Daily Archive: Wednesday, August 16, 2023

A new Vigilance Magistrate’s Court was today commissioned by Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs,  Anil Nandlall, SC.

Earlier today, the MV Ma Lisha returned to Port Georgetown after concluding its inaugural journey to Region One, a release from the Ministry of Public Works said.

GUATEMALA CITY,  (Reuters) – A Guatemalan anti-corruption campaigner is heavily favored to snag the presidency in Sunday’s run-off vote, suggesting the country could be heading towards a new era after years of democratic backsliding.

SYDNEY,  (Reuters) – Australia’s plans to constitutionally recognise the country’s Indigenous people in a referendum should be called off, an independent Aboriginal senator said today, calling it ‘window dressing’ that won’t help empower First Nations people.

WELLINGTON,  (Reuters) – A jury in New Zealand found a South African woman guilty today of murdering her three young daughters, with media saying she faced a life sentence for each killing.

(Trinidad Guardian) Just three months after announcing a resumption in service to Trinidad, Montreal-based airline Air Canada has now suspended the route indefinitely.

By Joseph Allen The Ministry of Public Works (MoPW) is set to approach the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board (NPTAB) to discuss blacklisting Trinidadian company, Kallco Guyana Inc, as a “non-performing contractor.”

A 34-year-old mother and her seven-year-old son died yesterday morning after their house was engulfed by fire.

A 25-year-old horse cart operator was stabbed to death on Monday night during an argument at a shop in Sophia.

A fire that was maliciously set on Monday evening claimed the lives of two persons at Silvertown, Linden while others escaped unscathed.

A family from the village of Sand Creek in Region Nine is mourning the death of a teenager while at the same time hoping for a speedy recovery for another after both were struck by lightning while sitting under a tree. 

A Fly Always aircraft transporting passengers from Guyana to Suriname on Monday morning was forced to return to the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) following the loss of pressure in one its engines, Head of the Guyana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) Retired Colonel Egbert Field confirmed.

Randy Smart, 19, of Lot 240 South Road, Lacytown, appeared at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court yesterday before Chief Magistrate Sherdel Isaacs-Marcus where he was charged with robbery.

A fire that was caused by a stove left unattended yesterday afternoon completely destroyed two homes at Mon Repos on the East Coast of Demerara leaving three squatters homeless.

(Cricket West Indies) West Indies captain Rovman Powell and his team celebrated their stunning series win over India on Sunday and the skipper was understandably overjoyed with the result in the Kuhl Stylish Fans T20I Series Powered by Black and White.

\Former Champions Beacons FC won for a sixth time while defending champions Rivers View suffered a second defeat when the Senior Men’s League of the Bartica FA continued last Wednesday night at the Bartica Community Centre ground.

Last Thursday, the National Assembly passed the Petroleum Activities Bill 2023 which provides for the exploration, production, storage and transportation of petroleum but  31 amendments by APNU+AFC MP David Patterson were rejected by the government.

Two persons are in custody after the Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU) discovered 180.6 kg of cannabis at No.51 Village, Corentyne.

Some 17 local boxers will compete in the renowned Winfield Braithwaite Caribbean Schoolboys/Juniors Championship for the first time Friday at the National Gymnasium on Mandela Avenue, with 16 of the aforementioned, set to make their international debuts.

Dear Editor, I hope this letter finds you well. I am writing to express my deep concerns about the recent allocation of small business grants in our community of Yakusari and I am positive about other communities as well.

Junior Guyanese players will be heating up the badminton courts in Trinidad and Tobago from tomorrow as they compete in CAREBACO junior tournament.

Forty-three-year-old Delano Kendell, of 19th Street Diamond Housing Scheme, East Bank Demerara appeared before Magistrate Rhondell Weever on Monday to answer to  break  and enter and larceny charges and was jailed for three years.

Dear Editor, The voice of the First Nations of Guyana must be heard in 2023.

Imran Tahir has been named captain of the Guyana Amazon Warriors franchise while Romario Shepherd will serve as his deputy for the upcoming Republic Bank Caribbean Premier League (CPL) 2023 season, a  release from the franchise stated.

A 44-year-old Norton Street driver, Adrian Brandt was found on Sunday morning with an unlicensed weapon on his lap.

