Daily Archive: Wednesday, May 15, 2024

The PNCR today announced the passing of former General Secretary Oscar Clarke. 

A meeting got underway yesterday on security for the upcoming T20 World Cup to be hosted in the Caribbean and the US next month.

Aubrey Ghanie, 67, of the Soesdyke-Linden Highway  passed away this morning at the Georgetown Public Hospital following Monday’s horrific accident at Long Creek.

HANDLOVA, Slovakia,  (Reuters) – Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico suffered life-threatening injuries today when he was shot and wounded in an attempted assassination that stunned his small Central European nation and drew a chorus of international condemnation.

PORTO ALEGRE, Brazil, (Reuters) – Brazil’s southernmost state capital may suffer severe flooding for weeks to come, experts warn, compounding the struggles of half a million people forced to abandon their inundated homes.

 (Reuters) – A large wildfire is slowly approaching the major Canadian oil sands city of Fort McMurray and around 6,000 people in four suburbs have been told to evacuate, local officials said yesterday.

(Trinidad Express) The body of 16-year-old Sourav Nanan was found in Sangre Grande yesterday.

A Kalibur Security Service guard was fatally shot yesterday in a confrontation with the police. 

Dear Editor, I write from a place of reflection, concern, and hope as a youthful descendant of the Kapong and Pemon peoples of Upper Mazaruni (UM), as we observe the ongoing Toshaos’ elections and developing national policies which will determine Indigenous futures.

-US think tank Following its February 7th report, a US think tank says Venezuela is continuing to build up forces along Guyana’s border and there are risks of escalation with elections approaching in July and even after that.

Dear Editor, Monday’s horrific accident on the Linden-Soesdyke Highway (LSH) that claimed the lives of five Guyanese should be a wake-up call for the Guyanese authorities to do more to prevent any future such accidents.

– Minister Ramson, DoS Ninvalle silent on issue After initially revealing that the Guyana Rugby Football Union (GRFU) is receiving assistance from the Ministry of Culture, Youth, and Sport for the RAN 15s return encounter with Trinidad and Tobago, it has now been discovered that the support, while promised, is uncertain as the days continue to countdown to June 22nd.

-President says matter being addressed By Marcelle Thomas Demerara Distillers Limited (DDL) yesterday called on the government and CARICOM to ensure a level playing field for trade following Trinidad’s rejection of two containers of FDA-approved reconstituted milk the company exported and the placing of a flavoured-water shipment under an onerous import clearance process.

National table tennis champion Chelsea Edghill experienced a setback in her bid to qualify for the 2024 Paris Olympic Games as she was eliminated from the International Table Tennis Federation’s (ITTF) Americas Olympic Qualification event in Lima, Peru, yesterday.

Dear Editor, Professional associations play a crucial role in advocating for standards, providing professional development, and safeguarding the interests of their members.

-following questioning at Cove and John station on rape allegation Former Local Government Minister, Nigel Dharamlall, who turned himself in to police at the Cove and John station yesterday morning following a rape complaint was last night released on $500,000 bail.

Dear Editor, Bharrat Jagdeo is not, in my opinion, a very bright man.

– Burrowes hints at future route changes Following a meeting with Director of Sports (DoS) Steve Ninvalle after more than 30 cyclists signed a petition in protest of a proposed change to the first leg of the Independence Three-Stage Road Race, Guyana Cycling Federation (GCF) President Horace Burrowes confirmed that the original route will be utilised.

-no agreement yet on period for negotiations The second day of conciliation talks between the Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU) and the Ministry of Education (MoE) ended again without agreement on the way forward and another meeting is set for Monday The key issue is the period for negotiation for collective bargaining.

Dear Editor, The removal of Marxism–Leninism and reference to the objective of building a Socialist Guyana marks a radical change in the life of the People’s Progressive Party and indeed of the country.

By Khadidja Ba From castor oil to patties to furniture, 40 Jamaican companies are prospecting for partnerships here led by Senator Aubyn Hill, Jamaica’s Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce.

Dear Editor, I am writing to urge the Central Executive Committee (CEC) of my party, the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) to take immediate action and set a definite date for the upcoming party congress to elect a new leader.

