Daily Archive: Saturday, June 29, 2024

(Reuters) – The U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC) said today that tropical storm Beryl had strengthened into a hurricane, and warned that it may rapidly intensify further.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados,  (Reuters) – India secured their second Twenty20 World Cup title with a dramatic seven-run win over South Africa today, the result still in doubt at the start of the final over of an electrifying match.

Chief of Defence Staff of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF), Brigadier Omar Khan recently visited France as part of the bilateral relations between the two countries and signed a security pact.

PANAMA CITY,  (Reuters) – A Panamanian court has acquitted 28 people charged with money-laundering under cases linked to the Panama Papers and “Operation Car Wash” scandals, the country’s judicial branch said in a statement yesterday.

(Trinidad Guardian) The Pan American Health Organisation (PAHO) team’s investigation into baby deaths at Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) in April has highlighted deficiencies in the operations at the Port-of-Spain General Hospital.

DUBAI, (Reuters) – A moderate lawmaker will face Iran supreme leader’s protege in a run-off presidential election on July 5 after the country’s interior ministry said today that no candidate secured enough votes in the first round of voting.

RALEIGH, North Carolina, (Reuters) – President Joe Biden  said yesterday he intended to defeat Republican rival Donald Trump in the November presidential election, giving no sign he would consider dropping out of the race after a feeble debate performance that dismayed his fellow Democrats.

Now unopposed for leadership of the PNCR after the dramatic withdrawal of his two challengers on Thurs-day, party leader, Aubrey Norton in his address yesterday to the 32nd Biennial Congress of the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR),  emphasized poverty alleviation, economic empowerment, and social justice.

A property owner has been left counting millions in losses after his two-storey building at Lot 2 Barnwell Public Road, East Bank Essequibo (EBE) was destroyed by fire on Thursday.

Deputy Chief of Mission of the US Embassy, Adrienne Galanek on Thursday  joined U.S.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Inter-national Cooperation yesterday announced the signing of the Organisation of African, Caribbean, and Pacific States (OACPS) – European Union (EU) Partnership Agreement, known as the “Samoa Agreement” by the Government of Guyana.

A Vryheid, West Canje Berbice man was yesterday remanded to prison after he was charged with the murder of the drainage and irrigation worker whose battered body was discovered last week.

– stresses importance of transparency In a unanimous ruling, the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) on Thursday dismissed an appeal filed by political commentator and activist Ramon Gaskin, who for years had contended that separate environmental permits ought to have been granted to Hess Guyana Exploration Ltd (Hess) and China National Offshore Oil Cooperation Guyana (CNOOC) for their involvement in oil production here.

The Ministry of Public Works yesterday said that sections of the Linden-Mabura Road that had become impassable as a result of excessive rainfall, coupled with heavy vehicular traffic, are now accessible to road users.

GFF KFC Elite League Strikes from Curtez Kellman and Simeon Moore on Thursday night helped push Slingerz FC to an easy 3-0 win over Fruta Conquerors as action continued in the Guyana Football Federation’s (GFF) KFC sponsored Elite League at the National Training Centre, Providence.

Police in Berbice yesterday conducted an intel-led roadblock exercise on the No.

Dear Editor, Understanding that the incidence of Dengue has increased over the past four decades and that the highest number of cases has been noted in the Americas.

After four rounds, Candidate Master Ronuel Greenidge is leading the Malta Supreme Grand Prix 4 Open Chess tournament being staged at the David Rose Special School, Thomas Lands.

Justice Simone Morris-Ramlall  yesterday awarded damages and costs to the tune of more than $10 million to be paid by retired Assistant Commis-sioner of Police Paul Slowe to Head of the Spe-cial Organised Crime Unit (SOCU) Fazil Karimbaksh for libel.

Dear Editor, The recent withdrawals of Amanza Walton-Desir and Roysdale Forde from the race for the position of PNCR Leader, following in the footsteps of Dawn Hastings-Williams, presents a striking moment of political maneuvering.

Dear Editor, It is heartening to learn that businessman Dr. Terrence Campbell is going to be on one of those, possible two, oil money committees. 

The fight to curb the scourge of suicides in Guyana was in focus when on Wednesday, the International Development & Relief Foundation (IDRF)  showcased its CA$2.9 million “Safeguarding the Human Dignity and Rights of Populations at Risk for Ill-Mental Health in Vulnerable Com-munities across Guyana” (SPAR) project, a Canadian High Commission release stated yesterday.

The Athletics Association of Guyana (AAG) will run off their National Junior Championships over the next two days at the National Track and Field Centre (NTFC), Edinburgh, West Coast Demerara.

Dear Editor, I am a simple political soul. I like things explained clearly to me.

DUBAI, (Reuters) – The low-key moderate candidate is leading the vote count in Iran’s snap presidential election among a tightly controlled group of four candidates loyal to the supreme leader at a time of growing public frustration and Western pressure.

(Reuters) – Bolivian leftist President Luis Arce told Reuters yesterday support on the streets had strengthened his government after a failed military coup just days ago and that he would keep working until his last day, in one of his first interviews since the dramatic attack.

