Daily Archive: Monday, June 24, 2024

Industrial Teachers to return to work by Tuesday: Striking teachers are set to return to their classrooms by next Tuesday after the Ministry of Education (MOE) and the Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU) reached an agreement yesterday on terms of resumption to end a gruelling strike and talks will continue on June 26 on  a multi-year agreement.

 (Reuters) – A Miami court today sentenced Germine “Yonyon” Joly, a former leader of a notorious Haitian gang known as 400 Mawozo, to 35 years in prison for his role in laundering kidnap ransoms and illegally trafficking dozens of U.S.

NAIROBI, (Reuters) – The first Kenyan police officers assigned to tackle rampant gang violence in Haiti are leaving Kenya tomorrow  and are set to arrive this week, the U.S.

Convicted prisoner, Niron Yacoob from the Mazaruni prison was pronounced dead at about 2 am on Saturday June 22, 2024 at the Bartica Hospital.

PARIS,  (Reuters) – France’s far-right leader Jordan Bardella would seek to counter Russian challenges to French interests if he became prime minister next month, he said today, but would draw a line at sending long-range missiles or French troops to Ukraine.

CABILDO, Chile,  (Reuters) – As heavy rains continue to pummel Chile, cutting off areas of the country and damaging thousands of homes, one community is dealing with a tailings dam rupture that has sent heavy metals throughout the community and nearby water supplies.

(Trinidad Express) Pan American Health Organisation (PAHO) team has submitted its report to the Health Ministry following its investigation of newborn deaths at the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) of the Port of Spain General Hospital (PoSGH).

(Trinidad Guardian) There have been no reports of major damage following the 6.2 magnitude earthquake that rocked Trinidad at 11.58 pm on Saturday.

(Trinidad Guardian) Hours after the People’s National Movement (PNM) announced it would begin accepting nominations for the 2025 General Elections, Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley says the party is ready to contest any polls and is confident they will beat their rivals.

HWASEONG, South Korea,  (Reuters) – A powerful explosion set on fire a lithium battery factory in South Korea today, killing 22 workers, most of them Chinese nationals, local fire officials said.

(Reuters) – West Indies captain Rovman Powell said his team should take pride in bringing the buzz back to Caribbean cricket during the Twenty20 World Cup, even though they bowed out of the tournament in the Super Eight stage yesterday.

The quiet community of Best Village, West Coast Demerara was rocked on Saturday by the murder of a 34-year-old fruits’ vendor.

Three people were found dead in a minibus on the Mabura trail at 28 Miles sometime after 9 o’clock yesterday morning.

In preparation for general election next year, the Guyana Elections Com-mission (GECOM) has again advertised to fill vacancies for a Logistics Manager and a Civic and Voter Education Manager, even as it gave notice to buildings countrywide that will have the preliminary voters list to facilitate the claims and objections period.

As government prepares laws to tighten gold smuggling, it has assured inbound and outbound travellers that they can wear their personal jewellery hassle free.

President Irfaan Ali’s treatment of a Kaieteur News (KN) reporter at Thursday’s press conference has raised questions.

Part 81 Stabroek News spoke to members of the public at Farm, East Bank Demerara about the rising cost of living and how it is affecting them.

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and several NGOs lavished praise on Guyana for its welcoming stance towards refugees at a panel discussion hosted on World Refugee Day under the theme ‘Building Bridges Beyond Borders: Inclusion and Acceptance,’ in the George Walcott Lecture Theatre at the University of Guyana’s Turkeyen Campus last week.

The Ministry of Education is still to review the suggestions made by the Board of Queen’s College regarding the teacher involved in the flogging of ten students.

Road repairs Homestretch Avenue are continuing after a delay caused by inclement weather.

In a do-or-die match in the Super 8 phase of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup, South Africa sent co-hosts the West Indies packing with a 3-wicket win at the North Sound facility in Antigua.

A 74-year-old Guyanese man died last Friday after falling from an iron staircase into a boat on the premises of Suriname Coast Traders in Nieuwe Haven, according to a report in the Associates Times.

Upper Mazaruni U-18 Football Paruima retained the men’s title while Waramadong secured the women’s crown when the 2nd edition of the Upper Mazaruni District Football Championship concluded last evening.

The Mayor and City Council (M&CC) has said that will hold a statutory meeting to facilitate a presentation by the Qatari group proposing to build a US $300 million hotel on Carifesta Avenue.

CAIRO (Reuters) – Eight Palestinians were killed on Sunday in an Israeli airstrike on a training college near Gaza City being used to distribute aid, Palestinian witnesses said, as Israeli tanks pushed further into the southern city of Rafah.

Dear Editor, Let me establish at the outset that I am no legal expert, but I have had a working knowledge and experience with the Anti Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism law and regulations in Guyana.

Another quarrying company has been exempted from conducting an Environmental Impact Assessment here at two locations as the Environmental Protection Agency believes the project will not significantly affect the environment.

Dear Editor, A few weeks ago the Attorney General, Anil Nandlall, made comments on our judiciary.

JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday that the phase of intense fighting against Hamas in the Gaza Strip was coming to an end but that the war would not end until the Islamist group no longer controls the Palestinian enclave.

The Civil Defence Commission (CDC) yesterday delivered a significant quantity of cleaning hampers to residents of Blair-mont and Rosignol, two communities severely impacted by recent floods in Region Five.

Dear Editor, With a heart heavier than a politician’s promise, I pen this letter as the good citizens of Guyana find themselves in the throes of rumours and accusations involving high crimes and misdemeanors, including domestic violence, malfeasance, graft and corruption.

(Reuters) – More than 100 million people across the U.S. were under heat warnings on Sunday, with cities on the East Coast bracing for record-breaking temperatures as the heat dome causing the dangerous conditions expands to the West Coast.

(Jamaica Observer) An 18-year-old has been charged after reportedly being positively identified as part of a group of gunmen who allegedly fatally shot three people on Windward Road in Kingston on Monday, May 13.

x The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) yesterday emerged victorious against Regional Police Division 4A in the Guyana Police Force’s (GPF) Justice Horace Mitchell Debate Competition 2024.

Yet again, the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board (NPTAB) has been found  flagrantly violating  guidelines for the award of contracts.

The Guyana Mixed Martial Arts Federation (GMMAF) commenced their preparatory phase to select their roster for the impending Pan American Games on August 31st in Mexico.

Dear Editor, In my last letter I wrote about housing deficiencies e.g.,

Santos solidified their fourth-place position with a thumping 6-0 victory over Anns Grove when the KFC Elite League resumed on Saturday evening at the National Training Centre, Providence, East Bank Demerara.

MOSCOW, (Reuters) – Russia, the world’s biggest nuclear power, could reduce the decision-making time stipulated in official policy for the use of nuclear weapons if Moscow believes that threats are increasing, parliament’s defence committee chairman said.

By Sasha Filippova Sasha Filippova is the Senior Staff Attorney for the Institute for Justice and Democracy in Haiti (IJDH).

(Trinidad Guardian) Trinidad and Tobago was rocked by a magnitude 6.2 earthquake on Saturday night.

The Guyana Cycling Federation’s (GCF) National Championship pedalled off yesterday along the Linden/Soesdyke Highway amid heavy rainfall, with Alexander Leung and Robin Persaud among the category winners.

Kwakwani and Colts will contest the II grail final of the Georgetown Amateur Basketball Association’s Men’s U-23 Championship following semifinal wins on Saturday evening at the National Gymnasium on Mandela Avenue.