Articles published on Tuesday, July 5, 2022
LONDON, (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was fighting for his political survival on Tuesday after finance minister Rishi Sunak and another senior minister abruptly resigned over the latest scandal to blight his administration.
BUENOS AIRES, (Reuters) – Argentine President Alberto Fernandez named economist and government official Silvina Batakis as the new economy minister late on Sunday after the abrupt resignation of long-standing minister Martin Guzman amid crises and tensions.
LONDON, (Reuters) – The Russian government will be able to compel businesses to supply the military with goods and make their employees work overtime under two laws to support Moscow’s war in Ukraine that were approved in an initial vote in parliament today.
LONDON, (Reuters) – A former top Foreign Office official accused Boris Johnson’s office today of lying over whether the British leader knew about earlier complaints of sexual misconduct made against a minister who resigned over his behaviour last week.
BIRMINGHAM, England, (Reuters) – England rode unbeaten hundreds by Joe Root and Jonny Bairstow to pull off their highest successful chase, coasting to a series-levelling seven-wicket victory in the rearranged fifth test against India at Edgbaston today.
Residents of Buxton yesterday peppered a high-level government delegation, led by Prime Minister Mark Phillips, with a flurry complaints on deplorable streets, the need for a farm-to-market road and drainage issues.
Lance Corporal Kristoff DeNobrega, who is accused of fatally shooting Quindon Bacchus on June 10 during a police operation at Haslington, East Coast Demerara (ECD) is to be charged with murder.
Lack Ah Scene successfully retained their Mocha Village Cup streetball crown, defeating City 3-1 in the championship match Sunday evening at the basketball tarmac.
Approximately 100 protesters yesterday held placards at Buxton venting their frustration over issues ranging from discrimination against African Guyanese, police killings with reference to Quindon Bacchus and calls for inclusion and equality.
ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Cricket West Indies yesterday praised the iconic Sir Vivian Richards for helping the region “establish new levels of greatness” after the former West Indies captain was presented with the Order of the Caribbean Community (OCC).
BIRMINGHAM,England, (Reuters) – Joe Root and Jonny Bairstow smashed unbeaten fifties to boost England’s hopes of pulling off a record chase in the rearranged fifth test against India at Edgbaston yesterday.
Sergeant Dameion McLennon, one of two cops to be charged with obstructing the course of justice in the Quindon Bacchus case (See story on page three) is on the recently announced police promotions list.
Twelve-year-old Nathan de Nobrega toppled seasoned campaigner David Rose when the 13th edition of the Guyana Bank for Trade and Industry (GBTI) Open tennis tournament commenced Saturday at the GBTI courts, Bel Air Park.
Opposition Leader Aubrey Norton is seeking answers from President Irfaan Ali about the constitutional basis for his appointment of Clifton Hicken as the acting Police Commissioner.
On Sunday, July 3rd, Cus-toms Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU) officers conducted an operation in the Canje Creek, Berbice where they discovered a speedboat with ganja docked at the pump station that drains the Number 66 Village Canal.
LONDON, (Reuters) – The quarter-finals at Wimbledon took shape yesterday with former champions Rafa Nadal and Simona Halep leading the way with commanding victories while Nick Kyrgios advanced after coming through a five-set epic despite problems with his shoulder.
In less than 30 minutes of a request for improved basketball equipment at the Buxton Community Centre Ground, Minister of Culture, Youth and Sports, Charles Ramson Jr, M.P,
Region Two Regional Health Officer, Dr. Ranjeev Singh has confirmed that an investigation has been launched to ascertain the circumstances that led to the death of six-year-old Jeff Boyan from a scorpion sting.
Dear Editor, I refer to a letter published in the July 3, 2022 Sunday Stabroek, captioned, ‘Depending on the amount of wells explored Guyana’s 14.5% take will increase at some point in the future’, and I would like to make a few observations.
Construction of a state-of-the art paediatric and maternal hospital on the East Coast of Demerara, will begin in two months and its services will be free, Minister of Health Dr Frank Anthony stated yesterday.
Queen’s College and the Bishops’ High School recorded wins in the boys U16 division while GT Academy advanced to the next round in the girls section yesterday in the ExxonMobil National School Basketball Festival .
