Daily Archive: Saturday, May 4, 2024

Today, between 06:00 hours and 10:15 hours, a Joint Services search was conducted at the New Mazaruni Prison and prohibited items were found.

NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – Indian foreign minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar rejected U.S.

(Trinidad Express) Roadside vendors are defending the cost of their goods against criticism from consumers that the prices of pomerac and mango are too high when compared to imported apples.

(Trinidad Express) Comedian and chutney singer Kenneth Supersad, of Nahh News fame, yesterday received an apology from officers of the Arouca Police Station after he had been turned away while making a robbery report on Thursday.

The Turkish power ship to provide relief to GPL is to begin its journey this morning to Everton on the Berbice River where it is to be hooked up to the power grid.

As part of their efforts to exercise their right to self-determination and autonomy, the Indigenous Peoples of the Arecuna and Akawaio villages attended the first quarterly statutory meeting of the year, held from March 22 to 27 and the devastating effects of the drought was one of the issues addressed.

A 34-year-old pedestrian has been struck and killed in a hit-and-run accident involving a vehicle driven by a policeman attached to the Criminal Investigation Department.

-hunt on for suspect Joseph Forde called ‘Who U’, a 44-year-old construction worker of Lot 38 Middle Street, Sparendaam, East Coast Demerara, was chopped to death on Thursday between 21.30 and 21.45 hours at Victoria Road, East Coast Demerara, by a man known as ‘Fatta’ and ‘Kevin’. 

Shamar Davis called ‘Stamma’, a 23-year-old of Lot 56 B Field, Sophia, Georgetown, and currently a prisoner at the Lusignan Prison, appeared before Magistrate Orinthia Schmidt at the Vigilance Magistrate’s Court, where he was charged with the murder of fellow inmate 23-year-old Anthony Prince.

The governments of Guyana and Jamaica yesterday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for co-operation on media, mass communication, and public affairs.

Chicken ‘n’ Burger Delight yesterday opened a third outlet, this time at Lot 14 Richmond Public Road, Anna Regina, Essequibo Coast on the ground floor of Elevate Bar. 

Prime Minister Mark Phillips met with the Ambassador of the European Union (EU) to Guyana, René van Nes,, at the Office of the Prime Minister on Camp Street in Georgetown on Thursday.

Eighty persons who were allocated moderate-income and middle-income lots at Great Diamond-Block One (Section One) participated in a lot identification exercise led by the agency’s Surveys Unit yesterday morning.

The Police yesterday issued a wanted bulletin for Kalvin Murray for questioning in relation to the rape of a child under 16 years.

-Sammy, Haynes believe WI can win Cricket West Indies (CWI) yesterday morning announced its 15-man squad for the impending ICC Men’s T20 World Cup in June.

Dear Editor, It is my heartfelt hope that this letter will cause some visible changes in order to stymie the “suicides” and murders occurring on our roads.

The Guyanese contingent which is currently in The Bahamas for the World Relays, will be looking for Olympic qualification as a relay team in the Mixed 4x400M and Men’s 4x400M events respectively.

The lawyer for a New Amsterdam, Berbice businessman has written to Kaieteur News (KN) calling for the retraction of a news item where he was mistakenly identified as controversial Chinese middleman Su Zhirong.

Dear Editor, In 2022, permission to host a national exhibition at a public building in honour of that year’s Independence Anniversary observances was belatedly withdrawn to the organisers (KN May 24 2022).

Following an all-important 24-23 win in the first leg of their Rugby Americas North (RAN) 15s Championship match against Trinidad and Tobago at the Hasely Crawford Stadium in Trinidad on April 28, Guyana’s national Rugby team, the ‘Green Machine’ will host the return leg on June 22.

Ramsay Ali, Chief Executive Officer of Sterling Products Limited has been re-elected unopposed as President of  the Guyana Manufacturing and Services Association (GMSA).

Seventy-five local public health and clinical practitioners were on Monday  awarded certificates by the Pan Caribbean Partnership (PANCAP) against HIV and AIDS  for successfully completing the University of Washington Global Health E-learning Programme on Monday, a Department of Public Information (DPI) release stated yesterday.

Guyana’s National Women’s Chess Champion Jessica Callender has a slender lead on retaining her title after six rounds of play in the Women’s National Championship.

Dear Editor, This May 5th, 2024, will mark 186 years since the arrival of the first East Indian indentured immigrants to set foot on Guyana’s soil.

A second action filed by Danuta Radzik over the granting of a waiver for an environment survey to the Gas-to-Shore project was yesterday dismissed by  Justice Simone Morris-Ramlal who ordered Radzik to pay costs in the sum of $200,000 to the Environmental Assessment Board (EAB).

Dear Editor, I wanted to share my thoughts on the current state of affairs in Guyana’s burgeoning oil industry, which seems to resemble a high-stakes game of “One, Two, Three Red Light.”

Dear Editor, I attended the last four PPP Congresses but am not going to the present one at the Convention Center in Liliendaal.

Approximately 1,000 men are set to benefit from  training opportunities through the Ministry of Human Services and Social Security’s ‘MPOWER’ training programme.

