Daily Archive: Saturday, June 17, 2023

The Guyana Police Force is probing the killing of a 19-year-old construction worker of Laing Avenue squatting area and the burning of a house allegedly in retaliation for the death.

(Trinidad Guardian) Tobago House of Assembly Chief Secretary Farley Augustine is accusing one contractor, who is owed millions of dollars by the THA, of seeking to blackmail his executive into paying a $60 million sum due using the recently leaked audio clip.

(Trinidad Guardian) Residents of Katwaroo Trace, Penal, are facing a new threat, as oil-slicked snakes are now invading their properties in the aftermath of Monday’s oil spill.

Guyana is postponing by about one month its first offshore oil blocks auction as the country finalizes new terms of the country’s oil and gas regulatory framework, Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo told Reuters yesterday.

Twenty-five-year-old Brian Morrison, a soldier of Lot 841 Crane Housing Scheme, West Coast Demerara was  yesterday charged with murdering Tevon Daymon at the Guyana Defence Force’s Camp Stephenson, Timehri on Monday, June 12.

Taking a jab at the opposition over its analysis of the recently concluded Local Government Elections, President Irfaan Ali last evening said his party is already thinking ahead of projects that can advance the lives of Guyanese and he signalled the imminent establishment of the long-promised One Guyana Commission.

Four teenaged boys who were accused of setting fire to the St.

The Guyana Police Force (GPF) on Wednesday made a large  narcotics bust on the East Bank Demerara (EBD) of over 113 pounds and coming in at a market value of over $18 million.

Simon McBean, Commander of Georgetown, has told Stabroek News that the father of 38-year-old Dimitri Deonauth, who was arrested for questioning in relation to his son’s death, was released on bail as police continue to investigate.

Construction has started on an $847m water treatment plant at Parika, East Bank Essequibo that will serve some 12,000 residents from Ruby, going all the way to St Lawrence when completed in 2024.

Residents of Acme Housing Scheme and Railway Embankment in Vergenoegen, Region Three will soon receive land titles as part of efforts to regularise the areas.

History, and not necessarily playing form will be against the Golden Jaguars this evening when they oppose Caribbean rival Grenada in the opening round of the CONCACAF Gold Cup preliminaries at the DRV PNK Stadium in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA.

A 70-year-old man was yesterday remanded to prison after he was charged with murdering another resident of the Dharm Shala during an attack at the Fort Canje facility in Berbice.

(Barbados Today) After spending six years on remand, a Barbadian man was allowed to walk free on Thursday after being sentenced to time served, while his Guyanese accomplice was hit with a hefty fine for trafficking a large quantity of cocaine and cannabis into the country in 2017.

Dear Editor, The Guyana Power and Light refers to a letter published in the Wednesday, June 14 edition of your newspaper under the caption, “Leguan residents are still without GPL meter service.”

Carlos ‘The Showstopper’ Petterson-Grifith will return home from the World Classic Powerlifting Championships in Malta with well-earned hardware.

BRASILIA, (Reuters) – One of former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro’s closest aides sought legal advice for a military intervention that would have prevented the handover of power following last October’s election, federal police said yesterday.

Beginning today, the Guyana Cycling Federation (GCF) will host its flagship National Road Race Championships.

The Tourism and Hospitality Association of Guyana (THAG) concluded its 30th Annual General Meeting (AGM) yesterday at the Guyana Marriott Hotel, where Omadele (Dee) George, General Manager of Herdmanston Lodge, was elected as the new President.

Dear Editor, On 18th June 2023, or the third Sunday of the same month annually, the world honours fathers. 

AMSTERDAM, (Reuters) – The Netherlands’ House of Orange profited by around 3 million guilders, or $600 million in modern terms, from Dutch colonies in the 1675-1770 period, a study commissioned by the government has found.

A wide cross-section of Haitian stakeholders met in Kingston, Jamaica, at the invitation of the CARICOM Eminent Persons’ Group on 11-13 June 2023 to facilitate dialogue among the Haitian stakeholders in an effort to find a solution to the protracted multi-dimensional crisis in which the country has been mired.

By Abigail Headley The top 20 winners in the Ministry of Tourism’s Snap n Share 57 photography competition received their prizes yesterday.

