Articles published on Saturday, February 17, 2024
The police are investigating an accident which occurred at about 7.22 pm yesterday on Quarrie Access Trail in Central Rupununi, Region Nine, which resulted in the death of Karl Lewis, the 52-year-old Deputy Toshao of Shulinab Village, South Central Rupununi.
The Police are investigating a fatal accident which occurred at about 9:25 am today on the public road at Blankenburg, West Coast Demerara, which resulted in the death of a cop.
MONTEVIDEO, (Reuters) – Uruguay’s main port received two cargo scanners sixteen years ago to detect drugs and other suspicious loads.
KINGSTOWN, (Reuters) – The top court in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines dismissed a challenge to anti-gay laws dating to British colonial rule on Friday, leaving the Caribbean country among a handful that still prescribes harsh criminal penalties against gays and lesbians.
TOKYO, (Reuters) – Japan successfully launched its new H3 flagship rocket today, putting its space programme back on track after multiple setbacks including the failure of the rocket’s inaugural flight last year.
OTTAWA, (Reuters) – Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has relied on immigration to drive economic growth and plug labor gaps, but now he is hitting the brakes after a seismic shift in public opinion that could undermine his chances to win the next election.
(Trinidad Guardian) As clean-up efforts continue across southwest Tobago, fisherfolk are warning customers that fish prices will go up.
Prime Minister Mark Phillips yesterday turned the sod signalling the commencement of construction of the Hospitality and Tourism Training Institute (HTTI) in Port Mourant, Corentyne to the tune of US $7.2m as he said that the government is working to create 50,000 jobs within the tourism sector by 2030.
As day 10 of the teachers’ strike ended yesterday, the GTU set out minimum conditions for returning to the classrooms and it underlined that recent meetings with the Ministry of Education (MoE) had been on policy matters but not salaries and collective bargaining.
Ex-policeman Prince Reid is now awaiting sentencing after being found guilty of killing two men back in 2017 whom he drove his minibus into at Meten-Meer-Zorg, West Demerara during a fracas.
ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Wins for Windward Islands Volcanoes, Trinidad & Tobago Red Force, and Jamaica Scorpions marginally trumped the rare accomplishment of Leeward Islands Hurricanes opener Mikyle Louis hitting hundreds in both innings of the same match in the West Indies Championship yesterday.
The Ptolemy Reid Rehabilitation Centre and the Ministry of Health’s, Dis-ability and Rehabilitation Services held a closing ceremony yesterday for a four-day Prosthetic Capacity Building Workshop during which a total of 33 persons received prosthetic limbs.
North East La Penitence will face off against Back Circle in the final of the inaugural ‘Georgetown versus the Rest’ Street-ball championship following semi-final wins on Thursday evening.
Dear Editor, To come to the point at once, I wish to comment on matters arising out of the teachers’ strike.
The Alliance for Change (AFC) yesterday noted that no information has been publicised regarding the Government’s Urban Renewal Plan or the process employed in supposedly transferring ownership of lands on Carifesta Avenue to be utilised for the construction of a Qatari hotel.
The Guyana Telephone and Telegraph (GTT) has announced the upgrading of its high-speed Fibre internet with no added cost.
By Michaelangelo Jacobus In the second game of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) Female Inter-County T20 competition, Demerara steamrolled their Essequibo counterparts to win by 90 runs yesterday at the Malteenoes Sports Club (MSC) Ground.
Dear Editor, Preventing a calypsonian from performing her/his work is reprehensible, the age of the performer and the message are the proffered excuses that ring hollow.
Loud tassa sounds complemented by African drumming were heard yesterday coming from teachers on the top of the Anna Regina Habour bridge as they joined the Guyana Teachers Union (GTU) for the 10th day of strike action to bolster their demand for collective bargaining.
Dear Editor, Editorials have been slammed. Letter writers and columnists lambasted, often slandered.
The Georgetown Public Hospital has purchased a $13 million Swiss Lithoclast Master ultrasonic lithotripter.
