Daily Archive: Tuesday, February 7, 2023

The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) says that at its statutory meeting held today it approved the work plan for the conduct of Local Government Elections (LGE).

Swift action by Police ranks in Regional Division 4’A’  has resulted in the recovery of a motorcar that three men hijacked during an armed robbery on Camp Street, Georgetown yesterday.

At approximately 9:20 am today the Guyana Power and Light said that some customers experienced an interruption in their power supply due to a network disturbance.

At around 9:30  this morning, the police say that this man came into contact with a high-voltage electrical wire while doing construction work at the top of a multi-storey building on Regent Street, Georgetown.

ISTANBUL, (Reuters) – President Tayyip Erdogan declared on Tuesday a three-month state of emergency covering Turkey’s 10 southern provinces hit by devastating earthquakes, and called it a disaster zone in a move meant to bolster rescue efforts.

BRASILIA/RIO DE JANEIRO,  (Reuters) – Brazil’s federal police today arrested the military police officer who led security operations in Brasilia on Jan.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak reshuffled his cabinet today, breaking up two departments to better suit his pledges to spur the economy and turn around his party’s fortunes before an election expected next year.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – A former London police officer was jailed today for a minimum of 32 years for a “catalogue of violence and brutal sexual offending” in a sustained campaign of abuse against women.

QUITO, (Reuters) – Ecuador’s President Guillermo Lasso yesterday accepted defeat in a referendum on allowing extradition for organized crime, among other reforms, but added he would continue to fight drug trafficking and keep working to improve social conditions.

Police constable, Shane James, appeared at the Mahaicony Magistrate’s Court on January 25th, 2023 to answer two charges of manslaughter over the New Year’s Day killings of fellow cop Dwayne McPherson and fisherman Kishan Budburgh.

Following two incidents where roads were blocked and debris burnt by residents, Acting Commissioner of Police, Clifton Hicken has issued a warning against such acts.

In further testimony before the elections inquiry,  former Region Four Police Commander, Edgar Thomas yesterday insisted that ex-Top Cop, Leslie James had instructed him to clear the Ashmins building on March 5th, 2020.

The Guyana Police Force (GPF) yesterday said that legal advice was given to institute charges against two parents who assaulted two teachers at two city primary schools last month.

The Government of Guyana is not opposed to entering into mediation with the International Decade for People of African Descent Assembly-Guyana (IDPADA-G) over its subvention, Attorney General Anil Nandlall yesterday said.

The Guyana Police Force yesterday said that a thorough investigation has been launched into the torching of a car at Hopetown, West Coast Berbice following an accident that injured two persons.

BULAWAYO, Zimbabwe, CMC – Tagenarine Chanderpaul converted his maiden Test hundred into a splendid double, and combined with captain Kraigg Brathwaite to shatter West Indies’ 33-year-old record for the opening partnership as the Caribbean side took charge of the opening Test against Zimbabwe here yesterday.

A newly commissioned $26.5 million water supply system will benefit in excess of 200 residents of Taruka, Region Eight.

A spanking new Police Divisional Headquarters at Fort Wellington, West Coast Berbice was commissioned by Minister of Home Affairs, Robeson Benn yesterday.

The Guyana Golf Association (GGA) and Nexgen Golf Academy had a tremendous start to 2023 to boost their efforts for development of Golf in Guyana with recent outreaches to Regions 6 and 8. 

Schlumberger Guyana Inc, which has rebranded itself as SLB globally, yesterday confirmed it has submitted a new application to the Environmental Protection Agency for the operation of its RA source storage and calibration building that include radioactive source storage at Houston, East Bank Demerara.

Ann’s Grove and Dynamic FC romped to quarterfinal wins when the East Coast Mash Cup Football Championship continued on Sunday evening at the Golden Grove Community Centre ground.

An Essequibo youth died on Sunday after he lost control of his motorcycle and ended up in a trench.

The Athletic Association of Guyana (AAG) staged its second ‘Development meet’ of the 2023 season at the National Track and Field Centre and some familiar names were among the standout performers.

Fresh from his five-wicket haul in the just-completed first round of the Cricket West Indies Regional first-class, four-day competition, Guyana Harpy Eagles’ pacer, Nial Smith is brimming with confidence heading into the second round of the championships.

With its baggage scanner still out of operation, the management of the Eugene F.

HATAY, Turkey/DAMASCUS, (Reuters) – The screams of people still trapped in the rubble filled the night  yesterday and relatives wept for their loved ones as the death toll in Turkey and in neighbouring northwest Syria rose to more than 3,700.

