Articles published on Tuesday, August 15, 2023
(Reuters) – More than one million people have fled Sudan to neighbouring states and people inside the country are running out of food and dying due to lack of healthcare after four months of war, the United Nations warned on Tuesday.
A mother and her son died in a fire at Good Hope on the Essequibo Coast this morning.
(Trinidad Guardian) A 7-7 deadlock! Again! The People’s National Movement and the United National Congress each won seven of the 14 regional corporations in yesterday’s Local Government Election –a stunning repeat of the 2019 LG election results.
By Joseph Allen The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation is closing in on its development of a framework that not only addresses the sourcing of labour but also skill specialization and certification.
The police are investigating the possible murder/ suicide of a couple whose bodies were discovered yesterday morning on a trail at Long Creek on the Linden-Soesdyke Highway with gunshot wounds.
In a scathing report, Chairman of the Police Complaints Authority (PCA), Justice (retired) William Ramlal has accused Police Commissioner Clifton Hicken (ag) of flagrantly violating the governing act and recommended that President Irfaan Ali put a stop to it.
By Deneita Fredericks The first meeting of the new city council following the June 12 Local Government Elections has agreed the need for a full-fledged audit of its operations.
BK Security Manager, Michael Bascom died yesterday after his vehicle toppled at Le Ressouvenir on the East Coast Demerara.
Two persons died in a fire at Silvertown, Linden last night.
Giant Killers Eccles All-Stars turned in a fine all round display to defeat V-Net Vipers by 32 runs and win the inaugural Kares T10 final Saturday under lights at the National Stadium, Providence.
Two children, ages 9 and 11, who were being treated at the Georgetown Public Hospital’s Intensive Care Unit (ICU) for the mosquito-borne dengue infection, have passed away, Public Relations Representative, Chelauna Providence, confirmed yesterday.
The Kares One Guyana T10 Tapeball Blast Cricket for Charity match led by President Dr.
The Ministry of Health yesterday commissioned the Fort Ordnance Health Centre in Region Six.
Guyana’s premier thoroughbred Alado was poised to repeat as Guyana Cup champion on Sunday at the overflowing Rising Sun Turf Club, but ‘Easy Time’ did not get the memo.
The police yesterday identified the three children who perished after a boat capsized in the Rupununi River early Saturday morning.
James Beckles, Trinidad and Tobago’s Three Star Referees/Judges Assessor is scheduled to arrive today to administer two significant training conferences during the Winfield Braithwaite Caribbean Schoolboys/Juniors Championship.
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 yesterday with the murder of Olato Sam, 53.
The first ever national junior golf championships in Guyana’s history will be held on Saturday at the Nexgen Golf Academy on Woolford Avenue from 13:00hrs.
(Reuters) – Former U.S. President Donald Trump was hit with a sweeping fourth set of criminal charges yesterday when a Georgia grand jury issued an indictment accusing him of efforts to overturn his 2020 election loss to Democrat Joe Biden.
Having played a major role in the development of a 44-acre artificial island in the Demerara River over eight months, the dredger M.V.
Dear Editor, Someone sent me a post of a 15-year-old child of indigenous extraction.
SYDNEY, (Reuters) – The penultimate stage of a major tournament is familiar territory for Sweden and although they have failed to clear that hurdle several times recently, that strong pedigree could serve them well against Spain in their Women’s World Cup semi-final.
BUENOS AIRES/LONDON, (Reuters) – Argen-tina’s government devalued its currency by nearly 18% yesterday while the benchmark interest rate was raised by 21 percentage points to 118%, the central bank said, as financial markets reeled the day after a shock primary election result.
NIAMEY, (Reuters) – The military junta that seized power in Niger in a coup last month has said it will prosecute ousted President Mohamed Bazoum for high treason over his exchanges with foreign heads of state and international organisations.
Dear Editor, I had the unfortunate experience of having to take an Inter-Caribbean Airlines flight from Timehri on Sunday, August 13, out of absolute professional necessity.
Fifty ranks of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) and one rank of the Guyana Prison Service recently completed the GDF’s Skill-At-Arms Course (SAAC).
QUITO, (Reuters) – A local organizer in Ecuador’s Esmeraldas province for the political movement founded by ex-President Rafael Correa, was assassinated yesterday, party leaders said, less than a week after a presidential candidate was murdered.
