Daily Archive: Wednesday, February 7, 2024

Mayelin Cordova, a 41-year-old businesswoman of Byderabo Road, Bartica, was today sentenced to four years imprisonment for trafficking a Venezuelan national for the purpose of sexual exploitation.

Police in Regional Division #1 are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of Eutan George called ‘Blacka’, a 27-year-old  pork-knocker of Big Creek Backdam, North West District, which occurred on 05-02-2024 at the aforementioned address.

RAFAH, Gaza Strip,  (Reuters) – Using two fans he picked up from a scrap market and rigged to some wires, teenager Hussam Al-Attar has created his own source of electricity to light up the tent where he and his family are living after being displaced by Israel’s assault on Gaza.

 (Reuters) – A supplier to brands including Nestle, Kellogg’s and Colgate has been farming palm oil on deforested land in one of the best-preserved areas of Peru’s Amazon rainforest, an environmental group said in an investigative report released on Wednesday.

 (Reuters) – The Twenty20 World Cup in June will be an unforgettable party with strong Caribbean flavours that will help plant cricket firmly in the U.S.

DOHA/TEL AVIV/GAZA,  (Reuters) – Hamas has proposed a ceasefire to quiet the guns in Gaza for four-and-a-half months, during which all hostages would go free, Israel would withdraw its troops from the Gaza Strip and an agreement would be reached on an end to the war.

The Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) Corporation has signed a Memorandum of Understanding for a new terminal building at Guyana’s main airport at Timehri.

Holding firm to the position that sugar here is still viable, coupled with the expectation that this year’s production will reach the 100,000-tonne mark, President Irfaan Ali on Monday announced that a sugar refinery will be built at the shuttered East Demerara Estate at Enmore.

By Abigail Headley Teachers again took to the streets around across the country yesterday in support of the GTU’s strike over the Government’s failure to engage in free collective bargaining since August 2020.

A Corentyne man was yesterday remanded to prison after he was charged with the brutal murders of the two men he brutally and fatally chopped late Friday evening.

As teachers across Guyana again downed tools yesterday in support of the second day of the GTU strike, the Ministry of Education (MoE) has made the decision to cease the deduction of dues on behalf of the union.

(CMC) – West Indies were jettisoned in record time when Australia, inspired by a Player-of-the-Match performance from rookie pacer Xavier Bartlett, galloped to an eight-wicket win in the third One-Day International and wrapped up a clean sweep of the series.

(Field Level Media) Dennis Schroder scored 18 points as the visiting Brooklyn Nets earned their first win under interim coach Kevin Ollie, a wire-to-wire, 111-86 rout of the Memphis Grizzlies last  night.

Following the uproar caused by the appearance of photos of the pool on social media at the National Aquatic Centre being in filth along with the washroom facilities, the National Sports Commission’s (NSC) Director of Sport, Steve Ninvalle, has said that there is “a very slim chance of such an incident reoccurring.”

The bereaved family of Trevor Jones, who was crushed by a reversing super-reach stacker at the John Fernandes wharf yesterday, is awaiting an official statement from the company about the incident.

Dear Editor, One of our other public companies – Caribbean Container Inc.

Yesterday afternoon, experienced school football tournament coordinators, the Petra Organisation, launched their 2024 season at the Massey Distribution Office at Montrose, East Coast Demerara.

In the ongoing saga for control over the Guyana Public Service Co-operative Credit Union Ltd (GPSCCUL), a judge yesterday ordered that a Special General Meeting (SGM) now be held by March 10th.

Dear Editor, It is an irrefutable fact that one of the biggest drivers of our economy is the housing and industrial estates campaigns of the current Government of Guyana.

The delay in the handing over of the US$300 million artificial island shore base at Vreed-en-Hoop will not affect ExxonMobil’s operations as the company has already begun moving its equipment to the site, Country Manager Alistair Routledge yesterday said.

Traditional giant Pouderoyen grounded the Eagles by a 4-1 score-line to seal their final’s berth in the West Demerara Football Association Pre-Season Championship at the National Track and Field Centre, Leonora.

Minister of Health, Dr Frank Anthony yesterday inaugurated a state-of-the-art $49 million digital X-ray Machine at Mahaicony Cottage Hospital in Region Five.

