Daily Archive: Tuesday, February 15, 2022

The reputed husband of Edith Reuben and his friend were remanded to prison today over her murder at Yarrowkabra last week.

A major international energy conference opened this morning at the Guyana Marriott Hotel with President Irfaan Ali and other leaders emphasizing sustainable exploitation of petroleum resources and the switch to green fuels.

TEGUCIGALPA, (Reuters) – Scores of Honduran police officers yesterday surrounded the house of former president Juan Orlando Hernandez after the United States asked the government to arrest and extradite Washington’s key erstwhile ally in the region.

(Trinidad Guardian) A 26-year-old man from Santa Cruz who was shot while liming at a bar at Bourg Mulatresse died at hospital.

Global energy technology company Baker Hughes yesterday officially opened a US multi-million dollar supercentre at Land of Canaan, East Bank Deme-rara, for oilfield services and equipment.

Saying that there have been no talks between the two opposition coalition partners on naming a nominee to the National Resource Fund (NRF) Board, the Alliance For Change (AFC) yesterday announced that once given an opportunity it will identify a competent and qualified person for the position as it would not be giving up the opportunity to scrutinise how the country’s oil monies are spent.

Complaints by employees at the Chinese company, Guyana Man-ganese Inc (GMI)  of dire working conditions are  engaging the attention of the Ministry of Labour.

The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) has advised the police to institute a murder charge against the suspects in the murder of Edith Reuben, the Yarrowkabra housewife whose body was found hanging from a mango tree in her yard one week ago.

Alex Douglas who stabbed his reputed wife to death back in 2012 and later attempted to commit suicide, will be sentenced on March 3rd, after pleading guilty to the capital offence yesterday morning.

The Berbice Cricket Board (BCB)  Saturday evening at a gala cocktail reception held at the Saint Francis Community Developers Centre, Rose Hall, Corentyne, bestowed its highest honour ‘Tribute to Heroes’ to five individuals for their outstanding contributions to the game and in particular Berbice cricket.

A governance and democracy report done for the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) says the most promising entry point for programming in Guyana  may be to encourage dialogue around a new national development strategy.

Twenty, that is the number of national records that were broken on Sunday when the Guyana Amateur Powerlifting Federation (GAPF) staged its Sub Juniors/ Juniors and Novices Championship at St Stanislaus’ auditorium.

Dear Editor, I wish to thank Ms Narissa Deokarran (Letters, February 13, 2022) for suggesting my participation within a group of Indian Guyanese to produce state-funded children’s texts that would recognise and relate to the respective ethnic groups in Guyana.

Dear editor, Some Ministries and Departments seem bent in making the government look bad.

By Charwayne Walker Since the inaugural Regional first-class match between British Guiana and Barbados at the Garrison Savannahs in Bridgetown, Barbados in 1865, the only wicketkeepers to have 10 dismissals in a Regional first-class Match have been   Courtney Browne and Keith Hibbert.

Two more COVID-19 deaths were recorded yesterday. This was revealed by the Ministry of Health in a press release which stated that the country’s total deaths increased to 1,196.

Dear Editor, Guyana has rolled out the red carpet and is welcoming dignitaries and visitors from all across the world to attend the 2022 International and Energy Conference.

The placement of vendors and stalls at the Merriman Mall was a point of contention yesterday for City Mayor Ubraj Narine and some city councillors.

Veteran cricket commentator Guyanese Joseph `Reds’ Perreira feels that the Guyana cricket selectors should make a change for today’s second round of the Cricket West Indies’ regional first-class fixture against the Leeward Islands Hurricanes.

Dear Editor The vexed question is what happened, or is happening with the Guyana Police Force Strategic Plan 2011- 2015?

One of the two young men accused of the 2017 killing of school-boy, Brian Charles Yearwood, was yesterday freed of the charge after a no-case submission was upheld in his favour; while the other will know his fate on Thursday after facing the jury.

Jacobs Jewellery and Pawn Shop became the latest sponsor to support the 2nd edition of the Rawle Toney 3×3 Classic, donating four championship rings which will form part of the first prize package for the eventual tournament winner.

Guyana Harpy Eagles will come up against Leeward Islands Hurricanes from today in the second round of the West Indies Championship at Queen’s Park Oval, Trinidad.

