Daily Archive: Friday, July 21, 2023

The New Amsterdam Mayor and Town Council has an ongoing investigation into the missing ceremonial chain referred to as the Livery Collar or Civic Regalia – which serves as an insignia to show that the wearer is the Mayor and head of the town.

NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – Women in India’s northeastern state of Manipur attacked the house of the main suspect in a sexual assault case that has enraged the nation, police said today.

 (Reuters) – Tony Bennett, the smooth American singer who had an enduring hit with “I Left My Heart in San Francisco” and remained perpetually cool enough to win over younger generations of fans well into the 21st century, has died at the age of 96, the Associated Press reported Friday.

(Trinidad Guardian) As KFC celebrates its golden anniversary in T&T, this year the company spoke to the Business Guardian regarding its journey, including challenges and paving the way forward.

The government was yesterday granted approval for $26,532,000,000 in supplementary provisions by the National Assembly to cover projects such as the replication of the Hope drainage canal in regions five and six and other sea defence projects.

Guyana will await notification from the United States government on its posture regarding investigations into businessmen Nazar ‘Shell’ Mohamed and his son, Azruddin, but dismissed claims that the duo had influenced any of its business decisions or contract awards.

Another passenger has blasted American Airlines (AA) after a flight returned to John F Kennedy (JFK) Airport in New York approximately two hours after a steward was called a waiter.

Raymond O’Selmo has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for the 2019 fatal stabbing of Nadina Kalamadeen, whom he attacked and chopped about the body and face, after she rebuffed his advances for a relationship.

Chanderpaul Persaud, Harilall Ramdan and Jagishwar Ghani have each been sentenced to life in prison for the 2017 stabbing death of Uitspa labourer Dhanpaul Dookie.

(CMC) – A stirring fightback from West Indies was snuffed out when Virat Kohli shared an unbroken, century fifth-wicket stand with Ravendra Jadeja to get India back on track in the second Test yesterday in Trinidad and Tobago.

APNU+AFC Member of Parliament (MP) Annette Ferguson yesterday grilled Public Works Minister Juan Edghill about the delay in the Cemetery Road expansion project and heard that superstitions and weather had been factors.

The combination of Nicholas Verwey and Kirsten Gomes claimed Guyana’s fourth gold medal at the Caribbean Area Squash Association (CASA) Junior Championships in St.

Finance Minister Dr Ashni Singh yesterday tabled two orders in Parliament seeking the lifting of the ceilings for domestic and external debt.

(Reuters) – A sensational 189 from Zak Crawley, the highest score by an Englishman in a home Ashes clash in 26 years, helped the hosts post 384-4 to storm past Australia’s first innings total and lead by 67 after a remarkable day two of the fourth test.

Dear Editor, We are mothers, grandmothers, aunts and cousins who are concerned and outraged by the Government’s decision to give five million dollars to the parents of the children who lost their lives and who were injured in the Mahdia Dormitory fire, without waiting on the findings /recommendations of the Commission of Inquiry.

Keron Sandiford has been crowned the new National Junior Chess Champion following the conclusion of the Milex Championship at the National Stadium, Providence.

In 2022, Dura Block aligned its focus with the Government’s infrastructure developmental agenda with the manufacturing of machine-made, durable concrete hollow blocks and has since gained certification with the standards bureau. 

Dear Editor, With every charge laid under the Cybercrime Act of 2016 the Government’s eye grows blacker; we cannot subscribe to criminal charges based on statements that cause emotional distress, the truth hurts, it always has and always will.

Prison officer Keifer Lindore, of Lot 126 Section ‘B’, Lot ‘X’ Greater Diamond, East Bank Demerara, appeared yesterday at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court, before Acting Chief Magistrate Sherdel Isaacs-Marcus where he was charged with possession of narcotics.

The Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport (MCY&S) has thrown its support behind the inaugural Kares ‘One Guyana’ T10 Tape-ball Blast, which is penciled for July 29th-30th.

Dear Editor, The topic of data and by extension, data supported by statistics, is of extreme importance to Guyana and I thank Mr.

The government was not preempting the Commission of Inquiry into the Mahdia dorm fire which claimed the lives of 20 children when it made an agreement to pay each of the victims’ families $5 million, but is just putting in place its paper trail for future auditing purposes, Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday said.

