Daily Archive: Tuesday, September 19, 2023

Ryan Boodhoo, a 27-year-old driver of Lot 3511 Block 8 Tuschen New Housing Scheme, East Bank Essequibo (EBE), and driver of motorcar PMM 3473, was charged today with causing the death of Sursattie Prasad by dangerous driving.

In an effort to provide a more broad-based and efficient professional Police service to all Guyanese, including foreign nationals, especially those speaking Spanish, the Guyana Police Force has decided to include ‘Policia’ on all Police vehicles.

BAKU,  (Reuters) – Azerbaijan launched military action in the Nagorno-Karabakh region, a step that could presage a new war in the volatile area but which Baku said was necessary to restore constitutional order and drive out Armenian military formations.

LONDON, (Reuters) – The British government said today that 174 schools in England had so far been found to have buildings with potentially unsafe old and crumbling concrete, up from 147 at the end of last month.

(Trinidad Guardian) Several weeks after Massy Holdings declared a 20 per cent increase in profits, its subsidiary, Massy Stores, terminated nine front-end supervisors who it deemed as a surplus to its operations last Thursday.

State holding company, the  National Industrial and Commercial Investments Limited (NICIL) has  finalized sale negotiations for the Guyana Marriott Hotel with US investor Ramy El-Batrawi.

In defence to the $100m lawsuit filed against it by veterinarian Dr.

Declaring it a crisis point which he said has significantly derailed the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), President Irfaan Ali said that “be it food, energy, climate [or] the destabilizing impact of the COVID-19 pandemic,” the combined effect of those crises has hindered the achievement of the goals.

Following a social media post of two children being beaten and burnt, Zabar Khan, a 42-year-old spray painter of First Street, Foulis, ECD, was arrested on September 14 and charged yesterday by ranks of the Enmore Police Station  with attempted murder.

A one-year-old baby yesterday afternoon died of multiple head injuries at the Georgetown Public Hospital, according to a police report.

A formidable team of fitness athletes is set to depart for Aruba tomorrow to represent Guyana at the 50th edition of the Central American and Caribbean (CAC) Bodybuilding and Fitness Championships.

The Guyana Hindu Dharmic Sabha yesterday released an apology it  received from the Mr.

Another incident of violence unfolded at New Campbellville Secondary School last week when a 12-year-old schoolgirl was brutally assaulted by her classmates.

Carlos Petterson-Grifith took his otherworldly strength prowess to Orlando, Florida this past weekend and finished on the podium in his debut at the World Strength Games.

Digicel has become the latest entity to partnered with the organizers of the Kares Cross fit October Showdown.

The PPP/C, while in opposition, had criticised the APNU+AFC government for its hesitancy to release information on naturalizations, but now in office, there has been a blackout on what those figures currently are, even as the number of persons applying for citizenship here continues to increase daily.

Dear Editor, Your very useful article on the findings reported in the interim report of the Caribbean Financial Action Task Force (SN 18/09/23) indicates that accountants and lawyers do not fully understand their AMLCFT obligations.

Thirty-six-year-old Odinga Spellen of Lot 4 Laing Avenue appeared before Magistrate Rhondel Weever at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court yesterday charged with arson.

Dear Editor, The appearance of  ‘Policia’ on vehicles belonging to the Guyana Police Force must be explained to the population forthwith. 

Dear Editor, This Ali/Jagdeo regime is proving every day to the world they cannot be trusted.

The Attorney General‘s (AG’s) Chambers yesterday said that the lack of resources cited by a CFATF team referred only to the Treaty Office in the Ministry of Home Affairs and not the general money laundering fight.

Twenty-two-year-old Tracey Calder, a registration clerk employed at the Guyana Elections Commission, appeared before Magistrate Rhondel Weever at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court yesterday charged with forgery.

Dear Editor, APNU Member of Parliament, Annette Ferguson, has berated me for what she describes as “disrespect for the female journalist”, referring, I believe, to Stabroek News reporter Marcelle Thomas.

The preliminary inquiry into the 20 murder charges brought against a girl following the Mahdia dormitory fire is slated for October 19, 2023 at the Mahdia Magistrate’s Court, according to Attorney at Law Dexter Todd.

OTTAWA,  (Reuters) – Canada said yesterday that it was “actively pursuing credible allegations” linking Indian government agents to the murder of a Sikh separatist leader in British Columbia in June, dealing a further blow to diplomatic ties between the countries.

Dear Editor, Time and again, there have been numerous calls from the general public to have animals, both large and small,  be removed from the streets.

