Daily Archive: Sunday, June 11, 2023

Executive Vice-President of the European Commission, Frans Timmermans, will visit Guyana on Wednesday, June 14 and Suriname on Thursday, June 15 to discuss with government representatives, stakeholders and civil society the path towards the upcoming COP28 UN Climate Change Conference.

PHILADELPHIA, (Reuters) – A portion of a major U.S. highway collapsed in Philadelphia after a vehicle caught fire underneath it, city officials said today.

President Irfaan Ali and members of his Cabinet today held discussions with the United Arab Emirates’  Minister of State for International Cooperation, Reem Al Hashimy and her delegation at State House.

(Trinidad Express) “Weapons of mass destruction” were the words used yesterday by Senior Superintendent of the Southern Police Division Richard Smith to describe four AR-15 rifles and 11 magazines seized by police officers during a roadblock exercise in Debe on Friday night.

(Trinidad Express) A Point Fortin woman was shot and killed on Friday night.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Former Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon was arrested today  in connection with a Police Scotland investigation into the Scottish National Party’s funding, her spokesperson said.

BEIJING,  (Reuters) – Honduras opened an embassy in China today, Chinese state media reported, after the Central American nation cut diplomatic relations with Taiwan earlier this year.

LONDON, (Reuters) – A fired-up Australia wasted little time in crushing Indian hopes of staging a final-day miracle as they romped to a 209-run victory in the World Test Championship (WTC) final today.

Self-taught football coach Monique Emmanuel, who recovered from a serious childhood injury and was warned against physical exertion, nevertheless spends most of her time volunteering and being involved in outdoor sports.

The government on Wednesday met with a delegation of major US and Global Fund managers and discussed among other issues, the potential investment power of this country’s Natural Resource Fund (NRF) but said that it would not be ready until sometime between 2028 and 2030.

Dr Ashonda Washington is passionate about combating ignorance around menstruation and aside from her work in primary healthcare, she has been holding outreaches to raise awareness and teach proper hygiene during menstruation.

New Amsterdam Mayor  Winifred Haywood last night blasted the ruling PPP/C for neglecting the town for a long time.

Queen’s College and Chase Academy secured lopsided wins in the boy’s U18 division in the  Regional Conference Championships  Georgetown zone of the Youth Basketball Guyana (YBG) Schools tournament yesterday at the St.

The medical fraternity is mourning the loss of one of its own after a horrific accident on the Rupert Craig Highway on Friday night.

By Roger Seymour In this week’s edition of In Search of West Indies Cricket, Roger Seymour presents the second instalment of a day’s events during the 1997 Nortel West Indies Youth Cricket Tournament hosted by Guyana.

Waramuri and Bartica secured berths in today’s semi-final round in both the boys and girls’ divisions following respective quarterfinal wins yesterday in the ExxonMobil U14 Football Championship at the Ministry of Education ground, Carifesta Avenue.

By Andre De Silva (Intern with the Guyana Media and Communication Academy) Fashion-Tastic, a creation of professional model Kenny Hercules, is back this year and auditions for models and designers are being held today from 10 am to 2 pm at the Promenade Gardens.

Friday’s announcement by President Irfaan Ali that taxes will be removed from cell phones will transform the communications sector.

The curtains came down on the 24th Pan American squash qualifiers yesterday and so too were Guyana squash players’ chances of advancing to the Pan American Games later this year in Santiago Chile.

A grandmother is calling for help and justice for her three-year-old grandson who was left in the car of a daycare owner on Friday morning and had to then be rushed to the GPHC for treatment.

Under the tutelage of award-winning theatre personality Mariatha Causeway AKA Jennifer Thomas, the management of Learning Birds exposed all the teachers to a series of drama workshops, which lasted approximately three months.

Tileya Madramootoo Friday batted Demerara to the Guyana Cricket Board U19 T20 title.

As the two major political parties continue their political campaigning within New Amsterdam, two independent candidates are also vying for constituencies 4 and 5 at tomorrow’s Local Government Elections (LGEs).

