Daily Archive: Tuesday, January 31, 2023

The two men who were convicted for the deadly piracy attack in 2018 at the High Court in Berbice were today sentenced to  death by Justice Navindra Singh at the High Court in Berbice.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The White House today expressed outrage at record profits recorded by Exxon after the company reported net profit in 2022 of $56 billion.

Two fishermen died early this morning after being hit by a speeding car on the Devonshire Castle Public Road, Essequibo Coast.

In analyzing the second full year of the PPP/C’s government on the perception of corruption the Transparency International (TI) Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) Report 2022 has concluded that the country has improved and has given it a score that sees it one point higher than last year’s.

MUMBAI, (Reuters) – Gautam Adani’s crucial $2.5 billion share sale was fully subscribed today as investors pumped funds into his flagship firm, despite a $65 billion rout in the Indian billionaire’s stocks sparked by a short-seller’s report.

OSLO,  (Reuters) – Norway’s wealth fund, one of the world’s largest investors, posted a record loss of 1.64 trillion crowns ($164.4 billion) for 2022, bringing to an end a three-year run of soaring profits as stocks and bonds were hit by the Ukraine war and inflation.

The MV Kimbia will be sailing to Mabaruma, Region One on February 3, 2023 at 1 pm from Port Georgetown.

BOGOTA, (Reuters) – Colombia’s ceasefire with four armed groups has led to significant reductions in violence during its first month, Interior Minister Alfonso Prada said yesterday, with fewer murders and attacks on armed forces.

As day one of the consideration of the 2023 budget estimates began, the Opposition yesterday questioned what it believed to be a paltry sum allocated to the EPA, but the government responded that the agency raked in some $1.8b for 2022 in flaring fees and will add this to its spending for this year.

The five men who were convicted last year of murdering Number 70 Village, Corentyne carpenter, Faiyaz Narinedatt in 2016 were yesterday sentenced to sixty-six years in jail by Justice Navindra Singh.

(Trinidad Newsday) Professor Emeritus Gordon Rohlehr, 80, died on Sunday, provoking a flood of tributes from many sectors of society hailing his scholarship of West Indian popular culture, especially calypso music.

Sixty-three-year-old Lena Narine, also called ‘Aunty Lena’, who was busted at her Prashad Nagar home along with two others by the Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU) last Friday was yesterday remanded to prison.

There were no losers Sunday night. All of the Sportsmen and Women of the Year- awardees and their runners-up at the National Sports Commission’s National Sports Awards ceremony for the 2021-2022 period  at the National Cultural Centre, were, in our opinion, winners.

Following his stellar exploits in the ring, standout boxer, Desmond Amsterdam capped his historic season with one of his biggest wins, earning the coveted Sportsman-of-the-Year award on Sunday.

The Arthur Chung Conference Centre dome was yesterday heavily sanitized as some 15 parliamentarians took ill and had to log in to the budget proceedings virtually.

Guyana-born British actress, Letitia Wright, who is best known for her role as Shuri in the Black Panther movies, yesterday encouraged Parliamentari-ans on both sides to work together for the betterment and empowerment of the country, according to footage released by the Department of Public Information (DPI).

EAST LONDON, South Africa, CMC – Injury-riddled West Indies Women slumped to an eight-wicket loss to India Women in their final game of the Twenty20 International Tri-Series, to extend their depressing losing streak to nine games here  yesterday.

BULAWAYO, Zimbabwe, CMC – Fast bowler Shannon Gabriel and left-arm spinner Gudakesh Motie collected two wickets apiece as West Indies’ three-day game against a Zimbabwe XI finished in a draw here yesterday.

A Guyanese woman was among three persons who were on Saturday found in a vehicle at Rose Drive, Carapo, Trinidad and Tobago (TT&T) riddled with bullets.

A two-day session hosted by the Ministry of Education Unit of Allied Arts for 13 Secondary Schools and 22 Physical Education Teachers concluded with a bang Friday at the New Amsterdam Multilateral Secondary. 