Dear Editor, President Ali is caught on the jagged prongs of a dilemma. 

At about  5.35 yesterday afternoon, Police ranks were conducting a ‘stop and search’ exercise on the Weldaad Public Road, West Berbice, when one of the ranks stopped a motor car (PYY 1658), a white 212.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Kevin McCarthy plunged forward yesterday into the biggest challenge of his eight months as the top Republican in Congress, as he tries to avoid a government shutdown in less than two weeks without losing his speakership.

Dear Editor, The staff of a unit engaged in unauthorized acts with an audit but no sanctions meted out?

(Trinidad Express) Days after Special Reserve Cor-poral Charles Kublalsingh received an award for his dedication to duty as a police officer, he was gunned down during a robbery attempt in Curepe.

As the probe into the $50m robbery committed at the Regional Democratic Council of Region Six on Wednesday morning continues, the Guyana Police Force yesterday said that investigators are waiting to question the hospitalized suspect.

(Reuters) – The United Auto Workers union said it would announce on Friday more plants to strike if no serious progress was made in talks with Ford, General Motors and Chrysler-parent Stellantis, adding to pressure on the Detroit Three automakers.

(Reuters) – Al-Nassr captain Cristiano Ronaldo received a warm reception in Iran yesterday, in the first visit of a Saudi team to Iran since 2016 ahead of the beginning of the group stage of the Asian Champions League.

LAS ROZAS, Spain, (Reuters) – The new coach of Spain’s women’s football squad yesterday selected most of the players who last month won the Women’s World Cup for fixtures against Sweden and Switzerland in an apparent bid to force them to end their boycott.

BARCELONA, Spain,  (Reuters) – Barcelona must turn good performances into positive results in the Champions League said coach Xavi Hernandez as they prepare to open their Group H campaign at home to Belgian champions Royal Antwerp today.

Sept 18 (Reuters) – KL Rahul will lead a second-string India team in the first two one-day internationals of a three-match series against Australia this month, with regular captain Rohit Sharma returning for the final game, the country’s cricket board said on Monday.

MADRID, (Reuters) – A Spanish court has dismissed a lawsuit by disgraced ex-soccer federation chief Luis Rubiales against coach Javier Clemente who had called Rubiales a “dangerous and ambitious guy” seeking “to get rich”, qualifying his comments as free speech.

Yesterday the Ministerial Taskforce on Trafficking in Persons, supporting agencies, and the Organisation for American States (OAS) held a roundtable discussion on issues related to Human Trafficking and Migrant Smuggling.

(Reuters) – An obsession with winning the Champions League would only hurt Paris St Germain, manager Luis Enrique said on the eve of the Ligue 1 side’s group-stage clash with Borussia Dortmund.

Major champion and six-time PGA Tour winner Jimmy Walker sounded off on the new FedEx Fall format, which currently has him on the outside looking in for next season.

Dear Editor, There is no African-Guyanese marginalization. Africans dominate Army, Police, Civil and Public Services, Teaching Service by significant to huge margins.

LIMA,  (Reuters) – At least 24 people were killed in a passenger bus accident in Peru yesterday, according to the company operating the vehicle.

(Reuters) – Ali Al-Bulaihi’s equaliser 10 minutes into stoppage time spared Al-Hilal’s blushes as Neymar made his first start for the Saudi Pro League side in a 1-1 draw with Uzbekistan’s Navbahor in the Asian Champions League in Riyadh yesterday.

JOHANNESBURG,  (Reuters) – Chinese sovereign lending to Africa fell below $1 billion last year – the lowest level in nearly two decades – underscoring Beijing’s shift away from a decades-long big ticket infrastructure spree on the continent, data showed yesterday.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – New head coach Shane Deitz said he is looking for a pool of about 20 players to form the nucleus of the West Indies Women’s team during his tenure.

MELBOURNE,(Reuters) – All-rounder Aaron Hardie will travel with rest of the Australia squad to India as cover for Sean Abbott and Nathan Ellis, both of whom picked up niggling injuries during the team’s tour of South Africa, Cricket Australia (CA) said yesterday.

One of the primary reasons (though not the only one) why we are now confronted by numerous longstanding law and order-related anomalies is almost certainly linked to the seeming elevation of the Guyana Police Force (GPF) above official criticism or vigorous reprimand and the serious pursuit of corrective action. 

By Carl Bildt STOCKHOLM – Russian President Vladimir Putin had obvious reasons for hosting North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un at Vostochny, Russia’s new spaceport in eastern Siberia, this month.