Dear Editor, Last night I was inspired and so deeply moved by a discussion hosted by the Oil and Gas Governance Network called: The crude truth: Living on a teacher’s salary.
A team from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) yesterday met with Minister of Labour, Joseph Hamilton and other officials of his ministry.
Dear Editor, People’s Progressive Party (PPP) General Secretary and Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo continues to act recklessly on national matters of grave import that require seriousness, integrity, accountability, respect for citizens’ rights and the rule of law.
A Plaisance man yesterday paid $250,000 to a person he was charged with wounding and the case was then dismissed at the Sparendaam Magistrate’s Court The police said that Jamel Taylor, a 32-year-old mason of Graham Street, Plaisance, East Coast Demerara (ECD), was arrested by the Police on Thursday and charged yesterday with felonious wounding.
Dear Editor, The Ministry of Education (MoE) says emphatically that they have been involved in the process of negotiations with the Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU) when they suddenly aborted the process and called a strike.
CAIRO, (Reuters) – Gaza’s largest functioning hospital was under siege yesterday in Israel’s war with Islamist group Hamas, leaving patients and doctors helpless in the chaos as warplanes struck Rafah, the last refuge for Palestinians in the enclave, officials said.
Orvin Samsair called Nicholas, a 21-year-old from Success, East Coast Demerara, was arrested on Monday and charged on Tuesday with the rape of a child under 16 years.
Dear Editor, The last thing you need after you have been struck by a minibus is your phone stolen.
MOSCOW, (Reuters) – Alexei Navalny, Russian President Vladimir Putin’s most formidable domestic opponent, fell unconscious and died yesterday after a walk at the “Polar Wolf” Arctic penal colony where he was serving a three-decade sentence, authorities said.
SCARBOROUGH, Tobago, (Reuters) – Nine days after a slick was first spotted by Trinidad and Tobago’s Coast Guard, an oil leak from a capsized barge remains unplugged, according to first responders and authorities, prompting nations across the Caribbean to coordinate a response.
DHAKA, Bangladesh, CMC – A valiant effort from West Indies all-rounder Romario Shepherd failed to spur Chattogram Challengers, and Rangpur Riders clinched an 18-run win against them in the Bangladesh Premier League yesterday.
Ramesh Persaud, the labourer who had been accused of the 2017 killing of Cane Grove, Mahaica farmer Harrynarine Ramnawaj, has been acquitted of the offence.
(Reuters) – Kane Williamson hit an unbeaten century as New Zealand patiently chased down a victory target of 267 to beat South Africa by seven wickets on the fourth day of the second test yesterday and clinch a first ever series win over the Proteas.
A Buxton derby will decide the final of tonight’s East Coast Mash Football Cup as Buxton United opposes fierce rival Buxton Stars at the Golden Grove ground at 9 pm following semi-final wins on Thursday evening at the same venue.
The dreams and aspirations of children are pure, and they should be nurtured.
MONACO, (Reuters) – Spanish runner Mohamed Katir has admitted to an anti-doping violation for three whereabouts failures and has been banned for two years, meaning he will miss this year’s Paris Olympics and the 2025 world championships in Tokyo.
LONDON, (Reuters) – Formula One teams will go testing with some trepidation in Bahrain next week amid fears Red Bull may have again stolen a march with an aggressive evolution of the most dominant car of all time.
Dear Editor, As February is Black History month, I wish to share two pieces of information on Guyanese history which, I believe, are not generally known by most Guyanese.
Emile Zola’s 1873 novel “The Belly of Paris” is centred around the capital’s once large food market of Les Halles which sadly moved to the suburbs in 1969.
RAJKOT, India, (Reuters) – Opener Ben Duckett smashed an 88-ball hundred to lead England’s robust reply to India’s first innings total of 445 on day two of the third test in Rajkot on Friday.
NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Donald Trump must pay $354.9 million in penalties for fraudulently overstating his net worth to dupe lenders, a New York judge ruled on Friday, handing the former U.S.
Share Price Many years ago, the PPP administration sought to make the issue and investment of shares in public companies an attractive proposition, exempting from capital gains tax the gain any transfer of shares.
