Daily Archive: Saturday, August 13, 2022

Attorney and elections commissioner Bibi Shadick has died. The Central Islamic Organisation of Guyana announced the passing of Shadick at her East Street, Georgetown, residence at 15:00 hrs today.

NAIROBI, (Reuters) – Veteran opposition leader Raila Odinga led Kenya’s presidential race, official election results showed yesterday, pushing Deputy President William Ruto into second place.

(Trinidad Express)One man is dead following a shooting incident this morning in One Woodbrook Place.

(Reuters) – Hadi Matar, the suspect in the stabbing of author Salman Rushdie at an event in New York state, has been charged with attempted murder and is being held without bond, prosecutors in Chautauqua County said on Saturday.

Mohamed’s Enterprises of Lot 29 Lombard Street today distanced itself from allegations made by policeman Dion Bascom in relation to the killing of Ricardo Fagundes last year outside of Palm Court.

A detective has accused senior ranks of the Guyana Police Force (GPF) of major corruption, including accepting a multi-million dollar payoff from a city businessman to cover up the murder of Roger Khan associate Ricardo Fagundes.

Hailing Scotiabank’s support for his $300 million Andrews Supermarket investment, businessman Saiku Andrews yesterday urged aspiring entrepreneurs to not be discouraged by perceived stereotypes, even as the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) bemoaned the dearth of financing for businesses.

President Irfaan Ali yesterday launched a youth advisory council to ensure the involvement of young people in decision-making and development as government works to build Guyana’s future.

A decomposed body, suspected to be that of a 36-year-old fisherman, was discovered in the Atlantic Ocean, days after he was allegedly tossed overboard by members of his crew.

KINGSTON, Jamaica,  CMC – Beleaguered West Indies produced yet another wretched batting display to slump to a depressing 90-run defeat in the second Twenty20 International against New Zealand here yesterday.

(Trinidad Guardian) The six Trinidadian nationals detained in Grenada since Wednesday in connection with an alleged assault on national athlete Anderson Peters aboard the Harbour master party boat have been charged.

A 52-year-old Region Seven man was on Friday declared the country’s latest COVID-19 fatality.

Pandit Tharun Balgobin was yesterday remanded to prison after he was charged with murdering Aangraj Kumar Indrapal, the man who was found dead at the pump station where he was working behind the Rose Hall Estate last Friday morning.

A badly decomposing body found in the Demerara River on Thursday was buried before identification but DNA samples have been taken.

Dear Editor, There have been numerous comments regarding the renting of office space to house all the UN activities in Guyana circulating in the local media.

Eighteen-year- Janella Pollard after being crowned Miss Region 10old footballer Janella Pollard from River’s View can now add pageant winner to her growing resume as she was crowned Miss Region Ten last month.

The police on Thursday reported the discovery of a man’s nude body at Montrose.

Dear Editor, One could not help but read with pride of the stalwarts identified in your editorial of Wednesday August 10 on the halcyon days of Guyana’s Foreign Service.

Calling the Chief Justice’s ruling upholding the President’s appointment of Clifton Hicken to act as Commissioner of Police “too grave to be left standing,” the APNU+AFC opposition has said it will appeal.

Here’s a Salsa to relish and a Relish that will make you want to Salsa.

Dear Editor, American oil behemoth, Exxon, says that Guyana’s former Executive Director of the local Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is not being honest. 

This summer in Europe has made me question if I was really once a child who was born and raised in the tropics.

A youth was on Friday charged with sexually assaulting a woman in an attack at her friend’s house, where she decided to sleepover after a house party.

Dear Editor, The small economy earns foreign exchange from tourists, from exports and from other sources, for the purpose of buying imports, in much the same way as individuals seek paid employment so as to buy household necessities.

(Reuters) – FBI agents in this week’s search of former U.S.

Dear Editor,  Several prominent American politicians and Hindu community leaders came out on midday Tuesday in sweltering heat to express their outrage and condemnation of the vandalization and desecration of the Mahatma Gandhi statue in front of the Tulsi Mandir in Little Guyana, Richmond Hill. The

NEW YORK,  (Reuters) – Salman Rushdie, the Indian-born novelist who spent years in hiding after Iran urged Muslims to kill him because of his writing, was stabbed in the neck and torso onstage at a lecture in New York state yesterday and airlifted to a hospital, police said.

