Daily Archive: Saturday, January 27, 2024

 (Reuters) – The United States is reviewing its sanctions policy against Venezuela after a court upheld a ban which prevents presidential candidate Maria Corina Machado from holding office, the State Department said today.

(Jamaica Gleaner) The Media Association Jamaica (MAJ) Limited has joined the Press Association of Jamaica in calling for restoration of media attendance at the court case involving murder accused Jolyan Silvera.

NEW DELHI,  (Reuters) – India and France have agreed to work together on the joint production of defence equipment including helicopters and submarines for the Indian armed forces and production for friendly countries, New Delhi said.

The PPP/C government yesterday tabled a bill in the National Assembly for a huge increase in the annual extraction of oil revenues from the Natural Resource Fund (NRF).

Prime Minister Mark Phillips yesterday told the National Assembly  that the government is continuing to work towards cutting the electricity cost by 50% as according to him the Gas-to-Energy taskforce has made substantial advances.

Making his presentation on budget 2024, Leader of the Opposition, Aubrey Norton yesterday unveiled a People-Centred Development Strategy (PCDS) which he said that an APNU administration will focus on if elected.

By Abigail Headley Aviation Advisor to the government Lenox Shuman has resigned from his post with the intention of establishing a “100% Guyanese-owned” airline.

Fifty-four-year-old Dhanraj Theophilus is set to be sentenced on February 5th for the 2018 fatal beating of his then 18-year-old common-law wife, Lorinda Thomas, with whom he shared a child.

Health Minister Dr Frank Anthony announced on Thursday that the government  this year will launch a special eye care programme for children and the elderly.

Port Kaituma carpenter Tyron James is now awaiting sentencing after pleading guilty to the 2018 killing of his reputed wife, Evadnee Baptiste, with whom he became enraged after seeing her dancing with another man.

Back Circle, Gold is Money, and Unstoppable secured hard-fought wins when the ‘Georgetown versus the Rest’ Street-ball Championship continued on Thursday evening.

By Michaelangelo Jacobus Having dominated from day one, Kemol Savory’s XI only needed the morning session to wrap up a comprehensive 10-wicket win over Kevlon Anderson and his men on day four of the second Guyana Harpy Eagles Trial Match.

Seventh-day Adventists across Guyana can now benefit from access to quality financial services, as the Guyana Conference of Seventh Day Adventists has been officially registered as a Co-operative Credit Union.

Acting Chief Justice Roxane George SC has ordered embattled Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Linden Hospital Complex (LHC), Rudy Small, to pay defamation damages amounting to $20 million to nurses attached to that hospital.

Two Berbice men were on Thursday held with 175 lbs of cannabis, according to the Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU).

A 33-year-old miner was relieved of his licensed .32 pistol with 10 live rounds and an undisclosed amount of gold on Thursday at Sand Hill Backdam, Cuyuni River, Region 7, by two masked men armed with handguns.

Thirty-four-year-old Ryan Perez appeared before Chief Magistrate Sherdel Isaacs-Marcus at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court yesterday where he was charged with possession of firearm and ammunition without a licence.

Dear Editor, These are some questions addressed to Commissioners Joseph Singh, Derrick John and Joycelin Kim-Kyte Thomas which are not apparently covered by the 3-month-long Commission of Inquiry (CoI) into the Mahdia dormitory fire Dear Commissioners We refer to your Report dated January 2024 on the fire that engulfed the dormitory for girls in Mahdia, Region 8, on 21 May 2023.

THE HAGUE/GAZA,  (Reuters) – The World Court ordered Israel yesterday to prevent acts of genocide against Palestinians and do more to help civilians, although it stopped short of ordering a ceasefire as requested by the plaintiff South Africa.

Dear Editor, The Minister of Finance has kept his Budget Speech promise to come back to the National Assembly to a) raise the debt ceiling b) to revise upward the NRF withdrawal rule and c) saving an increasing share of the inflows into the Fund.

CARACAS, (Reuters) – Venezuela’s Supreme Justice Tribunal yesterday upheld a ban which prevents presidential candidate Maria Corina Machado from holding office, upending the opposition’s plans for elections planned later this year.

CAIRO/HOUSTON, (Reuters) – Yemen’s Houthi rebels yesterday stepped up attacks on vessels transiting the Red Sea, including a hit that sparked a fire on a fuel tanker operated on behalf of trading firm Trafigura.

