Daily Archive: Tuesday, January 3, 2023

President Irfaan Ali today bestowed Guyana’s second highest award, the Order of Roraima, on the Prime Minister of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Dr Ralph Gonsalves.

SANTOS, Brazil, (Reuters) – Emotional crowds bid Brazil soccer legend Pele a final farewell today, lining the streets of Santos to watch his coffin taken to its final resting place from the city’s stadium where 230,000 mourners had filed past his open casket.

The Ministry of Health today said that as of January 2nd, 2023, three more persons who tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) have died.

BRUSSELS, (Reuters) – The European Union has offered free COVID-19 vaccines to China, the EU executive said today, as infections there surged following Beijing’s relaxation of its “zero-COVID” policies.

MOSCOW,  (Reuters) – Russian nationalists and some lawmakers have demanded punishment for commanders they accused of ignoring dangers as anger grew over the killing of dozens of Russian soldiers in one of the deadliest strikes of the Ukraine conflict.

JERUSALEM, (Reuters) – Israel’s new far-right national security minister Itamar Ben-Gvir briefly visited Al-Aqsa mosque compound in Jerusalem today, a site also revered by Jews, prompting fierce condemnation from the Palestinians and several Arab countries.

(Trinidad Guardian) The threat and nuisance of the Giant African Snail (GAS) may now be a means to supplement your income, as the Ministry of Agriculture plans to introduce a bounty system offering a reward for the capture and submission of the snails to a designated site.

-mother says wounded son left for four hours A corporal attached to the Mahaicony Police Station and a 20-year-old fisherman were fatally wounded during the wee hours of Sunday by ranks who were responding to a report of a stabbing.

It has been more than two weeks since the attack outside of State House and the wife of the perpetrator is demanding answers from the authorities about his health since she has been unable to see or speak to him since.

Region #4 won the inaugural ‘One Guyana President’s Cup’ Football Championship, overcoming a 0-1 deficit to prevail by a 2-1 score-line over Region #3 on Sunday evening at the National Track and Field Centre, Leonora.

By Aviso Paul Five Ruimveldt families are now homeless after they managed to escape a raging fire yesterday afternoon leaving behind everything and running to safety with only the clothes they were wearing.

By Donald Duff President of the Guyana Cycling Federation (GCF), former national cyclist Linden Dowridge will be pushing for the erection of a cycling velodrome this year.

The police in Suriname are on the hunt for a 48-year-old Guyanese man who allegedly stabbed and killed his wife during an argument on Sunday morning.

A 30-year-old mechanic was shot three times and a security guard suffered lacerations to his face during an argument over parking in front of the Outside Bar at MovieTowne, Turkeyen during the wee hours of Sunday.

(Reuters) – India’s cricket board (BCCI) will increase its focus on player fitness and consider who have played a substantial domestic season when making selections for the national team, it said on Sunday following a review meeting ahead of the 2023 World Cup.

Former Auditor General Anand Goolsarran has issued a caution to the government over it accumulation of debt.

SANTOS, Brazil, (Reuters) – The Brazilian coastal city of Santos, which sporting giant Pele turned into a byword for soccer brilliance during a glittering club career, started bidding goodbye to its hero yesterday with a 24-hour wake.

(Reuters) – Opener Devon Conway led New Zealand’s early domination of Pakistan on day one of the second test in Karachi with a knock of 122, before the hosts struck back in the final session to limit their opponents to 309-6 at stumps yesterday.

A six-month-old girl died and several others including her parents were injured after the car in which they were travelling was involved in an accident with another early yesterday morning along the Unity, East Coast Demerara (ECD) Public Road.

MELBOURNE, Australia, CMC – West Indies white-ball star Akeal Hosein struck a couple of late lusty blows but then went wicketless as Melbourne Renegades lost their fourth in a row with a two-wicket defeat to Perth Scorchers here New Year’s Day.

The Alliance For Change (AFC) is asserting that despite increased resources with millions nestled in the Natural Resource Fund, life is still hard for the majority of Guyanese.

LONDON, CMC – Opener Evin Lewis has spoken of his “hurt” over West Indies’ shock early exit from last year’s Twenty20 World Cup in Australia, but says he had recovered with the help of family and was now in a “good space”.

