Articles published on Monday, June 5, 2023
Michael Greenspon, President of the Inter-American Press Association (IAPA), and Gabriela Vivanco, President of the Executive Committee, are seeking those interested in the position of Executive Director at the organization.
BRASILIA, (Reuters) – Brazil’s government today unveiled how it plans to meet a pledge to eliminate deforestation in the Amazon by 2030, using strengthened law enforcement against environmental crimes and other measures in the world’s largest tropical rainforest.
Virjanand Narain of Suriname appeared today before Magistrate Renita Singh at the New Amsterdam Magistrate’s Court to answer the charge of possession of 66.9 grammes of ecstasy and 101.5 grammes of hashish aka cannabis resin for the purpose of trafficking.
The Police say that at about 9.20 pm yesterday on the Mon Repos Public Road, East Coast Demerara (ECD), motorcar PMM 9156 driven by a 48-year-old male of Helena #1 Mahaica, ECD fatally struck, 67-year-old Muntaz Alli of Lot 37 Mon Repos North, ECD.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The United States scrambled F-16 fighter jets in a supersonic chase of a light aircraft with an unresponsive pilot that violated airspace around Washington D.C.
RIYADH, (Reuters) – Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro arrived in Saudi Arabia today, state media reported, as the kingdom continues to expand its diplomatic outreach beyond traditional Western alliances.
DUBAI, (Reuters) – Shelling hit western areas of Sudan’s capital this morning after rival military factions fought through the night, residents said, with reports of deepening lawlessness in Khartoum and in the western region of Darfur.
A United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) assessment of all 24 school dormitories across the country last year highlighted a plethora of deficiencies to the Ministry of Education and another followed with myriad recommendations but it is unclear if any changes were made.
PPP/C General Secretary Bharrat Jagdeo last night joined his party’s Georgetown candidates in an appeal for votes to secure its first majority at the Mayor and City Council in over 57 years.
The first report by the Natural Resource Fund (NRF) Board on its operations is completed and is expected to be made public sometime soon, sources close to the process say.
In response to concerns about its perceived heavy-handedness in the eviction of the Hill Foot squatters, the Guyana Police Force has stated that its mandate is to maintain law and order and if squatters are behaving disorderly and damaging public and private property and injuring people, the police will engage.
On June 16, the High Court will rule on whether the government and ExxonMobil will be allowed to join the litigation challenging a decision made by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to issue a permit to ExxonMobil for its Gas to Energy (GTE) project.
Four people are now homeless after a fire that was electrical in origin destroyed their home at Lot 38 Graham Street, Plaisance, East Coast Demerara, at about 11:00 hrs yesterday.
Elton Dharry used burst of activity to win a straightforward eight-round unanimous decision over Colombian journeyman, Ronald Ramos on Saturday night.
Longstanding Guyana Cricket Board Territorial Development Officer (TDO) Colin Stuart is considering the way forward following the termination of his employment by the Guyana Cricket Board.
Interviews by Subhana Shiwmangal and photos by Dave Gobin Stabroek News spoke to members of the public in Victoria and Vigilance on the East Coast Demerara about the rising cost of living and how it is affecting them.
Peterson-Griffith is set for the World Classic Open Powerlifting Championships… The nation’s most decorated powerlifter, Carlos Peterson-Griffith is set to represent the Golden Arrowhead at what will be the biggest annual World Classic Open Powerlifting Championships slated for June 11–18, in Malta.
President Irfaan Ali has extended his condolences to India’s Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, following the June 2 three-train crash in the state of Odisha that claimed the lives of nearly 300 people and injured approximately 1,200.
Two-time defending champions Fruta Conquerors and Buxton Stars recorded hard-fought wins when the KFC Elite League continued Saturday evening at the National Training Centre, Providence, East Coast Demerara.
An unbeaten half-century from former national youth wicketkeeper batsman, Ronaldo Renee steered Everest/ACS to an eight-wicket win over Queens United Academy in the New York National Cricket League Rockaway Premier Division 2023.
With the aim of improving support for youth and strengthening their resilience to crime and violence, the United States Government, through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), has launched the Youth Resilience, Illusion and Empowerment (Y-RIE) programme, which will run for five years in Guyana, Grenada and Saint Lucia.
