Daily Archive: Monday, July 18, 2022

Following protests against his government’s policies Surinamese President Chandrikapersad Santokhi today cancelled a planned trip to Paraguay where he was expected to participate in the Mercosur summit, according to the waterkant.net

Military representatives from the United States today conducted several site visits around the Guyana Police Force Headquarters ahead of Operation Tradewinds 2023.

A twenty-year-old goldsmith of Charity Housing Scheme in Region Two  died this morning after he lost control of his motor car on the Devonshire Castle Public Road.

 (Trinidad Express) Gunmen opened fire on a group walking along the roadway in Curepe on Sunday, killing a 23-year-old Venezuelan woman.

(Trinidad Guardian) Two Venezuelan girls, who said they were part of a group which included 12 others, were rescued after Venezuelan activist Yesenia Gonzales reached out to the TTPS for help on the weekend after assisting the teen girls aged 16 and 17 – one of whom had been kidnapped six months ago.

(Trinidad Guardian) Passengers flying with Caribbean Airlines are no longer required to wear masks while travelling with the airline.

The game of dominoes is often considered a grassroots sport, an event played under bottom houses and on the street corners and almost everywhere else for that matter.

Former Auditor General Anand Goolsarran is urging President Irfaan Ali to set up a Commission of Inquiry to examine explosive allegations of bribery and money laundering contained in two VICE News reports on Chinese businessmen operating here and their alleged contacts with Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo.

The Guyana Under-17 boys team departed local shores yesterday morning for Trinidad and Tobago where they will compete in the Regional Under-17 tournament from tomorrow.

 Dolphin and Golden Grove Secondary Schools secured semi-final berths in the Milo Secondary School Football Championship following convincing victories yesterday at the Ministry of Education ground, Carifesta Avenue.

The EPA says that an Environment Impact Assessment (EIA) is needed of a new proposed 35 multi-well drilling programme in the Stabroek Block by ExxonMobil’s subsidiary, EEPGL.

A driver is currently in police custody after a labourer was fatally struck on the pickup he was driving on the Onderneeming Public Road.

Crane Rovers and Wales FC secured identical 2-1 victories when the West Demerara Football Association (WDFA) Senior Men’s League continued yesterday at the National Track and Field Centre, Leonora.

While it presents some challenges to operate even after training is conducted, Portable Video Recording (PVR) also called body cameras are being used by ranks of the Guyana Police Force (GPF) and the Region 4B Commander related how the device helped clarify matters in one case where a complaint had been raised.

Dear Editor, Most Guyanese are grateful that the Hess family used its relationship with Mount Sinai to encourage their Global Health team to include Guyana in their global work.

Public Accounts Committee (PAC) member Gail Teixeira has raised objections to the PAC considering the 2019 and 2020 Auditor General reports simultaneously but Chairman of the Committee, Jermaine Figueira has dismissed the concerns saying that they are “merely political in nature.”

LONDON,  (Reuters) – The five Conservative contenders still vying to be Britain’s next prime minister clashed over tax cuts in a second televised debate yesterday, with the two frontrunners – Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss – stepping up their battle on the economy.

Dear Editor, The Thursday July 15, 2022 editions of the Stabroek News and Kaieteur News carried front page headlines, positing that a senior police officer will be charged for a  breach of discipline for giving instructions to his juniors to trail Aubrey Norton, Leader of the Opposition.

A Region Four woman, 102, passed away on July 16 from COVID-19, the Ministry of Health reported yesterday.

DUBAI,  (Reuters) – Iran is technically capable of making a nuclear bomb but has not decided whether to build one, a senior adviser to Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei told Qatar’s al Jazeera TV yesterday.

Dear Editor, I am writing this letter in disgust and frustration over the current situation at the Parika Marketing Centre.

Aliyah Abrams broke the ice for Guyana with a stirring run to book a semi-final place in the women’s 400 metres at the World Athletics Championships at Eugene,  Oregon yesterday.