A doctor attached to the Fort Wellington Hospital was last evening injured in an accident after she reportedly lost control of her vehicle and slammed into two cars, a utility pole and the gate of the Regional Democratic Council (RDC) in Region Six. 

Nikola Jokic had 30 points, 12 rebounds and 12 assists, and the Denver Nuggets won their eighth consecutive home game by beating the Boston Celtics 123-111 on Sunday night.

A Foulis, Enmore woman has been sentenced to six months imprisonment over possession of 5.3 grammes of cocaine.

Dear Editor, Happy New Year to all Guyana! Last year on the 20th December, the visit by His Excellency President Irfaan Ali to Moruca, the eldest and biggest Indigenous community and voting demographic for any of the two main parties in Guyana, was a welcome gesture.

KYIV,  (Reuters) – Russia acknowledged that dozens of its troops were killed in one of the Ukraine war’s deadliest strikes, angering Russian nationalists, including lawmakers, and drawing demands for commanders to be punished for housing soldiers alongside an ammunition dump.

Chairman of Region Three, Sheik Ayube and Parika/Mora NDC Chairman, Jaideo Sookhoo, say they are willing to work with Parika Sea Dam squatters to find suitable housing facilities.

(Reuters) – Former world number one tennis player and gay rights trailblazer Martina Navratilova said yesterday she has been diagnosed with throat and breast cancer.

Dear Editor, Aubrey Norton must face the allegations made by the ex-Treasurer of the People’s National Congress (PNC), Faaiz Mursaline, that he, Norton, engages in “discrimination and racial hostility”.

Dear Editor, Exxon has been kind enough to share with the nation the initial decommissioning costs that have been put aside for the work to be done 20 years to 30 years from now.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Brentford pulled off their latest Premier League shock by beating Liverpool 3-1 at home yesterday, bringing Juergen Klopp’s side’s four-game winning streak to an end and rattling their top-four ambitions.

On Friday 30th December, Sean Wiltshire, 39, a contractor of lot 151 BB Eccles, East Bank Demerara, was charged with fraudulent conversion.

MEXICO CITY, (Reuters) – Mexico’s Supreme Court yesterday elected its first female president, who has pushed back against the government’s nationalist energy agenda, amid a succession process clouded by allegations of plagiarism against another justice competing for the job.

BRASILIA,  (Reuters) – Brazilian markets delivered a withering verdict on leftist President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva’s first full day in office yesterday, after he pledged to prioritize social issues and ordered a budget-busting extension to a fuel tax exemption.

(Reuters) – Rafa Nadal is aiming to return from injury at an exhibition event in Abu Dhabi next month before playing another tournament in his buildup to the Australian Open, the world number five said.

As part of President Irfaan Ali’s One Guyana ‘Cut Rose’ project which is designed to create employment and create income for single parents, some 400 roses are being produced each week, according to the Department of Public Information (DPI). 

Dear Editor, January 1, 2023 marked the 73rd anniversary since the founding of the People’s Progressive Party (PPP).

Minister of Agriculture, Zulfikar Mustapha says the black belly sheep project is aggressively moving ahead, the Department of Public Information (DPI) reported on January 1st.

SANTA CRUZ/LA PAZ, Bolivia,  (Reuters) – Protesters in Bolivia’s farming region of Santa Cruz are blocking highways out of the province, threatening to snarl the domestic transport of grains and food, as anger simmers following the arrest of local governor Luis Camacho.

On Friday, Trinidad and Tobago’s Integrity Commission provided an end-of-year report to the public on its accomplishments.

(Reuters) – Inter Milan striker Romelu Lukaku said he is hoping to put his injuries and Belgium’s premature World Cup exit behind him and return to form for the Italian club in a bid to discuss a permanent move from Chelsea.

By Richard Haass NEW YORK – The American baseball player Lawrence “Yogi” Berra is widely quoted as observing, “It’s tough to make predictions, especially about the future.”

Accepting gifts, honours and favours in connection with official duties may give rise to a real or apparent conflict of interest, as it may be seen to create an obligation.

Dear Editor, When the PPP is removed at the next elections, we will not stop cash grants to the nation’s people; especially the poor, we will increase it tenfold while also putting structured programmes in place to see poverty alleviation and an end to homelessness and destitution.