Daily Archive: Tuesday, August 1, 2023

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Donald Trump was indicted today for his wide-ranging attempts to overturn the 2020 election, the third time in four months that the former U.S.

The Guyana Fire Service received a call at 1:49 a.m. today and was informed of a fire at the Vreed-en-Hoop Stelling, West Coast Demerara.

ASUNCION, (Reuters) – Paraguay is seeking more Taiwanese investment to diversify its farm-driven economy focused on exporting raw materials to China, incoming Finance Minister Carlos Fernandez Valdovinos said in an interview.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi today asked London’s High Court to block allegations he accepted unlawful payments in the country’s lawsuit against Credit Suisse and others over the $2 billion “tuna bond” scandal.

(Trinidad Guardian) The mother of a 28-year-old woman who was gunned down in Carenage says she is willing to forgive her daughter’s killers as she is doing her part to break the cycle of hate in the country.

(Trinidad Express) The man killed on Saturday night when he and his accomplices attempted to invade a house at Endeavour, Chaguanas, was identified yesterday as Mark Anthony Joseph, 25.

Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) Commissioner-General, Godfrey Statia, told the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) meeting yesterday that it is losing trained and skilled personnel as oil companies are enticing them away with far higher salaries.

Vanessa Emmanuel, 25, of Lot 992 Section B, Block “X” Greater Diamond, East Bank Demerara, appeared at the George-town Magistrate’s Court yesterday before Acting Chief Magistrate Sherdel Isaacs- Marcus to answer to the charge of man-slaughter.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad,  CMC – Left-hander Nicholas Pooran has returned for the Twenty20 International series against India starting here Thursday, after being named in a 15-man provisional squad announced by Cricket West Indies yesterday.

With the prosecution failing to establish the identity of the person it said they murdered, Ray Yokum, Steffon Campbell and Faisal Moore were yesterday discharged of the crime and set free.

Charlestown, Charity, Mahaicony Technical Institute (MTI), and Westminster stormed into the round of 16 section following victories yesterday in the Digicel Schools Football Championship.

Some local track stars took their talents to Trinidad and Tobago during the weekend and recorded several victories at the Hasely Crawford stadium where the island’s National Track and Field Championships was staged.

Ram & McRae, Chartered Accountants, Professional Services Firm hosted a sod-turning exercise yesterday for the company’s new three-storey office building, the cost of which is estimated to be $400m.

Twenty-five employees of the Guyana Lands and Surveys Commission (GLSC) recently underwent training on land mapping techniques and administration.

TAROUBA, Trinidad,  CMC – West Indies’ convincing six-wicket victory over India in last Saturday’s second One-Day International has raised their hopes of ending their near two decade-long wait for an ODI series win against the Asian giants.

Dear Editor, Your editorial ‘IACHR resolution’ on 30 July 2023 summarises the resolution about the dreadful long-running case of illegal mining at Chinese Landing. The

LONDON,  (Reuters) – England’s Stuart Broad claimed the last two Australia wickets to secure a dramatic 49-run victory for his team in the final Ashes test at The Oval yesterday and leave the series locked at 2-2 after five gripping matches.

Dear Editor,  This is perhaps the most important Emancipation Day commemoration in Guyana.

A trip to a stretch of mangroves on the East Coast of Demerara was organised on Sunday to underline the need for their conservation.

Trinidad Company, Kallco Guyana Inc. is expected to produce a proposal to the Ministry of Public Work on how it plans to finish the second leg of the Conversation Tree to Dennis Street road project in Georgetown.

Dear Editor, GHK Lall details a litany of reasons he did not engage with the scourge of gold smuggling, a stunning tale of woe and defeat before the task even began; a sad, self-indulgent wallow in the muddy glory hole of those who quit for fear of defeat.

KINGSTOWN, St Vincent,  CMC – A five-wicket haul from fast bowler Deshawn James handed Jamaica control of the Rising Stars Under-19 men’s three-day final against Barbados, on day two of the contest here yesterday.

