Daily Archive: Wednesday, October 25, 2023

(Reuters) – At least 16 people were killed and 50 to 60 were wounded today in mass shootings in Lewiston, Maine, CNN reported, citing multiple law enforcement sources.

A fire completely destroyed the home of Anika Hamy, a 22-year-old woman of Wismar, Linden, last evening and a one-year-old girl died from burns she sustained.

ANKARA,  (Reuters) – Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan, in his strongest comments yet on the Gaza conflict, said today the Palestinian militant group Hamas was not a terrorist organisation but a liberation group fighting to protect Palestinian lands and people.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – A British police officer was jailed for life today for grooming dozens of young girls into sharing explicit images of themselves through Snapchat, in the latest shocking case involving a serving officer.

SYDNEY,  (Reuters) – Carnival Corp’s CCL.N Australian unit has been ordered to pay the medical expenses of a woman who contracted COVID-19, with a judge ruling that the cruise ship operator misled passengers about safety risks in a landmark class action ruling.

BEIJING,  (Reuters) – China elevated diplomatic relations with Colombia to a strategic partnership today, deepening a push with one of the oldest U.S.

(Trinidad Express) Foreign Affairs and Caricom Minister Dr Amery Browne has condemned the vandalism of temples, saying these acts threaten to affect the foreign perception that Trinbagonians are loving and peaceful people.

The Government and the Opposition yesterday held discussions on the growing tensions and threat by Venezuela to this country and denounced Caracas’ planned December 3rd referendum as a violation of treaties, saying they stand “completely” united on Guyana’s sovereignty and no effort would be spared to ensure this.

The Public Procurement Commission (PPC) has written to the national tender board and the NDIA requesting a range of information on the controversial award of the $865m Belle Vue pump station contract to the Tepui Group which was not eligible as it has not completed similar projects.

Three Venezuelan men appeared yesterday before Magistrate Delon Bess at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court, charged with possession of narcotics and possession of a firearm and ammunition without licence and one pleaded guilty and was sentenced to six years’ imprisonment.

Two persons died when a truck slipped off a bridge and landed in a creek on Monday evening on the Lethem Trail, North Rupununi, in the vicinity of the Canopy Bridge.

MUMBAI,  (Reuters) – Quinton de Kock led South Africa’s batting carnage with an incendiary 174 as they crushed Bangladesh by 149 runs to stay on course for a place in the semi-finals of the 50-overs World Cup yesterday.

Unlike the controversial bundling of three of  four pump station contract awards to one project which it still cannot explain, the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board (NPTAB) records shows that the fourth project, erection of the Pouderoyen pump station, was awarded to Spectre Construction Inc.

The miners association yesterday expressed full support for the government’s warning on Monday about unlawful gold trading and said it will not defend any person found to be legally culpable for such misconduct.

The Guyana Police Force (GPF) last night said it is investigating the murder of Amit Singh which  occurred at about 2.15 pm yesterday at Middle Road, La Penitence by four persons.

President of the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) Wayne Forde is confident that the Lady Jaguars will defeat host Suriname this evening when the two sides clash in a top-of-the-table encounter.

Kurt Spencer, a 45-year-old mason of Bar-tica who was accused earlier this year of causing a child to watch a sexual act was charged yesterday at the Bartica Magistrate’s Court before Magistrate Crystal Lambert Spencer was accused of causing a 12-year-old child on February 24 to watch a sexual act.

The Limacol Secondary Schools Football League, which is being coordinated by the nation’s leading private football promotional entity, the Petra Organisation, was officially launched yesterday at the National Library, Church Road.

The Guyana Football Federation (GFF) Access Grassroots Programme successfully conducted its inaugural on-field session Sunday at the St.

Dear Editor, By a 2018 amendment to the Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism Act, the Companies Act was amended to require companies to file with the Commercial Registry “relevant information of beneficial ownership on a regular basis or on demand from the Registrar.”

The government has begun construction of 120 homes in Region Nine under the Hinterland Housing Programme, the Department of Public Information (DPI) reported yesterday.

Dear Editor, Two quick thoughts on the Chevron purchase of Hess Corp’s share in the Stabroek Block 1: Will Chevron honour the remainder of the carbon credit purchase agreement that Hess made with Guyana?

As has been the norm in recent times, the Bounty GCC men and GBTI/GCC women’s team finished top of their respective divisions in the Guyana Hockey Board (GHB) division one leagues.

After enduring almost three years of inactivity, the city abattoir is set to be completely repaired by November month end.

Dear Editor, Having worked at the Cyril Potter College of Education (CPCE) for more than two decades at various levels within its academic stratification, there is a moral obligation to address glaring and apparent deliberate conveyance of information which can and occasionally happens to be misleading.

