Daily Archive: Thursday, January 5, 2023

Michael Isaacs, 35, also known as `Mikey’ is wanted by the police over armed robbery on the East Coast Demerara.

Beginning Sunday January 8, passengers travelling directly or in transit to Guyana from China and the Special Administrative Regions of Hong Kong or Macau will now have to produce a negative COVID-19 test upon arrival at local airports, according to a new travel advisory from the Ministry of Health (MOH).

VATICAN CITY, (Reuters) – Pope Francis led the funeral of former Pope Benedict today, tenderly touching the coffin of his predecessor as he stood supported on a cane before tens of thousands of mourners, some of who called for the late pontiff to be made a saint.

(Barbados Nation) Government can no longer sustain pumping close to $30 million annual into the sugar industry.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – The United States plans to accept up to 30,000 migrants per month from Cuba, Nicaragua, Haiti and Venezuela under a programme paired with expulsions of people from those countries caught at the U.S.-Mexico

After “mayhem” erupted at the GECOM Command Centre at the Ashmins building days after the 2 March, 2020 elections, former Commissioner of Police Leslie James said he deployed additional security to the building but his plan was foiled with the then Police Commander of Region Four, Edgar Thomas being unreachable.

With the final deposit made in the Natural Resource Fund (NRF) for 2022, the government will be able to withdraw a total of US$1.007b  ($209b) for use in the 2023 budget.

ExxonMobil Corp yesterday said that it expected earnings from its oil and gas production to slow down in the fourth quarter from the prior quarter.

Mohamed’s Enterprise yesterday said it has gifted a US$3m waterfront property to facilitate the construction of the new Demerara Harbour Bridge (DHB) In a post on its Facebook page, the company said that preparatory works have begun to facilitate the construction of the new DHB.

Romaine Travis Watson, a 26-year-old from Kuru Kuru, Soesdyke-Linden Highway, who is currently before the court on a carjacking charge was arrested on Tuesday on the East Coast of Demerara with four car doors in his possession.

The Ministry of Public Works has not been issuing contracts in a discriminatory manner as is being alleged by A Partnership for National Unity  (APNU), according to Minister Juan Edghill. 

With oil averaging around US$79 per barrel in December, Guyana earned US$83 per barrel on its last lift for 2022 and yesterday received its first one million barrels oil-lift payment for this year, getting US$82.06 per barrel.

Police in Region One are investigating the murder of an elderly man who was chopped yesterday morning.

Along with his trusted lieutenants Director of Sports Steve Ninvalle and deputy Director of Sports Melissa Dow-Richardson and Franklin Wilson, the Honourable Minister of Culture, Youth and Sport, Charles Ramson Jnr.,

Giannis Antetokounmpo scored a career-high 55 points, grabbed 10 rebounds and dished seven assists as the Milwaukee Bucks beat the visiting Washington Wizards 123-113 on Tuesday.

By Aviso Paul A man has been left nursing injuries to his foot after he was reportedly bitten on Monday by a piranha at the Splashmins Resort, located along the Soesdyke\Linden Highway.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – President of the Barbados Cricket Association (BCA) and Cricket West Indies (CWI) director Conde Riley has expressed disappointment that the island will not host any matches in the West Indies Championship for the second straight year despite being the home of the defending champions.

The case file in relation to the fatal shooting of fisherman, Kishan Budburgh and police Corporal Dwayne McPherson which occurred at Mahaicony on Sunday is currently with the Head of the Office of Professional Responsibility (OPR).

Ritchie siblings, Mekhi and Breann, who are emerging talents in basketball and swimming respectively, are laser focused ahead of the 2023 season, following developmental growth in 2022.

El Dorado Security Service says its investigation of an incident on December 30th near the Hard Rock Café involving three of its guards suggest that there is a conspiracy to misrepresent facts.

Christ Church Secondary School will be closed for the remainder of the week after a chemical release resulting in combustion occurred in the school’s Science laboratory.

(BBC) For Joanna Rodriguez, a recent rule change by the Cuban authorities to finally allow women to compete in boxing couldn’t come soon enough.

Dear Editor, I purposefully chose to refrain from espousing my views on the missteps, irrationalities and asininities of our politicians from both sides of the divide.

SYDNEY,  (Reuters) – Marnus Labuschagne and Usman Khawaja grabbed half-centuries as Australia made the best of a rainy day one to be 147 for two at stumps in the third test against a frustrated South Africa in Sydney yesterday.

Dear Editor, In Guyana, there were a number of school violence between students and clashes between teachers and their students.

