Daily Archive: Thursday, October 12, 2023

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – U.S. prosecutors say that an Israeli private investigator used hackers to steal emails from climate activists who were campaigning against American energy giant Exxon Mobil Corp XOM.N.

Drivers and passengers are being advised that Providence Road (Red Road) has been blocked off from the entrance on the East Bank Public Road up to Massy Stores.

(Reuters) – Prosecutors pursuing a corruption case against Bob Menendez today brought a new charge against the Democratic U.S.

JERUSALEM/GAZA, (Reuters) – Israel said today there would be no humanitarian exceptions to its siege of the Gaza Strip until all its hostages were freed, after the Red Cross pleaded for fuel to be allowed in to prevent overwhelmed hospitals from “turning into morgues”.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Ex-Formula One boss Bernie Ecclestone was spared an immediate prison sentence today after he pleaded guilty to misleading Britain’s tax authority about overseas assets worth more than 400 million pounds ($492 million).

VALLETTA,  (Reuters) – Maltese government plans to allow 16-year-olds to serve as mayors have drawn humour, revulsion and little apparent support on the Mediterranean island.

(Trinidad Guardian) Months of surveillance and intelligence gathering led to the seizure of a quantity of high-powered rifles and hundreds of rounds of ammunition, including armour-piercing rounds, and gunpowder yesterday.

(Trinidad Guardian) A late-night visit to a fast food strip ended with a popular music producer being murdered the wounding of two other men, including a Trinibad artiste, on Tuesday.

Former Public Works Minister David Patterson yesterday said that the Public Procurement Commission (PPC) has said that it has launched a probe into the contentious $865 million Belle Vue, West Bank Demerara, pump station contract awarded to the Tepui Group.

GTT, the Ministry of Health and several non-governmental cancer support organizations are to sponsor more than 2500 free mammograms to members of the public who qualify.

The People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) government has fulfilled its promise of providing 50,000 jobs during its present term, even though it was seen by some as a “pipe dream.” 

Having raised the problem with President Irfaan Ali at a meeting on October 2nd ,teachers are continuing to press for solutions to hot classrooms.

A four-year-old boy is in hospital with a fractured skull and broken arm after he was beaten by his stepfather though his mother initially told the police that her child had fallen down.

A Corentyne man succumbed yesterday to injuries after a collision along the Corriverton Public Road just around midday.

A taxi driver of Lot 46 Eccles New Housing Scheme, East Bank Demerara, appeared at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court yesterday before Magistrate Rhondel Weaver where he was charged with fraud.

By Michaelangelo Jacobus Photos by Michaelangelo Jacobus The resurfacing of the synthetic track at the National Track and Field Centre (NTFC) at Leonora, West Coast Demerara, is complete.

Commander of Region Six, Shivpersaud Bacchus yesterday confirmed that two lawmen in Region Six are under close arrest over an alleged corrupt transaction.

The Guyana Football Federation (GFF)/KFC Elite League Cup, which will commence on Sunday, was officially launched yesterday at the latter’s Vlissingen Road headquarters, with the competing 10 teams battling for more than $3,000,000 in prizes.

Pulwantie Ramjan, the 56-year-old pedestrian of 69 Annandale Railway Embankment who was struck down and killed on Monday evening on the Lusignan Railway Embankment had been on an errand to buy some items to celebrate her upcoming birthday.

Former city mayor Ubraj Narine has filed a $200 million libel suit against the state-owned Guyana Chronicle, which he says has defamed him through a number of untrue articles it published.

Yam Chan Chu, Jude Thompson and Chelsea Benjamin were among the winners when the Guyana National Karate Federation staged its Senior National Championship Sunday at the National Gymnasium, Mandela Avenue.

Shrugging off his indifferent form for the Guyana Amazon Warriors in the recent Caribbean Premier League competition, national player Chandrapaul Hemraj, was among the runs in the first practice match against the GCB ‘Select XI’.

A motor bodywork man, Gose Awad, 29, was yesterday held at Wisroc Junction in Wismar with a car which had been stolen from Lima Sands,  Essequibo Coast.

Dear Editor, The protection of the public from untruths, half-truths, misrepresentations and distortions dictates that I make an exception to my unwillingness to engage Joel Bhagwandin in any place or in any capacity.

Former Auditor General Anand Goolsarran’s lawyers are preparing to return to the court for advice on alternative action to be taken, following yesterday’s eighth unsuccessful attempt to serve Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo with papers relating to the slander lawsuit brought against him.

