Articles published on Thursday, July 21, 2022
The Environmental Assessment Board (EAB) today tossed out a decision by the EPA not to require an impact survey for a project to store radioactive sources in the East Bank Demerara (EBD) community of Coverden.
(Trinidad Guardian) Former attorney general Anand Ramlogan, SC, is challenging the decision of a judge to grant police officers warrants to wiretap his phones as part of their investigation into witness tampering allegations against him.
The US$100 million Pegasus luxury suites and corporate centre, which is perhaps the largest single investment by a Guyanese person, was commissioned last evening with proprietor Robert Badal hailing it as “historic” and “unrivalled in the region.”
Aliyah Abrams failed in her quest to create history at the World Athletics Championships after she was eliminated from the women’s 400 metres in hot sultry conditions at Hayward Filed last evening.
A fire of unknown origin ravaged the St. George’s High School on Wednesday afternoon, leaving hundreds of students displaced.
Leader of the Opposition Aubrey Norton yesterday submitted a motion to the Clerk of the National Assembly calling for an international investigation into the “alleged corrupt practices involving Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo.”
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – West Indies coach Phil Simmons yesterday acknowledged the poor quality of some pitches across the region as he expressed confidence that what appear to be good surfaces in Trinidad will produce better results when the men in maroon take on India in the upcoming CG United ODI series.
A New Amsterdam (NA) man was yesterday remanded to prison after he was charged with murder.
Dr. Karen Pilgrim, the Chef de Mission of Team Guyana’s delegation to the Commonwealth Games, is scheduled to arrive in Birmingham, England today for the Delegation Registration Meeting (DRM) tomorrow ahead of the event which kicks off next Thursday.
Citing its national importance, and having heard all the arguments yesterday, acting Chief Justice Roxane George SC has tentatively set August 11 to rule on whether the President’s appointment of Clifton Hicken as acting Commissioner of Police was lawfully done.
The Petra Organization officially launched the 2022 ExxonMobil U14 football championship Tuesday at the Cara Lodge Hotel, Quamina Street.
The Guyana Football Federation (GFF) and the Guyana Beverages Incorporated (GBI), inked a three year agreement yesterday to host a Kool Kidz Futsal camp aimed at children from ages 6-10 at the National Gymnasium, Mandela Avenue.
Minister of Health, Dr Frank Anthony yesterday said a new Public Health Act is being developed and the first draft is expected within the next few weeks or months.
COLOMBO, (Reuters) – Abdullah Shafique struck 160 not out in a fourth innings masterclass to help Pakistan pull off a stunning chase and register a four-wicket victory against Sri Lanka in the opening test in Galle yesterday.
Guyana has maintained its Tier 1 ranking in the latest US State Department Trafficking in Persons’ Report and the government is being lauded for demonstrating “serious and sustained efforts” during the reporting period with some 216 trafficking victims identified from a total of 288 potential victims.
Defending champion Christianburg/Wismar, and North Ruimveldt sealed their respective semi-final berths following lopsided quarterfinal wins yesterday in the Milo Secondary School Football Championship at the Ministry of Education ground, Carifesta Avenue.
SOMERSET, Mass./WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden said yesterday that climate change is an emergency but stopped short of a formal declaration, announcing a modest package of executive actions and promising more aggressive efforts.
The Linden Mayor & City Council (M&CC) is in dire straits with over $270 million in debts, making it unable to pay NIS contributions, wages, utility bills and to perform services for the mining town.
Dear Editor, The Stabroek News editorial of Saturday, January 16, 2022 re-Healthcare Initiative Financing, prompted Dr.
(Reuters) – Ukrainian armed forces said yesterday they had killed 111 Russian soldiers in the south and east over the past day, as comments from Russia’s foreign minister showed the Kremlin’s goals had grown during the five-month war.
Guyanese magistrates Wanda Fortune and Peter Hugh recently attended a workshop in Barbados on practices and procedures Between July 14th and 16th, 2022 the Canadian Government-funded Improved Access to Justice in the Caribbean (IMPACT Justice) Project hosted the Workshop on Magisterial Practices and Procedures for regional magistrates.
