Daily Archive: Wednesday, December 6, 2023

The Guyana Defence Force (GDF) minutes ago announced that it has lost contact with its GDF BELL 412 Helicopter (8R-AYA) approximately 30 miles east of Arau on the country’s western borders.

 (Agence France Presse) China said tday it supported close ally Venezuela and Guyana in resolving border issues, as Caracas proposed a bill to create a Venezuelan province in a disputed oil-rich region.

MOSCOW, (Reuters) – President Vladimir Putin was escorted to the Middle East by four Russian fighter jets on Wednesday for a rare trip abroad, during which he will discuss oil production and OPEC+ with Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.

BRASILIA, (Reuters) – Brazil rejects any use of force by Venezuela to occupy the Esequibo territory in Guyana and will urge the Caracas government not to threaten its neighbour, President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva’s top foreign policy advisor said today.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Olivia Grange, says legislation will be tabled next week in Parliament to impose tough penalties on the perpetrators of domestic violence who use a firearm to carry out their reprehensible acts.

In defiance of the ICJ, Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro yesterday announced a series of steps following Sunday’s referendum on Essequibo including handing out of exploration licences in the county and President Irfaan Ali last night said Guyana has contacted the UN Secretary General on this “imminent threat” and the army is on full alert.

Charges against two policemen for conspiring in an $8m robbery against a Chinese national were thrown out yesterday when it was found that the requisite fiat had not been inscribed on the case jacket.

The Diamond/Grove Magistrate’s Court is now the first in the country to employ a sophisticated electronic Court Case Management System (CCMS), following the launch of the pilot initiative yesterday.

GAZA, (Reuters) – Israel’s military assaulted southern Gaza’s main city in what it said was the fiercest combat since it began its ground invasion to eliminate Hamas five weeks ago, while the U.S.

Several sources close to the government have told Stabroek News that the Government of Guyana is considering a 9% increase for public servants.

DUBAI, (Reuters) – Countries at the COP28 climate conference are considering calling for a formal phase-out of fossil fuels as part of the U.N.

Kerwin Ward, a 36-year-old construction worker of Den Amstel, West Coast Demerara, yesterday appeared at the Leonora Magistrate’s Court before Magistrate Zamilla Ally-Seepaul where he was charged with the offence of causing death by dangerous driving following a serious accident involving Arnold Padmore who  succumbed on April 27.

(CMC) – West Indies captain Shai Hope said his side will be pushing hard to win the second one-day international against England today in Antigua and not let the hard work they have put in to prepare for the series go to waste.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy canceled plans to appeal directly to U.S.

By Shuntel Glasgow After being shot twice on Thursday, Deo Kissoon, of Herstelling Sea Dam, East Bank Demerara, was released from the hospital, but his family is now fearful for their lives as they say they are constantly being attacked by unknown persons.

Following the publication of notices for the staging of elections for the Upper Corentyne Cricket Association (UCCA) and West Berbice Cricket Association (WBCA), respectively, Cricket Ombudsman Malcolm Peters has declared that neither election can be conducted once it’s not in accordance with the Cricket Administration Act of 2014.

President Irfaan Ali on Monday lambasted the Eccles/Ramsburg Neighbourhood Democratic Council (NDC) for its poor performance in managing its constituencies.

(Reuters) – Joseph Vincent, a former informant for the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), yesterday became the fourth person to plead guilty in a U.S.

Berbice Football Association 3rd Vice President Philip Carrington has questioned the basis behind the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) Electoral Committee barring the Guyana Police Force (GPF), Western Tigers, Santos, and West Demerara from voting at the elections on Saturday, noting that decision can be interpreted as prejudice.

Dear Editor, My letter is directed at the Alberttown Police Station and relates to excessively loud music played 12 hours each day from 2:00 p.m.

Residents of Lot 22, Windsor Castle, Anna Regina, Region Two, had the fright of their lives when four masked gunmen  entered their home and robbed them at around 9 pm on Monday. 

LIMA,  (Reuters) – Peru’s constitutional court ordered the “immediate release” of imprisoned former President Alberto Fujimori, according to a court document published yesterday, marking the latest chapter in a dizzying legal saga for the controversial former leader.

Dear Editor,    I would be more than grateful to highlight some inept behaviour within our health system in Region 2.

