Daily Archive: Saturday, August 19, 2023

Agriculture Minister Zulfikar Mustapha today commissioned a cutter head dredge at Little Diamond on the East Bank of Demerara.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden will sign a strategic partnership agreement with Vietnam during a state visit to the Southeast Asian country in mid-September, Politico reported yesterday, citing three people with knowledge of the deal’s planning.

KYIV,  (Reuters) – Seven people including a 6-year-old child were killed and 90 wounded when a Russian missile struck a central square in the historic northern Ukrainian city of Chernihiv, the interior ministry said today.

(Trinidad Express) have arrived by the swarms in Siparia, thousands flying through Coora Road and Quarry Village over the past few days.

Ranked in the top ten globally, Guyana’s suicide rate is said to have been consistently occupying that position, with pesticide poisoning being the method used by persons whose suicide is described as having been triggered primarily by interpersonal conflict.

Akali Moore, 33, appeared virtually yesterday at the Georgetown Court before Senior Magistrate Leron Daly to answer to the capital offence of murder.

Antonio Headley, 20, appeared yesterday at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court before Senior Magistrate Leron Daly where he was charged with robbery under arms.

Private Sector Commission (PSC) Chairman, Komal Singh yesterday told the launch of the Agri-Investment Forum & Expo that while Guyana has made significant strides in the agriculture sector, stakeholders must never lose sight of the ongoing problem with trade barriers.

The Joint Parliamentary Opposition – APNU+AFC is sounding the alarm that Guyana is headed towards a major health crisis as the rate of dengue infections continues to climb.

The Winfred Braithwaite Caribbean Schoolboys and Juniors Championship got underway yesterday at the National Gymnasium, Mandela Avenue, following the arrival of Barbados, St.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Forty years after its first edition, the world athletics championships get underway in Budapest today with over 2,000 athletes from 202 countries taking part over nine days of what could be record-breaking action.

The sod was turned yesterday for a $304m magistrate’s court at Timehri.

Fifteen-year-old Alexander Leung will be the `man’ to beat this morning when the 17th annual Regan Rodrigues Memorial cycle event takes place around the inner circuit of the National Park.

Andrew Rodriguez, 43, of Timehri yesterday pleaded guilty to trafficking in cocaine and was jailed for four years while his co-accused, CJIA agent Duane Joseph, 20, pleaded not guilty and was remanded.

Four table tennis players reportedly left Guyana Thursday for a training stint in China.

The Semple Family Founda-tion yesterday announced the passing of its founder member, trade unionist Norman Eric Semple.

Even as it evaluates complaints that Trinidadian companies are absorbing large amounts of foreign exchange for transactions here and in the Twin-island Republic, Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo on Thursday said that government will intervene if there is a currency shortage.

GROS ISLET, St Lucia, CMC – New Barbados Royals captain Rovman Powell has urged patience with his young side after they suffered a chastening 54-run defeat to St Lucia Kings.

BUDAPEST, (Reuters) – The mixed 4×400 metres relay has been a bit of a slow burn since joining the world athletics championships in 2019, with star athletes often giving it a miss, but Gabby Thomas said she, and the United States, were taking it very seriously in Budapest.

Nine young Guyanese have received scholarships to pursue studies in various fields for a five-year duration in the People’s Republic of China, a Department of Public Information (DPI) release stated yesterday.

The NBA champion Denver Nuggets will kick off the 2023-24 NBA schedule Oct.

Cane harvesters who were transferred from the Rose Hall Estate as a result of its closure are continuing to strike as they are refusing to return to work there without any sort of compensation which they believe they deserve at this stage for sticking with the industry.

BUDAPEST,  (Reuters) – Portugal’s Olympic triple jump champion Pedro Pichardo will not defend his world title in Hungary because of lower back pain.

Hakeem Khan, (address not stated), appeared yesterday at the George-town Magistrate’s Court before Senior Magistrate Leron Daly to answer to a charge of fraud.

(Reuters) – World number one Carlos Alcaraz ended Australian qualifier Max Purcell’s dream run with a 4-6 6-3 6-4 win to reach the Cincinnati Open semi-finals yesterday, while Poland’s Hubert Hurkacz got past lucky loser Alexei Popyrin 6-1 7-6(8).

Duty-free shopping will receive a much-needed boost with the opening of a duty-free facility at the Corentyne River ferry terminal at Moleson Creek.

Dear Editor, Over the five decades of Cari-com’s existence, our leaders have signed successive agreements committing our region to ever stronger cooperation, all the while implementing policies that are more and more divergent.

NEW YORK/LONDON, (Reuters) – When England and Spain face off in today’s Women’s World Cup final, there will be more than sporting pride at stake.

A single mother is now at her wit’s end after the house she was residing in at Bath Settlement, West Coast Berbice suddenly collapsed while she and her eight-year-old daughter were inside on Thursday evening.

Dear Editor, It was with some surprise that I noted the recent statement by our Attorney General to the effect that power-sharing and shared governance in our circumstances is not an option.

Some 500 residents of Bamia and Long Creek, Soesdyke-Linden Highway will are expected to receive  potable water for the first time as work on wells in these communities is in the advanced stage.

After calling 76ers president of basketball operations Daryl Morey a “liar” earlier this week, All-Star guard James Harden made it clear that he doesn’t intend to play in Philadelphia again.

CAMP DAVID, Maryland,  (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden and the leaders of South Korea and Japan agreed at Camp David yesterday to deepen military and economic cooperation and made their strongest joint condemnation yet of “dangerous and aggressive behavior” by China in the South China Sea.

Dear Editor, I recently viewed a video ‘Why Guy-ana Is Hindu’.

SYDNEY, (Reuters) – Australia’s Victoria state will pay A$380 million ($243 million) to Commonwealth Games organisers, Victoria Premier Daniel Andrews said yesterday, after it withdrew as 2026 event host citing a projected cost blowout.

WEST KELOWNA, British Columbia,  (Reuters) – Canada’s western province of British Columbia declared a state of emergency yesterday as firefighters battled wildfires raging in the hills and mountains above the town of West Kelowna, forcing thousands of evacuations.

MEXICO CITY,  (Reuters) – Category 4 Hurricane Hilary hurtled towards Mexico’s Baja California peninsula yesterday, a U.S.

Dear Editor,  Is there an implication that the University of Guyana and counterpart institutions in CARICOM have insufficient capacity to teach foreign languages?

The police say they are investigating a report of the suspected death by suicide of  Hector Calvin Hartwell, a 40-year-old businessman of Lot 13 Windsor Estates, Providence, East Bank Demerara.

Dear Editor, It is beyond understanding that the lame-brained explanation offered by community officials to residents for a large sum of unaccounted cash as being discovered only when they returned to their hotel room and the commercial bank “had robbed them”.

The Guyana Football Federation (GFF) has officially confirmed that the Lady Jaguars U17 programme will not compete in the Concacaf Qualifiers but instead will participate in a tri-nation international series featuring Suriname and French Guiana.

BRASILIA, (Reuters) – Brazilian federal authorities yesterday arrested leaders of the capital’s military police in a raid carried out as part of an investigation into the Jan.

HAVANA,  (Reuters) – Brazil intends to restore trade and political ties with Cuba, a top foreign policy aide to Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said yesteday after meeting with Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel in Havana.

Desan Husbands called ‘Meds’ (address not stated) was charged yesterday with manslaughter following the death of a Sophia horse cart operator.

At his press conference on July 12, President Ali made some grand claims about the progress his government has made in the area of healthcare, backing these up with a series of statistics on life expectancy and child and maternal mortality rates.