Shamby Yamat, the truck driver who allegedly crushed a Venezuelan national on Monday morning along the Sarah Johanna Public Road, on the East Bank of Demerara (EBD), has been charged with causing death by dangerous driving.

From a young age, Darrin Smith knew he was meant to do great things.

The ExxonMobil Girls and Boys U14 Football Championship will resume today at the Ministry of Education ground, Carifesta Avenue with another round of group fixtures.

A homeless man was on Friday sentenced to a six-month stay in jail after he pleaded guilty to having cocaine in his possession.

Dear Editor,  Development inevitably brings changes, new arrangements, and new views and hence are full of contradictions.

Jamzone beauties stunned the crowd in the first leg of the competition when they made their public debut during the Jamzone Beach Jam, hosted at the Kingston beachfront, Georgetown, two Sundays ago.

The Guyana Football Federation (GFF) has officially confirmed the withdrawal of the Golden Jaguars from the Caribbean Football Union (CFU) Boys U14 Challenge Series, which is slated to commence today in the Dominican Republic.

SAO PAULO, (Reuters) – Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest reached a record high for the first seven months of the year, preliminary government data showed yesterday, as the region approaches the traditional peak of the annual burning season.

(CMC) – West Indies white-ball captain Nicholas Pooran said his side was trying to have faith in their internal processes and hope that it will be enough to help them turn a string of depressing losses around.

The ‘Keep Ya Five Alive’ Futsal Championship will resume this evening at the National Gymnasium on Mandela Avenue, with eight exciting matchups, as teams vie for a berth in the quarterfinal section.

BUENOS AIRES/CARACAS,  (Reuters) – Argentina on Thursday ordered the seizure of a Venezuelan plane held in Buenos Aires since June at the request of the United States, amid suspicions the aircraft of Iranian origin could have ties to terrorism, local media reported.

MONTREAL, Canada,  (Reuters) – Nick Kyrgios’s nine-match winning streak ended in the Canadian Masters semi-finals yesterday when eighth-seeded Pole Hubert Hurkacz blasted his way to a 7-6(4) 6-7(5) 6-1 victory.

(Reuters) – Real Madrid forward Karim Benzema is among the 30 nominees on the shortlist for the prestigious men’s Ballon d’Or trophy, organisers France Football magazine announced yesterday.

(Reuters) – Nicaraguan police have banned a Catholic procession and pilgrimage in the capital of Managua today, citing internal security reasons, the archdiocese said yesterday as the crackdown on the Church intensifies.

(Reuters) – WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury said yesterday he is to “walk away” from boxing, two days after insisting he would make a comeback to the sport to complete a trilogy against fellow-Briton Derek Chisora.

LAHORE, Pakistan,  (Reuters) – Pakistan captain Babar Azam has ruled out a return for veteran all-rounder Shoaib Malik to the Twenty20 squad ahead of the World Cup in Australia, saying the team needed to give fresh talent more opportunities to develop.

NEW DELHI,  (Reuters) – West Indian Kieron Pollard and New Zealand’s Trent Boult will represent MI Emirates in the inaugural International League T20 tournament in the United Arab Emirates, the Abu Dhabi-based franchise owned by Reliance Industries said yesterday.

Dear Editor, It is with interest and enthusiasm that we Guyanese read in your daily of the exciting future we are now entering into.  The

(ESPN) With two more high-profile T20 leagues coming up, top West Indian players are set to be in great demand, and the situation has all the makings of a fresh scrap between the players and the team management, and, by extension, the cricket board.

Fifteen Guyanese artists are gearing up to take the stage on Friday night at the return of Frass Fridays Annual Summer Jam.

GROS ISLET, St Lucia,  CMC – West Indies A suffered at the hands of Saif Hassan’s hundred before left-arm seamer Mirttunjoy Chowdhury struck twice to give Bangladesh A control of the second four-day “Test”.

A remarkable aspect of the country’s road system is the almost complete absence of signage to encourage safer and more sociable driving or even to give directions to a particular town or place. 

NAIROBI,  (Reuters) – Without providing any proof, the secretary-general of Kenya’s governing party has said there was election rigging, fuelling public anxiety yesterday as media outlets significantly slowed down their unofficial tallies from Tuesday’s tight vote.

The Central Islamic Organisation of Guyana (CIOG) this morning reported that one of its members, Kareem Kayume of Regent Street was murdered last night.