Daily Archive: Tuesday, August 9, 2022

A 22-year-old woman was stabbed to death last evening by one of two women who are sisters following an argument that erupted between them last week.

(stluciatimes.com) Police Commissioner Milton Desir has acknowledged the need for outside help amid Saint Lucia’s current violent crime wave.

TAIPEI, (Reuters) – Taiwan’s foreign minister said on Tuesday that China was using the military drills it launched in protest against U.S.

With the main APNU+AFC opposition boycotting the National Assembly in protest at the decision to suspend eight of its members, the government yesterday went ahead and approved  $44,794,011,175 in supplementary financing.

-had reported earlier attack to police but nothing was done -lived in fear and seclusion A Corentyne woman was yesterday stabbed to death after being rammed by a car and the man she separated from two months was identified as the attacker and is on the run.

Envoys of key Western missions here have said that that the fight against discrimination, marginalisation and violations of Indigenous rights, is a global priority and also in Guyana. 

The mother of murdered Hog Island farmer, Romeo Randolph, 35,  is calling for justice and a post-mortem yesterday showed that he had died from suffocation compounded by blunt trauma to the head.

Two North West residents, one a 22-year-old and the other a 16-year-old boy, were yesterday taken before the Mabaruma Magistrate’s Court where they were charged with the murder of Jude Christiano.

The National Assembly yesterday approved  $21 billion in supplementary provisions for the Ministry of Housing and Water which will see the establishment of seven new water treatment plants and the construction of at least two new wells among other expansion programmes.

Thirty-year-old Alex Nedd appeared in the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court last Friday where he was remanded to prison over the murder of Rodwell Philips.

The Industrial Hemp Bill 2022 was passed in the National Assembly last night in the absence of the opposition APNU+AFC, and with several speakers extolling the virtue and profitability of this variety of the cannabis sativa family.

Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs, Anil Nandlall has told the National Assembly that it will cost Guyana US$3 million in just legal fees to defend itself against the US$100 million lawsuit brought by international company, Smart City Solutions (SCS) over the terminated parking meters project.

Mayor Ubraj Narine yesterday called for an emergency meeting to discuss the planned relocation of the Municipal Abattoir.

Dear Editor, As someone inspired by Burnham during my youth, who ate his fair share of the PNC’s cook-up during their political meetings attended by my father and myself in the 1970s at Alleyne’s High School, also as a Guyanese who lived first-hand through recent attempts by the APNU-AFC to overturn the results of the 2020 National Elections, I consider it a great responsibility to share my thoughts on Aubrey Norton’s recent declaration at the PNCR’s General Congress on August 06, 2022 (SN Aug 08/22) for the party to ‘slip into campaign mode’.

Dear Editor, I read with great interest Ralph Ramkarran’s recent ‘Conversation Tree’ article, headlined ‘I never declined’ published in the Sunday August 7, 2022 edition of Stabroek News.

Private security firms were last Saturday warned by the Traffic Department of the Guyana Police Force (GPF) against the use of sirens and flashing lights on their vehicles in violation of the laws of the country.

Acting Chief Justice Roxane George SC, has tentatively set August 23rd to rule on whether the President had meaningfully consulted the Opposition Leader in appointing Patrick Findlay Chairman of the Police Service Commission (PSC).

The Mora Bridge in the vicinity of Toka Village and Yakarinta in the North Rupununi Wetlands has been repaired and can now be used following emergency works.

Dear Editor, Guyana, as a member of the Organisation of Islamic Conference (OIC), routinely joins in its hypocritical condemnation of India.

Dear Editor, As I understand it, a N.I.S. pensioner who makes in excess of 750 contribution is entitled to 1% on every 50 contributions in excess of the 750.

The Maritime Administration Department (MARAD) yesterday said that it is doing daily monitoring of the dredging in the Demerara River by NRG Holding Inc.

Dear Editor, The rallying cry for public servants in terms of salary increases in view of the prevailing economic circumstances is noble. 

A construction worker was yesterday remanded to prison after pleading not guilty to the charge of robbery under arms.

VSH Guyana Incorporated, the authorised distributor for Red Wing Safety products in Guyana, has become the latest sponsor to support the Strikers Summer Special All-Female Dominoes Championship, which is slated for August 27 at the Strikers Sports Club, MeadowBrook Gardens, Georgetown.