With oil and gas related entrepreneurial opportunities having fixed world class business breakthroughs in the minds of the bigger players in the Guyana economy, the recent announcement by the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) of its week-long Small Business Week, commencing on Saturday May 29th serves as a timely reminder to the local business community that profitable business does stop at pursuits directly linked to the energy sector.

Dear Editor, It was John Kennedy, who, in an effort to change the relationship between the President and the press and public, initiated White House live televised press conferences, as Olga G.

(Reuters) – Opener Imam-ul-Haq anchored Pakistan’s nervy chase with an unbeaten half-century as they beat Sri Lanka by four wickets in the opening test in Galle yesterday.

Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Chairman, Dominican Prime Minister, Roosevelt Skerrit may well have ‘picked a row’ with a sizeable portion of the region’s female population when he used the forum of the CARICOM Summit in Trinidad and Tobago to send a ‘less fake hair’ message to the fashion-conscious women of the Caribbean.

The KFC Elite League will conclude tomorrow evening at the National Training Centre, Providence, with both the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) and its traditional foe, the Guyana Police Force (GPF) exuding respective confidence of securing the coveted title.

Almost three weeks after she had issued a No Further Action (NFA) statement on a rape allegation against former Minister of Local Government Nigel Dharamlall the child in question has made video in which said “…I categorically state that there was no sex and the gory details of the alleged event did not occur.”

Dear Editor, I wish to refer to the unfolding saga of the recent Press Conference held by President Irfaan Ali.

Dear Editor, I wish to publicly thank the Doctors, Nurses and the Ambulance driver on the late night shift last night (Wednesday, July 19th, into Thursday, July 20, 2023), at Diamond Hospital.

In a world where it has become commonplace for academia and entrepreneurship to be, by no means, strange bedfellows, 20 year- old Reshonah Gordon, is straddling the fence enthusiastically and with a generous measure of enthusiasm.

NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – India yesterday ordered a halt to its largest rice export category in a move that will roughly halve shipments by the world’s largest exporter of the grain, triggering fears of further inflation on global food markets.

Senior Finance Minister Dr Ashni Singh yesterday tabled an Order and successfully piloted the Motion to remove the 20 percent tax on cell phones, which was endorsed by the National Assembly.

Rivers View maintained their undefeated record in the Bartica Football Association Senior Men’s League, crushing Lazio 4-0 on Wednesday evening at the Community Centre ground.

Dear Editor, In classic Robeson Benn fashion, the Minister of Home Affairs came out swinging for the fence. 

It is by no means uncommon for there to occur some kind of event that draws critical attention to small businesses in Guyana though whether those events, have, for the most part, resulted in any really meaningful enhancement for the sector, as a whole, is an altogether different matter.

BISSAU,  (Reuters) – Guinea-Bissau’s government has ordered the suspension of teachers’ salaries to weed out fraudulent claims on the payroll from fictitious workers, according to a statement released yesterday.

By Subhana Shiwmangal Following a protest on Tuesday by the evicted Hillfoot squatters, Minister of Housing Collin Croal says that efforts are being made to address their needs.

Cougars and Paradise recorded contrasting victories when the Berbice Football Association Senior Men’s League continued on Wednesday at the Rosignol Community Centre ground.

Thirty-year-old Dwayne Lawrence, of Lot 2499 Ozama Street, North Ruimveldt, Georgetown, appeared yesterday at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court before Magistrate Annette Singh where he was jailed for one year after being charged with possession of an unlicensed firearm.

Dear Editor, IDPADA-G has kept the public abreast with the Government’s treatment of IDPADA-G and its failure to honour its obligations as a signatory to the UN Resolution that resulted in the declaration of the Decade for the People of African Descent.

QUITO,  (Reuters) – Some 1,200 barrels of crude oil spilled on Ecuador’s northern coast, after a tank of state-owned Petroecuador surpassed its maximum capacity, contaminating a four-kilometer-long stretch of beach, authorities said on Thursday.

