Daily Archive: Thursday, June 8, 2023

(Reuters) – Former U.S. President Donald Trump has been indicted by a federal grand jury for retaining classified government documents and obstruction of justice, according to a source familiar with the matter.

Justice of Appeal Rishi Persaud today granted ExxonMobil a stay of execution of an order by the High Court that it supply an “unlimited” financial guarantee for its Liza-1 well.

ISLAMABAD,  (Reuters) – Ousted Pakistani prime minister Imran Khan secured bail today from the Islamabad High Court over new murder charges, blocking his arrest in that case for 14 days, his lawyer said.

OSLO,  (Reuters) – Norwegian police could have prevented a deadly rampage at a gay bar last year if they had acted on a tip-off from the foreign intelligence agency, seven experts said today in a report Oslo’s governing mayor described as “devastating”.

MEXICO CITY,  (Reuters) – U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris will announce more than US$100 million in new assistance for the Caribbean when she visits The Bahamas today, including the establishment of two U.S.

Guyana Defence Force Captain, Rondel Douglas was killed during a robbery in North Ruimveldt last night.

The construction of the new Christ Church Secon-dary School is expected to commence in two weeks as contracts to the tune of $688.1 million were signed between the Ministry of Education (MoE) and seven contractors yesterday.

Two children, ages three and nine,  died in a fire yesterday at Market Street, Belmont, Mahaica.

Following her statement that the “relevant parties” were made aware of the findings from the Ministry of Education-commissioned report on state dormitories,  Education Minister Priya Manickchand yesterday remained mum on who those persons were and when pressed said that the names would be made public at a later date.

Moments after being convicted on charges of raping a teenaged girl, shop owner Wesley Bazil collapsed at the High Court in Demerara after cutting his neck with a razor blade he had concealed on him.

Minister of Public Works, Juan Edghill yesterday oversaw the signing of fifty contracts for roads within Region Six to the tune of $1.921b,  spanning a total length of 23,784 metres.

Eureka Medical Laboratory is facing the loss of an undisclosed amount of cash, after bandits armed with guns stole a safe from its Thomas Street premises.

Aimed at creating what it says is a stronger, modernised strategic partnership through reinforced political engagement and boosting trade and investment, the High Representative and the European Commission yesterday set out a New Agenda for Relations between the European Union (EU) and Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC).

Unicomer Group, Guyana, through its affiliate Global Franchising Corporation (GFC) has acquired RadioShack’s intellectual property assets and domains in about 70 countries around the world, including the United States, Canada, Europe and China.

Local company, Diamond Shorebase Inc has applied to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for an environmental permit to operate a dock facility at Friendship, East Bank Demerara.

The Guyana Police Force is on the hunt for a Number 69 Village, Corentyne, Berbice man wanted over the attempted murder of his ex-partner.

A Palmyra, Corentyne businessman was on Monday evening placed into custody following the discovery of a bond of illegal liquor at his business premises.

PARIS,   (Reuters) – The International Olympic Committee executive board yesterday recommended withdrawing recognition of the International Boxing Association (IBA) over its failure to meet a set of reforms, the Olympic body said in a statement.

Undefeated teams Western Tigers and the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) battled to a scoreless draw when the KFC Elite League continued at the National Training Centre, Providence on Tuesday evening.

Forty-six-year-old Stephen Rodrigues was yesterday slapped with a 12-month jail sentence after chopping a man, causing him to be hospitalized.

Guyana’s men and women’s teams both suffered 3-0 defeats as the Pan American Squash championships continued in Cartagena, Colombia.

An application by a Chinese national for the operation of a medical clinic on Mandela Avenue, Georgetown, has received the green light from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

(Reuters) – The world of golf was left stunned on Tuesday as the PGA Tour, DP World Tour and rival Saudi-backed LIV circuit, who have been involved in a bitter fight that has split the sport, announced a shock agreement to merge and form one unified commercial entity.

Clarel Darel appeared at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court yesterday before Senior Magistrate Leron Daly where she was charged with two counts of damage to property.

The high level pre Central American and Caribbean (CAC) Games training camp involving pugilists from Guyana and Barbados was literally in full swing yesterday at Camp Ayanganna.

Dear Editor, In a democracy, the three branches of government, the Executive, the Legislative and the Judicial branches must be kept separate, to ensure that the checks and balances necessary to a healthy democracy, are maintained.

President Irfaan Ali arrived yesterday in Nassau, The Bahamas for the US-Caribbean Leaders Meeting set for today with US Vice President, Kamala Harris.

PARIS, (Reuters) – Alexander Zverev returned to the semi-finals of the French Open yesterday a year after leaving Roland Garros in a wheelchair, while defending champion Iga Swiatek also maintained her quest for a third title in four years.

Sixteen BOSAI employees on the Joint Workplace Safety and Health Committee in Linden, benefited from a three-day Joint Occupational Safety and Health (OSH), and the National Insurance Scheme (NIS) Training Programme.

Dear Editor, On Tuesday, June 6, 2023, we were greeted with the news of Guyana’s election as a non-permanent member of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC), having picked up a total of 191 votes.

