Daily Archive: Saturday, September 16, 2023

US House Minority Leader, Hakeem Jeffries today said that at a meeting with President Irfaan Ali on Thursday he discussed the importance of an inclusive society in Guyana and the need for the government and opposition to work together.

The police today said that Anferny Cantzlar, a 28-year-old labourer of Lot 259 North Ruimveldt, Georgetown was remanded to prison yesterday after being charged with break and enter and larceny and burglary.

The Guyana Police Force (GPF) yesterday congratulated Mandel Moore on his recent promotion to Senior Police Legal Advisor.

 (Reuters) – The state of California has sued major oil companies including Exxon Mobil Corp XOM.N,

 (Reuters) – Defence Minister Li Shangfu, who has been missing from public view for more than two weeks, has been placed under investigation by Chinese authorities, according to 10 people familiar with the matter.

FRANKFURT/SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA,  (Reuters) – European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde seized the mobile phones of her fellow policymakers at this week’s meeting and rebuked them for leaking crucial information ahead of a policy decision, two sources told Reuters.

 (Trinidad Guardian) T&T’s largest bank, Republic Bank Ltd (RBL), last night advised its customers that it was cutting in half the maximum US dollar spending limit per billing cycle on their Republic Bank credit cards.

A no-cash baggage policy by Copa Airlines has resulted in four cyclists who were set to compete at this weekend’s Junior Caribbean Cycling Championships in the Dominican Republic Being grounded.

National players Tevin Imlach and Akshaya Persaud have been selected to captain the two sides which will be engaged in trials to select the Demerara Cricket Board team for the upcoming Inter County limited overs competition.

EUGENE, Oregon, CMC – Two-time women’s world 200 metres champion Shericka Jackson will head the list of Caribbean athletes looking to make a strong finish to the season when the World Athletics Diamond League gets ready to crown its champions today and tomorrow at the Prefontaine Classic in the United States.

By Antonio Dey The caretaker of the neighbouring boys’ residence yesterday detailed how he helped to rescue girls from the burning Mahdia dormitory – including his daughter – after kicking down a door.

PRETORIA, – Heinrich Klaasen bludgeoned the ball to all corners in a blistering knock of 174 to lead South Africa to a comprehensive 164-run victory over Australia and level the five-match one-day series to 2-2 yesterday.

Thirty months after a key audit of ExxonMobil’s expenditure found that it improperly listed US$214m in expenses, the government on Thursday finally accepted the findings of the UK auditor and blame was shared for an apparent unauthorised attempt involving the American oil company to slash the disputed figure to as low as US$3m.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Opener Dawid Malan hit a superb century before Moeen Ali grabbed four wickets as England beat New Zealand by 100 runs in the fourth one-day international yesterday for a 3-1 series victory.

Thanking the Organisation of American States (OAS) for their work here during Guyana’s last General and Regional elections, Presi-dent Irfaan Ali yesterday underscored the importance of elections observ-ers in the preservation of democracy, as he promised that his government will ensure that their presence will always be an integral part of the country’s elections landscape.

COLOMBO, (Reuters) – Shubman Gill’s magnificent 121 could not prevent India’s narrow six-run loss to Bangladesh in an inconsequential Asia Cup match at the R Premadasa Stadium yesterday.

The government is pushing ahead its education drive with the commissioning of a new secondary school at De Willem in Region Three, a release from the Ministry of Education said yesterday.

The Athletic Association of Guyana (AAG) yesterday named a three-member team to represent Guyana at the Pan American Games in Santiago, Chile next month.

Dear Editor, Guyana’s oil economy is now mirroring its lopsided oil contract.

A female staffer attached to the Region Six council has been arrested as the probe into the $50m robbery committed at the RDC on Wednesday morning continues.

The Commonwealth Youth Games history making quartet will be in action today at the Progressive Youth Club Ground, Eve Leary.

Dear Editor, The President has made the current turmoil in Haiti the top priority of his agenda for the UN Security Council.

COLOMBO, (Reuters) – Pakistan speedster Naseem Shah could miss their early Cricket World Cup matches in India next month having injured his bowling shoulder at the Asia Cup.

Republic Bank (Guyana) Limited has rejected insinuations that it is not complying with regulatory guidelines governing foreign exchange.