A fire of unknown origin destroyed a house that belonged to Julissa Roberts, a 32-year-old housewife and Tavis Callender, a 33-year-old miner, at about 9 on Wednesday night at Four Miles (Squatting Area), Bartica, Essequibo River.

Dear Editor, A country with a leadership that refuses to recognize between available funds and the management skills and prudence to effectively manage those monies is doomed to failure and will be responsible for the wisdom of ‘willful waste brings woeful want’ and worst, opening the door to corruption and greed, the cancer that only brings pain, suffering and distress to this and succeeding generations.

NAIROBI, (Reuters) – A Kenyan court yesterday rejected a plan to send police officers to Haiti to lead a U.N.-approved

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Donald Trump was handed a stinging defeat yesterday by a Manhattan jury that ordered him to pay $83.3 million to the writer E.

Food for the Poor (FFTP) yesterday said that on Tuesday, January 23, it partnered with the Marriott Hotel “Serve 360 Sustainability Programme”, to provide food relief to forty  vulnerable families in the South Georgetown/Sophia areas.

Dear Editor, When discussing budgets, President Joe Biden often uses a quote that he attributes to his father: “Don’t tell me what you value.

BOGOTA, (Reuters) – Colombia recalled its ambassador to Argentina for consultations yesterday, after Argentine President Javier Milei called his Colombian counterpart Gustavo Petro a “communist murderer.”

MOSCOW, (Reuters) – Rosneft’s ROSN.MM Tuapse oil refinery in southern Russia has halted oil processing and output following a fire on Thursday, two industry sources familiar with the matter told Reuters.

Motorcyclist Ramaldo Easton, an employee at GTM, is nursing non-life threatening injuries after being involved in an accident at Camp and Robb streets in Georgetown, in the area between the ITEL and Teleperformance buildings.

The Guyana Relief Council (GRC) yesterday distributed assistance to 12 families who lost their homes and were displaced due to fires.

PORTCHEFSTROOM, South Africa,  CMC – A half-century from their captain Stephan Pascal, and a Player-of-the-Match performance from Nathan Edward propelled West Indies Under-19s to a two-wicket win against England Under-19s in the ICC Men’s Under-19 Cricket World Cup yesterday in South Africa.

As a modern form of influence on the lives of individuals, social media platforms of the digital age make television, the previous generations’ vehicle for the cues of choice, appear almost sloth-like when it comes to creating new trends and fads, and pinpointing new avenues in fashion and lifestyles.

BRISBANE, Australia, CMC – West Indies continued to put a brave fight against hosts and world Test champions Australia with new ball pair of Alzarri Joseph and Kemar Roach sharing seven wickets and earning them a narrow first innings lead in the day-night second Test on Friday.

HYDERABAD, India,  (Reuters) – Fluent half-centuries by KL Rahul and Ravindra Jadeja earned India a sizeable first-innings lead of 175 and control of the opening test against England yesterday.

MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – Aryna Sabalenka has blown all-comers off court on her march to the final of the Australian Open and China’s Zheng Qinwen will need to produce something extraordinary to deprive her of back-to-back titles on Rod Laver Arena today.

(Field Level Nedia) Jaren Jackson Jr. scored 18 of his 30 points in the first half to fuel the host Memphis Grizzlies to a 107-106 victory over the Orlando Magic on Friday.

(Field Level Media) Dallas guard Luka Doncic scored a franchise-best 73 points, the most scored in the NBA this season, yesterday and helped the visiting Mavericks end their three-game losing streak with a 148-143 win over the Atlanta Hawks.

Dear Editor,  I am quite sure that many Guyanese, like myself, are confused about this issue.

By Evie Kanhai-Gurchuran Today we have a guest column by Evie Kanhai-Gurchuran.

By Dr Bertrand Ramcharan Former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights; Seventh Chancellor of the University of Guyana Preventive and protective measures have a long history in English and Commonwealth law.

QUITO, (Reuters) – Ecuador’s top court has blocked nine questions that President Daniel Noboa wanted to put to Ecuadoreans in a referendum on security issues, arguing they failed to meet constitutional requirements, it said yesterday.

MELBOURNE,  (Reuters) – The Australian Open will crown a new men’s champion after Jannik Sinner shocked holder Novak Djokovic to reach the final, where the Italian faces twice runner-up Daniil Medvedev, who came from two sets down to outlast Alexander Zverev on a thrilling Friday.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – The U.S. Justice Department yesterday agreed with a finding by the New York attorney general that the state’s former governor, Andrew Cuomo, violated federal law by sexually harassing female employees and retaliating against those who spoke out.