Daily Archive: Monday, September 25, 2023

Over the past week, 1,738 cases were made across all Regional Police Divisions in Guyana.

Attorney Charrandass Persaud has been summoned by the Legal Practitioners’ Committee (LPC) to appear before it on October 12 in relation to a complaint against him.

MANILA, (Reuters) – The Philippines said today it executed a “special operation” to remove a floating barrier installed by China at a prime fishing patch in the South China Sea, a move that could stoke tension after a years-long detente in Asia’s most disputed waters.

LAHORE, Pakistan,  (Reuters) – Pakistan said today it was investigating two local distributors of Swiss pharmaceutical company Roche ROG.S’s

ROME, (Reuters) – Oscar-winning Italian film star Sophia Loren, a national icon and one of the most enduring movie divas of the 20th century, has had surgery after a fall in her home in Geneva, her spokesperson said today.

HOUSTON,  (Reuters) – Chevron Corp CVX.Nplans to add 65,000 barrels per day (bpd) of Venezuelan oil output by the end of 2024 through its first major drilling campaign in the nation since Washington allowed it to restore production clipped by U.S.

(Trinidad Express) Almost 300 guests, including a number of Trinidadians, had to be evacuated from a hotel in Guyana on Saturday night after fire tore through one of the floors of the six-storey building which was booked to capacity with fans who came for the Republic Bank Caribbean Premier League (CPL) cricket final last night.

(Trinidad Guardian) A Venezuelan migrant was one of two men killed in a drive-by shooting in St Helena yesterday afternoon.

Some 13 people were rescued on Saturday night after a fire broke out on the fourth floor of the Ramada Princess Hotel and Casino at Providence, which saw firefighters sustaining minor cuts and one guest suffering from smoke inhalation.

A 30-year-old motorcyclist died early yesterday morning when he reportedly lost control of his bike and collided with a parked van.

Alcohol use still remains prevalent here especially among men, with UNICEF’s recently released Guyana Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (GMICS) 2019-2020 showing that 64 percent of men surveyed said they had at least one drink in the past month.

Police in Region Seven have arrested a gold miner in relation to the murder of the Venezuelan woman in her home at Kaikan.

Trinidad and Tobago conglomerate Agostini Limited will complete the construction of its second planned warehouse in two months and expressions of interest have been pouring in from mostly foreign companies, Country Manager Blaine Chee-Ping has said.

The Environmental Protec-tion Agency (EPA) has reaffirmed its dedication to overseeing produced water discharge (PWD) by the Floating Production, Storage and Offloading (FPSO) vessels operating in the offshore oil and gas production.

The United States authorities should investigate ExxonMobil’s unauthorised discussions with Ministry of Natural Resources staff that led to a reduction in a disputed oil audit figure from US$214m to US$3m, former Auditor General Anand Goolsarran says.

Guyana Amazon Warriors completed a comprehensive drubbing of Trinbago Knight Riders to secure the 2023 Republic Bank Caribbean Premier League title in front of a record crowd at the National Stadium, Providence last night.

In addition to already dispatching formal correspondence that it objects to the spurious claims of Essequibo and to a referendum announced, the Government of Guyana on Saturday summoned Venezuela’s Ambassador to Guyana Carlos Amador Pérez Silva to a meeting and voiced its position that the decision contradicts the Geneva Agreement.

This year’s Inter-Guiana Games (IGG) involving Guyana, French Guiana and host country Suriname is in jeopardy after Suriname’s  Director of Sport, Gordon Tjouw Ngie Touw, indicated that the games have been postponed for a couple of weeks.

Interviews and photos by Subhana Shiwmangal Colwin Trevor, a 31-year-old grocery vendor said: “The cost of living is not only affecting me but everyone across the country because every day the price for items in the market going up.

Beacons defeated Rising Stars 1-0 to capture the Randy Adams Memorial football competition Saturday evening at the Community Centre ground.

The Environmental Assessment Board (EAB) is to make a decision on the way forward in the wake of a public hearing regarding the reapplication by SLB Guyana for an environmental permit to operate a radioactive source storage and calibration facility at Lot 1 Area X, Houston, East Bank Demerara.

The Lady Jaguars rebounded from their opening-day loss to Antigua and Barbuda in the Road to Concacaf Gold Cup Qualifiers as they mauled Dominica 5-0 yesterday at the Wildey Stadium in Barbados.

