Daily Archive: Thursday, August 18, 2022

Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly, Lenox Shuman today called for external police assistance to help investigate stunning claims by police detective Dion Bascom over the probe of the murder of Ricardo Fagundes last year.

The Transport & Harbours Department says that the MV Barima is being made available to transport passengers from T&HD’s Goods Wharf on Saturday at 1:00 PM.

BEIJING,  (Reuters) – It is “reasonable to conclude” that forced labour of members of minority groups has taken place in China’s western Xinjiang region, the UN’s top expert on slavery said in a report released this week, prompting a fierce response from Beijing.

The police today rescued a hijacked taxi driver from the trunk of the vehicle he had been driving.

Not ruling out special protection for the cop at the centre of corruption allegations against members of the Guyana Police Force (GPF), President Irfaan Ali yesterday said that he has to first assess the case, but that the  allocating of resources to ensure  effective whistleblower’s legislation is a key matter for his administration.

City businessman Azruddin Mohamed last night said that one of his competitors in the gold industry – who he did not name –  is the driving force behind the allegations levelled against him and other members of the Guyana Police Force by Police Sergeant Dion Bascom.

Expressing exasperation, President Irfaan Ali yesterday urged that the European Union (EU) put arrangements in place in three months for Guyanese to be able to access Schengen visas here for travel to Europe rather than having to go to neighbouring Suriname.

Describing the allegations levelled by police Sergeant Dion Bascom as “malicious and untrue”, the Guyana Police Force (GPF) yesterday again denied there had been any cover-up in the murder probe of Ricardo Fagundes and said that it was convicted drug trafficker, Roger Khan who provided the names of two suspects who allegedly committed the crime.

Repairs have commenced on Thomas Lands after problems developed with recent rehabilitation work.

Months after meeting with Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs Anil Nandlall, the Opposition-nominated Commis-sioners on the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) have tabled a motion calling for the introduction of biometrics as part of the electoral reform process.

(ESPN Cricinfo) – Shamarh Brooks scored 79 and shared a 75-run partnership with Captain Nicholas Pooran which guided the West Indies to a five-wicket win over top-ranked New Zealand yesterday in the series-opening ODI in Barbados.

Dameion McLennon, the Cadet Officer who is accused of attempting to cover up the police killing of 23-year-old Quindon Bacchus, has been released on $250,000 bail.

League leader and undefeated outfit, Slingerz FC, crushed Wales 5-0, when the West Demerara Football Association Senior Men’s League continued last evening at the National Track and Field Centre, Leonora.

President Irfaan Ali and First Lady Arya Ali were yesterday received by Christine Kangaloo, Acting President of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago (T&T) at the Piarco International Airport.

Jermaine Bailey, a 29-year-old taxi driver of Lot 35 Joseph Pollydore Street, Lodge, Georgetown, has been charged with the attempted murder of Bimal Veerasammy and Ryan Joseph.

Seventeen boxers will be encamped from tomorrow ahead of the School Boys and Girls Junior Championships scheduled to be staged next week at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall (CASH).

Fresh off representing Guyana at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England, the ace paddler took his talents to Trinidad and served and slammed his way to the Silver Bowl title.

Accountant and financial analyst Floyd Haynes yesterday distanced himself from a Cuffy 250 Committee forum which has as its topic `Resisting the emerging apartheid state’.

As part of efforts to eliminate bottlenecks in the ticketing system currently faced by passengers when travelling between Parika, Supenaam and Bartica, the Transport and Harbours Department (T&HD) is working ‘hard’ to implement an online ticketing system.

Despite failing to qualify for the elimination round in 3×3 basketball at the Islamic Solidarity Games in Konya, Turkey, National 3×3 Coordinator, Junior Hercules, affirmed that the team gave a credible performance in the competition.

Dear Editor, After the traffic chaos that occurred on the West Coast Berbice on Sunday, I am sure that GT’s finest are in their situation room trying to figure out how to avoid similar occurrences for the motor race event at South Dakota this weekend and the Cricket Carnival at the Stadium next month, both of which would require innovative traffic management along the other main artery which provides ingress and egress to the city, the main international airport, Linden and Lethem.

NRG Holdings is inviting the public to attend a meeting to discuss the Vreed-en-Hoop Shore base project in Region Three.

Despite contractually obligated to remunerate the Golden Jaguars senior men’s programme their match-fees for the 2022 Concacaf Nations League no later than June 30, the Guyana Football Federa-tion (GFF) appears to have breached its contractual duties, as more than six weeks have elapsed since the deadline.

Minister of Housing and Water Collin Croal yesterday led a team from his Ministry and the Regional Administration of Region Three to the West Coast of Demerara where they met with a number of squatters and other residents with the aim of working out land ownership issues.

Dear Editor, On Monday, August 15th, 2022, by way of a news article in the Kaieteur News, former APNU+AFC Government Minister, David Patterson, admitted that the $188 million rental for UN offices in Guyana was high.

