Articles published on Saturday, July 29, 2023
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – An unbeaten half-century from their captain Shai Hope and his unbroken fifth-wicket stand with Keacy Carty carried West Indies to a redeeming, series-levelling six-wicket win against India in the second One-day International today in Barbados.
Two men were burnt to death in an accident at Dundee, Mahaicony this morning.
The Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU) today destroyed 1090.58 kilograms (almost 2,225 pounds) of cannabis, with a street value of approximately US$2.5 million.
BOGOTA, (Reuters) – Nicolas Petro, son of Colombian President Gustavo Petro, has been arrested as part of an investigation into money laundering and illicit enrichment, the attorney general’s office said early today.
(Trinidad Guardian) Horrified relatives say the charred remains discovered in an outhouse in Maraval on Thursday are those of their loved one Anastacia Waldron.
(Trinidad Express) Woodside Energy last night confirmed that it had to shut in (close off) its offshore operations in the country as a precaution following an incident on Tuesday.
(Trinidad Guardian) Caribbean Airlines Limited (CAL) flights in and out of Piarco International Airport were temporarily delayed yesterday afternoon.
The practice session for the highly anticipated Drag Wars 2.0 abruptly ended yesterday at the South Dakota Circuit.
Thirty-two teams will take to the field but by the end of the day, only four will head on to Sunday for the play-off stage in the largest tapeball tournament in the country, the Kares One Guyana T10 blast.
NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – Barely three months to go before the start of the 50-overs World Cup, the organising Indian cricket board has said the schedule would be adjusted and an Oct.
Declaring that it takes seriously IACHR recommendations on Chinese Landing residents, the Guyana Government last night announced a series of steps including the assembling of a multisectoral fact finding team to visit the community.
APNU+AFC Member of Parliament David Patterson appeared at Georgetown Magistrate’s Court yesterday, before Senior Magistrate Leron Daly to answer to three charges including exposure of his genitals and was placed on $70,000 bail.
(Reuters) – Yorkshire have been fined 400,000 pounds ($514,000) and handed a 48-point deduction in the County Championship by the Cricket Discipline Commission over their handling of racism allegations made by Azeem Rafiq, the commission said yesterday.
Opposition Leader Aubrey Norton on Thursday said that the interpretation of a recent tweet by US Secretary of State, Anthony Blinken, that he must be more constructive is wrong.
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – West Indies head coach Daren Sammy said his side was obviously disappointed with the way they played in the first One-day International against India on Thursday in Barbados.
The Police say they are investigating a fatal accident which occurred on Thursday at about 7.30 pm on Broad Street and which claimed the life of a cyclist.
The nation’s cyclists will have a busy weekend as two events are scheduled on the racing calendar.
Dear Editor, I am not clear on what grounds the General Secretary of the People’s Progressive Party was speaking on 27 July 2023 about issues which are proper to the mandates of the Ministry of Natural Resources and the Ministry of Amerindian Affairs and Ministry of Legal Affairs, as well as agencies EPA, GGMC and GLSC.
The Guyana Football Federation (GFF) has officially selected its 18-member roster for the international friendly against Ethiopia on August 5th at the Segra Field in Leesburg, Virginia, United States.
As part of its efforts to revolutionise patient care and healthcare operations, the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPHC) yesterday unveiled its Electronic Medical Record (EMR) system in the medical clinic at the hospital.
Dear Editor, The appointment of the members of the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) and the JSC’s consequent reconstitution is a commendable step in the right direction, even though it is one that is long overdue.
The Round of 32 segment in the Digicel Schools Football Championship will commence today at the Ministry of Education and National Insurance Scheme (NIS) grounds, Carifesta Avenue.
Yesterday at 7.40 pm, a Detective Inspector of Police traded gunfire with one of two men who were assaulting a man on Hadfield Street.
Fire Chief, Gregory Wickham says the fire that swept through a section of the Charity Market in Region Two, three weeks ago, destroying twenty-nine stalls and injuring three firefighters, was electrical in origin.
Dear Editor, In a recent book, ‘From Destiny to Prosperity’ the former Minister of Natural Resources of the Coalition government, Mr.
(Reuters) – British welterweight Conor Benn yesterday said he is free to resume his boxing career after being cleared by UK Anti-Doping (UKAD) following an investigation into two failed voluntary drugs tests last year.
Dear Editor, The government is in the process of a massive road expansion programme, while hundreds, if not thousands, of new vehicles are entering the country seemingly without restraint or control.
Chief Justice (CJ) Roxane George SC on Thursday threw out a challenge by the GPSU to the nomination of Mohandatt Goolsarran to the Public Service Commission (PSC).
LONDON, (Reuters) – Australia led England by 12 runs at the end of a tense and fluctuating second day to leave the final Ashes test at The Oval on a knife-edge yesterday.