Guyana’s U17 skipper Jonathan Van Lange top scored with a pugnacious innings of 41 as Guyana rebounded from their first round defeat to Barbados to defeat Jamaica by 29 runs in their second game of the Cricket West Indies Rising Stars U17 Super50 competition.
(Reuters) – Montana is violating the rights of young people with policies that prohibit the state from considering climate change effects when it reviews coal mining, natural gas extraction and other fossil fuel projects, a state judge said yesterday.
Dear Editor, Lincoln Lewis and Nigel Williams are refusing to obey orders from High Court of the Supreme Court of Guyana handed down by Acting Chief Justice Roxane George, Justice Fidela Corbin and Justice Priya Sewnarine-Beharry.
The driver of motor pickup GAD 2943, Kissoon Paul, was proceeding along the St Cuthbert’s Mission Access Trail at around 19:20 hrs on Sunday evening when he lost control, and the vehicle toppled.
CARACAS, (Reuters) – Venezuela’s top prosecutor launched an investigation on Sunday into death threats against a presidential candidate, as fears of political violence in the region have risen following last week’s assassination in Ecuador.
FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida, CMC – Head coach Darren Sammy said West Indies were still lacking a genuine strike bowler, even in the wake of their triumph in the five-match Twenty20 International series against India.
Roylyn Berkshire, 29, of Lot 23 Two Friends, East Coast Demerara, appeared at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court yesterday before Magistrate Rhondell Weever on 14th August 2023, to answer to the charge of fraudulent conversion.
(Reuters) – International security assistance for Haiti’s police should include safeguards to prevent abuses, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said, as debate intensifies over a Kenya-led force to help stem worsening gang violence.
Dear Editor, As I promised to write a second letter about my experiences on the new ferry, I want to begin by saying the 18 hours trip to Mabaruma was too long, not much different than the old ferry, took about 24 hours.
Eagles and Mambas recorded easy wins when the inaugural edition of the ‘One Guyana’ Basketball Premier League commenced on Saturday evening at the National Gymnasium, Mandela Avenue.
LAS VEGAS, (Reuters) – Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen made a robust pitch in the swing state of Nevada yesterday that President Joe Biden’s policies are powering historic job growth and rebuilding competitiveness, despite polls showing Americans remain skeptical.
After a three-year hiatus, one hundred and sixty-four youths participated at the eleventh Republic Bank Pan Minors Music Literacy Programme, held in collaboration with the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport.
(Reuters) – A fire at a gas station in the southern Russian region of Dagestan killed 25 people including three children, Interfax news agency reported last night citing regional emergency medics.
MEXICO CITY, (Reuters) – Police found the remains of at least 13 people packaged in freezers in a couple of buildings in Mexico’s Veracruz state, local authorities said yesterday, adding that six suspects in the gruesome crime have been detained so far.
Dear Editor, I was very pleased to read that my old Sacred Heart School buddy Charles ‘Bonnie’ Ramson Sr.
CAPE TOWN, (Reuters) – South Africa have included precocious batting talent Dewald Brevis in their One-Day and Twenty20 International squads for their eight-match limited-overs home series against Australia starting later this month.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The United States said yesterday it will send Ukraine new security assistance valued at $200 million, including air defense munitions, artillery rounds, and additional mine-clearing equipment.
Twenty-two persons have graduated from the Ministry of Health’s Phar-macy Assistant Programme in Region Two.
By Sergio Díaz-Granados PANAMA – In July, eight years since their last gathering, heads of state and government from the European Union and from Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) met in Brussels.
If it appears that we have become a ‘stuck record’ on the issue of the region being provided with a reliable update on the status of the promised Regional Food Security Terminal then that is exactly what we are…a stuck record.
GROS ISLET, St Lucia, CMC – Caribbean Premier League organisers say they plan to collaborate with national stakeholders in several territories to ensure young fans see 10 am games in this year’s tournament free of cost.
(Reuters) – At least three people died yesterday and dozens more injured after an explosion near the Dominican Republic capital, authorities in the Caribbean country said.
Dear Editor, Present Guyanese politicians should aspire to hold to their beliefs while seeking compromises like my father, President Cheddi, because he never changed politically, not even for a second, and, combined with his integrity, honesty and humility – no Guyanese can dislike or hate him, except Freddie Kissoon and Kit Nascimento.
