Daily Archive: Tuesday, April 25, 2023

Devon Williams called Lootie, a 36-year-old security guard, of Fyrish, Corentyne Berbice and Wismar, Linden today appeared before Magistrate Clive Nurse via zoom at the Linden Magistrate’s Court where he answered to the offence of Rape.

Police in Regional Division #10 are investigating an incident that resulted in the death of Cledwin Richards, called ‘Fatboy’ or ‘Junior’, a 43-year-old labourer of Soesdyke-Linden Highway, which occurred at about 11:10 am today at the Mackenzie Sports Club (MSC) Ground in Mackenzie, Linden.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – President Joe Biden said today he will seek a second White House term in 2024, a decision that will test whether Americans are ready to give the 80-year-old Democrat, already the oldest U.S.

(Trinidad Guardian) “Babe, run”, Dwane Saunders shouted to his common-law wife, Akeisha Balkissoon, as a gunman shot him several times as they tried to get home on Sunday evening.

(Trinidad Guardian) Homicide detectives are investigating four murders in Penal which occurred over the past 12 hours, including a triple murder.

Ministry of Home Affairs Permanent Secretary, Mae Toussaint Jr. Thomas had been on a US watch list when her phone was seized earlier this month while in transit to China and her visa revoked, sources say.

A long-waited bill for a single window on land matters was yesterday sent to a Select Committee of Parliament for the consideration of amendments.

Facing criticisms that it is not discharging its functions, the Public Procurement Commission (PPC) yesterday said that several complaints before it are “under active consideration”.

The bill tabled by Attorney General Anil Nandlall SC in November last year to repeal the committal powers of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP)  was last evening amended and passed in the National Assembly.

Famed American coffee brand, Starbucks Cafe, yesterday opened its doors in Guyana at the Amazonia Mall, Providence on the East Bank Demerara.

The bill which Attorney General (AG) and Minister of Legal Affairs Anil Nandlall SC tabled last year in the National Assembly to increase the number of judges sitting in the Court of Appeal to at least nine was passed yesterday in the National Assembly.

The Veterans Foundation of Guyana yesterday expressed condolences on the death of former Deputy Chief of Staff of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF), Colonel (ret’d) Lawrence Eulon Paul at the age of 70.

The Guyana Wildlife Conservation and Management Commission has partnered with IFAW (International Fund for Animal Welfare) to train 23 frontline enforcement officers on how to handle live animals seized from the illegal wildlife trade.

Minister of Education Priya Manickchand yesterday announced that the pupils writing the National Grade Six Assessment (NGSA) on May 3rd and 4th will be given an additional 10 minutes for reading.

Shawn Lee, a 25-year-old resident of Timehri Base Road, East Bank Demerara, succumbed at around 8.19 am yesterday to injuries he sustained in an accident on Sunday on the Friend-ship Public Road, East Bank Demerara, the police said in a statement.

Minister of Parliamentary Affairs and Governance Gail Teixeira on behalf of Senior Finance Minister Dr Ashni Singh yesterday presented a Supplementary Bill comprising Financial Papers Number 1 and 2 to the National Assembly relating to components of the Low Carbon Develop-ment Strategy (LCDS) 2030 to be financed from carbon credit inflows.

The Guyana Olympic Association (GOA) is once again in the corner of the Guyana Boxing Association (GBA).

(IPL) Delhi Capitals made it two wins in a row beating Sunrisers Hyderabad in Match 34 of the 2023 TATA IPL at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad yesterday.

Firefighters from the Alberttown Fire Station were on Sunday called to an apartment at Lot 33 Norton Street, Wortmanville, where a partially decomposed body was found.

The Ministry of Public Works has instructed Contractor, B. Harry Sawmill to remedy all defects in relation to work done in Wismar Street, Linden, Region 10 and to do so as soon as possible, in order to minimise the inconvenience to residents of the community.

KHARTOUM,  (Reuters) – Sudan’s warring factions agreed to a 72-hour ceasefire starting today, while Western, Arab and Asian nations raced to extract their citizens from the country.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – West Indies A will travel to Bangladesh for three four-day “Tests” against the hosts next month, Cricket West Indies confirmed yesterday.

LUXEMBOURG/BEIJING/PARIS,  (Reuters) – China respects the status of former Soviet member states as sovereign nations, its foreign ministry said yesterday, distancing itself from comments by its envoy to Paris that triggered an uproar among European capitals.

Karese Lloyd is over the moon after landing a full athletic scholarship to St.

A 33-year-old ice-cream vendor of Canal #2, WBD was on Sunday shot and robbed by two men on motorcycle at ‘D’ Field Sophia (Red Road), while selling ice-cream.

The eventual construction of Guyana’s first football stadium located at the D’urban Park area, Homestretch Avenue, Georgetown, entered its first official phase yesterday.

Dear Editor, Ministers of Governance and Parliamentary Affairs, Education and of Public Service have been reported as having engaged an unidentified and unnumbered Team of representatives of the Guyana Teacher’s Union on 20 April last.

Extension officers and other stakeholders in the agriculture sector will over the next five days participate in a training exercise on fertilizers, biofertilizers and nutrient management.

(Reuters) – Georgia prosecutors will reveal this summer whether former President Donald Trump will be charged with crimes related to interfering with the 2020 election, the Atlanta district attorney said yesterday, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

Dear Editor, A picture tells a thousand words. A clear message was sent to the administration with the pix (as published in SN a couple weeks ago) showing the ABCE Ambassadors visiting with GHRA co-President Mike McCormack and his wife at the NGO’s office.

