Daily Archive: Wednesday, July 3, 2024

CARACAS,  (Reuters) – The Venezuelan government’s chief negotiator, Jorge Rodriguez, said today that the first virtual meeting with a U.S.

This morning, a post-mortem examination with dissection was done by Government Pathologist Dr Nehaul Singh on the body of Kyrie Anthony Nelson, the three-month-old infant who died last week at an unlicensed daycare in Kaneville, East Bank Demerara and the cause of death was given as suffocation.

Prime Minister Mark Phillips conducted a site visit at the Friendship Wharf Facility on the East Bank of Demerara, today, to inspect two vessels and a bond.

The Chief Fire Officer, Gregory Wickham  today condemned any act of delinquency or unprofessional behaviour by ranks of the Guyana Fire Service.

HOUSTON, Reuters) – The final member has been chosen for a three-person arbitration panel meant to settle Exxon Mobil’s  claim against Chevron’s  $53 billion purchase of Hess Corp, two people familiar with the matter told Reuters.

NEW DELHI,  (Reuters) – A visit to Russia by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, expected within days, could help dispel worries that New Delhi is getting too close to the West and further away from Moscow, ceding space to China, analysts said.

CAIRO, (Reuters) – Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi swore in a reshuffled cabinet today that includes new finance and foreign ministers in a government facing challenges including the Gaza war on its border, economic woes and persistent power cuts.

KINGSTON/PORT-AU-PRINCE, (Reuters) – Hurricane Beryl barreled toward Jamaica as a powerful Category 4 storm today, after flattening homes and devastating agriculture on smaller islands in the eastern Caribbean, killing at least three people.

(Trinidad Guardian) Hurricane Beryl has left a trail of death and destruction in its wake after rampaging across the Caribbean.

-say buildings could have been saved Bush Lot business owners who are reeling from a massive blaze on Monday which left one man dead and completely destroyed three buildings housing a total of six businesses, believe that had the GFS had better equipment the fire would have been quickly contained and their businesses saved.

Construction of the Kopi-nang Secondary School in Region Eight was launched yesterday with Minister of Education Priya Manick-chand turning the sod.

KINGSTON / PORT-AU-PRINCE,  (Reuters) – Hurricane Beryl barreled toward Jamaica as a powerful Category 4 storm yesterday, threatening to dump rain on parts of Hispaniola after leaving at least three people dead on smaller islands in the eastern Caribbean.

Former Secretary of the Rice Producers Association of Guyana and PPP/C Parliamentarian, Dharamkumar Seeraj, has been tipped for the position of High Commissioner to India, sources close to the process say.

-after several years on the run Jason Isaacs who was wanted in connection with the murder of an overseas-based Guyanese businessman back in 2021 at Reli-ance, East Canje Berbice, was held yesterday.

Caribbean Junior Squash Championship – Guyana ends singles segment with nine medals Nicholas Verwey and Avery Arjoon clinched gold medals in the Boy’s U-19 and Girl’s U-15 divisions, respectively, as Guyana secured nine medals at the conclusion of the singles segment yesterday in the Junior Caribbean Area Squash Association (CASA) Championship in Tortola, British Virgin Islands.

Guyana will be providing assistance to its sister CARICOM states recently hit by Hurricane Beryl and relief supplies went by plane to Grenada yesterday.

Dear Editor, I offer my congratulations to Nigel Hughes, the newly elected AFC Political Leader.

National School Basketball Festival North Georgetown, Berbice High, and Mackenzie High recorded contrasting wins in the Boy’s U-18 division when the Youth Basketball Guyana (YBG)-coordinated National School Basketball Festival continued on Monday at the National Gymnasium on Mandela Avenue.

Amid jitters over dengue fever and other vector-borne viruses, the Mayor and City Council’s Public Health Department says it has implemented several measures to eradicate mosquito breeding grounds within the city.

Dear Editor, SCOTUS made a pronouncement on June 30th on the matter of presidential immunity, basically saying the president of the United States must have absolute immunity for Official Acts.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – The Biden administration remains open to dialogue with the Venezuelan government, U.S.

-accomplice fled Police are investigating an armed robbery committed on a 32-year-old contractor, which occurred at about 19:45 hrs on Sunday at the corner of Irving and Forshaw streets in Queens-town, Georgetown.

Dear Editor, The holding of Congresses or Conventions of political parties in Guyana and other jurisdictions in the Caribbean region has been the subject of ridicule and taunts.

Mocha Village Football Cup Cayenne Massive, Family, and Touches recorded contrasting wins in their group stage matches when the sixth edition of the Mocha Village Cup ‘Soft Shoe’ Football Championship continued at the community centre tarmac.

SAO PAULO,  (Reuters) – President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said yesterday he was worried about the weakness of Brazil’s currency and that something needed to be done to tackle what he called “speculation,” as the real plunged to more than two-year lows.

