Articles published on Wednesday, April 10, 2024
ORENBURG, Russia, (Reuters) – Floods engulfed cities and towns across Russia and Kazakhstan today after Europe’s third-longest river burst its banks, forcing about 110,000 people to evacuate and swamping parts of the Russian city of Orenburg.
NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Former Trump Organization Chief Financial Officer Allen Weisselberg was sentenced on Wednesday to five months in jail after pleading guilty last month to perjury charges for lying to investigators and a judge about Donald Trump’s finances.
VATICAN CITY, (Reuters) – A representative of Brazil’s Yanomami people said he met Pope Francis today to ask him to support Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva’s efforts to save his indigenous people.
NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – India’s top court admonished the head of a state drugs regulator for failing to take action against a popular yoga guru’s firm which claimed its traditional ayurvedic medicines can cure chronic diseases such as diabetes and asthma.
On Tuesday 9th April 2024, the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) delivered judgment in Che Jain Ping and Xiao Guang Zhao v Guyana Power and Light Inc.
By Abigail Headley In an effort to decentralize mental healthcare services and to better target suicide and its triggers in Guyana, the Ministry of Health has launched the National Mental Health Action Plan and the National Suicide Prevention Plan for the years 2024-2030.
Fed up with the disregard for contract extensions given and apparent abandonment of the project, the government is preparing to terminate the contract with Trinidad and Tobago-based contractor Kallco Guyana Inc for the Conversation Tree to Dennis Street road project.
By Shuntel Glasgow The families of two children who were recent victims of school violence along with a few others, staged a small peaceful protest in front of the Strathspey Primary School yesterday.
By Mia Anthony Vendors who ply their trade around Demico House, Stabroek have received letters from the Mayor and City Council (M&CC) demanding their immediate removal.
The police are investigating the discovery of skeletal remains by a cane harvester yesterday morning at Enterprise ‘A’ Field, East Canjie, Berbice.
Justice of Appeal Prem Persaud will be remembered as a jurist who served his country and acquitted himself with distinction—entitling him a place in the annals of legal history—not only in Guyana but the Common-wealth Caribbean at large.
A 26-year-old man is now hospitalized after he was shot five times on Monday morning by two men on a motorcycle at Middle Road, La Penitence.
A 32-year-old man was on Monday remanded to prison by Magistrate Tamieka Clarke at the Charity Magistrate’s Court after he appeared before her charged with being in possession of a firearm without being the holder of a licence.
The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) this week questioned the approximately $112 million discrepancy between the sum budgeted to procure drugs and medical supplies for Region Two (Pomeroon-Supenaam) in 2019, and what was actually received by the region, but received no satisfactory explanation.
Dear Editor, Stabroek News (SN) editorial of April 8, 2024, posited that the carbon content per barrel of crude oil is 0.43 metric tons and concluded that the President Ali administration is single-mindedly focused on extraction and infrastructure.
Police yesterday said the body of a man, who is reportedly a vagrant, was found early yesterday morning in a trench at 10th Field, Cummings Lodge East Coast Demerara.
Defending champion of the Guyana Cricket Board’s (GCB) Women’s U-19 T20 competition, Demerara, was crushed by nine wickets as Berbice won emphatically to lift this year’s trophy.
Dear Editor, No one should differ with our former PM Nagamootoo’s yearning for greater national unity, greater civility, and mutual respect amongst us Guyanese; at all times and very much so at times of change of Government in our country, and in this instance the change of Government in August 2020.
As part of its efforts to educate the public about fire safety, ranks from the Guyana Fire Service (GFS) attached to the Linden Fire Station yesterday engaged in an initiative to promote fire safety within the town.
FIDA Master Anthony Drayton and Ricardo Narine emerged as champions in the Open and Juniors categories, respectively, when the April Open Rapid Chess Championship concluded on Monday evening at the Catholic Life Centre, Brickdam.
Dear Editor, In response to the recent letter critiquing Guyana’s readiness as a tourist destination, I offer a perspective rooted in extensive global travel experience and a deep affection for Guyana’s unique charm.
Sixty percent of the residents of Quarrie, a village in Region Nine (Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo), are now benefitting from a new water supply system.
Members of the Providence community were elected by way of a democratic process on Saturday last, to form a management committee for the Providence Police Station.
Dear Editor, I have argued before and still insist that our Integrity Commission is both badly mis-purposed (as most of its statutory functions are redundant and unnecessary) and a crass violator of privacy and comfort rights of public officials and their families.
Guyana will make its return to the World Cup of Darts after the team of Sudesh Fitzgerald and Normal Madhoo prevailed in the Latin America Qualifier in Costa Rica last weekend.
Dear Editor, If ever there was a more hackneyed statement by politicians about our agriculture it is the oft-times reference to Guyana as the potential food basket of the Caribbean.
Forty-nine-year-old Ying Gou Sun of Seven Mile, Linden was placed on $150,000 bail when he appeared before Magistrate Clive Nurse at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court on Monday charged with forgery.
Dear Editor, Exxon has yet to share what the estimated cost is to clean up an oil spill in the worst case scenario.
A 27-year-old construction worker was on Monday arrested with 3.563 grammes of cannabis during a police roadblock on the Helena Public Road, East Coast Demerara.
Anns Grove ensured that fierce rival Buxton United remained winless in the KFC Elite League, prevailing 2-0 last night at the National Training Centre in Providence.
Rising star Keyon Britton’s participation in the ‘Champion of Champions’ boxing tournament in St.
In today’s social media-expedited world the younger generation’s time, thoughts, and energy are so consumed with ‘staying in the know’ about a whole host of inconsequential happenings that it is cause for concern.
The third edition of the ExxonMobil Linden Schools Football Championship, which will feature eight teams competing in an initial group-stage format, was officially launched yesterday.
Minister of Health Dr Frank Anthony on Monday announced that the government will this year begin providing free HPV testing with the aim of making HPV screening more accessible and affordable for all Guyanese.
Dear Editor, Food security is a fundamental human right that every person deserves to have access to.
