Daily Archive: Saturday, June 24, 2023

Two Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU) officers are under investigation by the Guyana Police Force.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi met with U.S.

(Jamaica Gleaner) State Minister for Foreign Affairs, Alando Terrelonge, who visited the United Kingdom (UK) to participate in National Windrush Day activities, says an apology from King Charles III and the British Government would set the record straight in relation to that country’s role in chattel slavery in Jamaica.

ROSTOV-ON-DON/VORONEZH, Russia, (Reuters) – Heavily armed Russian mercenaries who advanced most of the way to Moscow began turning back today, de-escalating a major challenge to President Vladimir Putin’s grip on power, in a move their leader said would avoid bloodshed.

ExxonMobil and its partners operating in Guyana’s Stabroek block have been granted a year’s extension for exploration in the block, Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo on Thursday confirmed.

A motorcyclist and his pillion rider died after an accident on the Number 68 Public Road, Corentyne, Berbice, on Tuesday morning.

Massy Motors, in collaboration with SAIC Motors yesterday officially launched Morris Garage (MG) Motors in Guyana.

Dr Christopher Arif Bulkan was yesterday elected a Commissioner on the Inter-American Com-mission on Human Rights (IACHR) for a four-year period from 2024-2027.

Michael Corrica, a man wanted by police since 2007 for the murder of gold miner, Oswald Joris, was yesterday deported from France and is to be charged shortly.

Ten members of Red Thread Women’s Centre yesterday  morning staged a protest in front of the Guyana Police Force Headquarters in Kingston, Georgetown.

Driver, Mark Samuels, is now awaiting sentencing after being found guilty of raping a 13-year-old girl in January of 2021.

John Hess, the Chief Executive Officer of American oil company Hess says that a headline in yesterday’s Kaieteur News stating that President Irfaan Ali had assured him of a stay in a court case was misleading.

Twenty-five-year-old Akeem Lowe was yesterday charged with the rape of a child under 16 years.

By Mia Anthony An investigation has commenced into what occurred in the wee hours of Tuesday when former national power lifter, Rawndel Clementson died at the Diamond Diagnostic Centre according to a source at the facility.

Minister of Parliamentary Affairs and Governance, Gail Teixeira, says that developed countries need to play a greater role in tackling migration.

Shadow Minister of Home Affairs, Geeta Chandan Edmond yesterday pilloried the government for its failure to establish the promised Commission of Inquiry (COI) into the Mahdia dormitory fire that claimed 20 lives.

The Guyana Court of Appeal has reserved its ruling regarding whether it will grant an application by the Attorney General to be added as a party in the appeal filed by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in its challenge to the High Court order that it enforce the liability clause in permits for ExxonMobil’s offshore oil operations here.

Twenty-nine persons from the Bureau of Statistics, Ministry of Finance and Ministry of Agriculture recently participated in a training exercise to measure the severity of food insecurity at the household and/or individual level in a given population.

The Guyana Power and Light’s (GPL) Testing Laboratory yesterday became the 25th lab to be certified by the Guyana National Bureau of Standards (GNBS).

The unveiling of the lien trophy yesterday at the Brandsville Hotel in Prashad Nagar signaled the start of the 8th edition of the Digicel Schools Football Championship today at the Ministry of Education and National Insurance Scheme grounds respectively on Carifesta Avenue.

Golden Jaguars international Neil Danns has officially retired from the senior men’s programme, ending his eight year association with the national setup with  24 caps.

Rum producers have urged  Caricom to facilitate the expansion of new markets for premium  exports.

Yesterday, the Enabling Gender Responsive Disaster Recovery, Climate and Environmental Resilience in the Caribbean (EnGenDER) project of UNDP-Guyana with support from Canada donated 125 electronic tablets to the Special Education Needs/Disability (SEND) department of the Ministry of Education.

MUMBAI, India, CMC – India boldly dropped batting stalwart Cheteshwar Pujara from their Test squad announced yesterday for the Tour of the Caribbean, starting in July.

Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GTT) is celebrating its milestone of reaching 150,000 households in Guyana with its fibre service.

The Guyana Football Federation (GFF) on Thursday presented GY$12.4M worth of funding to the nine regional member associations to aid in the commencement of their 2023 senior men’s leagues.

Dear Editor, The ear-catching announcement that both sets of Pensioners’ Payments will be made at the same time, with effect from July 1, may probably have caught some relevant agencies by surprise.

A Region 9 official was on Wednesday arrested by police in relations to a rape allegation made against him.

Guyana’s Shemar Britton and Jonathan Van Lange yesterday advanced to the next round of the singles competition at the Central American and Caribbean Games in El Salvador but the men and women’s teams were eliminated Thursday night in the team events.

Forty-year-old Shane Hopkinson appeared at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court on Friday, before Senior Magistrate Leron Daly where he was charged with possession of narcotics for the purpose of trafficking.

