Daily Archive: Monday, November 28, 2022

The two men who were on trial for the deadly piracy attack in 2018 at the High Court in Berbice were this afternoon  found guilty of the offence of murder.

The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) says it has commenced the distribution of National Identification Cards at all its Registration Offices countrywide with effect from today.

NAIROBI,  (Reuters) – South Sudan should investigate officials accused of overseeing systematic gang rapes, some of whose victims were girls as young as nine, UN rights experts said today in a statement the government dismissed as a fabrication.

Sumintra Shaw, an 85-year-old woman who was expected to celebrate her birthday today was killed this morning at her Bush Lot, West Coast Berbice residence.

Suriname won the overall title in the 2022 Inter-Guiana Games, edging Guyana by two points as the curtain came down last evening on the championship at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall, Homestretch Avenue, following a five-year hiatus.

New Amsterdam (NA) North walked away with the Region #6 zone title in the One Guyana President’s Cup Football Championship, overcoming Siparuta 3-2  Saturday evening following a 90th minute strike from Joushan Wilson.

Odida Parkinson and Judy Lanis earned the respective gold medals in the Open boys and girls 10k road races of this year’s National Schools Cycling, Swimming and Track and Field Championships which got underway yesterday.

Sherwin Sampson and Clivicia Spencer were the first cyclists to claim gold medals when action in the 60th edition of the National Schools Cycling, Swimming and Track and Field Championships got underway yesterday morning. 

Risen from the ashes of two years of COVID-19, the National Schools Cycling, Swimming and Track and Field Championships returned with a bang to a familiar venue yesterday. 

Three employees of the Demerara Harbour Bridge (DHB) have been sent on leave to enable a probe of how the ship that slammed into it last month departed without official notification.

The Guyana Cricket Board is set to roll out the inaugural under-13 Inter-County tournament tomorrow with three teams taking part.

The Police are investigating the murder of Angelica Agatha Gamell, a 75-year-old of Lot 168 Charity Housing Scheme, Esse-quibo Coast which occurr-ed at about 4 am at her address.

Guyana lost to French Guiana 67-70 in male basketball action of the Inter-Guiana Games (IGG) Saturday night at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall, Homestretch Avenue.

LeBron James scored a season-high 39 points — 16 of them in a decisive stretch — as the visiting Los Angeles Lakers defeated the San Antonio Spurs 143-138 on Saturday in the second game of a back-to-back between the teams.

After a series of setbacks, Troy Resources Limited is aiming to return to gold mining and production at its Smarts Underground Site in the fourth quarter of 2023 and the company is currently in the  preparatory phase of its resumption timeline.

Dear Editor, In its Sunday editorial yesterday, Stabroek News alleges, yet again, that the Opposition is “weak and ineffectual” in resisting the PPP’s politics of exclusion and domination.

The first one hundred beneficiaries of the Lethem Housing Support Programme signed their agreements on Saturday with the Ministry of Housing and Water’s, CHPA to move forward with the construction of their homes.

AL RAYYAN, Qatar, (Reuters) – Costa Rica put a huge dent in Japan’s hopes of reaching the World Cup last 16 when they rebounded from their 7-0 hammering by Spain to claim a surprise 1-0 victory in Group E yesterday.

Around 211 persons from 56 households are now benefitting from an improved water supply system in the village of Parikawarinau, in the Rupununi.

Dear Editor, Julianne Gaul (JG) in the November 21, 2022 edition of Stabroek News, challenged a few of my ideas on the voters’ list but failed to produce any evidence to show how voting at home (Guyana) by registered overseas-based Guyanese would be detrimental to the country and the integrity of the election process.

AL KHOR, Qatar, (Reuters) – Germany gave themselves hope of avoiding another embarrassing early World Cup exit when they snatched a 1-1 draw with Spain yesterday with Niclas Fuellkrug firing home an 83rd minute equaliser on only his third appearance for his country.

The virtual assets sector has been identified as an emerging money laundering threat in Guyana by the Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism National Coordination Committee in the second National Risk Assessment (NRA).

Dear Editor, It saddens me to see madness in politics in a country that I so love.

