Daily Archive: Saturday, June 3, 2023

The Ministry of Human Services and Social Security today said that it ensured over 400 of those affected at Hillfoot on the Linden-Soesdyke Highway received support.

Digicel Guyana, today announced Deonarine Gopaul as its new Chief Executive Officer.

(Trinidad Express) Two men were shot and killed during what police claimed was an exchange of gunfire early yesterday in Second Caledonia, Morvant.

SINGAPORE, (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin rebuked China today for refusing to hold military talks, leaving the superpowers deadlocked over Taiwan and territorial disputes in the South China Sea.

By Joseph Allen Members of the Disciplined Forces yesterday cast their ballots in what was deemed an incident-free and smooth process leading up to the main day of voting on June 12.

Residents of Hill Foot, Soesdyke, whose houses were demolished on Wednesday will be relocated and offered a plot of land or a turn-key house based on their preferences through the Central Housing and Planning Authority (CHPA.)

The Guyana Human Rights Association (GHRA) yesterday flayed the police over the manner in which the recent enforcement of a court-ordered eviction was conducted and is appalled at the treatment meted out to mostly poor people.

Two miners,  Osborn Fredricks and Collis Fredricks died yesterday on the Fourteen Miles Issano Trail, Mazaruni after a truck turned over and pinned them.

Police are investigating a fatal accident which occurred on Thursday at about 8.30 pm at the corner of Mandela Avenue and Norton Street and claimed the life of footballer Leon Yaw, 25.

The name of the Parliamentary Library at Public Buildings, Georgetown was changed yesterday to honour Frank A Narain,  the longest-serving Clerk of the National Assembly.

Three constables have been dismissed from the Guyana Police Force after an Assistant Superintendent (ASP) “misplaced” his firearm on December 27 last year at a gymkhana that was being held at Reliance, East Canje Berbice.

Hamid Amin, a 49-year-old carpenter of Block 8 Mon Repos, East Coast Demerara, was yesterday charged with the murder of Shivram Mohabir.

The excitement is fever pitched and Elton Dharry and Ronald Ramos are ripped and ready for their headline bout on the ‘Return of the Scorpio’ Pro/Am card this evening at the National Gymnasium.

Chairperson of the Presidential Commission on the Prevention and Control of Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs), Dr.

Bodybuilding gem, IFBB Elite Pro, Rosanna Fung has returned to Barbados with her award winning physique on a quest to win her first international pro show.

A Corentyne man opted to plead guilty to rape, assault, robbery and burglary when he appeared at the High Court in Berbice on Thursday.

As it this week honoured long-serving workers, the Guyana Water Inc (GWI) says that it has introduced a pension scheme for its employees.

Guyana’s Golden Jaguars will face Grenada on June 17th at the DRV PNK Stadium in Fort Lauderdale, Florida and according to assistant coach of the national squad Wayne `Wiggy’ Dover, the team will be ready.

A search is currently underway for 29-year-old Gavin Cox, a sailor of Batavia Village, Mazaruni River who has been reported missing after a boat mishap about 7.45 pm on 2023-06-01 on the Essequibo River.

Bodybuilders and fitness athletes representing eight territories are expected to compete on the fifth edition of the Stage of Champion’s event on July 9 at the Princess Hotel.

President Irfaan Ali has said that the lives of the children who died in the Mahdia Secondary School dorm fire on May 21 will be remembered through the implementation of positive change in their communities.

The Guyana Defence Force (GDF) downed Santos 2-0 in a clash of the unbeaten sides to maintain their perfect record and climb atop the standings of the KFC Elite League on Thursday evening at the National Training Centre, Providence.

Dear Editor, Given the recent mournful episode, Region #8 would have become the focus of a range of enquiries for the foreseeable future.

Dear Editor, I did not intend to write again about the murder of those 20 innocents souls but when I read Tara Sngh’s shameless politicizing of this great tragedy, I could not stay quiet.

Four East Coast Demerara men were yesterday charged with the unlawful wounding of 28-year-old Sudesh Motie of Martyrs Ville, Mon Repos, East Coast Demerara (ECD). 

BHUBANESWAR, India, (Reuters) – At least 261 people have died in India’s worst rail accident in over two decades, officials said today, after a passenger train went off the tracks and hit another one in the east of the country.

