The Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) today said that the police file, “Fatal Accident Involving Motor Pickup PAB 3134, Motor Car PNN 8552, Motor Lorry GJJ 9151 and Motor Car PAB 8222” that claimed the lives of Christopher Bhagwandat and Sheereda Persaud on February 2, 2022, was received from the Guyana Police Force (GPF) on Thursday 24th February, 2022; the police file was returned to the GPF with legal advice today, Monday 28th February, 2022.
LONDON, (Reuters) – Shell SHEL.L will exit all its Russian operations, including a major liquefied natural gas plant, it said today, becoming the latest major Western energy company to quit the oil-rich country following Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine.
A 19-year-old internet technician was yesterday electrocuted while on duty.
Dead is Anphony Monroe of Lot 4364, Central Amelia’s Ward, Mackenzie, Linden and who was employed with the Re-Link Wireless Internet Service located in Central Amelia’s Ward.
FRANKFURT/VIENNA/SARAJEVO, (Reuters) – The European arm of Sberbank SBER.MM, Russia’s biggest lender, faces failure, the European Central Bank (ECB) warned today, after a run on its deposits sparked by the backlash from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
KYIV/MOSCOW, (Reuters) – Russian artillery bombarded residential districts of Ukraine’s second largest city Kharkiv today, with Moscow facing increasing international isolation as talks to resolve the conflict failed to make a breakthrough.
LONDON, (Reuters) – Britain said today it was taking further measures against Russia in concert with the United States and European Union, effectively cutting off Moscow’s major financial institutions from Western financial markets.
LONDON, (Reuters) – Russian billionaire businessman Roman Abramovich, who owns Premier League club Chelsea, has accepted a Ukrainian request to help negotiate an end to the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, his spokeswoman said.
A consortium of local accounting and auditing firms has expressed concern that after submitting a bid to audit cost oil only one firm has been listed by the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board as having submitted a bid.
The naturalised Chinese man and tenant of Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo who is at the centre of bribery allegations by US-based network VICE Media, has a number of businesses here and they include construction, fuel, large scale lumber and quarrying operations.
The Ministry of Housing’s CH&PA has issued an invitation for Expressions of Interest (EOI) for housing developments on the East Bank and East Coast of Demerara, even as sources revealed that over 4,000 hectares of the former East Demerara Estate’s plantation lands have been assigned to the ministry.
Olympian, Keevin Allicock has sternly refuted claims that he was dropped from the AMBC Continental Championships team claiming that it was in fact his decision to withdraw from training camp due to a hip injury sustained while in training.
During his February 1, 2022 interview with the US-based VICE Media Group, Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo, in rejecting allegations of collecting bribes from Chinese businesses, invited the reporter to check his submissions to the Integrity Commission to determine whether he is corrupt or not.
HOUSTON, (Reuters) – Exxon Mobil XOM.N likely will face new pressure to severe ties with Russia’s largest oil producer, said analysts, after rival BP agreed to unload a Rosneft stake.
The search team scouring a section of the Atlantic Ocean for the three missing Noble House Seafood fishermen and their vessel have zeroed in on the possible location, Maritime Administration Director of Safety, Captain John Flores says.
Dear Editor,
On this profoundly significant day, 2-22-2022, on eve of the 52nd Republic Day Celebration, while traversing the area in front of the Stabroek Fire Station, I paused and pondered, “This area should be enshrined as Firemen’s Square.”
President Irfaan Ali departed Guyana yesterday to attend the Thirty-Third Inter-Sessional Meeting of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) in San Pedro, Ambergris Caye, Belize.
The Guyana Football Federation (GFF) has warned its regional member associations and affiliates not to participate in unsanctioned events, following the announcement of the Annual Mayor’s Cup nine-a-side Inter Ward/Village knockout football tournament, which is scheduled to start on March 27th.
KYIV/MOSCOW, (Reuters) – President Vladimir Putin put Russia’s nuclear deterrent on high alert yesterday in the face of a barrage of Western reprisals for his war on Ukraine, which said it had repelled Russian ground forces attacking its biggest cities.
Newly re-elected president of the Guyana Rugby Football Union (GRFU) Ryan Dey yesterday said that decentralisation of the sport, better training and playing venues and more local tournaments were
On his agenda for the new term.
Jamual John is back to his winning ways.
