Daily Archive: Wednesday, August 10, 2022

British Airways is expected to begin flying here from next year, Minister of Public Works, Juan Edghill announced this morning.

(Trinidad Guardian) Labour leaders are expected march through the streets of Port-of-Spain on Friday, as they prepare to protest against the Government’s continued four per cent offer to public sector workers.

Masked gunmen last night shot at three men liming on the Melanie Public Road, injuring two of them.

By Desiree Kissoon Minister of Public Works Juan Edghill yesterday said that the government will not be entertaining an increase in fares for transport – whether by river, sea or road – at this time.

Barbados developer, Mark Maloney is partnering with local businessmen for the 186-room Embassy Suites by Hilton which will be constructed on the Liliendaal Railway Embankment, Greater Georgetown.

By Aviso Paul A Sophia woman was fatally stabbed by a neighbour on Monday evening over an argument that erupted during the course of last week.

Just over two weeks after he told Stabroek News that the rights violations in Chinese Landing and Isseneru had been identified as an “immediate priority” for the newly formed National Toshaos Council, Chair Derrick John has now made an about-turn stating that the communities must now write the Council requesting its intervention.

The Canefield Settlement, East Canje, Berbice estate worker, Aangraj Kumar Indrapal, who was found floating in the pump station where he was working aback the Rose Hall Estate on Friday morning, died from manual strangulation a post- mortem examination revealed yesterday.

East Canje Berbice man, Suraj Ganpat who is accused of murdering his estranged wife, Cindy Ramchandar on Monday morning was yesterday reported to have confessed to a relative of the deceased.

(CMC) – Brandon King has brushed aside suggestions of pressure on players in the upcoming series against New Zealand, the three Twenty20 Internationals marking the final games before West Indies head to the T20 World Cup in Australia this October.

A 19-year-old woman and four men were on Monday arrested after allegedly being found with $1.5 million worth of cocaine.

Several agencies that come under the umbrella of the Ministry of Agriculture yesterday signed a total of 13 contracts worth some $610 million to boost the sector, according to a release from the ministry.

The conversion of the Leonora Cottage Hospital on the West Coast of Demerara to a Smart Health Care Facility has been completed.

Minister of Parliamentary Affairs and Governance, Gail Teixeira on Monday tabled a bill to pave the way for the establishment of a Commission to review Guyana’s constitution.

President of the Bartica Football Association (BFA), Alden Marslowe, has declared that he would support a bid for a third term by the incumbent Wayne Forde-led Guyana Football Federation (GFF) executive committee.

Dear Editor, Cindy Ramchandar was born as Guyana’s Domestic Violence Act came into being.

Four men were on Monday arrested by the police after stolen cellphones and other electronics were found in their possession.

A Venezuelan national was on Monday morning crushed to death by a motor lorry along the Sarah Johanna Public Road on the East Bank of Demerara (EBD).

(Reuters) – A senior Ukrainian official suggested a series of explosions at a Russian air base in Crimea could have been the work of partisan saboteurs, as Kyiv denied any responsibility for the incident deep inside Russian-occupied territory.

Guyana Boxing Association (GBA) boss, Steve Ninvalle, has announced that the Winfield Braithwaite Caribbean School Boys and Junior tournament, which is of vital importance within the Caribbean region, has been rescheduled to August 26 to 28 at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall, Homestretch Avenue, Georgetown.

MATANZAS, Cuba, (Reuters) – Firefighters yesterday finally overcame what officials described as the worst fire in Cuba’s history that over five days destroyed 40% of the Caribbean island’s main fuel storage facility and caused massive blackouts.

Dear Editor, During the Christmas holidays, hire car operators on the West Bank of Demerara subjected members of the public to hefty fare increases which tend to revert to regular rates when the period concludes.

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.,  (Reuters) – A Muslim immigrant from Afghanistan has been arrested as the prime suspect in the serial killings of four Muslim men that rattled the Islamic community of New Mexico’s largest city, police said yesterday.