Dear Editor, The management of Mr Fried Chicken at Rose Hall town, Berbice, has recently come under scrutiny following an incident that has been deemed as disrespectful to the Hindu community. 

Eight-time All-Star Dwight Howard will meet with the Golden State Warriors next week, The Athletic reported.

Dear Editor, The Guyana Peace Council (GPC) joins with other progressive organizations in observance of International Day of Democracy.

Farmers from Mashabo Mission on the Essequibo Coast will soon begin producing pineapple on a larger scale as the Ministry of Agriculture is scheduled to begin developmental works on 10 acres of land earmarked for the project.

SINGAPORE,  (Reuters) – Formula One’s governing body issued a written warning to Red Bull’s motorsport adviser Helmut Marko yesterday after the Austrian blamed the patchy form of the team’s Mexican driver Sergio Perez on his ethnicity.

DETROIT, (Reuters) – The United Auto Workers said it plans to resume bargaining today after launching its first simultaneous strikes at General Motors, Ford Motor and Chrysler parent Stellantis, with effects of the limited shutdown starting to spread on Friday.

Member of Parliament Sherod Duncan has been acquitted of a charge of using his computer to humiliate and cause emotional distress.

Dear Editor, In the past week, Guyana witnessed three socio-economic events worth discussing and assessing for their implications for Guyanese.

OTTAWA,  (Reuters) – Canadian Trade Minister Mary Ng is postponing a trade mission to India planned for October, an official said yesterday, reflecting increasingly tense diplomatic relations just days after India’s prime minister scolded his Canadian counterpart at a G20 summit in New Delhi.

Dear Editor, Your editorial “Misuse of history” (Sep 15) — in response to commentaries on slavery and indentureship — does not say specifically how mentioning and or studying or comparing (contrasting) each with one another or with other labour systems “have been misused”.

MADRID, (Reuters) – A group of 39 players from Spain, including most of the 23 Women’s World Cup-winning squad, said yesterday it wanted further changes at the Spanish soccer federation and that the resignation of chief Luis Rubiales and the replacement of the team’s manager was not enough.

Ishmael Junior, a 29-year-old man from Bagotstown, East Bank Demerara, was arrested on Thursday by Police ranks on mobile patrol duties in the Providence Station district.

The police are trying to identify a suspected burglar caught on camera at Turkeyen on the East Coast of Demerara.

DERNA, Libya/GENEVA,  (Reuters) – Residents and rescue workers in the devastated Libyan city of Derna are struggling to cope with the thousands of corpses washing up or decaying under rubble, after a flood that smashed down buildings and swept people to sea.

Dear Editor, The Viraat Sabhaa Guyana is fully opposed to the sacrilegious usage of paper bags with Hindus religious symbols by a business entity selling chicken. 

Inter Miami travel to Atlanta for their second league meeting of the season against the United yesterday.

SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA, Spain,  (Reuters) – As China loses its importance as a destination for German exports, the euro zone’s biggest economy is looking for new markets for its products and services in Latin America and the Caribbean.

Keith Williams, a porter, appeared yesterday before Senior Magistrate Leron Daly at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court where he was charged with using threatening language.

BRUSSELS,  (Reuters) – A Belgian court yesterday sentenced eight defendants in the country’s largest ever trial involving the 2016 Islamist bombings in Brussels that killed 32 people, Belga news agency said.

MEXICO CITY, (Reuters) – Ovidio Guzman, a son of imprisoned Mexican drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, was extradited to the United States on Friday to face fentanyl trafficking charges, in a boost for the Biden administration’s push to curb the spread of the deadly opioid.

Dear Editor, Andrew Lewis, a teacher of New Market Primary in # 64 Village, and a CPCE student was on duty at 13:40 hours on Monday, September 11, 2023 when a careless driver hit him off his motorcycle at #64 Village.

By Shlomo Ben-Ami TEL AVIV – Peace processes tend to be riddled with uncertainties, especially when conflicts are protracted and each side’s intentions, willingness, and capacity to comply with any agreement remain unclear.

Every time I see another ‘One Guyana’ concert I wonder if the idea is to keep the people feeling good and entertained while distracted from the issues that are detrimental to this country.

Seventeen-year-old  Anthony Richard drowned the other day in a sea of mud.

PRETORIA, (Reuters) – Australian opener Travis Head’s participation at next month’s World Cup is in doubt after he broke his hand during yesterday’s one day international against South Africa.