Dear Editor, I read a post that was shared on social media about three psychologists from the Mental Health Unit that walked off their jobs because of a toxic work environment and would like to share some details of how toxic some “do-good” organizations are.

HARARE, Zimbabwe, CMC – New assistant coach Carl Hooper said he is confident that West Indies will be ready for the challenge of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 Qualifier, starting tomorrow in Zimbabwe.

Says Charwayne Walker Guyana’s national football team led by Pele Football Club’s Terrence Archer won a two match series against the Grenada senior national team 1-0 in an international Goodwill Series in July 1987 here.

(Reuters) – “Only human creators are eligible” for the Grammy Awards, the Recording Academy declared yesterday, as the body that grants the world’s most recognized music awards seeks to curb the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in the industry.

PORT-AU-PRINCE,  (Reuters) – The Dominican Republic said yesterday it did not approve the installation of a Canadian office to coordinate support for neighbouring Haiti’s national police, a day after Canadian Foreign Minister Melanie Joly announced plans to set one up this summer.

Dear Editor, Ian Mc Donald, in his Sunday, Stabroek News Column (11th June), wrote an extraordinarily perceptive, thoughtful and revealing assessment of self, captioned “The colour of one’s skin”.

A family of four from Tuschen, East Bank Essequibo (EBE), yesterday received the keys to their new home in keeping with a commitment made by First Lady Arya Ali.

After losing at the first hurdle on Thursday’s day one of the Special singles qualification event in Lima,  Peru, Guyana’s Shemar Britton and Chelsea Edghill rebounded in fine style to advance to day’s semifinals.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – Daniel Ellsberg, the U.S. military analyst whose change of heart on the Vietnam War led him to leak the classified “Pentagon Papers,” revealing U.S.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Kevin McCarthy yesterday threatened to use congressional appropriations to block funding for a U.S.

Dear Editor, Word came to me that I again came in for honourable mention from former President and current President in everything but name, Dr.

Yesterday morning, North Georgetown Secondary School (NGSS) dominated the Bishops’ High School (BHS) by eight points during the Semifinals of the JOF Haynes Debating Competition.

Paruima won the inaugural Upper Mazaruni Inter-Village U18 football championships after defeating Kamarang 3-2 Thursday evening at the Edwin United Sports ground.

(Reuters) – Police in Minneapolis routinely use excessive force and discriminate against Black and Native American people, the U.S.

(Reuters) – Ecuadorean security forces have confiscated pigs, fighting cocks and more than two dozen bladed weapons, among other items, from a high-security wing of Bellavista prison in the city of Santo Domingo, the country’s military said on Friday.

Dear Editor, On June 16th, for a number of years, through the courtesy of the late Mr. 

Anthony Archer appeared virtually at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court before Senior Magistrate Leron Daly to answer to a robbery charge that was laid against him.

Waramuri will attempt to create history today in the ExxonMobil U14 Football Championship when they battle Bartica and President’s College in the boys and girls’ division final at the Ministry of Education ground, Carifesta Avenue.

By Sarah Kihika Kasande   KAMPALA – In late May, Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni signed the Anti-Homosexuality Act, a new law that institutionalizes the persecution of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and intersex (LGBTQI+) people and, more broadly, promotes a culture of hate.

In oil rich Guyana, where Exxon’s subsidiary this week announced that it recorded $577.7 billion in profits in 2022 and where talks of progress and development are rife, there was low voter turnout at the Local Government Elections on Monday.

BERLIN,  (Reuters) – The head of the United Nation’s climate body said yesterday he was not satisfied with the outcome of a 10-day conference and the process was moving too slowly given the urgency of the climate crisis.

While spin doctors from the two main parties are busy declaring victory in this week’s local government elections, it feels more like they fought each other to a draw which points to perils and opportunities for both sides ahead of 2025. 

SAN JOSE, (Reuters) – The World Bank approved a new $500 million loan to Costa Rica aimed at strengthening support for the government’s budget, according to a statement from the international lender released on Friday.

Dear Editor, LGE 2023 results are out – the PPP won big, the PNC-led APNU took an old-fashioned thrashing.

A man accused of snatching a one pennyweight gold chain from a woman on King Street was granted $80,000 bail after he appeared before Senior Magistrate Leron Daly yesterday.