Daily Archive: Thursday, March 21, 2024

President Irfaan Ali today received a courtesy visit from the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) of the United States of America, William J.

Yesterday, Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU) officers conducted an operation in the Providence Public Road, East Bank Demerara area, where they intercepted a canter vehicle.

HOUSTON,  (Reuters) – The government of Trinidad and Tobago has begun talks with the U.S.

Aaron Bess, a 17-year-old of Patentia, West Bank Demerara was fatally stabbed yesterday and two teenagers are in custody.

MUMBAI,  (Reuters) – India’s main opposition Congress party accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi today of crippling it before the upcoming general election by freezing its accounts in an income tax case.

(Trinidad Express) One of the promoters of Carnival mas band Have Ah Time was shot and killed in Diego Martin on Tuesday night.

By Abigail Headley As the Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU) and the Ministry of Education (MoE) met at the first hearing yesterday at the High Court of a case stemming from the teachers’ strike, Chief Education Officer (CEO) Saddam Hussain was pressed on his understanding of the term “salary increase” and to provide evidence that it was discussed during previous meetings.

When Guyana faced questions for its third and final day before the UN Human Rights Committee yesterday, Minister of Parliamentary Affairs and Governance Gail Teixeira, was pressed to provide answers on the independence of the judiciary and specifically the reason this country for well over a decade now, continues to be without a substantive Chancellor and Chief Justice.

Venezuelan nationals Oscar Alcides, 50, a miner of Eteringbang, Essequibo; Darvy DaCosta, 23,  of El Dorado; and 19-year-old Guyanese, Pharel Prince Adelph of Crane Housing Scheme, West Coast Demerara, all appeared before Magistrate Faith McGusty at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court yesterday charged with murder in the course of a robbery.

Following a charge that it had lied about Dr Vincent Adams on Tuesday before the United Nations Human Rights Committee in Geneva, Guyana yesterday said that it found it inappropriate to be asked about the appointment of the current Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Head.

The New Building Society (NBS) registered a profit of $679.8m for 2023, down by 27% from the 2022 mark.

Guyana missed out on a historic win in the Indoor Pan American Hockey Championship as they battled to a 3-3 draw with hosts Canada yesterday in Calgary, Alberta, with the result unfortunately sealing their exit from the tournament.

By Subhana Shiwmangal The family of Anthony Ramlochan called ‘Bobby’, a 20-year-old of  Bush Lot Village who was among the three employees injured last Thursday in the “catastrophic” boiler explosion at Hack Rice Mill in Region Five, is requesting financial help.

Defending champion, the Guyana Harpy Eagles, led by a half-century from Kevin Sinclair and useful contributions from the lower order, posted a first-inning total of 308 against the league leader, the Windward Islands Volcanoes, when the Cricket West Indies 4-Day Championship continued yesterday.

ExxonMobil on Tuesday continued its community outreaches in Region Three with an open house event to engage and field questions from residents on the huge and controversial gas-to-energy (GtE) project.

Dear Editor, Please allow me to respond to letter by Mr.

At 11:20 am yesterday, an Assistant Superintendent, a sergeant and two constables were on a motor vehicle patrol proceeding east on Dennis Street in the vicinity of the Sophia Exhibition Centre when they observed a black heavily tinted Premio motor car with Registration #PAE 3982 heading in a western direction on Dennis Street.

The Lady Jaguars, the Guyana national senior women’s football team, have dropped three ranking positions to 90th following the official publication of the FIFA March standings.

Dear Editor, Of all the places that Vice-President Bharrat Jagdeo is deboned, it is through a UN creature. 

Dear Editor, In a few days, many of us will join our Hindu brothers and sisters across Guyana in celebrating one of the most joyous and colourful festivals of the Hindu Calendar; first brought from India to the then British Guiana in 1838 by the first set of Indentured Labourers.

Guyana will once again not compete in the CONCACAF Futsal Championship, as the local confederation confirmed the 12 nations that will contest the 2024 edition from April 13th–20th at the Polideportivo Alexis Arguello in Managua, Nicaragua.

Amerindians in all 10 administrative regions will head to the polls on May 15, to elect councils for their respective villages, a release from the Department of Public Information (DPI) stated yesterday.

Dear Editor Another workplace accident at a wharf, with strands of similarity of another accident in the workplace (wharf) a while ago, when an off duty employee was killed.

President Irfaan Ali on Wednesday received a courtesy visit from the Vice Prime Minister of Cuba,  Jorge Luis Tapia Fonseca at State House.

Dear Editor, After reading your newspaper’s breaking news article on, Tuesday, March 19, on the Maurice Arjoon case, I couldn’t help shaking my head and exhaling loud enough to express great sympathy for a man who was punished and humiliated for almost 30 years, all because he would not bow or bend to satisfy another’s unbridled greed, which is fueled by deep-seated vindictiveness.