Asks Charwayne Walker The Golden Jaguars and Grenada Spice Boys will clash on June 17 in a Gold Cup Preliminary match at the DRV PNK Stadium in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

The recently commissioned Hogben Drayton Maths and Science Centre at the University of Guyana, Turkeyen campus, honours UG’s first chancellor and vice chancellor Lancelot Hogben and Harold Drayton respectively.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – The United States yesterday sent its first deportation flight to Cuba since 2020, months after Cuba agreed for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic to accept flights carrying Cubans caught at the U.S.-Mexico

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Alick Athanaze says he is relishing the opportunity to be among the runs again when his Team Weekes clash with high-flying West Indies Academy in the second match of the Headley Weekes Tri-Series.

Dear Editor, So the new North West ferry is indeed a ‘game changer’.

The Public Procurement Commission (PPC) will host a One-Day Training Seminar for Suppliers and Contractors on Wednesday 31st May, 2023, from 9 a.m.

BOGOTA,  (Reuters) – Cenit, a subsidiary of Colombia’s majority state-owned oil company Ecopetrol ECO.CN,

(Reuters) – Mark Chapman continued his brilliant form with an unbeaten 104 off 57 balls as New Zealand chased down a target of 194 to beat Pakistan by six wickets in the fifth Twenty20 in Rawalpindi yesterday, coming from 2-0 down to draw the series 2-2. 

Minister of Natural Resources Vickram Bharrat yesterday tabled in the National Assembly the Guyana-EU Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade (FLEGT) Voluntary Partnership Agreement or VPA.

Dear Editor, Relief of flooding in the capital city boils down to how quickly excess water can be discharged particularly to the Demerara River.

NAIROBI,  (Reuters) – Kenyan police have recovered 73 bodies, mostly from mass graves in a forest in eastern Kenya, thought to be followers of a Christian cult who believed they would go to heaven if they starved themselves, a police officer said yesterday.

SYDNEY, (Reuters) – A set of gates at the Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG) have been named in honour of Sachin Tendulkar and Brian Lara to mark the Indian’s 50th birthday and the 30th anniversary of the West Indies batsman’s innings of 277 at the ground.

The Guyana Fire Service’s  (GFS) Annual Officers’ Conference started yesterday with the Home Affairs Minister stating that the gaps within its operations have to be identified and addressed.

Dear Editor, Somebody, please tell that the PPP Government isn’t serious. 

GENEVA, (Reuters) – The World Health Organization said yesterday it had dismissed one of its senior managers for sexual misconduct following an investigation prompted by a complaint by a junior British doctor.

Dear Editor, I read of the many difficulties people experience or encounter for services at various offices.

Stephen Curry had a team-high 32 points and the Golden State Warriors overcame a timeout violation in the final minute to hold off the Sacramento Kings 126-125 and draw even in their playoff series on Sunday afternoon in San Francisco.

A 30-year-old Venezuelan national was on Saturday nabbed at the Takutu International Bridge, Lethem, with 21 sachets of suspected cocaine in his mouth.

MANILA,  (Reuters) – Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr yesterday said he will press U.S.

PORT-AU-PRINCE,  (Reuters) – Haitian police said yesterday that at least 10 suspected gang members had been lynched and their bodies burned by residents of Port-au-Prince.

(Reuters) – Fox News Media and its top-rated host Tucker Carlson have agreed to part ways, less than a week after the Fox Corp FOXA.O

Aaron Rodgers is finally headed to the New York Jets. The Jets and Green Bay Packers completed the long-discussed trade for Rodgers yesterday, with the conditions including a first-round pick swap, ESPN and NFL Network reported.

Dear Editor, Reference is made to two letters in the media authored by Opposition Member of Parliament, Jermaine Figureira that appeared in the Stabroek News edition of April 22, 2023, with the caption “some worthwhile strategies, if implemented, can prevent Dutch disease”… and in the Stabroek News edition of April 24, 2023, with the caption, “one of our significant challenges has been the ethical and equitable division of wealth”.

Bhoula Persaud, a 33-year-old man of Logwood Enmore, East Coast Demerara, was on Friday charged with several larceny offences committed on residents of Enmore and the surrounding villages and jailed on three of them.

BRASILIA,  (Reuters) – Alessandra Korap Munduruku, who headed a campaign that led mining corporations to respect her people’s Indigenous territory in the Amazon rainforest, has been awarded the Goldman Environmental Prize.

By Chris Patten LONDON – The Communist Party of China has a way of flattering foreign leaders into supporting its policies, or at least remaining mum about them.

As police continue to investigate the mystery behind the kidnapping and subsequent murder of the 36-year-old woman whose body was discovered aback Betsy Ground, East Canje Berbice on Friday, a post-mortem examination carried out on the body of the wanted suspect revealed no foul play.

Dear Editor, The independent press, media, the fourth estate of any country, and more specifically, in a democratic state, is vitally important.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – Cable television network CNN has fired longtime host Don Lemon, the news anchor said in a post on Twitter yesterday, adding he was “stunned” by the step and that he was not directly informed of the termination by the network.

Quite what to make of the reported recent remark (Stabroek News, Monday March 27) by the General Secretary of the Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU), Coretta Mc Donald, that the recent incident at the Houston Secondary School during which a teacher had  “armed herself with a cutlass” had been resolved, and that the parent of the offending child and the cutlass-wielding teacher have “sorted out their differences” is difficult to say.

KYIV, (Reuters) – Ukraine will continue playing Euro 2024 qualifying matches despite a government ban on Ukrainian national teams taking part in competitions involving athletes from Russia and Belarus, the country said yesterday.

Caribbean Airlines Limited (CAL) yesterday announced the resumption of flights to Caracas, Venezuela from May 13, 2023.