Daily Archive: Monday, July 11, 2022

Stating that the aggravating circumstances “far outweighed” any mitigating factors; and having regard to the vicious manner in which he attacked and raped his victim, Justice Priya Sewnarine-Beharry has visited Ronald Armstrong with two life sentences.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Former Formula One supremo Bernie Ecclestone has been charged with fraud over a failure to declare more than 400 million pounds ($477 million) in assets he held overseas to the British tax authority, prosecutors said today.

AHMEDABAD, India,  (Reuters) – Labourers masquerading as cricket players, clever camera angles and fake team names were all part of an elaborate hoax cricket league in western India shown on YouTube that was used to draw money from gamblers in Russia, police said today.

(Trinidad Guardian) Making ends meet was harrowing for many during the pandemic as results from a recently released survey found that 50 per cent of respondents were not satisfied with their financial situation and 27 per cent said they had too much debt to deal with.

Evidence garnered from a year of experimentation has proven that the articulated tractor technology is better suited to prepare fields for mechanised harvesting when compared to the fixed frame technology, says GuySuCo in a rebuke to a group that said otherwise.

The family of an East Coast Demerara teenager is alleging police brutality after he sustained burns while in custody at the Vigilance lockups and two ranks from the station have been placed on close arrest.

Over 813 acres of land that once belonged to the Guyana Sugar Corporation (CH&PA) has been transported to the Central Housing and Planning Authority (CH&PA), a notice published in the Official Gazette states.

The Chinese Association of Guyana has distanced itself from the views expressed by one of its members in a programme broadcast by the US-based VICE News.

Government has a priority list of crops it is working on to meet the goal of reducing the country’s food imports by 25% by 2025.

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 LONDON, (Reuters) – Novak Djokovic stayed serene amid a frenzied atmosphere to tame fiery Australian Nick Kyrgios in an engrossing final yesterday, lifting a seventh Wimbledon trophy and taking his Grand Slam title count to 21.

Dear Editor, Some citizens might have been confused by the pictures of the Saudi conference in Guyana.

The small but boisterous crowd at the National Stadium, Providence was silenced yesterday as the hosts, West Indies, suffered the indignity of a six-wicket defeat at the hands of Bangladesh in the first One Day International yesterday.

A Brazilian and a Colombian were yesterday afternoon arrested by police after illegally landing at the Mahdia, Region 8 airstrip while transporting large parcels of cocaine.

Ranks of the 4 Engineers Battalion of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) are working assiduously to begin extending the airstrip at the Kaieteur National Park by 1000 feet.

Paul DeNobrega edged Briton John in an exciting photo finish to earn the spoils of the Ballot Box 55-mile road race yesterday in Berbice.

Dear Editor, There is an excitement in Georgetown as the Toshaos from across the country descend on the Nation’s Capital once again.

SINGAPORE,  (Reuters) – Myanmar’s junta government is installing Chinese-built cameras with facial recognition capabilities in more cities across the country, three people with direct knowledge of the matter said.

Dynamic FC and Buxton Stars recorded easy wins while Mahaica Determinators registered a hard-fought victory when the East Demerara Football Association (EDFA) Stag Beer Senior Men’s League continued yesterday at the National Training Centre, Providence.

A total of 29 ranks from the Guyana Police Force (GPF) ranging from Constable to Superintendent, are now equipped with prosecuting skills, after graduating last Friday from a 6-month Prosecutor’s Course.

Dear Editor, I recently commented on the illegal police promotions. However, misleading statements by Calvin Brutus in the media have caused me to put my fingers on the keyboard and to submit this missive.

TOKYO/NARA, Japan, (Reuters) – Japan’s conservative coalition government increased its majority in the upper house of parliament in an election yesterday, two days after the assassination of dominant politician and power broker Shinzo Abe.

It has been more than nine months since he was murdered in his North Sophia home following a suspected home invasion and while the case remains unsolved, the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) has advised that an inquest be held into the killing of former Chairman of the Guyana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) Hugh Denbow.

Golden Jaguars head-coach Jamaal Shabazz, Guyana Football Federation (GFF) Assistant Technical Director, Bryan Joseph and Fruta Conquerors head-coach and President of the Coaches Association Sampson Gilbert, are currently participants in the inaugural TTFA A-License Coaching Course in Trinidad and Tobago. 

Dear Editor, Exxon had to unwillingly add an environmentalist perspective to its Board in order for the public’s best interest to be clearly voiced and considered in the company’s decision making.