CAIRO,  (Reuters) – Hamas said yesterday it was sending a delegation to Cairo to discuss a deal for a truce and the release of hostages in Gaza, hours after U.S.

(Reuters) ExxonMobil will take 18 to 24 months to achieve its full production synergies from its US$60 billion purchase of US shale oil producer Pioneer Natural Resources, the company’s top shale executive said yesterday ExxonMobil this week closed all-stock acquisition after agreeing to an antitrust consent order that barred the former Pioneer CEO from joining its board and is moving in the coming weeks to combine operations that will form the largest oil producer in the Permian basin.

Dear Editor, Maintaining political integrity is of utmost importance. All political parties and their supporters must wholeheartedly denounce all forms of corruption, especially in light of the two significant party congresses.

Dear Editor, I write to extend support for the call by Mr.

NEW YORK,  (Reuters) – Hope Hicks, a former top aide to Donald Trump, testified yesterday that he told her in the final days of the 2016 presidential election to deny that he had a sexual relationship with porn star Stormy Daniels.

BOGOTA, (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – From Mexicans left homeless by rising seas to Colombians affected by coral bleaching, hundreds of people are telling the top human rights court in the Americas what climate change means to them in an historic case that could shape international law.

The Ministerial Taskforce on Trafficking in Persons, comprising representatives from the Ministry of Home Affairs, Ministry of Human Services and Social Security, the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission, and the Guyana Police Force, conducted a comprehensive training and sensitization outreach in Region 7 from April 26th to 29th, 2024.

OTTAWA,  (Reuters) – Canadian police yesterday arrested and charged three Indian men with the murder of Sikh separatist leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar last year and said they were probing whether the men had ties to the Indian government.

(Reuters) – Heavy rains battering Brazil’s southernmost state of Rio Grande do Sul have killed 39 people, local authorities said yesterday, and the death toll is expected to rise as dozens still have not been accounted for.

Glendon Fordyce appeared before Magistrate Leron Daly at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court 2 yesterday charged with converting $4m to his own use.

Dear Editor, Today, I visited Citizens Bank to transact some business.

DALLAS, Texas, CMC – Joint-hosts United States named two players with Caribbean ties, vice-captain Aaron Jones and left-handed opener Stephen Taylor, in their provisional 15-member squad for the ICC Men’s Twenty20 World Cup.

KINGSTOWN, St Vincent,  CMC – Organisers of the ICC Men’s Twenty20 World Cup matches in St Vincent & the Grenadines gave the assurance this week that they are “on target” to meet the deadline of June 1 to hand over venues for the global showpiece.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates,  CMC – Umpire Joel Wilson of Trinidad & Tobago and former West Indies captain turned match referee Sir Richie Richardson are the only two match officials from the Caribbean that have made the cut for the ICC Men’s Twenty20 World Cup in June.

Police in Regional Division 4’C’ are investigating a serious accident which occurred on Thursday at about 19:50 hours on the Unity Old Road, Mahaica, East Coast Demerara that has left 31-year-old Emel Robinson of Mosquito Hall, Mahaica, hospitalised suffering from a fractured skull.

MUMBAI, India, CMC – West Indies pair of retiree Sunil Narine and World Cup-bound all-rounder Andre Russell failed to fire with the bat, but they sparked with the ball, and Kolkata Knight Riders held their nerve to clinch a 24-run win against hosts Mumbai Indians in the Indian Premier League yesterday.

In its manifesto for the 2020 general elections, the PPP/C promised that between 2020 and 2025 it would create 50,000 jobs.

Dear Editor, In my nearly seventy years of following political, racial and economic discourse in Guyana, I have never seen something as disturbing as I saw this week.

CARACAS, (Reuters) – Venezuelan opposition candidate Edmundo Gonzalez said yesterday that President Nicolas Maduro’s government would have already banned him from public office if it had been planning on blocking his presidential candidacy.

MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – The mountain of runs being scored in the Indian Premier League (IPL) shows Twenty20 cricket is changing and bowlers must move with the times or be left behind, New Zealand paceman Tim Southee said.

(Field Level Media) LeBron James is going to take some time away from the court to decide where — and even if — he will play his 22nd NBA season.

(Reuters) – Bayer Leverkusen have their sights set on stretching their extraordinary 47-match unbeaten run this season but it will no easy task, manager Xabi Alonso said yesteday.

(Field Level Media) Paolo Banchero scored 27 points and Franz Wagner added 26 as the host Orlando Magic forced a Game 7 in the Eastern Conference first-round series with a 103-96 victory over the Cleveland Cavaliers yesterday.

By Shashi Tharoor NEW DELHI – As India’s general election enters its second month, most conventional expectations have already been upended.

Ramy El-Batrawi who was the highest bidder for the Marriott Hotel recently passed away at the age of 62.

KARACHI, Pakistan, CMC – West Indies Women won their five-match Twenty20 International series against hosts Pakistan Women 4-1 after another Player-of-the-Match innings from their captain Hayley Matthews enabled them to close out with a resounding eight-wicket win yesterday.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – U.S. Representative Henry Cuellar and his wife were indicted for allegedly accepting close to $600,000 in bribes in two schemes meant to benefit an Azerbaijani state-owned energy company and an unnamed bank based in Mexico, court papers showed.