After placing fifth in the season opener two weeks ago, the star cyclist returned to the front of the peloton yesterday and added another first place trophy to his palmares’.
Dear Editor,
It was most titillating to view the front page of SN of February 24, which showed the fireworks over Stabroek Market in observance of the 52nd Anniversary of the country’s Republican status.
ISTANBUL, (Reuters) – NATO member Turkey changed its rhetoric to call Russia’s assault on Ukraine a “war” on Sunday and pledged to implement parts of an international pact that would potentially limit the transit of Russian warships from the Mediterranean to the Black Sea.
BERLIN, (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin has inadvertently achieved what Western allies have long struggled to do: get Germany to step up to its role as a major global power with an assertive foreign policy backed by a strong military despite its World War guilt.
In a battle of the established and experienced teams, Castrol Strikers defeated Young Achievers in a five-set thriller 3-2, when the Demerara Volleyball Association (DVA) Senior Men’s division one league continued at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall on Homestretch Avenue.
Dear Editor,
I refer to your Editorial, `Just words?’ (SN 2-27-22) wherein you critiqued President Ali’s speech at the Republic Day Flag raising ceremony by claiming, “There was too the mystifying question of character, and what makes us uniquely Guyanese.
The National Taskforce on Flooding led by Prime Minister Mark Phillips met on Saturday to ensure that all steps are in place to proactively manage the current rainy season.
The Georgetown Office Assistants Promotional Committee (GOAPC) will stage the GTT ‘Super 6 over tapeball cricket competition on March 12th and 13th at the National Cultural Centre Tarmac, Mandela Avenue from 10:00am.
The Guyana Defence Force (GDF) yesterday rejected as reckless and irresponsible a social media post that alleged that the Venezuelan military had conducted an operation on Guyanese territory in Region Seven.
(Trinidad Express) As clueless family members sat under an old bus shed in Pointe a Pierre awaiting word of the rescue plans for their loved ones, the management of Paria Fuel Trading Company called a press conference at the ball room across the road last night, and announced the deaths of the four men.
RIO DE JANEIRO, (Reuters) – Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro yesterday declined to condemn Russian President Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, while departing from his government’s official stance at the United Nations to say Brazil would remain neutral.
OSLO, (Reuters) – Norwegian energy group Equinor EQNR.OL said today it will start the process of divesting from its joint ventures in Russia amid Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine.
ISLAMABAD, (Reuters) – Australia players are feeling “incredibly safe” after arriving for their first tour of Pakistan in 24 years and raring to dish out their aggressive brand of cricket, test captain Pat Cummins said yesterday.
LONDON, (Reuters) – Liverpool held their nerve to win an astonishing penalty shoot-out 11-10 and edge out Chelsea in the English League Cup final yesterday after a rip-roaring contest had somehow ended 0-0 after extra time at Wembley.
Dear Editor,
It is reported the Russian forces are meeting ‘strong and wide’ resistance and may have been caught off guard by the pushback from Ukrainian fighters.
(Reuters) – FIFA said yesterday that Russia could continue to play matches albeit on neutral venues and only under the name ‘Football Union of Russia’ but warned the country could be excluded from competitions if the situation in Ukraine does not improve.
CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand, CMC – Captain Stafanie Taylor struck a half-century but a timid West Indies run chase saw them go down by 90 runs to Australia in their first official warm-up of the ICC Women’s 50-over World Cup.
NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – India completed a 3-0 series sweep against Sri Lanka after Shreyas Iyer’s third successive half-century secured a six-wicket victory in the final Twenty20 International in Dharamsala yesterday.
(Reuters) – South Africa lost two wickets after tea but pushed their lead over New Zealand to 211 runs by the close of day three to leave the second test delicately poised in Christchurch yesterday.
Ja Morant scored a franchise-record and career-high 46 points while outdueling DeMar DeRozan and leading the Memphis Grizzlies to a 116-110 victory over the host Chicago Bulls on Saturday night.
(Trinidad Guardian) Nine books–seven by women and five by newly published writers–have made the 12th OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature longlist for 2022.
As was stated in the February 25th editorial in this newspaper, Guyana’s position on Russia’s diabolical invasion should be clear: we support international law as it applies in this instance, we support Ukraine’s rights as an independent state, we support its right to territorial integrity, and we support democracy.
