Articles published on Saturday, August 26, 2023
PORT-AU-PRINCE, (Reuters) – Hundreds of people are crammed into small white tents in the courtyard of a sports centre in the Haitian capital, Port-au-Prince, drying clothes on the access ramps and washing their children in small, plastic tubs.
(Jamaica Gleaner) NEW YORK: New York City Mayor Eric Adams posthumously awarded a Key to the City of New York to legendary performer and civil rights activist Harry Belafonte, for his decades of entertainment in music, film, theatre, and television.
(Barbados Nation) Government’s newest proposals for pension reform are fair and reasonable, declared Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley yesterday.
(Trinidad Guardian) Renowned author and historian, Michael Anthony, a man Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley has called “one of our best timekeepers” died at home at the age of 91 on Wednesday night.
MOSCOW, (Reuters) – President Vladimir Putin has ordered Wagner fighters to sign an oath of allegiance to the Russian state after a deadly plane crash believed to have killed Yevgeny Prigozhin, the volatile chief of the mercenary group.
LONDON, (Reuters) – Around 2,000 artefacts including gold jewellery and gems had been stolen from the British Museum over a long period of time, but recovery efforts were already under way, the museum’s chair George Osborne said on Saturday.
By Antonio Dey The descendants of slave owner, John Gladstone yesterday offered a historic apology for slavery and indentureship here amid a small protest at the University of Guyana (UG) where a diaspora studies centre was being launched Following the reading of the apology there was an audible declaration of rejection and then protestors held placards demanding full reparations in a move that appeared to have caught the organisers of the event off guard.
By Deneita Fredericks Day two of the 2023 International Building Expo saw the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the Central Housing and Planning Authority (CPHA) and South Atlantic Logistics and General Services Inc for the construction of 200 3-bedroom houses at Leonora, West Coast Demerara.
Amid a standoff between Chinese Landing and the government over the encroachment of miners on its lands, the head of the indigenous village is seeking an opening on the agenda of Monday’s National Toshaos Conference to air the matter.
Multi-talented athlete Zion Hickerson is the winner of the boys 10 years and under tournament at the inaugural Chatoyer’s Tennis Invitational 2023 event in St Vincent and Grenadines.
By Mia Anthony Yesterday’s momentous apology by the descendants of slave owner John Gladstone was not unanimously accepted by those in attendance.
There has been public consternation over an incident at the opening of the Building Expo 2023 on Thursday where President Irfaan Ali forcefully yanks the arm of one of his young security guards and remonstrates with him.
BUDAPEST, (Reuters) – American sprinter Noah Lyles did some serious self-reflection after finishing third in the 200 metres at the Tokyo Olympics – it was his distance and he deserved to win, or so he thought.
The Ministry of Amerindian Affairs has made the decision to fire the Community Development Officer (CDO) of the South Pakaraimas District, Compton Peters, after complaints of financial irregularities.
BUDAPEST, (Reuters) – Jamaica’s peerless Shericka Jackson delivered a command performance to retain her world 200 metres title in 21.41 seconds yesterday – the second-fastest time ever run.
Ten-year-old Kataleya Sam and Kyle Couchman are in the hunt for medals at the ongoing CAC Youth Festival in Trinidad and Tobago.
The National Intelligence and Security Agency (NISA) building has been renamed the Doctor Roger Forbes Luncheon Building in memory of the late long-serving Cabinet Secretary and Head of the Presidential Secretariat.
KFC Elite League winner, the Guyana Defence Force (GDF), yesterday received their $2,000,000 first prize during a simple presentation ceremony at the title sponsor’s Vlissengen Road location.
The police yesterday said that a fifth person has been arrested over the murder of a Rose Hall woman and her son.
KIHEI, Hawaii, (Reuters) – Hawaii officials have released the names of 338 people still missing more than two weeks after the deadliest U.S.
Following on the heels of the just concluded World Council of Dominoes Federation 19th annual competition at the National Stadium, the action will switch to 76 Meadowbrook Gardens where the Champion of Champions competition will be contested tomorrow.
Two persons are now in police custody following the murder of a construction worker who was beaten to death by a group of persons at a birthday party.
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, CMC – A half-century and a tidy all-round stand from co-captain Nathan Sealy was topped by an unbeaten 84 from Sapun Wadage that paved the way for a three-wicket win for hosts Sri Lanka Cricket Under-19s Select XI against West Indies Under-19s in a One-day warm-up match yesterday.