A 28-year-old suspect is in custody for the murder of 21-year-old labourer, Joao King, of Aranaputa Valley, North Rupununi, which occurred on Sunday about 17.00 hours at Aranaputa Valley.

Dear Editor, Nothing in the world is worse than when someone engages in conduct unbecoming of the lofty standards, he has set himself.

BRASILIA, (Reuters) – Brazilian police said yesterday they broke up an organization that allegedly laundered 5.5 billion reais ($970 million) in money derived from selling cocaine to Mexican cartels and other markets.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Some elected Democrats loyal to President Joe Biden raised fresh questions yesterday about his 2024 re-election bid, with one calling for him to step aside, a shift after many defended him in the wake of last week’s shaky debate performance.

The Guyana Livestock Development Authority (GLDA) is still grappling with an alleged case of sabotage involving a significant number of duck eggs at its hatchery, according to CEO (ag) Dwight Walrond.

Dear Editor, Oh, what a delightful twist in the ongoing Guyanese political drama!

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Cuba is building a new radar site likely to be capable of spying on the United States’ nearby Guantanamo Bay naval base, a Washington think tank found using satellite images, the latest upgrade to the country’s surveillance capabilities long thought to be linked to China.

Dear Editor, One great cricketer, captain and commentator, the late Ritchie Benaud often remarked after a thrilling match that ‘cricket is a game of glorious uncertainties’.

NEW DELHI,  (Reuters) – At least 116 people, many of them women and children, were killed in a stampede at a Hindu religious gathering in north India yesterday, authorities said, in one of the country’s worst such tragedies in years.

The construction of the new St George’s Secondary School in Company Path, Georgetown, initially slated for completion in January of this year, is now expected to be finished in time for the reopening of schools in September.

SANTIAGO,  (Reuters) – Latin America and the Caribbean should brace for the arrival of La Nina, the climate pattern seen fueling a highly active hurricane season in the Atlantic and greater climate variability across the region, experts said yesterday.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Limb amputations are performed by surgeons when a traumatic injury such as a wound from war or a vehicle accident causes major tissue destruction or in instances of serious infection or disease.

Dear Editor, Looking from afar at the PNCR Congress this weekend I had a strong feeling of 2020 deja vu all over again.

Omali Medas, a 19-year-old labourer from Sophia was arrested at about 12.30 am on Monday after Police acted on information received and intercepted a white Honda XR motorcycle (without Registration number or documents) between Regent and Wellington streets, Georgetown, the police said yesterday.

SAO PAULO, (Reuters) – Argentina’s  right-wing President Javier Milei reiterated criticism of his leftist Brazilian counterpart Luiz Inacio ‘Lula’ da Silva yesterday in an escalation of their recent public clash and ahead of a planned trip to Brazil.

DCB U-17 50-Over Championship East Coast Demerara and West Demerara recorded contrasting wins as action in the Demerara Cricket Board (DCB) U-17 50-Over Championship bowled off at the Everest Cricket Club Ground over the weekend.

CWI Women’s U-19 Cricket Following a delay to the Cricket West Indies (CWI) Rising Stars U-19 Women’s T20 tournament due to the effects of tropical storm Beryl, the new date for the start of the competition has been confirmed for tomorrow.

(Reuters) – Marketa Vondrousova became the first defending Wimbledon women’s champion to make a first-round exit for 30 years as she was bundled out by Spaniard Jessica Bouzas Maneiro yesterday.

(CMC) – Batting icon and former Test captain, Brian Lara, has urged the West Indies to be “technical and tactical” in order to mitigate the threat of England’s batting juggernaut in the three-Test series starting next week at Lord’s.

The Guyana Defence Force (GDF) disarmed Classic Ball Blasters (CBB) 3-1 when the Demerara Volleyball Association Senior Men’s League continued at the National Gymnasium, Mandela Avenue.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Rudy Giuliani lost his New York law license yesterday, after a state appeals court found he had lied in arguing that the 2020 presidential election was stolen from his client, former Republican U.S.

Dear Editor, Holding firm to his position regarding a perceived conflict of interest, is the newly minted leader starting off on the wrong foot? 

Last Saturday afternoon at the Kensington Oval in Barbados South Africa were coasting to victory over India in the 2024 ICC Men’s T20 World Cup Final.

No foul play is suspected in the death of a man found several days ago in his Lot 17 First Street, Cummings Lodge, East Coast Demerara apartment.

By Gilbert F. Houngbo and Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva GENEVA – It is easy to be pessimistic in these fraught, uncertain times.

By Peter Singer MELBOURNE – After US President Joe Biden’s stumbling and unconvincing performance during the debate with former President Donald Trump on June 27, it is no exaggeration to say that the future of our planet may depend on a decision he must make.