The Guyana Football Federation (GFF) continues says that they expect Golden Jaguars head coach and Trinidad and Tobago native Jamaal Shabazz to be a member of the management staff at the upcoming Gold Cup Preliminary tournament.
Dynamic FC and Melanie recorded contrasting wins when the East Coast Demerara zone of the National Milling Company (NAMILCO) U17 Football League continued Saturday evening at the Buxton Community Centre ground.
The Guyana Prison Service’s agriculture program is making great advances in its effort to rehabilitate prisoners and aid in the development of their agricultural abilities.
BAHANAGA, India (Reuters) – Indian rescue workers completed operations on Sunday after the country’s deadliest rail crash in more than two decades, with signal failure emerging as the likely cause of an accident that killed at least 275 people.
Swag Entertainment and YMCA will contest the final of the Linden ‘One Guyana’ Beach Football Championship following semi-final wins on Saturday evening outside the PPP/C office in Mackenzie.
DAKAR (Reuters) – Senegal’s government has cut access to mobile internet services in certain areas because of deadly rioting in which “hateful and subversive” messages have been posted online, it said in a statement on Sunday.
The police are seeking the public’s assistance to identify a man who was found hanging at the Houston, East Bank Demerara overhead bypass at 05:30 hrs yesterday.
Team Guyana’s contingent will return from the Roger Boyce Classic staged this past weekend in Barbados with added hardware in their luggage.
The Berbice Cricket Board yesterday announced the fixtures for the upcoming RL Construction Under-15 tournament.
Guyana’s Jason Ray Khalil made a winning start to his Pan American men’s Squash qualification campaign with victory over Darien Benn of Barbados in four sets on the opening day of the Pan American Qualifiers being played in Cartagena, Colombia.
Dear Editor, Reference is made to your article in Sunday Stabroek of June 4, 2023, regarding differences in positions advanced by the Government of Guyana and IDPADA-G to the United Nations Permanent Forum on People of African Descent.
(Reuters) – Russian police on Sunday arrested more than 100 people who had taken to the streets to mark the 47th birthday of Alexei Navalny, Russia’s most prominent opposition leader, a protest monitoring group said.
Dear Editor, It was disgusting to see a private matter being turned into a political circus and dragged into the fray.
(Trinidad Express) Coast Guard officers were the ones responsible for the rape and battery of a 21-year-old Venezuelan woman at the Heliport in Chaguaramas last month.
People’s National Congress Reform (PNC/R) Commissioner on the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) Vincent Alexander on Saturday levelled allegations of disenfranchisement of some 900 members of the joint services during Friday’s elections.
VIENNA 4 (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia will make a deep cut to its output in July on top of a broader OPEC+ deal to limit supply into 2024 as the group seeks to boost flagging oil prices.
Dear Editor, So many accusers have jumped to conclusions about who are blame worthy in this fiasco of organizational management.
LAHORE Pakistan (Reuters) – Pakistan’s embattled former Prime Minister Imran Khan has accused the powerful military and its intelligence agency of openly trying to destroy his political party, saying he had “no doubt” he would be tried in a military court and thrown in jail.
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexicans were voting in a state election on Sunday that looks poised to bolster President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador ahead of the race to succeed him, with his party forecast to capture the chief remaining bastion of the country’s old rulers.
SHARJAH, United Arab Emirates, CMC – Brandon King’s maiden One-Day International lifted West Indies to a comfortable seven-wicket victory over minnows United Emirates, in the opening game of the three-match series here yesterday.
Dear Editor, According to Caltech’s announcement on June 1st 2023, the University has made a game changing accomplishment in Solar Energy.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A Chinese warship came within 150 yards (137 meters) of a U.S.
Last week, the Brazilian Supreme Court sentenced former President Fernando Collor de Mello to eight years and 10 months in prison on corruption and money laundering charges.
By Havelock Brewster Note by Editor (Alissa Trotz): Professor Havelock Brewster passed away last week, at the age of 86.
A week from today, voters will elect new councils across the country.
PUERTO ORDAZ, Venezuela (Reuters) – Flooding collapsed a gold mine in southern Venezuela, killing at least 12 miners, local authorities said on Sunday, adding that the victims’ bodies were returned to their families.