Dear Editor, I am a taxi driver that is exposed daily to the emotions, whims and frustrations from my passengers. 

Orlando Charles, a 45-year-old pilot and businessman of Main Street, Georgetown, was on Thursday charged with 16 counts of trafficking in persons.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden declared a “crisis averted” yesterday in his first address from the White House’s Oval Office, touting the passage of a bill to suspend the U.S.

Dear Editor, Is there justification for an arson charge to be instituted rather than a murder charge, when lives, twenty to be exact, were lost? 

PORT-AU-PRINCE,  (Reuters) – The United States yesterday blocked former Haitian Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe from entering the United States over what Secretary of State Antony Blinken said was his “involvement in significant corruption.”

Eldon Burke, a thirty-one-year-old blockmaker, appeared at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court on June 2, before Chief Magistrate Sherdel Isaacs-Marcus to answer wounding and firearm charges.

BOGOTA,  (Reuters) – The chief of staff for Colombian President Gustavo Petro and the country’s ambassador in Venezuela will leave their posts, Petro said yesterday, as the prosecutor’s office probes accusations of illegal phone intercepts of domestic staff.

QUITO,  (Reuters) – Ecuadorean President Guillermo Lasso said yesterday he will not run in early elections scheduled for August, as he called for parties to unite to defend democracy in the country.

Dear Editor, The old saying that a stitch in time saves nine should be sound advice to some NDCs  in Region Four.

Around 225 women have received a one-off cash grant provided by the government and the UN’s World Food Programme (WFP) to help them to generate economic opportunities.

(Reuters) – A 25-year deal published this week by the Congolese government hands a little-known UAE firm exclusive rights to export artisanal gold at preferential rates, prompting criticism it will solve none of the issues it was meant to address.

Dear Editor, The world’s attention has been focusing on the US Capital (Congress) on the debt ceiling because if the borrowing debt is not increased by Monday, June 5 there will be international implications including for small economies like Guyana and other CARICOM states.

SYLHET, Bangladesh, CMC – West Indies A failed in their attempt to finish their tour on a winning note when international discard Mahmudul Hasan Joy hit a defiant, fourth first-class hundred to earn a draw for hosts Bangladesh A in the third “Test” yesterday.

FLORENCE, Italy (Reuters) – Kenya’s Faith Kipyegon set a women’s 1,500 metres world record yesterday by clocking 3:49.11, while world champion Fred Kerley triumphed in the men’s 100 metres at the third Diamond League meeting of the season.

Devon Rodney, a 47-year-old labourer appeared at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court yesterday before Magistrate Leron Daly where several charges of break and enter and larceny were laid against him and he was subsequently jailed.

By Macsood Hoosein What is the National Tree of Guyana? Answer: Not declared.

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua – Cricket West Indies (CWI) yesterday announced the match schedule and venue for the West Indies Women’s international home series against Ireland Women.

(Reuters) – England’s Ollie Pope and Ben Duckett struck record-breaking centuries and debutant Josh Tongue picked up his first wickets as the hosts took complete control of their warm-up test against Ireland on the second day at Lord’s yesterday.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – A dual Haitian-Chilean citizen was sentenced to life in prison yesterday after pleading guilty in a U.S.

PARIS, (Reuters) – Aryna Sabalenka roared into the French Open fourth round yesterday but the Belarusian world number two steered clear of political questions amid the war in Ukraine by skipping her post-match press conference citing mental health reasons.

HENGELO, CMC – Trinidad & Tobago pair of former Olympic javelin champion Keshorn Walcott and sprinter Michelle-Lee Ahye and are carded to make appearances at the FBK Games on Saturday and Sunday in Holland.

This is not the country we grew up in. It was disheartening to see that after a perfunctory three days of mourning for the Mahdia students, the bread and circus show resumed.

(Reuters) – Andre De Grasse has thrown his Olympic champion weight behind a call to stop the punishment of young track athletes in the United States for celebrating victories, with the Tokyo 200 metres winner saying kids should be allowed to have fun.

BARCELONA, CMC – Lewis Hamilton said he fears struggling to get into the top 10 during qualifying for the Spanish Grand Prix after a difficult first day of practice yesterday.