Dear Editor, Many are speaking to what is clearly a gap in the strategy of the government.

The Alliance For Change (AFC) has cautioned the government against getting involved in the direct marketing of crude oil, saying it does not have the expertise, administrative infrastructure nor logistics to successfully undertake such an initiative.

Motorists traversing on the East and West Banks of Demerara were faced with traffic disruption yesterday afternoon heading into last night after a truck broke down on the Demerara Harbour Bridge (DHB).

Dear Editor, Anyone who knows me well enough, knows that I have no personal political convictions or personal agendas, but in fact, I  have a voice which I often use whenever I see, or am confronted with issues I disagree with.

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Cricket West Indies (CWI) has congratulated the West Indies players who secured contracts with franchises in the Indian Premier League (IPL), the biggest and most lucrative global T20 franchise tournament, which was conducted in Bengaluru over the weekend, saying it demonstrated that players in the Caribbean side are still high in demand.

Dear Editor, It seems that successive governments in Guyana, especially the PPP government, ministers and persons who believe the PPP can do no wrong, find themselves involved in yet another controversy.

One month after announcing that samples were to be sent for genomic sequencing to ascertain whether the Omicron variant was present in Guyana, Health Minister, Dr.

(Reuters) – Australia batsman Steve Smith took to social media to reassure his fans he will be alright after suffering a concussion while attempting to save a six in Sunday’s Twenty20 international against Sri Lanka in Sydney.

Kavin Singh, the prisoner who was recently recaptured after he escaped from the Lusignan prison was yesterday sentenced to 24 months in jail.

Anthony Edwards made seven 3-pointers and scored 37 points to lead seven players in double figures as the visiting Minnesota Timberwolves snapped a two-game losing skid with a 129-120 win over the Indiana Pacers on Sunday afternoon.

(Reuters) – The World Cup qualifier between Brazil and Argentina in September that was suspended just minutes after kickoff when health officials ran onto the pitch must be replayed, world governing body FIFA said yesterday.

Dear Editor, Every Sunday I leave my house to go visit some friends.

Dear Editor, The recent interview by Vice News, a controversial foreign news media that has some credibility issues, asking our VP if he took bribes and forcing the VP to say, “I never took a bribe” is reminiscent of the US President Nixon saying “I am not a crook,” when he was questioned about his involvement in the famous Watergate scandal.

MOSCOW/KYIV, (Reuters) – President Volodymyr Zelenskiy called on Ukrainians to fly the country’s flags from buildings and sing the national anthem in unison on Feb.

KINGSTON, (Reuters) – A trial of dozens of alleged gang members in Jamaica is testing recent judicial reforms designed to fight the island’s powerful criminal groups, widely blamed for the Caribbean nation having one of the world’s highest murder rates.

Dear Editor, On my visit back to Guyana, I notice a plethora of non-working street lights, especially along my village, Cumberland, and the general East Canje area.

LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – The Rams will celebrate their thrilling victory in Super Bowl LVI with a parade tomorrow in Los Angeles, a city that has had its pro basketball and baseball teams also win championships in recent years.

NEW YORK,  (Reuters) – A U.S. judge said yesterday he will throw out Sarah Palin’s defamation lawsuit against the New York Times, after concluding that an editorial in the newspaper did not maliciously link the former Alaska governor and 2008 Republican U.S.

NEW YORK, 4 (Reuters) – Oil prices surged over 2% on Monday to their highest in more than seven years as Ukraine’s president declared a “day of unity” for Feb.

FLORIDA, CMC – Cavaly AS’ first leg Round of 16 CONCACAF Champions League match scheduled for today has been pushed back three days because of visa troubles facing the Haitian professional football club.

OTTAWA, (Reuters) – Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau yesterday activated rarely used emergency powers in an effort to end protests that have shut some U.S.

Dear Editor The level of discounts enjoyed and benefitted from NCN in the ongoing disagreement over rates, resulting in his decision to pull the popular radio Show (SN Feb 10), sounds like a classic example of the tail wagging the dog.

It would almost certainly have come as no surprise to Guyanese that the 2021 Transparency International (TI)  Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) lists Guyana as one of the Caribbean’s most prominent offenders insofar as corruption at the level of the state is concerned, the fact of the matter being that long before TI had made its report for 2021 public, the country had been struggling with prior blatant revelations of practices associated with official corruption.