Articles published on Wednesday, November 22, 2023
Police are investigating the murder of Chooromanie Tulsie, a 38-year-old female accountant of Lot 26 Unity, Mahaica, East Coast Demerara which occurred sometime between 7.30 last evening and 8 am this morning at the above-mentioned address, by an unknown person.
NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – U.S. authorities thwarted a plot to kill a Sikh separatist in the United States and issued a warning to India over concerns the government in New Delhi was involved, the Financial Times reported today, citing unnamed sources.
BEIJING, (Reuters) – China and Uruguay today upgraded their bilateral ties, setting the stage for further trade and investment, as the tiny neighbour of Argentina and Brazil seeks to strike deals abroad that it deems would be more beneficial than membership of a local trade bloc.
SAN FRANCISCO, (Reuters) – Sam Altman is returning as CEO of OpenAI just days after his ouster, capping frenzied discussions about the future of the startup at the centre of an artificial intelligence boom.
(Reuters) – Senior Cuban officials have over several weeks provided an increasingly dire snapshot of a deepening economic crisis in a series of televised prime-time appearances, revealing the extent of the downturn in unprecedented detail.
ISLAMABAD, (Reuters) – Pakistan’s Supreme Court accepted today a bail application from detained former Prime Minister Imran Khan, his lawyer said, a day after another court declared illegal his trial on charges of leaking state secrets.
(Trinidad Express) The Saudi Arabian government sent two private jets to fly Caricom heads to the Middle East and also footed the bill for their accommodation, Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley revealed yesterday.
A policy proposed by the Ministry of Education (MoE) to deal with school violence is currently being piloted in a secondary school before being published.
Forty-five-year-old Fitzroy Adams, of Lot 36 East Ruimveldt Housing Scheme, Georgetown, appeared before Magistrate Rochelle Liverpool yesterday at the Sparendaam Magistrate’s Court where he was charged with motor manslaughter.
The Guyana Police Force has completed a further probe on the removal of sand from the Murphy Dam Cemetery in Region Five and has sent back its file for legal advice.
Meignauth Premraj also known as ‘Smokey’, who last month opted to plead guilty to the lesser count of manslaughter for the murder of his neighbour, Mark Griffith, was yesterday sentenced to life in prison with the eligibility for parole after completing twenty years.
Chief Justice (ag) Roxane George last Friday awarded attorney Tamieka Clarke $700,000 in damages over her brief arrest by agents of the Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU) on October 28 last year while advising her client and she has since received an apology.
Donald Sheriff who was charged with the murder of New Amsterdam labourer Keron Nicholson in May 2020, and last month opted to plead guilty to the lesser count of manslaughter when he appeared at the High Court in Berbice was yesterday sentenced to life in prison with eligibility for parole after fifteen years.
Guyana’s qualification to League A in the CONCACAF Nations League was sealed in a sublime manner, as they crushed Antigua and Barbuda 6-0 yesterday at the Estadio Olímpico Félix Sánchez in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
Twenty-six-year-old Kevin Linden Hopkinson, of Lot 345 Section ‘D’, Turkeyen, appeared before Magistrate Rochelle Liverpool at the Sparendaam Magistrate’s court yesterday where he was charged with armed robbery.
Twenty-three-year-old fisherman Roopnarine Mahadeo is now awaiting sentencing after being convicted by a jury of raping a 14-year-old girl back in 2021.
Chairman of the Guyana Football Federation’s (GFF) Electoral Committee, Marcel Bobb, remains silent as to whether the process to determine the voting eligibility of the respective members of the Congress has commenced ahead of the entity’s December 9th elections.
The Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) has broken new surgical ground with its partnership with a New York State healthcare provider.
The Technical Director of the Guyana Football Federation (GFF), Bryan Joseph, has confirmed that all systems are in place for the staging of the Lady Jaguars u17 international friendly series against traditional rival Suriname on Saturday in Georgetown.
The Opposition has expressed its disapproval at what it sees as the failure of the government to adequately address the fears and concerns of Guyanese, especially Essequibians stemming from Vene-zuela’s claim to Essequibo.