Dear Editor, I thank Mr. Timothy Jonas SC, General Secretary ANUG, for his useful contribution on the hot-button Guyanese issue of the day (https://www.stabroeknews.com/2023/06/23/opinion/letters/dharamlall-the-minister-has-a-duty-to-answer-a-host-of-questions/).

HARARE, Zimbabwe, CMC – Injured all-rounder Yannic Cariah could still play a part for West Indies in their remaining ICC Cricket World Cup Qualifier matches in Zimbabwe after he had a surgical procedure on his nose.

Quincy Austin appeared at the George-town Magistrate’s Court yesterday before Senior Magistrate Leron Daly to answer to the charge of possession of narcotics to which he pleaded not guilty.

Dear Editor, The state media continues its propaganda blitz and as recently as Wednesday in a stoutly worded Editorial in the State controlled publicly funded newspaper it claimed that the PPP has fulfilled all of its 2020 manifesto promises, including the thousands of new jobs.

National under-19 batsmen, Mavindra Dindyal and Rampertab Ramnauth are among six newcomers as the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) revealed their contracted players after the 2023/2024 Cricket West Indies Professional Cricketers Draft.

A man appeared in court yesterday charged with assaulting his wife.

Dear Editor, Schools, health facilities, government buildings, homes…the construction juggernaut marches on.

Desmond Amsterdam lost his opening round of 16 bout against Hector Aguirre of Mexico inside the distance at the ongoing Central American and Caribbean (CAC) Games on Thursday in El Salvador.

Dexter Griffith, a 51-year-old man of Lot 20 Vive la Force, West Demerara was yesterday charged with the possession of  199 grams of cannabis sativa.

The elite male cyclists will take centre stage this weekend when the Guyana Cycling Federation bring the curtain down on this year’s National Championships.

(Trinidad Guardian) Chief Fire Officer Arnold Bristo has confirmed that NiQuan Energy Trinidad Ltd (NiQuan) never reported the fire which took the life of Allanlane Ramkissoon to the Trinidad and Tobago Fire Service (TTFS).

Dear Editor, As I grieve for the passing away of my brother Pandit Chandrecca Persaud of Patentia, West Bank Demerara, I reflect on his life in consistent service as a Hindu Priest, Justice of the Peace, Commission-er of Oaths.

(Reuters) – U.S. intelligence agencies found no direct evidence that the COVID-19 pandemic stemmed from an incident at China’s Wuhan Institute of Virology, a report declassified yesterday said.

Ronald Torres, a 38-year-old labourer of Rincon Village, Moruca, North West District, was yesterday charged with the possession of narcotics for the purpose of trafficking.

(Trinidad Guardian) A significant step to increasing the ease of doing business was made on Tuesday after the Ministry of Trade and Industry signed a contract for the implementation and maintenance of a new Port Community System.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Top seed Carlos Alcaraz reached the semi-finals at the Queen’s Club Championships with a 6-4 6-4 victory over Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov yesterday as the Spaniard warms up for Wimbledon.

Dear Editor, The ‘Titanic’, that super, luxury liner, which plunged into the depths of the Atlantic, over a century ago, taking with it over fifteen hundred lives, has taken five lives on a catastrophic voyage to the wrecked site. 

A section of our male population believes it is acceptable to sexually harass, sexually assault and rape women and children.

By Dr Bertrand Ramcharan Seventh Chancellor of the University of Guyana Erstwhile Professor at the Geneva Graduate Institute, Fellow of the LSE and Fellow of Harvard University Dr Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, India’s Minister of External Affairs, who visited Guyana recently, has written a thoughtful book, The India Way, that has sharp insights on the emerging global order.

NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – Leaders of 15 Indian opposition parties agreed yesterday to fight the 2024 national elections on a common platformagainst Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) The parties, many of which are regional rivals and have been splintered at the national level, account for less than half the 301 seats the BJP has in the 542-member lower house of parliament.

December 17, 1903. On a small island off the coast of North Carolina, a contraption made of not much more than wood and cloth with a small engine and propeller strapped to its front flew a distance of 120 ft along the sand dunes.

Several corporate entities in Paramaribo, Suriname, recently collaborated to celebrate the essence of Caribbean culture with a festive evening of food and music.

Dear Editor, The reaction to the results of LGE 2023 has been mixed as well as perplexing.

SANTIAGO,  (Reuters) – Days of heavy rainfall have swollen Chile’s rivers causing floods that blocked off roads and prompted evacuation in the center of the country, amid what has been described as the worst weather front in a decade.

PARIS, (Reuters) – French sports minister Amelie Oudea Castera says she is not too concerned by the investigations into alleged corruption surrounding the Paris 2024 Olympics, which took a new turn as two top officials were targeted by police searches yesterday.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Russian mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin appeared to suggest he had sent an armed convoy on a 1,200-km (750-mile) charge towards Moscow today in an unlikely attempt to topple the military leadership.