Coaches and parents take note, the Guyana Boxing Association (GBA) has shortlisted a team of boxers for possible selection to represent Guyana at the upcoming Caribbean Schoolboys/Girls/Junior Championship.Ahead
Dear Editor, Evidence suggests that entrepreneurship holds much promise as a source of empowerment for those in economically adverse circumstances (Slvinski).
The Ministry of Health yesterday said that a 68-year-old man from Region Two has succumbed to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19).
RAWALPINDI, Pakistan, (Reuters) – As 90-year-old Indian woman Reena Varma stands on the balcony of the house in Pakistan where she was born, visiting on Wednesday for the first in 75 years, she recalls her playful childhood.
EUGENE, Ore., (Reuters) – Record-holder Sydney McLaughlin is set for a showdown with rival and fellow American Dalilah Muhammad, after she clobbered her 400 metres hurdles semi-final in yesterday’s fastest time.
Former Region Three AFC councillor Mandy Sukhdeo, her father, Surendra Sukhdeo, a Good Hope/Hydronie Neighbourhood Democratic Council APNU councillor and their neighbour Rean Ghani are set to face trial for the 2017 murder of Ruby fisherman Shereffudeen Nazamudeen.
Dear Editor, It is most disappointing to note that none of its comrades has remembered that July 11, 2022 represented the 100th anniversary of the recognition of the British Guiana Labour Union by the British Government – as the first in the British Empire.
MADRID, (Reuters) – A former Mexican beauty queen and a Romanian-Dutch accomplice have been arrested in Croatia over the theft of $1.7 million worth of prestige bottles of wine in Spain after a nine-month chase across Europe, police said yesterday.
EUGENE, Ore., (Reuters) – American Champion Allison produced a remarkable comeback to advance to the 400 metres final at the World Championships, as compatriot Michael Norman stormed to the fastest finish yesterday.
A Corentyne man was on Tuesday sentenced to 16 years in prison after he was found guilty of the rape of a child.
PEYRAGUDES, France, (Reuters) – Tadej Pogacar claimed victory in the 17th stage of the Tour de France but it was Jonas Vingegaard who came a step closer to the title as he finished on the defending champion’s wheel to retain the overall leader’s yellow jersey yesterday.
Dear Editor, The Apex Court drew attention to a flaw in our court system in criticising the slow handling of electoral cases, during oral arguments in the dismissed petition case.
SAN JOSE, (Reuters) – Costa Rica will receive more than US$400 million in funding for its national decarbonization plan, the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) said in a statement yesterday.
COLOMBO, (Reuters) – Sri Lankan lawmakers voted in acting President Ranil Wickremesinghe as the new president today, hoping his long experience in government would help pull the country out of a crippling economic and political crisis.
A shopkeeper and a gold miner were yesterday remanded to prison on the charge of attempted murder.
The final of the National Sports Commission (NSC) Boston Transportation Services 36- team extravaganza will take place tonight at the Strikers Sports Club.
Embassy of the United States of America In this edition of our Ask-the-Consul article, we provide you with candid answers to some of the most popular questions you have about the status of non-immigrant visa processing in Guyana.
STOCKHOLM – After World War II, global diplomatic efforts sought to create a new international order that would prevent the world from descending into war, chaos, and anarchy again.
Dear Editor, Our Guyanese community in New York and the Hindu community in general have lost a stalwart when Dharmacharya Ji, Pandit Beni Madho Misra aka Pandit Rishi Misir Ji, passed away on July 18th 2022, at the age of 82 years.
EDINBURGH – At recent gatherings of G7 leaders, NATO members, and G20 foreign ministers, it was clear to everyone that the world is facing a confluence of emergencies unlike anything we have seen in decades.
Earlier this month, reports surfaced about a bogus doctor who had been seeing patients at local regional hospitals reportedly for years, but was unmasked as a fake when, apparently, having previously escaped detection, he attempted to take up a volunteer position at the Guyana Cancer Foundation.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The U.S. State Department yesterday added dozens of current and former officials, lawmakers, judges and business people from Central America to a list that names those the U.S.
LONDON, (Reuters) – Former finance minister Rishi Sunak and foreign secretary Liz Truss will battle it out to become Britain’s next prime minister after they won the final lawmaker vote, setting up the last stage of the contest to replace Boris Johnson.
