Daily Archive: Saturday, July 15, 2023

A bandit is now nursing a gunshot wound to his thigh following a shootout with police at the Rio Hotel and Night Club yesterday.

The Ministry of Public Works is notifying the general public of a failed culvert along the Mahaica Road, just before Chris Auto Sales, and wishes to assure everyone that steps are being taken immediately to repair it.

BEIJING,  (Reuters) – China’s top diplomat Wang Yi told the Indian foreign minister that bilateral ties need to be stabilised, as the two Asian neighbours searched for ways to ease simmering military tensions along their vast border.

(Barbados Nation) Barbados bid farewell to its fourth Prime Minister, Sir Lloyd Erskine Sandiford, as he was laid to rest yesterday afternoon at the St James Cemetery.

Overdue by some six years, the long-awaited reconstitution of the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) was realised yesterday afternoon with the swearing-in of its members.

Gold trader, Nazar ‘Shell’ Mohamed and his son, Azruddin Mohamed yesterday denied the explosive claim in a Reuters special report that they were engaged in gold and drug smuggling.

Fifty-three-year-old Michael Andrew Morgan, of Lot 142 Ixora Avenue, Eccles, East Bank Demerara, appeared at the Diamond Magistrate’s Court yesterday before Magistrate Sunil Scarce where he was jailed for four years for possession of cocaine for the purpose of trafficking.

At the funeral service of Ashton Chase SC yesterday, President Irfaan Ali described him as a simple and humble man who shaped the history of Guyana, allowing citizens the right to enjoy a free and democratic society today.

ROSEAU, Dominica,  CMC – West Indies sank to a depressing innings and 141 runs defeat against India in the first Test yesterday in Dominica after Ravichandran Ashwin preyed on their supine batting with a destructive spell of off-spin bowling.

Through its Global Gateway initiative, the European Union is planning to inject larger amounts of cash into the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC), and its representative here in Guyana, Ambassador René van Nes, says that Guyana could significantly benefit.

As outgoing Mayor of Georgetown, Ubraj Narine, prepares to conclude his five-year term in office, he is urging the new council to stand strong on transparency and accountability once in office.

(ESPN) Bangladesh overcame a scare to beat Afghanistan by two wickets in the first T20I in Sylhet.

The Guyana Football Federation (GFF) has officially announced a Match Officials and Referees Fee Structure which will be implemented immediately for the 2023/2024 season.

(Trinidad Guardian) Three local energy and economic analysts, Kevin Ramnarine, Gregory McGuire and Anthony Gonzales, are cautioning Guyana against joining the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), the grouping of some of the world’s largest oil producers, at this time.

Dear Editor, The sheer organisational magnitude and efficiency of ExxonMobil as an industrial power was shown in the MARAD Notices to Mariners numbers 106 and 107 (2023) dated 12 June but only published on July 13 in your paper. 

GUATEMALA CITY, (Reuters) – The Guatemalan prosecutors’ office said yesterday it would continue its investigation into anti-graft party Semilla and that its actions were not meant to interfere with a presidential run-off set to take place next month.

NEW YORK,  (Reuters) – The U.S. Virgin Islands said it wants JPMorgan Chase JPM.N

CNOOC Petroleum Guyana Limited (CPGL) yesterday awarded scholarships to four Guyanese students to study Petroleum Sciences in China.

DALLAS, Texas,  CMC – Former West Indies all-rounder Andre Russell hit a typically explosive 55, but he failed to inspire Los Angeles Knight Riders and the Texas Super Kings cruised to a 69-run win when the Major League Cricket tournament opened on Thursday in the United States.

Dear Editor, Among other evils, tribal politics has damaged our very psyche in a peculiar way: intellectuals have become know-it-all, pompous, and arrogant. 

President Irfaan Ali yesterday shared 49 land titles to residents of Acme Housing Scheme, Vergenoegen, East Bank Essequibo.