Dear Editor, I am hopeful.  Though I might be the biggest sucker around, hope is all that I have, a huge part of me. 

Lance Corporal 21013 Edmondson was on Saturday pelted in his eye during an interception attempt and an Anna Catherina, West Coast Demerara (WCD) man is to be charged.

KYIV,  (Reuters) – Russia is preparing for the next stage of its offensive in Ukraine, a Ukrainian military official said, after Moscow said its forces would step up military operations in “all operational areas”.

Dear Editor, Guyana has shown that we are home to hundreds of unknown species of mushrooms that are now being researched for their medical benefits.

On Saturday, the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport held a Regional Science Fair with Region 4’s exhibition being on display at the Everest Sports Club.

The Ministry of Public Works has extended invitations to bidders for the reconstruction of Sixth Street, Cummings Lodge.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – A gunman killed three people when he opened fire in the food court of a shopping mall outside Indianapolis yesterday before a bystander fatally shot the assailant, Greenwood Police Chief Jim Ison said.

The Ministry of Housing and Water on Saturday announced the arrival of a 3D printer that will be used to construct a home at the International Building Expo next week.

MANCHESTER, England, (Reuters) – Rishabh Pant’s unbeaten 125 and Hardik Pandya’s superb all-round display helped India seal a five wicket victory over England in the third and final one-day international at Old Trafford yesterday and complete a 2-1 series victory.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Elite all-rounder Jason Holder has returned for West Indies’ three-match One-Day International series against India which bowls off next Friday in Port-of-Spain.

By Michael Witter Michael Witter is a Jamaican economist and committed regionalist, and former lecturer at the Mona, Jamaica Campus of the University of the West Indies Editor’s Note: The Caribbean has one of the highest net food import bills in the world, an issue that has been identified as a priority area for Caricom, with Guyanese President Irfaan Ali the most prominent advocate for local and regional food security, most recently in his address to Caricom Heads in Paramaribo that set a target for the region to decrease its current volume of food imports by 25% by 2025.

EUGENE, Ore., (Reuters) – South African world record-holder Wayde van Niekerk made a confident return to the World Championships yesterday, easing through his 400 metres heat, as a trio of Americans also advanced.

Guyanese speed demon, Elliot Vieira recently earned podium finishes in the  second round of the Liqui Moly Pro Sport Bike class of the Canadian Superbike Championship (CSBK), held at Calabogie Motorsports Park.

Family members of Krishna Maniram, the 21-year-old who succumbed on Monday last, days after he was stabbed at a bar at Mon Repos are calling on the health authorities to explain why he was transported to the COVID-19 Hospital from the GPHC given his critical state.

CARACAS,  (Reuters) – Technical personnel at Venezuela’s state-run oil company PDVSA and firefighters were putting out a fire on a natural gas pipeline in the country’s east, Oil Minister Tareck El Aissami said on Twitter yesterday.

On May 27, 2010, more than 12 years ago, then High Court judge and now acting Chief Justice, Roxane George lamented that a “broken” criminal justice system was denying prisoners their rights.

EUGENE, Ore., (Reuters) – American Brooke Andersen secured a crushing victory in the hammer throw yesterday, taking World Championship gold with a throw of 78.96 metres.

There have been further revelations by VICE News of alleged Chinese involvement in money laundering activities, the use of intermediaries, and the paying of bribes to secure government contracts, especially in relation to large infrastructure developmental works being undertaken.

Dear Editor, The fascinating ad by Princess Casino for young ‘Latino’ nationals in Stabroek News seems to have drawn the attention of the Ministry of Labour Does Stabroek News not check the advertisements which they place in the newspapers for discrimination and other illegal content?

EUGENE, Ore., (Reuters) – Uganda’s world record holder Joshua Cheptegei showed he had learned his Olympic lesson as he delivered a tactical masterclass to win a second successive world 10,000 metres gold in a superb race yesterday.