From a distance, rice farmer Jagdesh (only name given) stands pointing at lands that were once bountiful and suitable for rice cultivation on the island of Leguan in the Essequibo River.

Incumbent Michael Singh was returned as president of the Guyana Basketball Federation (GBF) when the entity staged its Electoral Congress Sunday at the Guyana Olympic Association headquarters, Liliendaal.

A Corentyne woman is now at the Georgetown Public Hospital after she was chopped three times in her head allegedly by her ex-partner, a West Canje businessman, who has since been arrested.

Monedderlust and Buxton Stars secured victories when the East Coast Mash Cup football championships continued Sunday evening at the Golden Grove Community Centre ground.

Mikhail Thadius McLennon, who was previously charged with having fake medical qualifications, saw the charge against him dismissed by Magistrate Judy Latchman at the Providence Magistrate’s Court after the prosecution failed to produce witnesses for his trial.

Georgetown and East Coast ATCs jumped to the top of the table after the third match day of the Inter-Association/Club leg of the Tiger Rentals-sponsored Guyana Football Federation (GFF) National U-13 development football initiative Saturday.

The budgets of all Constitutional Agencies were yesterday approved in the National Assembly after examination of the Estimates of Expenditure and queries by Opposition Members.

Giannis Antetokounmpo had 50 points and 13 rebounds and the host Milwaukee Bucks rolled to a 135-110 victory over the reeling New Orleans Pelicans on Sunday night.

Head of the Presidential Guard, Assistant Commis-sioner Edgar Thomas, along with the Guyana Police Force’s Welfare Officer, Woman Super-intendent Allison Moore, yesterday morning  visited the grieving family members of late Sergeant Mahendra Chanderbali, who passed away on Sunday night after a prolonged illness.

SYDNEY, (Reuters) – All-rounder Cameron Green has not been ruled out of facing India in the first of four tests next month despite his finger injury, Australia coach Andrew McDonald said yesterday.

A young Port Mourant motorcyclist died on Friday last after he lost control and crashed into a parked vehicle along the Alness Public Road.

SYDNEY, (Reuters) – Australia run machine Steve Smith clinched his fourth Allan Border Medal yesterday, becoming only the third player, after Ricky Ponting and Michael Clarke, to achieve the feat.

Though signalling her support for sections of it, Opposition Member Tabitha Sarabo-Halley has said that Budget 2023 lacks balance between human and infrastructural development.

NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – India’s stand-in captain Hardik Pandya has criticized the pitches used for the first two T20 Internationals against New Zealand and hopes a better surface will be rolled out for tomorrow’s decider in Ahmedabad.

An autopsy report has confirmed that a West Bank Demerara man who was found dead on Monday at Kamakabra Creek, Ituni died by drowning The man was identified as Patrick Lord, 31, of Vive-La-Force, West Bank Demerara.

Dear Editor, I refer to a recent letter in another newspaper written by one Roshan Khan about a person who was deemed to be “one contribution short” of qualifying for their NIS pension benefits.

MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – A triumphant Novak Djokovic paraded the Australian Open trophy around the gardens of Melbourne’s Government House on Monday, his 10th title having added another notch in the plus column for those who argue he is the Greatest Of All Time (GOAT).

All commercial activity is expected to come to a halt on February 5, 2023 on Commerce Street when the National Drainage and Irrigation Authority (NDIA) will commence a desilting exercise at the Commerce Street Sluice inlet and outfall channels.

Dear Editor, The Parliamentary Opposition’s contribution on budget 2023 was incoherent and contradictory, specifically, on macroeconomic and public finance matters.

MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – Australia opener David Warner has expressed concern for the future of test cricket, with emerging players focusing on “short term” interests as lucrative T20 leagues proliferate globally.

Dear Editor, With the touted quantum of money that will be pouring into Indigenous communities in Guyana from the carbon investments for our stewardships in caring for the forest, and from oil, it is expected that will prompt our people to take initiatives to seek proper investments and management of monies.