By Emmerson Campbell in Birmingham, England  Following 11 days of jam-packed Commonwealth Games action, the curtains came down on the XX11 edition of the event last night with a spectacular closing ceremony at Alexander Stadium here in Birmingham, England. 

By Emmerson Campbell in Birmingham, England The Commonwealth Youth Games will be hosted next year in Trinidad and Tobago and several countries within the Region will be “putting their hands up” in support of the Twin Island Republic.

Dear Editor, I have had a life experience in humility which I will never forget.

PALM BEACH, Fla., (Reuters) – Former President Donald Trump said FBI agents raided his Mar-a-Lago estate yesterday and broke into his safe in what his son acknowledged was part of an investigation into Trump’s removal of official presidential records from the White House to his Florida resort.

The Guyanese American Chamber of Commerce (GACC) says it has again secured free exhibitor display booths for small and medium-sized enterprises at the Florida International Trade & Cultural Expo and Conference (FITCE) which will be held this year from October 18-20 in Ft.

The Ministry of Health yesterday said that 7 new COVID-19 cases were recorded after 107 tests were done.

Dear Editor, I learn with amazement that the President is on a rescue operation involving smoothing over the raging waters inside the higher reaches of GuySuCo. 

LOS ANGELES,  (Reuters) – It’s been three years since HBO’s juggernaut show “Game of Thrones” came to a close.

BRUNSWICK, Ga., (Reuters) – A judge sentenced a white father and son to life in prison and their neighbor to 35 years yesterday for a federal hate crime in the 2020 murder of Ahmaud Arbery, a Black man shot after jogging in a suburban Georgia neighborhood in a case exemplifying racist violence and vigilantism in America.

HAVANA,  (Reuters) – A third crude tank caught fire and collapsed at Cuba’s main oil terminal in Matanzas, the province’s governor said yesterday, as an oil spill spread flames from a second tank that caught fire two days earlier in the island’s biggest oil industry accident in decades.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua,  CMC – Cricket West Indies director of cricket Jimmy Adams and West Indies Women’s head coach Courtney Walsh hailed Deandra Dottin yesterday for her “valuable contributions and numerous outstanding performances” during her 14-year international career.

(Reuters) – After a pandemic-induced delay, a permanent exhibition focused on Bruce Lee’s philosophy is opening at the Wing Luke Museum of the Asian Pacific American Experience in Seattle, with support of the Bruce Lee Foundation.

Dear Editor, The consequences of Guyana’s socialist past continue to hamper the development of the people and the nation; failure to understand capital investment, risk, and return on investment leaves us without a compass in a modern capitalist world.

KYIV, (Reuters) – Ukraine reported intense Russian shelling across the frontlines yesterday as both sides traded blame for the weekend strike on the Zaporizhzhia nuclear complex which triggered international concern about a potential atomic disaster.

LAUDERHILL, Florida, , CMC – West Indies head coach Phil Simmons said the main lesson for his side coming out of their limited-overs series against India is learning to value their wicket more.

(Reuters) – India all-rounder Hardik Pandya said he is open to assuming the captaincy on a full-time basis after leading the side to a comprehensive victory in the final match of their Twenty20 series against West Indies.

By Jean-Paul Ngome Abiaga, Ph.D, Programme Coordinator, UNESCO Office in Kingston, Jamaica.

MANCHESTER, England,  (Reuters) – The jury in the trial of former Manchester United winger Ryan Giggs, facing charges of assaulting his ex-girlfriend and her sister, was told by the prosecution yesterday that the Welsh international had a “sinister” side to him.

RIO DE JANEIRO,  – Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro yesterday denied that he has any intention of carrying out a coup if he loses October’s election, adding that he rejects a constitutional measure seen as an effort to protect him from crime accusations.

As the issue of global food security comes into sharper focus in the wake of the seemingly never-ending food-related crises in some regions of the world which have been accentuated by the Russia/Ukraine hostilities, it is entirely appropriate that we in the Caribbean pay keener attention to our own circumstances.

(Reuters) – India batsmen Virat Kohli and KL Rahul have been recalled to the Twenty20 squad for the Asia Cup but seamer Jasprit Bumrah has been ruled out due to injury, the country’s cricket governing body BCCI said yesterday.

LONDON,  CMC – Two players with Caribbean roots got their names in the bright lights in separate English county competitions on Sunday.

(Field Level Media) Megastar Kevin Durant issued an ultimatum to the Brooklyn Nets – choose between me or coach Steve Nash and general manager Sean Marks, The Athletic reported Monday.