Daily Archive: Tuesday, April 19, 2022

Minister of Sport Charles Ramson today said that he has been advised by the Amateur Athletics Association of Guyana (AAG)  that there was never any need by the country’s athletes at the CARIFTA Games for payment of COVID-19 testing and meals which the AAG was not in a position to handle from the support they received from the government and the Olympic association.

President Irfaan Ali will soon announce major developmental plans for the Albouystown community in the city, said Minister within the Ministry of Public Works, Deodat Indar.

KYIV/KHARKIV,  (Reuters) – Russia launched its long-awaited all-out assault on east Ukraine today, seizing its first town after unleashing thousands of troops in what Ukraine has described as the Battle of the Donbas, a campaign to take two provinces.

LAHORE, Pakistan,  (Reuters) – A Pakistani mob lynching of a Sri Lankan manager of a garment factory who was accused of blasphemy was an act against the Islamic religion, a court said in a detailed ruling today.

BANGKOK,  (Reuters) – The leader of one of Thailand’s biggest political parties apologised today over the conduct of a former executive accused by more than a dozen women of sexual abuse in what some activists have called the country’s first “MeToo” moment.

(Trinidad Express) Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley is to be in Barbados today  where he will participate in a series of talks with high-level U.S.

Civil society group Article 13 yesterday called for the immediate confirmation of Chancellor of the Judiciary, Yonette Cummings-Edwards and Chief Justice Roxane George and said that the onus is on President Irfaan Ali to initiate the process.

The 2018 Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the Ministry of Education and the GTU to activate a 2011 revolving fund for teachers’ housing  has been declared not “legally enforceable” by the Office of the Solicitor General.

Minister of Housing and Water Collin Croal tabled a bill at Wednesday’s sitting of the National Assembly to pave the way for persons who purchased duplexes or condominiums from the state to be able to access titles for them.

After three exciting days of record shattering performances, the 49th staging of the CARIFTA Games concluded last evening here in Kingston, Jamaica with Team Guyana finishing with seven medals. 

Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of Parliament Jermaine Figueira has formally submitted to the National Assembly the names of Pauline Chase, Joel Bhagwandin, Rajnarine Singh, Diana Rajcumar and Berkley Wickham to constitute the Public Procurement Commission (PPC).

By Tony McWatt The 2022 Indian Premier League (IPL) is well underway with approximately one-third of its scheduled matches having been completed.

Four cutlass-wielding bandits yesterday morning attacked and injured a 51-year-old security guard while he was on duty at the Gafoors Shopping Complex at Land of Canaan, East Bank Demerara (EBD).

Guyana’s Junior Jaguars U16 football team will swing into action today when they take on home team Bosnia and Herzegovina today.

The Parliamentary Committee on Appointments on Wednesday formally presented to the National Assembly, the names of Dunstan Barrow and Clement Sealey for Director to the Board of the Natural Resource Fund (NRF) and member to the Public Accountability and Oversight Committee of the NRF, respectively.

What more can one say about Nicolette Fernandes. Once the `golden girl’ of Guyana’s squash, Nicollete’s retirement in 2017 was supposed to pave the way for her heir apparent to take the throne.

Dear Editor, The hidden costs of the gas-to-power projects are slowly bubbling up: GPL has to find 50 MW of heavy fuel oil generation; and they are looking for some other company to deliver seamless connections without transmission and distribution problems.

Minister of Culture, Youth and Sport Charles Ramson says the Opposition APNU+AFC should have been invited to the Republic Day flag-raising ceremony but said that he did not “follow through” with the planning of the event.

MUMBAI, India, CMC – Superstar Andre Russell made a one-ball ‘duck’, Sunil Narine also failed to score while leg-spinner Yuzvendra Chahal shone with a hat-trick but it was rising West Indies star Obed McCoy who snatched two wickets in a dramatic last over as Rajasthan Royals edged Kolkata Knight Riders by seven runs in a high-scoring thriller here yesterday.

Dear Editor, Having seen the recent announcements of the International Airport and Stadium for Berbice, I can only describe it as nothing short of visionary and 22nd century thinking to address our country’s future needs.