PUYO, Ecuador,  (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – When Itaya Andy studied community therapy years ago at Ecuador’s Universidad Estatal Amazonica (Amazonian State University), she realized there were hardly any programs designed to support indigenous women like herself.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – Congressional investigators into the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S.

Shomari Wiltshire, Samuel Ince-Carvalhal and Safirah Sumner made winning starts when the Junior Caribbean Area Squash Association (CASA) Championships commenced yesterday at the National Racquet Centre, Woolford Avenue and the Georgetown Club, Camp Street.

Dear Editor, I have been following the issue that has recently been in the news regarding mining in the Amerindian Village of Chinese Landing.

CHASIV YAR/KYIV, Ukraine,  (Reuters) – Rescuers picked through the rubble of an apartment building in eastern Ukraine searching for two dozen people, including a child, feared trapped after a Russian rocket strike on the five-storey building killed 15 people.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Global mining giant BHP Group BHPB.LBHP.AX has lost an appeal in a London court seeking to block a 5 billion pound-plus ($6 billion-plus) lawsuit by 200,000 Brazilians over a 2015 dam failure that triggered Brazil’s worst environmental disaster.

Staff Officer One Special Duties, Lieutenant Colonel Eon Murray was among representatives of 18 countries who recently completed a seven-week ‘Manag-ing Defence in the Wider Security Context’ course at the United Kingdom Defence Academy, Shrivenham, UK.

Dear Editor, It was a great shock to read that former Japan Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was assassinated by a disgruntled man. 

COLOMBO, (Reuters) – Sri Lanka’s President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has informed Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe that he will resign as previously announced, the prime minister’s office said last night.

Aroaima will battle President’s College in the U18 grand finale, Kid-Rock Academy will oppose President’s College in the U16 final and Queen’s College will tackle Kwakwani in the Girls divisional finale  following semi-final wins in the ExxonMobil National Schools Basketball Festival (NSBF).

The Ministry of Health yesterday reported 32 new cases of COVID-19.

(Trinidad Express) Legendary calypsonian the Mighty Sparrow (Slinger Francisco) feels “wonderful” about his 87th birthday today.

SAO PAULO, (Reuters) – A local official from Brazil’s leftist opposition Workers’ Party (PT) was shot dead yesterday by a federal prison guard shouting support for right-wing President Jair Bolsonaro, according to a state civil police report and a witness.

COLOMBO, (Reuters) – Dinesh Chandimal smashed 118 not out and Kamindu Mendis produced a half-century on his debut test to help Sri Lanka eclipse Australia’s first innings 364 on day three of the second test in Galle yesterday.

Dear Editor, A few years ago, I had the opportunity to serve as a member of the Board of the National Library and the Metrication Board  of the Guyana National Bureau of Standards.

Farmers using the Naamryck wharf, near Parika Backdam, East Bank Easequibo, are happy that it was upgraded, along with the access road, following a request made to President Irfaan Ali when he visited the area. 

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – President Joe Biden on Saturday defended his decision to travel to Saudi Arabia saying human rights would be on his agenda as he gave a preview of a trip on which he aims to reset ties with the crown prince, who he previously denounced as a pariah.

By Penelope Howell Penelope (Penny) Howell is a trained teacher, and a community activist, and hails from Coverden.

As much as Guyana needs investment to transform its economy so that it doesn’t fall victim to the worst attributes of the oil wealth-driven Dutch Disease, Georgetown still has to show deftness and tact in dealing with state-led delegations prospecting for opportunities here.

NOTTINGHAM, England, (Reuters) – Suryakumar Yadav’s brilliant century proved to be in vain as England beat India by 17 runs yesterday to earn a consolation victory in the Twenty20 series which the touring side won 2-1.

China Railway First Group Co. Ltd (CRFG) yesterday said that it abides by the laws of Guyana and it expressed  “strong indignation” at claims made in a recent broadcast by VICE News on the activities of Chinese businesses here.

To leave ministerial office is a serious matter at any time.

Dear Editor, It is now several weeks since those who disrupted Parliament and caused chaos, even trying to steal the Mace and placed before the Privileges Committee, were found liable, with varying penalties meted out against them. 

CUCUTA, Colombia/ SAN ANTONIO, Venezuela  (Reuters) – Colombia’s leftist president-elect, Gustavo Petro, pledged on the campaign trail to end neighbouring Venezuela’s isolation, normalize relations with the socialist government in Caracas, and get trade flowing.

BEIRUT, (Reuters) – Saudi political dissident Manea al-Yami was killed in Lebanon, the Saudi opposition National Assembly Party (NAAS) and a Lebanese security source said yesterday.