(Reuters) – More than 1 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 yesterday.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – White-ball head coach, Darren Sammy, has promised to help effect change in West Indies cricket, after overseeing a consequential Twenty20 series win over powerhouses India last weekend.

Dear Editor, Electronic Health Records (EHR) and Electronic Medical Records (EMR) have become  revolutionary for medicine and public health due to their propensity to integrate technology into patients healthcare and wellbeing.

Stanley La Cruz, 59, of Mon Repos, East Coast Demerara was on August 10th charged with causing the death of his wife and three others, in a two-vehicle crash at Craig, East Bank Demerara (EBD) on August 7.

ABUJA,  (Reuters) – Google plans to train 20,000 Nigerian women and youth in digital skills and provide a grant of 1.2 billion naira ($1.6 million) to help the government’s create one million digital jobs in the country, its Africa executives said yesterday.

Devon Hubbard, 35, of Lot 91 Garnett Street, Campbellville, George-town on Monday appear-ed at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court before Magistrate Rhondell Weever to answer to the offence of break and enter and larceny which he denied.

GROS ISLET, St Lucia, CMC – Reigning champions Jamaica Tallawahs will launch the defence of their Caribbean Premier League title when they take on St Lucia Kings in the tournament opener here tonight.

Dear Editor, There is no need for the Voice to be crying in the wilderness over the failure of those to honour  financial court orders, as part of judgment, which seems to be bluntly ignored (SN August 15). 

NEW YORK,  (Reuters) – JPMorgan Chase JPM.N and the U.S. Virgin Islands traded new accusations this week in legal filings over their relationships with the late disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein.

Four low-income families from Great Diamond, East Bank Demerara and Sophia, Georgetown were yesterday presented the keys to brand new core homes.

Dear Editor, I ask that you publish the letter below as unfortunately the Guyana Chronicle has not seen it fit to  publish this.

The Guyana Amazon Warriors franchise has appointed Courtney Walsh as the Head Coach of the women’s team for the upcoming Massy Women’s Caribbean Premier League (WCPL) 2023 season. 

HOUSTON/CARACAS, (Reuters) – Negotiators and officials representing Venezuela are opposing a court-ordered auction of shares in a parent of oil refiner Citgo Petroleum to pay creditors claiming more than $10 billion from expropriations and debt defaults.

Assistant Superintendent S. Harris, Sergeant Johnson, Sergeant Douglas and Lance Corporal Fordyce from Regional Police Division #3 on Monday spearheaded a community outreach at Parika Backdam, East Bank Essequibo.

Dear Editor, I have a dirty job today.  I am joining PPP Government critics. 

The Guyana male and female dominoes teams were in the lead up to press time last night as the World Council of Dominoes Federations (WCDF), 19th World Domino Championships continued at the Providence National Stadium.

(Reuters) – A former FBI agent admitted to working for Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska while he was under U.S.

Former Guyana and West Indies cricketer Leon Johnson has been appointed the manager of the Guyana Amazon Warriors for the Republic Bank Caribbean Premier League (CPL).

Dear Editor, CRG extends our deepest condolences to the Patterson family on the passing of retired Justice James Patterson.

Roy Lamazon, a 29-year-old miner from Hadfield Street, Wortmanville, was arrested on August 11th, 2023, by a rank from Providence Police Station and charged yesterday with possession of drugs.

Twenty-four-year-old Nashana Chapman of Lot 132 Albert Street Albouystown, appeared before Magistrate Rhondell Weever on 14th August 2023, to answer to two charges that were laid against her.

(Reuters) – Reuters journalist Adriano Machado testified yesterday before a Brazilian congressional inquiry into riots in the capital Brasilia on Jan.

“Of all our passions and appetites, the love of power is of the most imperious and unsociable nature, since the pride of one man requires the submission of the multitude,” extract from ‘The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire ‘ by Edward Gibbon.

(Trinidad Express) It is 7-7. In the 14 corporations, both the United National Congress (UNC) and the People’s National Move-ment (PNM) maintained control of their respective corporations.

AUCKLAND, (Reuters) – Sweden playmaker Kosovare Asllani said she was sick of crying tears of championship failure after her side were knocked out of the Women’s World Cup semi-finals by Spain yesterday.

Dear Editor, Last week I referred to a popular column written by R.B.O