In a memo to GECOM Chair Claudette Singh on March 19th  2020, then Deputy Chief Election Officer (DCEO), Roxanne Myers denied any orders from her to evict elections commissioners on March 5th 2020 and March 16th 2020.

The charges of the Guyana Rugby Football Union (GRFU), got their first taste of competitive action for the 2023 season on Sunday with a 15s match in the National Park. 

With a successful turnout highlighting the opening night, the maiden edition of the Rocks Auto Trans and Spares Parts ‘Legendary Cup’ Futsal Championship continues tonight at the National Gymnasium on Mandela Avenue.

Bids were on Tuesday opened for the procurement of dry and fresh rations for inmates and officers in Lots 1-4  for the Guyana Prison Service and some of these run into billions of dollars.

KYIV,  (Reuters) – Russia was pouring reinforcements into eastern Ukraine ahead of a new offensive that could begin next week along a front where there have been relentless battles for months, a Ukrainian governor said.

Dear Editor, It appears that the minibus operators in Region 3, especially some of them plying the Parika to Vreed-en-Hoop route, are above the law – particularly, those who do not join the line at Vreed-en-Hoop or Parika.

Dear Editor, I listened to a recording from November 2019, when Bharrat Jagdeo was Guyana’s Leader of the Opposition. 

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Private companies have committed to invest $4.2 billion in northern Central America as part of an effort by U.S.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Tens of thousands of nurses and ambulance service staff walked off the job yesterday in a pay dispute, putting further strain on Britain’s state-run National Health Service with their largest ever strike.

As the West Indies Championship head into round two, several young players took centre stage and announced their arrival during the first round.

Dr Keith Cummings in collaboration with the Georgetown Lions Club, Linden Fund Canada and Linden Fund USA on Friday donated medical supplies to the Linden Hospital Complex.

BRASILIA, (Reuters) – Illegal gold miners blamed for causing a humanitarian crisis on Brazil’s largest indigenous reservation are asking authorities to help them leave, one of their leaders and a Brazilian senator said on Monday.

Twenty-nine-year-old Stefan Hamlet also called ‘Bennyman’ of Anns Grove, East Coast Demerara (ECD) was yesterday remanded to prison after being slapped with three charges of illegal possession of a firearm, illegal possession of ammunition and discharging a loaded firearm with intent.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – Boeing Co BA.N expects to cut about 2,000 white-collar jobs this year in finance and human resources through a combination of attrition and layoffs, the U.S.

Dear Editor I learned with much grief about the death of Senior Superintendent Edmond Cooper.

Dear Editor, With the exception of a few, most of the themes and issues addressed by the Members of Parliament (MPs) from both sides of the isle during the budget debate were to some extent not too impressive mainly because most of the MPs focused on political issues and did not deal directly with matters in the budget.

Kevin Joseph, a 27-year-old Bartica man, is now in police custody after he was busted with 99 grams of cannabis.

CAPE TOWN, South Africa– The West Indies Women incurred a 32-run defeat to New Zealand Women in their first warm-up match of the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup, at the West Province Cricket Club yesterday.

CARACAS/PORT OF SPAIN, (Reuters) – Trinidad and Tobago’s energy minister met Venezuelan officials yesterday, according to Venezuela’s state media, the first high-level visit since the United States last month green-lighted the joint development of a key offshore gas project.

The NBA and the players union are expected to agree to once again extend the deadline to opt out of the current collective bargaining agreement, ESPN reported yesterday.

By Mamta Murthi WASHINGTON, DC – The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed the weaknesses and lack of preparedness of health systems globally.

(20 February 1942-29 January 2023) By Richard Drayton Richard Drayton, born in Guyana and also a citizen of Barbados, is a Professor of Imperial and  Global History at King’s College London “Well he lost his memory/ what a thing to stand up and see/ how it is he forget to remember/ what it is he forget remembering” So the Mighty Spoiler, calypso surrealist, conjectured in “Lost Memories” (1960) how repression could be forgotten. 

SAN JOSE,  (Reuters) – China apologized to Costa Rica for a balloon that flew over its territory, the Central American country’s government said on Monday, after a separate suspected Chinese spy balloon traveling over the United States sparked a major political and diplomatic spat.

Dallas’ bold move to acquire star guard Kyrie Irving did more than slash the Mavericks’ NBA title odds in half.

What appears to be a significant reconfiguration of some of the longstanding administrative arrangements that inform the working of the country’s Public Service is reflected in the recent disclosure that the Office of the President, is, in effect, being decentralized.