Articles published on Thursday, April 11, 2024
SANTIAGO, (Reuters) – Chilean President Gabriel Boric recalled his country’s ambassador in Caracas for consultations, he said in a post on X today, citing remarks by Venezuela’s foreign minister about criminal organization Tren de Aragua.
(Field Level Media) O.J. Simpson, a Pro Football Hall of Fame running back who was accused of, and ultimately acquitted, in the 1994 killings of his former wife and her friend in “The Trial of the Century,” has died after a battle with cancer.
Clinton Chase, the 70-year-old unemployed resident of Lot 148 Middle Road, La Penitence, Georgetown, who was found dead on April 7th, 2024, at 22:30 hrs on the northern parapet in front of his died from multiple gunshot injuries.
The police yesterday issued a bulletin for Stephon Branford over the murder of Courtney Young in Sophia on March 21st.
Attorney General Anil Nandlall SC has acted upon the instructions of President Irfaan Ali and issued instructions to ministries on the establishment of units to assess where projects are experiencing unjustifiable delays or there is evidence of poor work.
KYIV, (Reuters) – Russian missiles and drones destroyed a large electricity plant near Kyiv and hit power facilities in several regions of Ukraine today, officials said, ramping up pressure on the embattled energy system as Kyiv runs low on air defences.
ORENBURG, Russia, (Reuters) – The Russian city of Orenburg battled rising water levels today after major rivers across Russia and Kazakhstan burst their banks in the worst flooding seen in the areas in nearly a century.
(Jamaica Gleaner) Principal Director of National Integrity Action (NIA) Danielle Archer is calling for the urgent repeal of the Official Secrets Act, arguing that the more current Protected Disclosures Act, or whistleblower legislation, cannot succeed alongside the archaic, colonial law.
HANOI, (Reuters) – A court in Vietnam handed the death sentence today to real estate tycoon Truong My Lan for her role in a 304-trillion-dong ($12.5-billion) financial fraud, the country’s biggest on record, state media said.
(Trinidad Express) Making the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) Trinidad and Tobago’s final appellate court would be one of the highest honours that could be given to the court’s first president, Michael de la Bastide, says Law Association (LATT) president Lynette Seebaran-Suite, SC.
Guyana received unanimous support from the United Nations Security Council when its members met on Tuesday at the request of President Irfaan Ali, to address Venezuela’s approval of the creation of a new state in Essequibo, sending a strong signal to the Nicolas Maduro regime of this country’s backings, sources said.
Declaring 2023 a successful year of growth albeit the challenges, the Demerara Distillers Limited has reported after tax profits of nearly $6 billion; 12%higher than 2022.
Justice Sandil Kissoon will deliver his ruling on the matter of the Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU) vs the Government of Guyana next week.
A pre-charge report has been drawn up for the child involved in the altercation with Golden Grove student Jamal Reid and it is expected that he will face the court shortly, sources have confirmed to this newspaper.
Attorney Ryan Crawford and his brother have been denied their attempt at ownership of some 100 acres of land, which they claimed had been given to their deceased father who was a lawyer, by a client in lieu of payment.
Dear Editor, I am writing to express my thoughts regarding President Irfaan Ali’s recent interview with Trinidad’s CNC 3, where he addressed the issue of discrimination by showcasing two members of his public relations team, one Afro-Guyanese and one Indo-Guyanese.
Guyana Harpy Eagles wicketkeeper batsman Kemol Savory recorded an unbeaten 127 to rescue the defending champion from the perilous position of 61/6, as they ended the first day on 278/6 against hosts the Jamaica Scorpions at Sabina Park.
The 29-year-old lorry driver of Lovely Lass village, West Coast Berbice, who injured a senior police officer along with a police constable in an early morning accident on August 2, 2023 along the Friendship Public Road is before the courts.
A 30-year-old man is now hospitalized after he was stabbed three times by a man with whom he had a previous misunderstanding.
Defending champion the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) secured its fifth consecutive win to maintain its perfect record in the KFC Elite League, dismantling Monedderlust 11-0 on Tuesday evening at the National Training Centre, Providence.
Dear Editor, Suicide is a major public health problem in Guyana, but not much attention is placed on this social issue to lower, if not eradicate, it altogether.
Dear Editor, In a recently concluded doctoral dissertation, I explored issues surrounding poverty, injustices and theology.
The University of Guyana has announced that it has graduated its first ever batch of food scientists and looks forward to their contribution in both local and regional efforts to attain food security.