SHARJAH, United Arab Emirates, CMC – Johnson Charles said his thoughts were already on a maiden One-Day International hundred after scoring a Man-of-the-Match half-century on Tuesday in his second match since his return from a seven-year spell on the sidelines.

Robert Lewis appeared at the Georgetown Magis-trate’s Court yesterday before Senior Magistrate Leron Daly to answer to the charge of theft.

Dear Editor, The tough reality of the high cost of living has been a source of favourable commentaries and criticisms, political defenses and pushbacks, and occasional hopes and lingering disappointments. 

Dear Editor, The election of Guyana as a non-permanent member of the United Nations Security Council is indeed a big boost to the country from the standpoint of its own national security interests and that of the wider international community.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Last year’s losing finalists Barbados Royals will raise the curtain on this year’s Women’s Caribbean Premier League when they clash with Guyana Amazon Warriors in front of their home crowd at Kensington Oval.

A man appeared at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday before Senior Magistrate Leron Daly to answer to the charge of robbery.

OTTAWA,  (Reuters) – Hundreds of uncontrolled forest fires blazed across Canada yesterday, threatening critical infrastructure, forcing evacuations and sending a blanket of smoky air wafting over U.S.

Dear Editor, GECOM, which failed to update the public on the conduct of Discipline Services balloting, found the time to comment on the Stabroek News report on the service-persons who could not cast their ballots on Friday because their names were omitted from the lists at the places where they are stationed and intended to cast their ballot.

CARDIFF, Wales, CMC – West Indies off-spinner Sunil Narine etched his name in history here yesterday when he became only the third bowler to take 500 wickets in Twenty20s.

The police are investigating an alleged unlawful wounding committed on 43-year-old labourer Doris Tudor attached to the Quarter Master Stores located on Barrack Street, Eve Leary, Georgetown.

(Reuters) – Federal prosecutors have notified former U.S. President Donald Trump’s attorneys he is the target of an investigation into his handling of classified materials, a person familiar with the matter said yesterday, adding to his legal troubles as he campaigns for the White House in 2024.

Dear Editor, In that storm in a teacup episode, it has to be queried how was the figure of perceived and supposedly disenfranchised members of the joint services arrived at?

LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – Lionel Messi on Wednesday announced that he intends to join Major League Soccer side Inter Miami as a free agent after parting ways with French champions Paris St Germain and snubbing a lucrative contract offer in Saudi Arabia.

The body of Terry La Cruz who was involved in a river mishap with a boat piloted by his father on 2023-06-04 in the Aruka River, North West District, was recovered yesterday morning and is currently at the Mabaruma Hospital awaiting an autopsy.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – Senior U.S. policy makers took aim at China yesterday over its approach to Latin America, accusing Beijing of breaching economic norms and urging it to do more to help combat the illegal fentanyl trade.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Travis Head’s counter-attacking hundred and his unbroken 251-run stand with Steve Smith put Australia in charge on 327-3 after an absorbing opening day of the World Test Championship (WTC) final against India yesterday.

Dear Editor, The PNC cabal continues to operate in an alternate universe where they believe Guyanese have forgotten their corrupt, evil and abhorrent policies and actions that inflicted severe pain and suffering on ordinary Guyanese whom they now pretend to embrace in opposition.

On 2023-06-07 at about 10:45 hours, acting on information received, a party of police were on patrol duty at Plaisance Railway Embankment ECD when a Toyota Axio bearing registration number PAD 8967 driven by a 29-year-old of Plaisance, ECD was intercepted.

LIMA,  (Reuters) – A group of indigenous protesters in Peru’s remote Amazon region attacked two oil tankers with gasoline bombs apparently because they are angry about changes by the government to social oil funds, the operator of the vessels said yesterday.

Dear Editor,  You should smack yourself for missing it.   Shashi Tharoor’s article “The Modi Decade” had a semblance of objectivity about Indian development under Modi.

BLACKPOOL, England, CMC – Deandra Dottin failed for the second straight time but Thunder won for the fourth time in seven matches, with a dominant seven-wicket victory over Northern Diamonds.

Following the seizure of a quantity of narcotics (664 grams of cannabis and 18 grams of cocaine) on 2023-06-05 at Itaballi Landing, Mazaruni River; the accused, 64- year-old Earl Scott, of Lot 43 Howes Street Charlestown Georgetown – appeared before Magistrate Christel Lambert at the Bartica Magistrate’s Court on 2023-06-07.

The eye-opening assessment of all 24 school dormitories in Guyana, which was commissioned by the Ministry of Education and funded by UNICEF in partnership with the Canadian High Commission underscores a deeper disquieting issue that has long been of concern – the lack of equitability of rights afforded to citizens.

MEXICO CITY,  (Reuters) – Scientists have documented the first-known instance of a “virgin birth” by a crocodile, which had been living in isolation for 16 years at Costa Rican zoo, according to a study published yesterday.

By Daniel Gros SOFIA/MILAN – Economists have long argued that regulation alone cannot bring about the reduction in global greenhouse-gas emissions that is needed to curb climate change; a carbon price is also essential.