Executives of the Guyana Gold and Diamond Miners Association (GGDMA) yesterday visited Police Commissioner Clifton Hicken at his Eve Leary Office  and forged a path towards enhanced security measures within mining communities in the country.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told U.S. Republican senators yesterday that Israel will continue its efforts to defeat the Palestinian militant group Hamas in the Gaza Strip, senators told reporters after he addressed a party lunch.

The Guyana Football Federation (GFF), in partnership with CONCACAF, staged an Executive Mentorship Programme (EMP) Workshop at the National Training Centre, Providence, from March 16–17.

National U-15 player Gilbert Griffith Jr. was the recipient of equipment from the Tucber Park Cricket Club of New Amsterdam, Berbice.

Dear Editor, Why would a Human Rights Committee concern itself with a United States (US) Immigration decision to engage a traveler for secondary questioning?

President Irfaan Ali yesterday received Letters of Credence from the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Federative Republic of Brazil, Maria De Castro Martins at the Office of the President.

SAO PAULO,  (Reuters) – Brazilian prosecutors have charged Jair Renan Bolsonaro, son of former President Jair Bolsonaro, for alleged crimes including money laundering and falsifying documents for a bank loan, newspaper O Globo reported yesterday.

Demerara Cricket Club (DCC) and El Dorado Cricket Club (EDCC) played to a drawn affair when the Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA) and Friends 2nd Division Two-Day Championship continued on Sunday.

(Reuters) – Suspected gang members were killed during an attack on the Petion-Ville neighborhood on the southern outskirts of Haiti’s capital, as a clash with police and locals pointed to a resurgence of vigilante justice while the state remains absent.

Dear Editor, My last place of residence in Guyana was at David Street, Kitty, which was bounded by Bissessar Avenue and Pere Street.

HOUSTON,  (Reuters) – A promising area off Colombia’s coast where Brazil state-run Petrobras PETR4.SA

Daniel Ince will face off against Shomari Wiltshire in the men’s final, while Ashley Khalil battles Mary Fung-A-Fat in the women’s decider tonight following their respective semi-final wins yesterday in the E-Net Senior Squash Championship.

The Golden Jaguars will commence their historic campaign in the inaugural FIFA Series today when they lock horns with Cabo Verde at the Prince Abdullah Al-Faisal Stadium in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, at 15:00hrs.

Dear Editor, I wholeheartedly support Vishnu Bisram’s timely call for an institutionalized Cheddi Jagan Memorial Lecture (See Kaieteur News letters to the Editor “A Call for Institutionalized Cheddi Jagan Memorial Lecture” March 16, 2024).

Norbert Williams was re-elected President of the Rupununi Football Association (RFA) when the entity conducted its electoral congress.

CARACAS,  (Reuters) – Venezuela attorney general Tarek Saab said yesterday that two people close to opposition candidate Maria Corina Machado had been arrested, prompting Machado to call the charges leveled at her team “completely false.”

Pritipaul Singh Investments says that it remains committed to the deployment of the “highest level” of Occupational Health & Safety standards in its operations and assures that the adoption of such high standards in the industry is a “key” feature of its continued operations, a release from the company stated on Monday.

DUBLIN, (Reuters) – Leo Varadkar said yesterday he would step down as Ireland’s prime minister in a surprise move, saying the country’s coalition government would stand a better chance of reelection under another leader.

By Carl Bildt STOCKHOLM – Is the dominance of “Indo-Pacific” thinking leading Western strategists astray?

In December last year, a young, social-media influencer provoked a firestorm when she declared that she would not consider having a child unless her partner committed to paying her a specific sum annually.

Dear Editor, It appears that in Guyana the month of March has become the period of debate as to the relevance of Marxism – Leninism in today’s world.

WASHINGTON, 0 (Reuters) – U.S. government-chartered helicopter flights began carrying American citizens from the Haitian capital Port-au-Prince yesterday amid rising violence, the State Department said, with a first flight transporting more than 15 people to Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic.

Embassy of the United States of America 100 Duke & Young Streets, Kingston, Georgetown, Guyana  In this edition of our Ask-the-Consul, we will answer some common questions about traveling to the United States for non-immigrant purposes. 

(Trinidad Express) There is growing alarm over the disappearance of contracting firm owner Shivam Parsuram.

Yesterday, the Ethnic Relations Commission (ERC) held its Mashramani Art & Essay competition Prize Giving Ceremony.

Kenford Gordon, a 26-year-old miner, was arrested on Monday afternoon during a Police ‘stop and search’ exercise at Mango Landing, Region #7, after he was found to be in possession of 52.6 grams of suspected marijuana.