Shawn Williams (age and address not provided) was on January 25th remanded to prison by Senior Magistrate Leron Daly at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Courts on the charges of illegal possession of a firearm and ammunition.

(Reuters) – Haitians in the United States are facing enormous pressure to help family and friends under a U.S.

KYIV, Ukraine/WASHINGTON  (Reuters) – The United States will not provide the F-16 fighter jets that Ukraine has sought in its fight against Russia, President Joe Biden said on Monday, as Russian forces claimed a series of incremental gains in the country’s east.

Dear Editor, The saying: you do the crime you must do the time, is apt, in the sentences handed down to the five involved in the heinous and brutal killing of Faiyaz Narinedatt, a young son, husband and father.

Principal Magistrate Sherdel Isaacs-Marcus yesterday remanded a construction worker to prison after he appeared before her in the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court charged with two counts of robbery under arms.

KYIV,  (Reuters) – The International Olympic Committee yesterday rejected fierce criticism from Ukrainian officials, who have accused it of promoting war after the body said Russians could potentially be given the opportunity to qualify for the 2024 Paris Olympics.

PESHAWAR, Pakistan,  (Reuters) – A suicide bomber blew himself up inside a crowded mosque in a highly fortified security compound in Pakistan yesterday, killing 59 people, including 27 police officials, the latest in a string of attacks targeting police.

BRIGHTON, England,  (Reuters) – Holders Liverpool were knocked out of the FA Cup after losing 2-1 at Brighton & Hove Albion in the fourth round on Sunday as Kaoru Mitoma struck a late winner, before fifth-tier Wrexham were held to a thrilling 3-3 draw by 10-man Sheffield United.

HELSINKI,  (Reuters) – Finland is sticking to its plan to join NATO at the same time as Nordic neighbour Sweden, and hopes to do so no later than July, Finnish foreign minister Pekka Haavisto said yesterday.

Dear Sir, Recently, the Guyana Cricket Board selection panel held a press conference to justify their selection of the Guyana Harpy Eagles team to participate in the upcoming Regional four day tournament and the non- selection of Anthony Adams in the squad.

SANTIAGO/BRASILIA, (Reuters) – German Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s bid this week to rally support for Ukraine in the face of Russia’s invasion during his first South American tour fell flat, with Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva reiterating his view both parties shared blame.

The security guard who allegedly had in his possession one .32 Walther pistol and six matching rounds of ammunition was yesterday remanded to prison after appearing at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.

By Chris Patten LONDON – It is easy to be wise after the event.

By Dr Bertrand Ramcharan Dr Bertrand Ramcharan is the Seventh Chancellor of the University of Guyana.

MEXICO CITY, (Reuters) – Mexico’s leading tennis players have decided not to play in next week’s Davis Cup World Group playoff tie against Taiwan due to differences with the Mexican Tennis Federation (FMT).

Twenty-three-year-old Kevin August of no fixed place of abode was yesterday remanded to prison on the charge of simple larceny.

Dear Editor, The most recent Oxfam study found that the income gap between the rich and the poor is increasing.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – President Joe Biden’s administration yesterday said it will end COVID-19 emergency declarations on May 11, nearly three years after the United States imposed sweeping pandemic measures to curb the spread of the illness.

The report published in the Friday, January 20th issue of this newspaper regarding the flooding in parts of Charlestown and Albouystown, the result of what the report refers to as “shoddy koker work” completed by a private contractor, is a microcosm of a deeper problem of contractors seemingly failing – whether through a competency deficit or through deliberate departure from the specifications of the contract – to properly execute the specific deliverables.

(Trinidad Guardian) A little over six years after being freed of kidnapping and murdering businesswoman Vindra Naipaul-Coolman, nine Diego Martin men are each set to receive TT$2.1 million in compensation, while the state will have to pay out some TT$20 million overall for the failed case.

SAO PAULO,  (Reuters) – Brazil’s president yesterday announced a crackdown on transportation of supplies to illegal gold miners in the Yanomami reservation in northern Brazil, hoping to force out the wildcat miners who have caused a humanitarian crisis among the area’s indigenous people.