Articles published on Saturday, June 8, 2024
The Guyana Police Force (GPF) today said it has launched an investigation in relation to an allegation of sexual assault committed on a male Police Constable by a male Superintendent of Police.
The Ministry of Finance today announced that approval has been granted for 7,782 Guyana Online Academy of Learning (GOAL) Scholarships and that the successful candidates will be notified shortly by email.
The police today said that South Ruimveldt resident Sooklall Pharous, 55, died in an accident at the junction of South Road and Oronoque Street at around 6.25 pm yesterday.
(Trinidad Express) A day after The Baking Room bakery found itself under heavy criticism for selling a beef pie teeming with maggots, the establishment was opened as usual for business.
JERUSALEM/CAIRO, (Reuters) – The Israeli military said it rescued four hostages held since October in a raid in the central Gaza Strip today while Palestinian officials said an Israeli attack in the same area killed more than 50 people.
–AG says after exchange with CJ in court Attorney General Anil Nandlall SC yesterday said that the continued non-compliance by the judiciary with the law requiring decisions within a certain period cannot be justified.
Vice President (VP) Bharrat Jagdeo announced on Thursday that the government is exploring the options of e-schooling and a voucher system to allow parents to enroll their children in private schools, to ensure that they receive a quality education.
-in another T20 World Cup shocker – Ramanullah Gurbaz in man-of-the-match performance Afghanistan’s meteoric rise in T20 International Cricket continued last night at the Providence National Stadium when they railroaded New Zealand in a historic win, beating the Kiwis for the first time ever by 84 runs as the ICC T20 World Cup continued.
The family of Munaisar Sewcharan, the 66-year-old pedestrian who was struck down and killed by a motorcyclist at Mc Doom on Thursday, is demanding justice.
A decision is anticipated in the upcoming week regarding the Queen’s College flogging incident.
More than 100 Soesdyke-Linden Highway residents were yesterday allocated lands in the Village of Swan on the Soesdyke-Linden Highway by the Guyana Lands and Survey Commission (GLSC).
Vendors at the Charity Market in Region Two have voiced concerns regarding various features of new stalls, as they compared them to their previous 12 x14 stalls.
The Ministry of Labour’s Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) Department has begun a probe into the workplace fatality that occurred at the Springhall sluice located at Farm/Woodlands, West Mahaicony, East Coast Demerara (E.C.D).
In support of preparations for the third United Nations Ocean Conference (UNOC3), the United Nations (UN) System in Georgetown collaborated with the French Diplomatic Office in Guyana to organise an edition of ‘Blue Talks’, a multi-stakeholder discussion and debate, a UN Guyana release said yesterday.
Dear Editor, In June 2023, police officers from Alberttown Police Station (CID) took possession of various items from the apartment of my deceased boyfriend, Nakema Deonauth who lived alone.
Oil and gas support facility, Guyana Shore Base Inc (GYSBI), yesterday announced the expansion of its Technical Scholarship programme at the Georgetown and Leonora technical institutes for ten persons from Region Three, a release from the company stated.
As part of its efforts to extend its outreach to other regions, the Public Pro-curement Commission (PPC) conducted a training session at the Watooka Guest House in Linden, Region Ten.
Dear Editor, The recent repeated utterance by our Vice-President, asserting that the Opposition is unable to function irrespective of who were in the leadership positions, is to the minds of many of us fair-minded and democratic Guyanese just an effort to discredit this vital part of the Government, and to continue to perform what we believe unilaterally as a dictatorship.
JOHANNESBURG, (Reuters) – South African opposition parties said yesterday they were waiting for more details on a proposal by the African National Congress to form a government of national unity after it lost its majority for the first time in the democratic era.
Dear Editor, I recall Attorney General Anil Nandlall SC MP some time ago saying that “false narratives on matters of public importance must never be left on the public record unrepudiated”.
Cabinet has decided that the descriptor `Negro’ is no longer to be used in the operational manuals of state agencies.
Police in Regional Division 4C conducted ‘Cordon and Search’ operations on Thursday in the Sparendaam and Beterverwagting Police Station Districts, where several locations were searched.
Dear Editor, All that glitters is gold… or at least it should be, right?
AYODHYA, India, (Reuters) – The opening of a grand Hindu temple just three months ahead of India’s general election was supposed to be a crowning moment for populist prime minister Narendra Modi that would carry his party to a dominant victory with its Hindu-first agenda.
The Ministry of Education announced in a release on Thursday that its Unit of Allied Arts and the Embassy of the People’s Republic of China in Guyana have formalised their partnership by signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to initiate the 2024 Guyana-China Friend-ship Youth Leadership Development Competition.
Dear Editor, I roamed the halls of Freedom House as a young boy.
…no threat to human, food safety says Ministry (Trinidad Express) Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome (PRRS) has been detected at a pig farm in South Trinidad.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken will travel to the Middle East next week, the U.S.
