Daily Archive: Thursday, May 4, 2023

(Reuters) – Canada’s federal environment ministry today opened a formal investigation into a months-long tailings leak at Imperial Oil’s IMO.TO

Police are investigating the murder of Kim Halley, a 46-year-old of Lamaha Park, Georgetown, which occurred between 2.30 and 2.45 pm today at Alpha Hotel at Lot 2 Public Road Ogle, East Coast Demerara.

Kevin Grant, a 24-year-old resident of Lot 895 4th Field, Kaneville, East Bank Demerara,  was arrested on 27th April 2023 by a rank from Grove Police Station and charged yesterday with armed robbery (cutlass).

Waylon Jordan, a 27-year-old minibus driver of Lot 15 Grove Public Road, EBD, was arrested on February 15th, 2023, and charged yesterday  for the Offence of Rape of a child under 16 years.

The Police are investigating a fatal accident that occurred at about 8.20 am today on the Success Public Road, East Coast Demerara.

KYIV, (Reuters) – Russia said today that the United States was behind what it says was a drone attack on the Kremlin that aimed to kill President Vladimir Putin, while Moscow’s forces fired more combat drones at Ukrainian cities including the capital Kyiv.

In the action brought against the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to enforce the liability clause in the permits issued to ExxonMobil Guyana for its offshore oil operations, Justice Sandil Kissoon, in a ruling yesterday, said the EPA, which he described as “submissive,” had abdicated its responsibilities “…thereby putting this nation and its people in grave potential danger of calamitous disaster.”

Guyana has dropped 26 spots in the press freedom rankings moving to 60 out of the 180 countries listed on the 2023 World Press Freedom Index, which was compiled by Reporters without Borders (RSF).

Police are investigating the murder of a 24-year-old porkknocker, allegedly by a 27-year-old man over the affections of a 16-year-old.

Currently serving a 15-year sentence for the 2016 killing of Charlestown youth Gregory Garraway, Joshua Meredith was yesterday afternoon handed a life sentence for the killing of Paul Rodney, a mere month later.

A post-mortem examination has concluded that 49-year-old Umar Ally, who was found dead in a Quamina Street guest house, minutes after checking into a room in the company of a young woman, died of a heart attack.

Gomeshwar Perez, the Corentyne man who was charged in 2020 with the murders of Canadian hotelier Vivekanand Brijbassi and his watchman Harry Persaud, yesterday opted to plead guilty to the lesser counts of manslaughter when he appeared at the High Court in Berbice.

Three companies submitted bids to supply a number of emergency drugs to the Ministry of Health and sources close to the process say that the New GPC has been awarded the contract with a bid pegged at $171 million.

A Cummings Lodge pensioner’s home was early Tuesday evening destroyed by flames from an unattended burning rubbish heap she had lit.

Hit and run accident victim, Allan Downes remains in a critical but stable condition three weeks after he was struck down by a SUV at Turkeyen, Rupert Craig Highway, according to his wife Marysia Bento Downes, in a recent Facebook post.

Brazilian Alexander Felix Plan was yesterday jailed for some 48 months and fined over $5.5 million after he pleaded guilty to several offences connected with him having landed a helicopter at the New River Triangle in February.

Twenty-five persons living with disabilities graduated from the Ministry of Human Services and Social Security’s skills training programme recently, bringing the total number of graduates to 294 over the past 12 months, a release from the ministry has said.

A man who recently saved the life of a young woman after she plunged over the Demerara Harbour Bridge was yesterday recognised by Minister of Human Services and Social Security Dr Vindhya Persaud and his damaged phone was replaced compliments of GTT.

Parasram Wellington, a 56-year-old driver  attached to Golden Fleece Investment on the Essequibo Coast, was charged today with driving under the influence (DUI), failing to stop after an accident and failing to render assistance to an injured person, the police said.

A fight card dubbed ‘The Return of the Scorpio’ will usher in the return of international professional boxing for local starved fans on May 21 at the National Gymnasium.

In yesterday’s Stabroek News under the headline `Match-ups set in Georgetown for June 12 polls’ it was erroneously stated that the PPP/C was not contesting in all constituencies in Georgetown. 

The Athletic Association of Guyana (AAG) has submitted the long list to the Guyana Olympic Association (GOA) of its representatives to the Central American and Caribbean (CAC) Games in El Salvador and Dominican Republic from June 23-July 8.

The Guyana Bar Association has been warned that it must pivot or perish in the face of new technologies that are changing the way justice is sought and delivered, Delivering the feature address at a symposium last Friday in observance of the Guyana Bar Association’s second annual Law Week held under the theme “New Legal Frontiers – Preparing for the Future,” Justice Winston Anderson of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) said that at the centre lie challenges to the legal profession in technological advances.

Emphasising that the press must continue to be resolute in the defence of right to life and liberty, President Irfaan Ali said the free press was indispensable in the protection of human rights and rights to freedom of expression.

