Daily Archive: Wednesday, December 13, 2023

Cattle rustling and the illegal slaughter of animals have been longstanding issues affecting residents and farmers of Cane Grove and the Police say they have made significant strides in addressing these and various other concerns affecting residents of the community.

The Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs Catherine Colonna has reiterated France’s support for Guyana’s territorial integrity and called on Venezuela not to take any unilateral action in relation to the ongoing controversy.

Barbadian Prime  Minister Mia Amor Mottley is to head to St Vincent and the Grenadines for tomorrow’s critical meeting between the leaders of Guyana and Venezuela,  according to today’s Barbados Nation.

(Trinidad Guardian) Returning home from work yesterday morning, Marcus John met a chilling sight.

The Auditor General’s report for 2022 has disclosed that the Ministry of Health disposed of 94,464 vials of expired Sputnik COVID-19 vaccines worth $410.8m.

(CMC): Man-of-the-Match Andre Russell made an instant impact with bat and ball in his first appearance for the West Indies in two years, as the home side staged the highest-ever successful run chase at Kensington Oval to beat England by four wickets yesterday.

President Irfaan Ali yesterday rejected claims in a letter sent by Venezuelan President, Nicolas Maduro to Vincentian Prime Minister, Ralph Gonsalves that the border controversy between the two countries is up for discussion.

By Subhana Shiwmangal A fourth person who was involved in the minibus accident on the Friendship, East Bank Demerara Public Road on Sunday morning succumbed to his injuries while receiving treatment at the hospital yesterday morning.

By Michelangelo Jacobus The opening match of this year’s KFC Goodwill Schools Football tournament saw Chase Academy cruise to a 5-2 win over St Ignatius Secondary at the Queen’s College Ground on Thomas Lands.

The Dolphin Combined Swim Team departed Guyana yesterday for the ASATT Invitational Swimming Championship, which is set to commence today and conclude on December 17th in Trinidad and Tobago.

The hearing of the fraud cases stemming from the March 2020 general elections  was further postponed  yesterday to January 15 to ensure that the files are properly organised.

Dear Editor, President Ali is scheduled to meet Venezuela’s President, Nicholas Maduro Moros tomorrow, (Thursday, 14th December, 2023) at the request of the Heads of Government of CARICOM and the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC).

Jonathan Yearwood was elected to the helm of the Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC) when the entity staged its electoral congress on Monday evening at the club’s Bourda location.

Information from the police yesterday said that three of the servicemen who died in last Wednesday’s helicopter crash near Arau died from burns.

Retired Assistant Commissioner of Police, Paul Slowe yesterday pleaded not guilty to three counts of sexual assault after the magistrate’s court ruled that his matters will be handled summarily and not indictably.

Kwakwani, the Bishops’ High, and President’s College recorded contrasting wins when the Youth Basketball Guyana (YBG) ‘Titan Bowl’ Championship continued yesterday at the National Gymnasium, Mandela Avenue, Kwakwani downed the New Amsterdam Multilateral 44-27.

Dear Editor, Embedded in Mr. Jagdeo’s reflection on COP 28 (‘COP 28 pledge of US$400M not enough to assist impacted countries – Jagdeo’ in SN, Dec.

UNITED NATIONS/CAIRO/GAZA,  (Reuters) – Israel faced growing diplomatic isolation in its war against Hamas as the United Nations demanded an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza and U.S.

Dear Editor, Joe Solomon, the cricketer who played for Berbice, Everest, Guyana and the West Indies, and one of my boyhood heroes, died last week at the age of ninety three.

Tomorrow’s planned meeting between President Irfaan Ali and his Venezuelan counterpart Nicolás Maduro in St.

DUBAI, (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Phasing out fossil fuels around the world is unlikely to happen – or even win backing from all governments – without far more finance and clean technology on offer for developing countries, officials and analysts said at the COP28 U.N.

Dear Editor, It is being promoted from our side of the border that Thursday’s ‘appropriate’ dialogue will focus on the maintaining of the zone of peace and respect for international law.

Speaking at a Human Rights and Corruption Panel on Sunday, Guyana’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett pointed out that the Regional Security System (RSS) of which this country is a member caters for collective self-defence.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – President Joe Biden warned Republicans yesterday that they would give Russia a “Christmas gift” if they failed to provide additional military aid to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, whose meeting with a top U.S.

Dear Editor, Most Public Service employees were completely blindsided by the salary increase offered by the government.

By Antonio Dey An Artificial Intelligence-4D Showcase, which was geared at addressing the digital disparities in developing countries, was recently hosted here by TrueSelph Inc, Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) Lab, Version 75 Inc (V75) and Jaseci Labs LLC.

HANOI,  (Reuters) – Communist-ruled China and Vietnam, at odds over claims in the South China Sea, agreed yesterday to boost ties and build a community with a “shared future”, three months after Hanoi upgraded its formal relations with the United States.

Dear Editor, I would appreciate it if you could grant me a space in your newspaper to highlight a complicated issue that can be easily resolved with planning and coordination.

A female prison officer who was yesterday charged with the possession of narcotics was remanded to prison.

BUENOS AIRES, (Reuters) – Argentina will weaken its peso over 50% to 800 per dollar, cut energy subsidies, and cancel tenders of public works, new Economy Minister Luis Caputo said yesterday, economic shock therapy aimed at fixing the country’s worst crisis in decades.

HOUSTON,  (Reuters) – Trading houses that emerged as early buyers of Venezuelan crude following an U.S.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak avoided defeat in parliament yesterday on an emergency bill to revive his plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda, seeing off a revolt by dozens of his lawmakers that laid bare his party’s deep divisions.

By Gemma Robinson Moray House Trust in Georgetown held its annual Martin Carter memorial event this week.

Last Friday, as the nation, still in shock, mourned the loss of five members of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF), Brigadier (retired) Gary Beaton, Colonel Michael Shahoud, Lieutenant Colonel Michael Charles, Lieutenant Colonel Sean Welcome, and Staff Sergeant Jason Khan, in a catastrophic air tragedy, the news broke that two other sons of the soil, Joe Solomon, and Clyde Butts, former West Indies Test cricketers had also passed away.

A porter was yesterday crushed to death at Baramita in the north west after the truck he was under slipped off of a jack.

Dear Editor, Like many Guyanese, I was at first flabbergasted when I began watching the press conference with Dr Ralph Gonsalves, Prime Minister of St Vincent & the Grenadines, last Friday evening.

(Reuters) – South Africa opener Reeza Hendricks laid the foundation as they beat India by five wickets after reaching a rain-reduced target to win their second Twenty20 international at St George’s Park yesterday.

(Trinidad Guardian) The Integrity Commission (IC) is defending itself following Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley’s criticisms.