As part of the Ministry of Education’s efforts to improve education delivery, fifteen teachers from Regions One, Four, Five, Six, Nine and Georgetown completed the Drama Teachers Workshop 2023.
(Reuters) – African leaders pressed Russian President Vladimir Putin yesterday to move ahead with their plan to end the Ukraine conflict and to renew a deal crucial to Africa on the safe wartime export of Ukrainian grain, which Moscow tore up last week.
Dear Editor When I was a child almost every little Black girl had a blonde hair white doll with blue eyes.
(ESPN) Former West Indies spinner Raphick Jumadeen has died at the age of 75.
AUCKLAND, (Reuters) – A confident Brazil side will look to build on their dazzling Women’s World Cup opener while France aim to kick-start their campaign when the two meet in a blockbuster clash today, where a win would assure the South Americans a last 16 spot.
Jeremiah Hinds, of Lot 81 Roxanne Burnham Gardens, Georgetown and Shamar Shephard of Lot 41 Roxanne Burnham Gardens, Georgetown, appeared at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court yesterday before Senior Magistrate Leron Daly where they were charged with stealing a motorcycle.
FREEPORT, Maine, (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden said yesterday that Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva wants to meet with him shortly on climate.
WASHINGTON/LONDON, (Reuters) – The International Monetary Fund said yesterday that it has reached a staff-level agreement with Argentina to unlock about $7.5 billion and complete the fifth and sixth reviews of the struggling country’s $44 billion loan program.
Dear Editor, On Friday 14th, you carried an article in your daily that made pleasant reading to me and I am sure several others also in the Canje/New Amsterdam area.
Guyana Amateur Swimming Association (GASA) President Dwayne Scott has confirmed that Guyana-born Trinidad and Tobago swimmer Delroy Tyrrell has officially petitioned to change his competitive status to represent Guyana on the international scene.
Dear Editor, Congratulations to the Minister, the Ministry, Infab, all other partners and supporters; all fellow citizens who cross the bridge regularly and those who cross only occasionally; indeed, congratulations to all Guyanese.
(Reuters) – The U.S. State Department yesterday ordered non-emergency government personnel and family members to leave Haiti as soon as possible, citing “kidnapping, crime, civil unrest, and poor health care infrastructure.”
A driver and a passenger were on Thursday injured after the car they were in, ran off the road at Success, East Coast Demerara at approximately 2300 hours.
NIAMEY, (Reuters) – Leaders of a coup in Niger declared General Abdourahamane Tiani as the new head of state on Friday days after saying they had ousted President Mohamed Bazoum in the seventh military takeover in West and Central Africa in less than three years.
Dear Editor, It is truly worldwide; sex and money and abuse of them lead to so many political leaders falling off their perches.
The Golden Jaguars will commence their 2023/2024 League B campaign of the CONCACAF Nations League on September 9th away to Antigua and Barbuda.
Yesterday at about 5.50 am, Police Anti-Crime patrol ranks received information that the driver of motor car PAC 6822, Dexter Cameron, also known as Dexter McCalmont, age 29, of Block 22, Wismar, Linden, was carrying a firearm and large quantity of narcotics.
LIMA, (Reuters) – Peruvian President Dina Boluarte said yesterday she would request expanded legislative powers and is open to reshaping a historically unpopular Congress as protesters renewed their demands for her to stand down.
WASHINGTON, 28 (Reuters) – The largest U.S. solar power site and other clean energy projects could be built on lands owned by the Department of Energy, including where components for Cold War-era atomic bombs were developed, the agency said on Friday.
SPA-FRANCORCHAMPS, Belgium, (Reuters) – Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc will start tomorrow’s Belgian Grand Prix from pole position after Red Bull’s dominant Formula One leader Max Verstappen qualified comfortably faster but dropped five places for a gearbox change.
With two platforms in the Atlantic producing oil in excess of nameplate capacity, a third set to come on stream shortly and dozens of exploratory wells to be sunk in this frenetic drive to extract petroleum, the government and its regulatory authorities will come under increasing pressure to be vigilant and to be able to respond to a crisis.
Dear Editor, Reference is made to the letter entitled “The legitimacy of the Oil and Gas Governance Network (OGGN) is highly questionable” (Stabroek News, July 27, 2023).
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The United States unveiled a Taiwan weapons aid package worth up to $345 million yesterday, a move likely to anger China even as the Biden administration declined to publicly provide details on the arms in the package.
In cases of sexual assault, women who are affected are often silent.
MEXICO CITY, (Reuters) – Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador yesterday pushed back against estimates made this week about the strength of Mexican drug cartels by the top U.S.
Sherwin Babb (address not stated) appeared yesterday at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court before Senior Magistrate Leron Daly where he was charged with possession of narcotics.