STEPANAKERT, Azerbaijan (Reuters) – Ethnic Armenians in Nagorno-Karabakh began a mass exodus by car on Sunday towards Armenia after Azerbaijan defeated the breakaway region’s fighters in a conflict dating from the Soviet era.

Kevin Gopaul called ‘Bullcow’ a 26-year-old labourer of 202 Block 20 Haslington New Scheme, East Coast Demerara appeared at the Cove and John Magistrate’s Court on 20th September, 2023, before Magistrate Fabayo Azore to answer to a larceny charge.

Defending champion Jamual John, in a time of three hours, 14 minutes and 24 seconds yesterday won the Victor Macedo Memorial road race organised by the Flying Stars Cycle Club in collaboration with Macedo Transportation Services.

NORTH MITROVICA, Kosovo (Reuters) – Ethnic Serb gunmen in armoured vehicles stormed a village in north Kosovo on Sunday, battling police and barricading themselves in a monastery in a resurgence of violence in the restive north that killed four people.

The Alliance For Change (AFC) yesterday repudiated the most recent “antics” by  Venezuela  regarding the border controversy with Guyana which include plans by Caracas for the holding of a referendum on the matter.

Dear Editor, President Ali stood his ground during last week’s appearance on the British TV programme Good Morning Britain during the “interrogation” from one of the hosts Richard Madeley when asked about reparations from the descendants of British and Scottish slave owners in Guyana.

PARIS (Reuters) – France will pull its soldiers out of Niger following a July coup in the West African country, President Emmanuel Macron said on Sunday, dealing a huge blow to French influence and counter-insurgency operations in the Sahel region.

Dear Editor, What departed US Ambassador Sarah-Ann Lynch, and other Ameri-cans, couldn’t get done, the Venezuelans delivered. 

The Rose Hall Community Centre Cricket Club is currently faced with the prospect of an unplayable outfield after damage caused during a Chutney show and this will severely curtail its youth cricket programme.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – With just a week before Washington runs out of money to keep the federal government fully operating, warring factions within the Republican Party in the U.S.

A 51-year-old Brazilian miner was arrested on Saturday after police found a .32 pistol along with four live rounds in a black plastic bag hidden in the toilet of the Sky Supermarket located at the Puruni Landing in Region 7.

Dear Editor, It is important from the outset to state that the arbitral award of 1899 settled the border between Guyana and Venezuela.

With the aim of addressing issues and concerns affecting members of the Guyana Police Force, its Office of Professional Responsibility( OPR) recently conducted an outreach with ranks within the Regional Division #8 at the Mahdia Police Station.

Dear Editor, The snub of the Trinidad Knight Riders from a State breakfast was a crass move that did not go unnoticed and, has embarrassed Guyana on a world stage.

RAMALLAH,  (Reuters) – A Saudi delegation is due to visit Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in Ramallah this week, a Palestinian official said, amid diplomatic efforts to secure an accord between Israel and Saudi Arabia that could involve concessions for the Palestinians.

(ICC) The 13th edition of the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup will see the winners of the 10-team tournament earn US$4 million, along with the trophy that they will lift at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad on 19 November.

The law faculty at the University of Guyana was without running water for at least several days last week.

(Reuters) – A NASA space capsule carrying the largest soil sample ever scooped up from the surface of an asteroid streaked through Earth’s atmosphere yesterday and parachuted into the Utah desert, delivering the celestial specimen to scientists.

If we are to meet the 1.5-degree limit and protect ourselves from climate extremes, climate champions, particularly in the developing world, need solidarity.

Dear Editor, I do not know why some politicians get involved in politics in Guyana.

By Percy Hintzen Percy C. Hintzen is a native of Guyana. 

Police early yesterday arrested two men who were occupants of a car at Bamia, Linden Highway in which 12 bulky bags containing marijuana weighing about 12.5 pounds were found on the passenger seat behind the driver.

INDORE, India, (Reuters) – India batsmen Shubman Gill and Shreyas Iyer scored centuries to lay the platform for a 99-run win over Australia in their rain-hit second one-day international (ODI) in Indore yesterday that sealed a 2-0 series victory ahead of the World Cup.

On September 21st we referred in these columns to the case of a young woman who had recently faced disrespect and mistreatment at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH) – the country’s main public health facility.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – Cricket West Indies president, Dr Kishore Shallow, has described  next year’s arrival of the ICC Twenty20 World Cup as “exciting times”, and anticipates positive economic spin-offs for the region.

(ICC) The ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2023 will follow the same format as the previous edition four years ago, meaning that all 10 teams will face one another.