Daily Archive: Wednesday, January 4, 2023

HAVANA,  (Reuters) – The U.S. embassy in Havana resumed full immigrant visa processing and consular services for the first time since 2017 today in a bid to stem the record-breaking flow of illegal migrants from Cuba north to the United States.

BRASILIA, (Reuters) – Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro’s loss of broad protections from prosecution when he stepped down on Sunday leaves him more exposed to criminal and electoral probes that could lead to his arrest or prevent him from running for office.

MANILA, (Reuters) – Efforts by Philippine authorities to crack down on drugs under President Ferdinand Marcos Jr are being hampered by the involvement of a few high-ranking police officials in the narcotics trade, the interior minister said today.

By Shuntel Glasgow Despite warnings since October 9 last year that they had to move to make way for an East Bank road link, Mocha Arcadia squatters yesterday defied attempts by the Ministry of Housing to evict them and a standoff developed with dozens of residents and members of the opposition arriving on the scene.

The Mahaicony fisherman who died following a confrontation with police on Sunday was shot three times and a cop who was also fatally wounded had two bullet wounds, according to autopsies conducted yesterday.

The financial viability of the Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) has been restored as of 2022, according to the entity’s Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Shaik Baksh.

Construction worker, 30-year-old Andrew Ridley of Lot 173 Campbell and Sussex streets, Albouystown, Georgetown, and his alleged accomplice Akelow Marshall, 20, of Lot 237 Independence Boulevard, La Penitence, Georgetown, were yesterday remanded to prison over the murder of businessman Shimron Adams.

The 160 million Euro (€) loan agreement that was signed last week for the building of the New Demerara Harbour Bridge (DHB) formed part of the financing model proposed by the Chinese contractor, Senior Minister in the Office of the President with Responsibility for Finance, Dr Ashni Singh says.

SANTOS, Brazil, (Reuters) – Emotional crowds bid Brazil soccer legend Pele a final farewell yesterday, 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.

Nineteen-year-old Keron Sandiford ended 2022 on a high securing the top prize in the Under 20 End-of-Year Rapid Chess Championship.

An investigation has been launched by the Guyana Fire and Rescue Service (GFS) to ascertain the cause of a blaze which destroyed a two-storey house at 3B New Road, Vreed-en-Hoop, West Demerara yesterday morning.

The Guyana Football Federation (GFF) donated several pieces of equipment to coach Clifford Anthony colloquially known as ‘Zebulun’ of the Albouystown community on Monday.

While high iron content in the water being distributed by GWI is a problem that the entity has been trying to address for years, customer interference and poorly maintained storage tanks have been  major contributing factors, says the Head of Water Quality Avinash Parsram.

A Guyana Power and Light  (GPL) pole near Blankenburg, West Coast Demerara broke yesterday morning at 5.19, knocking 53 megawatts (MW) of power out of the system and triggering widespread blackouts.

Donovan Mitchell scored a career-high 71 points, the NBA’s single-game best since Kobe Bryant’s 81-point performance in January 2006, and the Cleveland Cavaliers rallied past the visiting Chicago Bulls 145-134 in overtime on Monday.

Dear Editor, We are ecologically minded Guyanese who care about the environment and are concerned about the extended and dangerous gas flaring from the oil production activities of ExxonMobil (Esso) in Guyana’s offshore waters.

Tenders were opened on Thursday at the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board for the supply of four tractors to the Guyana Sugar Corporation.

Candidate Master (CM) Wendell Meusa won the Open Rapid Chess championships which was staged Monday at the School of the Nations facility, New Market Street.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – Hardline Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives yesterday repeatedly blocked fellow Republican Kevin McCarthy’s bid to become the chamber’s powerful speaker, leaving the chamber leaderless and plunging their new majority into turmoil.

Dear Editor, I like President Ali’s New Year speech vowing to step on the “accelerator” on several progressive projects on his list.

It has been over a month since the slashed and lifeless body of 56-year-old Orin Bishop also known as ‘Gassa’ was found lying in a patch of bushes along the Greenfield South Access road on the East Coast of Demerara and no one has since been charged with his murder.

HOUSTON,  (Reuters) – U.S. oil producer Chevron Corp CVX.N plans to export this month its first cargo of Venezuelan crude to its Pascagoula, Mississippi refinery following a U.S.

(Reuters) – After stitching together a massive 104-run 10th-wicket partnership to power New Zealand to 449 on day two of the second test against Pakistan, bowlers Matt Henry and Ajaz Patel took a wicket apiece to put the visitors in the box seat yesterday.

