Daily Archive: Saturday, January 6, 2024

(Barbados Today) Almost 50 years after returning to the skies under the ownership of Caribbean governments, the 67-year-old island-hopper LIAT is to wind up in its current form –  LIAT (1974) Ltd – on January 24, its court-appointed administrator confirmed on Thursday.

Ramon Andres Vansluytman, a Venezuelan national who was charged with the offence of illegal entry, having been arrested at the Sherima Crossing (Check Point) in Region Seven on 2023/11/18, was found guilty by Magistrate Crystal Lambert at the Bartica Magistrate’s Court yesterday.

A New and United Guyana (ANUG) today introduced Althia King as its elected representative to Parliament.

 (Reuters) – A Myanmar rebel alliance has gained control of a key town along the country’s volatile northern border with China after weeks of fierce fighting with junta troops, the alliance and the junta said.

BENGALURU, (Reuters) – The Indian Space Research Organisation’s inaugural solar mission, Aditya-L1, has reached its destination within the anticipated four-month timeframe, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said today.

(Trinidad Express) Time seemed to have stood still as members of the Defence Force bore the body of the late former prime minister Basdeo Panday in a coffin, draped in the national colours of red, white and black, through the streets of the capital city of Port of Spain, yesterday.

(Trinidad Guardian) The autopsies on the bodies of Shevonne Moffat and Gemma Alexis have come back as inconclusive, and police will now await toxicology reports on the bodies.

(ICC) The pinnacle ICC men’s T20 event will see a record 20 teams divided into four groups competing across 55 games for the right to be crowned ICC Men’s T20 World Cup Champions 2024, including co-hosts the West Indies and the USA, together with the other qualifiers: Afghanistan, Australia, Bangladesh, Canada, England, India, Ireland, Namibia, Nepal, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Oman, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea (PNG), Scotland, South Africa, Sri Lanka and Uganda.

SYDNEY,  (Reuters) – David Warner was denied the chance to score the match-winning runs in his final test but contributed 57 as Australia cantered to their victory target of 130 runs to beat Pakistan by eight wickets and sweep the series 3-0 last night.

The Government of Guyana yesterday signed a US$35 million contract with the China Railway Construction Corporation Limited (CRCCL) for the construction of the new Mackenzie-Wismar Bridge in Region 10.

The Public Procurement Commission (PPC) on December 29th  rejected a complaint by Akamai Inc over a contract award, leaving the company dissatisfied and Member of Parliament David Patterson charging that there had been a whitewashing of the matter.

President Irfaan Ali yesterday announced that the Governments of Guyana, Barbados and the twin-island republic of Trinidad and Tobago on Thursday formed a new company that will introduce a passenger and cargo ferry system.

Richard José, a 47-year-old Venezuelan national, perished in a fire of unknown origin yesterday morning at Lot G 11/3 Plantain Walk, Pouderoyen, West Bank Demerara.

Following the Full Court ruling that it “negligently misdirected” $28 million which was intended as the early extinguishing of a mortgage, Scotiabank (Guyana) has filed an appeal to the judgment which it describes as unjust.

In a statement at the United Nations Security Council on January 3rd,  Guyana’s Permanent Representative Ambassador Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett condemned the recent attacks carried out by the Houthi rebel group of Yemen on ships navigating through the Red Sea.

The application process for teachers to be upgraded has been simplified, according to a release from the Ministry of Education.

Dear Editor, The Public Procurement Commission (PPC) has finally issued a report based on a complaint from a contractor.

A 59-year-old man of Lot 2281 Section ‘A’, Block X, Diamond, East Bank Demerara, who allegedly  pretended to be a Loans Officer, appeared before Magistrate Delon Bess at the George-town Magistrate’s Court yesterday where he was slapped with six fraud charges.

Dear Editor, Two issues have been dominating the headlines in Guyana for months – the flawed Exxon Oil Contract and the Essequibo border issue.