BEIJING, (Reuters) – Relentless rain stretched into a fourth day in Beijing and nearby cities yesterday after a typhoon brought northern China non-stop precipitation and widespread flooding.

Last week an overseas-based Guyanese nurse who is visiting her residence in Edinburgh, East Bank Berbice and a Corentyne businessman were robbed of a large amount of cash in separate attacks at their respective homes.

Dear Editor, August 2023 marks another month, another year passed since the official emancipation of Africans from slavery in 1838. 

(Reuters) – Max Verstappen is one race away from a record-equalling ninth win in a row and the Red Bull Formula One driver is finding dominance also brings more motivation for the future.

(Reuters) – The Russian military said its anti-aircraft units had thwarted a Ukrainian “terrorist attack” last night and downed drones targeting Moscow, but one drone, sent out of control by its units, struck the same high-rise tower hit earlier in the week.

Former Mayor of Georgetown, Ubraj Narine is among 10 Guyanese selected for the twenty-five  day-long 66th Know India Programme organized by the Ministry of External Affairs of the Government of India.

UNITED NATIONS,  (Reuters) – U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres yesterday welcomed Kenya’s readiness to lead an international force to help Haiti’s police combat gang violence and encouraged other countries – particularly from Haiti’s region – to join the effort.

Dear Editor, Published just over a decade ago was the very educative text of Frederick Laloux resulting from a wide range of research of international companies each of whom managed some thousands of employees.

JERUSALEM, (Reuters) – Israel’s Supreme Court yesterday said all 15 judges in a historic first would take part in a hearing on arguments against a law that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s religious-nationalist coalition passed as part of an overhaul of the judiciary.

MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – Hayley Raso scored a first half brace and Mary Fowler struck after the break as Australia crushed Canada 4-0 on Monday to storm into the last 16 of the Women’s World Cup and send the Olympic champions spinning out of the tournament.

BOGOTA,  (Reuters) – At least 20 people were killed as Colombian military personnel clashed with FARC dissidents and the Clan del Golfo crime gang in different parts of the country, authorities said yesterday.

CHIANG MAI, Thailand,  (Reuters) – Myanmar’s ruling junta has officially postponed an election promised by August this year after its 2021 coup, state television reported late yesterday.

Quincy Barker, a 27-year-old taxi driver of Timehri who was arrested on the 21st July, 2023 in Region One for robbing two women at Providence has been sentenced to 56 months imprisonment.

Dear Editor, Somebody does not know their place and it was not the passenger, he had an assigned seat number.

The Tropical Shipping Drag Wars 2.0 was staged on Sunday at the South Dakota Circuit.

Caldwell Jackson (address not stated) who in 2022 was nabbed with narcotics by the Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU) was yesterday found guilty of the offence of drug trafficking and was sentenced to a four-year term of imprisonment.

One doesn’t have to look too hard to discover that there are significant (and growing) numbers of young Guyanese women – some of them still in their teens – who, these days, are drawn to one entrepreneurial pursuit or another.

Dear Editor, As we end the month of July, the Editorial in the State controlled newspaper and other similar outfits keep extolling the virtues of the PPP administration with language intended to fool the people.

(Reuters) – India pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah will return from a lengthy injury absence to lead the side against Ireland in the Twenty20 series next month, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) said yesterday.

By Ashoka Mody PRINCETON – In March 1985, the Wall Street Journal showered India’s new prime minister, Rajiv Gandhi, with its highest praise.

(Reuters) – A Georgia judge yesterday rejected former U.S. President Donald Trump’s bid to quash an investigation into whether he illegally interfered with the state’s 2020 election, just days before criminal charges are expected to be filed.

QUITO,  (Reuters) – Ecuadoreans will decide in two August referendums whether oil and mining projects in key regions of the country can continue, weighing Indigenous and environmental concerns against billions in potential lost income.