Articles published on Wednesday, July 6, 2022
LONDON, (Reuters) – Cabinet ministers gathered in Boris Johnson’s official residence today to tell him to quit as British leader, after he insisted he would not stand down in the face of a mounting rebellion within his party.
President Irfaan Ali and Prime Minister of Barbados, Mia Mottley yesterday signed an updated and augmented copy of the Saint Barnabas Accord, paving the way for the two countries to further dialogue in nine areas, a release from the Office of the President said.
(Jamaica Information Service) The Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries will be launching a wheat flour substitution programme to combat the global shortage of the commodity and promote healthier eating among Jamaicans.
HAVANA, (Reuters) – On July 11 last year, Cuba appeared poised for political change.
By Aviso Paul After an almost month-long probe, Lance Corporal Kristoff DeNobrega was yesterday charged with the murder of Quindon Bacchus, the youth who was shot dead last month after what was initially claimed to be a shootout with lawmen.
The soldier who is accused of strangling and dumping the body of an East Canje woman in a drain opposite his house along the Coren-tyne Highway was yesterday remanded to prison after he was charged with her murder.
Opposition Leader Aubrey Norton, retired Assistant Commissioner of Police Paul Slowe and APNU+AFC MP Christopher Jones have written to the Chief Justice asking for urgent hearings regarding their respective matters on the appointment of the Chairman of the Police Service Commission (PSC)—an injunction to halt any promotion of members of the Guyana Police Force (GPF) by the new PSC—and President Irfaan Ali’s appointment of Clifton Hicken as the acting Commissioner of Police.
Venezuela will begin supplying several CARICOM countries with oil as regional heads have agreed to resume the PetroCaribe agreement and have called for the end to US sanctions that brought it to an end, says Ralph Gonsalves, the Prime Minister of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.
Both the government and ExxonMobil seem to be moving ahead with their plans for the gas-to-energy project despite the absence of an environmental permit from the EPA.
Den Amstel and No. 1 All-Stars recorded victories when the West Demerara Football Association (WDFA) Senior Men’s League continued Monday evening at the National Track and Field Centre, Leonora.
The date to elect the new executive of the Guyana Olympic Association (GOA) has not been set.
The broken gear that forced the Guyana Sugar Corporation’s (GuySuCo) Uitvlugt estate to call off its first crop for 2022, has been replaced and successfully installed, the corporation stated on Monday.
Dear Editor, I learned with utter dismay that the illegal and not fully constituted Police Service Commission led by pastor, Patrick Findlay unlawfully promoted two hundred and fifty-three members of the Guyana Police Force ranging from inspectors to assistant commissioners.
The Cricket West Indies Women’s U19 Rising Stars T20 championships got underway yesterday with Guyana beating Barbados by nine wickets at the Diego Martin Sporting Complex, Trinidad and Tobago.
Dear Editor, “TIGI says many people here not speaking out about corruption because of intimidation” (SN July 3).
A 22-year-old fisherman died on Monday in an accident at Success, East Coast Demerara.
Minister of Parliamentary Affairs and Governance Gail Teixeira said that while the government is working towards meeting the July 15 deadline to respond to the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (UN CERD) recommendations on rights violations at Chinese Landing, they may have to seek an extension of the deadline.
BIRMINGHAM, England, (Reuters) – Joe Root and Jonny Bairstow smashed unbeaten hundreds to pull off England’s record chase of 378 against India for a series levelling seven-wicket victory yesterday in the re-arranged fifth test.
Dear Editor, Mr. Frederick Collins is a man for whom I hold the highest regard.
Dear Editor, I am writing in regard to the issue: depleting fishing stocks.
LAUSANNE, Switzerland, CMC – Trinidad and Tobago’s 2008 Olympic men’s 4×100-metre relay team yesterday received their long-awaited gold medals.
Georgetown Mayor Ubraj Narine yesterday told Stabroek News that Town Clerk Candace Nelson was refusing to sign a contract for hART Public Affairs, a company approved by the Mayor and City Council to handle its public relations.
President’s College and Marian Academy secured lopsided wins in the boy’s U16 division when the ExxonMobil National School Basketball Federation (NSBF) continued last evening at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall, Homestretch Avenue.
Residents of Phase 1 and 2, Tuschen, East Bank Essequibo, are at their wits end over the deplorable state of the roads in their community.
Dear Editor, Guyana will receive half the profit oil, ranging from a minimum of 12.5% of sales to considerably higher percentages, depending on the average price of oil, natural gas liquids and natural gas over the next seven to ten years.
Minister of Home Affairs, Robeson Benn; Acting Commissioner of Police, Clifton Hicken; and Police Service Commission Chairman, Patrick Findlay, yesterday met with the newly promoted Officers and Inspectors of the Guyana Police Force at the Officers’ Training Centre, Eve Leary, Kingston, Georgetown.
Dear Editor, Guyana has long history of political sloganeering. The latest is “One Guyana” but what does “One Guyana” mean and what is it founded on?
PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Retired West Indies captain Merissa Aguilleira is making additional moves to become a professional coach, saying that she wants to contribute to taking the women’s game in the region to the next level.
In a rain-affected Demerara Cricket Board (DCB) U-19 two-day Inter-Association opener, West Demerara and East Bank played to a draw at the La Bonne Intention Cricket Facility.
(Trinidad Guardian) The Law Association of T&T has defended its move to host a special general meeting to discuss and debate a no-confidence motion in Attorney General Reginald Armour, SC, over his role in the ongoing United States civil asset recovery case related to fraud allegations in the construction of the Piarco International Airport.
HIGHLAND PARK, Ill., (Reuters) – The man accused of opening fire on a July Fourth parade near Chicago was charged yesterday with seven counts of murder, as police revealed they had reported him as posing a “clear and present danger” after alleged threats to his family in 2019.
Dear Editor, President Ali recently said, “Talks with Exxon are like negotiating with a superpower.”
The Ministry of Health has recorded a total of 42 new COVID-19 cases after conducting 289 more tests.
Dear Editor Finally, there appears to be wide agreement by diverse sections of our citizenry that the Guyana Police Force needs to be reformed.
Blackpool FC of New York, which was formed in 1971 by former Guyanese footballers who had migrated to the USA in the late 1960/70s, will host a luncheon for former local footballers on Saturday at the TT Marshall Cottages in Anira Street, Queenstown.
Imran Khan, a 33-year-old Sandy Babb Street, Kitty man who went missing some four weeks ago, has been found in Mahdia.
LONDON, (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was fighting for his political survival yesterday after finance minister Rishi Sunak and another senior minister abruptly resigned over the latest scandal to blight his administration.
Three days after popping champagne corks and toasting their beloved West Indies cricket team’s 2 – 0 Test series sweep of Bangladesh, following on the heels of the 1 – 0 Test series triumph over England in March, to remain unbeaten after five Test matches in 2022, fans were broadsided by the most befuddling of recommendations.
HOUSTON, (Reuters) – Two U.S. investment funds yesterday said they formed a joint venture with a Venezuelan firm to pursue oil and gas exploration and production projects in the U.S.-sanctioned
SLOVIANSK, Ukraine/KYIV, (Reuters) – Russian troops are engaged in heavy fighting supported by widespread artillery fire as they launch a major offensive for Ukraine’s Donetsk region, Ukrainian officials said, a day after Moscow declared victory in the neighbouring province of Luhansk.
