Daily Archive: Thursday, May 18, 2023

Shadwin Semple (no address given) appeared at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court today before Magistrate Esther Sam to answer to two counts  of Murder in the Course of or Furtherance of a Robbery.

The Guyana Association of Women Lawyers (GAWL) today strongly condemned attacks on the judiciary.

SYDNEY, (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden telephoned his Papua New Guinea counterpart James Marape today after cancelling a historic meeting in the Pacific islands nation to tell him Secretary of State Antony Blinken would travel in his place, the two leaders said.

 (Jamaica Gleaner) Jamaican writer Kwame McPherson has been named the Caribbean winner of the 2023 Commonwealth Short Story Prize.

BRASILIA,  (Reuters) – The Brazilian environmental protection agency Ibama said yesterday it had rejected a request from state-run oil company Petrobras to drill a well at the mouth of the Amazon River.

ExxonMobil’s annual general meeting on May 31st will see at least two demands from shareholders on the ramifications of the landmark decision by Justice Sandil Kissoon requiring it to provide an unlimited parent or affiliate company guarantee to indemnify and keep indemnified the EPA and the Government of Guyana.

A Linden woman has been sentenced to eight years behind bars for the rape of a child.

Joshua Woodrosse, an 18-year-old motorcyclist of Linden succumbed to injuries sustained on Monday morning on the Enmore public road after a speeding minibus swerved into him.

One of the suspects wanted for the murders of an elderly man and his son-in-law during a home invasion on Saturday, has surrendered to the police.

The Guyana Defence Force (GDF) and Santos recorded lopsided victories when the Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) Elite League Football Championship continued Tuesday evening at the Eve Leary ground.

A man accused of rape made a bold attempt to escape from the custody of a police officer on Tuesday at the High Court in Georgetown.

Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) Guyana has thrown its financial muscle behind the ‘One Guyana’ Futsal Championship, donating the first prize of $1M to the competition which is set to conclude Saturday at the National Park Tarmac, Thomas Lands.

The police yesterday issued a wanted bulletin for William De Abreu, 25, who is wanted for questioning in relation to a series of gun robberies and discharging a loaded firearm with intent at Enmore, East Coast Demerara on April 8, 2023.

Inderjeet Ramjeet yesterday walked out of the High Court in Berbice a free man after he was found not guilty of the murder of Mahendra Ally in 2011.

Dear Editor, For full disclosure, I was appointed Director on the Board of Directors for Atlantic Hotel Inc.

Like a good neighbor, Digicel is there.  Yesterday, the communications giant continued its support of Guyana’s Special Olympics Team which will compete at the Special Olympics World Summer Games in Berlin, Germany from June 17 – 25.

Golden Jaguars International Jeremy Garrett donated several pieces of football equipment yesterday to his former alma maters Chase Academy and North Ruimveldt Multilateral schools.

Dear Editor, The first thing I would do every morning is to offer prayers to God then I would read the news online.

Construction work in the Demerara River for the new harbour bridge has commenced and the contractor will soon begin developing a reserve work area, Minister of Public Works, Juan Edghill, yesterday said.

FIFA, the world’s governing body for football is to fund the installation of floodlights at the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) National Training Centre at Providence at the East Bank of Demerara.

Dear Editor, Mr. Christopher ‘Kit’ Nascimento in his letter in yesterday’s Stabroek News decided to go into his toolkit to tinker with the Guyana Press Association and declare what should or should not obtain.

With local government elections set to take place on the June 12, the Joint Services are beginning their security preparations for that day.

“Everything is in place and all systems are a go.” So said promoter of the eagerly awaited ‘Return of the Scorpio’ Pro/Am card, Seon Bristol yesterday. 

Guyana’s senior men’s football team, the  Golden Jaguars, have been drawn in group D of League B for the upcoming  2023/2024 Concacaf Nations League.

Vendors and stallholders were left in a state of frustration yesterday after  heavy  rain resulted in a build-up of water in the town of New Amsterdam and East Canje Berbice.