(Reuters) – UNICEF, the U.N. children’s agency, appealed yesterday for international aid to help prepare violence-plagued Haiti for a dangerous Atlantic hurricane season that could be deadly for the island’s many displaced people.
Dear Editor, It was good to see that GuySuCo was once again in the news.
MEXICO CITY, (Reuters) – A man who contracted bird flu in Mexico died due to chronic diseases and not the virus, Mexico’s health ministry said yesterday.
(Reuters) – UNICEF, the U.N. children’s agency, appealed yesterday for international aid to help prepare violence-plagued Haiti for a dangerous Atlantic hurricane season that could be deadly for the island’s many displaced people.
ICC T20 World Cup EAST MEADOW, New York, CMC – Three players with ties to the Caribbean – led by former Barbados Pride left-hander Nicholas Kirton – propelled Canada to a confidence-boosting, 12-run win against Ireland in the ICC Men’s Twenty20 World Cup yesterday.
PROVIDENCE, Guyana, CMC – Roston Chase said co-hosts West Indies could ill afford any slip-ups when they face Uganda in their second Group C match of the ICC Men’s Twenty20 World Cup today under the lights at the Guyana National Stadium.
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, CMC – West Indies left-arm spinner Gudakesh Motie is under consideration for the ICC Player-of-the-Month award for May.
MONTREAL, (Reuters) – Aston Martin’s double world champion Fernando Alonso set the fastest lap in a wet and wild practice at the Canada Grand Prix yesterday with both sessions run under a severe weather watch at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve.
(Reuters) – New Zealand captain Kane Williamson hailed the T20 World Cup’s expansion to 20 nations after co-hosts United States beat Pakistan on Thursday in one of the biggest upsets in the tournament’s history.
(ESPN) It wasn’t all plain sailing. Bangladesh were pushed in the end, largely because of Nuwan Thushara’s excellent bowling last night in Dallas, Texas.
GCF National Chess Championships Last evening, Candidate Master (CM) Taffin Khan continued his impressive run in the Guyana Chess Federation’s (GCF) 2024 National Championship, bolstering his chances of retaining his title.
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Former West Indies fast bowler, Joel Garner will be honoured during Caribbean Week, which will be hosted by the Caribbean Tourism Organisation (CTO) from June 16 to 21 in the United States.
CASTRIES, St Lucia, CMC – Two-time champions Barbados Royals (formerly Tridents) and 2021 champions St Kitts & Nevis Patriots have confirmed their retained players for this year’s Caribbean Premier League Twenty20 tournament.
An East Bank Berbice businesswoman and a construction worker were both on Thursday arrested in connection with an unlicensed firearm at Islington Village, Greater New Amsterdam.
MEXICO CITY, (Reuters) – A local Mexican councilwoman in a small town in the Pacific coastal state of Guerrero was killed yesterday by armed men who showed up at her front door, authorities and local media said, following the most violent elections in modern Mexican history.
Dear Editor, The truth is that in all of what we know to be, our civilization, we human beings have always yearned for peace and to make optimal use of the creator’s bounty, all the while having to deal with nature, but even more challenging the consistent missteps and arrogance of all mankind everywhere.
By Michaelangelo Jacobus The Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) on Wednesday revealed the U-19 squad which will represent Guyana at the upcoming Cricket West Indies (CWI) Rising Stars U19 tournament, and it was announced that the impressive batsman Mavindra Dindyal will once again captain the national side.
PARIS, (Reuters) – Carlos Alcaraz reached his maiden French Open final with a 2-6 6-3 3-6 6-4 6-3 win over Jannik Sinner before Alexander Zverev also recovered from a slow start yesterday to beat Casper Ruud 2-6 6-2 6-4 6-2 and set up a blockbuster clash for the trophy.
The “B” word is not used officially to describe the Indigenous peoples of Guyana.
So, if established, the state’s case is that Ian Jacobis, 44, of Lot 749 Plantation Best, West Coast Demerara; Shameena Ahamad, 52, of Lot 38 Roraima Scheme, West Bank Demerara; and Ashiana Salamalay, 34, of Lot 38 Roraima Scheme, West Bank Demerara attempted to export gold without a licence in contravention of Sections 8 and 23 of the Guyana Gold Board Act.
By Shashi Tharoor NEW DELHI – When the results of India’s general election were announced on June 4, the biggest losers were the pundits and pollsters, who had almost unanimously predicted an overwhelming victory for Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
POINTE DU HOC, France, (Reuters) – Atop the cliff that U.S. Army Rangers scaled 80 years ago on D-Day, Presi-dent Joe Biden on Friday compared the threats posed by Nazi Germany to those facing the world today by dictators and authoritarianism, and urged Americans to resist isolationism.
