Daily Archive: Thursday, August 31, 2023

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – The World Bank and Inter-American Development Bank agreed today to deepen their cooperation on Western Hemisphere development efforts, including preserving the Amazon rainforest, Caribbean disaster resilience and digital access across Latin America.

Raymond Rupnarine, a 35-year-old businessman of Lot 30  Second Avenue, Bartica, was charged with murder at about 10:45 am today when he appeared at the Bartica Magistrate’s Court before Magistrate Crystal Lambert.

JOHANNESBURG,  (Reuters) – More than 70 people were killed overnight when fire raged through a five-storey Johannesburg apartment block, one of the worst such disasters in a city where poverty, household fires and homelessness are widespread.

(Trinidad Express) A 20-year-old woman appeared before a Chaguanas magistrate, charged with the murder of Ghandi Ramlochan of Queens, New York.

At about 6:20 am today, someone called the Vigilance Police Station and reported that a body was at Lusignan Golf Club.

With the Government of Guyana indicating its willingness to revise the Amerindian Act of 2006, several Indigenous district representatives are calling on the government to examine their Consultation Proposal and are disappointed that community consultations have started without including said proposal.

Deals made through the partnership created by Guyana with the United States Export-Import (EXIM) Bank last year are expected to be approved once US regulatory and other processes are completed, outgoing US Ambassador to Guyana Sarah-Ann Lynch has said.

APNU member, Carol Joseph, a resident of Hopetown, Berbice, through her attorneys-at-law at Dexter Todd and Associates Law Firm has filed an action in court challenging the powers of the President of Guyana to extend the tenure of the acting commissioner of police beyond the age of retirement.

Trinbago Knight Riders 194/5 (Guptill 100*, Pollard 46; Holder 2/39, vd Merwe 1/32) beat Barbados Royals 61 all out (Holder 14, Powell 10, Ahmad 10; Salamkheil 4/14, Russell 3/13) by 133 runs A dominant display with both bat and ball saw Trinbago Knight Riders record a 133-run win over Barbados Royals in the 2023 Republic Bank Caribbean Premier League (CPL) last night. 

Dominic Tyrell will return from the IPF World Classic and Equipped Sub-Junior and Junior Powerlifting Championships in Romania with well-earned hardware. 

Dear Editor, CRG offers our heartfelt condolences to all those impacted by the loss of the precious lives recently taken from us.

A 10-month-old baby died after two cars collided at Dennis Street, Sophia yesterday.

Albion Cricket Club yesterday needed a super over in order to win the Berbice zone title of the Republic Bank Ltd.,

The search for a 13-year-old student of the Mackenzie High School, Hassini Mack, who is believed to have drowned at the Coomacka Mines beach, Region Ten, on Tuesday afternoon is still ongoing.

 Dear Editor, Policymakers should think of some kind of social security benefits for retirees who were not employed by the state.

Dear Editor, I enrolled at the Faculty of Technology to do the General Technician Diploma in September of 1974.

DAMBULLA, Sri Lanka, CMC – Left-hander Jordan Johnson hit a stunning hundred while Joshua Dorne and Tarrique Edward carved out contrasting fifties, as West Indies Under-19s crushed Sri Lanka Under-19s by 195 runs to level their three-match Youth One-Day International series.

A 38-year-old labourer of Third Avenue, Bartica, and his 18-year-old girlfriend of Second Avenue, Bartica, were yesterday morning shot outside the Paradise Night club located in Third Avenue, Bartica.

A 17-year-old Parika miner died in a mining pit accident on Tuesday afternoon at Cowpen Backdam, Puruni River  in Region Seven.

Dear Editor, Oh dear? My Guyanese mother would have called it ‘stupidness’.

DAMBULLA, Sri Lanka, CMC – Fast bowler Isai Thorne labelled tomorrow’s decisive third Youth One-Day International as a “really big game”, after West Indies Under-19s thrashed Sri Lanka Under-19s by 195 runs to level the three-match series here yesterday.

DURBAN,  (Reuters) – A career-best unbeaten 92 from new captain Mitch Marsh propelled Australia to a comprehensive 111-run victory over hosts South Africa in the first Twenty20 International in Durban yesterday.

Dear Editor, I expect that worried citizens are relieved and hopeful to read that the President has issued a call for “a collective partnership to curb reckless use of the roads”. 

Stakeholders in the anti-money laundering architecture yesterday signed two co-operation memoranda, the Department of Public Information (DPI) said.

Dear Editor, Guyanese welcome the massive infrastructural developments.  However, by the same token, contractors must respect the rights of the residents.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – World number one Iga Swiatek moved into the third round of the U.S.

By Joseph Allen With the continued calls being made by the Indigenous community of Chinese Landing on the Government to evict a controversial miner from their lands, Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo is insisting that government cannot act on the issue now and have mining activities stopped.

