Articles published on Wednesday, September 14, 2022
Two Berbice policemen are expected to be charged for a corrupt transaction after an investigation revealed that they received some $400,000 to discharge a matter of possession of an illegal firearm against a Corentyne businessman.
(Reuters) – West Indies recalled opener Evin Lewis today for the Twenty20 World Cup in Australia but excluded all-rounder Andre Russell and spinner Sunil Narine as part of their 15-man squad.
(Reuters) – The world has never been in a better position to end the COVID-19 pandemic, the head of the World Health Organization said today, his most optimistic outlook yet on the years-long health crisis which has killed over six million people.
OUAGADOUGOU, (Reuters) – A court in Burkina Faso has found two executives working for Canadian mining firm Trevali TV.TO
ATHENS, (Reuters) – Greek actress and singer Irene Papas, who gained international recognition starring in classic 1960s films such as “Zorba the Greek” and “The Guns of Navarone”, has died at the age of 96, Greece’s culture ministry said today.
(Trinidad Express) The family of missing business owner Zaid Hosein has said that he has never spent a night out without letting them know where he is, and they know that something is amiss in the disappearance of their loved one.
(Trinidad Guardian) Less than two months after her husband Amit Boodoo was murdered, a 30-year-old woman was gunned down near her Penal home yesterday.
The government yesterday sealed a deal for 33 mega-watts (MW) of solar power financed by US$83.3m of funds from Norway which derived from a ground-breaking forest protection accord signed between Georgetown and Oslo in 2009.
Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan yesterday administered the oath of office to the Chair and members of the presidential Commission of Inquiry (CoI) tasked with examining the events of the March 02, 2020 general and regional elections.
President Irfaan Ali has defended the $566.9m contract award to Kares Engineering Inc for the rebuilding of the North Ruimveldt Secondary School.
Finding that the Attorney General was not the proper party to have brought the action against former Finance Minister Winston Jordan over the controversial sale of river frontage to BK Marine, High Court Judge Brassington Reynolds yesterday threw out the case.
A retired cop has been placed in police custody after he and two others allegedly robbed and abducted a Mahaica businessman after claiming that the man owed them a sum of money.
Former judge of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ), Justice Duke Pollard has died.
Intertec, a 100%-owned Guyanese company that specialises in providing a wide variety of offshore solutions to meet challenges of the oil and gas sector, was launched yesterday morning at the Marriott Hotel.
Chief Election Officer (CEO) Vishnu Persaud has provided an updated work plan to the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) which indicates that the Secretariat would be ready to host Local Government Elections (LGE) no earlier than January 30, 2023.
The Guyana Police Force (GPF) Detective Sergeant Dion Bascom, who went public accusing the force of corruption, bribery and ‘covering-up’ the murder of Ricardo Fagundes, is expected to be charged today with offences under the country’s cyber-crime laws.
National junior cricketers Jonathan Van Lange and Niron Bissu put aside their cricket equipment and picked up their table tennis racquets, joining forces to win the Guyana Table Tennis Association (GTTA) in collaboration with the National Sports Commission (NSC) Open two-player, team, table-tennis tournament.
A Charlestown labourer was stabbed in the neck during an argument over a phone call.
The police are now on the hunt for an injured man who shot at them on Monday and managed to escape after a hostile group in Albouystown started to attack the law enforcers.
Dear Editor, I was confident enough of the fact of a renegotiation of the 2016 Agreement, that I had announced on my TV Programme Plain Talk that President Granger and Exxon had indeed signed a Deed of Amendment in late 2019 varying the 2016 Petroleum Agreement to make the royalty paid to the Government a non-recoverable expense.
The town of Rose Hall, Berbice is bracing for an invasion of the country’s top youth Simon Pures, this Saturday when the Guyana Boxing Association under President Steve Ninvalle will take the fistic sport to the Ancient County.
Rivers View Football Club of the Bartica Football Association (BFA), was the recipient of two sets of playing kits which were donated by Lawrence Jordan and Delroy Jacobs’ Boat Service.
Fifty-eight teachers from the Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo are now certified through the ProFuturo Digital Education Programme.
Dear Editor, The Chair of GECOM has once again shown her hand or rather her slip is showing.
Paradise Invaders won the Berbice Football Association Senior Men’s League, following a drawn encounter with Cougars FC on Sunday at the Rosignol Community Centre ground.
Minister in the Ministry of Public Works, Deodat Indar yesterday met with a team from British Airways (BA).
Dear Editor, I noticed an ongoing discussion between an Opposition MP and the Minister of Education concerning a breakfast programme in schools.