KYIV,  (Reuters) – Ukrainian forces said yesterday they had beaten back a Russian attack in the southern region of Kherson, while shelling by Kremlin forces in Kharkiv in Ukraine’s north killed seven people as the near six-month war grinds on with no let up in fighting.

Los Angeles Lakers superstar LeBron James agreed to a two-year, $97.1 million contract extension that includes a player option for the 2024-25 season, ESPN reported yesterday.

Jeremy Roach, the man who allegedly murdered 20-year-old Owen Young was yesterday remanded to prison.

Dear Editor, One has to be careful not to confuse Thomas Lands Road with Thomas Street which has not needed repairs for decades.

(Reuters) – Emma Raducanu stormed into the third round of the Cincinnati Open with a 6-0 6-2 thrashing of Victoria Azarenka yesterday, signalling she will be well prepared for her U.S.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – After being soundly rejected by Wyoming Republican voters, U.S.

Dear Editor, The Central Immigration and Passport office continues to operate inefficiently and offer services that induces dissatisfaction in many persons.

Tenders were opened on Tuesday at the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board (NPTAB) for the construction of a Prisons Headquarters at Lusignan.

SAO PAULO,  (Reuters) – The U.S. government is concerned about links between Brazil’s largest drug gang and illegal gold mining in the Amazon rainforest, a U.S.

(Reuters) – Anrich Nortje took three wickets as South Africa’s seamers tore through England’s top order to leave the home side teetering on 116 for six before rain brought a premature close to day one of the first test at Lord’s yesterday.

The winners of the World Refugee Day 2022 Migrant Essay Competition received their prizes from the Ministry of Education and the Pan-American Development Foundation (PADF) during a ceremony yesterday at the Ministry’s 26 Brickdam office.

MIAMI,  (Reuters) – U.S. authorities have seen a spike in weapons smuggling to Haiti and the Caribbean in recent months, officials said yesterday, promising to boost efforts to combat the trade that is fueling rampant gang violence in Haiti and rising crime in the region.

ACCRA, (Reuters) – Ghana’s central bank yesterday delivered its biggest rate hike ever, a 300 basis point increase to 22% GHCBIR=ECI, at an emergency meeting to address the economy’s rapid deterioration amid crippling inflation.

(CMC) – West Indies Women will host New Zealand Women for the first time in nearly a decade when the two teams meet in three One-Day Internationals and five Twenty20 Internationals starting next month.

Dear Editor, On the 7 August, 2022 the PPP held a fundraising softball competition and fish fry at the Jai Hind Cricket Ground, Albion to raise funds for the upcoming Local Government elections.

A fire of unknown origin completely destroyed a one-storey two-bedroom house in Angoy’s Avenue, New Amsterdam yesterday morning.

(Reuters) – Gael Monfils has been ruled out of the U.S.

(Trinidad Guardian) Pandemonium broke out in Morvant on Tuesday evening when two gunmen opened fire on a crowded basketball court, leaving two children, aged 9 and 11, seriously injured, with the nine-year-old boy fighting for his life at hospital after being shot in the head.

TAIPEI/BEIJING, (Reuters) – China’s efforts to coerce and undermine Taiwan risk miscalculation and its pressure campaign will most likely continue, Daniel Kritenbrink, the top U.S.

Dear Editor, In recent days there have been two letters describing the traffic backup due to the horseracing event in Berbice. 

Dear Editor, There has rightly been much talk about the nature of the Exxon contract with calls for it to be renegotiated.

An 82-year-old woman of Region Seven is the latest COVID-19 fatality.

(Reuters) – Federal prosecutors examining the role of former President Donald Trump and allies in events ahead of the Jan.

BRASILIA, (Reuters) – Brazil’s federal police yesterday accused President Jair Bolsonaro of discouraging mask use during the pandemic and falsely suggesting that people who got vaccinated against COVID-19 ran the risk of contracting AIDS.

(Reuters) – Taylor Fritz blasted his way to a 6-3 6-2 win over Australian Nick Kyrgios yesterday and a place in the Cincinnati Open third round.

Dear Editor, Some civil society groups and individuals have been asserting with uncontrollable zest that Guyana will become another economic miracle as Abu Dhabi or Singapore with the advent of its new petroleum sector.

The U.S. Embassy welcomes information from concerned citizens who are aware of visa fraud or scams.

(Reuters) – British billionaire Jim Ratcliffe is interested in buying Manchester United, a source familiar with the matter told Reuters after Elon Musk said his plan to buy the Premier League club was all part of “a long-running joke”.

LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – Rap musician A$AP Rocky pleaded not guilty yesterday to two felony charges of assault with a firearm connected to a November shooting of a former friend in Hollywood.

On Monday, the rape trial of Manchester City footballer Benjamin Mendy began with the prosecution laying out horrific details regarding the ten charges against the 28-year-old French citizen.

(Trinidad Guardian) A landslide triggered a chain of events that knocked out power to thousands of homes across Trinidad on Tuesday night and then again yesterday morning.

Toshao of Akawini in the Lower Pomeroon River in Region Two, Rudolph Wilson, is requesting a new boat and engine to transport children to school in September.