Team Guyana’s swimmers sojourn in the pool at the Pan Am Games in Santiago, Chile, came to a tame end yesterday with young Olympian Aleka Persaud not making it out of her Women’s 50m Freestyle heat while Raekwon Noel was disqualified in his Men’s 400m Individual Medley heat.

The Canadian High Commission in Georgetown has announced that the 2023 recipient of the Local Engagement and Action Fund (LEAF) grant of CAD$86,625 would be awarded to local NGO, the National Coordinating Coalition (NCC).

CARACAS,  (Reuters) – Former Venezuelan lawmaker Maria Corina Machado, who has declared victory in a primary to choose the opposition’s 2024 presidential candidate, yesterday defended the vote against government accusations that it violated an electoral deal.

A 37-year-old mason of Diamond Housing Scheme, East Bank Demerara was on Mon-day remanded to prison by Magistrate Judy Latchman at the Diamond/ Golden Grove Magistrate’s Court on a charge of trafficking in narcotics.

Dear Editor, Comments argued for and against more funding for the opposition (PNC/APNU/ AFC) in order to better carry out its responsibility of holding the PPP government to account.

GAZA/JERUSALEM,  (Reuters) – The United States and Russia led international calls for a pause in fighting between Israel and Hamas to allow aid into the besieged Gaza Strip, as Israel maintained its bombardment of the enclave where Palestinians are living in harrowing conditions.

SAN JOSE, (Reuters) – Costa Rica’s attorney general’s office has opened an investigation into the disappearance of some $6 million at the Central American country’s largest commercial bank, bank officials said yesterday.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – U.S. Republicans nominated Mike Johnson to lead the House of Representatives yesterday, though it was unclear whether he would merely become the latest hopeful to fall victim to party infighting that has paralyzed Congress for over three weeks.

A Corentyne man is now a patient at the New Amsterdam Public Hospital after he was attacked by two men armed with cutlasses on Sunday while walking home along the Friendship Village, Corentyne Public Road.

Dear Editor, The news yesterday reported Finance Minister Ashni Singh as saying, “I am proud of the NIS but the organization is getting a bad rap because of a few bad eggs and because of a few cases that really are tainting the entire Scheme and so the NIS has an obligation to deliver service in an efficient manner.

SAO PAULO,  (Reuters) – Food production in Brazil, the world’s biggest beef and soybean exporter, accounted for 74% of the country’s greenhouse gas emissions in 2021, according to a study released Tuesday by environmental group Climate Observatory.

PANAMA CITY,  (Reuters) – A Panama court yesterday upheld a 128-month prison sentence for money laundering against former President Ricardo Martinelli, the frontrunner in the Central American country’s presidential election next year.

Dear Editor, I was speechless, shocked, in disbelief, in denial, hurt and deeply saddened.

A 30-year-old Bartica man who pleaded guilty to driving under the influence (DUI) of alcohol was yesterday fined $200,000.

Today everything on four wheels and two wheels is in a tremendous hurry.

PORT-AU-PRINCE,  (Reuters) – A U.S. court has charged Haitian gang leader Vitel’homme Innocent for his role in the plot to kidnap an American couple and the death of the wife who was shot dead when armed men entered their home.

CAPE TOWN, (Reuters) – For New Zealand and South Africa there is no bigger challenge than what both consider rugby’s greatest rivalry and the World Cup final on Saturday will be among their most significant clashes with each team seeking a record fourth global title.

LAHORE, Pakistan, CMC – West Indies Women A failed to ease concerns about the batting depth chart in the Caribbean and Pakistan Women A inspired by a resolute 62 from Gul Feroza clinched a tense, eight-run win in the first One-day match of their series yesterday.

(Reuters) – England test captain Ben Stokes has been handed a one-year central contract, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) said yesterday as it revealed a new multi-year system.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – A former lawyer for Donald Trump, Jenna Ellis, pleaded guilty yesterday to helping the then-U.S.

By Yanis Varoufakis ATHENS – Modern societies have had to deal with exorbitant market power for more than a century.

Dear Editor, More than one year ago as the war between Russia and Ukraine raged with hefty political, diplomatic and military support to the latter from the European Union, NATO, the USA and other western powers, the general view that still obtains is that Europe can once again be the theatre for another world war, only that this time, it can be a nuclear war.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Points standings in the West Indies Super50 Cup after matches on Monday.

NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – Australia’s Mitchell Marsh could not confirm if opener Travis Head will be back for today’s World Cup clash against the Netherlands but is ready to move down to number three as and when his team mate returns.

A 27-year-old security guard was arrested yesterday for the possession of an unlicensed firearm and three .32 spent shells at a shop located at 58 Mile Village, Upper Demerara River, Region Ten.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Minister of Sport Olivia Grange said he was working to try to mend the relationship between the Jamaica Football Federation and members of the senior women’s national team.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – An independent tribunal has suspended American player Jenson Brooksby for 18 months, the International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA) said yesterday, after finding that he committed three whereabouts failures in a 12-month period.