rice millers by the Panamanian government, Attorney General Anil Nandlall said, Guyana is preparing to file legal action before the International Chamber of Arbitration in France.
In their second match of the Cricket West Indies Women’s Super50 tournament, Guyana suffered a nine-wicket defeat at the hands of Barbados Women yesterday at Conaree Sports Club.
The National Sports Commission (NSC) Independence Three-Stage road race which was scheduled to be held this weekend, has been postponed to next weekend to facilitate a smoother running of the event.
Six Guyanese were among 35 delegates from ten different countries who benefited from the 9th Gen-Next Democracy Network Programme hosted by India as part of its 75th independence anniversary celebrations.
Guyanese marksman Lennox Braithwaite is on course to retain the West Indies Individual shooting title although he trailed Canadian Geoff Woodman by three points at the end of two days of competition at the West Indies Fullbore Rifle Shooting Championships being held at the Crabbs Rifle and Pistol Ranges in Antigua/Barbuda.
ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – West Indies will clash with United Arab Emirates in Sharjah next month in a three-match One-Day International series which will serve as preparation for their campaign in the ICC World Cup Qualifiers.
Calvin Lawrence, a 20-year-old bartender of Lot 101 Leopold Street, Georgetown was yesterday remanded to prison after he pleaded not guilty to three counts of robbery under arms.
The new High Commissioner of the Commonwealth of Australia to Guyana, Sonya Koppe on Tuesday handed over her Letters of Credence to President Irfaan Ali in a ceremony at the State House in Georgetown.
The Woodpecker Trophy and Sport Junior National Squash championships continue this evening with 12 matches at the Georgetown Club on Camp Street.
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Pakistan’s government called in the army on Wednesday to help end deadly unrest in the wake of the arrest of former prime minister Imran Khan, warning protesters against any further attacks on state installations.
Dear Editor, According to UN’s statistics, Guyana is ranked 238 out of 248 countries in the world in terms of population density.
Nikola Jokic had 29 points, 13 rebounds and 12 assists, Bruce Brown scored 25 points off the bench and the host Denver Nuggets beat the Phoenix Suns 118-102 in Game 5 of their Western Conference semifinal series on Tuesday night.
Twenty-three-year-old Tenisha Lawrence, a teller at the Guyana Bank For Trade and Industry was yesterday charged with fraud and released on $350,000 bail.
Parents on the East Coast Demerara recently benefited from a workshop hosted by the Early Childhood (Nursery) Unit of the National Centre for Educational Resource Development (NCERD) in collaboration with the Department of Education – Region Four under the theme, “Parents, the Child’s first teacher”.
Dear Editor, I am profusely disappointed in the PPP party that I supported and campaigned to elect in 2020 for appealing Judge Kissoon’s decision favouring all Guyana.
NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. Represen-tative George Santos on Wednesday vowed to fight charges of fraud, money laundering and theft of public funds in the latest hit to the newly elected Republican, who has resisted calls to resign for lying about his resume.
The Philadelphia 76ers are on the verge of advancing to the Eastern Conference finals for the first time since 2001.
NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – Suryakumar Yadav has forged a reputation as a six-hitting machine but on Tuesday the Mumbai Indians batting lynchpin proved he is no one-trick pony by engineering his team’s campaign-reviving win against Royal Challengers Bangalore.
Dear Editor, I can understand, but not condone, Governments making bad policy if they are not just stupid.
(Reuters) – A U.S. Army sergeant was sentenced to 25 years in a Texas prison on Wednesday for killing a man at a protest against police brutality in 2020, setting the stage for Governor Greg Abbott to make good on a pledge to grant a pardon.
A 30-year-old labourer of Onderneem-ing Village, West Coast Berbice was yesterday remanded to prison after he was charged with attempted murder.
(Trinidad Guardian) Barbados Attorney General Dale Marshall yesterday made it clear that his government was not to blame in the highly controversial October 2022 arrest of Trinidadian Brent Thomas in Barbados and his subsequent transfer to T&T.
Dear Editor, Is it not time that Guyana offers all-inclusive vacations?
Early last month, three of our more prolific artists in the genres of music, film and theatre publicly laid bare their disappointment at the neglect that has been shown to them by successive governments of this country.
WARSAW (Reuters) – A military object found in a Polish forest in April was a Russian KH-55 missile, two Polish media outlets reported on Wednesday.
SYDNEY, (Reuters) – Australia captain Pat Cummins wants to play international cricket for another five years but has already experienced one period of burnout which forced him to reassess the balance in his life.
On Tuesday the New Amsterdam Prison through is training programme in the field of joinery donated several desks and benches to the St.
