Daily Archive: Saturday, February 18, 2023

 (Reuters) – Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter has decided to receive hospice care and “spend his remaining time at home with his family” instead of additional medical intervention, the Carter Center said today.

Police are investigating the killing of Surajpaul Etwaroo, a 38-year-old construction worker of Lot 380 Good Hope, Phase One, East Coast Demerara,  which occurred at about 5.30 last evening at Sideline Road, Good Hope.

 (Reuters) – Chinese dealmaker Bao Fan, founder of investment bank China Renaissance Holdings Ltd 1911.HK,

BRASILIA,  (Reuters) – A health ministry record indicates that former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, a vocal skeptic of COVID-19 vaccines who vowed to never get the jab, may have received one in 2021, the country’s comptroller general’s office said yesterday.

(Trinidad Guardian) Caricom leaders, including Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley, yesterday held virtual discussions with Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy—and also focused attention on developments in Suriname, where protesters stormed the Parliament yesterday.

Police are investigating a fatal accident which occurred at 1.55 am today on the Auchlyne Public Road, Corentyne, Berbice after a hire car driver lost control of his vehicle and collided with a Guyana Power and Light (GPL) pole.

Police are investigating a fatal accident that occurred at about 5.30 pm yesterday  on the Coldingen Public Road, East Coast Demerara, which claimed the life of a 17-year-old girl Bibi Sophia Mohammed.

A motorcyclist and pillion rider, both residents of Bartica, died after being involved in a collision with a motorcar.

A West Coast Berbice cattle farmer is now hospitalized at the New Amsterdam Public Hospital after he was allegedly burnt by a villager who dubbed him a ‘traitor’ after he assisted police in removing the car torched following an accident earlier this month.

A protest in neighbouring Suriname against the government’s decision to remove subsidies from fuel turned ugly as demonstrators stormed the Parliament Building in Paramaribo, leaving it in shambles.

Seven of twelve men wanted for terrorism at Mon Repos on the East Coast of Demerara (ECD) on June 28, 2022, turned themselves in to the police on Wednesday and Thursday.

It was the proverbial calm before the storm type of situation last night at the Mirage Lounge, Albert and Thomas Streets when the Guyana Boxing Association (GBA) held its final press conference prior to tomorrow night’s `storm’ in the form of the Patrick Ford Memorial Boxing Card at the National Gymnasium.

A miner had to be air-dashed to a city hospital after sustaining critical injuries when an attempt was made to murder him Ryan Williams, a 22-year-old miner of Byderabo Village, Essequibo River, was airlifted to Georgetown with life-threatening injuries by the Guyana Defence Force, after three suspects attempted to murder him during an argument on Thursday at about 4 pm.

CAPE TOWN, South Africa, CMC – Captain Hayley Matthews nervelessly drilled the penultimate ball of the game to the extra cover boundary as West Indies edged Ireland by six wickets in a thriller here yesterday, to post their first win of the Women’s Twenty20 World Cup and break their dreadful run of 15 successive defeats.

Muslim scholar Nezaam Ali, who is presently serving a forty-five-year sentence for rape, was yesterday found not guilty on the count of raping a six-year-old boy in 2011.

Dynamic FC will face off with Ann’s Grove in the final of the East Coast Mash Cup Football Championship this evening following a 3-0 semi-final victory against Pouderoyen on Thursday evening at the Golden Grove ground.

After being busted with a total of 451 grammes of cocaine at her Essequibo home on Thursday, the accused, Brenda Charles was yesterday brought before the courts to answer to the charge of possession of narcotics for the purpose of trafficking, and was sentenced to four years behind bars after pleading guilty.

Titanic fixtures will highlight this evening’s semi-final round in the inaugural Rocks Auto Trans and Spares Parts ‘Legendary Cup’ Futsal Championship at the National Gymnasium on Mandela Avenue, as Sparta Boss takes aim at Back Circle, and Bent Street faces off against Tiger Bay.

After bail was refused at the High Court in Ber-bice, contractor, Shazad Sattaur was yesterday placed on $1.5m bail when he made his second appearance at the Reliance Magis-trate’s Court.

(Reuters) – Canada yesterday released a long-awaited sustainable jobs plan, laying out how the federal government plans to help train workers for roles in the coming clean energy economy as the world aims for net-zero carbon emissions by 2050.

Dear Editor, Reference is made to the letter in the Stabroek Edition of Thursday February 16, 2023” NIS cancelled my claim on the pretext that its time expired”.

In excess of 300 teen athletes will get into the blocks from 10:00hrs today to compete in the inaugural edition of the National Sports Commission’s (NSC) Junior League.

Tenders were opened on Tuesday at the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board (NPTAB) for security services for various organizations under the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports.

Dear Editor, The exploitation of the Guyanese people by ExxonMobil and the complicit PPP/C government must come to an end.

