Articles published on Monday, August 14, 2023
The police are investigating a suspected murder/suicide involving Ajay Budhan, a 26-year-old farmer of Long Creek Soesdyke/Linden Highway and Ashley Singh, an 18-year-old female from Soesdyke, which occurred between 00:30 hrs and 06:30 hrs today on a trail at Long Creek.
Joshua Martin Archer called ‘Joshie’, a 22-year-old labourer of Robert Road, Plaisance, East Coast Demerara was arrested on August 5, 2023, by Deputy Superintendent Dufu and charged today with the murder of Olato Sam.
Police are investigating a fatal accident at about 10.45 last night on the Montrose Public Road, East Coast Demerara, where two 19-year-olds, Michael Pierre and Daniel Durant, lost their lives.
The Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU) on Friday intercepted a boat at Sandaka Creek, East Berbice-Corentyne with cannabis and two men were held.
NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – Torrential rain in India’s Himalayas triggered landslides over the weekend that have killed at least 41 people, with over a dozen trapped or missing, officials said today.
LONDON, (Reuters) – The Madagascan president’s chief of staff has been arrested in London after being suspected of seeking a bribe from precious stone miner Gemfields GEMGE.L,
CARACAS, (Reuters) – Venezuela’s top prosecutor launched an investigation yesterday into death threats against a presidential candidate, as fears of political violence in the region have risen following last week’s assassination in Ecuador.
BUENOS AIRES, (Reuters) – Argentine voters punished the country’s two main political forces in a primary election yesterday, pushing a rock-singing libertarian outsider candidate into first place in a huge shake-up in the race towards presidential elections in October.
Carmel Secondary ascended the plains of immortals, defeating St Ignatius 3-1 last evening to secure the prestigious Digicel Schools Football Championships at the Ministry of Education ground, Carifesta Avenue.
FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida, CMC – Brandon King lashed a career-best unbeaten half-century and Romario Shepherd took career-best figures as West Indies thrashed India by eight wickets to notch their first Twenty20 International series win over the Asian giants in seven years.
The large scale mining contract that Australia-headquartered mining company, Troy Resources, has with Guyana stipulates that it must legally comply with a land reclamation process and other environmental obligations, as set out by the Environmental Protection Agency, before leaving the country.
Three children died after a boat capsized in Region 9 early Saturday morning, the police said.
Dominoes players from Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, the United States of America and hosts Guyana were in action Saturday when the World Council of Dominoes Federations (WCDF), 19th World Domino Championships got underway at the Providence National Stadium.
The Guyana national U17 cricket team lost its opening match Saturday to Barbados by four wickets as the 50 overs version of Cricket West Indies Rising stars tournament got underway in Trinidad and Tobago.
The planned retreat later this week for CARICOM Heads of Government initiated by its Chairman and Dominican Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit has been cancelled.
Barbados has confirmed an 11 member travelling party for the prestigious Winfield Braithwaite Caribbean Schoolboys/Juniors Championship scheduled for August 18th – 20th at the National Gymnasium, Mandela Avenue and president of the Guyana Boxing Association (GBA) Steve Ninvalle is delighted with the development.
By Joseph Allen During a fact-finding mission mounted by the government, residents of Chinese Landing in the north west were adamant that miner Wayne Vieira must be removed from their lands.
The Suddie Public Hospital is now equipped with a new $35 million state-of-the-art digital X-ray machine.
Defending champions and Olympic medallists are among the 2000 athletes competing at this year’s World Athletic Championships in Budapest, Hungary from August 19 to 27 and a pair of Guyanese will be among them.
After a 48-hour notice was issued to vendors who are operating along the Corriverton Public Road to move, Mayor Imran Amin on Friday gave the assurance that the stalls will not be bulldozed as was being alleged.
Dear Editor, The Guyana Public Service Union extends greetings and best wishes to all youths, locally and internationally.
LONDON, (Reuters) – Former heavyweight world champion Anthony Joshua beat Finnish stand-in Robert Helenius with a seventh round single-punch knockout on Saturday to keep himself on track for a lucrative payday against American Deontay Wilder next year.
Four hundred and eighty-six persons from the Region Ten community of Wismar, Linden, graduated from the Guyana Police Force (GPF) Academy ZARA Computer Centre at its Wismar location on Saturday.
MOSCOW, (Reuters) – Russia yesterday switched on the scientific instruments aboard its lunar lander and scientists began processing its first data as the space craft sped towards the moon in a bid to be first to find ice on the Earth’s only natural satellite.