Dear Editor, On 2nd February, 2024, the PPP/C Government used their all-important control of the thirty-third seat in Parliament to amend the Natural Resource Fund Act to empower itself to remove a much larger portion of the money currently held in that Fund to use as they deem fit.

Snatchers and Paiwomak Warriors recorded victories in the men’s and women’s divisions, respectively, when the RDC Republic Football Cup continued on Sunday evening at the Wadapna Sports Ground.

Sasenarine Singh, the CEO of GuySuCo yesterday on his Facebook page pledged to ensure that the control room at the Albion Sugar Estate which was damaged by a fire on Saturday morning is fixed promptly.

Cedric Imports and Trophy Stall became the latest entities to support the impending Mashramani Street-ball Championship, which is pencilled for Sunday, February 18th, at the National Park tarmac, Thomas Lands, as they sponsored the event’s second and third place accolades.

Dear Editor, The Guyana Teachers’ Union can trace its origins back to 1884 when it was established as the British Guiana Teachers’ Association during British colonial rule (reference: Commonwealth of Nations).

Dear Editor, I was privileged last weekend to attend a diaspora Guyana Speaks gathering to hear Guyana’s prize historiographer Professor Clem Seecharan launch his book Cheddi Jagan and the Cold War to a packed room in London’s Elephant and Castle.

Acting Chief Justice Roxane George SC, has thrown out the case which had been filed challenging the powers of the President to extend the tenure of acting Commissioner of Police, Clifton Hicken, beyond the age of retirement.

DOHA/GAZA, Feb 7, (Reuters) – U.S., Qatari and Egyptian mediators prepared a diplomatic push to bridge differences between Israel and Hamas on a ceasefire plan for Gaza after the Palestinian group responded to a proposal for an extended pause in fighting and hostage releases.

Dear Editor, We live in a world where we assume that those persons who have been elevated to positions of decision-making on matters affecting the lives of citizens are possessed of a level of acumen and a knowledge of history to allow them to make decisions in the interest and welfare of the people they represent.

Forty-eight-year-old Venezuelan Alcides Jose Martinez Mejia who appeared before Magistrate Rhondel Weever at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court on Monday to answer to the charge of illegal possession of a firearm and ammunition was sentenced to two years imprisonment but will serve one year as the sentences will run concurrently.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – The U.S. House of Representatives delivered a blow to Republican Speaker Mike Johnson when it voted yesterday against impeaching Democratic President Joe Biden’s top border official.

A Number 56 Village, Corentyne man was yesterday found dead in a trench at Bushlot Village, Corentyne.

BUENOS AIRES,  (Reuters) – A major economic reform package championed by Argentina’s libertarian President Javier Milei will be sent back to a legislative committee for consideration, the president’s party said yesterday, marking a major setback for the bill.

Dear Editor, I am writing to express my deep concern and disappointment regarding the recent decision of the Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU) to call a strike.

Ahead of the departure of the Guyana Women’s cricket team for St.

Dear Editor, Sometime last week an official government release stated that the increase in Old Age Pension and special assistance won’t be available until March 2024.

NEW YORK,  (Reuters) – A manager at a U.S. subsidiary of Mexican state oil company Pemex expected a “cash register” of bribes would “start ringing” once he gave inside information to an employee of the world’s largest oil trader, Vitol, trial evidence showed yesterday.

By Shlomo Ben-Ami TEL AVIV – A year into World War II, the United Kingdom’s War Cabinet established a committee that would be responsible for clarifying the UK’s objectives in the conflict.

Last Friday, the United States Supreme Court ruled that US prosecutors had overreached their boundaries when they applied United States laws to groups of people, many of whom were foreign nationals, who allegedly defrauded FIFA, a foreign organisation based in Switzerland.

Scotiabank, in a press release said it has donated $3,875,000 towards a youth-focused skills training programme, Construction Technology and Disaster Risk Reduction Training, facilitated by Habitat for Humanity for persons ages 16-30 years.

(Reuters) – Kane Williamson scored his second century of the match as New Zealand dismissed South Africa for 162 before extending an already substantial lead to a mammoth 528 runs on the third day of the first test at Bay Oval yesterday.

SAN SALVADOR,  (Reuters) – When El Salvador President Nayib Bukele published a private WhatsApp conversation with the top U.S.