Minister of Home Affairs, Robeson Benn yesterday handed over several new vehicles and bicycles to the Guyana Fire Service.

KARACHI, Pakistan, (Reuters) – Saud Shakeel registered his maiden test century but Pakistan’s lower-order collapse left the second test against New Zealand evenly poised at Karachi’s National Stadium yesterday.

Dear Editor, On 3rd January, I spent a few minutes viewing the mathematics programme on the Guyana Learning Channel designed, I think, for CXC students.

The man-made island being created off of Vreed-en-Hoop for an oil and gas shore base is now visible.

BEIJING,  (Reuters) – Data from China shows that no new coronavirus variant has been found there, but also that the country under-represents how many people have died in a rapidly spreading COVID-19 outbreak, World Health Organization (WHO) officials said yesterday.

(Reuters) – Former England batsman Gary Ballance is set to make his Zimbabwe debut later this month after he was named yesterday in the squad for this month’s three-match Twenty20 series against Ireland.

Edgar Lawson, 29, of Charlotte Street, Georgetown who was charged last month with trafficking cocaine and remanded to prison was yesterday granted $250,000 bail. 

Dear Editor, The Ministry of Housing and Water takes note of a letter written by Coalition member Annette Ferguson in SN 2022-12-31, “Half of the PPP/C’s house lots’ allocations were inherited from the Coalition Government.’

(Reuters) – A federal U.S. court sentenced former Bolivian Interior Minister Arturo Murillo to nearly six years behind bars yesterday for conspiracy to commit money laundering, the U.S.

NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – India player Rishabh Pant is being flown to Mumbai where he will undergo surgeries having suffered multiple injuries in a car crash last week, the country’s cricket board (BCCI) said yesterday.

The Guyana Fire Service has concluded based on its investigation that the fire which  ravaged the apartment complex at Riverview Ruimveldt on Monday was due to an unattended child playing with matches.

Dear Editor, Economics stands among the noble social sciences aimed at providing solutions for the elimination of poverty and improving the welfare of humanity and economies in general.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Republicans in the House of Representatives failed for a second straight day to elect a leader yesterday, as a faction of holdouts repeatedly defied former President Donald Trump’s call to unite behind his ally Kevin McCarthy.

LEEDS, England, (Reuters) – Harry Kane closed in on Jimmy Greaves’ all-time Tottenham Hotspur goalscoring record as he helped Spurs thrash Crystal Palace 4-0 in the Premier League yesterday, while Nottingham Forest beat Southampton to move out of the relegation zone.

An Upper Corentyne fisherman was yesterday morning found dead in Corriverton, Berbice.

Dear Editor, GAWU has issued in SN of 31-12-2022 a most instructive commentary on the production performance of GuySuCo for this year, reflecting achievements of 72.45% of a total target of 64,889 tonnes of sugar – as follows: Albion/PM Estate – 83.44%, Blairmont Estate  – 74.51% and Uitvlugt – 44.49%.

(Reuters) – Napoli’s 11-match winning streak and unbeaten start to the Serie A season ended yesterday when Edin Dzeko’s second-half goal secured Inter Milan a 1-0 victory.

(Reuters) – A doctor whom police say intentionally drove his Tesla off a California cliff – injuring his two children, his wife and himself – will face attempted murder and child abuse charges when released from a hospital where he was in stable condition yesterday.

A Surinamese man, 64-year-old Newienchander Ramdin has been missing in Paramaribo since April 3, 2022 and his relatives believe he is in Guyana.

Dear Editor, The Parliamentary Opposition must turn over a new leaf in the New Year and earn their high salaries.

HOUSTON/MARACAY, Venezuela, (Reuters) – A shipping channel snafu is slowing Chevron Corp’s CVX.N

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Sportswear giant Adidas is now the official supplier of kits for Jamaica’s national teams with the January 1 start of a four-year deal, the Jamaica Football Federation (JFF) has announced.

By  Joseph S. Nye CAMBRIDGE – The failure of China’s zero-COVID policy is leading to a reassessment of Chinese power.

By Guo Haiyan, Chinese Ambassador to Guyana Happy New Year, dear friends!

The President’s New Year address for 2023, replete with grand promises and projections for “transforming” Guyana, included his declaration that government intended to “step on the accelerator” with regard to the country’s growth and development.

The Guyana Police Force yesterday received 10 brand new 9mm pistols and over 3000 matching rounds of ammunition from private security firm VxL Security South America Inc.

Dear Editor, 2023 is off and running, taking over where 2022 left off.