Dear Editor, I thank a section of the media for publishing my letter which dealt in part with President Ali’s verbal outburst in response to President Donald Ramotar’s statement on renegotiation of contracts.

Despite the challenges faced during their competitions, Team Guyana Robotics – an all-girls robotics team – emerged among the top 23 teams out of 191 at the First Global Challenge in Singapore which concluded on Tuesday, STEM Guyana Director Karen Abrams told Stabroek News.

Dear Editor, It fills my heart with great joy to be able declare my Guyanese identity with pride.

M/GAZA, (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden yesterday warned Iran against getting involved in Israel’s conflict with Hamas amid fears of a wider regional conflict, while Israeli leaders formed an emergency war cabinet to present a united front.

Fifty-two-year-old Neil Dutchin yesterday  appeared before Magistrate Rhondel Weaver at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court where he was charged with illegal possession of a firearm.

Dear Editor, When is the last time any Guyanese heard a word from the PPP Government about the punishing cost of living environment, and the hurt it is inflicting on ordinary Guyanese and their families? 

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Republicans who control the U.S. House of Representatives yesterday nominated Steve Scalise to serve as speaker following last week’s ouster of Kevin McCarthy, but delayed further action when he appeared to be short of the support needed to win a vote of the full chamber.

MANAUS,  (Reuters) – A barge carrying three trucks and 2,000 empty cooking gas cylinders lies stranded on the vast sand banks of a diminished Rio Negro river after running aground last month, highlighting the plight of river transport in the Amazon region hit by severe drought.

Dear Editor, The Guyana Peace Council (GPC) abhors the declaration of war by Israel against the Palestinian people which has already claimed the lives of over two thousand people, on both sides, the majority of whom are civilians.

While October 5 was given by GAICO Construction General Services Inc as the date for recommencing the dredging of the Pomeroon River, works have not yet started.

DETROIT, (Reuters) – United Auto Workers yesterday shut down Ford’s F.N

TEGUCIGALPA,  (Reuters) – A Honduran special anti-corruption unit indicted two former conservative presidents yesterday on charges of fraud for the diversion of over $12 million of public funds into political campaigns, the state prosecutors office said.

Dear Editor, Yesterday I had the opportunity to engage with Mr.

Chief Education Officer Saddam Hussain on Tuesday directed his ire at photo-journalists for not showing sensitivity following the Mahdia dormitory fire which claimed 20 lives on May 21.

(Reuters) – NASA yesterday gave the public a first glimpse of what scientists found inside a sealed capsule that was returned to Earth last month carrying a carbon-rich soil sample scooped from an asteroid’s surface, including water-bearing clay minerals.

Dear Editor, Like most of Guyana, I was pleased to see the Guyana Amazon Warriors win their first CPL title last week.

MIAMI, Florida, CMC – Opportunity knocks for several Caribbean Football Union teams when the Concacaf Nations League resumes today around the confederation.

(Reuters) – Women boxers should have the choice of 12-round title fights like men, undisputed featherweight world champion Amanda Serrano, along with two dozen other current and former female fighters said in a statement yesterday.

NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – World Cup hosts India cantered to their second successive win of the tournament after captain Rohit Sharma’s incendiary century set up their eight-wicket thrashing of Afghanistan yesterday.

A 32-year-old labourer of Third Avenue Bartica, Raphael Schroeder, is in a serious condition at the Bartica Regional Hospital after he was stabbed in the neck by his drinking buddy yesterday morning.

(Reuters) – Rafa Nadal will play at the Australian Open in January, tournament director Craig Tiley said yesterday, as the 37-year-old former world number one returns to the sport after undergoing hip surgery earlier this year.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Cricket West Indies will be hoping a group of emerging women’s players “grow and improve” when the West Indies Women’s “A” Team tour Pakistan from October 17 to November 8.

The world observed International Day of the Girl Child yesterday. As is normal with these observances, global data relevant to the year just past punctuated the websites of the many agencies dedicated to girls, children and gender issues.

MELBOURNE, Australia, CMC – Leading players from the Caribbean such as Jhaniele Fowler, Romelda Aiken-George, Shamera Sterling, and Sam Wallace could be in limbo if the current pay dispute in the Super Netball League in Australia rumbles on.

(The opinions expressed here are those of the author, a columnist for Reuters) By Gavin Maguire LITTLETON, Colorado, (Reuters) – Brazil generated nearly 93% of its electricity from clean sources during the first nine months of 2023, up more than 2 percentage points from the same period in 2022 and the largest clean-power share among major economies.