Prime Minister  Mark Phillips yesterday met with a team of executives from BOSAI Minerals Group (Guyana)  at his Office on Camp Street on developments at the company.

SAN JOSE/PANAMA CITY,  (Reuters) – Costa Rican police yesterday arrested Panamanian businessman and former presidential hopeful David Ochy on charges of fraud and money laundering, judicial authorities said on Tuesday, following an Interpol request.

Dear Editor, As I’ve looked through the news regarding the Guyana-Venezuela border controversy, I have noticed that the Essequibo region’s biodiversity has been largely overlooked in the discourse.

Dear Editor, Venezuelan President Mr. Maduro must be a special kind of dunce to think that he can annex another country’s territory by referendum.

Police ranks in Regional Division #6, on Monday discovered a Beretta Pistol with six live rounds in the magazine and fifteen in an ammunition box along with a quantity of suspected cannabis at the Brotherson Pump, Canje River in Berbice.

NEW YORK,  (Reuters) – A former chief executive officer at U.S.

The pipe that broke last Thursday in front of the St Thomas More Men’s Homestead on Lamaha Street, Kitty, Georgetown, was repaired by a crew from Guyana Water Inc (GWI) at around 10am on Monday, according to a resident of the home.

Dear Editor, The much-watched Venezuelan Referendum was plagued by low turnout, which means a hell of a big turndown. 

SAN SALVADOR,  (Reuters) – El Salvador has seen “an alarming regression” of human rights protections during President Nayib Bukele’s government, a trend that has intensified under a sweeping anti-gang crackdown, Amnesty International said in a report published yesterday.

(CMC) – Off-spin bowling all-rounder Kevin Sinclair further enhanced his reputation with a destructive spell that defied half-centuries from Khayelihle Zondo and Neil Brand and enabled West Indies A to gain an edge against hosts South Africa A in the deciding third “Test” yesterday.

By Shashi Tharoor NEW DELHI – The United States has charged Indian national Nikhil Gupta, a 52-year-old narcotics and weapons trader, for plotting to murder a prominent Sikh separatist, Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, a US citizen, in New York City.

Almost two weeks after several persons were arrested by the police in relation to a housing fraud involving Ministry of Housing personnel, Regional Commander (Ag), Assistant Commissioner Simon McBean yesterday said that the matter is still being investigated.

ASUNCION,  (Reuters) – Paraguay and Brazil launched dozens of raids across the two countries yesterday to seize weapons sent from Europe to be sold to Brazil’s largest criminal groups.

Experienced referee consultant Wayne ‘Harry’ Griffith will attempt to bring cheer to the Soesdyke/Timehri football faithful over the course of the festive Christmas period with the inaugural ‘Million Dollar Baby’ Street-ball Championship, which was announced yesterday at the National Library, Church Road.

Dear Editor, The University of Guyana is being disingenuous in its recent Press Release Entitled: (Georgetown/Guyana/Turkeyen/12.03.2023/No Lawsuit Served on UG by Wayne Forde) The press release said: As at the date of writing this statement (December 3) neither the University nor its lawyers have been served by any Court with any documents relating to a defamation suit from Dr Wayne Forde and therefore the article below is inaccurate and an unsubstantiated Letter- publishing.

Following the announcement by the Electoral Committee that four GFF affiliates, including the Guyana Police Force, are ineligible to vote at Saturday’s elections due to not being in good standing, club President, Senior Superintendent Jermaine Johnson, has rubbished the ruling, declaring it’s an effort to smear the entity’s reputation.

The last fortnight has been a roller coaster ride of mixed emotions for West Indies cricket fans, as the past, the present and the future appeared to be whirling simultaneously in a time gyroscope to generate disappointment, joy, anger, hope, nostalgia, worry, and euphoria.

(Trinidad Express) Having spent almost three decades in prison after being found guilty in 1999 of chopping his wife to death five years prior, a High Court judge has ordered the immediate release of a Mayaro man.

(CMC) – Cricket West Indies Academy captain Nyeem Young hailed his side for the success they had, sweeping their four-day, first-class series against Emerging Ireland 2-0.

With the fourth edition of the KFC Goodwill Schools U-18 Football Tournament set to kick off next Tuesday (December 12), ExxonMobil has stepped up to the plate and will be sponsoring the hinterland schools that will be taking part in the competition.