Daily Archive: Monday, May 23, 2022

Thirty-six-year-old Linden resident Corwyn Arthur who attacked and beat a 16-year-old girl with a knife before brutally raping her on a lonely road on the night of December 17th, 2013 has been sentenced to 13 years, six months in jail.

Minister of Housing and Water,  Collin Croal and Minister of Home Affairs,  Robeson Benn  today officially handed over the new Cummings Lodge Police Outpost to the Guyana Police Force.

(Barbados Nation) Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley has made the Time 100 list of the most influential people.

DAVOS, Switzerland, (Reuters) – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy today told a meeting of global business leaders at Davos that the world faced a turning point and had to ratchet up sanctions against Russia as a warning to other countries considering using brute force.

TOKYO, (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden said today he would be willing to use force to defend Taiwan, capping a series of critical comments about China while in Asia that an aide said represented no change in U.S.

KYIV,  (Reuters) – A Ukrainian court sentenced a Russian soldier to life in prison today for killing an unarmed civilian in the first war crimes trial arising from Russia’s invasion.

(Trinidad Guardian) Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley has announced that Trinidad and Tobago has been chosen to receive funding from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, which he described as “not-insignificant”.

Guyana and Trinidad and Tobago yesterday signed a five-year  Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) which will see the establishment of a high-level bilateral commission and address areas such as non-tariff barriers which have strained relations between the two countries.

While stating that they welcome development and fully support the planned gas-to-shore project, residents of the lower end of the West Bank of Demerara were on Friday mainly concerned about if jobs would be available and if some of them would be displaced by the planned pipeline but they got no satisfactory answers.

Guyana and Trinidad and Tobago will soon experiment with the setting up of a ferry service between the two countries to transport people and cargo.

It was the fitting end to an underdog story, as Back Circle clinched the Magnum Independence Cup, overcoming football powerhouse and former champion Sparta Boss 6-5 on Saturday at the National Park tarmac, Thomas Lands.

A team from Guyana – comprised of UG students and staff – has won the international Webby Award from a field of 150 contestants with a proposal to combat deforestation through the integration of Artificial Intelligence (AI) with drones.

Guyana will be attending the Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles, California, USA next month but will continue to support CARICOM in its campaign for fair treatment of its long-time ally, Cuba.

A West Coast Berbice woman says she has finally broken free after years of abuse by her husband and is now requesting assistance from the authorities to move on with her life as she left her home with just a few pieces of clothing. 

Several communities across the country have reported floods following persistent heavy rainfall on Saturday and yesterday.

It was déjà vu all over again in Essequibo yesterday as Team Foundation riders, Akil Campbell and Jamual John once again occupied the top two podium spots.

President Irfaan Ali says that Brazilian investors from the neighbouring State of Roraima are interested in becoming part of CARICOM’s vision of reducing its food import bill by 25% by 2025.

MARIUPOL, Ukraine, (Reuters) – Russian soldiers cleared mines and debris on the industrial grounds of the Azovstal steelworks in Mariupol yesterday after hundreds of Ukrainian forces holed up in the vast plant for weeks were ordered to stand down.

The Ministry of Education is inviting trained teachers with three or more years’ service to apply for a scholarship to pursue an approved degree at the University of Guyana.

Guyana Harpy Eagles captain, Leon Johnson has showered his bowlers and the century makers following their third-round win over the top-of-the-table Barbados Pride in the ongoing West Indies Championship.

TORONTO,  (Reuters) – The death toll from powerful thunderstorms in Canada’s two most populous provinces this weekend rose to at least eight, authorities said yesterday, as emergency crews continued a massive clean-up to restore power to half a million people.

Trinidadian manufacturer, Novo Life Farms, says it is prepared to partner with Guyanese farmers for the supply of raw produce as it seeks to increase production and enter new markets with its line of processed food products.

Airy Hall defeated Ann’s Grove 2-1 when the East Demerara Football Association Senior Men’s League continued at the Buxton Community Centre ground on Saturday.

Dear Editor, The Executive officers and members of the Caribbean Pan-African Network (CPAN) are drawn from thirteen CARICOM member states, and we are therefore convinced that we speak for the vast majority of the people of our Caribbean Community when we express our pride in and satisfaction at the principled stance that CARICOM has taken thus far on the issue of the upcoming Summit of the Americas.

SEOUL,  (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden, in Seoul before heading to Japan as part of his first Asia trip as president, had a simple message for North Korea’s Kim Jong Un: “Hello… period,” he told reporters on the last day of his visit to South Korea yesterday.

The Ministry of Health yesterday reported 48 new cases of COVID-19.

The Georgetown Masters Association will host a three-day event, titled the Caricom Football Championship, in July at the Georgetown Football Club.

Dear Editor,  On a recent visit to Lethem the Prime Minister declared that in order to ease the burden caused by the rising cost of living the Government would continue to subsidize electricity sold by the Lethem Power Company (LPC) to consumers and also instructed the Management of LPC not to disconnect anyone but instead work out a payment plan with defaulters.

By Red Thread Red Thread’s members are primarily grassroots women, who live daily with various forms of economic and social insecurity.

(Reuters) – Twice French Open finalist Dominic Thiem crashed out of the tournament in the first round yesterday, losing in straight sets to Bolivian world number 87 Hugo Dellien.

DUBAI, (Reuters) – Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said yesterday that one of its officers, Colonel Sayad Khodai, was killed in a rare assassination in Tehran.

(Reuters) – Formula One world champion Max Verstappen won the Spanish Grand Prix in a Red Bull one-two yesterday to take over at the top from Ferrari’s luckless Charles Leclerc, who retired with an engine failure while leading.

Today at 5 pm at the Umana Yana, a public scoping meeting will be held in relation to the application by ExxonMobil’s subsidiary, EEPGL for the establishment of a fifth offshore oil extraction project at the Uaru site.

(Reuters) – Batsman Cheteshwar Pujara’s red-hot form for Sussex earned him a place in the India squad yesterday for the one-off test against England in July.

Bam Adebayo was missing in action in the first two games of the Eastern Conference finals.

(Reuters) – Former champion Garbine Muguruza suffered a second consecutive first-round exit at the French Open, biting the red dirt in a 2-6 6-3 6-4 loss to Estonian Kaia Kanepi yesterday as she continued on her downward trend.

(Reuters) – Manchester City won the Premier League title by a point from rivals Liverpool on a thrilling final day of the campaign after Pep Guardiola’s side survived a huge scare yesterday.

Today’s State of the Climate report is a dismal litany of humanity’s failure to tackle climate disruption.

Dear Editor,  My query as to whether Jamaica was in attendance at the Agri Investment Forum was answered via a photograph I regrettably saw afterwards of the Foreign Minister of Jamaica with President Ali at the summit captioned ‘Jamaica in the house’ (SN May 21).

The Ministry of Health has expressed sympathy on the passing of Chetwyn Phoenix on Thursday.