Articles published on Friday, December 15, 2023
Police are investigating a fatal accident which occurred at about 08:10 hrs this morning on the Jackson Creek public road, in Corentyne, Berbice, which resulted in the death of Sahid Hamid, a 38-year-old businessman.
Police are investigating a fatal accident which occurred at around 23:20 hrs last night on the Diamond Access Road, East Bank Demerara, which claimed the lives of two persons, motorcyclist Ashton Mc Curdy and his pillion rider Mark Green.
LONDON/TOULOUSE, (Reuters) – A teenager from Britain who resurfaced in southern France after disappearing six years ago is expected to return to northern England in the next few days, police said today after the boy left a spiritualist mountain community in the Pyrenees.
LONDON, (Reuters) – High-profile British broadcaster Piers Morgan, the former editor of British tabloid the Daily Mirror, knew about phone hacking at the newspaper, a judge at London’s High Court ruled today in a lawsuit brought by Prince Harry and others.
(Trinidad Guardian) A man who eluded serving a prison sentence in the US for over 20 years while hiding here in T&T, was extradited to the United States on Wednesday.
-Joint Commission to be set up, any controversies to be resolved under international law Guyana and Venezuela yesterday agreed not to use force against each other in any circumstance, a key development for Georgetown in the light of months of tension over Caracas’ staging of a referendum on Essequibo and its subsequent decision to annexe the county which makes up five-eights of this country.
The five men who pleaded guilty to the murder of four fishermen in May 2016 during a horrific pirate attack on the Corentyne River were yesterday sentenced to death at the High Court in Berbice.
The generators which are expected to boost the Guyana Power and Light’s (GPL) generation capacity arrived in Guyana on Wednesday night according to a Facebook post by the power company.
The termination of two contracts under the Ministry of Agriculture for substandard work has seen the Office of the Auditor General recommend that systems be put in place to adequately monitor and supervise works to prevent recurrences.
On Thursday, December 14, 2023, in Argyle, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, His Excellency Irfaan Ali, President of the Co-operative Republic of Guyana and His Excellency Nicolas Maduro, President of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela held discussions on matters consequential to the territory in dispute between their two countries.
Leader of the Opposition, Aubrey Norton yesterday confirmed that although the Opposition was invited to the meeting between President Irfaan Ali and Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro they decided to opt out as the government was not “specific” about the meeting.
(CMC) – Opener Brandon King lashed a Man-of-the-Match unbeaten half-century, while captain Rovman Powell added another, as the West Indies brushed aside England by ten runs to take a 2-0 lead in the five-match series yesterday.
Clarendon College, out of Jamaica, despite fielding a second-string team, staged a comeback 3-1 win over St.
Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday strongly defended the government’s decision to give an across-the-board 6.5% increase to public sector workers – a hike which has seen some criticisms.
A Corentyne single mother of three is now contemplating her next move and is pleading for assistance after her house was completely destroyed by a fire on Tuesday morning.
The University of Guyana (UG) and New Amsterdam Technical Institute (NATI) will battle for the coveted Tertiary Basketball Knockout Championship after semi-final wins last night at the National Gymnasium, Mandela Avenue.
Residents of Hyde Park, Timehri, on the East Bank of Demerara have for months been experiencing issues with their potable water supply.
CAIRO/GAZA, (Reuters) – A U.S. security envoy discussed with Israeli officials yesterday how to better protect civilians during their war against Hamas in Gaza and President Joe Biden appealed for lives in the Palestinian territory to be saved.
The ‘One Guyana’ Kings and Queens Beach Football Championship resumes this evening at the PPP office in Mackenzie, Linden.
BRUSSELS, (Reuters) – European Union leaders agreed to open membership talks with Ukraine even as it continues to fight Russia’s invasion, but they could not agree on a 50 billion euro package of financial aid for Kyiv due to opposition from Hungary.
Linden Technical Institute and Bishops’ High will contest the final of the Titan Bowl Basketball Championship following semi-final wins yesterday at the National Gymnasium, Mandela Avenue.
The Bar Council of the Bar Association of Guyana yesterday noted the passing of Justice Nandram Kissoon with deep regret.
The Government of Guyana has expended a total of $56,270,055 from its treasury to finance overseas travel for President Irfaan Ali and Vice President (VP) Bharrat Jagdeo.
NEW YORK, (Reuters) – A former FBI official was sentenced to over four years in prison on Thursday after previously pleading guilty to working for Oleg Deripaska, a Russian oligarch under U.S.