The driver who allegedly struck down 42-year-old Azaad Khan along the Blankenburg Public Road was last Wednesday charged with causing death by dangerous driving.
Dear Editor, I learned the shocking on Friday, and it takes much to bring to that state.
LONDON, (Reuters) – Outgoing South Africa coach Mark Boucher admits he is concerned about the diminishing amount of test cricket being played and believes recent results show the format has adapted to the modern game which prizes entertainment over grit.
Fishermen Deonarine Laakhan and Roopnarine Persaud have been sentenced to 10 and 12 years, 10 months respectively for their roles in the 2017 killing of Kawall Shivnauth whom they stabbed at a bar at Edinburgh, West Coast Demerara (WCD).
Dear Editor, The fish is rotting from the head. There can be no real representation coming from a united opposition because in my opinion there isn’t a functioning opposition.
SYDNEY, (Reuters) – David Warner says he still considers leadership roles a privilege and is ready to talk to Cricket Australia about ending the ban imposed on him for his part in the Newlands ball-tampering incident.
WASHINGTON/LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – President Joe Biden’s administration yesterday made contingency plans aiming to ensure deliveries of critical goods in the event of a shutdown of the U.S.
Dear Editor, Other participating countries in the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2022 have named their teams, but not CWI.
ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Cricket West Indies has named former national basketballer Kebra Nanton as their new Chief Financial Officer.
Mark Gomes, one of the accused who was recently busted by the Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU) was on Monday charged with the trafficking of narcotics and granted bail.
MEXICO CITY, (Reuters) – Scientists who detected a massive methane leak at an offshore platform run by Mexico’s Pemex said yesterday there was “no way” they had made a mistake, roundly rebutting claims by the state oil company that the emissions were smaller and less polluting.
BALAKLIIA, Ukraine, (Reuters) – Ukraine has set its sights on freeing all territory occupied by invading Russian forces after driving them back in a speedy counter-offensive in the northeast, a goal U.S.
Dear Editor, The plan for 5000 house lots is admirable, but the recipients will need additional help to reap the benefits of home ownership.
Two persons were arrested on Monday after the police seized an unlicensed firearm and a quantity of cannabis during a raid in West Canje, Berbice.
LIVERPOOL, England, (Reuters) – Liverpool’s Joel Matip headed in an 89th-minute winner as last season’s runners-up left it late to beat Ajax Amsterdam 2-1 in their Champions League Group A match at Anfield yesterday.
PORT-AU-PRINCE, (Reuters) – Residents of Haiti’s capital Port-au-Prince sheltered at home yesterday as gun fire rung out, road blocks and burning tires were placed along city streets and protesters threw stones in an angry response to expected new fuel price hikes and crime.
LONDON/BELFAST, (Reuters) – King Charles and members of the royal family received the coffin of the late Queen Elizabeth at Buckingham Palace yesterday, after tens of thousands of people lined the streets in heavy rain to mark its arrival in the British capital.
The Ministry of Health has recorded 17 new COVID-19 cases from 342 tests.
Dear Editor, I wish to give my contribution to the ongoing issue of the overpayment to two contractors at Rose Hall Estate in response to the invitation extended by letter writer Narendra Lall in his letter to the media dated 13th September.
LONDON, (Reuters) – England’s dominant home summer has convinced former skipper Michael Vaughan that Ben Stokes and his men are capable of wresting the Ashes urn from traditional rivals Australia next year.
(Reuters) – A group of St Petersburg local politicians who called for President Vladimir Putin to be sacked over the war in Ukraine faces the likely dissolution of their district council following a judge’s ruling yesterday, one of the deputies said.
(Trinidad Express) Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley says if Trinidad and Tobago’s natural gas prospects do not improve in the next few years, this will have far-reaching consequences for Government revenues and for the quality of life of all citizens.
If the older sports fan is asked what he/she remembers most from the year 1972, one might get an answer along the lines, “Hmmmm… 1972?
CIC Insurance Brokers Guyana Inc., a full-service insurance brokerage, which is majority owned and controlled by the ZARC Group of Companies, has appointed Gavin Ramsoondar to its Board of Directors.
By Jeffrey D. Sachs NEW YORK – Around the world, 2022 has been a year of climate catastrophes, including droughts, floods, mega-fires, typhoons, and more.
MUNICH, Germany, (Reuters) – Bayern Munich scored twice in four minutes against the run of play, through Lucas Hernandez and Leroy Sane, to beat Barcelona 2-0 in their Champions League Group C match yesterday.
Dear Editor, I noticed that Mr. Joseph Hamilton made several statements in a recent Face-book post concerning the Essequibo/ Pomeroon Regional Cooperative Union Ltd.
