Daily Archive: Sunday, May 21, 2023

(Trinidad Express) A Carenage businesswoman was shot and killed today, three years after the killing of her husband, whose body was buried under concrete near a hotel the couple was constructing in Tobago.

Opposition Leader Aubrey Norton today said that the top priority must be the swift recapture of death row prisoner Royden Williams who escaped from the Mazaruni Prison on Friday in what appeared to be a well-orchestrated plan.

BELFAST,(Reuters) – Irish nationalists Sinn Fein followed up last year’s historic Northern Ireland Assembly victory by overtaking their unionist rivals by a wide margin in council elections yesterday to become the biggest party at local level for the first time.

HIROSHIMA, Japan, (Reuters) – U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said today that it was time to reform both the Security Council and Bretton Woods to align with the “realities of today’s world”.

Police are investigating the suspected murder of Choorandan Chaitram called ‘Reid’, a 41-year-old Construction Worker of Lot 101 Lusignan, East Coast Demerara between 21:00 hrs last night (Saturday) and 02:30 hrs this morning (Sunday) at Lusignan Grass Field, East Coast Demerara.

Seeram Krishna, called ‘Vicky’, a 35-year-old fisherman of Lot 24 ‘A’ Conservancy Dam, Canal #1, West Bank Demerara was fatally chopped yesterday and his cousin, 19, is in custody.

Newly-appointed Chief Commissioner of the Scout Association of Guyana Yonnick David sees a lot of potential and employment opportunities for young people in the country to hone their skills in making Guyana a world-class business and tourism destination.

By Joseph Allen An intense hunt by the Joint Services is continuing for death row prisoner,  Mark Royden Williams aka  ‘Smallie’ whose carefully planned escape from the Mazaruni jail on Friday has revealed major breaches in security protocols and left the prison authorities facing difficult questions.

By Deneita Fredericks (Intern with the Guyana Media and Communication Academy) Leanne Hernandez and Ja’nae, Shanice Simon and Le Shaunte and Natasha Johnson and Jadiamond were the winners in the junior, middle and senior categories respectively at the 30th  Mother and Daughter pageant on May 13 at the National Cultural Centre.

The Ministry of Culture is currently staging plays that have won the Guyana Prize for Literature.

The Private Sector Commission (PSC) would like all Guyanese to balance the not insignificant revenues and concomitant development made possible by  ExxonMobil’s production of  oil with the need to adequately protect the environment in the ongoing EPA issue.

Two years after PNCR member and attorney-at-law, James Bond, and former acting Chief Executive Officer of National Industrial & Commercial Investments Limited (NICIL), Colvin Heath-London, were taken to court over the sale of state lands at Peters Hall, East Bank Demerara (EBD), the government says that it has recovered all of the parcels and has resold some at market value back to the buyers.

Jumping off from its original concept of creating a collaborative space for women to market their products in an all-inclusive safe environment, Babe Cave has launched loungewear sets for women.

Stating that she was “privileged to have belonged to two noble professions,” Ann McLennan officially hung up her two hats as chief magistrate and a colonel of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) recently, having served for over 37 years.

Despite minor setbacks, works are progressing on the alternate East Bank Demerara four-lane road being constructed under the Ministry of Housing and Water.

The first twenty-two  families residing at a now regularised section of Planta-tion Hope (Enmore Grass Field), East Coast Deme-rara are now in possession of their Certificate of Title.

The government yesterday hosted a review at St Igna-tius Village, Region Nine of the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Romello Crawford and Philip Clarke triumphed in the first two legs but Curtis Dey’s consistency will enable him to roll into the hills of Linden this morning with a slim lead in the NSC Independence Three-Stage road race.

National 400m record holder, Aliyah Abrams, will headline the acclaimed Aliann Pompey Invitation, set for June 24 at the National Track and Field Centre in Edinburg.

The Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) is to hold a sitting here next month during which five cases will be deliberated on.

Guyana’s Devin Persaud-Permaul is heading to the Pan American Games later this year in Santiago, Chile following his qualification at the recently held Copa Merengue in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.

Police are investigating a fatal accident which occurred at about 3 am yesterday on the  Rupert Craig Highway in the vicinity of the Infectious Diseases Hospital at Liliendaal.

Mings Optical yesterday celebrated the 10th anniversary of its Rose Hall Town, Corentyne, Berbice location.

BASSETERRE, St Kitts, CMC – West Indies opener Rashada Williams took responsibility for the run chase as Jamaica made light work of Leeward Islands with an eight-wicket victory in the second match of the Women’s T20 Blaze here yesterday.

A man has been charged with larceny after breaking into a bond and stealing items valued at over $1 million,  Louis Ramsay appeared at the Georgetown Magis-trate’s Court before Magis-trate Sherdel Isaacs-Marcus on May 17 to answer to the charge that was read to him.

