Articles published on Thursday, September 28, 2023
TEMPE, Arizona, (Reuters) – President Joe Biden launched a wide-ranging attack on Republican Donald Trump today, warning that his predecessor is a threat to American democracy and drawing a sharp distinction between himself and his likely 2024 election opponent.
The Guyana Power and Light (GPL) today apologised to customers in Bartica for the recent service interruptions.
At about 9.30 pm yesterday, Inspector George, Sergeant Saul, Sergeant Wilburgh, Corporal Marks, Detective Constable Whyte and four other ranks were on a ‘Road Block’ exercise on the public road at Whim, Corentyne Berbice.
ST. JOHN’S, Antigua – Cricket West Indies (CWI) issued a statement today to provide clarity on the ongoing process of venue selection for the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup scheduled to take place in the Caribbean and USA in June 2024.
SIMI VALLEY, California, (Reuters) – Donald Trump’s Republican rivals clashed at a chaotic presidential debate yesterday, leveling attacks at the absent former president, Democratic President Joe Biden and one another over issues from China to immigration to the economy.
NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – Indian agricultural scientist Monkombu Sambasivan Swaminathan, who ushered a “Green Revolution” in India nearly six decades ago that helped end famine and transformed the country as a top producer of wheat, died today aged 98.
(Trinidad Guardian) In a move that has left Tobagonians talking, President Christine Kangaloo surprisingly made a call for the autonomy Tobago has been clamouring for, saying the time had come for it to be done once and for all.
(Trinidad Express) “He was not a bad person, he never had any kind of enemies, and a lot of people looked up to him and loved him.”
The parliamentary opposition led by Aubrey Norton met yesterday with US Congressman Hakeem Jeffries and the black congressional caucus at Capitol Hill, Washington DC, USA, where they said issues such as discrimination and racism against Afro-Guyanese were discussed.
By Antonio Dey The government’s evasiveness in engaging the GPSU on the collective bargaining process is discomforting as public servants continue to migrate said the union’s President Patrick Yarde yesterday at a press briefing.
`I do not accept the GPF’s apology nor do I believe them.
Fifteen new tourism products were launched yesterday by the Guyana Tourism Authority (GTA).
Shemar Britton’s exploits with a table tennis racquet have not gone unnoticed at least not by the Department of Sport.
President Irfaan Ali and senior members of his Government held bilateral discussions yesterday with Saudi Arabia’s Minister of State for Foreign Affairs and Climate Envoy, Adel Ahmed al-Jubeir and his team at State House.
The Guyana Cricket Board has confirmed the squads for Essequibo and Demerara ahead of the senior Inter-County 50-overs-a-side tournament which is set to bowl off on Saturday.
One of two men who had been accused of raping a 15-year-old girl, is now awaiting sentencing after a jury found him guilty as charged of sexually assaulting the teenager back in 2020.
Dear Editor, I write in response to a letter contained in your letter columns of the 27th September 2023 titled “The classroom grant for teachers.”
LONDON, CMC – Opener Kraigg Brathwaite’s wretched form for Warwickshire continued here yesterday when he perished without scoring in the season-ending County Championship game against Somerset.
The Milwaukee Bucks are acquiring seven-time All-Star guard Damian Lillard from the Portland Trail Blazers as part of a three-team trade, multiple media outlets reported yesterday.
Aleebia London, a 27-year-old unemployed man from Second Street, Kaneville, East Bank Demerara was yesterday remanded to prison over a robbery at a GTT outlet.
Dear Editor, I commend attorney and Chartered Accountant, Chris Ram, for his well-researched and revealing piece titled “Exxon has engaged in dodgy accounting going all the way back to Shell transaction” (SN, September 27, 2023).
PORT-AU-PRINCE, (Reuters) – More than 10,000 people have fled their homes in parts of Haiti’s central department, the United Nations’ migration agency said yesterday, after a series of gang attacks in recent days including in a hospital north of the capital.
Six years after the allegation had been levelled against him, Osafo Swain has been cleared of a charge of attempting to take the life of Ewart Blair, who he was alleged to have shot.
Dear Editor, In September the Environmental Assessment Board held a public hearing into the EPA’s exemption of an EIA for Schlumberger Guyana (SLB).
An Invitational Masters football festival involving four teams is set for the Georgetown Football Club ground today.
NEW YORK, (Reuters) – U.S. Senator Bob Menendez pleaded not guilty yesterday to charges of taking bribes from three New Jersey businessmen, as calls for his resignation from fellow Democrats escalated.
BRASILIA, (Reuters) – Brazil’s government is preparing a task force to provide emergency assistance to inhabitants in the Amazon region hit by a severe drought that has impacted the rivers that are their life support, Environment Minister Marina Silva said.
High winds recently damaged the roof of the Kurupukari Police Outpost, prompting a Men On Mission (MOM) team comprising various stakeholders to rebuild the roof, a release from the Guyana Police Force (GPF) said.
Dear Editor, The Venezuelan President is speaking from both sides of his mouth.
NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – Australia avoided a series whitewash in India after their top order fired together and Glenn Maxwell impressed with the ball to secure a comprehensive 66-run victory in the third and final one-day international in Rajkot yesterday.
Dear Editor, On Wednesday, September 27, 2023, a letter was published in the Stabroek News titled `Ministry of Education needs to rethink its approach to creating content’.
The case against a Vigilance Squatting Area man accused of firing a gun with intent at a woman was yesterday dismissed after the complainant said she did not wish to proceed.
The gender equality debate is real! And while it may not be a man’s sporting world given the opportunities afforded to women in democratic societies, we live in an existence ruled and intrinsically rooted in the practicality of commerce and economics.
BRASILIA, (Reuters) – Stung by a Supreme Court rejection of their proposal to restrict recognition of Indigenous lands, Brazil’s congressional farm lobby on Wednesday managed to swiftly pass a bill to counter the top court’s decision.
SAN JOSE, (Reuters) – Costa Rican prosecutors said yesterday they were investigating allegations made in a Mexican newspaper that the government and drug traffickers had held talks last year in an effort to curb a spike in murders.
At about 2 yesterday afternoon, acting on information received, Sergeant Singh and other Police ranks from Regional Division 4B went to Timehri, East Bank Demerara, where they found a white Toyota Premio motor car (Registration # PPP 5742), abandoned near a cemetery, with everything intact.
Dear Editor, Richard Madeley’s name hardly rang a bell to Guyanese until a few days ago when he made headlines for his disrespectful interview with the President of Guyana.
“Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.”
LONDON, (Reuters) – Newcastle United dumped Manchester City out of the League Cup 1-0 yesterday and drew a fourth round trip to holders Manchester United, who beat them in last season’s final, as their reward.