By Marianna Parraga The U.S. Treasury Department on Wednesday renewed a license that protects Venezuela-owned refiner Citgo Petroleum from creditors seeking to seize the company’s assets to recoup claims against the country’s state oil firm.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said he is willing to take a hard line with airlines when necessary as the Biden administration vows a sweeping upgrade in passenger consumer protections.

The Executive of the Guyana Olympic Association has aided in Tyson English’s successful completion of the International Coaching Enrichment Certificate Programme.

The Guyana Golf Association (GGA) and Ministry of Education will collaborate to host the inaugural DDL Savannah Milk Guyana Regional and National Junior Golf Championships commencing on August 10.

Dear Editor, Since the conclusion of the March 2020 elections, Mr.

NEW YORK,  – A former director of Venezuelan military intelligence pleaded not guilty yesterday to U.S.

Relations between Caracas and Moscow in the energy sphere appear set to take a ‘leap forward’ following a recent meeting between officials of the two countries in Moscow recently.

MYKOLAIV/NEAR KUPIANSK, Ukraine,  (Reuters) – Russia jolted world grain markets with an escalation in the Black Sea, mounting a third straight night of air strikes on Ukrainian ports and issuing a threat against Ukraine-bound vessels to which Kyiv responded in kind.

Guyana Police force on Thursday hosted its symposium at the Officers’ Mess, Eve Leary, under the theme improving police performance through a stakeholder’s approach, which emerged from the annual officer’s conference held this year. 

The Athletics Association of Guyana (AAG) on Wednesday established its Finance Sub Committee, a move to ensure and enhance the management, accountability and transparency within the body.

Dear Editor, Guyanese got excited immediately after the announcement of the oil discovery.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – Beijing-linked hackers accessed U.S. Ambassador to China Nicholas Burns’ email account in an espionage operation thought to have compromised at least hundreds of thousands of individual U.S.

A pregnant woman and her family are in despair following a fire which completely gutted their recently renovated home at 21 Poker Street, Wismar, Linden, last week Tuesday.

(Trinidad Guardian) The Ministry of Health says a fourth case of the Monkeypox (Mpox) virus was confirmed via laboratory testing yesterday.

Keen, it seems, to make a meaningful mark in what now appears to be an accelerating process in pursuit of the strengthening of business ties between Africa and the Caribbean, a delegation from Caribbean Export returned to the Caribbean recently, from Ghana, with three signed Memoranda, part of a hoped-for foundation that will support increased trade between the region and Ghana. 

BAGHDAD/STOCKHOLM,  (Reuters) – Iraq expelled the Swedish ambassador yesterday in protest at a planned burning of the Koran in Stockholm that had prompted hundreds of protesters to storm and set alight the Swedish embassy in Baghdad.

Caribbean, Latin American and European leaders met in Brussels earlier this week with a view to reviving economic and political relations. 

Thirty-year-old Travis Walton, (address not stated), appeared at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court yesterday  before Acting Chief Magistrate Sherdel Isaacs-Marcus to answer to an assault charge that was read to him.

By Dina Khapaeva ATLANTA – Russia has a long history of rule by criminals.

GASCI (www.gasci.com/telephone Nº 223-6175/6) reports that session 1028’s trading results showed consideration of $86,134,980 from 209,344 shares traded in 36 transactions as compared to session 1027’s trading results, which showed consideration $1,863,115 from 2,903 shares traded in 13 transactions.

Here we go again! Caribbean Ministers of Agriculture were due to gather in Costa Rica on Tuesday to discuss what the San Jose-based Inter American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) said are deliberations designed to discuss means through which food insecurity can be reduced and bridges built between Latin America and the Caribbean.

Brazilian oil and gas company PRIO said Monday it had exceeded the milestone of 100,000 barrels per day of production, with the startup of production of the ODP5 (“F23P3”) well in the Frade field, offshore Brazil.

BRASILIA,  (Reuters) – The governor of Brazil’s wealthiest and most populous state, Tarcisio de Freitas, has emerged as an early contender to lead conservatives after his mentor, far-right former President Jair Bolsonaro, was barred from elected office for eight years.

The National Draughts Association (NDA) will conduct a national championship on Sunday at the Georgetown Football Club Pavilion, Bourda from 10:00am.

Dear Editor, It must be seen as contempt for the rulings, the failure by the opposition to pay awards meted out on its many failed court cases.