The Demerara Cricket Board’s (DCB) Under-15 Inter-Association 50-Over competition continued yesterday at the Farm Ground on the East Bank of Demerara and saw a horrible display of batting from the East Bank team, who crumbled for just 22 under 13 overs.
Dear Editor, Paragraph 9 in its current iteration should not have been accepted by Guyana.
Randolph Williams called ‘Travis’, a 27-year-old bartender of Cotton Field, Essequibo Coast, appeared at the Anna Regina Magistrate’s Court before Magistrate Esther Sam, where he was charged with the rape of a child under 16 years.
Guyanese national basketball player Israel Yaw incurred another loss for the season as the University of Maryland went down to hosts NC State 61-93 in Raleigh, North Carolina.
BRASILIA, (Reuters) – Brazil’s Congress yesterday overturned a presidential veto that had struck down the core of a bill to limit Indigenous land claims, setting up a likely clash at the Supreme Court.
DUBAI, (Reuters) – The COP28 climate summit in Dubai started with all the ingredients for spectacular failure: It proposed an end to the fossil-fuel era at a conference situated in Arab oil country amid overt opposition from the powerful oil-producer group OPEC.
Dear Editor, Editor, I accept that GHK Lall tortures the English language but does not get it to reveal its meaning so I could be misinterpreting his pejorative letter of the 10th December describing the distribution of the $25,000 cash grant to pensioners.
Khadidja Ba, a 26-year-old Human Resources Officer of Crown and Oronoque streets, Queenstown, Georgetown, appeared yesterday before Senior Magistrate Sunil Scarce at the Diamond/Golden Grove Magistrate’s Court where she was charged with larceny.
(Reuters) – Venezuela opposition presidential candidate Maria Corina Machado will not appeal her ban on holding public office because she has never been officially notified of it, she said yesterday.
QUITO, (Reuters) – Ecuador’s attorney general’s office said yesterday it had detained 29 people, including the head of the country’s judicial regulator, as part of an investigation into an alleged drug trafficking scheme.
Dear Editor, A picture tells a thousand words and more. The firm handshake and averted eyes by the Venezuelan President when meeting President Ali conveys an awkward President Maduro as compared to a composed and in control President Ali looking directly at his adversary, daring him to meet his eyes.
Dear Editor, ‘The Presidents of Venezuela and Guyana, Nicholas Maduro and Irfaan Ali met in St Vincent and the Grenadines today under the chairmanship of Ralph Gonsalves the Prime Minister of SVG and the current chair of CELAC.
Daniel Singh, 21, of 3rd Street, Grove, East Bank Demerara, yesterday appeared at the Diamond Magistrate’s Court where he was charged with break and enter and larceny committed on house of 66-year-old Prettipaul Singh of Grove Housing Scheme.
PORT-AU-PRINCE, (Reuters) – Medecins Sans Frontieres (Doctors Without Borders) is temporarily shuttering an emergency clinic in Haiti’s capital Port-au-Prince, the medical charity said on Thursday, after armed men stopped an ambulance, forcibly removed a severely wounded patient, beat him and then shot him dead.
(Reuters) – The U.S. Embassy in Costa Rica said yesterday it planned to organize a regional conference on protecting 5G networks in April next year, days after China rejected cyber-security and spying concerns raised by Costa Rica’s president.
(Trinidad Express) A suspect has been held by police officers in relation to the murders of Guyana-born Hollice Thomas and her son, eight-year-old Noel Thomas.
Dear Editor, I am profoundly shocked, saddened and extremely concerned about the attempt on the life of Mr.
Those of us who live on the coast probably have very little idea of what goes on in some of our border regions.
By Vitaly Dymarsky SAINT PETERSBURG – Kremlin insiders like to tell the following story.
Understanding, or not understanding ringfencing Introduction Today’s column returns to the very popular topic of ringfencing in petroleum operations.
(Reuters) – Captain Suryakumar Yadav smashed a brilliant 100 from 56 balls as India squared the series against South Africa with an emphatic 106-run win in the third and final Twenty20 International in Johannesburg yesterday.
(Reuters) – Australia’s opener David Warner brushed aside any doubts about his test match pedigree with a brutal 164-run assault on Pakistan’s bowlers as the hosts glided to 346-5 after 84 overs at stumps on day one of the series opener in Perth yesterday.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The parties to a ceasefire in parts of the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have agreed to a two-week extension, according to a senior U.S.
The remaining hospitalized survivor of the Sunday morning minibus accident on the Friendship, East Bank Demerara Public Road was yesterday discharged from the Georgetown Public Hospital, Regional Commander, Superintendent Krishnadat Ramana said yesterday.