BASSETERRE, St Kitts, CMC – Guyana benefitted from three run-outs as they defended a low total to beat Windward Island by four runs in the opening game of the triple-header first round of the Women’s T20 Blaze here yesterday.

The Ministry of Labour, the Board of Industrial Training (BIT) and the University of Guyana (UG) are currently working to develop an internship programme that would give all of the university’s final year students the opportunity to benefit from skills training programmes.

Dear Editor, Guyana is a poor country starting its oil journey with the “oil curse” from day one, with the worst contract in oil history.

St. Cuthbert’s Mission and Bartica recorded wins in the boys division whilst Waramuri and Westminster clinched victories in the girls section of the ExxonMobil U14 football championship yesterday at the National Insurance Scheme (NIS) ground, Carifesta Avenue.

HIROSHIMA, Japan,  (Reuters) – Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskiy held talks with India’s Narendra Modi yesterday and was due to meet other “Global South” leaders at a Group of Seven (G7) summit aimed at broadening support for his country in its war against Russia.

A thirty-year-old construction worker has pleaded guilty to the charge of possession of narcotics.

Dear Editor, The plot to dismantle and replace IDPADA-G thickens and unfolds before our very eyes, on a daily basis.

Tianna Springer, Ezekiel Newton and Jaheel Cornette are all into the finals of their 200m events after excelling in their heats yesterday at the ongoing South American Athletics U-20 Championships in Colombia.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – President Joe Biden’s administration and congressional Republicans traded barbs yesterday over raising the federal $31.4 trillion debt ceiling, with both sides casting the other’s proposals as too extreme.

Anthony Wilson appeared at the Georgetown Magis-trate’s Court on Friday charged with the possession of 18 lbs (8.2 kgs) of cannabis for trafficking, pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 54 months imprisonment with a fine of approximately $7.3m, a CANU release stated.

Dear Editor, Judge Sandil Kisson has ruled.  Exxon is appealing.  This is standard Exxon. 

Gladiators get ready, the Guyana Amateur Powerlifting Federation (GAPLF) is set to host its annual Intermediate/Masters Championships  Sunday at the Chase Academy.

MOSCOW,  (Reuters) – Western countries will run “colossal risks” if they supply Ukraine with F-16 fighter jets, TASS news agency quoted Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Grushko as saying yesterday.

Evadney Talbot of 51 Company Road, Buxton celebrated her 111th birthday on May 10 with a communion service presided over by Reverend Theodore Demonick of St.

The Golden Jaguars senior men’s football team will play Ethiopia in an International friendly encounter on July 8th in Philadelphia, United States of America.

Dear Editor, It is with great admiration and respect that I salute the brave men and women of the traffic department within the Guyana Police Force who work tirelessly to ensure that our traffic flows smoothly, particularly during peak hours.

When designers produce accessible collections with leading fast fashion brands or significantly slash prices of their merchandise six months later to clear the way for new collections, I always question the real value of the supposed luxury. 

What makes a person good or bad? This is a question that we do not truly consider during the course of our childhood because we believe that we already know the answer to the question – good people do good things, and bad people do bad things.

CAIRO/DUBAI,  (Reuters) – Sudan’s warring factions signed an agreement late yesterday for a seven-day ceasefire as fighting that has plunged the country into chaos and displaced more than a million entered its sixth week.

Anil Singh, a 47-year-old bowman of Supenaam Creek, Essequibo Coast was on Thursday charged with engaging in sexual activity with a 15-year-old.

“There are times I cannot believe we have the same parents.

On April 25, Guyanese-American artist Arlington Weithers’s first New York City solo exhibition since 2006 opened at the David Richard Gallery in Chelsea.

I will sort out and clear up and put in immaculate order my disgracefully disordered study/storeroom downstairs where there are dusty stacks and boxes of files, papers, diaries, correspondence and books which could one day be of interest to my descendants and even perhaps some value to scholars if I can ever get around to preserving them properly.

Introduction Today’s column looks at chapters 5 and 6 of the  Systematic Country Diagnostic (SCD).

Exercise is known to have several benefits for our overall health, but did you know that it can also have a significant impact on our faces?

Notwithstanding the controversies that have bedevilled the processes leading up to local government elections, it appears as if Guyana will have a date with local democracy on June 12.

Who’s up for some carb on carb action this weekend? If you’re watching your carb intake or an abstainer, you may want to look away.

Last week we published the regional findings of the World Justice Report on public perceptions relating to the rule of law conducted in July-August 2022.

Dear Editor, 150 years ago, the world had other values. They thought that pollution could be solved by garbage collection.

KOLKATA, India, CMC – Former West Indies white-ball captain Nicholas Pooran struck only his second half-century of the Indian Premier League season to surpass 350 runs, as Lucknow Super Giants secured their playoff spot with a nervy one-run win over Kolkata Knight Riders.

United States chess champ Fabiano Caruana conquered an elite field which included current world champion Ding Liren, to win the Superbet Chess Classic Tournament in Bucharest, Romania, recently.