Minister of Education, Priya Manickchand yesterday afternoon turned the sod for the construction of an aquatic therapy pool for learners with Special Education Needs. 

PAILON, Bolivia,  (Reuters) – Hundreds of trucks lined highways in Bolivia’s farming region of Santa Cruz yesterday, as protesters blockaded routes out of the region following the arrest of the local governor, and hard-hit local businesses urged a return to order.

Dear Editor, It is with mixed emotions that I read Health Minister Dr.

(Reuters) – The Buffalo Bills said safety Damar Hamlin remains in critical condition yesterday after suffering a cardiac arrest during a Monday night NFL game, while the player’s family thanked supporters during this “challenging time.”

(Reuters) – Russia’s defence ministry said yesterday that 89 servicemen were killed in the Ukrainian attack on Makiivka in the Moscow-controlled parts of the Donetsk region, adding the main reason for the attack was unauthorised use of mobile phones by the troops.

(Reuters) – Australia leg-spinner Adam Zampa found himself in an embarrassing situation yesterday when his attempt to get Melbourne Renegades’ Tom Rogers run out with a “Mankad” went awry.

The government is moving aggressively to establish a massive hatching egg industry to support Guyana’s burgeoning poultry sector, the Department of Public Information (DPI) reported yesterday.

BUENOS AIRES,  (Reuters) – Argentine President Alberto Fernandez  yesterday said he would seek to impeach the head of the Supreme Court, after the two powers recently clashed over a court decision to award more state funds to the city of Buenos Aires.

Dear Editor, Leader of the Opposition, Aubrey Norton, in his New Year’s message,  screamed that “… his party will be relentless in ensuring the fair and equitable allocation of the nation’s resources to its citizens.” 

BEIJING/HONG KONG/GENEVA,  (Reuters) – State media in China played down the severity of a surge of COVID-19 infections yesterday, while its scientists briefed the World Health Organization, which has been seeking detailed information about the evolution of the virus.

(Reuters) – A four-wicket haul from debutant fast bowler Shivam Mavi steered India to a thrilling two-run victory over Sri Lanka yesterday in the first Twenty20 International of a three-match series.

Rayon Speede, a 21-year-old miner of Bartica was yesterday charged with committing a robbery with violence last Friday against Muneshwar Poorandai.

BRASILIA, (Reuters) – Norway, the major donor to the Amazon Fund, said the initiative for backing forest protection had been re-activated now that Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva was back in office and vowing to halt deforestation.

Dear Editor, I read a letter in your December 30, 2022 edition captioned `Better Hope/LBI is one of the best functioning NDCs’  written by Mustafaa Azimullah.

NEW YORK,  (Reuters) – Sam Bankman-Fried pleaded not guilty yesterday to criminal charges that he cheated investors in his now-bankrupt FTX cryptocurrency exchange and caused billions of dollars in losses in what prosecutors have called an epic fraud.

(Reuters) – The Indian cricket board (BCCI) yesterday invited bids for the right to “own and operate” teams in the first ever women’s Indian Premier League (IPL).

Sixty-two year old Tiwatty Nandalall, of Jib, Region Two, is still in shock after her two-bedroom house was completely gutted on Thursday last.

DAR ES SALAAM,  (Reuters) – Tanzania’s President Samia Suluhu Hassan lifted a ban on political rallies yesterday, six-and-a-half years after her predecessor John Magufuli imposed the measure which caused frequent run-ins between opposition leaders and police.

Two Sundays ago, Guyanese were participating in Christmas celebrations with friends and family not suspecting that a swathe of shame was once again enveloping this country’s name 8,500-odd miles away, in New Delhi, India, at a function hosted by the former disgraced Guyanese High Commissioner Charrandass Persaud.

MEXICO CITY/CIUDAD JUAREZ,  (Reuters) – Mexican authorities said yesterday they had fired the director of a prison near the U.S.

Dear Editor, In 1948, four East Indian sugar workers were shot and killed by the Colonial Police in a protest for higher wages & better working conditions in the colony of British Guiana.

By Danuta Radzik, Vanda Radzik and Raphael Singh All three authors are Guyanese born and resident Guyanese citizens.

By Wazim Mowla Recently elected President of Brazil, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, was inaugurated earlier this week, which was attended by President Irfaan Ali as well as many leaders across Latin America and the Caribbean.

A carjacking accused from Kuru Kuru College Road was yesterday held with suspected stolen car parts.