Folklorist, short story writer and Stabroek News columnist Allan Fenty passed away on February 11th this year at the age of 78.

Dear Editor, Kindly permit me space in your newspaper to respond to the erroneous claims of Mayor Pt.

Dear Editor, Royden ‘Smallie’ Williams lived by fire, and when he was felled by fire not many in Guyana shed a tear, felt a pang of pain. 

After getting her glistening stilettos wet with a second place finish in her professional debut last weekend, a new fire has been lit under IFBB Elite Wellness Pro, Rosanna Fung.

The Ministry of Public Works (MOPW) yesterday said that it wished to notify the general public that the Ogle Airport Access Road is being maintained in its current state until its planned expansion into a four-lane carriageway.

Good morning, everyone. My name is Peyton Allana Singh, first grandchild and only granddaughter of Allan Arthur Fenty.

Dear Editor, No one is above the law. Neither the former president… he was indicted, nor the late escaped prisoner.

By Abigail Headley Dawn Stewart, a practising Clinical Psychologist is one of the three candidates in the running to represent Constituency 8 (Stabroek – Wortmanville/ Werk-en-Rust) in tomorrow’s Local Government Elections (LGE).

LONDON, (Reuters) – Australia were within touching distance of capturing the World Test Championship title as India’s hopes of chasing down a monumental 444-run victory target appeared to be slipping away after they ended day four on 164-3 yesterday.

(BBC) With sequel Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse currently wowing audiences, Kambole Campbell reflects on a superhero series that, with its magnificent visuals, truly honours its source material.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Five Under-19 Women’s World Cup players have been named in a West Indies Women’s 18-member training squad to prepare for the upcoming series against Ireland starting later this month.

Dear Editor, Tomorrow Guyana goes to the polls for the Local Government Elections (LGEs) to elect representatives for our 7 Municipalities; 10 RDCs and 65 NDCs.

Just under half of the members of the joint services voted in the Local Government Election (LGE) on June 2nd.

WORCESTER, England, CMC – Deandra Dottin’s cameo was of little help as Thunder crashed to an 18-run defeat to Southern Vipers here yesterday, to miss out on the final of the Charlotte Edwards Cup.

Dear Editor, Guyanese woke to the tragic news of the death of a young GDF officer, Lieutenant Rondel Douglas, whose life was taken by ruthless men who have no regard for human life, given by Almighty God.

A father and son who had pleaded guilty to the 2018 killing of 23-year-old labourer Brian Dwarka, appeared before Justice Sandil Kissoon on Thursday for sentencing; but only the son was sentenced as the judge said that a review of the evidence showed that there had been no culpability on the father’s part.

SHARJAH, United Arab Emirates, CMC – Alick Athanaze’s One-Day International debut coincided with West Indies’ sweep of the three-match series against United Arab Emirates, and the left-hander said entering a winning setup was a major boost for his confidence.

Twenty-five-year-old Veshan Bharrat of Reliance, Essequibo Coast, appeared at the Suddie Magistrate’s Court on Thursday June 08, before Magistrate Esther Sam where he was charged with Larceny of Cattle which occurred between May 28 and June 01, at Henrietta, Essequibo Coast.

Dear Editor, Citizens are urged to vote in the Local Government Elections on Monday 12th June.

ISTANBUL, (Reuters) – Manchester City finally expanded their domestic domination across the continent as they beat Inter Milan 1-0 with a second-half Rodri goal to win the Champions League for the first time and complete a rare treble on a nervous Saturday evening.

KYIV,  (Reuters) – President Volodymyr Zelenskiy acknowledged today that his military was engaged in “counter-offensive and defensive operations” a day after Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin said Kyiv’s long-vaunted drive to retake territory was well under way.

The Guyana Police Force says that it has been advised that an inquest should be held into the killing of Calvin George whose body was found with stab wounds in Frenchman’s Backdam, Upper Demerara River, Region Ten, on February 24, 2023.

Dear Editor, Do our politicians understand that they are public servants who received our vote and trust to manage our social and economic welfare?