Dear Editor, From our inception in 2015, Organi-zation for the Victory of the People (OVP) has condemned the extra-judicial killings in Guyana, which have occurred during the tenure of every successive government since independence, and before that, during colonial times.
By Desiree Kissoon In an outreach yesterday, which according to one minister was as a result of the protest actions and subsequent violence and looting last Tuesday at Mon Repos, Prime Minister Mark Phillips urged villagers of Buxton not to let the detractors from development “divide us”.
Annandale, President’s College, Dolphin and Friendship Secondary recorded wins when the Milo Secondary Schools Football Championships continued yesterday at the Ministry of Education ground, Carifesta Avenue.
(Reuters) – The first Women’s World Cup Playoff Tournament will take place in the cities of Hamilton and Auckland in New Zealand on Feb.
Dear Editor, I note with interest SN’s editorial of July 4th on Dr.
Civil Society group Article 13 has condemned Tuesday’s eruption of violence on the East Coast of Demerara and says that the police should have been better prepared.
Dear Editor, Ian McDonald’s of June 19, 2022, `I Wonder Who’s Kissing Her Now’ caught my eye and piqued my interest.
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Six regional franchises will be joined by USA Cricket Women for the inaugural Cricket West Indies Women Under-19s Rising Stars T20 Championship which bowls off here today.
Sixteen schools in Region 10 have received radios to enable them to access the Ministry of Education’s station, EDYOU FM.
A Skeldon, Berbice woman has been arrested by the Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU) over Ecstasy pills.
HIGHLAND PARK, Ill., (Reuters) – Police announced they had captured a suspect in a shooting yesterday that killed six people and wounded more than 36 when a man with a high-powered rifle opened fire from a rooftop at a Fourth of July parade in the Chicago suburb of Highland Park.
(Reuters) – Nicaraguan police took control of five municipalities run by a party opposed to President Daniel Ortega in recent days, dismissing elected leaders and installing ruling party sympathizers in their place, opposition organizations said yesterday.
Dear Editor, Lost amidst the noisy calls for the Government of Guyana to renegotiate the ‘oil contract’ is the meaning of the word ‘negotiate’ and the implications of getting a larger share of oil profits via negotiations now on future earnings.
KYIV, (Reuters) – Young soccer players in the city of Kharkiv are grieving over the death of their coach, killed by a Russian shell last week in an incident that highlights the heavy toll the war is inflicting on all areas of Ukrainian society, including sport.
(Reuters) – U.S. WNBA basketball star Brittney Griner has made a direct plea to President Joe Biden to stand up for her in an emotional letter sent to the White House yesterday as she remains detained in Russia on drug charges.
Dear Editor, With regards to the killing of Quindon Bacchus by the police during a police sting operation the question needs to be asked as to how did Quindon Bacchus come under police scrutiny?
KYIV, (Reuters) – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said yesterday his armed forces were undeterred in their efforts to “break” Moscow’s will to pursue a nearly five-month war, while Russia’s Vladimir Putin hailed his military’s victory in the grueling battle of Luhansk.
The Ministry of Health yesterday reported that 42 new cases of COVID-19 have been recorded.
(Barbados Nation) Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley said news of the death of a family of four yesterday morning “really hurt my heart”.
LONDON, (Reuters) – Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz said he was relieved and ready for more success after celebrating his first Formula One win at Silverstone.
Dear Editor, The killing of the octogenarian over alleged monies owed for weeding shows the level of degeneration we have descended to as a people.
Several young leaders from the community of Victoria on the East Coast of Demerara have been trained in a variety areas through the Central Housing and Planning Authority (CHPA).
Across the spectrum of our various domestic publics – and there are quite a few of those – the advent of the country’s ‘oil wealth’ as a presumed transformational factor in the country’s development, going forward, means different things to different constituencies.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh was likely killed by unintentional gunfire from Israeli positions, but independent investigators could not reach a definitive conclusion about the origin of the bullet that struck her, the U.S.
(Trinidad Express) Beetham residents formed a human barricade and then littered the highway with debris yesterday morning, protesting the deaths of three residents in a police related shooting on Saturday.