Mixed Martial Artist (MMA) Corwin D’Anjou returns to the international circuit on Saturday evening as he enters the octagon against Canadian Nicholas Araujo in a lightweight amateur championship encounter on the Caribbean Ultimate Fist Fighting (CUFF) 18 card at the Eastern Regional Sporting Complex, Tacarigua, Trinidad and Tobago.
(CMC) – Unbeaten half-centuries from their captain Nyeem Young and opener Matthew Nandu fired the Cricket West Indies Academy to a six-wicket win against Emerging Ireland in their third one-day, 50 overs-a-side match yesterday in Antigua.
President Irfaan Ali yesterday met at State House with an executive team from the University of Miami and other stakeholders involved in the development of Silica City.
GAZA/TEL AVIV, (Reuters) – Israel’s government and Hamas yesterday agreed to a four-day pause in fighting to allow the release of 50 hostages held in Gaza in exchange for 150 Palestinians imprisoned in Israel, and the entry of humanitarian aid into the besieged enclave.
Dear Editor, The deceptive political narratives perpetuated by the state-owned Guyana Chronicle and Guyana Times newspapers demand immediate scrutiny and condemnation.
With the traditional holiday season fast approaching, the Guyana Telephone & Telegraph Company (GTT) is gearing up for yet another Christmas promotion where customers are given the opportunity to win cash and prizes.
(CMC) – Openers Tagenarine Chanderpaul and Zachary McCaskie batted through a testy 35 minutes before the close, and West Indies A got off to a solid start in the first “test” against hosts South Africa A yesterday.
Dear Editor, Veteran PPP Marxist stalwart and its former Minister for 23 years Clement Rohee, in a media commentary last week, urged that the Guyana government immediately seek the assistance of the USA to counter Venezuela Maduro’s serious threat to Guyana’s territory.
Guyanese national basketball player Akeem Crandon recorded his third consecutive win as Barry University defeated Emory & Henry 83 by a 95-83 score on Saturday on the collegiate circuit at the McAlister Field House in Charlestown, South Carolina.
The suspect in the chopping last month at Granny Landing, Omai Backdam, Siparuni, Region Eight, that resulted in the death of a miner, Perry Budhram, is yet to be arrested, says Regional Commander Senior Superintendent Khalid Mandal.
An ornate vessel which was stolen on Saturday from the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception on Brickdam was retrieved yesterday and it is to be returned today to the Bishop, according to the St.
WASHINGTON/BAGHDAD, (Reuters) – The United States carried out two series of strikes in Iraq against Iranian-backed militants, U.S.
BOGOTA, (Reuters) – The number of square kilometers used for alluvial gold production in Colombia fell 3.9% in 2022, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) said on Tuesday.
Dear Editor, Shameful as it may be to countenance, Forbes Burnham, the first Prime Minister of Guyana, was an agent of the American Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) before and, during his tenure in office (1962-72).
(CMC) – Elaine Thompson-Herah will ramp up her preparations for next year’s international track and field season under the guidance of Elite Performance Track Club coach, Reynaldo Walcott.
By Simon Zadek GENEVA – The negotiators and activists preparing to attend the upcoming United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28) in Dubai are grimly aware that there is no realistic chance of limiting global warming to 1.5° Celsius above pre-industrial levels.
Haiti continues with its painful co-existence with violent armed gangs while politicians there continue their efforts to bring and end to this crisis.
NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Binance chief Changpeng Zhao stepped down and pleaded guilty to breaking U.S.
President Irfaan Ali had lunch yesterday at Camp Ayanganna with relatives of the Guyana Defence Force members serving at the country’s borders.
The cover story of the most recent issue of The Economist magazine, 18th November, is titled “The World Ahead 2024”, and provides an extensive 90-page guide to the coming year.
Dear Editor, What Venezuela is doing according to the declarations made by its Vice Presi-dent before the International Court of Justice last week, scares the hell out of me, and in fact should scare the citizens of every country on this planet.
(CMC) – West Indies Under-19 selectors may have to change course after the sport’s world governing body, the ICC, announced yesterday that Sri Lanka will no longer host the next year’s Youth Cricket World Cup, and it will now be hosted in South Africa.