NEW YORK,  (Reuters) – A former oil trader at Vitol, one of the world’s largest energy trading companies, paid officials in Mexico and Ecuador nearly $1 million in bribes to win contracts worth around $500 million, a U.S.

Two officers from the GDF have taken up key roles as part of the Permanent Mission of  Guyana to the United Nations.

CAIRO/GAZA/JERUSALEM,  (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Europe’s senior diplomat Josep Borrell began a new diplomatic push yesterday to stop spillover from the Gaza war into Israeli-occupied West Bank, Lebanon and Red Sea shipping lanes.

Shaquiel Thomas and Otto McDonald appeared before Magistrate Delon Bess at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court where they were charged with robbery.

Dear Editor, January 1st 2024, marking the 74th anniversary of the founding of the PPP quietly went by.

CARACAS, (Reuters) – Venezuela’s opposition politicians yesterday extended the functions of a committee administering the country’s overseas assets, which replaced the now-eliminated interim government, for 12 more months.

(Reuters) – Wayne LaPierre resigned as leader of the National Rifle Association yesterday, ending a long career that saw it became one of the most powerful lobbies in Washington, only to have its prestige tarnished by graft accusations and a bankruptcy filing.

Dear Editor, While I believe that auditing everyone (especially politicians) to keep their fingers out of the cookie jar is the way to go, the question needs to be asked about whatever happened to the audits instituted by the David Granger Administration?

BOGOTA,  (Reuters) – Peace talks between Colombia’s government and the largest FARC dissident group managed to get the rebels to suspend kidnappings, free 10 hostages, and reduce clashes with the country’s military in under three months, a government negotiator said yesterday.

The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP),  Shalimar Ali-Hack and team visited the Juvenile Holding Centre (JHC), on Thursday to have a first-hand insight into the facility and Juveniles currently being housed at the centre.

LA PAZ, (Reuters) – Bolivia announced a record cocaine seizure from the country’s western Oruro department, officials said on Friday, giving the drugs a local street value of $224 million but nearly double that in Europe where the illicit cargo was likely headed.

(Field Level Media) Anthony Edwards scored a game-high 24 points, Karl-Anthony Towns tallied 22 points as part of a well-rounded performance and the visiting Minnesota Timberwolves rolled to a 122-95 win over the Houston Rockets yesterday.

RIO DE JANEIRO,  (Reuters) – Mario Zagallo, who won four soccer World Cups for Brazil as either player or coach, including the 1970 side considered by many to be the best ever, has died, according to a post on his official Instagram account yesterday.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados,  CMC – Barbados’ Prime Minister Mia Mottley has lauded the country’s “high level of organisation” after Kensington Oval was awarded the final of this year’s Twenty20 World Cup.

According to the Gregorian calendar we are in the year 2024.

(Field Level Media) Jalen Brunson scored 29 points, Quentin Grimes added 19 and Isaiah Hartenstein had 17 as the New York Knicks handily defeated the host Philadelphia 76ers 128-92 yesterday.

Kumar Saul of Lot 13 Leopold Street, Werk-en-Rust, Georgetown, appeared yesterday before Magistrate Delon Bess at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court where he was charged with break and enter and larceny.

(Reuters) – Canada said yesterday an aircraft was sent this week to Jamaica to address a maintenance issue with the plane that took Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on a visit to the Caribbean, enabling him to fly back home.

Christopher and Heesan DaSilva, a Canada-based Guyanese couple have made significant strides in realising their vision of bringing a golf course to life in the Timehri area.

RIO DE JANEIRO, (Reuters) – Coach Fernando Diniz will no longer be in charge of the Brazil national team, said the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) yesterday.

ROME,  (Reuters) – Italy’s highest court cleared the late Agentine soccer legend Diego Maradona of tax evasion charges, ending a 30-year-long legal battle between the ex-Napoli striker and revenue authorities.

(ESPN) Australia have replaced India as the No.1-ranked Test team in the ICC rankings.