A Sheet Anchor Village, East Canje Berbice labourer yesterday pleaded guilty to having in his possession an illegal firearm and was remanded to prison until he returns to court for sentencing.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – The Bahamas is to join a growing trend where countries promise better protection of precious ecosystems in return for having their debts reduced.

-victim accepts compensation Twenty-five-year-old Quincy Smith, a former member of the Guyana Defence Force, appeared before Magistrate Faith McGusty at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court yesterday where he was charged with larceny, to which he pleaded guilty.

Dear Editor, In July1958, Dattatreya Balkrushna Kalelkar (1885-1981), an Indian nationalist, visited British Guiana.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – The  U.S. Supreme Court dealt a major blow to federal regulatory power yesterday by overturning a 1984 precedent that had given deference to government agencies in interpreting laws they administer, handing a defeat to President Joe Biden’s administration.

Dear Editor, This week, President Irfaan Ali swore in ten new puisne judges, eight of whom are female judges.

BRASILIA/MADRID,  (Reuters) – The former CEO of retail giant Americanas  AMER3.SA, wanted in Brazil in connection with a $4.5 billion alleged accounting fraud, was arrested in Madrid yesterday at the request of Brazilian authorities, who will now seek his extradition.

Forty-one-year-old Sherwin Alexander, a security guard of Lot 1146 Cummings Park, ‘E’ Field, Sophia, Georgetown, appeared yesterday before Magistrate Faith McGusty, at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court where he was charged with two counts of possession of ammunition.

President Irfaan Ali yesterday met with representatives from the Carter Center, who are in Guyana on a pre-election assessment mission, ahead of the 2025 Regional and General Elections.

(Reuters) – Grant Holloway won the 110 metres hurdles at the U.S.

Commander of Regional Division #4 ‘C’, Assistant Commissioner Khali Pareshram, accompanied by Cadet Officer Garfield Campbell, yesterday received the keys for two XR150 Honda Motorcycles on behalf of the Guyana Police Force.

KINGSTON,  (Reuters) – Jamaica’s top sprinters sent warning shots to their rivals ahead of the Paris Games on Thursday by posting searing times in the 100m heats at the Jamaican Olympic trials in Kingston.

(Reuters) – Argentina coach Lionel Scaloni and Chile boss Ricardo Gareca were suspended for one match each after their teams’ late arrival to the field of play during the Copa America, CONMEBOL said in a statement yesterday.

HAMBANTOTA, Sri Lanka,  CMC – Captain Hayley Matthews and her deputy, Shemaine Campbelle, starred with the bat as West Indies salvaged some pride from the tour of Sri Lanka by beating the hosts by six wickets in the final Twenty20 International here yesterday.

Dear Editor, I watched with interest the recent televised presidential debate between President Biden and former President Donald Trump hosted by CNN.

By Iván Duque Márquez BOGOTÁ – In late May, Dominican President Luis Abinader was re-elected with 58% of the vote, securing the majority needed to forgo a second round of voting.

(Reuters) – Defending champion Carlos Alcaraz and world number one Jannik Sinner will take their simmering rivalry at the top of the men’s game to Wimbledon, where the two young guns will look to prolong seven-times winner Novak Djokovic’s trophy drought in 2024.

On Thursday, the Guyana Fire Service (GFS) said that at 10.24 am it was alerted to a fire at the Plum Park, Sophia building that houses the Childcare and Family Centre.

DUESSELDORF, Germany, (Reuters) – With his startling pace and ability to ride out tackles, unheralded Swiss newcomer Dan Ndoye has put himself on a few radars at Euro 2024 and could be key to another Swiss march to the quarter-finals.

(Reuters) – Colombia cruised to a 3-0 win over Costa Rica in Group D yesterday and booked their spot in the Copa America quarter-finals thanks to strikes from Luis Diaz, Davinson Sanchez and Jhon Cordoba.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – The Biden administration has sent to Israel large numbers of munitions, including more than 10,000 highly destructive 2,000-pound bombs and thousands of Hellfire missiles, since the start of the war in Gaza, said two U.S.

(Reuters) – For all her achievements over the last few seasons, Iga Swiatek remains largely unproven on grasscourts, but the Pole will have a golden opportunity to claim a maiden Wimbledon title with her rivals hampered by injuries and illness before the Grand Slam.

(Reuters) – Key facts about today’s T20 World Cup final between India and South Africa: WHEN Saturday, June 29 at 10:30 a.m.

(Trinidad Express) Police have viewed explicit sex videos as they investigate the murder of nurse and beauty pageant contestant Sadna Gangoo.

(Reuters) – India will be out to end their global title drought while South Africa are seeking to bury their ‘chokers’ tag at Kensington Oval today when the tournament’s two unbeaten sides clash in the Twenty20 World Cup final.

(Reuters) – Brazil’s Vinicius Junior scored twice in his side’s 4-1 Copa America victory over Paraguay in a Group D clash in Nevada yesterday, bouncing back from a lacklustre display in his first game of the tournament.

BELFAST, Ireland,  CMC – Ackeem Auguste missed out on a hundred as West Indies Academy crashed to a ten wicket loss to Emerging Ireland, to suffer a 2-0 whitewash in their four-day “Test” series here yesterday.

ICC Exclusive Column We are at the end of what has been a brilliant ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2024 – and we have a final fit for the occasion.