DOHA, (Reuters) – Croatia absorbed an early blow before revving into gear at the World Cup with two goals from Andrej Kramaric securing a 4-1 victory over Canada yesterday that moved them a point away from the last 16 and dashed their opponents’ knockout-stage hopes.

President Irfaan Ali yesterday told residents of Leopold Street in Werk-en-Rust that his Government wants to work with them and he promised construction jobs to youths in the area.

Dear Editor, A few days ago I wanted to purchase something from Muneshwer’s Store on Water Street, but I could not get a parking anywhere close to the store.

DOHA,  (Reuters) – Morocco claimed their first World Cup victory in 24 years as they upset a hugely disappointing Belgium side 2-0 with goals by Romain Saiss and substitute Zakaria Aboukhlal in a boiling atmosphere yesterday.

(Trinidad Guardian) Schools will remain closed today as the adverse weather and flooding condition which disrupted the lives of citizens over the weekend are expected to continue for the third day.

BEIJING,  (Reuters) – China posted another record high COVID-19 infections yesterday, after an extraordinary weekend of protests across the country over restrictive coronavirus curbs, in scenes unprecedented since President Xi Jinping assumed power a decade ago.

(Trinidad Express) A Moruga pensioner died yesterday after she was stabbed multiple times allegedly by a close female relative.

Dear Editor, I read BP will market Guyana’s oil over the next year.

(Part 7) Interviews and photos by Subhana Shiwmangal Stabroek News on Thursday spoke to members of the public in the area from Mon Repos to Bachelor’s Adventure on the East Coast of Demerara generally about the rising cost of living and how it is affecting them.

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates, CMC – Captain Rovman Powell’s whirlwind half-century powered Northern Warriors’ run chase and earned them a comfortable six-wicket win over Evin Lewis’s Bangla Tigers in the Abu Dhabi T10 here yesterday.

OTTAWA,  (Reuters) – Canada launched its long-awaited Indo-Pacific strategy yesterday, outlining C$2.3 billion ($1.7 billion) in spending to boost military and cyber security in the region and vowed to deal with a “disruptive” China while working with it on climate change and trade issues.

HAVANA,  (Reuters) – China has agreed to restructure Cuban debt and provide new trade and investment credits to the beleaguered Caribbean Island nation after a meeting in Peking between the two Communist countries’ leaders.

Dear Editor, I do not know of any country that has successfully eliminated anti-black racism and discrimination in its society.

DUBAI, (Reuters) – The United Arab Emirates will host Afghanistan’s ‘home’ matches over the next five years, the Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) said yesterday.

SEOUL, (Reuters) – North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said his country’s intends to have the world’s most powerful nuclear force as he promoted dozens of military officers involved in the recent launch of a new ballistic missile, state media reported yesterday.

The Ministry of Health yesterday reported nine new cases of COVID-19.

The allegedly stolen Venezuelan military helicopter was only parked at the Roraima Airways hangar last year and not in 2018 as reported in yesterday’s Sunday Stabroek.

Dear Editor, The emerging phenomenon of citizens,  particularly drivers, resorting to physical violence against members of the GPF, in the execution of their duties, as being seen almost daily on social media, is indeed worrying as it is pure damn nonsense (that phrase).  

(Reuters) – The second one day international between India and New Zealand yesterday was called off due to heavy rain with the Kiwi home side retaining their 1-0 lead in the three-match series.

Just yesterday Guyana Speaks was thrilled to celebrate the artist, maker of things and living legend Stanley Greaves, who celebrated his 88th birthday on November 22.

MEXICO CITY, (Reuters) – Tens of thousands marched with Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador yesterday in a massive demonstration through the center of the country’s capital to show their support for the head of state before a 2024 general election.

DUBAI,  (Reuters) – Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s niece, a well known rights activist, has called on foreign governments to cut all ties with Tehran over its violent crackdown on popular unrest kindled by the death in police custody of a young woman.

Thursday’s announcement by President Ali of increases in the minimum salaries for various categories of the Joint Services would no doubt have been heartily welcomed by the beneficiaries.

This is the third in a series of articles on the 2021 Auditor General’s report on the public accounts.