Vijaimal Raj, the man who is wanted over the murder of his wife one week ago at Foulis, East Coast Demerara (ECD) remains on the run.

Dear Editor, Having seen snippets of the recent Dexta Dapps concert at the National Stadium on Easter Sunday, I hope that the necessary safeguards were in place to protect the children and others living near the stadium.

West Demerara’s Pouderoyen FC won the West Demerara Football Association ‘Bounce Back’ Championship, defeating Eagles 3-2 in the grand final Sunday at the National Track and Field Centre, Leonora.

One week after a wanted bulletin was issued for him, there has been no sign of Ryvan Shervin Francis, the suspect who is wanted in relation to the 2013 murder of Guyana Energy Agency field manager, Levoy Taljit.

A porkknocker who allegedly drowned at a creek at Obanna Backdam in Kuribrong, Potaro on April 15th, 2022 has been identified as Iftikhar Haniff Hussain.

The once vibrant Young Warriors Cricket Club (YWCC) of Cumberland, East Canje, Berbice is aggressively embarking on a project to restore the club and its venue to its former glory. 

LVIV/KYIV, (Reuters) – Ukraine said Russia had started an anticipated new offensive in the east of the country, with explosions reported all along the front lines as well as attacks in other regions.

Dear Editor, The news has been filled with reports on the recently opened Eccles-Mandela Highway.

Melanie sealed their berth in the final of the fourth 592 Beer ‘Skills for Cash’ seven-a-side football tournament, defeating fierce rival Golden Grove 3-1 after earning quarter-final wins at the Victoria Community ground on Thursday.

Four new cases of COVID-19 were reported on the Ministry of Health’s daily dashboard yesterday.

WASHINGTON/CHICAGO,  (Reuters) – The Biden administration will no longer enforce a U.S.

Dear Editor, Glowing and deserving tributes were paid to the late Lakhram ‘Mike’ Singh (of Mike’s Pharmacy and softball fame) at the funeral service held on Thursday last.

Ranks of the Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU) on Sunday found a firearm with several rounds at the Plaza Complex on Aubrey Barker Road, South Ruimveldt, Georgetown.

Dear Editor, Please allow me to highlight a few noticeable headlines in the print media.

MEXICO CITY,  (Reuters) – Mexico’s president yesterday excoriated opposition lawmakers for voting down a major electricity reform, though business groups were cheered by Sunday’s vote, which lifted some of the investor uncertainty clouding the country’s energy market.

Following the unavailability of the National Gymnasium, and the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall, tournament organizer Edison Jefford revealed that the fourth Magnum Independence Cup, will be hosted at Togetherness Park, East Coast Demerara.

(Trinidad Guardian) Exactly four years after his grandmother died, an Enterprise father of one was gunned down at his home Monday.

The Golden Jaguars ended their two match international friendly football series against traditional rival French Guiana 1-1, defeating the host in the final match 2-1  yesterday in the capital city of Cayenne.

By Jorge G. Castañeda MEXICO CITY – If former Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva reclaims the post in this October’s election (as now seems likely), and if Colombia’s leftist presidential candidate, Gustavo Petro, wins in May, their victories would build on a wave that began with Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s victory in 2018.

A professional Police Force can only be said to be discharging its responsibilities when it is perceived by the citizenry, as a whole, to be functioning  in a manner that is even-handed, without prejudice, unshackled by the taint of corruption and perhaps above everything else, when it is free of the restraints of political direction. 

(Trinidad Express) Planning and Development Minister Pennelope Beckles has confirmed that she voted in support of an independent investigation regarding recent allegations involving the president of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), Mauricio Claver-Carone.

For most, a passport denotes citizenship, belonging, certain rights, and residence.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – Then-President Donald Trump attempted a coup on Jan.

Scores of persons in Region Two yesterday gathered at the Perseverance  beach to celebrate Easter after staying home for two years due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Dear Editor, It is not news anymore to rehash the words of Agriculture Minister, Zulfikar Mustapha, when he recently stated that “… the PPP/C Government inherited dilapidated and neglected estates from the former Government, a far cry from the estates the APNU/AFC inherited in 2015.”  And