Dear Editor, It has been eight years since large oil reserves were discovered off the shores of Guyana, but the nation has only reaped a measly 14.5% of total oil revenues since oil production or more accurately oil extraction started in 2019.
Quacy Kitt, a 33-year-old businessman, (address not stated), appeared yesterday at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court before Senior Magistrate Leron Daly where he was charged with obtaining money under false pretence.
JOHANNESBURG/LONDON, (Reuters) – The expansion of the BRICS group of developing countries could provide a lifeline to capital-starved new entrants Iran and Argentina, but investors and analysts say a broader economic boon for the bloc’s members is far from certain.
NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Novak Djokovic is bringing new appreciation to his latest Grand Slam campaign, chasing a men’s record-extending 24th title in New York where he has collected the trophy three times but also suffered bitter disappointment.
(Reuters) – The United States on Friday condemned pervasive conflict-related sexual violence in Sudan, which the State Department said that credible sources including victims have attributed to Paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and their allied militias.
PPP General Secretary Bharrat Jagdeo on Thursday said that remarks he made about taking secrets to the grave had nothing to do with information on killings during the 2002-9 crime wave but related to the need to protect the identities of persons who provided important information.
Dear Editor, I commend Darren Wade for his missive “Imperative not to conflate slavery and indentureship experiences” (Sep 25) in which he argues that they were two different (aspects of economic) systems and should not be conflated because it has the potential to continue and or further divide us along ethnicity lines.
LAUDERHILL, Florida, CMC – Former Barbados and West Indies off-spin all-rounder Ashley Nurse slammed an explosive 24 not out and helped set the platform for a 24-run win for California Knights against New Jersey Tritons in the U.S.
(Reuters) – Ukraine’s GUR military intelligence agency said on Friday a Ukrainian drone attack had hit a Russian military base deep inside annexed Crimea, while residents reported casualties, explosions and a road closure.
Dear Editor, Whenever we think of appropriation in normal parlance, the tendency is to think of a physical taking away – theft of money or perhaps of an idea that was not patented.
Twenty-eight-year-old Hakeem Douglas, of 437 Eccles, East Bank Demerara, and Anthony Adams, 28, of Kwakwani, appeared at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court yesterday before Senior Magistrate Leron Daly where they were jointly charged with possession of narcotics for the purpose of trafficking.
Two women appeared yesterday at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court before Senior Magistrate Leron Daly where they were charged with the use of abusive language and unlawful assault.
MADRID, (Reuters) – Spanish soccer boss Luis Rubiales yesterday refused to resign for grabbing star player Jenni Hermoso’s head and kissing her on the lips after Spain’s Women’s World Cup victory, leading the national team to mutiny and the government to denounce his “macho actions”.
Dear Editor, This week India made history by being the first country to land near the South Pole of the moon.
GENEVA, (Reuters) – U.N. experts sent a letter of concern to Saudi Arabian oil giant Aramco, saying its expansion of fossil fuel production and ongoing exploration threaten human rights, a document posted on Friday showed.
(Reuters) – Russia reported a new drone attack on Moscow in the early hours of Saturday, which again forced the authorities to temporarily shut down all three major airports serving the capital.
Dear Editor, My attention was drawn to a statement by Trinidad & Tobago’s (T&T) High Commissioner to Guyana, Ambassador Conrad Enill.
Excellent all-round performances by senior Berbice Inter-County players Seon Glasgow and Nigel Deodat led Blairmont Blazers Cricket Club to a five-wicket victory over Tucber Park when RBL nationwide Under-23 Inter-Club Super50 action continued.
After confessing to concealing 22 grammes of cannabis in several toothpaste tubes and boxes, a woman was yesterday given a six-month prison sentence.
Twenty-three-year-old Kyle Small, a clothes vendor, of ‘B’ Field Sophia, Georgetown, appeared yesterday before Magistrate Judy Latchman at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court where he was charged with assault with intent to rob.
The No 1 song on America’s Billboard Hot 100 this week is not some slick production by Taylor Swift.
ANTANANARIVO, (Reuters) – A stampede of sports fans trying to enter Madagascar’s national stadium for the opening ceremony of the Indian Ocean Island Games has killed 12 and injured around 80, the prime minister said on Friday.
BUDAPEST, (Reuters) – Yulimar Rojas of Venezuela soared to her fourth consecutive world triple jump title yesterday, securing victory on her last jump to narrowly avoid a huge disappointment.
Dear Editor, At one time or the other, the Exxon-Guyana oil contract has been called “a crime”, or the “crime of the century”, or surrounded by “criminality.”
