LONDON, (Reuters) – Keir Starmer will be Britain’s next prime minister with his Labour Party set to win a massive majority in a parliamentary election, an exit poll today indicated, forecasting Rishi Sunak’s Conservatives would suffer historic losses.
Alisha Scheller copped the top spot in the National grade Six Examination (NGSA), beating out second place winner Kaiya Daniels of Green Acres by a just .7.
KINGSTON, (Reuters) – Hurricane Beryl rumbled towards the Cayman Islands and Mexico today, after pummeling Jamaica with winds and rain that caused floods and widespread power outages and leaving a deadly trail of destruction in several smaller Caribbean islands.
ASTANA, (Reuters) – China’s President Xi Jinping and Russia’s Vladimir Putin pressed their case today for closer security, political and economic cooperation between countries of the vast Eurasian region as a counterweight to Western alliances.
BEIRUT/JERUSALEM, (Reuters) – Lebanon’s Hezbollah launched a big rocket and drone attack at Israel today and threatened to hit new targets in retaliation for the killing of a top commander, in the latest surge of violence in the steadily worsening conflict across the border.
(Jamaica Gleaner) Hurricane Beryl has left a trail of devastation across the southern parishes of Manchester and St Elizabeth where infrastructure was severely impacted by the system’s strong winds and driving rain.
(Trinidad Guardian) The procurement of high-powered weapons and the training of personnel to use them were part of a possible plot by the Strategic Services Agency (SSA) to replace the Government.
(Trinidad Guardian) Che Mendez, a driver employed with Massy Distribution, was reportedly delivering cigarettes around 12.35 pm when he was shot in the head during what the police claimed was an attempted robbery.
Former Auditor General Anand Goolsarran says that the actions by the authorities in response to sanctions by the US Department of the Trea-sury against two gold dealers and a permanent secretary appear to be “cosmetic”.
By Khadidjah Ba
Two days after a controversial 22nd Biennial Con-gress, re-elected him, PNCR Leader Aubrey Norton on Tuesday told Stabroek News that any consensus presidential candidate representing the opposition next year will have to come from within the party.
National School Basketball Festival
St. Stanislaus College, the Bishops High, and Linden Technical Institute (LTI) secured quarterfinal berths following contrasting wins when the Youth Basketball Guyana (YBG)-coordinated National School Basketball Festival continued on Monday at the National Gymnasium on Mandela Avenue.
Mocha Village Football Cup
Touches advanced to the quarterfinal round in the sixth edition of the Mocha Village Cup ‘Soft Shoe’ Football Championship, following a comfortable 4-2 victory over Make It Happen last night at the community centre tarmac.
By Shabna Rahman
With three houses up in flames side-by-side on July 1st, the occupants and others fought desperately to save a fourth dwelling that was under threat at Lot 14 ‘B’ Bush Lot, West Coast Berbice (WCB), averting what could have been an even bigger catastrophe.
Enoch Carmichael, a 27-year-old goalkeeper, collapsed and died yesterday morning during a routine training session with the Guyana Defence Force Football Club (GDFFC) at the National Training Centre, Providence.
Construction work on the long-delayed Bamia Primary School is yet to be completed and according to officials at the Region 10 Regional Democratic Council (RDC), an estimated December 31 completion is now foreseen.
The Public Procurement Commission (PPC) on Tuesday handed over its Annual Report for the year 2022-2023 to the Speaker of the National Assembly, Manzoor Nadir.
Dear Editor,
As Guyana’s main political parties have recently elected their leaders and are now preparing for the pivotal 2025 presidential elections, the nation stands at a crossroads.
Dear Editor,
Reminiscent of an earlier fire in Bath Settlement, where several destroyed buildings and properties were not insured, it is alleged in the latest Bush Lot inferno ‘none of the buildings nor businesses [we]re insured’ (KN July 3), including, ironically, the building which housed an insurance company.
-Nandlall says will be done by weekend
Government has not yet written to the United States Department of Justice for information it said it needs on the sanctions on businessmen Nazar Mohamed, his son Azruddin, and Permanent Secretary Mae Toussaint Jr Thomas but Attorney General Anil Nandlall SC has assured that it would be done by the end of this week.
-Todd tells OAS General Assembly
Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Hugh Todd, has called on OAS member states to strengthen the region’s collective security to maintain the region as a Zone of Peace.
CARACAS/WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Senior U.S. and Venezuelan officials restarted talks yesterday, with Washington saying it urged President Nicolas Maduro’s government to ensure that elections scheduled for July 28 will be “competitive and inclusive.”
Dear Editor,
Not a day goes by when I walk around this country and do not hear the cries of the ordinary man, woman and child how costly it is to live in oil rich Guyana.
Seven officers of the Ministry of Labour’s Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) Department recently completed a one-day Fall Protection for Competent Persons training course, a Ministry release stated on Tuesday.
(Trinidad Guardian) Colonial Life Insurance Company (Clico) on Monday reported after-tax profit of TT$2.30 billion for the year ended Decem-ber 31, 2023.
KINGSTON, (Reuters) – Hurricane Beryl thrashed Jamaica with heavy winds and rain yesterday, killing at least one person after forging a destructive, water-soaked path across smaller Caribbean islands over the past couple days.
The Ministry of Culture, Youth, and Sport (MCY&S), in collaboration with the National Sports Commission, will stage the inaugural edition of the ‘Learn to Swim Programme’ in Essequibo on Saturday.
The Guyana Rugby Football Union (GRFU) has shortlisted 26 players, both local and overseas-based, to commence an intense 8-week training camp with an eye on the 2024 Rugby Americas North (RAN) Sevens competition set for November later this year.
The Guyana Mixed Martial Arts Federation (GMMAF) participated in an International Mixed Martial Arts Federation (IMMAF) Anti-Doping Health Workshop on June 26th.
(Reuters) – Mark Cavendish blew away the opposition in a masterful bunch sprint to claim a record-breaking 35th stage win on the Tour de France yesterday, the fifth stage of this year’s race.
(Reuters) – Defending champion Carlos Alcaraz and top seed Jannik Sinner took contrasting routes into the third round of Wimbledon but eighth seed Casper Ruud was unable to find a way through and felt the gloom on a cloudy yesterday.
Guyana Defence Force (GDF) goalkeeper Enoch Carmichael collapsed and tragically passed away yesterday during a training session at the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) National Training Centre, Providence.
Two Police ranks were on mobile patrol in the vicinity of Cracrana, Karasabai Village, South Pakaraimas on Sunday where they observed Vibert Thomas, a 29-year-old mason who was at the time riding a bicycle with a long metal object on his right shoulder.
(CMC) – Kavem Hodge helped the West Indies Test squad make a confident start to their Tour of England with a purposeful hundred against a First-Class Counties Select XI yesterday.
Minister of Health, Dr. Frank Anthony yesterday received a donation of IT equipment from the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) for the Maternal and Child Health Department.