Daily Archive: Monday, January 30, 2023

The five men who are accused of murdering Number 70 Village, Corentyne carpenter Faiyaz Narinedatt back in 2016 were today sentenced to sixty-six years by Justice Navindra Singh.

At about 21:30 hrs yesterday, a party of Police ranks carried out a raid along the seawall road between Vlissengen and Camp roads, Georgetown against all categories of motorcycles.

PESHAWAR, Pakistan,  (Reuters) – A suicide bombing at a crowded mosque in Pakistan’s Peshawar killed at least 32 people today, the latest attack targeting police in this northwestern city where Islamist militants remain active.

(Trinidad Express) Ex-Caroni worker Pundit Donny Samlal clashed with supporters of Opposition Leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar yesterday as he was being interviewed by the media at the United National Congress’ National Congress in Couva.

(Trinidad Guardian) The weekend’s second triple murder was recorded in Cunupia just hours after three other people were killed in Carapo, Arima, on Saturday evening.

BOSTON,  (Reuters) – A wealthy Russian businessman with ties to the Kremlin faces trial on Monday on U.S.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said Russian President Vladimir Putin threatened him with a missile strike during a phone call in the run up to the invasion of Ukraine, a charge denied by Moscow.

Underscoring “heavy focus” on cybercrime protection, Jamaican cybersecurity analyst Mario Sparks revealed plans to invest in a technology company here to train locals in the field in which he also plans to hire them.

Standford Williams, a 50-year-old US-based Guya-nese went missing last Thursday after he aban-doned his trip to George-town on the Lethem trail.

Close to a year after the government issued an ultimatum to the Indian supplier of the nine non-performing drainage pumps, the matter is still to be resolved, Agriculture Minister Zulfikar Mustapha has said.

Along with oil and gas, Guyana and India are set to collaborate in a number of sectors which will see vaccine, waste treatment and cement plants being established here, according to Indian High Commissioner Dr K J Srinivasa.

Standout boxer, Desmond Amsterdam, and squash queen, Nicolette Fernandes, were named the National Sports Commission (NSC) Sportsman and Sportswoman for the 2021/2022 period under review. 

The Guyana Harpy Eagles cricket team Saturday departed Guyana to participate in the Cricket West Indies four-day championship opening round.

Stabroek News on Wednesday spoke to members of the public at Parika, East Bank Essequibo generally about the rising cost of living and how it is affecting them.

The Guyana Police Force (GPF) on Friday welcomed 27 new constables from Region Nine and acting Commissioner of Police Clifton Hicken urged them to uphold the values of the institution and remain professional at all times.

The curtain came down on the Guyana Chess Federation’s (GCF) DeSinco National Under-12 Chess Championships with nine-year-old Aquilani Swaminadha winning the Open division and Kataleya Sam the girls U-12 division.

President Irfaan Ali has promised “major transformational development” in the coming years in Linden, Region Ten.

Two former presidents of the Guyana Chess Federation (GCF) have been appointed to positions on the body.

Adrian Meddia, 29, of Tuschen north squatting area was arrested on Saturday around 23:15 hours after ranks of Regional Division Three found 1053.6 grammes of marijuana in his possession.

Helping to prepare locals for technology integration uses across sectors, Guyanese company Caliper Drones says it has trained more than 300 persons in the use of the drone, which is a major tool in industries such as agriculture, mining, and surveying.

The Competition and Consumer Affairs Commission (CCAC) said in a press release it is successfully securing redress for aggrieved consumers by enforcing the Consumer Affairs Act (CAA) of 2011.

Dear Editor The vexed question is who will be the next Commissioner of Police.

LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak sacked Conservative Party chair Nadhim Zahawi on Sunday after an investigation found he committed a serious breach by not being open about a tax probe, the latest scandal to hit one of Sunak’s top ministers.

As a court had found back in 2020 regarding a number of libel suits he had filed, another in December of last year also found that US-based Guyanese political commentator Rickford Burke had no evidence to support a libel suit he had filed in 2013 against then Press and Publicity Unit officer of the Office of the President Kwame Mc Coy.

Dear Editor, Daily, the Speaker of the House mutates into a more endearing, intriguing, and inspiring figure, who delivers the spectacular. 

(Reuters) – The attorney representing the family of Tyre Nichols, the Black man who was fatally beaten by Memphis police officers, called on Sunday for the U.S.

Dear Editor, The unfolding and unraveling of the multi-billion fraud ongoing and evolving in our sister CARICOM state, has I am sure, many lessons and helpful examples for us here. 

DUBAI/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Israel appears to have been behind an overnight drone attack on a military factory in Iran, a U.S.

(ICC) India became the first-ever ICC Under-19 Women’s T20 World Cup winners yesterday, after a comprehensive, seven-wicket victory over England in Potchefstroom. 

Fourteen years ago today, shockwaves reverberated throughout the Caribbean when the Trinidadian government announced that it was bailing out the CLICO parent company and some of its subsidiaries.

Dear Editor, I refer to your editorial ‘The Budget and cultural policy’, dated January 22, 2023. 

There shall be a Committee of the whole Assembly to be called the Committee of Supply.

By Lear Matthews PART  2 Lear Matthews is Professor, State University of New York, Empire State College.

(Reuters) – Captain Temba Bavuma struck a superb 109 from 102 balls as South Africa chased down a record target in Bloemfontein to beat England by five wickets yesterday and take an unassailable 2-0 lead in their one-day international series.

The Conversation Tree road, from Rupert Craig Highway to the Railway Embankment will be temporarily closed for three months (no dates provided) to facilitate the construction of a new four-lane carriageway from the highway to Delhi Street.

BULAWAYO, Zimbabwe, CMC – Joshua Da Silva’s hundred saw West Indies to a massive total before fast bowler Alzarri Joseph struck twice to rattle Zimbabwe XI, and emphasise the touring side’s dominance of day two of their four-day match here yesterday.

Jaylen Brown scored 37 points and pulled down nine rebounds to help the Boston Celtics avoid a season-worst losing streak of four games by beating the visiting Los Angeles Lakers 125-121 in overtime on Saturday.

MELBOURNE,  (Reuters) – An emotional Novak Djokovic resumed his reign over Melbourne Park by winning a record-extending 10th Australian Open title yesterday and crushing the Grand Slam dream of Greek trailblazer Stefanos Tsitsipas in a one-sided final.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A top Republican in the U.S. Congress on Sunday said the odds of conflict with China over Taiwan “are very high,” after a U.S.

A Canefield Settlement, East Canje, Berbice man died and three others were injured after the driver of a Tacoma vehicle allegedly deliberately drove into a crowd of people near a wedding in the village around 1 am yesterday.

SHARJAH, United Arab Emirates, CMC – Former West Indies captain Kieron Pollard and past international teammate, Andre Fletcher, struck contrasting half-centuries to propel MI Emirates to a 157-run crushing of leaders Desert Vipers in the International League T20 here yesterday.