Daily Archive: Monday, June 3, 2024

Dexter Aulder called ‘Tex’, a 46-year-old businessman of Beterverwagting, East Coast Demerara, appeared today at the Bartica Magistrate’s Court before Magistrate Teriq Mohamed to answer to a charge of possession of narcotics for the purpose of trafficking.

Accountability Mocha/Arcadia residents allege injustices by gov’t in meeting with US congressman: Emotions ran high last week as residents of Mocha/Arcadia expressed their concerns to visiting US Congressman Jonathan Jackson over injustices they said they have been facing at the hands of the government.

EAST MEADOW, New York,  (Reuters) – New York officials are preparing for the “Super Bowl on steroids” as thousands descend upon Nassau County for the clash of arch-rivals India and Pakistan in the group stage of the T20 World Cup on Sunday.

ISLAMABAD,  (Reuters) – A high court in Pakistan overturned jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s conviction on charges of leaking state secrets, his lawyer and his party said today, but Khan will remain in prison for now due to a conviction in another case.

(Trinidad Express) A year after his cousin was shot and killed, and there was an attempt to kill his brother and nephew, a South Oropouche man was gunned down outside his home on Saturday night.

LAGOS/ABUJA,  (Reuters) – Nigeria’s main labour unions today shut down the national grid and disrupted flights across the country as they began an indefinite strike over the government’s failure to agree a new minimum wage.

(Trinidad Guardian) After opening fire on a group of men in Gonzales last night, gunmen rushed into the Port-of-Spain General Hospital where one of the victims was being taken for treatment and continued shooting to ensure that he did not survive.

JAKARTA,  (Reuters) – The head and deputy head of the body overseeing Indonesia’s planned new capital have unexpectedly resigned, raising questions about the $32 billion project.

MEXICO CITY,  (Reuters) – Claudia Sheinbaum, a Nobel Prize-winning climate scientist, will become Mexico’s first female president after winning a landslide election victory and promising to continue the work of her mentor and outgoing leader Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador.

Attorney General Anil Nandlall SC has denied objecting to calls for the end of the use word by “negro” by the police in the description of suspects.

Government’s plan to transport cane from Skeldon to Albion for processing should be reassessed as the 41 miles average trek poses not only potential cane juice depletion to an already crippling industry but adds expenses way above production costs, the APNU+AFC has said. 

The Rights of the Child Commission (RCC) is one of the suite of human rights bodies agreed under the last round of constitutional reforms 25 years ago and for which the overarching Commission is still to be appointed.

The Samoa Agreement could be signed by Guyana’s Ambassador to the European Union Sasenarine Singh who leaves for Brussels next week as the Small Island Developing States (SIDS) meeting did not afford the opportunity for it to be signed there, Minister of Foreign Affairs Hugh Todd said.

The ICC Men’s T20 World Cup By Michelangelo Jacobus The West Indies got their 2024 ICC Men’s T20 World Cup campaign underway yesterday with a five-wicket win over minnows Papua New Guinea with an over to spare, albeit not without the usual bumpy ride that fans have grown accustomed to.

Guinness ‘Greatest of the Streets’ Linden edition Traditional giant Silver Bullets secured a record-tying third title in the Guinness ‘Greatest of the Streets’ Linden Championship after riddling Hardball Management 5-0 on Saturday evening at the Retrieve Hard-court.

Guyana is poised to soon see the disbursement of the US$500 million loan facility extended last year by the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) to assist this country in hastening its infrastructural development agenda, even as the bank looks at another initiative targeting small- and medium-size businesses (SMEs).

The Guyana Police Force arrested Santos 2-0 when the KFC Elite League resumed on Saturday evening at the National Training Centre, Providence.

Businesses that formally expressed interest in providing goods or services for ExxonMobil during the last quarter of last year are being invited to a meeting later this month as the company wants feedback from its vendors on the request for information process to make doing business with them smoother.

The teams of Adam Alves and Fiaz Yamin, as well as Kalycia Fraser and Ricky Romascindo, recorded comfortable wins when the Guyana Tennis Association Doubles Championship commenced on Saturday evening at the National Racquet Centre on Camp Street and Woolford Avenue.

By Khadidja Ba In just seven years, Guyana has witnessed a remarkable rise in the number of active drones, with over 700 registered under the Guyana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA).

Eagles clawed past Sonics by a 70-65 score-line when the Georgetown Amateur Basketball Association (GABA) U-23 Championship continued on Saturday evening at the National Gymnasium, Mandela Avenue.

Stabroek News spoke to members of the public in several areas in Linden, Region Ten about the rising cost of living and how it is affecting them.

The Ministry of Human Services and Social Security, primarily the Hope and Justice Centre, conducted a sensitization and collaboration session with the administrative staff of Regional Police Division 4 ‘C’ last Friday.

Dear Editor, Your editorial ‘Govt and the Indigenous’ (SN 02 June 2024, https://www.stabroeknews.com/2024/06/02/opinion/editorial/govt-and-the-indigenous/)

Defending divisional champions Waramuri and Bartica recorded convincing wins when the 5th edition of the ExxonMobil Boy’s and Girl’s Schools U-14 Football Championship continued at the Ministry of Education ground, Carifesta Avenue.

Dear Editor, At the recent 4th Annual Conference of Small Island Developing States 2024, UN Secretary-General António Guterres delivered what can only be described as the punchline to a cosmic joke: major risk rating agencies, those bastions of financial wisdom, are apparently biased against our charmingly diminutive Caribbean nations.

Ranks from Regional Police Division #7 and members of the Purple Heart Youth Group held a storytelling and poetry activity on Saturday with the aim of fostering creativity and enhancing literacy skills among youths.

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Two people were killed in violence at polling centers on Sunday in the midst of Mexico’s historic election expected to make leftist Claudia Sheinbaum, the ruling party candidate, the country’s first woman president.

Nicholas Verwey, Safirah Sumner, and Justin Goberdhan clinched respective divisional titles when the Kraft Mac and Cheese Junior Squash Championship concluded yesterday at the Georgetown Club Squash Courts on Camp Street.

Dear Editor, It was a pleasant and nostalgic walk down the shaded Samaan lined Main Street Avenue in the ‘Main Street Landmark’ Editorial (SN May 29).

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – President Cyril Ramaphosa called on South Africa’s political parties to work together for the good of the country as final results from last week’s election confirmed his African National Congress had lost its majority for the first time.

Roseann Bumbury, one of the accident victims injured in a head-on collision on May 13 at Long Creek on the Soesdyke-Linden Highway, which took the lives of six persons, is still a patient at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH) recovering from her injuries.

Dear Editor, Guyanese poor are asking questions as to why they are not progressing more rapidly especially with the current oil boom.

JERUSALEM (Reuters) – An aide to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu confirmed on Sunday that Israel had accepted a framework deal for winding down the Gaza war now being advanced by U.S.

The Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) is inviting sealed bids for the sale of five derelict vehicles.

Dear Editor, Like other football fans, I am an ardent admirer of Kylian Mbappe and am excited by the breaking news on Sunday, June 2, 2024, that Mbappe will be joining Real Madrid.

In this our third and final article on the subject, we revisit the key findings and recommendations of the 2015 Commission of Inquiry into the Guyana Public Service.

By Lear Matthews Lear Matthews is Professor Emeritus and former Lecturer at University of Guyana.

NAHARIYA, Israel (Reuters) – A drone launched by Lebanese militant group Hezbollah fell in the Israeli coastal city of Nahariya on Sunday, causing a fire but no injuries, Israel’s military and local media reported.

Three primary schools are slated to be constructed in Region Eight (Potaro-Siparuni) in the near future.