BAHANAGA, India/NEW DELHI,  (Reuters) – An official probe into India’s rail crash is focusing on suspected manual bypassing of an automated signalling system that guides train movement – an action investigators believe sent a packed express train into a stationary freight train, three Indian Railways sources told Reuters.

Two nights after Nikola Jokic and Jamal Murray put on historic performances, neither player was the key cog for the Denver Nuggets in Game 4 of the NBA Finals.

The visiting Qatari Government delegation was on Thursday led on a guided tour of possible sites for the Qatar Embassy here by Director of Projects-Central Housing and Planning Authority (CHPA),  Omar Narine.

Dear Editor, The Local Government Election (LGE) may lead to the demise of the PNC’s Opposition Leader as predictions indicate that the PPP is headed for a major landslide victory.

PARIS, (Reuters) – Poland’s Iga Swiatek continued her dominance on Parisian clay with a third French Open crown in the last four years, defeating unseeded Czech Karolina Muchova 6-2 5-7 6-4 in a thrilling final to capture her fourth Grand Slam title yesterday.

(Reuters) – Ted Kaczynski, former math professor and “twisted genius” who came to be known as the Unabomber when he carried out a 17-year spree of mysterious bombings that killed three people and baffled the FBI, died on Saturday at the age of 81.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – China has been spying from Cuba for some time and upgraded its intelligence collection facilities there in 2019, a Biden administration official said yesterday, following a report about a new spying effort underway on the island.

An elderly woman has been arrested by the police after being found in possession of narcotics.

Dear Editor, Your letter column is becoming rather predictable. Same old, same old, same cast.

There is a WhatsApp message being circulated on social media, in which apparently a father demanded $10,000 from the $40,000 given for his child under the Ministry of Education’s ‘Because We Care’ cash grant.

(Reuters) – German investigators are examining evidence suggesting a sabotage team used Poland as an operating base to damage the Nord Stream pipelines in the Baltic Sea in September, the Wall Street Journal reported on Saturday.

HOVE, England, CMC – Sunil Narine carried his wickets tally for the T20 Blast to 14, following a three-wicket haul on Friday which helped lift Surrey to a crushing 124-run win over Sussex.

Picture a town, amidst hills and valleys, with waterfalls and gorges, alongside a lake.

A fitness journey, especially a new one can be intimidating. There are workouts to learn, diets to follow, willpower to conjure, and self-consciousness to overcome.

According to a Forbes report in 2020, Guyana is said to have the largest diaspora population in comparison to the rest of the world (36.4%).

BOGOTA, (Reuters) – Four Indigenous children who were missing for more than five weeks in Colombia’s southern jungle, after surviving a plane crash which killed their mother, are in an “acceptable” state of health, the government said yesterday.

The Chess Olympiad is a biennial tournament in which teams worldwide compete.

A 29-year-old man from Charity was arrested after police discovered a quantity of cannabis during a search at his home.

Dear Editor, With the completion of the access road east of the University of Guyana, hundreds of drivers have been using it in the mornings and afternoons to pass through Sophia and escape the bumper to bumper traffic on the Railway Embankment.

Tomorrow Guyana goes to the polls for Local Government Elections.  In numerical terms the PPP/C always does better in these than does the opposition simply because there are 70 Neighbourhood Democratic Councils and ten municipalities, albeit of varying sizes and consequently with varying numbers of council representatives.

Introduction As indicated thus far, in my long-running oil and gas series, within the short period of only three and a half years after its First Discovery in May 2015, Guyana’s First Oil began in December 2019.

I looked at my shopping cart and checked my list to ensure that I picked up what I needed – 10 cans sardines, 8 cans tuna, 6 cans corned beef, 4 cans baked beans, 4 cans cured pork… You see, it’s hurricane season and I am stocking up and replenishing a few things.

Our world as it is today, is quite different from what it used to be.

Walter Rodney was assassinated by Gregory Smith, a sergeant of the Guyana Defence Force, by means of an explosive device, on June 13, 1980.

I once received a letter from a fifth-form student in England.