NAIROBI,  (Reuters) – A Kenyan court yesterday sentenced a former top Venezuelan diplomat to 20 years in jail over the 2012 murder of the Latin American nation’s acting ambassador at her home in an upmarket Nairobi neighbourhood.

(CWI) CWI offers condolences to the family and friends of Ralston Otto, who passed away in his native Antigua yesterday The former Leeward Islands batsman made 2550 runs in 48 first-class matches between 1980 and 1990.

Dear Editor, Permit me to vent about the garbage disposal issues in the town of New Amsterdam.

Texila American University (TAU) says that it has achieved dual accreditation from the Caribbean Accreditation Authority for Education in Medicine and Other Health Professions (CAAM-HP) and the Accreditation Commission on Colleges of Medicine (ACCM).

BOGOTA,  (Reuters) – A crash in the price of coca, the chief ingredient in cocaine, is contributing to food insecurity in Colombia and causing displacement, as people leave areas that depend on the illicit crop, according to an internal United Nations presentation seen by Reuters.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Spain’s Carlos Alcaraz delivered the Wimbledon final the world wants to see with a brutal, and at times breathtaking, demolition job on unfortunate Russian Daniil Medvedev yesterday, roaring to a 6-3 6-3 6-3 victory.

Dear Editor, A few days ago, a distinguished Guyanese departed from among us.

The Guyana National Bureau of Standards (GNBS) this week certified agro-processed products of Luke’s Manufacturing under the Made in Guyana Standards Mark Programme and the Caribbean Endocrinology Institute Inc.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Former Manchester City soccer player Benjamin Mendy was found not guilty of one count of rape and one of attempted rape by a British court, PA Media reported yesterday.

BRUSSELS, (Reuters) – Libya’s sovereign wealth fund has filed a criminal complaint against Belgium’s Prince Laurent, accusing him of fraud and extortion linked to his bid to reclaim funds from a failed reforestation project, lawyers said yesterday.

Dear Editor We write in response to a letter penned by Dr.

Forty-nine-year-old Joylyn Grant, and Nicola Bishop, 45, were granted bail after they appeared yesterday before Senior Magistrate Leron Daly at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court to answer to threatening language charges.

BOGOTA,  (Reuters) – Four Colombian Indigenous children who survived a plane crash in the country’s Amazon region and lived for more than five weeks in the jungle have been released from hospital after a 34-day stay, the government said yesterday.

Dear Editor, I follow events in Guyana (too) avidly but I am failing to see any vision emerging about the size, shape and timbre of the society in 2030.

Cycling action returns to the open roads of Berbice tomorrow with the staging of a 50-mile road race. 

The Georgetown chapter of the JOF Haynes debating competition 2023 came to a close on Thursday morning with team St.

Dear Editor I am not surprised that Consultant Kit Nascimento would jump at the opportunity to create and peddle the narrative penned in his letter dated 13 July 2023.

(Reuters) – Top oilfield services firm SLB SLB.N yesterday said it is halting shipments of products and technology into Russia from all its operations over an expansion of Western sanctions.

 (Reuters) – England have been awarded the women’s 4×100 metres relay gold from the 2022 Commonwealth Games after race winners Nigeria had their result expunged, the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) announced yesterday.

In this world there is a minority who are said to be the elites.

BENGALURU,  (Reuters) – India’s space agency launched a rocket yesteday that will attempt to land a spacecraft at the lunar south pole, an unprecedented feat that would advance India’s position as a major space power.

By Dr Bertrand Ramcharan Seventh Chancellor of the University of Guyana; Previously Professor at the Geneva Graduate Institute.

Dear Editor, First a name was given, some time ago, and everyone thought it was a one man commission to look into the devastating fire. 

(Field Level Media) Miami Heat great Dwyane Wade is joining the ownership group of his hometown Chicago Sky, he announced Friday.

It has been a couple of weeks since President Ali announced that Major General Joe Singh retired would head the COI into the May 21 Mahdia fire. 

Tishawn McKenzie, who is a landlord, appeared yesterday at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court before Senior Magistrate Leron Daly where he was charged with escaping from lawful custody.