Newly-appointed magistrates have undergone an eight-day multi-stakeholder Orientation Programme facilitated by the Supreme Court of Judicature, following the taking of the Oath of Office, a Supreme Court release stated on Tuesday.
Dear Editor, Following on my letter on the drag race accident in an East Coast community, I had hoped this letter would not have to be written.
NEW YOR (Reuters) – U.S. stocks tumbled to a lower close on Wednesday after hotter-than-expected inflation data threw cold water on hopes that the Federal Reserve would begin cutting interest rates as early as June.
Dear Editor, The group of Guyana’s categories of Health Workers include: Trained Nurse/ Midwife; Nurse; Nurse Assistant and Nurse Aide amongst others, who are supervised by more professional health personnel, both male and female.
The Guyana Defence Force (GDF) is soon expected to acquire a £39 million offshore patrol vessel following the signing of a Letter of Intent between the defence force and the French company OCEA SA yesterday.
BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany’s Lufthansa (LHAG.DE) said on Wednesday it suspended flights to and from Tehran from April 6 until probably April 11, “due to the current situation in the Middle East”.
Dear Editor, Human-caused climate change coupled with the natural El Nino dry weather phenomenon and aided and abetted by people deliberately setting grass and forest fires have brought us to this current state of destructive and polluting wildfires raging across our country.
The ministries of Education and Health have collaborated with the Mount Sinai Health System to provide 17 nursery school pupils from schools across the coastland with much-needed spectacles as part of the Comprehensive Child and Youth Health Programme, a Ministry of Education release stated last Tuesday.
CAIRO (Reuters) – Three sons of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh were killed in an Israeli airstrike in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday, the Palestinian Islamist group and Haniyeh’s family said.
The Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) has returned the file of Vreed-en-Hoop businessman Dylan Walker, who was held by the police over a gun and ammunition on March 16th , advising that further investigation be done.
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A New York appeals judge on Wednesday denied Donald Trump’s third last-ditch attempt this week to delay his April 15 criminal trial on charges stemming from hush money paid to a porn star, paving the way for the first-ever trial of a former U.S.
Dear Editor, Over the past few months, I had cause to use the pontoon crossing at Kurupukari a few times and almost every time there were delays which prevented me crossing on schedule.
Following the conclusion of the group stage, the round of 16 segment in the Milo Secondary Schools U-18 Football Championship will commence on Saturday at the Ministry of Education (MOE) ground, Carifesta Avenue.
The Guyana Amazon Warriors will commence the defence of its Caribbean Premier League (CPL) title on August 30th against hosts and newly minted franchise, the Antigua and Barbuda Falcons.
The teams in the Guyana Cricket Board’s (GCB) Men’s U-19 Inter-County Super50 Championship have been confirmed as the event kicks off tomorrow at the Malteenoes Sports Club on Thomas Lands and the Lusignan Facility, East Coast Demerara, respectively.
A Guyana-based Brazilian man, wanted by the authorities in Brazil, appeared before Magistrate Judy Latchman at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday fighting his extradition to that country.
QUITO (Reuters) – Ecuador’s former vice president Jorge Glas is on a hunger strike at a prison in Guayaquil to protest his arrest, his lawyer Sonia Vera said in a message posted on X on Wednesday.
(Trinidad Express) A mother of two who lived in fear for months after several attempts were made on her life, and who pleaded with police for protection, was shot dead in San Fernando yesterday morning.
On Sunday last, the world observed World Health Day, the 76th anniversary of the founding of the World Health Organisation (WHO), under the theme ‘My health, my right’.
Dear Editor, Not a single Guyanese for, or against any democratically elected government of the day, nor even the ‘politically undecided’ should consider the threat by Vene-zuela to use force to seize a large chuck of Guyanese territory to be unreal or unimagined… It is real!
(CMC) – Shimron Hetmyer’s Rajasthan Royals tasted their first defeat of the new Indian Premier League season when the Gujarat Titans pulled off a stunning last-ball heist to win by three wickets yesterday.
Eagles dismantled Classic Ball Blasters (CBB) when the Demerara Volleyball Association’s (DVA) Senior Men’s League continued last evening at the National Gymnasium, Mandela Avenue.
The Guyana Football Federation (GFF) conducted a referee introduction course, which was successfully completed by 12 individuals on Sunday at the National Training Centre in Providence.