The Integrity Commission in a notice in yesterday’s Stabroek News reminded all specified persons in public life to submit their 2023 Financial Declarations by today.

(Reuters) – The president of European soccer’s governing body Aleksander Ceferin called Luis Rubiales’ behaviour “inappropriate” but said he did not want to interfere with FIFA’s disciplinary investigation into the Spanish Football Federation chief.

Dear Editor, It seems to be more of the same at M&CC even with a new council, with some old faces in the mix, installed.

(SportsMax) Shericka Jackson doesn’t expect to run a very fast 200m at the Diamond League meeting today but has hinted that she could take a crack at the world record in the remaining races she has this season.

The Ministry of Natural Resources yesterday said that it is addressing a recently identified issue with the timeline line graph feature as part of the Data Centre found on the ministry’s website of the Petroleum Management Programme.

Dear Editor, I commend the Ministry of Health for putting in place a hotline facility which will allow for persons dissatisfied with services rendered to be brought to the attention of the subject Minister.

LIBREVILLE,  (Reuters) – Military officers in oil-producing Gabon said they had seized power yesterday, placing President Ali Bongo under house arrest and naming a new leader after the Central African state’s election body announced Bongo had won a third term.

The long-awaited National Toshaos Council (NTC) Secretariat was commissioned on Monday at its National Exhibition Centre, Sophia.

Dear Editor, Once again descendants of former African slaves are being pitted against descendants of Indian indentured labourers in Guyana by the Jagdeo/Ali Regime. Africans

LONDON, (Reuters) – Chelsea beat AFC Wimbledon and Everton eventually overcame Doncaster Rovers but both Premier League sides survived scares, coming from behind to claim 2-1 wins over their fourth-tier opponents in the League Cup second round yesterday.

MEXICO CITY,  (Reuters) – Mexico’s Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) yesterday backed Xochitl Galvez’s candidacy for the 2024 presidential election at the expense of its own contender, paving the way for the maverick senator to head an alliance of opposition parties.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden’s administration has approved a military transfer to Taiwan under the Foreign Military Financing, or FMF, program normally used for sovereign states, according to a notification sent to Congress.

(Reuters) – Norway’s Magnus Carlsen and U.S. chess prodigy Hans Niemann, whom the former world champion accused of cheating last year, have resolved their dispute outside court, online platform Chess.com

Some 170 tractors and trailers have been distributed by the Ministry of Amerindian Affairs to hinterland villages and Amerindian settlements across Guyana, the Department of Public Information (DPI) reported yesterday.

Dear Editor, I’m going to share with you my experience at the Building Expo 2023.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – A Connecticut oil and gas trader was charged on Tuesday for his alleged role in a bribery scheme to win business from Brazil’s state-owned Petrobras PETR4.SA

Dear Editor, “I would not shake hands with those who oppress my people!”

PERRY, Florida, (Reuters) – Hurricane Idalia plowed into Florida’s Gulf Coast yesterday with howling winds, torrential rains and pounding surf, then weakened as it turned its fury on southeastern Georgia, where floodwaters trapped some residents in their homes.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas said his recent form was simply “not good enough” as his poor run continued with yet another early exit from Flushing Meadows yesterday when Swiss qualifier Dominic Stricker stunned the seventh seed in the U.S.

Fourteen students were granted bursaries through the Peter D’Aguiar’s Scholarship Bursary Awards.

(Reuters) – The U.S. Embassy in Haiti yesterday urged citizens in the Caribbean country to leave “as soon as possible” citing security and infrastructure challenges, as escalating violence has left thousands displaced and sent homicides soaring.

Dear Editor, “…Talk, communicate, debate, listen….”  Thanks, Excellency Sarah Ann Lynch.

MEXICO CITY,  (Reuters) – Mexico’s Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) yesterday backed Xochitl Galvez’s candidacy for the 2024 presidential election at the expense of its own contender, paving the way for the maverick senator to head an alliance of opposition parties.

For more than a week now, the world has been focused on Spain, not just because its National Women’s Football Team won the 2023 World Cup, but owing to the subsequent maelstrom, events at the centre of which is President of the Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) Luis Rubiales.

NBA referee Eric Lewis retired yesterday amid a league investigation into whether he used a burner account on social media site Twitter, now X, to defend himself against critics.

By Chris Patten TOULOUSE – The days between Christmas and the New Year often prompt many of us to reflect on the problems facing the world and to consider what we can do to improve our own lives.

Seon Clarke, 42, a caterer, of Lot 57 Bent Street, Wortmanville, Georgetown, appeared on Monday at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court before Magistrate Rhondell Weever where he was charged with a cybercrime.

(Trinidad Guardian) The average price of food and non-alcoholic beverages rose by 8.6 per cent between July 2022 and July 2023, according to the Retail Price Index (RPI) compiled by the Central Statistical Office (CSO).