Women’s hockey history was created 83 years ago on February 4, 1939, when the British Guiana Women Hockey Association (BGWHA) hosted the All-American Team.

BOGOTA, (Reuters) – Colombia’s financial crimes unit, intensifying efforts to catch fraud, has detected some $20 billion in financial operations potentially tied to money laundering over the last 3-1/2 years, the unit’s director said.

The Guyana Men and Women’s team defeated Burundi and Timor-Leste respectively in Round 10 of the 44th FIDE Chess Olympiad at the Sheraton Mahabalipuram Resort and Convention Centre, Chennai, India.

GuyDrones on Friday donated a drone to GuySuCo to assist the corporation to identify and control sugarcane plant diseases.

Dear Editor, I call on the PPP Government/EPA, Exxon/HESS/CNOOC to release all insurance policies and related documentation on this ongoing vexed question of whether the oil companies have adequate insurance in the event of an oil spill.

(Reuters) – Motown legend Lamont Dozier, the prolific singer-songwriter who composed and produced hits such as “Stop!

BRASILIA, (Reuters) – President Jair Bolsonaro is unlikely to contest the outcome of October’s election, Brazil’s top public prosecutor said yesterday, playing down fears of business leaders, diplomats and politicians about the president’s anti-democratic rhetoric.

A total of 63 COVID-19 cases were recorded by the Ministry of Health after 642 tests were conducted.

Dear Editor,  My foremost sports passion is cycling so the just-concluded XX11 edition of the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England afforded me the elation of viewing the intense rivalries in the velodrome and at the road races as an online spectator.

(Reuters) – The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) said yesterday there were “early signs” that the monkeypox outbreak is plateauing across the country and that its expansion has slowed.

CARACAS,  (Reuters) – Venezuela will seek to reestablish its military ties with neighbour Colombia, the country’s defense minister said on Tuesday, after years of conflictive relations between the two nations.

While commemorating International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples yesterday, the Ministry of Amerindian Affairs launched the calendar of activities as well as unveiled the theme for Amerindian Heritage Month.

Dear Editor, Permit me to respond to a letter dated August 6, 2022 written by Joel Bhagwandin, Financial Analyst, captioned,’ Guyana poised to earn close to US$5b annually when the four approved oil platforms are producing concurrently’.

(Reuters) – American great Serena Williams said yesterday she was “evolving away from tennis” and planned to retire from the sport she dominated with 23 Grand Slam titles following the U.S.

(Reuters) – Former international cricket umpire Rudi Koertzen died yesterday in a car accident in South Africa, his family said.

By Dr Bertrand Ramcharan Formerly Special Adviser to the UN Secretary-General and Chancellor of the University of Guyana Martin Luther King had a dream, and he offered that dream to America.

The file on the Mandela Avenue accident which claimed the life of 42-year-old Odessia Sam and has since left her friend Wendel Oudkerk bedridden, is scheduled to be forwarded to the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) for advice today.

(Reuters) – Toni Minichiello, who guided Britain’s Jessica Ennis-Hill to the heptathlon gold at London 2012, has been banned for life after a disciplinary panel appointed by the UK Athletics (UKA) Board found him to have engaged in sexually inappropriate behaviour.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Republican Congressman Scott Perry of Pennsylvania said yesterday that FBI agents had seized his cell phone, in yet another sign that the Justice Department’s investigation into the 2021 attack on the U.S.

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

Fifty years ago this week, the then fledgling Cooperative Republic of Guyana attracted the world’s attention when it hosted its largest international event to date.

World No. 2 and Open Championship winner Cameron Smith agreed to a deal in excess of $100 million to sign with the LIV Golf Series, the Telegraph reported yesterday.

Dear Editor, If Hits and Jams can do the bidding of the PPP government by using entertainment to win over our nation’s youth in order for them to support an unjust regime then we can be innovative in bringing about an entertainment group to rival them while educating our youths that the PPP strategy is to get their political support which if successful will continue the oppression, discrimination and marginalisation of Blacks in Guyana.