With the registration of the D-UP Basketball and Football Academy Friendly Society, young people in Cornelia Ida, Tuschen, and Parika on the West Coast Demerara (WCD) and East Bank Essequibo , Region Three (Essequibo Islands-West Demerara), will now have access to sports training activities, a release from the Ministry of Labour said yesterday.

What was clear from the Ministry of Public Works’ end of year press conference is that there are a number of infrastructure projects that are suffering serious delays.

Dear Editor, Several days since it was reported the Report of the CoI into the Mahdia fire was completed and to be handed over to the President. 

MELBOURNE, Australia,  CMC – Test batsman Peter Handscomb has been named to captain a 12-man Cricket Australia squad announced by national selectors to face West Indies in a three-day match starting next week in Adelaide.

Associations in the county of Demerara will head into the first action of 2024 when the Demerara Cricket Board (DCB)/SVC/Precision Services Inc.

The highly anticipated final of the Guyana Football Federation’s (GFF) Elite  League Promotional Playoff between Slingerz and Monedderlust football  clubs has been rescheduled to tomorrow night along with a change of venue.

(Reuters) – Rafael Nadal is unsure if he will compete at the upcoming Australian Open after his defeat to Jordan Thompson in the Brisbane International quarter-finals yesterday, during which the Spaniard left the court on a medical timeout.

(Reuters) – The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) hit back yesterday at reports it turned a blind eye to positive tests by Spanish athletes and said it was investigating the National Anti-Doping Organisation of Spain (CELAD).

 Sat, 1 June 2024 – USA v CANADA, Dallas   Sun, 2 June 2024 – WEST INDIES v PAPUA NEW GUINEA, Guyana Sun, 2 June 2024 – NAMIBIA v OMAN, Barbados   Mon, 3 June 2024 – SL v SOUTH AFRICA, New York Mon, 3 June 2024 – AFGHANISTAN v UGANDA, Guyana   Tue, 4 June 2024 – ENGLAND v SCOTLAND, Barbados Tue, 4 June 2024 – NETHERLANDS v NEPAL, Dallas   Wed, 5 June 2024 – INDIA v IRELAND, New York Wed, 5 June 2024 – PAPUA NEW GUINEA v UGANDA, Guyana Wed, 5 June 2024 – AUSTRALIA v OMAN, Barbados   Thur, 6 June 2024 – USA v PAKISTAN, Dallas Thur, 6 June 2024 – NAMIBIA v SCOTLAND, Barbados   Fri, 7 June 2024 – CANADA v IRELAND, New York Fri, 7 June 2024 – NEW ZEALAND v AFGHANISTAN, Guyana Fri, 7 June 2024 – SRI LANKA v BANGLADESH, Dallas   Sat, 8 June 2024 – NETHERLANDS v SOUTH AFRICA, New York Sat, 8 June 2024 – AUSTRALIA v ENGLAND, Barbados Sat, 8 June 2024 – WEST INDIES v UGANDA, Guyana Sun, 9 June 2024 – INDIA v PAKISTAN, New York Sun, 9 June 2024 – OMAN v SCOTLAND, Antigua   Mon, 10 June 2024 – SOUTH AFRICA v BANGLADESH, New York Tue, 11 June 2024 – PAKISTAN v CANADA, New York Tue, 11 June 2024 – SRI LANKA v NEPAL, Florida Tue, 11 June 2024 – AUSTRALIA v NAMIBIA, Antigua Wed, 12 June 2024 – USA v INDIA, New York Wed, 12 June 2024 – WEST INDIES v NEW ZEALAND, Trinidad   Thur, 13 June 2024 – ENGLAND v OMAN, Antigua Thur, 13 June 2024 – BANGLADESH v NETHERLANDS, St.

Lestroy Archibald, a 29-year-old mason of Tuschen Squatting Area, East Bank Essequibo was yesterday sentenced to three months of community service on a ganja charge.