Alado captured an emphatic victory at the Bush Lot United Turf Club in the feature six furlong event of the ‘Race of Champions’ meet, justifying the favourite tag given at the start of the race. 

Residents and tourists visiting Capoey Lake in Region Two are calling on the relevant authorities to repair a bridge which they say poses a major threat to their vehicles.

Leopold Street, Tiger Bay/Festival City, and Pouderoyen recorded victories, when the ‘One Guyana’ National Futsal Championship continued Tuesday evening at the National Gymnasium, Mandela Avenue.

A construction worker was remanded to prison yesterday on a charge of attempted robbery.

The Tiger Rentals Under-13 League Cup Championship will commence tomorrow at the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) National Training Centre, Providence from 9:00 am.

Dear Editor, Several weeks ago, my friend, James Bond, was seen in a photo with Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo, which apparently was taken after a meeting of which several areas of importance, according to him, were said to have been discussed.

Despite an unforeseen delay, the Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) is keen on completing the Sir James France 40-over second-division tournament for the riverain area with Wiruni and Sandhill set to clash in the final.

Dear Editor, I write in response to Lincoln Lewis’ that the COI “failed to address causes of the electoral problems published in the media May 01, 2023.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Federal Reserve moved its management of the post-pandemic economic recovery into a new phase on Wednesday with what may be the last in a historic series of interest rate hikes and heightened attention to credit and other economic risks.

(Trinidad Express) Police were called to another murder scene this morning at St Ann’s, Port of Spain.

Dear Editor, Any doubts as to what prevails in Guyana relative to the condition of the press should now be fully dispelled. 

(Reuters) – Russia accused Ukraine on Wednesday of a failed attempt to assassinate President Vladimir Putin in a drone attack on the Kremlin citadel in Moscow, and threatened to retaliate.

BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazilian police on Wednesday raided former President Jair Bolsonaro’s home, arrested his trusted aides, and seized his cell phone as part of a probe into his COVID-19 vaccination records.

Dear Editor, Damming the COI Report and its damming findings, it was labelled ‘useless and substandard’ (SN April 30). 

ATLANTA (Reuters) – A gunman opened fire at a medical building in midtown Atlanta on Wednesday, killing a 39-year-old woman and wounding four others before carjacking a vehicle to flee, police said on Wednesday.

(Trinidad Express) The man shot dead in St Ann’s, Port of Spain, on Tuesday has been identified as local dancehall artiste, Anthony “Wacko Dan” Reyes.

Jalen Brunson scored 30 points to fuel the host New York Knicks to a 111-105 victory over the Miami Heat on Tuesday, leveling their Eastern Conference semifinal series at one win apiece.

The account of domestic violence victim Sandy Persaud’s resort to living in hiding following a near-fatal cutlass attack by her ex-partner, published on Sunday last, so closely mirrors that of another woman from the same county last December that it’s time to ask: just what is going on in Berbice?

(Reuters) – Fast bowler Shabnim Ismail has announced her retirement from international cricket, a further blow for recent Twenty20 World Cup finalists South Africa who had relied heavily on the pace and guile of the quickest bowler in the women’s game.

LEEDS, England, CMC – Yorkshire head coach Ottis Gibson believes his side is close to taking their first win after a frustrating start to the County Championship.

A 65-year-old Mahaicony man is set to walk across the country starting today in protest against Exxon Mobil; he seeks to garner the attention of the international community as he believes that the company needs to be held accountable on several issues.

(Reuters) – Australia batsman Steve Smith has laughed off criticism in England about his county cricket warmup for the Ashes after some fans and media took exception to his Sussex signing.

(Reuters) – Philadelphia 76ers center Joel Embiid has won the NBA’s Most Valuable Player award for the first time, the league announced on Tuesday.

A New Amsterdam man has been charged with fraud after falsely pretending he could secure bail for a prisoner on remand.

Water taxis that commute between Parika, Wakenaam and Supenaam and the Georetown Vreed-en-Hoop route have been granted new operational hours.

Magistrate Fabayo Azore recently rejected the submission by Attorney Nigel Hughes that the charge against Tacoma Ogunseye was bad in law.

Dear Editor, Russia’s war on Ukraine has exposed the cracks in western energy security.

CAIRO  (Reuters) – Egypt launched a national political dialogue on Wednesday that authorities said was meant to generate debate around the country’s future, though the chair of the event said several areas of discussion would be off limits.

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua – Cricket West Indies (CWI) is undertaking a thorough bid process for Caribbean countries wanting to host the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2024, which will be held in the West Indies and USA in June next year.

(Reuters) – Former 100 metres world champion Tori Bowie has died at the age of 32, her management company said yesterday.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Left-arm spinner Veerasammy Permaul claimed his 600th first class scalp as 13 wickets perished on day one of the final game of the Headley Weekes Tri-Series yesterday.