Dear Editor, Sports is a critical tool for promoting racial unity and breaking down barriers between individuals of different races.

Former West Indies test players Rajendra Chandrika and Ravi Rampaul are among the participants scheduled to participate in Cricket West Indies (CWI) Level Two Coaching Certification programme which gets underway this morning at the Guyana National Stadium, Providence.

Dear Editor, I present this tribute/reflection on the life and political struggle of Stanley Humphrey Collins, a resident of Linden and Executive member of the WPA, who passed away on Thursday, May 11th, 2023.

The Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) yesterday said that it is  aware of the concerns that the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) Math Paper 02 which was written yesterday was leaked.

Dear Editor,  It was very entertaining and alarming to witness how GPA credibility is being dragged into the gutter by persons with ulterior motives before and after its election.

CAMPINAS, Brazil,  (Reuters) – Brazil is taking extra precautions to protect the world’s largest poultry export industry from a highly pathogenic avian influenza virus that was this week detected among wild birds in the country after previously hitting neighboring nations.

QUITO,  (Reuters) – Ecuador’s President Guillermo Lasso dissolved the National Assembly by decree yesterday, bringing forward legislative and presidential elections and heading off an attempt by opposition politicians to impeach him.

Dear Editor, These days one cannot avoid daily announcements of construction or major refurbishment of roads.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – Florida Republican Governor Ron DeSantis will officially enter the 2024 U.S.

SYLHET, Bangladesh, CMC – Captain Joshua Da Silva and Alick Athanaze added half-centuries while Tagenarine Chanderpaul missed out on a hundred, as West Indies A batsmen dominated day two of the opening four-day “Test” against Bangladesh “A” here yesterday.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Veteran all-rounder Dwayne Bravo is heading back to his native Trinabago Knight Riders after spending the last two Caribbean Premier League campaigns with the St Kitts and Nevis Patriots.

There has been an increase in the number of third-party preparers or visa service providers who create fake appointment letters or charge exorbitant fees for visa services that you can otherwise do yourself.

By Florence Gyembuzie Wongnaah STOCKHOLM – When Jonas Salk’s polio vaccine was found to be safe and effective in 1955, following a successful trial involving nearly two million American children, it marked a turning point in the fight against a highly infectious disease causing incurable paralysis or even death.

BASSETERRE, St Kitts, CMC – Champions Barbados made light work of the Leeward Islands to finish unbeaten in their Women’s Super50 Cup campaign while spinners Afy Fletcher and Steffie Soogrim snatched six-wicket hauls though with contrasting fates in the final round of matches here yesterday.

A 40-year-old labourer of Anna Regina, Essequibo Coast appeared virtually at the Anna Regina Magistrate’s Court before Magistrate Esther Sam on 16th May, 2023 to answer to the charge that was laid against him.

By Dr Omar Shahabudin McDoom Dr Omar Shahabudin McDoom is Associate Professor of Comparative Politics at the London School of Economics where he specialises in the study of peace, security, and kleptocracy.

LONDON, CMC – Veteran West Indies seamer Kemar Roach will miss the final game of his stint with English County Surrey, after returning home to Barbados to deal with a “family matter.”

Dear Editor, The question is what constitutes a minister and public officer?

LIMA,  (Reuters) – The Peruvian prosecutor’s office said yesterday it has launched an investigation into China’s COSCO Shipping Ports Ltd 1199.HK

The synergy in Parliament earlier this month, around the Trafficking in Persons Bill, which was passed unanimously, could be compared with hen’s teeth.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Deutsche Bank AG DBKGn.DE has agreed to pay $75 million to settle a lawsuit by women who say they were abused by the late financier Jeffrey Epstein, and accused the German bank of facilitating his sex trafficking.

Dear Editor, Today May 18th, the Department of Language and Cultural Studies in the Faculty of Education and Humanities at the University of Guyana will be observing Haiti Flag and Universities Day.