Chairman of the West Indies senior selection panel, Dr. Desmond Haynes has revealed that Alick Athanaze has been on the selection panel’s radar for a while and that Akeem Jordan swung his way into the side for the upcoming tour of South Africa.At

NEAR BAKHMUT, Ukraine/MUNICH, (Reuters) – Ukrainian soldiers fighting to hold off a Russian push on the small eastern city of Bakhmut pleaded for more weapons from the outside world as senior Western leaders met in Munich yesterday to assess the year-long war shaking Europe.

ARKABUTLA, Miss., (Reuters) – A gunman went on a rampage in a small Mississippi town on Friday, killing his ex-wife and five other people in three locations before sheriff’s deputies arrested him, the county sheriff and witnesses said.

Olympic boxer, Keevin Allicock will look to return to his winning ways when he enters the ring in one of the feature bouts of the stacked Patrick Forde Memorial Boxing card tomorrow at the National Gymnasium.

The Guyana Prison Service (GPS) can now add 13 new recruits to its roster after they completed a four-month Basic Recruit Training Course (BRTC) at the Prison Training Centre at Timehri.

Dear Editor, The public notice put out by the Social Services Ministry regarding the budgeted increase to the Old Age Pension, effective January 2023, did not state what mechanism is in place for persons, who already encashed their January and February 2023 vouchers, especially at money transfer locations and post offices, before the appearance of the notice, to receive the respective increase amount for those months.

ANTAKYA/KAHRAMANMARAS, Turkey,  (Reuters) – Rescue teams pulled three people alive from under collapsed buildings in Turkey yesterday, 11 days after an earthquake that has killed more than 45,000, left millions homeless, and sparked a huge relief effort.

Keba Evelyn of West Demerara Secondary was yesterday declared the winner of this year’s poetry competition: 14 to 18 years in the Children’s Mashramani Competition.

Following West Indies’ series win over Zimbabwe, Chairman of the senior selection panel, Dr.

Dear Editor, It appears as though the Ministry of Home Affairs and the High Command of the Guyana Police Force have mastered the art of hypocrisy.

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa,  CMC – Temba Bavuma has been appointed Test captain for the two-match series against West Indies starting at month end, as part of what Cricket South Africa has termed a “restructure within the leadership group”.

KARACHI, Pakistan,  (Reuters) – Islamists stormed a police station in the southern Pakistani city of Karachi yesterday, killing two people in a hail of gunfire and a series of loud explosions before they themselves were killed, officials said.

An East Coast Demerara (ECD) man was on Tues-day granted $150,000 bail after he appeared before Senior Magistrate Leron Daly at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court, and was charged with intent to forge a deed of gift.

Dear Editor, Based on news reports, my understanding is that the government is considering the registration and licensing of electric bikes and scooters, please allow me to make the case that this is not a good idea.

Dulichendra Verma (centre), Proprietor of Cheap Mart Variety Store at Courbane Park, Annandale, East Coast Demerara, has donated ten bolts of cloth (turquoise yellow, blue, green and black) to the Scouts in Regional Division 4 ‘C’.

CARACAS,  (Reuters) – Venezuela will reopen its maritime border with the island nation of Aruba starting May 1, the Venezuelan government said, ending a four-year closure of the border between the two countries.

NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – Usman Khawaja struck an enterprising 81 and Peter Handscomb made an unbeaten 72 as Australia laboured to a modest 263 all out on the opening day of the second test against India in New Delhi yesterday.

Dear Editor, As a retired teacher, one who taught from 1967 to 1998, and saw his students— ministers of governments, doctors, lawyers, civil servants heading major institutions and departments, international citizens, for example Mr.

(Reuters) – The Indian Premier League (IPL) will return to a home-and-away format for the first time since 2019, the organising Indian cricket board (BCCI) said yesterday, bringing to an end three seasons of COVID-19 restrictions.

An Upper Corentyne woman is now hospitalized in a serious condition after her husband allegedly threw a kerosene stove on her during an argument over a cellphone on Wednesday evening.

Dear Editor, The potential for Guyana to become a regional leader has been acknowledged by several world leaders, due in large measure to our oil and gas reserves.

BRASILIA,  (Reuters) – There will be no “witch-hunt” to root out members of Brazil’s military who may have potentially been involved in the Jan.

The theme for this year’s Mashramani is ‘Mixing and Mashing as One Guyana.’

Republic Bank (Guyana) is gearing up in collaboration with the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport to host another steel band competition.

By Mia Amor Mottley and Svenja Schulze BRIDGETOWN/BERLIN – We must face, and act upon, an inconvenient truth.

Dear Editor, Thanks to your newspaper for deciding to reprint past contributions by the late Allan Fenty.

Perhaps each year we should have a week off from talking about oil.

Dirk Nowitzki, Tony Parker and Pau Gasol — three of the greatest international players in NBA history — join Dwyane Wade as headliners of the 12 finalists for the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame announced yesterday.

QUITO,  (Reuters) – The value of Ecuador’s mining exports grew 32.6% in 2022 from the year before, reaching $2.78 billion after its two large-scale mines operated at full capacity, the country’s energy and mines ministry said yesterday.