Dear Editor, The perceived soft approach being taken against errant officials, who continue to defy the call to demonstrate their integrity, by making statutory declarations to the commission of the same name, has gone on for far too long.
The police are investigating an accident that occurred on Tuesday night on the Nabaclis Public Road, East Coast of Demerara (ECD) which claimed the life of a 17-year-old motorcyclist.
(Reuters) – American fourth seed Jessica Pegula sent a warning shot to her competitors ahead of the U.S.
MUNICH, Germany, (Reuters) – England captain Harry Kane left boyhood club Tottenham Hotspur after 19 years to join European powerhouse Bayern Munich in search of titles, the Bundesliga’s record signing said yesterday.
MOSCOW, (Reuters) – A Russian warship yesterday fired warning shots at a cargo ship in the southwestern Black Sea as it made its way northwards, the first time Russia has fired on merchant shipping beyond Ukraine since exiting a landmark UN-brokered grain deal last month.
Dear Editor, I am weary of the Guyana Police Force presenting their so-called crime statistics with the intention of creating the impression that serious crime is under control and that the police are doing a good job.
Agatash and Mora Camp played to a 2-2 stalemate when the Lower Mazaruni Heritage Football Competition commenced on Saturday evening at the Bartica Community Centre ground.
New Central High came out on top of an upcycling competition to transform discarded non-reusable glass bottles into functional art pieces.
KAHULUI, Hawaii, Aug 13 (Reuters) – The death toll from the Maui wildfires reached 93 yesterday as relatives of the missing frantically searched for signs their loved ones may still be alive.
Dear Editor, Abrasive Coexistence – One Nation; Population – 875,000; Geography – 83,000 square miles; Ten (10) Regions.
Interviews and photos by Subhana Shiwmangal Stabroek News spoke to residents of Swan and Moblissa on the Soesdyke-Linden Highway about the cost of living and how it is affecting them.
Circuitville and Herstelling recorded victories when the East Bank Football Association Senior Men’s League continued yesterday at the Timehri Red ground.
JAKARTA, (Reuters) – The Miss Universe Organization said it was cutting ties with its Indonesian franchisee and cancelling this year’s Malaysia pageant after contestants accused local organisers of sexual harassment.
Dear Editor, Thank you, West Indies, you guys owed us that victory, it’s been a tough couple of months for the region.
Chinese company Rong-An Inc has submitted an application to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for permission to conduct logging within the Upper Berbice District, Region No.6.
Beacons and Riddim Squad continued their winning ways in the Georgetown Football Association Senior Men’s League yesterday at the Georgetown Football Club ground, Bourda.
KYIV, (Reuters) – Russian shelling killed seven people, including a 22-day-old infant, and wounded at least 22 in Ukraine’s southern region of Kherson yesterday, prompting local officials to declare today a day of mourning and President Volodymyr Zelenskiy to promise justice.
Dear Editor I read GHK Lall’s letter titled, “Jagdeo’s SN’s rants has many eerie parallels” (SN Aug 9, 2023) and I feel a sense of pity.
QUITO, (Reuters) – Agents from the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) were meeting with Ecuadorean police and prosecutors yesterday as part of a joint effort to uncover who was behind last week’s assassination of presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio.
In the Hawaii island of Maui, at least 93 persons have died and hundreds of persons reported missing, as a result of wildfires that began last Tuesday.
By Heidi McKenzie Heidi McKenzie is a Toronto-based ceramic artist. Heidi completed her MFA at OCADU in 2014.
Uitvlugt and Pouderoyen recorded easy wins in the West Demerara Football Association Senior Men’s League yesterday at the Tuschen ground.
BEIJING, (Reuters) – The death toll from a mudslide in China’s northwestern city of Xian has risen to 21, with six people still missing, the city’s emergency management authority said yesterday, as China grapples with unusually high summer rainfall.
Dear Editor, In her letter of the Stabroek News edition of August 13th, 2023, Janette Bulkan contended that Guyana is looking more and more like the totalitarian State of Oceania in Georgia Orwell’s novel 1984.
Though not unprecedented, what transpired in two city communities over the last few days underlines the insidious loss of respect for the rule of law, the grave dangers posed to citizens and ineffective policing.
BOGOTA, (Reuters) – Colombian prosecutors announced sexual abuse charges on Saturday against the father of two of the four Indigenous children who survived a May plane crash in the South American country’s Amazon region.
Ten families from Warapoka in the Moruca Sub-District, Region One, are set to benefit from new homes totalling $40 million through the government’s Hinterland Housing programme.