-relatives bemoan way in which company is handling matter A GPL worker is now home on sick leave after he fell into the Berbice River while working on the Turkish power ship which is set to supply 36 megawatts (MW) of power to the utility in hopes of ending the ongoing blackout situation.

Dear Editor, I would like to relate the distressing sight which I witnessed yesterday morning on the roadway on my way to work in the vicinity of the Chico Ramas Gas Station at Strathspey.

Ruben Oselmo, 63, of Karrau Village was yesterday placed on $100,000 bail on a charge of sexual activity with a child under 16 years.

Dear Editor, The recent PPP Congress declared the extirpation of Marxism/Leninism (M/L) from that Party’s constitution while, at the same time, maintaining, as a functioning operational instrument, the anti-democratic and autocratic “democratic centralism”.

-believed to have been electrocuted A 36-year-old taxi driver’s motionless body was found by neighbours around midday on Sunday in a drain at his Lot 59 Church Street, Stanleytown, West Bank Demerara residence.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Donald Trump’s former fixer Michael Cohen faced aggressive questioning yesterday from the Republican presidential candidate’s defense lawyers, who sought to undermine Cohen’s testimony that Trump was intricately involved in a scheme to buy a porn star’s silence.

Dear Editor, I must have missed it. Where in Swami Aksharananda’s letter published last Saturday did he ask for an apology?

Romario Walcott, 26, a labourer of Queenstown, Essequibo Coast was arrested on Sunday, May 5, 2024,  on a charge of felonious wounding and was remanded yesterday.

The Golden Jaguars will contest the final fixture in their two-match international football series against Trinidad and Tobago’s ‘Soca Warriors’ this evening at 19:00hrs at the Hasely Crawford Stadium in Port of Spain.

(CMC) – Nicholas Pooran struck his second half-century of the Indian Premier League to pass 400 runs for the campaign, but the Lucknow Super Giants crashed to a 19-run loss to Shai Hope’s Delhi Capitals to leave their chances of a playoff spot hanging in the balance.

CAIRO, (Reuters) – Israeli tanks pushed deeper into Rafah yesterday, reaching some residential areas of the southern Gazan border city where more than a million people had sought shelter, and its forces pounded the enclave’s north in some of the fiercest attacks in months.

By Gaurav Dalmia NEW DELHI – India, with 968 million eligible voters, is currently holding the largest exercise of democratic rights in the world.

The quote, “Use a picture. It’s worth a thousand words,” is attributed to Arthur Brisbane, by two publications, The Post-Standard, a newspaper published in Syracuse, New York, and Printer’s Ink, the first American trade magazine dedicated to advertising.

Dear Editor, I couldn’t help but raise an eyebrow when I stumbled upon the news about the Guyana government signing a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the New York Police Department (NYPD) to tackle crime.

Rescheduled from its initial start date of May 10th due to a torrential downpour that made the playing surface unsafe, the Guinness ‘Greatest of the Streets’ Linden Championship will commence tonight at the Silver City Hard-court.

(Trinidad Guardian) Police officer and drag racing enthusiast Dale ‘Rug Rat’ Mayers died after he was shot while at a bar in Longdenville, Chaguanas on Monday night.

In what has become a customary activity, the Petra Organisation, coordinators of the ExxonMobil Boy’s and Girl’s U-14 Football Championship, donated footballs to the competing schools in an effort to aid their preparatory phase.

Buxton Stars Sweet 16 Football Santos advanced to the semifinal round of the Buxton Stars Sweet 16 Knockout Football Championship, edging Eastveldt on penalty kicks at the National Training Centre, Providence.

The police yesterday issued a bulletin for Carl Gibbons for questioning in relation to rape.

Timehri Panthers clawed past Circuitville 5-3 when the East Bank Demerara Football Association’s (EBDFA) Senior Men’s League continued yesterday at the National Training Centre in Providence.

Ministry of Home Affairs Permanent Secretary Andre Ally on Monday signed off on nine capital contracts for the Guyana Police Force worth a total of $963,829,709, representing a “significant” step forward in enhancing safety and security across Guyana, by bolstering the capabilities of the Guyana Police Force.

Three persons are still recovering at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH) while a teenager was discharged yesterday following the head-on collision that occurred Monday morning at Long Creek on the Soesdyke-Linden Highway and claimed the lives of five.